Cara Settipani, M.A.
E-mail: cara.settipani@temple.edu
Lab Webpage: http://www.childanxiety.org
Bio: Cara is currently a fourth year graduate student at Temple University. She received her B.A. in psychology from Northwestern University, and her M.A. in psychology from Temple University. Cara’s current research interests include the relationship between parenting behaviors and cognitive and affective processes associated with anxiety in youth, as well as implications for cognitive-behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.
Representative presentations and/or publications:
Settipani, C. A., Puleo, C. M., Conner, B. T., & Kendall, P. C. Characteristics and anxiety symptom presentation associated with autism spectrum traits in youth with anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2012), doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.01.010
Kendall, P. C., Settipani, C. A., & Cummings, C. M. (2012). No need to worry: The promising future of child anxiety research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41, 103-115.
Puleo, C. M., Settipani, C. A., Crawley, S. A., Beidas, R. S., & Kendall, P. C. (2011). Anxiety disorders. In B. Brown and M. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Academic Press.
Benjamin, C. L., Puleo, C. M., Settipani, C. A., Brodman, D. M., Edmunds, J. M., Cummings, C. M., & Kendall, P. C. (2011). History of cognitive-behavioral therapy in youth. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 20, 179-189.
Cohen, J. S., Mychailyszyn, M. P., Settipani, C. A., Crawley, S. A., & Kendall, P. C. (2011). Issues in differential diagnosis among anxious youth: Considering generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. In D. McKay and E. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders. New York: Springer.
Hourigan, S., Settipani, C. A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., & Kendall, P. C. (2011). Coping cat in the treatment of child anxiety. In A. Rubin and D. Springer (Eds.), Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.