Lisa B. Sheeber, Ph.D., Senior Scientist

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Education & Training

B.A., 1983
University of New York at Albany
Psychology and English

M.S., 1987
University of Florida, Gainesville
Clinical Psychology

Ph.D., 1991
University of Florida, Gainesville
Clinical Psychology

Lisa B. Sheeber is a Senior Scientist at Oregon Research Institute in Eugene, Oregon. Her primary research interests are: 1) family processes associated with adolescent and maternal depression; and 2) development of interventions to prevent and treat adolescent and maternal depression and promote healthy emotional and behavioral development in children.  She is also a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Eugene.

Current Projects

Mechanisms of Depression and Anhedonia in Adolescents: Linking Sleep Duration and Timing to Reward- and Stress- Related Brain Function

PROJECT PERIOD

02/10/22 - 12/31/26

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Lisa Sheeber

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ICBT for Maternal Depression: Community Implementation in Head Start

PROJECT PERIOD

04/01/21 - 03/31/26

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Edward Feil, Lisa Sheeber

Co-Investigators
Gulcan Cil, Betsy Davis, John Seeley

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Automatic Multimodal Affect Detection for Research and Clinical Use

PROJECT PERIOD

08/01/17 - 04/30/22

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

CURRENT STATUS

Active and Not Recruiting

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Lisa Sheeber

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Your Strength, Your Baby: Reducing Maternal Depression and Promoting Infant Social-Emotional Health and Development

PROJECT PERIOD

08/01/16 - 08/31/22

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Betsy Davis, Edward Feil, Lisa Sheeber

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Depressed Mothers' Parenting of Adolescents: Social-cognitive & Neural Mechanisms

PROJECT PERIOD

08/01/15 - 05/31/20

FUNDING AGENCY

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

CURRENT STATUS

Completed

TEAM

Principal Investigator
Lisa Sheeber

Co-Investigators
Nicholas Allen

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Publications

Nelson, B. W., Sheeber, L., Pfeifer, J. H., & Allen, N. B. (2021). Affective and Autonomic Reactivity During Parent-Child Interactions in Depressed and Non-Depressed Mothers and Their Adolescent Offspring. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 49, 1513–1526.

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Nelson, B. W., Sheeber, L., Pfeifer, J., & Allen, N. B. (2021). Psychobiological markers of allostatic load in depressed and nondepressed mothers and their adolescent offspring. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 62(2), 199–211.

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Butterfield, R. D., Siegle, G., Hwa Lee, K., Ladoceur, C. D., Forbes, E. E., Dahl, R. E., Ryan, N. D., Sheeber, L. & Silk, J. S. (2019). Parental coping socialization is associated with healthy and anxious early-adolescents’ neural and real-world response to threat. Developmental Science. First published: 11 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12812 [Epub ahead of print]

Pozzi, Elena; Simmons, Julian G.; Bousman, Chad A.; Vijayakumar, Nandita; Bray, Katherine O.; Dandash, Orwa; Richmond, Sally; Schwartz, Orli; Seal, Marc; Sheeber, Lisa; Yap, Marie B.H.; Allen,Nicholas B.; Whittle, Sarah L. (2019). The Influence of Maternal Parenting Style on the Neural Correlates of Emotion Processing in Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Byrne, M. L., Horne, S., O’Brien-Simpson, N. M., Walsh, K. A., Reynolds, E. C., Schwartz, O. S., Whittle, S., Simmons, J. G., Sheeber, L., Allen, N. B. (2018). Associations between observed parenting behavior and adolescent inflammation two and a half years later in a community sample. Health Psychology, 36(7), 641-651. doi:10.1037/hea0000502

 

Karyotaki, E., Ebert, D. D., Donkin, L., Riper, H., Twisk, J., Burger, S., Rozental, A., Lange, A., Williams, A. D., Zarski, A. C., Geraedts, A., van Straten, A., Kleiboer, A., Meyer, B., Ünlü Ince, B. Ü., Buntrock, C., Lehr, D., Snoek, F. J., Andrews, G., Andersson, G., Choi, I., Ruwaard, J., Klein, J. P., Newby, J. M., Schröder, J., Laferton, J. A. C., van Bastelaar, K., Imamura, K., Vernmark, K., Boß, L., Sheeber, L. B., Kivi, M., , Berking, M., Titov, N., Carlbring, P., Johansson, R., Kenter, R., Perini, S., Moritz, S., Nobis, S., Berger, T., Kaldo, V., Forsell, Y., Lindefors, N., Kraepelien, M. , Björkelund, C., Kawakami, N., & Cuijpers, P. (2018). Do Guided Internet-Based Interventions Result in Clinically Relevant Changes for Patients with Depression? An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 63, 80-92. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2018.06.007

