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Selected Publications

Alexander, P. C. (2020). Dual-trauma attachment-based couple therapy. In J. D. Ford & C. A. Courtois (Eds.), Treating complex traumatic stress disorders in adults. 2nd edition (pp. 440-458). New York: Guilford Press.

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Kraus, D. R., Bentley, J. H., Alexander, P. C., Boswell, J. F., Constantino, M. J., Baxter, E. E., & Castonguay, L. G. (2016). Predicting therapist effectiveness from their own practice-based evidence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84, 473-483.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2015). Intergenerational cycles of trauma and violence: An attachment and family systems perspective.  W. W. Norton and Company.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2014). Dual-trauma couples and intimate partner violence. Psychological Trauma, 6, 224-231.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2013).  Relational trauma.  In J. Ford & C. Courtois (Eds.), Treating complex traumatic stress disorders in children and adolescents (pp. 39-61).  New York: Guilford Press.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2012). Retraumatization and revictimization: An attachment perspective. In M.P. Duckworth & V. M. Follette (Eds.), Retraumatization: Assessment, treatment and prevention (pp. 191-220).  New York: Routledge.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2011).  Child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, work interference and women’s employment.  Journal of Family Violence, 26, 255-261.

 

Alexander, P. C., Morris, E., Tracy, A., & Frye, A. (2010). Stages of change and the group treatment of batterers: A randomized clinical trial.  Violence & Victims, 25, 571-587.

 

Alexander, P. C., Tracy, A., Radek, M., & Koverola, C. (2009).  Predicting stages of change in battered women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24, 1652-1672.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2009). Childhood trauma, attachment, and abuse by multiple partners.  Psychological Trauma, 1, 78-88.

 

Alexander, P. C., & Morris, E. (2008).  Stages of change in batterers and their response to treatment.  Violence & Victims, 23, 476-492.  Reprinted in C. M. Murphy & R. D. Maiuro (Eds.), Motivational interviewing and readiness to change in intimate partner violence (pp. 133-158).  New York: Springer Publishing, 2009.

 

Anderson, C., & Alexander, P. C. (2005).  The effects of abuse on children's development: An attachment perspective. In A. Urquiza & F. Talley (Eds.), Handbook for the treatment of abused and neglected children.  New York: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

 

Alexander, P.C., Alexander, E.R. and Warner, S. (2005).  Best Practices in Sexual Harassment Policy and Assessment. ARI Contractor Report 2005-01, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arlington, VA.

 

Schaeffer, C., Alexander, P.C., Bethke, K., & Kretz, L. (2005).  Predictors of child abuse potential among military parents: Comparing mothers and fathers.  Journal of Family Violence, 20, 123-129.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2003).  Parent-child role reversal: Development of a measure and test of an attachment theory model.  Journal of Systemic Therapies, 22, 31-44.

 

Alexander, P. C. (2003). Understanding the effects of child sexual abuse history on current couple relationships: An attachment perspective. In S. Johnson (Ed.), Attachment: A perspective for couple and family therapy (pp. 342 – 365).  New York: Guilford Press.

 

Alexander, P. C., & Warner, S. (2003). Attachment theory and family systems theory as frameworks for understanding the intergenerational transmission of family violence.  In P. Erdman & T. Caffery (Eds.), Attachment and family systems: Conceptual, empirical, and therapeutic relatedness (pp. 241-257).  New York: Brunner/Routledge.

 

Brand, B. L., & Alexander, P. C. (2003). Coping with incest: The relationship between recollections of childhood coping and adult functioning in female survivors of incest. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16, 285 – 293.

 

Loos, M. E., & Alexander, P. C. (2001).  Dissociation and the processing of threat related information: An attachment theory perspective on maintenance factors in dissociative pathology.  Maltrattamento e abuse all'infanzia, 3, 61-83.  

 

Alexander, P. C., Teti, L., & Anderson, C. L. (2000).  Child sexual abuse history and role reversal in parenting.  Child Abuse & Neglect, 24, 829-838.

 

Alexander, P. C., Anderson, C. L., Brand, B., Schaeffer, C., Grelling, B. Z., & Kretz, L. (1998).  Adult attachment and long-term effects in survivors of incest. Child Abuse & Neglect, 22, 45-61.

 

Alexander, P. C., & Anderson, C. L. (1997). Incest, attachment, and developmental psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti & S. L. Toth (Eds.), Rochester symposium on developmental psychology, Volume VIII: The effects of trauma on the developmental process. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.

