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Director,
Prevention Research Center; Director of Operations &
Principal Research Cores
Regent's Professor of Psychology
Prevention Research Center
(480) 727-6121
Irwin
Sandler, Ph.D. is the Director of the Prevention Research
Center and the Program for Prevention Research and is the
Principal Investigator on the Family Bereavement Program. He
has been conducting research on children and families in high
stress situations for over 20 years. His current interests
focus on understanding the role of coping and coping efficacy
in promoting health adaptation to stress, the assessment of
stress events and ongoing chronic difficulties and preventive
interventions for children of divorce and bereaved children.
His most recent books are the Handbook of Children's Coping,
(Plenum Press, co-edited with Sharlene Wolchik) and the
forthcoming The Promotion of Wellness in Children and
Adolescents (Sage, co-edited with Cichetti, Rappaport, and
Weissberg).
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Ayers,
T.S., Kennedy, C.L., Sandler, I.N., & Stokes, J. (in
press). Promoting healthy adaptation in bereaved adolescents.
In T.P. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.), The encyclopedia of
primary prevention and health promotion. New York: Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Braver, S.L., Hipke, K.N., Ellman, I.M., & Sandler, I.N.
(in press). Strengths-building public policy for children of
divorce. In K. Maton, B. Ledbetter, C. Schellenbach & A.
Solarz (Eds.), Investing in children, youth, families, and
communities: Strengths-based public policies. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Ayers, T.S., & Sandler, I.N. (in press). Promoting healthy
adaptation in bereaved children. In T.P. Gullotta & M.
Bloom (Eds.), The encyclopedia of primary prevention and
health promotion. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Davis, C.H., MacKinnon, D.P., Schultz, A.S., & Sandler,
I.N. (in press). Cumulative risk and population attributable
fraction for children's mental health. Journal of Clinical
Child Psychology.
Dawson-McClure, S.R., Sandler, I.N., & Wolchik, S.A. (in
press). Adolescents of divorce. In T.P. Gullotta & M.
Bloom (Eds.), The encyclopedia of primary prevention and
health promotion. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Deardorff, J., Gonzales, N.A., & Sandler, I.N. (in press).
Control beliefs as a mediator of the relationship between
stress and depression among inner-city adolescents. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology.
Haine, R.A., Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., Tein, J.-Y., &
Dawson-McClure, S.R. (in press). Changing the legacy of
divorce: Evidence from prevention programs and future
directions. Family Relations.
Sandler, I.N., Ayers, T.S., & Dawson-McClure, S.R. (in
press). Children suffering from family disruption: Separation,
divorce, and bereavement. In C.M.H. Hosman, E. Jane-Llopis, S.
Saxena & S. Kellam (Eds.), Prevention of mental disorders:
An overview on evidence-based strategies and programs. London:
World Health Organization.
Sandler, I.N., Ayers, T.S., Suter, J., Schultz, A.S., &
Twohey, J.L. (in press). Adversities, strengths and public
policy. In K. Maton, B. Ledbetter, C. Schellenbach & A.
Solarz (Eds.), Investing in children, youth, families, and
communities: Strengths-based public policies. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Sandler, I.N., Ayers, T.S., Wolchik, S.A., Tein, J.-Y., Kwok,
O.-M., Haine, R.A., Twohey, J.L., Suter, J., Lin, K.,
Padgett-Jones, S., Lutzke, J.R., Cole, E., Kriege, G., &
Griffin, W.A. (in press). The Family Bereavement Program:
Efficacy evaluation of a theory-based prevention program for
parentally-bereaved children and adolescents. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., Davis, C.H., Haine, R.A., &
Ayers, T.S. (in press). Correlational and experimental study
of resilience for children of divorce and parentally-bereaved
children. In S.S. Luthar (Ed.), Resilience and vulnerability:
Adaptation in the context of childhood adversities. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Millsap, R.E., Plummer, B.A.,
Greene, S.M., Anderson, E.R., Dawson-McClure, S.R., Hipke, K.N.,
& Haine, R.A. (2002). Six-year follow-up of a randomized,
controlled trial of preventive interventions for children of
divorce. Journal of the American Medical Association, 288,
1-8.
Wolchik, S.A., Tein, J.-Y., Sandler, I.N., & Doyle, K.W.
(2002). Fear of abandonment as a mediator of the relations
between divorce stressors and mother-child relationship
quality and children's adjustment problems. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 30, 401-418.