Byrne, M. L., Schwartz, O. S., Simmons, J. G., Sheeber, L., Whittle, S., & Allen, N. B. (2018). Duration of breastfeeding and subsequent adolescent obesity: Effects of maternal behavior and socioeconomic status. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(4), 471-479.

Richmond, S., Schwartz, O., Johnson, K. A., Seal, M. L., Bray, K., Deane, C., Sheeber, L. B., Allen, N. B., & Whittle, S. Exploratory factor analysis of observational parent–child interaction data. Assessment, First published: September 15, 2018. doi: 10.1177/1073191118796557 [Epub ahead of print]

Schwartz, O. S., Rowell, V., Whittle, S., Byrne, M. L., Simmons, J. G., Sheeber, L., McKenzie, V., & Allen, N. B. (2018). Family meta-emotion and the onset of major depressive disorder in adolescence: A prospective longitudinal study. Social Development, 27(3), 526-542. doi: 10.1111/sode.12291

Seeley J. R., Sheeber L. B., Feil E. G., Leve C., Davis B., Sorensen E., Allan S. (2018). Mediation analyses of Internet-facilitated cognitive behavioral intervention for maternal depression. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Oct 12:1-16. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2018.1513554. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30311850.

Feil, E. G., Baggett, K., Davis, B., Landry, S., Sheeber, L., Leve, C., & Johnson, U. (2018). Randomized control trial of an internet-based parenting intervention for mothers of infants. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.11.003. [Epub ahead of print]

Ambrosia, M., Eckstrand, K. L., Morgan, J. K., Allen, N. B., Jones, N. P., Sheeber, L., Silk, J. S., & Forbes, E. E. (2018). Temptations of friends: Adolescents’ neural and behavioral responses to best friends predict risky behavior. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(5), 483-491.

Baggett, K., Betsy, D., Feil, E., Sheeber, L., Landry, S., Leve, C., & Johnson, U. (In Press). A randomized controlled trial examination of a remote parenting intervention: Engagement and effects on parenting behavior and child abuse potential. Child Maltreatment. doi:10.1177/1077559517712000

Nelson, B. W., Byrne, M. L., Simmons, J. G., Whittle, S., Schwartz, O. S., Reynolds, E. C., . . . Allen, N. B. (2017). Adolescent sympathetic activity and salivary C-reactive protein: The effects of parental behavior. Health Psychology, 36, 955-965.

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Nelson, B.W., Byrne, M., Simmons, J. G., Whittle, S., Schwartz, O.S., Reynolds, E.C., O’Brien-Simpson, N.M., Sheeber, L., & Allen, N.B. (2017). Adolescent Sympathetic Activity and Salivary C-Reactive Protein: The Effects of Parental Behavior. Health Psychology, 36(10), 955-965. dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000516

Bodner, N., Kuppens, P., Allen, N. B., Sheeber, L. B., & Ceulemans, E. (2017). Affective family interactions and their associations with adolescent depression: A dynamic network approach. Development and Psychopathology, 1-15.

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Schwartz, O. S., Simmons, J. G., Whittle, S., Byrne, M. L., Yap, M. B. H., Sheeber, L. B., & Allen, N. B. (2017). Affective Parenting Behaviors, Adolescent Depression, and Brain Development: A Review of Findings from the Orygen Adolescent Development Study. Child Development Perspectives, 11(2), 90-96. doi:10.1111/cdep.12215

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Callaghan, B. L., Dandash, O., Simmons, J. G., Schwartz, O., Byrne, M. L., Sheeber, L., . . . Whittle, S. (2017). Amygdala resting connectivity mediates association between maternal aggression and adolescent major depression: a 7-year longitudinal study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 56, 983-991.e983.

