Levent Dumenci, PhD, Associate Professor

EDUCATION

Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, B.S. 1986, Psychology
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, M.S. 1990, Psychometrics
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Ph.D. 1993, Psychometrics/Statistics

2007-present - Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Health;
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
2005-2007 - Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Univ. of Vermont
1999-2005 - Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Univ. of Vermont
1998‑1999 - Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Univ. of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences
1998‑1999 - Instructor; College of Nursing, Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
1997‑1998 - Assistant Professor; Office of Educational Development, Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
1994-1997 - Research Associate; Research Institute on Addiction, SUNY at Buffalo

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

1994-present - Reviewer, Educational and Psychological Measurement
1996-present - Reviewer, Psychological Methods
1996-present - Reviewer, Structural Equation Modeling
2002-present - Reviewer, Multivariate Behavioral Research
2002-present - Reviewer, Psychology and Aging
2003-present - Reviewer, Psychological Assessment
2003-present - Reviewer, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
2004-present - Editorial Board Member, Turkish Journal of Psychology
2004-present - Reviewer, Journal of Psychological Assessment
2004-present - Reviewer, Journal of Studies on Alcohol
2005-present - Reviewer, Behaviour Research and Therapy
2005-present - Reviewer, Value in Health
2006-present - Reviewer, International Journal of Testing
2006-present - Statistical Reviewer, Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
2006-present - Reviewer, BMC Public Health

Selected publications (in chronological order)

Peer Reviewed:

Dumenci, L. (1995).  The relation between the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire and other personality domains.  Educational and Psychological Measurement, 55, 850-857.

Dumenci, L. (1995). Construct validity of the Self-Directed Search using hierarchically nested structural models.  Journal of Vocational Behavior, 47, 21-34.

Dumenci, L. (1996).  Factorial validity of scores on the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire.  Educational and Psychological Measurement, 56, 487-493.

Dumenci, L., & Windle, M. (1996).  A latent trait-state model of adolescent depression using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale.  Multivariate Behavioral Research, 31, 313-330.

Windle, M., & Dumenci, L. (1997).  Parental and occupational stress as predictors of depression among dual-income couples: A multilevel modeling approach.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59, 625-634.

Windle, M., & Dumenci, L. (1998).  An investigation of maternal and adolescent depressed mood using a latent trait state model.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8, 461-484.

Windle, M., & Dumenci, L. (1998).  An investigation of maternal and adolescent depressed mood using a latent trait-state model.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8, 461-484.

Davies, P., Dumenci, L., & Windle, M. (1999).  The interplay between maternal depressive symptoms and marital distress in the prediction of adolescent adjustment.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61, 238-254.

Windle, M., & Dumenci, L. (1999).  The factorial structure and construct validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised among alcoholic inpatients.  Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 372-393.

 Achenbach, T. M., & Dumenci, L. (2001).  Advances in empirically based assessment: Revised cross-    informant syndromes and new DSM-Oriented Scales for the CBCL, YSR, and TRF: Comment on Lengua, Sadowski, Friedrich, and Fisher (2001).  Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 69, 699-702.

Dumenci, L. & Windle, M.  (2001).  Cluster analysis as a method of recovering types of intraindividual growth trajectories: A Monte Carlo study.  Multivariate Behavioral Research, 36, 501-522.

Sullivan, G., Dumenci, L., Burnam, A., & Koegel, P. (2001).  Validation of the Brief Instrumental Functioning Scale in a homeless population.  Psychiatric Services, 52, 1097-1099.

Achenbach, T. M., Dumenci, L., & Rescorla, L. A. (2002).  Is American student behavior getting worse?     Teacher ratings over an 18-year period.  School Psychology Review, 31, 428-442.

Stanger, C., Kamon, J., Dumenci, L., Higgins, S. T., Bickel, W. K., Grabowski, J., & Amass, L. (2002).     Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing problems among children of cocaine and opiate dependent     parents.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 66, 199-212.

Achenbach, T. M., Dumenci, L., & Rescorla, L. A. (2003).  DSM-oriented and empirically based approaches to constructing scales from the same item pools. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 328-340.