Sandler, I.N., & Chassin, L. (2002, January 15). Training
of prevention researchers: Perspectives from the Arizona State
University Prevention Research Training Program. Prevention
and Treatment, 5, Article 6. http://www.journals.apa.org./prevention/volume5/pre0050006a.html.
Sandler, I.N. (2002). Training to become a preventionist. In
P.J. Mrazek & C.M.H. Hosman (Eds.), Toward a strategy for
worldwide action to promote mental health and prevention
mental and behavioral disorders (pp. 103-105). Alexandria, VA:
World Federation for Mental Health.
Cookston, J.T., Braver, S.L., Sandler, I.N., & Genalo, M.T.
(2002). Prospects for expanded court-based services for
children of divorce. Family Court Review, 40, 190-203.
Hipke, K.N., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., & Braver, S.L.
(2002). Predictors of children's intervention-induced
resilience in a parenting program for divorced mothers. Family
Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family
Studies, 51, 121-129.
Gonzales, N.A., Tein, J.-Y., Sandler, I.N., & Friedman,
R.J. (2001). On the limits of coping: Interaction between
stress and coping for inner-city adolescents. Journal of
Adolescent Research, 16, 372-395.
Sandler, I.N., Ayers, T.S., & Romer, A.L. (2001).
Fostering resilience in families in which a parent has died:
An interview with Irwin N. Sandler and Tim S. Ayers.
Innovations in End-of-Life Care, 3, http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/archives/archivesNov01/default.asp.
Sandler, I.N. (2001). Quality and ecology of adversity as
common mechanisms of risk and resilience. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 29, 19-61.
Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., & Gensheimer, L.K. (2000).
Stress: Theory, research, and action. In J. Rappaport & E.
Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of community psychology (pp.
187-214). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers.
Sandler, I.N., Kim-Bae, L.S., & MacKinnon, D.P. (2000).
Coping and negative appraisal as mediators between control
beliefs and psychological symptoms in children of divorce.
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 336-347.
Sandler, I.N., Tein, J.-Y., Mehta, P., Wolchik, S.A., &
Ayers, T.S. (2000). Coping efficacy and psychological problems
of children of divorce. Child Development, 71, 1099-1118.
Cicchetti, D., Rappaport, J., Sandler, I., & Weissberg,
R.P. (Eds.). (2000). The promotion of wellness in children and
adolescents. Washington, DC: CWLA Press.
Hipke, K.N., Sandler, I.N., & Wolchik, S.A. (2000).
Children of divorce. In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of stress
(pp. 730-734). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Lengua, L.J., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., & West, S.G.
(2000). The additive and interactive effects of parenting and
temperament in predicting adjustment problems of children of
divorce. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29, 232-244.
Tein, J.-Y., Sandler, I.N., & Zautra, A.J. (2000).
Stressful life events, psychological distress, coping, and
parenting of divorced mothers: A longitudinal study. Journal
of Family Psychology, 14, 27-41.
Wolchik, S.A., West, S.G., Sandler, I.N., Tein, J.-Y.,
Coatsworth, D., Lengua, L., Weiss, L., Anderson, E.R., Greene,
S.M., & Griffin, W.A. (2000). An experimental evaluation
of theory-based mother and mother-child programs for children
of divorce. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68,
843-856.
Wolchik, S.A., Wilcox, K.L., Tein, J.-Y., & Sandler, I.N.
(2000). Maternal acceptance and consistency of discipline as
buffers of divorce stressors on children's psychological
adjustment problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 28,
87-102.
Wyman, P.A., Sandler, I., Wolchik, S.A., & Nelson, K.
(2000). Resilience as cumulative competence promotion and
stress protection: Theory and intervention. In D. Cicchetti,
J. Rappaport, I. Sandler & R.P. Weissberg (Eds.), The
promotion of wellness in children and adolescents (pp.
133-184). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc.
Lengua, L.J., Sandler, I.N., West, S.G., Wolchik, S.A., &
Curran, P.J. (1999). Emotionality and self-regulation, threat
appraisal, and coping in children of divorce. Development and
Psychopathology, 11, 15-37.
Sandler, I.N. (1999, December 21). Progress in developing
strategies and theory for the prevention of depression and
anxiety. Prevention and Treatment, 2, Article 9. http://www.journals.apa.org./prevention/volume2/toc-dec21-99.html.
