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Journal Articles: 2019
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Joyce, J., Kerin, J., Webb, H. J., & Morrissey, S. (2019). Self-Determination Theory and food-related parenting: The Parent as Socioemotional Context of Feeding Questionnaire. Journal of Family Psychology. Accepted Jan 2019
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Duffy, A., & Stuart, J. (2019). Let’s get physical: Recent research on relations of adolescent peer victimization with psychosomatic symptoms, sleep, and body weight. Invited review for Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Psychology. doi:10.1111/jabr.12162
Duvenage, M., Uink, B. N., Modecki, K. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Barber, B., & Donovan, C. (2019). Ambulatory assessment of adolescent coping: It’s a complicated process. Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi:10.1111/jora.12468
Miyamoto, T., Farrell, L. J., Lavell, C., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2019). Emotional regulation as a mediating factor between threat appraisals and body dysmorphic symptoms in a non-clinical population. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.
White, C., Shanley, D., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Walsh, K., Hawkins, R., & Lines, K. (2019). Outcomes of in-situ training in disclosure as a standalone and a booster to a child protective behaviours education program. Child Maltreatment. doi:10.1177/1077559518816877
Masters, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Farrell, L. J. (2019). Transactional associations between adolescents’ emotion regulation and symptoms of social anxiety and depression: A longitudinal study. Journal of Early Adolescence. doi:1177/0272431618806053
Mastro Campbell, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Duffy, A. (2019). Friends and education: Identity patterns across domains and associations with emotion dysregulation and identity disturbance. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. doi:10.1007/s10964-018-0924-4
Ferguson, S., Duffy A., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Laursen, B. (2019). The Adolescent Friendship Structure Inventory (AFSI): A review and empirical consolidation of existing measures. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. doi:10.1080/17405629.2018.1488684
Hurst, K., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2019). Put perfectly: Augmenting family based treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy for perfectionism in adolescent anorexia nervosa. Clinical Psychologist, 23, 61-70. doi:10.1111/cp.12152
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Kerin, J., Webb, H. J., Gardner, A., Mastro, S., & Swan, K. (2019). Improved perceptions of emotion regulation and reflective functioning in parents: Two additional positive outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Behavior Therapy. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.07.002
Ryan, K., Waters, A. M., Neumann, D. L., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2019). The need for standards in the design of studies on fear conditioning and extinction in youth: A systematic review and recommendations for research on anxiety. Behavior Research and Therapy, 112, 42-62.
Journal Articles: 2018
Roberts, C., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Lavell, C., Gregertsen, E. C., Miyamoto, T., & Farrell, L. J. (2018). The Appearance Anxiety Inventory: Factor structure and associations with appearance-based rejection sensitivity and social anxiety. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 19, 124-130.
Rudolph, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2018). Parents as protectors: A qualitative study of parents’ views on child sexual abuse prevention. Child Abuse and Neglect, 85, 28-38. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.08.016
Kerin, J. L., Webb, H. J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2018). An empirical assessment of the structure of intuitive, mindful, emotional, and problem eating behaviors and beliefs. Appetite, 132, 139-146. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2018.10.011.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Skinner, E. A., Modecki, K., Webb, H. J., & Rapee, R. M., Hawes, T., & Gardner, A. (2018). The self-perception of flexible coping with stress: A new measure and relations with emotional adjustment. Cogent Psychology. doi:1080/23311908.2018.1537908
Gardner, A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2018). Rejection sensitivity and responses to rejection: Serial mediators linking parenting to emerging adults’ depression and trait anxiety. Journal of Relationships Research, 9. doi:10.1017/jrr.2018.8
Rudolph, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2018). Reviewing the focus: A summary and critique of child-focused sexual abuse prevention. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. doi:1177/1524838016675478.
Farrell, L., Waters, A. M., Oar, E., Tiralongo, E., Garbharran, V….Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J…,Ollendick, T. (2018). D-cycloserine augmented one-session treatment of specific phobias in children and adolescents. Brain and Behavior, 8, 1-14. doi:10.1002/brb3.984
Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Scuffham, P., Rani, B., & Barber, B. (2018). Declining dietary quality among children from stressed families: Examining the intervening role of the parent-child relationship. Infant and Child Development, 27, doi:10.1002/icd.2088.
White, C., Shanley, D., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Walsh, K., Hawkins, R., Lines, K., Pickering, K., & Webb, H. Promoting young children’s interpersonal safety knowledge, intentions, confidence, and protective behaviour skills: Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial. Child Abuse & Neglect, 82, 144-155. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.05.024
White, C., Shanley, D., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Walsh, K., & Hawkins, R. (2018). “Tell, tell, tell again”: The Prevalence and correlates of young children’s response to and disclosure of an in-vivo lure from a stranger. Child Abuse & Neglect, 82, 134-143. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.06.001.
