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James
F. Alexander, Ph.D. |
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Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Utah |
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Contact Information |
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James
F. Alexander, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Utah
380 South 1530 East, Room 502
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 -0251
Office: 1329 Social And Behavioral Science Building
Office Phone: (801) 581-6538
E-mail: james.alexander@psych.utah.edu
Fax: (801) 581-5841 |
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Education |
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| Ph.D.
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Michigan
State University (Psychology, 1967) |
| M.A. |
California
State University (Psychology, 1964) |
| B.A. |
Duke
University (Psychology, 1962) |
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Honors & Awards |
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Distinguished
Contributions to Family Therapy Research, American Family Therapy
Academy (AAMFT) (1986)
Master Therapist & "Learning Edge" presenter, AAMFT
(1988, 1994)
Approved Supervisor, AAMFT (1990 - present)
Family Psychologist Of The Year, Division 43 of the American Psychological
Association (1994)
Fellow, Divisions 12 & 43, American Psychological Association
(APA)
Good Housekeeping List of Top U.S. Mental Health Experts (1994)
Superior Teaching, University of Utah, Social & Behavioral Science
(1986)
APA Division 43 Presidential Citation-Lifetime Contributions To Family
Therapy Research (1996)
First "Scientist Exemplar" Award, 1999 AAMFT Research Conference,
Chicago (1999)
FFT Selected by OJJDP & CSVP (CDC) as Exemplary Program for National
Dissemination Dr. Alexander is progenitor of Functional Family Therapy
(with Bruce Parsons), a nationally and internationally acclaimed and
empirically demonstrated intervention model for juvenile delinquents,
oppositional and conduct disordered youth, and substance abusing youth.
FFT has been selected as a "Best Practice" program (under
different labels) by various national organizations (Centers for Disease
Control, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Center
for Study and Prevention of Violence, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention;
CDC, OJJDP, CSPV, CSAP respectively). These organizations independently
have reviewed some 500 programs available to youth, and have identified
only ten or so programs which qualify as empirically supported, rigorously
evaluated, and independently replicated. |
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Professional Activites |
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Senior
Consulting Editor, The Family Psychologist, (1992-1995)
Past or present Editorial Board member for 7 major family-related
journals.
Past President, Division 43, APA (1989)
Co-chair, Committee on Division-APA Relations, APA (1988)
Past Treasurer & Current Board Member, AFTA
Past and Present Consultant with numerous NIMH, NIDA, and Juvenile
Justice System Programs
Over 150 national & international clinical training workshops
Over 70 chapters and refereed journal articles.
Over 125 convention presentations and academic colloquia.
Over 20 Clinical Research and Training Grants - Currently Co-PI and
Executive Committee member of multisite family systems based NIDA
funded Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse (CTRADA:
Howard Liddle, P.I).
Consultant to Executive Consulting Evaluation Team for 2 CSAP projects
AAMFT Division Speaker List (2000)
Foundation Dollar Support: Bireley Foundation, Tanner Foundation |
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Selected Publications |
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Alexander,
J. F., & Parsons, B. V. (1973). Short term behavioral
intervention with delinquent families: Impact on family process and
recidivism. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 81(3), 219-225.
Alexander, J. F., Barton, C., Schiavo, R. S., &
Parsons, B. V. (1976). Behavioral intervention with families of delinquents:
Therapist characteristics and outcome. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 44(4), 656-664.
Alexander, J. F., & Barton, C. (1980). Intervention
with delinquents and their families: Clinical, methodological, and
conceptual issues. In J. Vincent (Ed.), Advances in family intervention,
assessment and theory. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., & Sanders, J. D.
(1985). Research in family therapy. In L. L'Abate (Ed.), The handbook
of family psychology and therapy. Homewood, IL: The Dorsey Press.
Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Newberry, A. M., &
Liddle, N. (1988). Family approaches to treating delinquents. In F.
M. Cox, C. Chilman, & E. Nunnally (Eds.), Families in trouble.
New York: Sage.
Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Turner,
C. W., & Warburton, J. (1985). Generalizing treatment effects
of Functional Family Therapy: Three replications. American Journal
of Family Therapy, 13(3), 16-26.
Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H. B., Barton, C., &
Mas, C. H. (1989). Minimizing blaming attributions and behaviors in
delinquent families. Special series on marital and family disorders
in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 57(1), 19-24.
Newberry, A. M., Alexander, J. F., & Turner,
C. W. (1991). Gender as a process variable in family therapy. Journal
of Family Psychology, 5(2), 158-175. Morris, S. M., Alexander,
J. F., & Turner, C. W. (1991). Do reattributions reduce
blame? Journal of Family Psychology, 5(2), 192-203.
Alexander, J. F., (1992). An integrative model for
treating the adolescent who is delinquent/acting-out. In W. Snyder
& T. Ooms (Ed.), Empowering families, helping adolescents: family-centered
treatment of adolescents with alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health
problems. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Alexander, J. F., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., & Jameson,
P. B., (1993). Research on the process and outcome of marriage and
family therapy. In A.E. Bergin & S.L. Garfield (Eds.), Handbook
of psychotherapy and behavior change, 4th Edition, New York: John
Wiley & Sons.
Jameson, P.B. & Alexander, J. F., (1993). Implications
of a developmental family systems model for clinical practice. In
L.L'Abate (Ed.), Handbook of developmental family psychology and psychopathology,
New York: Wiley & Sons.
