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Douglas, R. D., Alvis, L., Rastogi, R., Golden, C., Ouch, S., Maldonado-Morales, M. X., & Gaylord-Harden, N. (2026). “In a racially unjust world, what good is mindfulness?” recommendations for bridging the gap between culturally grounded mindfulness interventions and critical consciousness development programming to support youth of color exposed to ethnic–racial stressors. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000863

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Alvis, L., Kibble, C., Douglas, R., Giang, C., Johns, T., Oosterhoff, B., & Kaplow, J. B. (2025). Exploring intersections between trauma and discrimination in youth of color seeking mental health services. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.10.018

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Alvis, L., Oosterhoff, B., Hoppe, R., Giang, C., & Kaplow, J. B. Measurement invariance of the Grief Facilitation Inventory with respect to youth gender, race, ethnicity, and age. Death Studies.

https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2355482

Alvis, L., Oosterhoff, B., Giang, C., & Kaplow, J. B. A Pilot open trial of an individualized adaptation of Trauma and Grief Component Therapy (TGCT) in children and adolescents. Child & Youth Care Forum.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-023-09776-3 

Alvis, L., Douglas, R., Oosterhoff, B., Gaylord-Harden, N., & Kaplow, J. B. Identity-based bullying and mental health among Black and Latino youth: The moderating role of emotional suppression. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36, 409-420.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22927

Wray-Lake, L., Alvis, L., Plummer, J., Shubert, J. S., & Syvertsen, A. K. Adolescents’ developing awareness of inequality: Racial and ethnic differences in trajectories. Child Development, 94, 439-457.

https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13870

Alvis, L., Zhang, N., Sandler, I., & Kaplow, J. B. Developmental manifestations of grief in children and adolescents: Caregivers as key grief facilitators. Journal of Children and Adolescent Trauma.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00435-0

Douglas, R., Alvis, L., Rooney, E., Busby, D., & Kaplow, J. Racial, ethnic, and neighborhood income disparities in childhood trauma/grief reactions: Exploring indirect effects through trauma and bereavement exposure. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(5), 929-942.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22732