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Byrne, M. L., Horne, S., O'Brien-Simpson, N. M., Walsh, K. A., Reynolds, E. C., Schwartz, O. S., . . . Allen, N. B. (2017). Associations between observed parenting behavior and adolescent inflammation two and a half years later in a community sample. Health Psychology, 36(7), 641-651. doi:10.1037/hea0000502

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Nelson, B. W., Byrne, M. L., Sheeber, L., & Allen, N. B. (2017). Does context matter? A multi-method assessment of affect in adolescent depression across multiple affective interaction contexts. Clinical Psychological Science, 5(2), 239-258. doi:10.1177/2167702616680061

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Sheeber, L. B., Feil, E. G., Seeley, J. R., Leve, C., Gau, J. M., Davis, B., . . . Allan, S. (2017). Mom-net: Evaluation of an internet-facilitated cognitive behavioral intervention for low-income depressed mothers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(4), 355-366. doi:10.1037/ccp0000175

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de Haan-Rietdijk, S., Kuppens, P., Bergeman, C. S., Sheeber, L. B., Allen, N. B., & Hamaker, E. L. (2017). On the Use of Mixed Markov Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 52(6), 747-767. doi:10.1080/00273171.2017.1370364

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Whittle, S., Vijayakumar, N., Simmons, J. G., Dennison, M., Schwartz, O., Pantelis, C., . . . Sheeber, L., Allen, N. B. (2017). Role of Positive Parenting in the Association Between Neighborhood Social Disadvantage and Brain Development Across Adolescence. JAMA Psychiatry. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1558

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Little, K., Olsson, C. A., Whittle, S., Macdonald, J. A., Sheeber, L. B., Youssef, G. J., . . . Allen, N. B. (2017). Sometimes it's good to be short: The serotonin transporter gene, positive parenting, and adolescent depression. Child Development.

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Blake, M. J., Sheeber, L. B., Youssef, G. J., Raniti, M. B., & Allen, N. B. (2017). Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Adolescent Cognitive-Behavioral Sleep Interventions. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. doi:10.1007/s10567-017-0234-5

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Whittle, S., Vijayakumar, N., Simmons, J.G., Dennison, M., Schwartz, O., Pantelis, C., Sheeber, L., Byrne, M.L., & Allen, N.B. (In Press, Accepted May 2017). The effect of neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage on brain development, and the moderating role of positive parenting. JAMA Psychiatry.

Hollenstein, T., Allen, N. B., & Sheeber, L. (2016). Affective patterns in triadic family interactions: Associations with adolescent depression. Development & Psychopathology, 28, 85-96. doi: 10.1017/S0954579415000309

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Ebert, D. D., Donkin, L., Andersson, G., Andrews, G., Berger, T., Carlbring, P., . . . Sheeber, L. (2016). Does Internet-based guided-self-help for depression cause harm? An individual participant data meta-analysis on deterioration rates and its moderators in randomized controlled trials. Psychological Medicine, 46, 2679-2693. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716001562

 

 

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Oppenheimer, C., Ladouceur, C., Waller, J., Ryan, N., Allen, K., Sheeber, L., . . . Silk, J. S. (2016). Emotion Socialization in Anxious Youth: Parenting Buffers Emotional Reactivity to Peer Negative Events. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1267-1278. doi: 10.1007/s10802-015-0125-5

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Shortt, J. W., Katz, L. F., Allen, N., Leve, C., Davis, B., & Sheeber, L. (2016). Emotion socialization in the context of risk and psychopathology: Mother and father socialization of anger and sadness in adolescents with depressive disorder. Social development (Oxford, England), 25, 27-46.

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Whittle, S.W., Vijayakumar, N., Dennison, M., Schwartz, O., Simmons, J.G., Sheeber, L.B., Allen, N.B. (2016). Observed measures of negative parenting predict brain development during adolescence. PloS one, 11(1), e0147774. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147774

Benoit Allen, K., Silk, J. S., Meller, S., Tan, P. Z., Ladouceur, C. D., Sheeber, L. B., & ... Ryan, N. D. (2015). Parental autonomy granting and child perceived control: effects on the everyday emotional experience of anxious youth. Journal Of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, .57(7), 835-842 doi:10.1111/jcpp.12482

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Allen, N. B., Latham, M. D., Barrett, A., Sheeber, L., & Davis, B. (2016). Pubertal development and the emergence of the gender gap in affective disorders: A developmental and evolutionary synthesis. In D. J. Castle, K. M. Abel, D. J. Castle & K. M. Abel (Eds.), Comprehensive women's mental health. (pp. 65-80). New York, NY, US: Cambridge University Press.