Uhlmann, L. R., Donovan, C. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Bell, H. S., & Ramme, R. A. (2018). The fit beauty ideal: A healthy alternative to thinness or a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Body Image, 25, 23-30. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.01.00
Hambour, V. K., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Clear, S., Rowe, S., & Avdagic, E. (2018). Emotion regulation and mindfulness in adolescents: Conceptual and empirical connection and associations with social anxiety symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 134, 7-12. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.037
Kerin, J. L., Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Mastro, S. (2018). Resisting the temptation of food: A new measure of regulating overeating and associations with emotion regulation and mindfulness. Australian Journal of Psychology, 70, 167-178. doi:10.1111/ajpy.12169 May 2018: Journal’s top 20 most downloaded recent papers
Rudolph, J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Shanley, D., & Hawkins, R. (2018). Child sexual abuse prevention opportunities: Parenting, programs and the reduction of risk. Child Maltreatment, 23, 96-106. doi:10.1177/1077559517729479.
Van Petegem, S., Brenning, K., Beyers, W., & Baudet, A, & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2018). Progress and deficits in late adolescents’ intimacy development: The role of parents’ autonomy support and implications for self-worth and depressive symptoms. Journal of Adolescence, 65, 111-122. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.008
Rudolph, J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Walsh, K., Shanley, D., & Hawkins, R. (2018). Parenting practices and child sexual abuse risk: Are warm and involved parents more likely to discuss risk and protection with their children? Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 27, 195-216. doi:10.1080/10538712.2018.1425946
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Farrell, L. J., & Waters, A. M. (2018). Girls’ and boys’ trajectories of appearance anxiety from age 10 to 15 years are associated with earlier maturation and appearance-related teasing. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 337-350. doi:10.1017/S0954579417000657. For a Brief Report on this paper: https://eatingdisordersaustralia.org.au/appearance-anxiety-physically-mature-girls-boys/
Waters, A. M. Cao, Y., Kershaw, R., Kerbler, G. M., Shum, D. Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Craske, M. G., Bradley, B. P., Mogg, K., Pine, D. S., & Cunnington, R. (2018). Changes in neural activation underlying attention processing of emotional stimuli following treatment with positive search training in anxious children. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 55, 22-30. doi:j.janxdis.2018.02.004
Lavell, C. H., Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J, & Farrell, L. J. (2018). A prospective study of adolescents’ body dysmorphic symptoms: Peer victimization and the direct and protective roles of emotion regulation and mindfulness. Body Image, 24, 17-25. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.11.006
Lloyd, O., Ownsworth, T., Fleming, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2018). Development and preliminary validation of the Paediatric Awareness Questionnaire for children and adolescents after traumatic brain injury. Child Neuropsychology, 24, 702-722. doi:10.1080/09297049.2017.1332173.
Journal Articles: 2017
Lloyd, O., Ownsworth, T., Fleming, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). Development and preliminary validation of the Paediatric Awareness Questionnaire for children and adolescents after traumatic brain injury. Child Neuropsychology, 23, 1-21. doi:10.1080/09297049.2017.1332173.
O’Dwyer, S. T., Moyle, W., Taylor, R., Creese, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). In their own words: How family carers of people with dementia understand resilience. Behavioral Sciences: Special Issue on Understanding Older Adult Resilience. doi:10.3390/bs7030057.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Webb, H. J. (2017). Body image and peer relationships: Unique associations of adolescents’ social status and competence with peer- and self-reported appearance victimization. Journal of Adolescence, 61, 131-140. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.10.002
Thomas, R., Abell, B., Webb, H. J., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 140(3) e20170352
Kumar, S., Tadakamadla, J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Kroon, J., Lalloo, R., & Johnson, N. W. (2017). Parenting practices and children’s dental caries experience: A structural equation modelling approach. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 45, 485-566. doi:10.1111/cdoe.12321.
Densham, K., Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Nesdale, D. (2017). Early adolescents’ body dysmorphic symptoms as compensatory responses to appearance-based rejection sensitivity: Testing a parental socialization model. Body Image, 23, 162-170. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.09.005
Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Farrell, L., Waters, A., Nesdale, D., & Downey, G. (2017) “Pretty pressure” from peers, parents, and the media: A longitudinal study of appearance-based rejection sensitivity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27, 718-735. doi:10.1111/jora.12310.
Van Petegem, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Brenning, K., Mabbe, E., Vanhalst, J., & Zimmermann, G. (2017). Does the general parenting context modify adolescents’ appraisals and coping with a situation of parental regulation? The case of autonomy-supportive parenting. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 2623-2639. doi:10.1007/s10826-017-0758-9.