Alexander, J. F., & Barton, C. (1995). Family
therapy research. In R.H. Mikesell, D.D. Lusterman, & S. McDaniel
(Eds.), Integrating Family Therapy: Handbook of Family Psychology
and Systems Therapy. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Waldron, H. B., Turner, C. W., Alexander, J. F.,
& Barton, C. (1994). Coding defensive and supportive communications:
Discriminant validity and sub-category convergence. Journal of Family
Psychology, 7, 197-203.
Alexander, J. F., Newell, R.M., Robbins, M.R., &
Turner, C.W. (1995). Observational coding in family therapy process
research.
[Invited
special feature article]
Journal of Family Psychology, 9, 4, 355-365.
Alexander, J. F., & Pugh, C. (1996). Adolescent
oppositional and conduct disorders, In F. Kaslow (Ed.), Handbook of
Relational Diagnosis. New York: Wiley.
Alexander, J. F., Jameson, P., Newell, R.M., &
Gunderson, D. (1996). Changing cognitive schemas: A necessary antecedent
to changing behaviors in dysfunctional families? In K.S. Dobson &
K.D. Craig (Eds.), Advances in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Newberry
Park, CA: Sage Publications
Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C.W. Creative dialectic
tension in coding strategies: Reply to Greenberg (1995) and Markman
et al. (1995). Journal of Family Psychology. 9, 4, 380-384
Robbins, M.R., Alexander, J. F., Turner, C.W., &
Newell, R.M. (in press). Effects of reframes on adolescent negativity
in family therapy.
[Invited article in special section]
Journal of Family Psychology.
Alexander, J. F., Pugh, C., Newell., R. M., &
Gunderson, D. (1995). Family disintegration and behavior disorders
of youth: An inevitable cycle? In W..J. O'Neill, Jr. (Ed.), Family,
the first imperative. Cleveland, OH: W..J. O'Neill.
Alexander, J. F., & Pugh, C. (1996). Adolescent
oppositional and conduct disorders. In F. Kaslow (Ed.), Handbook of
Relational Diagnosis. New York: Wiley.
Wilson, C. A., Alexander, J. A., & Turner, C.
W. (1996). Family therapy process and outcome research: Relationship
to treatment ethics. Ethics & Behavior 6(4), 345-352.
Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., & Robbins, M.S.
(1998). Cognitive-behavioral treatment for problem families. In V.E.
Caballo (Ed.), Manual for the cognitive-behavioral of psychological
problems: Vol. 2 Clinical formulation, behavioral medicine, and related
problems. Madrid, Spain: 21st Century Editors of Spain.
Alexander, J. F., & Sexton, T. L. (1999). Helping
Our Youth. Clinical Update: Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Disorders,
(1,5, p 1-8)
Sexton, T. L. & Alexander, J. F. (1999). Functional
Family Therapy: Principles of Clinical Intervention, Assessment, and
Implementation. Henderson, NV: RCH Enterprises.
Alexander, J. F., & Sexton, T. L. (9/99), Family
Based Treatment of Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Disorders (OR) Understanding
and Treating Juvenile Delinquency. Helping Our Youth, Clinical Update
Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Disorders, (1,5, p 1-8)
Sexton, T. L., & Alexander, J. F. (in press).
FBEST: Family-based Empirically Supported Treatment Interventions,
The Counseling Psychologist.
Alexander, J. F., Sexton, T. L., & Robbins, M.(in
press). The Developmental Status of Family Therapy in Family Psychology
Intervention Science. In Family Psychology Intervention Science (H.
Liddle, D. Santisteban, R. Levant, & J. Bray, Eds.)
Robbins, M.S., Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C.W.
(in press). Disrupting defensive family interactions in family therapy
with delinquent youth. Journal of Family Psychology.
Alexander, J. F., Robbins, M.S., & Sexton, T.L.,
(in press). Family Therapy with Older, Indicated Youth: From Promise
to Proof to Practice. In K. Kumpfer (Ed.), Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention Science Symposium: Bridging the Gap Between Research and
Practice. Washington D.C. Also scheduled to appear in The Journal
of Primary Prevention .
Robbins, M. S., Alexander, J. F., & Turner, C.
W. (In Press 2000), Disrupting Defensive Family Interactions in Family
Therapy with Delinquent Adolescents, Journal of Family Psychology.
Sexton, T. L., & Alexander, J. F. (In Press 2000).
FBEST: Family-based Empirically Supported Treatment Interventions,
The Counseling Psychologist.
Alexander, J. F., Sexton, T. L., & Robbins, M.
in Family Psychology Intervention Science (H. Liddle, D. Santisteban,
Levant, & J. Bray (Eds.). The Developmental Status of Family Therapy
in Family Psychology Intervention Science, (In press 2000).
Alexander, J. F., Pugh, C., Parsons, B. V., &
Sexton, T. L. (2000, In Press). Functional Family Therapy. (2nd Edition.)
In D. S. Elliott (Series Ed.), Blueprints for Violence Prevention
(Book 3). Boulder, CO: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence,
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado |
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Selected Conference Publications |
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2/25-26/00
Western Criminology Conference, Kona, HI
3/3-4/00 Kansas AAMFT Conference Workshop, Kansas City, KS
3/30/00 Miami Dade County Public Defender's National Conference on
Violence, Miami, FL
4/20/00 Keynote and Workshop: 2nd Annual North West Addictions Treatment
Conference, Portland, Or
6/19/00 American Family Therapy Academy Plenary, San Diego, CA |
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Home & Cross Area Specializations |
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Diversity
Social-Developmental
Interpersonal Processes
Clinical-Deveopmental |
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