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Simmons, J. G., Byrne, M. L., Schwartz, O. S., Whittle, S. L., Sheeber, L., Kaess, M., & ... Allen, N. B. (2015). Dual-axis hormonal covariation in adolescence and the moderating influence of prior trauma and aversive maternal parenting. Developmental Psychobiology, 57(6), 670-687. doi:10.1002/dev.21275

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Ganella, D. E., Allen, N. B., Simmons, J. G., Schwartz, O., Kim, J. H., Sheeber, L., & Whittle, S. (2015). Early life stress alters pituitary growth during adolescence-A longitudinal study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 53C185-194. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.005

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Little, K., Olsson, C. A., Youssef, G. J., Whittle, S., Simmons, J. G., Yücel, M., & ... Allen, N. B. (2015). Linking the serotonin transporter gene, family environments, hippocampal volume and depression onset: A prospective imaging gene × environment analysis. Journal Of Abnormal Psychology, 124(4), 834-849. doi:10.1037/abn0000101

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Whittle, S., Simmons, J., Dennison, M., Vijayakumar, N., Schwartz, O., Yap, M., & ... Allen, N. (2014). Positive parenting predicts the development of adolescent brain structure: A longitudinal study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 87-17. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2013.10.006

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Shortt, J., Eddy, J., Sheeber, L., & Davis, B. (2014). Project home: A pilot evaluation of an emotion-focused intervention for mothers reuniting with children after prison. Psychological Services, 11(1), 1-9. doi:10.1037/a0034323

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Feil, E. G., Baggett, K., Davis, B., Leve, C., Landry, S. H., & Sheeber, L. B. (2014). Who participates in an Internet-based research program for mothers of infants? A secondary prevention research study among low-income families. Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk,5(1), Article 4.

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Gaté, M.A., Watkins, E.R., Simmons, J.G., Byrne, M.L., Schwartz, O.S., Whittle, S., Sheeber, L., & Allen, N.B. (2013). Maternal parenting behaviors and adolescent depression: The mediating role of rumination. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 42, 348-357.

Whittle, S., Yucel, M., Forbes, E. E., Davey, C., Harding, I. H., Sheeber, L. B., Yap, M. B. H., & Allen, N. B. (2012). Adolescents’ depressive symptoms moderate neural responses to their mothers’ positive behavior. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 23-34.

Sheeber, L. B., Kuppens, P., Shortt, J. W., Katz, L. F., Davis, B., & Allen, N. B. (2012). Depression is associated with the escalation of adolescents' dysphoric behavior during interactions with parents. Emotion, 12, 913-918.

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Sheeber, L. B., Seeley, J. R., Feil, E. G., Davis, B., Sorenson, E., Kosty, D. B., & Lewinsohn, P. M. (2012). Development and pilot evaluation of an Internet-facilitated cognitive-behavioral intervention for maternal depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 739-749. doi:10.1037/a0028820

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Schwartz, O.S., Sheeber, L. B., Dudgeon, P., & Allen, N. B. (2012). Emotion socialization within the family environment and adolescent depression. Clinical Psychology Review, 32, 447-453.

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Kuppens, P., Sheeber, L. B., Yap, M. B., Whittle, S., Simmons, J. G., & Allen, N. B. (2012). Emotional inertia prospectively predicts the onset of depressive disorder in adolescence. Emotion. Abstract. doi: 10.1037/a0025046

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Koval, P., Kuppens, P., Allen, N. B., & Sheeber, L. (2012). Getting stuck in depression: The roles of rumination and emotional inertia. Cognition & Emotion, 26(8), 1412-1427. doi:10.1080/02699931.2012.667392

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Allen, N.B., Kuppens, P., & Sheeber, L. B. (2012). Heart rate responses to parental behavior in depressed adolescents. Biological Psychology, 90(1), 80-87. doi:10.1016/j.

