Refereed Journal Articles
Stack, K., & Dever, B.V. (In Press). Using self-reported anxiety and depression to predict elementary math achievement. Contemporary School Psychology.
Gallagher, E., Dever, B.V., Hochbein, C.D., & DuPaul, G.J. (2019). Teacher caring as a protective factor: The effects of behavioral/emotional risk and teacher caring on office disciplinary referrals in middle school. School Mental Health, 11, 754-765.
Dever, B.V., Dowdy, E., & DiStefano, C. (2018). Examining the stability, accuracy, and predictive validity of behavioral-emotional screening scores across time to inform repeated screening procedures. School Psychology Review, 47, 360-371.
Dever, B.V., Gallagher, E., Hochbein, C.D., Loukas, A., & Dai, C. (2017). Examining subtypes of behavioral/emotional risk using cluster analysis. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 35, 628-632.
Rocchino, G.H., Dever, B.V., Telesford, A., & Fletcher, K. (2017). Internalizing and externalizing in adolescence: The roles of self-efficacy and gender. Psychology in the Schools, 54, 905-917.
Dever, B.V. (2016). Motivation as predictor of behavioral and emotional risk: Using the expectancy-value framework to inform prevention. School Psychology Review, 45, 417-433.
Dever, B.V., Raines, T.C., Dowdy, E., & Hostutler, C.A. (2016). Disproportionality in special education: The promise of a universal screening approach to referral. Journal of Negro Education, 85, 59-71.
Dever, B.V., Raines, T.C., & Dowdy, E. (2016). Factor structure and differential item functioning of the BASC-2 BESS Spanish language parent form. School Psychology Quarterly, 31, 213-225.
Dever, B.V., & Kim, S.Y. (2016). Measurement equivalence of the PALS academic self-efficacy scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 32, 61-67.
Dever, B.V., Dowdy, E., Raines, T.C., & Carnazzo, K. (2015). Stability and change of behavioral and emotional screening scores. Psychology in the Schools, 52, 618-629.
Books
Stiffler, M.C., & Dever, B.V. (2015). Mental Health Screening at School: Instrumentation, Implementation, and Critical Issues. Springer Publishing.
Book ChaptersÂ
Dever, B.V., Gallagher, E.K., & Fletcher, K. (In Press). Screening measures and methods. In C.R. Reynolds, R.W. Kamphaus, & E. Dowdy (Eds). Handbook of Psychological and Educational Assessment of Children: Personality, Behavior, and Context, Third Edition. New York: Guilford Press.
Kamphaus, R.W. & Dever, B.V. (2016). Behavioral observations and assessment. In J.C. Norcross & G. VandenBos (Eds). APA Handbook of Clinical Psychology (Volume 3: Applications and Methods). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Conference Presentations and WorkshopsÂ
Fallon, L., Maki, K., Dever, B.V., Hier, B., Miller, F., & Jimerson, S. (February 2020). Effectively mentoring student research: Leading a productive lab. Panel presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Baltimore, MD.
Perry, K., Hojnoski, R., & Dever, B.V. (February 2020). Association between Behavioral Emotional Risk and Office Discipline Referrals. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Baltimore, MD.
Ahn, J.H., Younis, D., & Dever, B.V. (February 2020). Cost as a Mediator Between Performance Goals and Risk. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Baltimore, MD.
Stack, K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2020). Predicting Motivational Problems in Mathematics Internationally among 8th Grade Students. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Baltimore, MD.
Elam-Snowden, T., Gaier, K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2020). Measuring Motivation in the App Age. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Baltimore, MD.
Hojnoski, R., Dever, B.V., & Perry, K. (February 2020). Preliminary Evidence for the BASC-3 BESS: Pre-K through Grade 2. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Baltimore, MD.
Stanley, T., & Dever, B.V. (February 2020). Predictive validity of the BASC-3 BESS with academic achievement. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Baltimore, MD.
Gaier, K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2020). Special Education Status and Behavioral/Emotional Risk Levels among Latinx Students. Poster presented at the annual Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Portland OR.
Fletcher, K.S., & Dever, B.V. (November 2019). Predicting Eighth Graders’ Science Motivation. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania, State College, PA.
Dever, B.V., Gallagher, E.K., Gaier, K., Cook, M., Kline, D., & Elam-Snowden, T.Y. (February 2019). Psychometric Properties of the BASC-3 BESS Student-Report Form. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
Gaier, K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2019). Special Education Status and Behavioral/Emotional Risk Levels among Latinx Students. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
Archibald, A., & Dever, B.V. (February 2019). The impact of motivation, psychological functioning, and perceived teacher support on academic achievement: A multilayered approach. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
Cook, M., & Dever, B.V. (February 2019). The Effects of Behavioral-Emotional Risk and Utility Value on Achievement. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
Elam-Snowden, T.Y., & Dever, B.V. (February 2019). The Influences of Risk, Gender, and Ethnicity on Performance-Avoidance Goals. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
Kline, D., & Dever, B.V. (February 2019). Caring Teachers: A Necessary Factor for Student Attendance. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
Dever, B.V. (August 2018). Building a Research Base for the Administration of Universal Screening. Invited symposium discussant at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), San Francisco, CA.