Mazur, E., Wolchik, S.A., Virdin, L., Sandler, I.N., &
West, S.G. (1999). Cognitive moderators of children's
adjustment to stressful divorce events: The role of negative
cognitive errors and positive illusions. Child Development,
70, 231-245.
Lengua, L.J., West, S.G., & Sandler, I.N. (1998).
Temperament as a predictor of symptomatology in children:
Addressing contamination of measures. Child Development, 69,
164-181.
Ayers, T.S., Sandler, I.N., & Twohey, J.L. (1998).
Conceptualization and measurement of coping in children and
adolescents. In T.H. Ollendick & R.J. Prinz (Eds.),
Advances in clinical child psychology (pp. 243-301). New York:
Plenum Press.
Weyer, M., & Sandler, I.N. (1998). Stress and coping as
predictors of children's divorce-related ruminations. Journal
of Clinical Child Psychology, 27, 78-86.
Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., MacKinnon, D.P., Ayers, T.S.,
& Roosa, M.W. (1997). Developing linkages between theory
and intervention in stress and coping processes. In S.A.
Wolchik & I.N. Sandler (Eds.), Handbook of children's
coping: Linking theory and intervention (pp. 3-40). New York:
Plenum Press.
Wolchik, S.A., & Sandler, I.N. (Eds.). (1997). Handbook of
children's coping: Linking theory and intervention. New York:
Plenum Press.
Dion, M.R., Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S., & Sandler, I.N.
(1997). Alcohol abuse and psychopathic deviance in
noncustodial parents as predictors of child-support payment
and visitation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 67,
70-79.
Kim, L.S., Sandler, I.N., & Tein, J.-Y. (1997). Locus of
control as a stress moderator and mediator in children of
divorce. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 25, 145-155.
Lutzke, J.R., Ayers, T.S., Sandler, I.N., & Barr, A.
(1997). Risks and interventions for the parentally bereaved
child. In S.A. Wolchik & I.N. Sandler (Eds.), Handbook of
children's coping: Linking theory and intervention (pp.
215-243). New York: Plenum Press.
Roosa, M.W., Wolchik, S.A., & Sandler, I.N. (1997).
Preventing the negative effects of common stressors: Current
status and future directions. In S.A. Wolchik & I.N.
Sandler (Eds.), Handbook of children's coping with common life
stressors (pp. 515-533). New York: Plenum Press.
Sandler, I. (Ed.). (1997). Meta-analysis of primary prevention
programs for children and adolescents [Special issue]:
American Journal of Community Psychology, 25(2).
Sandler, I. (1997). Meta-analysis of primary prevention
programs for children and adolescents: Introduction to the
special issue. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25,
111-113.
Pillow, D.R., Zautra, A.J., & Sandler, I.N. (1996). Major
life events and minor stressors: Identifying mediational links
in the stress process. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 70, 381-394.
Lengua, L.J., & Sandler, I.N. (1996). Self-regulation as a
moderator of the relation between coping and symptomatology in
children of divorce. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 24,
681-701.
Ayers, T.S., Sandler, I.N., West, S.G., & Roosa, M.W.
(1996). A dispositional and situational assessment of
children's coping: Testing alternative models of coping.
Journal of Personality, 64, 923-958.
Zautra, A.J., Sheets, V.L., & Sandler, I.N. (1996). An
examination of the construct validity of coping dispositions
for a sample of recently divorced mothers. Psychological
Assessment, 8, 256-264.
Sheets, V., Sandler, I.N., & West, S.G. (1996). Appraisals
of negative events by preadolescent children of divorce. Child
Development, 67, 2166-2182.
Short, J.L., Sandler, I.N., & Roosa, M.W. (1996).
Adolescents' perceptions of social support: The role of esteem
enhancing and esteem threatening relationships. Journal of
Social and Clinical Psychology, 15, 397-416.
Short, J.L., Roosa, M.W., Sandler, I.N., Ayers, T.S.,
Gensheimer, L.K., Braver, S.L., & Tein, J.-Y. (1995).
Evaluation of a preventive intervention for a self-selected
subpopulation of children. American Journal of Community
Psychology, 23, 223-247.
Sandler, I.N. (1994). In search of proficiency in
multicultural training in community psychology. American
Journal of Community Psychology, 22, 803-807.