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Schwartz, O.S., Dudgeon, P., Sheeber, L. B., Yap, M. B., Simmons, J. G., & Allen, N. B. (2012). Parental behaviors during family interactions predict changes in depression and anxiety symptoms during adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 59-71.

Lodewyckx, T., Tuerlinckx, F., Kuppens, P., Allen, N.B., & Sheeber, L.B. (2011). A hierarchical state space approach to affective dynamics. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 55, 68-83.

Ehrmantrout, N., Allen, N.B., Leve, C., Davis, B., & Sheeber, L. B. (2011). Adolescent recognition of parental affect: Influence of depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120(3), 628-634. doi: 10.1037/a0022500

Cruise, R. C., Sheeber, L. B., & Tompson, M. C. (2011). Behavioral correlates of maternal expressed emotion in interaction tasks. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(5), 781-784. doi:10.1037/a0024699

Low, A.L., Maddage, N., Lech, M., Sheeber, L.B., & Allen, N.B. (2011). Detection of clinical depression in adolescents’ speech during family interactions. Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 58,(3) 574-586.

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Yap, M., Allen, N. B., O’Shea, M., Di Parsia, P., Simmons, J.G., Sheeber, L. B. (2011). Early adolescents’ temperament, emotion regulation during mother child interactions, and depressive symptomatology. Development and Psychopathology, 23 (1), 267-282.

Jackson, J., Kuppens, P., Sheeber, L.B., & Allen, N.B. (2011). Expression of anger in depressed adolescents: The role of the family environment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39(3), 463-474. doi: 10.1007/s10802-010-9473-3

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Whittle, S., Yap, M. B. H., Sheeber, L., Dudgeon, P., Yücel, M., Pantelis, C., Simmons, J. G., & Allen, N. B. (2011). Hippocampal volume and sensitivity to maternal aggressive behavior: A prospective study of adolescent depressive symptoms. Development and Psychopathology, 23 (1), 115-129.

Hunter, E.C., Katz, L. F., Shortt, J.W., Davis, B., Leve, C. Allen, N.B., & Sheeber, L. B. (2011). How do I feel about feelings? Emotion socialization in families of depressed and healthy adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(4), 428-41. PMCID: PMC2992097

Davenport, E., Yap, M. B., Simmons, J. G., Sheeber, L. B., & Allen, N. B. (2011). Maternal and adolescent temperament as predictors of maternal affective behavior during mother-adolescent interactions. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 829-939.

Schwartz, O. S., Dudgeon, P., Sheeber, L. B., Yap, M. B., Simmons, J.G., Allen, N. B. (2011). Observed maternal responses to adolescent behavior predict the onset of major depression. Behavior Research and Therapy, 49, 331-338.

Byrne, M., Sheeber, L. B., Simmons, J. G., Davis, B., Shortt, J.W., Katz, L. F., & Allen, N.B., (2010). Autonomic cardiac control in depressed adolescents. Depression and Anxiety, 27(11), 1050-1056.

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Allen, N.B., Whittle, S., Yap, M.B.H., & Sheeber, L.B. (2010). Der einfluss von erfahrungen in der familie auf die entwicklung des gehirns und aggressive verhaltensstorungen bei jugendlichen. In K.Brisch (Ed.) Bindung, Angst und Aggression. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart.

Kuppens, P., Allen, N. B., & Sheeber, L. B. (2010). Emotional inertia and psychological maladjustment. Psychological Science, 21(7), 984-991. PMCID: PMC2901421

Shortt, J.W., Stoolmiller, M., Smith-Shine, J., Eddy, J. M., & Sheeber, L. B. (2010). Maternal emotion coaching, adolescent anger regulation, and siblings’ externalizing symptoms. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(7), 799-808. NIHMS: 191034

Baggett, K. M., Davis, B., Feil, E., Sheeber, L., Landry, S., Carta, J., & Leve, C. (2010). Technologies for expanding the reach of evidence-based interventions: Preliminary results for promoting social-emotional development in early childhood. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 29(4), 226-238. PMCID: PMC2865152

Sheeber, L., Allen, N., & Davis, B. (2009). Childhood Depression: Family Context. In R. E. Ingram (Ed.), International encyclopedia of depression (pp. 123-125). New York: Springer.