Kumar, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Kroon, J., Lalloo, R., & Johnson, N. W. (2017). The role of parenting practices and family demographics on oral health related quality of life in children. Quality of Life Research, 26, 2229-2236. doi:10.1007/s11136-017-1568-7.
Kumar, S., Tadakamadla, J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Lalloo, R., Kroon, J., & Johnson, N. (2017). The effect of parenting practices on the severity of gingival bleeding in children. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 88, 744-751. doi:0.1902/jop.2017.160817.
Duffy, A. L., Penn, S., Nesdale, D., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). Perceived popularity, the prioritization of popularity and bullying and defending. Social Development, 26, 263-277. doi:10.1111/sode.12206.
Webb, H. J., Thomas, R., McGregor, L., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). An evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with and without a motivational enhancement to reduce attrition. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 537-550. doi:10.1080/15374416.2016.1247357.
Modecki, K., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Guerra, N. (2017). Coping, emotion regulation, and decision making: Modifiable targets for prevention and intervention with at-risk adolescents, Child Development, 88, 417-426. doi:10.1111/cdev.12734.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017) Introduction to the special section on Social in the Emotional and the Emotional in the Social, International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41, 1-3. doi:10.1177/0165025416653483.
Clear, S. J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). Associations between attachment and emotion-specific emotion regulation with and without relationship insecurity priming. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41, 64-73. doi:10.1177/0165025415620057
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Pepping, C. A., Swan, K., Merlo, O., Skinner, E. A., Avdagic, E., & Dunbar, M. (2017). Review: Caregiver-child attachment, emotion regulation, and coping with stress. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 4, 74-93. doi:10.1177/0165025415618276
Journal Articles: 2016 and previous
Farrell, L., Gregersten, E., Donovan, C., Pemmenter, A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2016). Maternal rejection and idealized value of appearance: Exploring the origins of body dysmorphic concerns among young adults. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30, 154-167.
Waters, A. M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Craske, M. G., Pine, D. S., Bradley, B. P., & Mogg, K. (2016). A preliminary evaluation of a home-based, computer delivered attention training treatment for anxious children living in regional communities. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 3, 511-527. doi:10.5127/jep.053315
Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. & Mastro, S. (2016). Stress exposure and generation: A conjoint longitudinal model of body dysmorphic symptoms, peer acceptance, popularity, and relational victimization. Body Image, 18, 14-18. doi:1016/j.bodyim.2016.04.010.
O’Dwyer, S.T., Moyle, W., Taylor, T., Creese, J. & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2016). Homicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia. Aging and Mental Health, 20, 1174-1181. doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1065793.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Nesdale, D., Webb, H. J., Khatibi, M., & Downey, G. (2016). A longitudinal rejection sensitivity model of depression and aggression: Unique roles of anxiety, anger, blame, withdrawal, and retribution. (2016). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1291-1307. doi:10.1007/s10802-016-0127
Ferguson, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Duffy, A. (2016). A longitudinal study of aggression and victimization in early adolescence: Testing gender differences in the moderating effects of social status. Journal of Relationships Research, 7, 1-11. doi:10.1017/jrr.2016.9
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2016). Peer rejection, victimization and relational self-system processes in adolescence: Towards a transactional model of stress, coping, and developing sensitivities, Child Development Perspectives, 10, 122-127. doi:10.1111/cdep.12174.
O’Dwyer, S. T., Moyle, W., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. & De Leo, D. (2016). Suicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia. Aging and Mental Health, 20, 222-230. doi:1080/13607863.2015.1063109.
Rowe, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Hood, M. (2016). From the child to the neighbourhood: Longitudinal ecological correlates of young adolescents’ emotional, social, conduct, and academic difficulties. Journal of Adolescence, 49, 218-231. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.4.001.
Rowe, S. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Hood, M. (2016). Community, family, and individual factors associated with adolescents’ resilience and vulnerability, daily stress, and well-being following family separation. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 57, 87-111. doi:10.1080/10502556.2015.1127875.
Webb, H. J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2016). A longitudinal study of appearance-based rejection sensitivity and the peer appearance culture: The role of friends’ body image, dieting, and weight. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 43, 91-100 doi:1016/j.appdev.2016.01.004
Mastro, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H., Farrell, L., & Waters, A. (2016). Young adolescents’ body dysmorphic symptoms: Social problems, self-perceptions and comorbidities. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 8, 50-55.
Dale, R., Shanley, D., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Lines, K., & Pickering, K., & White, C. (2016). Empowering and protecting children by enhancing knowledge, skills and well-being: A randomised trial of Learn to BE SAFE with EmmyTM. Child Abuse and Neglect, 51, 368-378.