Kliewer, W., Sandler, I.N., & Wolchik, S.A. (1994). Family
socialization of threat appraisal and coping: Coaching,
modeling, and family context. In K. Hurrelman & F.
Nestmann (Eds.), Social networks and social support in
childhood and adolescence. Prevention and intervention in
childhood and adolescence (pp. 271-291). Oxford, England:
Walter De Gruyter.
Miller, P.A., Kliewer, W., Hepworth, J.T., & Sandler, I.N.
(1994). Maternal socialization of children's postdivorce
coping: Development of a measurement model. Journal of Applied
Developmental Psychology, 15, 457-487.
Sandler, I.N., Tein, J.-Y., & West, S.G. (1994). Coping,
stress, and the psychological symptoms of children of divorce:
A cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Child Development,
65, 1744-1763.
Spaccarelli, S., Sandler, I.N., & Roosa, M.W. (1994).
History of spouse violence against mother: Correlated risks
and unique effects in child mental health. Journal of Family
Violence, 9, 79-98.
Wolchik, S.A., West, S.G., Westover, S., Sandler, I.N.,
Martin, A., Lustig, J., Tein, J.-Y., & Fisher, J. (1993).
The children of divorce parenting intervention: Outcome
evaluation of an empirically based program. American Journal
of Community Psychology, 21, 293-331.
Sandler, I.N., & Chassin, L. (1993). From research to
implementation in the teaching of prevention: A postdoctoral
training program. Teaching of Psychology, 20, 144-148.
Kliewer, W., & Sandler, I.N. (1993). Social competence and
coping among children of divorce: Differing perspectives of
children and their teachers. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 63, 432-440.
Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., & Sheets, V.L.
(1993). A social exchange model of nonresidential parent
involvement. In C.E. Depner & J.H. Bray (Eds.),
Nonresidential parenting: New vistas in family living (pp.
87-108). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Sheets, V.L.,
Fogas, B., & Bay, R.C. (1993). A longitudinal study of
noncustodial parents: Parents without children. Special
Section: Families in transition. Journal of Family Psychology,
7, 9-23.
Mazur, E., Wolchik, S.A., & Sandler, I.N. (1992). Negative
cognitive errors and positive illusions for negative divorce
events: Predictors of children's psychological adjustment.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 20, 523-542.
Kliewer, W., & Sandler, I.N. (1992). Locus of control and
self-esteem as moderators of stressor-symptom relations in
children and adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 20, 393-413.
Sandler, I.N., Reynolds, K.D., Kliewer, W., & Ramirez, R.
(1992). Specificity of the relation between life events and
psychological symptomatology. Journal of Clinical Child
Psychology, 21, 240-248.
Sandler, I.N., West, S.G., Baca, L., Pillow, D.R., Gersten,
J.C., Rogosch, F., Virdin, L.M., Beals, J., Reynolds, K.D.,
Kallgren, C.A., Tein, J.-Y., Kriege, G., Cole, E., &
Ramirez, R. (1992). Linking empirically based theory and
evaluation: The Family Bereavement Program. American Journal
of Community Psychology, 20, 491-521.
Wolchik, S.A., Ramirez, R., Sandler, I.N., Fisher, J.L.,
Balls, P., & Brown, C. (1992). Inner-city, poor children
of divorce: Negative divorce-related events, problematic
beliefs and adjustment problems. Journal of Divorce and
Remarriage, 19, 1-20.
West, S.G., Sandler, I.N., Pillow, D.R., Baca, L., &
Gersten, J.C. (1991). The use of structural equation modeling
in generative research: Toward the design of a preventive
intervention for bereaved children. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 19, 459-480.
Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Pillow, D.R.,
& Gersten, J.C. (1991). Small theory and the strategic
choices of prevention research. American Journal of Community
Psychology, 19, 873-880.
Sandler, I.N., & Chassin, L. (1991). Post-doctoral
education in prevention research. Child, Youth, and Family
Services Quarterly, 14, 6-7.
Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., & Fogas, B.S.
(1991). Stability and quality of life events and psychological
symptomatology in children of divorce [Special Issue]:
Preventive Intervention Research Centers. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 19, 501-520.
Pillow, D.R., Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A.,
& Gersten, J.C. (1991). Theory-based screening for
prevention: Focusing on mediating processes in children of
divorce. American Journal of Community Psychology, 19,
809-836.
