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The

Wellesley Centers for Women 

is a research and action institute at Wellesley College that is focused on women and gender and driven by social change.
Our mission is to advance gender equality, social justice, and human wellbeing through high-quality research, theory, and action programs.

PROJECTS

Pamela C. Alexander, Ph.D.

Work published elsewhere

 

Alexander, P. C., Morris, E., Tracy, A., & Frye, A. (in press). Stages of change and the group treatment of batterers: A randomized clinical trial. Violence & Victims. 

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. (2009). Stages of change in batterers and their response to treatment. 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.

Alexander, P. C., & Morris, E. (2008). Stages of change in batterers and their response to treatment. Violence & Victims, 23, 476-492.

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 longterm 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.

Alexander, P. C. (1997). [Review of Resilient adults: Overcoming a cruel past]. Journal of Family Violence.

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. (1995). Une conceptualization systemique de l’inceste. (Translated by C. Heim & M. Silvestre), Therapie Familiale, 16, 403-414.

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.

Gordon, M., & Alexander, P. C. (1993). Introduction to the special issue on research on treatment of adults sexually abused in childhood. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8, 307-311.

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

Alexander, P. C. (1992). Introduction to the special section on the adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 164-165.

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.

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.

Neimeyer, R. A., Fiedler, J. M., Harter, S., & Alexander, P. C. (1991). Repertory grid measures of group process in the treatment of incest survivors. In J. W. Scheer & A. Catina (Eds.), The repertory grid technique: Clinical applications. Frankfurt: Huber.

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. (1991). [Review of Therapy for adults molested as children: Beyond survival]. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 6, 396-398.

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, G. J. (1989). Constructivism and family therapy. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 2, 111-121.

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., Neimeyer, R. A., & Alexander, P. C. (1989). Personal construction of family relationships: The relation of commonality and sociality to family satisfaction for parents and adolescents. International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology, 2, 123-142.

Harter, S., Alexander, P. C., & Neimeyer, R. A. (1988). Longterm effects of incestuous child abuse in college women: Social adjustment, social cognition and family characteristics. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 5-8. 

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 longterm 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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