Hewitt-Stubbs, G., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Mastro, S., & Boislard, M.-A. (2016). Sexual subjectivity among young men and women. Behavioral Sciences, 6, 4. doi:3390/bs6010004
White, C., Shanley, D., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Lines, K., Walsh, K., & Hawkins, R. (2016). Cluster randomised-control trial for an Australian child protection education program: Protocol for the Learn to BE SAFE with Emmy and FriendsTM, BMC Public Health, 16, 72-78. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2721-x.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Van Petegem, S., & Skinner, E. A. (2016). Emotion, controllability and orientation towards stress as correlates of children’s coping with interpersonal stress, Motivation and Emotion, 40, 178-191. doi:10.1007/s11031-015-9520-z.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & French, J. (2016). Associations of sexual subjectivity with global and sexual well-being: A new measure for young males and comparison to females, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 315-327. doi:10.1007/s10508-014-0387-y
Mastro, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). Let’s talk openly about sex: Sexual communication, self-estem and efficacy as correlates of sexual well-being. (2015). European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 12, 579-598. doi:10.1080/17405629.2015.1054373.
Waters, A. M., Groth, T. A., Sanders, M., & O’Brien, R, & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015) Developing partnerships in the provision of youth mental health service delivery and clinical education: A school-based cognitive behavioural intervention targeting anxiety symptoms in children. Behavior Therapy, 46, 844-855. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2015.07.003
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Skinner, E. A. (2015). Adolescent vulnerability and the distress of rejection: Associations of adjustment problems and gender with control, emotions, and coping. Journal of Adolescence, 45, 149-159. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.09.004
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). Emotional sensitivity before and after coping with rejection: A longitudinal study, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 41, 28-37. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2015.05.001.
Waters, A. M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Craske, M. G., Pine, D. S., Bradley, B. P., & Mogg, K. (2015). Look for good and never give up: A novel attention training treatment for childhood anxiety disorders. Behavior Research & Therapy, 73, 111-123. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2015.08.005
Sawitri, D., Creed, P., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). Longitudinal relations of parental influences and adolescent aspirations and actions in a collectivist society. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25, 551-563. doi:10.1111/jora.12145
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Thomas, R., & Klag, S. (2015). A new measure of toddler parenting practices and associations with attachment and mothers’ sensitivity, competence, and enjoyment of parenting, Early Child Development and Care, 185, 1422-1436. doi:10.1080/03004430.2014.1001753.
Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Mastro, S., Farrell, L., Waters, A. W., Lavell, C. (2015). Young adolescents’ body dysmorphic symptoms: Associations with same- and cross-sex peer teasing via appearance-based rejection sensitivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 1161-1173. doi:10.1007/s10802-014-9971-9
Hurst, K., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). Placing the focus on perfectionism in female adolescent anorexia nervosa: Three cases of the use of augmented Maudsley Family Based Treatment, International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48, 936-941. doi:10.1002/eat.22417.
Rowe, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J, Rudolph, J., & Nesdale, D. (2015). A longitudinal study of rejecting and autonomy-relevant parenting, rejection sensitivity, and socioemotional symptoms in early adolescents, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 1107-1118. doi:10.1007/s10802-014-9966-6
Lloyd, O., Onsworth, T., Fleming, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). Awareness deficits in children and adolescents following traumatic brain injury: A systematic review, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 30, 311-323. doi:10.1097/HTR.0000000000000113
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., See, L., & O’Sullivan, L. (2015). Young women’s satisfaction with sex and romance, and emotional reactions to sex: Associations with sexual entitlement, efficacy, and situational factors, Emerging Adulthood, 3, 113-122. doi:10.1177/2167696814548060
Webb, H., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). Body image attitudes and body change strategies within best friend dyads and friendship groups: Implications for adolescent appearance-rejection sensitivity, Social Development, 24, 1-19. doi:10.1111/sode.1208
Sawitri, D., Creed, P., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). A longitudinal examination of parental influences and adolescent aspirations and actions in a collectivist society. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25, 551-563. doi:10.1111/jora.12145
Bell, C., Waters, A. M., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). The impact of mothers’ trait anxiety on their expectations of approach-avoidance behavior in anxious and non-anxious children. Australian Journal of Psychology, 67, 55-64. doi:10.1111/ajpy.12060.
Pepping, C. A., O’Donovan, A., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Hanisch, M. (2015). Individual differences in attachment eating pathology: The mediating role of mindfulness, Personality and Individual Differences, 75, 24-29.
