Jeffrey D. Burke

Associate Professor

Psychological Sciences

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Education

Ph.D., 1997, University of Connecticut

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Research Interests

Dr. Burke’s interests involve understanding the etiology, developmental course and outcomes related to oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. His work includes a focus on irritability as a component of oppositional defiant disorder, which raises the risk for the development of depression and anxiety in some people. His interest also include: 

• The development of the disruptive behavior disorders
• Chronic irritability and outcomes of depression and anxiety
• Treatment and service engagement related to disruptive behavior disorders

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Teaching

• Developmental Psychopathology
• Evidence Based Methods
• Practicum in Child Psychotherapy

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Publications

Recent

Derella, O. J., Butler, E. J., Seymour, K. E., & Burke, J. D. (2024). Frustration response and regulation among irritable children: contributions of chronic irritability, internalizing, and externalizing symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology , 53 (2), 199-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2023.2246557

Evans, S. C., & Burke, J. D. (2024). The Affective Side of Disruptive Behavior: Toward Better Understanding, Assessment, and Treatment. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 53(2), 141–155. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2024.2333008

Hawes, D., Dadds, M. R., Frick, P., Fairchild, G., Gardner, F., Kimonis, E. & Burke, J.D. (2023). Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 9, 31. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-023-00441-6

Burke, J.D., Butler, E. J., Shaughnessy, S., Karlovich, A. R. & Evans, S. C. (2024). Evidence-based Assessment of DSM-5 Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders. Assessment, 31(1), 75-93.[ ]doi: 10.1177/10731911231188739

Burke, J.D., Johnston, O. G., & Perkins, A. G. (2022). Where should psychopathic traits be placed in a diagnostic framework? Evidence for a grandiose-manipulative specifier for ODD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 50, 1289-1298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00924-2

Representative 

Burke, J. D., Johnston, O. G., & Butler, E. J. (2021). The irritable and oppositional dimensions of oppositional defiant disorder: Integral factors in the explanation of affective and behavioral psychopathology. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 30(3), 637–647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2021.04.012

Waldman, I., Rowe, R., Boylan, K. & Burke, J.D. (2018). External validation of a bifactor model of oppositional defiant disorder. Molecular Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0294-z

Burke, J. D. & Loeber, R. (2016). Mechanisms of behavioral and affective treatment outcomes in a cognitive behavioral intervention for boys. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 179-189.

Burke, J. D., Boylan, K., Rowe, R., Duku, E., Stepp, S. D., Hipwell, A. E., Waldman, I. (2014). Identifying the irritability dimension of ODD: Application of a general bifactor model across five large community samples of children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 841-851.

Burke, J. D., Loeber, R., Lahey, B. B. & Rathouz, P. J. (2005). Developmental transitions among affective and behavioural disorders in adolescent boys. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 1200-1210.

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Honors and Awards

• Member, ICD-11 Field Studies Working Group on Disruptive Behaviour and Dissocial Disorders, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
• Reviser, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR); Disruptive, Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Editorial Board, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
• Consulting Editor, Journal of Abnormal Psychology