Achenbach, T. M., Dumenci, L., & Rescorla, L. A. (2003).  Are American children’s problems still getting worse?  A 23-year comparison.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31, 1-11. 

Achenbach, T. M., Dumenci, L., & Rescorla, L. A. (2003).  Ten-year comparisons of problems and    competencies for national samples of youth: Self, parent, and teacher reports.  Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10, 194-203.

Dumenci, L., Erol, N., Achenbach, T. M., & Simsek, Z. (2004).  Measurement structure of the Turkish     translation of the Child Behavior Checklist using confirmatory factor analytic approaches to validation of     syndromal constructs.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 335-340.

Dumenci, L., McConaughy, S. H., & Achenbach, T. M. (2004).  A hierarchical 3-factor model of inattention-hyperactivity-impulsivity derived from the Attention Problems Syndrome of the Teacher’s Report Form.  School Psychology Review,33, 287-301.  

Stanger, C., Dumenci, L., Kamon, J., & Burstein, M. (2004).  Parenting and children’s externalizing problems in substance abusing families.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 590-600.

Achenbach, T. M., Bernstein, A., & Dumenci, L.  (2005).  DSM-Oriented Scales and statistically based     syndromes for ages 18 to 59: Linking taxonomic paradigms to facilitate multitaxonomic approaches.  Journal of Personality Assessment, 84, 49-63.

Achenbach, T. M., Bernstein, A., & Dumenci, L.  (2005).  A Snark or a Boojum? Exploring multitaxonomic possibilities and building on Widiger’s commentary.  Journal of Personality Assessment, 84, 66-69.

Achenbach, T. M., Krukowski, R. A., & Dumenci, L., Ivanova, M. Y.  (2005).  Assessment of adult     psychopathology: Meta-analysis and implications of cross-informant correlations.  Psychological Bulletin, 131, 361-382.

Burstein, M., Stanger, C., Kamon, J., &  Dumenci, L. (2006).  Parent psychopathology, parenting, and child internalizing problems in substance-abusing families.  Journal of Addictive Behaviors, 20, 97-106.

Kamon, J. L., Stanger, C., Budney, A. J., & Dumenci, L. (2006).  Relations between parent and adolescent problems among adolescents presenting for family-based marijuana abuse treatment.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 85, 244-254.

Rescorla, L., Achenbach, T. M., Ginzburg, S., Ivanova, M., Dumenci, L., Almqvist, F., et al. (in press).      Problems reported by teachers of children ages 6 to 15 in 21 countries.  School Psychology Review.

Ivanova, M.Y., Achenbach, T.M., Rescorla, L.A., Dumenci, L. et al. (in press).  The Generalizability of Teacher’s Report Form Syndromes in 20 Societies.  School Psychology Review. 

Rescorla, L.A., Achenbach, T.M., Ivanova, M.Y., Dumenci, L., et al. (in press).  Problems Reported by     Adolescents in 22 Countries.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Ivanova, M.Y., Achenbach, T.M., Dumenci, L., Rescorla, L.A. & et al. (in press).  Testing the 8-syndrome structure of the CBCL in 30 Societies.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Dumenci, L. (2000).  Multitrait-multimethod analysis.  In E. A. H. Tinsley & S. Brown (Eds.), Handbook of Applied Multivariate Statistics and Mathematical Modeling (pp. 583-611).  San Diego: Academic Press.

Dumenci, L.  (2003).  Multitrait multimethod matrices.  In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment (pp. 610-614).  London: Sage.

RESEARCH

ONGOING

Naylor 2005-2010
Therapeutic IVR for Relapse Prevention in Chronic pain
The major goal of this project is to develop prevention strategies for the treatment of people with chronic pain using IVR technologies

Budney 2007 – 2012
NIH/NIDA - Behavioral Treatment of Adolescent Marijuana Use
The major goals of this project are develop and test an innovative behavioral treatment for adolescents who abuse marijuana, and to begin to understand the mechanisms of change involved in the treatment process.