Lavell, C., Farrell, L., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2014). Do obsessional belief domains relate to body dysmorphic concerns in undergraduate students, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 3, 354-358. doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.10.001
Waters, A. M., Farrell., L. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Tiralonga, E., Donovan, C. L., McConnell, H., Bradley, B. O., Mogg, K., Ollenidck, T. H. (2014). Augmenting one-session treatment of children’s specific phobias with attention training to positive stimuli, Behavior Research and Therapy, 62, 107-119. doi:1016/j.brat.2014.07.020
Webb, H., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2014). The role of friends and peers in adolescent body dissatisfaction: A review and critique of 15 years of research, Journal of Research on Adolescence, 24, 564-590. doi:10.1111/jora.1208.
Ferguson, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2014). Associations of parental and peer rejection with preadolescents’ loneliness: Emotional sensitivities as mediators, Journal of Relationships Research, 5, 1-11.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. & Duffy, A. (2014). Heightened emotional sensitivity intensifies the association between relational aggression and victimization among girls but not boys. Development and Psychopathology, 26, 661-673.
Lavell, C., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Farrell, L., & Webb, H. (2014). Victimization, social anxiety, and body dysmorphic concerns: Appearance-based rejection sensitivity as a mediator. Body Image, 11, 391-395. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.06.008.
Sawitri, D., Creed, P. A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2014). Parental influences and adolescent career behaviours in a collectivist cultural setting. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 14, 161-180. doi:10.1007/s10775-013-9247-x.
Croft, C., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2014). Friendship conflict, conflict responses, and instability: Unique links to anxious and angry forms of rejection sensitivity, Journal of Early Adolescence, 34, 1094-1119. doi: 1177/0272431613518972.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Dunbar, M., Ferguson, S., Rowe, S. D., Webb, H., & Skinner, E. A. (2014). Introduction to the special issue: Developmental and clinical approaches to coping and emotion regulation, Australian Journal of Psychology, 66, 65-70. doi:10.1111/ajpy.12056.
Rudolph, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2014). Parent relationships and adolescents’ depression and social anxiety: Indirect associations via emotional sensitivity to rejection threat. Australian Journal of Psychology, 66, 110-121. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12042.
Pepping, C. A., O’Donovan, A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Hanisch, M. (2014). Is emotion regulation the process underlying the relationship between low mindfulness and psychosocial distress? Australian Journal of Psychology, 66, 130-138. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12050.
Nesdale, D., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Roxburgh, N. (2014). Peer group rejection in childhood: Effects of rejection ambiguity, rejection sensitivity, and social acumen, Journal of Social Issues, 70, 12-28. doi: 10.1111/josi.12044.
Thomas, R., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Chaffin, M. (2014). Practitioners’ views and use of evidence-based treatment: Positive attitudes but missed opportunities in children’s services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 41, 368-378. doi:10.1007/s10488-013-0471-y.
Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Donovan, C. L. (2014). The appearance culture between friends and adolescent appearance-based rejection sensitivity, Journal of Adolescence, 37, 347-358.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J, Arnhold, V., & Connolly, J. (2014). Intercorrelations of intimacy and identity dating goals with relationship behaviors and satisfaction among young heterosexual couples. Social Sciences: Special Issue on Social and Personal Relationships (edited by S. Duck), 3, 44-59. doi:3390/socsci3010044
Waters, A. M., Peters, R., Forrest, K., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2014) Fear acquisition and extinction in offspring of anxious and depressed mothers. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 7, 30-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2013.10.007.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Nesdale, D., Fersterer, J, & Wilson, J. (2014). An experimental manipulation of rejection: Effects on children’s attitudes and mood depend on rejection sensitivity and relationship history, Australian Journal of Psychology, 66, 8-17. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12029.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Trevaskis, S, Nesdale, D, & Downey, G. (2014). Relational victimization, loneliness and depressive symptoms: Indirect associations via self and peer reports of rejection sensitivity, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 568-582. doi:10.1007/s10964-013-9993-6.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Thomas, R., Hendrickson, K., Avdagic, E., Webb, H., & McGregor, L. (2013). Maternal emotional distress and children’s internalizing and externalizing in families at high risk of child abuse: Child gender moderates parenting sensitivity as a mediator, Infant and Child Development, 22, 480-500 doi: 10.1002/icd.1804.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Nesdale, D., McGregor, L., Mastro, S., Goodwin, B., & Downey, G. (2013). Comparing reports of peer rejection: Associations with rejection sensitivity, victimization, aggression, and friendship, Journal of Adolescence, 36, 1237-1246.
Farrell, L. J., Waters, A. M., Boschen, M. J., Hattingh, L., McConnell, H., Milliner, E. L., Collings, N., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Shelton, D., & Storch, E. A. (2013). Difficult-to-treat pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Feasibility and preliminary results of a randomized pilot trial of D-Cycloserine-augmented behavior therapy, Depression and Anxiety, 30, 723-731. doi: 10.1002/da.22132.