Sheeber, L. B., Allen, N. B., Leve, C., Davis, B., Shortt, J. W., & Katz, L. F. (2009). Dynamics of affective experience and behavior in depressed adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50(11), 1419-1427. PMCID: PMC2765483

Dionne, R., Davis, B., Sheeber, L., & Madrigal, L. (2009). Initial evaluation of a cultural approach to implementation of evidence-based parenting interventions in American Indian communities. Journal of Community Psychology, 37(7), 911-921.

Whittle, S., Yap, M., Yucel, M., Sheeber, L. B. Simmons, J.G., Pantelis, C. & Allen, N. B (2009). Maternal responses to adolescent positive affect are associated with adolescents’ reward neuroanatomy. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4(3), 247-256. PMCID: PMC2728631

Sheeber, L., Johnston, C., Chen, M., & Leve, C. Hops, H., & Davis, B. (2009). Mothers' and fathers' attributions for adolescent behavior: An examination in families of depressed, subdiagnostic, and nondepressed youth. Journal of Family Psychology, 23(6), 871-881. PMCID: PMC2796198

Chen, M., Johnston, C., Sheeber, L., & Leve, C. (2009). Parent and adolescent depressive symptoms: The role of parental attributions. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37(1), 119-130. Abstract

Allen, N. B., & Sheeber, L. B. (2008). Adolescent emotional development and the emergence of depressive disorders. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Feil, E. G., Baggett, K., Davis, B., Sheeber, L., Landry, S., Cart, J., & Buzhardt, J. (2008). Expanding the reach of preventive interventions: Development of an Internet-based training for parents of infants. Child Maltreatment, 13, 334-346. 

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Yap, M. B. H., Whittle, S., Yücel, M., Sheeber, L.B., Pantelis, C., Simmons, J. G., & Allen, N. B. (2008). Parenting experiences interact with brain structure to predict depressive symptoms in adolescents. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 1377-1385.

Whittle, S., Yap, M. B. H., Yücel, M., Fornito, A., Simmons, J. G., Barrett, A., Sheeber, L., & Allen, N. B. (2008). Prefrontal and amygdala volumes are related to adolescents’ affective behaviors during parent-adolescent interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 116, 144-154. Abstract

Larson, R. W., & Sheeber, L. B. (2008). The daily emotional experience of adolescents: Are adolescents more emotional, why, and how is that related to depression? In N. B. Allen & L. B. Sheeber (Eds.), Adolescent emotional development and the emergence of depressive disorders (pp.11-32). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

The importance of affective development for the emergence of depressive disorder during adolescence. Allen, N. B., & Sheeber, L. B. (2008). In N. B. Allen & L. B. Sheeber (Eds.), Adolescent emotional development and the emergence of depressive disorders (pp.1-10). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Allen, N. B., & Sheeber, L. B. (2008). Towards a developmental psychopathology of adolescent-onset depression: Implications for research and intervention. In N. B. Allen & L. B. Sheeber (Eds.), Adolescent emotional development and the emergence of depressive disorders (pp.337-350). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Sheeber, L. B., Davis, B., Leve, C., Hops, H., & Tildesley, E. (2007). Adolescents’ relationships with their mothers and fathers: Associations with depressive disorder and subdiagnostic symptomatology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 144-154.

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Yap, M., Allen, N. B., & Sheeber, L. B. (2007). Using an emotion regulation framework to understand the role of temperament and family processes in risk for adolescent depressive disorders. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 10(2), 180-196.

Allen, N. B., Barrett, A., Sheeber, L. B., & Davis, B. (2006). Pubertal development and the emergence of the gender gap in mood disorders: A developmental and evolutionary synthesis. In D. Castle, J. Kulkarni, & K. Abel (Eds.) Mood and anxiety disorders in women (pp. 1-19). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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Gartstein, M. A., & Sheeber, L. B. (2004). Maternal dysphoria and child behavior problems: A mediational model. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 17,141-150.

Hops, H., Davis, B., Leve, C., & Sheeber, L. (2003). Cross-generational transmission of aggressive parent behavior: A prospective, mediational examination. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31(2), 161-169.

