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., Burke, J. D., Romano-Verthelyi, A. M., Bertschinger, E. & Johnston, O. G. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of a brief cognitive-behavioral group-based intervention for chronic irritability in youth. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 25, 778-789. doi: 10.1177/1359104520918331

Johnston, O. G., Cruess, D. G. & Burke, J. D. (2020). Irritability and behavioral symptom dimensions of oppositional defiant disorder in young adults: Associations with DSM-5 pathological personality traits. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 42, 424-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-020-09786-8

Derella, O. J., Burke, J. D., Stepp, S. D. & Hipwell, A. E. (2020). Reciprocity in undesirable parent–child behavior? Corporal punishment, verbal aggression, and oppositional defiant symptoms in girls. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 49, 420-433. DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2019.1603109

Representative 

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

Evans, S. C., Burke, J. D., Roberts, M. C., Fite, P. J., Lochman, J. E., de la Peña, F. R., Reed, G. M. (2017).  Irritability in child and adolescent psychopathology: An integrative review for ICD-11.  Clinical Psychology Review, 53, 29-45.

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