O’Dwyer,, T., Moyle, W., Zimmer-Gembeck, M., & De Leo, D. (2013). Suicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia: A pilot study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28, 1182-1188.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2013). Young females’ sexual-efficacy: Associations with personal autonomy and the couple relationship. Sexual Health, 10, 204-210. doi: 10.1071/SH12139.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Skinner, E. A., Morris, H., & Thomas, R. (2013). Anticipated coping with interpersonal problems: Links with the emotional reactions of sadness, anger, and fear, Journal of Early Adolescence, 33, 682-706.
Sawitri, D. R., Creed, P. A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2013). The adolescent-parent career congruence scale: Development and initial validation. Journal of Career Assessment, 21, 210-226. doi:1177/1069072712466723.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Pronk, R. E., Goodwin, B., Mastro, S, & Crick, N. R. (2013). Connected and isolated victims of relational aggression: Associations with peer group status and differences between girls and boys. Sex Roles, 68, 363-377.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Nesdale, D. (2013). Anxious and angry rejection sensitivity, social withdrawal, and retribution in high and low ambiguous situations. Journal of Personality, 81, 29-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00792.x.
McGregor, L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Creed, P. A. (2012) Family structure, interparental conflict and parenting as correlates of children’s relationship expectations. Journal of Relationships Research, 3, 44-56.
Kelly, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Boislard-P., M. (2012). Identity, intimacy, status and sex dating goals as correlates of goal-consistent behavior and satisfaction in Australian youth. Journal of Adolescence, 35, 1441-1454.
Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2012). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: An evidence-based treatment for child abuse, Child Maltreatment, 17, 253-266.
Waters, A., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Farrell, L. (2012). The relationship of child and parent factors with children’s anxiety symptoms: Parental anxious rearing as a mediator. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 737-745.
Farrell, L.J., Waters, A.M., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J. (2012). Cognitive biases and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in children: Examining the role of parent cognitive bias and child age. Behavior Therapy, 43, 593-605.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Hughes, N., Kelly, M., & Connolly, J. (2012). Intimacy, identity, and status: Measuring dating goals in late adolescence and young adulthood, Motivation and Emotion, 36, 311-322.
McGregor, L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Creed, P. A. (2012). Development and validation of the Children’s Optimistic and Pessimistic Expectations of Relationships Scale. Australian Psychologist, 47, 58-66.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Pronk, R. E. (2012), Relation of depression and anxiety to self- and peer-reported relational aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 38, 16-30. doi: 10.1002/ab.20416.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Ducat, W., & Boislard-P., M. (2011). A prospective study of young females’ sexual subjectivity: Associations with age, sexual behavior, and dating. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 927-938.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Lees, D, & Skinner, E. A. (2011). Children’s emotions and coping with interpersonal stress as correlates of social competence, Australian Journal of Psychology, 63, 131-141.
Mathieson, L. C., Murray-Close, D., Crick, N. R., Woods, K. E., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Geiger, T. C., & Morales, J. R. (2011). Hostile intent attributions and relational aggression: The moderating roles of emotional sensitivity, gender, and victimization. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 977-987.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Madsen, S. D., & Hanisch, M. (2011). Connecting the intrapersonal and the interpersonal: Autonomy, voice and relationships with parents and romantic partners during late adolescence. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 8, 509-525.
Kopp, L., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2011). Resisting the thin ideal and access to autonomy support: Women’s global self-determination, body dissatisfaction and eating, Eating Behaviors, 2, 222-224.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Skinner, E. A. (2011). The development of coping across childhood and adolescence: An integrative review and critique of research, International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35, 1-17
Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2011). Accumulating evidence for best practice: The case of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and child maltreatment. Child Development, 82, 177-192.
Boislard, M.-A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2011). Sexual subjectivity, relationship status and quality, and same-sex sexual experience among emerging adult females. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 1, 54–64. doi:10.5539/jedp.v1n1p54.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Thomas, R. (2010). Parents, parenting and toddler functioning: Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Infant Behavior and Development, 33, 518-529.
McLachlan, J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & McGregor, L. (2010). Rejection sensitivity in childhood and early adolescence: Peer rejection and protective effects of parents and friends. Journal of Relationships Research. 1, 31-40
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J, & Kindermann, T. A. (2010). Introduction: Capturing the peer context. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 783-786
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Ducat, W. (2010). Positive and negative romantic relationship quality: Age, familiarity, attachment and well-being as correlates of couple agreement and projection. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 879-890.
Kindermann, T. A., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Duffy, A. (2010). Capturing the peer context: Common themes and necessary synergies. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 891-895.
Ducat, W. H., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2010). Romantic partner behaviours as social context: Measuring six dimensions of relationships, Journal of Relationships Research, 1, 1-16.
