Ellen Flannery-Schroeder

  • Dr. Glenda L. Vittimberga '88 Endowed Professor of Psychology, Director of Training in Clinical Psychology
  • Department of Psychology; Clinical Psychology
  • Phone: 401.874.4219
  • Email: efschroeder@uri.edu
  • Office Location: Chafee 106
  • Accepting Students: Not at this time

Research

PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Flannery-Schroeder will not be accepting students for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Research interests include the nature of anxiety and depressive disorders in children and adults; efficacy of cognitive-behavioral treatment and prevention programs for children at risk for anxiety; parent training and the role of family factors in the onset, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders. Dr. Flannery-Schroeder serves as Director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Anxiety Lab (PAALs).

Education

  • Ph.D. 1997, Temple University
  • M.A. 1992, Connecticut College
  • B.A. 1990, Franklin and Marshall College

Selected Publications

(*student author)

Smith*, A., & Flannery-Schroeder, E. (in press). Childhood emotional maltreatment and somatic complaints: The mediating role of alexithymia.  Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma.

Gosch, E., & Flannery-Schroeder, E., & Brecher, R. (2012). School-based interventions for anxiety disorders. In R. Mennuti, A. Freeman, & R. Christner (Eds.), Cognitive behavioral interventions in educational settings, 2nd Edition. New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Sieberg*, C., Flannery-Schroeder, E., & Plante, W. (2011). Children with co-morbid recurrent abdominal pain and anxiety disorders: Results from a multiple-baseline intervention study. Journal of Child Health Care, 126-139.

Flannery-Schroeder, E., & Lamb*, A. (2009). Cognitive-behavior therapy. In F. Andrasik & J. Matson (Eds.), Treating childhood psychopathology and developmental disabilities. (pp. 55-78). New York: Springer Publishing.

Suveg, C., Hudson, J., Brewer, G., Flannery-Schroeder, E., Gosch, E., & Kendall, P. C. (2009). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety-disordered youth: Secondary outcomes from a randomized clinical trial evaluating child and family modalities.  Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23,341-349.

Kendall, P.C., Hudson, J., Gosch, E., Flannery-Schroeder, E., & Suveg, C. (2008). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety disordered youth: A randomized clinical trial evaluating child and family modalities.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 282-297.

Professional Interests

  • Professional interests include cognitive-behavior therapy for anxiety and depressive disorders; individual, family, and group approaches to treating anxious youth; indicated prevention for children at risk for anxiety.

Honors and Awards

  • June, 2010 Community Partnership Award Awarded by the Washington County Coalition for Children, Rhode Island

Graduate Student Research

  • Reichert, E. (2013). Childhood maltreatment, posttraumatic cognitions, and health outcomes among young adults, Doctoral dissertation.
    Nanda, M. (2013). Parental psychological control and emotion dysregulation among anxious children: A transactional model, Doctoral dissertation.
  • Goodrich, L. (2013). Using structural equation modeling to understand acculturative stress and pediatric asthma in a Latino sample, Doctoral dissertation.
  • Smith, A. (2013) cognitive-behavioral treatment of childhood anxiety: examining a parent consultation model, Doctoral dissertation.
  • Eneh, U. (2013). Predicting readiness to seek mental health services in college students, Master’s thesis.
  • Lamb, A. (2012). Perceptions of undergraduate students who self-harm: Attitudes towards their behavior and treatment considerations, Doctoral dissertation.
  • Sieberg, C. (2009).Therapeutic treatments for children with recurrent abdominal pain: A multiple baseline pilot study, Doctoral Dissertation
  • Lamb, A. (2009).Deliberate self-harm in a college sample: Prevalence, characteristics, and correlates, Masters Thesis
  • Smith, A. (2009).Childhood emotional maltreatment, somatic complaints, and health care utilization: The mediating role of alexithymia, Masters Thesis

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