Braver, S.L., Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Fogas, B.S., &
Zvetina, D. (1991). Frequency of visitation by divorced
fathers: Differences in reports by fathers and mothers.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 61, 448-454.
Sandler, I.N. (1990). Critical issues in stress and social
competence building prevention research. In P. Muehrer (Ed.),
Conceptual models for preventing mental disorder (pp. 99-106).
Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS
Publication Number (ADM) 90-1713).
Roosa, M.W., Beals, J., Sandler, I.N., & Pillow, D.R.
(1990). The role of risk and protective factors in predicting
symptomatology in adolescent self-identified children of
alcoholic parents. American Journal of Community Psychology,
18, 725-741.
Braver, S.L., Gonzales, N.A., Wolchik, S.A., & Sandler,
I.N. (1989). Economic hardship and psychological distress in
custodial mothers. Journal of Divorce, 12, 19-34.
Sandler, I.N., Miller, P.A., Short, J., & Wolchik, S.A.
(1989). Social support as a protective factor for children in
stress. In D. Belle (Ed.), Children's social networks and
social supports (pp. 277-307). Oxford, England: John Wiley
& Sons.
Wolchik, S.A., Beals, J., & Sandler, I.N. (1989). Mapping
children's support networks: Conceptual and methodological
issues. In D. Belle (Ed.), Children's social networks and
social supports (pp. 191-220). New York: John Wiley &
Sons.
Wolchik, S.A., Ruehlman, L.S., Braver, S.L., & Sandler,
I.N. (1989). Social support of children of divorce: Direct and
stress buffering effects. American Journal of Community
Psychology, 17, 485-501.
Sandler, I.N., Gersten, J.C., Reynolds, K., Kallgren, C.A.,
& Ramirez, R. (1988). Using theory and data to plan
support interventions: Design of a program for bereaved
children. In B.H. Gottlieb (Ed.), Marshaling social support:
Formats, processes, and effects (pp. 53-83). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., & Braver, S.L. (1988). The
stressors of children's postdivorce environments. In S.A.
Wolchik & P. Karoly (Eds.), Children of divorce: Empirical
perspectives on adjustment (pp. 111-143). New York: Gardner
Press, Inc.
Roosa, M.W., Sandler, I.N., Beals, J., & Short, J.L.
(1988). Risk status of adolescent children of problem-drinking
parents. American Journal of Community Psychology, 16,
225-239.
Roosa, M.W., Sandler, I.N., Gehring, M., Beals, J., &
Cappo, L. (1988). The Children of Alcoholics Life Events
Schedule: A stress scale for children of alcohol-abusing
parents. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 49, 422-429.
Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., & Braver, S.L. (1987).
Social support: Its assessment and relation to children's
adjustment. In N. Eisenberg (Ed.), Contemporary topics in
developmental psychology (pp. 319-349). New York: Wiley.
Wolchik, S.A., Sandler, I.N., Braver, S.L., & Fogas, B.S.
(1986). Events of parental divorce: Stressfulness ratings by
children, parents, and clinicians. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 14, 59-74.
Sandler, I.N., Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., & Fogas, B.S.
(1986). Significant events of children and divorce: Toward the
assessment of a risky situation. In S.M. Auerbach & A.
Stolberg (Eds.), Crisis intervention with children and
families (pp. 65-83). New York: Hemisphere.
Sandler, I.N. (1986). Children of parental divorce and
parental death: The prospects for a prevention program.
Alexandria, VA: National Mental Health Association.
Sandler, I.N., & Guenther, R.R. (1985). Assessment of life
stress events. In P. Karoly (Ed.), Measurement strategies in
health psychology (pp. 555-600). New York: John Wiley &
Sons.
Sandler, I.N. (1985). Children's environments and mental
health: Opportunity and responsibility. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 13, 335-339.
Sandler, I.N. (1985). Children's environments and mental
health: Opportunity and responsibility. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 13, 339-352.
Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., & Sandler, I.N. (1985).
Maternal versus joint custody: Children's postseparation
experiences and adjustment. Journal of Clinical Child
Psychology, 14, 5-10.
Wolchik, S.A., Fogas, B.S., & Sandler, I.N. (1984).
Assessment of child stressors in separation and divorce. In
J.H. Humphrey (Ed.), Childhood stress (pp. 79-96). New York:
AMS Press.
Sandler, I.N., & Keller, P.A. (1984). Trends observed in
community psychology training descriptions. American Journal
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