Wright, M., Creed, P. A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2010). The development and initial validation of a brief daily hassles scale suitable for use with adolescents, European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 26, 217-223.
Pronk, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2010). It’s “mean”, but what does it mean to adolescents?: Aggressors’ and victims’ understanding of relational aggression. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25, 175-204.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Waters, A. M., & Kindermann, T. (2010). A social relations analysis of liking for and by peers: Associations with gender, depression, peer perception, and worry. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 69-81.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Skinner, E. A. (2010). Adolescent coping: Development & diversity. School Nurse News, 27, 23.
Klag, S., O’Callaghan, F., Creed, P., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2009). Motivating young people towards success. Therapeutic Communities, 30, 366-386.
McAllister, M., Moyle, W., Billett, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2009). “I can actually talk to them now’: Qualitative results of an educational intervention for emergency nurses caring for clients who self-injure. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18, 2838-2845.
Joyce, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2009). Parent feeding restriction and child weight: The mediating role of child disinhibited eating and the moderating role of parenting style. Appetite, 52, 726-734.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Lees, D., Bradley, G., & Skinner, E. A. (2009). Use of an analogue method to examine children’s appraisals of threat and emotion in response to stressful events. Motivation and Emotion, 33, 136-149.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Hunter, T. A., Waters, A. M., & Pronk, R. (2009). Depression as a longitudinal outcome and antecedent of young adolescents’ peer relationships and peer-relevant cognition. Development and Psychopathology, 21, 555-577.
McAllister, M., Billett, S., Moyle, W., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2009). Use of a think-aloud procedure to explore the relationship between clinical reasoning and solution-focused training in self-harm for emergency nurses. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16,121-128.
McAllister, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Moyle, W., & Billett, S. (2008). Working effectively with clients who self-injure using a solution focused approach. Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal, 16, 272-279.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Skinner, E. A. (2008). Adolescents coping with stress: Development and diversity. Prevention Researcher, 15, 3-7.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J, & Helfand, M. (2008). Ten years of longitudinal research on U.S. adolescent sexual behavior: The evidence for multiple pathways to sexual intercourse, and the importance of age, gender and ethnic background, Developmental Review, 28, 153-224.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Collins, W. A. (2008). Gender, appearance, alcohol use and dating as correlates of sexual partner accumulation from ages 16 to 26, Journal of Adolescent Health, 42, 564-572.
Waters, A. M., Wharton, T. A., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Craske, M. G. (2008). Threat-based cognitive biases in anxious children: Comparison with non-anxious children before and after cognitive-behavioural treatment. Behavior Research and Therapy, 46, 358-374.
Gallaty, K., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2008). The daily social and emotional worlds of adolescents who are psychologically maltreated by their partners, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 310-323.
Waters, A. M., Donaldson, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2008). Cognitive behavioural therapy combined with an interpersonal skills component in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder in adolescent females: A case series. Behaviour Change. 25, 35-43.
Skinner, E. A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). The development of coping, Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 119-144. Ranking: #1 psychology journal.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Locke, E. M. (2007). The socialization of adolescent coping: Relationships at home and school. Journal of Adolescence, 30, 1-16. IF = 2.2 cites = 142
Anthonysamy, A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). Peer status and the behaviors of maltreated children and their classmates in the early years of school, Child Abuse & Neglect, 31, 971-991.
Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). Behavioral outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Triple P – Positive Parenting Program: A review and meta-analysis, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 475-495.
Creed, P. A., Conlon, L., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). Career barriers and reading ability as correlates of career aspirations and expectations of parents and their children, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 242-258.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Hunter, T. A., & Pronk, R. (2007). A model of behaviors, peer relations and depression: Perceived social acceptance as a mediator and the divergence of perceptions, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 273-283.
Siebenbruner, J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Egeland, B. (2007). Sexual partners and contraceptive use: A 16-year prospective study predicting abstinence and risk behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 179-206.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Vickers, C. (2007). Romantic experiences and depressive symptoms: Testing the intensifying roles of rejection sensitivity and relationship commitment. In Pearce, Z. J. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7th Annual Australian Psychological Society Relationships Interest Group and the International Association for Relationship Research Conference (pp. 112-117), Melbourne, Australia: Australian Psychological Society.
Petherick, J., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2006). Attachment patterns during year 12: Rejection sensitivity, loneliness, social competence, and support as correlates of stability and change, Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 23, 65-86.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Mortimer, J. T. (2006). Adolescent work, vocational development, and education, Review of Educational Research, 76, 537-566.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Chipuer, H. M., Hanisch, M., Creed, P. A., & McGregor, L. (2006). Relationships at school and environmental fit as resources for adolescent engagement and achievement, Journal of Adolescence, 29, 911-933.
