Sarah E. Francis
Professor and Director of Clinical Training
Clinical Psychology
UH 1430
419.530.2771
sarah.francis@utoledo.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 2005
research interests
- child anxiety
- parental influences on child anxiety
- child anxiety sensitivity
- prevention of childhood anxiety
selected publications
- Francis, S. E. (2014). The role of parental anxiety sensitivity in parent reports of child anxiety in treatment seeking families. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 19, 111-124. doi:10.1177/1359104512470055
- Francis, S. E., Ebesutani, C., & Chorpita, B. F. (2012). Differences in levels of functional impairment and rates of serious emotional disturbance between youth with internalizing and externalizing disorders when using CAFAS or GAF to assess functional impairment. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 20, 226-240. doi: 10.1177/1063426610387607
- Francis, S.E., Mezo, P. G., & Fung, S. L. (2012). Self-control training in children: A review of interventions for anxiety and depression and the role of parental involvement. Psychotherapy Research, 22, 220-238. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2011.637990
- Noël, V., Francis, S. E., Williams-Outerbridge, K., & Fung, S. L. (2012). Catastrophizing as a predictor of depressive and anxious symptoms in children. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36, 311-320. doi: 10.1007/s10608-011-9370-2
- Noël, V., & Francis, S. E. (2011). A meta-analytic review of the role of child anxiety sensitivity in child anxiety. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 721-733. doi: 10.1007/s10802-011-9489-3
- Francis, S. E., & Chorpita, B. F. (2011).Parental beliefs about child anxiety as a mediator of parent and child anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35, 21-29. doi: 10.1007/s10608-009-9255-9