 

Brand, B., Warner, S. C., & Alexander, P. C. (1997). Coping with incest in adult female survivors.  Dissociation, 9, 3-10.

 

Loos, M., & Alexander, P. C. (1997).  Differential effects associated with self-reported histories of physical abuse, verbal abuse, and emotional neglect in a college sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 12, 340-360.

 

Anderson, C. L., & Alexander, P. C. (1996). The relationship between attachment and dissociation in adult survivors of incest. Psychiatry, 59, 240-254.

 

Cole, P. M., Alexander, P. C., & Anderson, C. L. (1996). Dissociation in typical and atypical development: Examples from father-daughter incest survivors. In L. K. Michelson & W. J. Ray (Eds.), Handbook of dissociation: Theoretical, empirical and clinical perspectives. Plenum.

 

Alexander, P. C., & Anderson, C. L. (1994). An attachment approach to psychotherapy with the incest survivor. Psychotherapy, 31, 665-674.

 

Alexander, P. C., & Schaeffer, C. M. (1994). A typology of incestuous families based on cluster analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 8, 458-470.

 

Alexander, P. C. (1993). The differential effects of abuse characteristics and attachment in the prediction of long-term effects of sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8, 346-362.

 

Hill, C. E., & Alexander, P. C. (1993). Process research in the treatment of adult victims of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8, 415-427.

 

Alexander, P. C. (1992). Application of attachment theory to the study of sexual abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 185-195.

 

Edwards, J., & Alexander, P. C. (1992). The contribution of family background to the long-term adjustment of women sexually abused as children. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 7, 306-320.

 

Follette, V. M., & Alexander, P. C. (1992). Dating violence: Current and historical correlates. Behavioral Assessment, 14, 39-52.

 

Alexander, P. C., Moore, S., & Alexander, E. R. (1991). What is transmitted in the intergenerational transmission of violence? Journal of Marriage and the Family, 53, 657-667.  Reprinted in Stith, S. M. & Straus, M. A. (Eds.) Understanding partner violence:  Prevalence, causes, consequences, and solutions (pp. 133-142).  Minneapolis:  National Council on Family Relations, 1995.

 

Alexander, P. C., Neimeyer, R. A., & Follette, V. M. (1991). Group therapy for women sexually abused as children: A controlled study and investigation of individual differences. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 6, 218-231.

 

Alexander, P. C. (1991). The role of the extended family in the evaluation and treatment of intrafamilial sexual abuse. In W. N. Friedrich (Ed.), Treatment of sexually abused children: A psychotherapy casebook (pp. 214-233). New York: W. W. Norton.

 

Follette, V. M., Alexander, P. C., & Follette, W. C. (1991). Individual predictors of outcome in group treatment for incest victims. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 150-155.

 

Neimeyer, R. A., Harter, S., & Alexander, P. C. (1991). Group perceptions as predictors of outcome in the treatment of incest survivors. Journal of Psychotherapy Research, 1, 149-158.

 

Alexander, P. C.  (1990).  Interventions with incestuous families.  In S. W. Henggeler & C. M. Borduin (Eds.), Family therapy and beyond: A multisystemic approach to treating the behavior problems of children and adolescents (pp. 324-344).  Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

 

Alexander, P. C., Neimeyer, R. A., Follette, V. M., Moore, M., & Harter, S. (1989).  A comparison of group treatments for women sexually abused as children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 479-483.

 

Harter, S., Alexander, P. C., & Neimeyer, R. A. (1988).  Long-term effects of incestuous child abuse in college women: Social adjustment, social cognition and family characteristics. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 58.

 

Alexander, P. C. (1988).  The therapeutic implications of family cognitions and family constructs.  Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2, 219-236.

 

Alexander, P. C. & Follette, V.  (1987). Personal construct theory in the group treatment of incest.  In R. A. Neimeyer & G. J. Neimeyer (Eds.). A casebook of personal construct therapy (pp. 211-229).  New York: Springer.

 

Alexander, P. C. & Lupfer, S. (1987).  Family characteristics and long-term consequences associated with sexual abuse. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 16, 235  246.

 

Alexander, P. C. (1986).  Procrustes himself was tortured:  A reply to 'The Procrustean Bed'.  Family Process, 25, 305-308.

 

Alexander, P. C. (1985).  A systems theory conceptualization of incest.  Family Process, 24, 79-88.

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