Horne, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2006). The Female Sexual Subjectivity Inventory: Development and validation of an instrument for late adolescents and emerging adults. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 30, 125-138.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. & Petherick, J. (2006). Intimacy dating goals and relationship satisfaction during adolescence and emerging adulthood: Identity formation, age and sex as moderators, International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30, 189-199.
Conlon, E., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Creed, P. A, & Tucker, M. (2006). Family history, self-perceptions, attitudes and cognitive abilities are associated with early adolescent reading skills. Journal of Research on Reading, 29, 11-32.
Conlon, E., Norris, K., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2005). Rapid sequencing in skills in skilled and poor readers: The impact of stimulus parameters, subject characteristics, and cut-off points. Australian Journal of Psychology, 57, 49-49.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Geiger, T. C., & Crick, N. R. (2005). Relational and physical aggression, prosocial behavior, and peer relations: Gender moderation and bidirectional associations. Journal of Early Adolescence, 25, 421-452. doi: 10.1177/0272431605279841 (selected to be reprinted in the book Taking sides: Clashing views in adolescence. New York: McGraw-Hill).
Horne, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2005). Female sexual subjectivity and well-being: Comparing late adolescents with different sexual experiences. Sexuality Research & Social Policy: Journal of the NSRC, 2, 25-40.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Siebenbruner, J., Collins, W. A. (2004). A prospective study of intraindividual and peer influences on adolescents’ heterosexual romantic and sexual behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33, 381-394.
Anthonysamy, A., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2004). Behaviour problems and peer rejection in pre-school and early elementary school children. Australian Journal of Psychology, 56, 2-3.
Mortimer, J. T., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Holmes, M., & Shanahan, M. J. (2002). The process of occupational decision-making: Patterns during the transition to adulthood. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 61, 439-465.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2002). The development of romantic relationships and adaptations in the system of peer relationships. Journal of Adolescent Health, 31, 216-225.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Siebenbruner, J., & Collins, W. A. (2001). Diverse aspects of dating: Associations with psychosocial functioning from early to middle adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 24, 313-336.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Doyle, L. S., & Daniels, J. A. (2001). Contraceptive dispensing and selection in School-Based Health Centers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 29, 186-193
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (1999). Stability, change, and individual differences in involvement with friends and romantic partners among adolescent females. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 28, 419-438.
Carney, N., du Coudray, H., Davis-O’Reilly, C., Zimmer-Gembeck, M., Mann, N. C., Krages, K. P., & Helfand, M. (1998). Rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents. Evidence Reports and Technology Assessment, 2 (supp), 1-5.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Alexander, T., & Nystrom, R. J. (1997). Adolescents report their need for and use of health care services. Journal of Adolescent Health, 21, 388-395.
Helfand, M., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (1997). Practice variation and the risk of low birthweight in a public prenatal care program. Medical Care, 35, 16-31.
Helfand, M., Marton, K. I., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Sox, H. C. (1997). Outcome of asking about visible bleeding per rectum in a primary care population: Initial assessment and ten-year follow-up. Journal of the American Medical Association, 277, 44-48.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Helfand, M. (1996). Low birthweight in a public prenatal care program: Behavioral and psychosocial factors and the effect of psychosocial intervention. Social Science & Medicine, 43, 187-197.
Mullins, R. J., Veum-Stone, J., Hedges, J. R., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Mann, N. C., Southard, P. A., Helfand, M., Gaines, J. A., & Trunkey, D. D. (1996). Influence of a statewide trauma system on location of hospitalization and outcome of injured patients. The Journal of Trauma, 40, 536-546.
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Southard, P. A., Hedges, J. R., Mullins, R., Rowland, D., Veum Stone, J., & Trunkey, D. D. (1995). Triage in an established trauma system. The Journal of Trauma, 39, 922-928.
Mullins, R. J., Veum-Stone, J., Helfand, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Mann, C. (1995). An analysis of hospital discharge index as a trauma database. The Journal of Trauma, 39, 941-948.
Mullins, R. J., Veum-Stone, J., Helfand, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Hedges, J. R., Southard, P. A., & Trunkey, D. D. (1994). Outcome of hospitalized injured patients after institution of a trauma system in an urban area. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 271, 1919-1924
Hedges, J. R., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Southard, P., Mullins, R. J., & Helfand, M. (1994). Oregon trauma system: Change in initial admission site and post-admission transfer of injured patients. Academic Emergency Medicine, 1, 218-226.
Helfand, M., O’Connor, G. T., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Beck, J. R. (1992). Effect of the clinical laboratory improvement amendments of 1988 (CLIA ’88) on the incidence of invasive cervical cancer, Medical Care, 30, 1067-1082.
