Leslie K. Taylor, M. S.
Graduate Student
Research Interest
Leslie received her Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology from the University of Georgia in August of 2002. After graduating, Leslie had the privilege of working for the National Treatment Center Study (NTCS). As a NTCS research technician, she spent two years traveling nationally to collect data on various organizational aspects and therapeutic innovations of substance abuse treatment for principle investigators, Dr. J. Aaron Johnson, and Dr. Paul M. Roman, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Georgia.
Leslie began her graduate studies at the University of New Orleans in the Fall of 2004. She conducts research and performs clinical work with Dr. Carl F. Weems in the Youth and Family Stress, Phobia, Anxiety, and Fear laboratory. Her current research interests focus upon traumatized youth. Specifically, Leslie is interested in the emotional and behavioral problems youth develop in the wake of trauma as well as the types of treatment interventions that facilitate therapeutic change in this population.
She is a Fifth year graduate student in Dr. Carl Weems lab
Publications (click here for curriculum vitae)
Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Marks, A. B., & Varela, R. E. (in press). Anxiety sensitivity in childhood and adolescence: Parent reports and factors that influence associations with child reports. Cognitive Therapy & Research.
Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Ruiz, R., Romano, D. M., Scott, B. G., Perry A. M., & Triplett, V. (in press). Post traumatic stress, context, and the lingering effects of the Hurricane Katrina disaster among ethnic minority youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Marks, A. B., Romano, D. M., Verrett, S. L., & Brown, D. M. (2009). Effect of a school-based test anxiety intervention in ethnic minority youth exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30, 218-226.
Taylor, L. K. & Weems, C. F. (2009). What do youth report as a traumatic event? Toward a developmentally informed classification of traumatic stressors, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 1(2), 91-106.
Alfano, C. A., Zakem, A. H., Costa, N. M., Taylor, L. K., Weems, C. F. (2009). Sleep problems and their relation to cognitive factors, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. Depression and Anxiety, 26 (6), 503-512.
Weems, C.F., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M.., Marks, A. B., Romano, D. M., Verrett, S. L., & Brown, D.M. (2009). Effect of a school-based test anxiety intervention in ethnic minority youth exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30(3), 218-226.
Taylor, L. K., Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., & Carrión, V. G. (2009). Loss and the experience of emotional distress in childhood. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 14, 1-16.
Taylor, L. K. & Weems, C. F. (2008). Review of the book “Helping Children Cope with Disasters and Terrorism” for the journal Children, Youth, and Environments. http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/18_1/index.htm.
Marsee, M. A., Weems, C. F., & Taylor, L. K. (2008). Exploring the association between aggression and anxiety in youth: A look at aggressive subtypes, gender, and social cognition. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 17, 154-168.
Weems, C. F., Watts, S. E., Marsee, M. A., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Carrión, V. G., & Piña, A. A. (2007). The psychosocial impact of Hurricane Katrina: Contextual differences in psychological symptoms, social support, and discrimination. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(10), 2295-2306.
Weems, C. F., Piña, A. A., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., & Cannon, M. F. (2007). Pre-disaster trait anxiety and negative affect predict posttraumatic stress in youth after hurricane Katrina. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 154-159.
Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Taylor L. K., & Cannon M. F. (2007). Cognitive errors, anxiety sensitivity and anxiety control beliefs: Their unique and specific associations with childhood anxiety symptoms. Behavior Modification, 31, 174-201.
Presentations
Scott, B. G., Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Marks, A. B, Cannon, M. A., Edel, P. O. (August, 2009). Role of control beliefs in the maintenance of childhood anxiety. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Weems, C.F., Taylor, L., Marks, A., Costa, N., Cannon, M., & Romano, D. (November, 2008) Effect of School-based Test Anxiety Intervention in Ethnic Minority Youth Exposed to Hurrican Katrina. Annual Conference for the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Marks, A.B., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Weems, C.F., & Costa, N.M. (November, 2008) Social Support and the Link to Post-Disaster Outcomes: Lifespan Differences and Age-Appropriate Responses among Individuals Exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Annual Conference for the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Taylor, L. K., Marks, A.B., Cannon, M. F., & Weems, C. F. (March, 2008). Lifespandifferences in helpful sources of social support among individuals exposed to Hurricane Katrina. LSU Life Course and Aging Center’s Sixth Annual Conference.
Alfano, C.A., Zakem, A., Costa, N. M., Taylor, L. K., & Weems, C. F. (March, 2008).Sleep problems and their relation to cognitive factors, anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. Anxiety Disorders Association of America Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia.
Weems, C. F., Taylor, L .K., Marks, A .B., Costa, N .M., & Romano, D. (March, 2008). The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Disadvantaged Adolescents: A Prospective Study with Results of a School Based Intervention. The Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Taylor, L. K., Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Watts , S. E., Cannon, M. F., Piña, A. A., &Barrios, B. (March, 2007). Predictors of Post Disaster Emotional Functioning in Youth: Preliminary Results from a Pre to Post Hurricane Katrina Study. In M.S. Sprung (Chair), Dysfunctional thoughts and feelings following Hurricane Katrina. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Weems, C. F., Watts, S. E., Marsee, M. A., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F. (February, 2007). Contextual Differences in the Psychosocial Impact of Hurricane Katrina. Psi Chi Southeastern Regional Convention Program, New Orleans, LA.
Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Watts, S.E., Cannon, M. F., Zakem, A. H., & Weems, C.F. (November, 2006). Psychometric properties of The Child PTSD Checklist in a community sample of youth. Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Chicago, IL.
Costa, N. M., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Watts, S.E., Zakem, A. H., & Weems, C.F (November, 2006). A longitudinal investigation of the hypothesized risk factors of childhood anxiety. Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Chicago, IL.
Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Adams, C. S., & Weems, C. F. (August, 2006). Developing the Anxiety Control Questionnaire for Children (ACQ-C) Short Form. Annual Convention of American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Costa, N.M., Taylor, L. K., Zakem, A., Watts, S.E., Cannon, M. F., Vu., P., & Weems, C. F. (August, 2006). Correlates of child and adolescent anxious symptoms. Annual Convention of American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Vu, P., Taylor, L. K., Zakem, A., Watts, S.E., Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F. (August, 2006). Association between externalizing and internalizing symptoms and academic areas. Annual Convention of American Psychological Assocation, New Orleans, LA.
Zakem, A., Costa, N. M., Vu, P., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Taylor, L.K., Weems, C. F. (August, 2006). Sleep problems and their Relation to Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Youth. Annual Convention of American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Watts, S. E., Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Cannon M. F., Taylor, L. K., & Zakem, A. (August, 2006). Selective Attention, Memory Bias, Interpretive Bias, and Anxiety in Youth. Annual Convention of American Psychological Assocation, New Orleans, LA.
Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Adams, C. S., & Weems, C.F. (November, 2005). Are all Traumas in Childhood and Adolescence the Same? Exploring the Clinical Phenomenology of Criteria A1 PTSD Events in Youth. Annual Convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.
Cannon, M. F., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F. (November, 2005). Associations among Youth depressive symptoms, parenting behaviors, and attachment beliefs. Annual Convention of Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.
Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K.., Vu, Ph., & Weems, C. F. (November, 2005). Anxiety within the family: Associations between siblings reports of anxiety. Annual Convention of Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, DC.
Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Taylor, L. (May, 2005). Developmental differences in the expression of childhood anxiety and phobic disorder symptoms. Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Huey, M. & Taylor, L. (August, 2003). Acting as if: Participant observation in a therapeutic community. Talk presented at Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia.
Revised 9/8/09