Kline, D., & Dever, B.V. (May 2018). The Effects of Teacher Caring on Motivational Outcomes in Middle School. Poster presented at the annual School District of Philadelphia Research, Policy, and Practice (R2P) Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Dever, B.V., Fletcher, K., Gallagher, E.K., & Wiseman, A.W. (April 2018). School climate as a predictor of mathematics motivation and achievement internationally. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.
Gaier, K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2018). Screening to Address Disproportionality of Latinx Students in Special Education. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Chicago, IL.
Dever, B.V., Dowdy, E., & Kamphaus, R.W. (August 2017). Individual and Organizational Predictors of Behavioral and Emotional Risk in Schools. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Tampere, Finland.
Kline, D., & Dever, B.V. (August 2017). Effects of Teacher Caring on Motivational Outcomes in Middle School. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC.
Meng, X., & Dever, B.V. (August 2017). Protective Effect of Personal Adjustment for Students with Internalizing Problems. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC.
Dever, B.V., Hochbein, C., White, G., Fletcher, K., & Gallagher, E.K. (April 2017).
Motivational Profiles as Predictors of Academic Success. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Austin, TX.
Dever, B.V., & Kim, S.Y. (February 2017). Student Motivation as a Predictor of Behavioral
and Emotional Risk. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), San Antonio, TX.
Gallagher, E.K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2017). Motivational Patterns of Special Education Middle School Students. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), San Antonio, TX.
Loukas, A.K., Gallagher, E.K., Dai, C., & Dever, B.V. (August 2016). Examining Subtypes of
Behavioral/Emotional Risk Using Cluster Analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Denver, CO.
Dai, C., Meng, X., Fletcher, K., Kline, D., Zhao, X., & Dever, B.V. (August 2016).
Internalizing Risk and Teacher Caring As Predictors of Personal Adjustment and Mathematics Achievement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Denver, CO.
Gallagher, E., Dever, B.V., & Hochbein, C. (February 2016). Teacher caring as a protective factor against office disciplinary referrals. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), New Orleans, LA.
Kim, S.Y., & Dever, B.V. (February 2016). Academic self-efficacy as a moderator between
mathematics and behavioral-emotional risk. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), New Orleans, LA.
Fletcher, K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2016). Using anxiety and depression to predict
elementary math achievement. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), New Orleans, LA.
Telesford, A., Dever, B.V., & Phipps, K. (February 2016). BASC-2 teacher ratings for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), New Orleans, LA.
Gallagher, E., Fletcher, K., & Dever, B.V. (February 2016). Identifying new cases of
behavioral/emotional risk with universal screening. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), New Orleans, LA.
Dever, B.V. (August 2015). Screening measures and procedures in schools. Symposium Chair and Organizer at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Limassol, Cyprus.
Dever, B.V. (August 2015). Assessment methods and tools. Symposium Chair at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Limassol, Cyprus.
Dever, B.V., Fletcher, K., & Telesford, A. (August 2015). Motivational profiles by level of
internalizing and externalizing risk. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Limassol, Cyprus.
Dever, B.V., & Raines, T.C. (August 2015). Universal screening for behavioral and emotional risk in schools. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Limassol, Cyprus.
Fletcher, K., & Dever, B.V. (August 2015). Motivational Profiles of Students by Special
Education Status. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Toronto, Canada.
Gallagher, E.., & Dever, B.V. (August 2015). The Effects of School Climate and Self-
reported Risk on Externalizing Behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Toronto, Canada.
Dever, B.V., & Kim, S.Y. (February 2015). Measurement equivalence of the PALS academic self-efficacy scale. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Orlando, FL.
Hostutler, C.A., Fox, W.E., Jackelen, L.M., & Dever, B.V. (August 2014). Race and teacher
caring: Attenuating effects on behavioral/emotional risk. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC.
Rocchino, G., Uselding, C., Sealy. S.A., & Dever, B.V. (August 2014). Internalizing and
externalizing in adolescence: The roles of self-efficacy and gender. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC.
Dever, B.V., & Kamphaus, R.W. (June 2014). Teacher support as a protective factor in the
prediction of academic efficacy. Paper presented at the International Conference on Motivation (ICM), Helsinki, Finland.
Dever, B.V., & Kamphaus, R.W. (June 2014). Motivational profiles by level of behavioral
and emotional risk. Poster presented at the International Conference on Motivation (ICM), Helsinki, Finland.
Dever, B.V., & Archibald, A. (February 2014). Screening for behavioral, emotional, and
motivational risk at the district level. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Washington, DC.
Archibald, A., & Dever, B.V. (February 2014). Differences in special education placement
based on gender, race, and risk classification. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Washington, DC.