Davis, B., Sheeber, L., & Hops, H. (2002). Coercive family processes and adolescent depression. In J. B. Reid, G. R. Patterson, & J. Snyder (Eds.), Antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: A developmental analysis and model for intervention (pp. 173-192). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Sheeber, L. B., Biglan, A., Metzler, C. W., & Taylor, T. K. (2002). Effective parenting practices. In L. Jason & D. Glenwick (Eds.), Innovative strategies for promoting health and mental health across the life span (pp. 63-84). New York: Springer.

Sheeber, L. B., Davis, B., & Hops, H. (2002). Gender specific vulnerability to depression in children of depressed mothers. In S. H. Goodman & I. H. Gotlib (Eds.), Children of depressed parents: Mechanisms of risk and implications for treatment (pp. 253-274). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Sheeber, L., Biglan, A., Metzler, C.M., & Taylor, TK. (2002). Promoting effective parenting practices. In L.S. Jason & D. Glenwick: Innovative strategies for promoting health and mental health across the life span. (pp. 63-84). New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Sheeber, L. B., Hops, H., & Davis, B. (2001). Family processes in adolescent depression. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 4, 19-35.

Davis, B., Sheeber, L, Hops, H., & Tildesley, E. (2000). Adolescent responses to depressive parental behaviors in problem-solving interactions: implications for depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 28 (5), 451-465.

Sheeber, L., Allen, N., Davis, B. & Sorensen, E. (2000). Regulation of negative affect during mother-child problem-solving interactions: adolescent depressive status and family processes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 28 (5), 467-479.

Johnson, J. H., & Sheeber, L. B. (1999). Developmental assessment. In W. K. Silverman & T. H. Ollendick (Eds.), Developmental issues in the clinical treatment of children and adolescents (pp. 44-59). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Davis, B., Hops, H., Alpert, A., & Sheeber, L. (1998). Child responses to parental conflict and their effect on adjustment: A study of triadic relations. Journal of Family Psychology, 12, 163-177.

Carris, M. J., Sheeber, L. B., & Howe, S. R. (1998). Family rigidity, adolescent problem-solving deficits, and suicidal ideation: A mediational model. Journal of Adolescence, 459- 472.

Sheeber, L. B., Hops, H., Andrews, J., Alpert, A., & Davis, B. (1998). Interactional processes in families with depressed and nondepressed adolescents: Reinforcement of depressive behavior. Behavior Research and Therapy, 36, 417-427.

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Sheeber, L. B., & McDevitt, S. C. (1998). Temperament-focused parent-training. In J. M. Briesmeister & C. E. Schaefer (Eds.), Handbook of parent-training: Parents as co-therapists for children's behavior problems (2nd ed., pp. 479-507). New York: Wiley.

Sheeber, L., Hops, H., Alpert, A., Davis, B., & Andrews, J. (1997). Family support and conflict: Prospective relations to adolescent depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 25, 333-344.

Sorensen, E. D., Goldman, J., Sheeber, L. B., Albanese, I., Ward, M., Williamson, L., & McDanal, C. (1997). Judges' reliance on psychological, sociological and legal variables in contested custody decisions. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 112, 1-27.

Sheeber, L. B., Sorensen, E. D., & Howe, S. R. (1996). Data analytic techniques for treatment outcome studies with pretest/posttest measurements: An extensive primer. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 30, 185-199.

Sheeber, L. B. (1995). Empirical dissociations between temperament and behavior problems: A response to the Sanson, Prior, & Kyrios study. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 41, 554-561.

Clarke, G. N., Hawkins, W., Murphy, M., Sheeber, L. B., Lewinsohn, P. M., & Seeley, J. R. (1995). Targeted prevention of unipolar depressive disorder in an at-risk sample of high school adolescents: A randomized trial of a group cognitive intervention. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 312-321.

Experience

2015 - Present
Clinical Psychologist
Private Practice, Eugene, OR

2018-Present
Associate Editor
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

2013 - 2015
Director of Behavioral Health Services
Laurel Hill Center, Eugene, OR          

2012 – 2014
Associate Editor
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

2006 - Present
Senior Scientist
Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

1999-2006
Research Scientist
Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

1995 - 1999
Adjunct Research Scientist
Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

1991 - 1995
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1992 - 1993
Post-Doctoral Resident, Children's Hospital Medical Center
Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1992 - 1993
Post-Doctoral Resident
Walk-In Clinic, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1989 - 1990
Psychology Intern
Morrison Center, Portland, OR