Recent Publications

Kritikos, T.K., Stiles-Shields, C., Leard, R.S., Holmbeck, G.N., (2024). Perceived barriers transitioning to adult healthcare among adults with spina bifida. Health Care Transitions, 2, 100054.

Kritikos, T.K., Stiles-Shields, C., Winning, A.M., Starnes, M., Ohanian, D., Clark, O.E., del Castillo, A., Chavez, P. & Holmbeck, G.N. (2021). A systematic review of benefit-finding and growth in pediatric medical populations. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(9): 1076-1090.

Kritikos, T.K., Stiles-Shields, C., Shapiro, J.B., Holmbeck, G.N. (2021). Benefit-finding among young adults with spina bifida. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105321990804

Kritikos, T.K., Winning, A.M., Smith, Z.R., & Holmbeck, G.N. (2022). Trajectories of marital satisfaction among parents of youth with spina bifida. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac059

Kritikos, T.K., Stiles-Shields, C., Leard, R.S., Holmbeck, G.N. (2024). Perceived barriers transitioning to adult healthcare among adults with spina bifida. Health Care Transitions, 2, 100054.

Stiles-Shields, C., Kritikos, T. K., Winning, A. M., Starnes, M., & Holmbeck, G. N. (2022). Caregiver Expressed Emotion in Families of Youth With Spina Bifida: Demographic, Medical, and Family Correlates. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

Kritikos, T.K., Winning, A.M., Smith, Z.R., & Holmbeck, G.N. (2022). Trajectories of marital satisfaction among parents of youth with spina bifida. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac059

Winning, A.M., Ridosh, M., Wartman, E., Kritikos, T.K., Friedman, C., Starnes, M., Crowe, A., & Holmbeck, G.N. (2022). Parents’ school-related concerns and perceived strengths in youth with spina bifida. Child: Care, Health, and Development.

Kritikos, T.K., Stiles-Shields, C., Winning, A.M., Starnes, M., Ohanian, D., Clark, O.E., del Castillo, A., Chavez, P. & Holmbeck, G.N. (2021). A systematic review of benefit-finding and growth in pediatric medical populations. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(9): 1076-1090.

Kritikos, T.K., Stiles-Shields, C., Shapiro, J.B., Holmbeck, G.N. (2021). Benefit-finding among young adults with spina bifida. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105321990804

Kritikos, T.K., Driscoll, C.F.B. & Holmbeck, G.N. (2021). Discrepancies in parent perceptions of child vulnerability in youth with spina bifida. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(4), 392-403. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa115.

Stiles-Shields, C., Kritikos, T. K., Ridosh, M. M., Starnes, M., & Holmbeck, G. N. (2021). “We Are Anxious Every Day”: COVID-19 Impacts on Youth with Spina Bifida. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 46(9): 1040-1050. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab070

Stiles-Shields, C., Kritikos, T. K., Starnes, M., Smith, Z. R. & Holmbeck, G. N. (2021). The transition from pediatric to adult healthcare in young adults with spina bifida: Demographic and physician-related correlates. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Drew, A.L., Blankenship, A.E., Kritikos, T.K., Jacoby, V.M., Dondanville, K.A., Yarvis, J.S., Sharrieff, A., McGeary, C.A., Blount, T.H., Young-McCaughan, S., Peterson, A.L., & DeVoe, E.R. (In press) “This gradual swing back into us”: Active duty Army spouses’ homecoming and post-deployment reintegration experiences. Journal of Family Issues. 

Ohanian, D.M., Kritikos, T.K., Clark, O.E., Shirkey, K.C., Starnes, M., & Holmbeck, G.N. (2021). Stress and coping in youth with spina bifida: A brief longitudinal study in a summary camp setting. Frontiers in Psychology 12:682169. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.682169. 

Drew, A. L., Blankenship, A. E., Kritikos, T. K., Jacoby, V. M., Dondanville, K. A., Nicholson, J. H., Sharrieff, A., Blount, T. H., McGeary, C. A., Young-McCaughan, S., Peterson, A. L., & DeVoe, E. R. (2021). How active duty U.S. army fathers’ knowledge and attitudes about child development influence parenting practices. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30, 1763-1775. 

Holmbeck, G.H. & Kritikos, T.K. (2021). Psychosocial adjustment in emerging adults with and without Spina Bifida: A 14-year, longitudinal follow-up. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. doi 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000956

Holmbeck, G.N., Kritikos, T.K., Stern, A., Ridosh, M. & Friedman, C.V. (2021). The transition to adult health care in youth with spina bifida: Theory, measurement, and interventions. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. doi:10.1111/jnu.12626

Kritikos, T.K. & Holmbeck, G.N. (2020). Family functioning guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 13, 535-542. doi: 10.3233/PRM-200720.

Kritikos, T.K., Smith, K., & Holmbeck, G.N. (2020) Mental health guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 13, 525-534. doi: 10.3233/PRM-200719.

Kritikos, T.K., DeVoe, E.R., Spencer, R., Langer, D.A., Nicholson, J., Mufti, F., & Tompson, M.C. (2020) Finding meaning in times of family stress: A mixed methods study of the benefits and challenges amongst home-front parents in military families. Military Psychology, 32(4): 287-299. doi:10.1080/08995605.2020.1754122

Holly, L.E. Fenley, A.R., Kritikos, T.K., Merson, R.A., Abidin, R.R, & Langer, D.A. (2019). Evidence-base update for parenting stress measures in clinical samples. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48(5), 685-705. 

Kritikos, T.K., Comer, J., He, M., Curren, L.E., & Tompson, M.C. (2018). Combat experiences and posttraumatic stress symptoms among military-serving parents: A meta-analytic examination of associated offspring and family outcomes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(1), 131-148. doi 10.1007/s10802-018-0427-5. *Finalist for the Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award 

Kritikos, T.K., DeVoe, E.R., & Emmert-Aronson, B. (2018) The effect of a parenting intervention on relationship quality of recently deployed military service members and their partners. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. PMID: 29927290. 

DeVoe, E. R., Kritikos, T.K., Emmert-Aronson, B., Kantor, G. K., & Paris, R. (2018). Very young child well-being in military families: A snapshot. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-11.