Timothy A. Cavell

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High Impact

Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Louisiana State University (1984–1988); Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (1988); Georgia State University (2000–2001); Wayne State University (2000); Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital (2001); Mitchell Institute (1991–1997); Texas A&M University (1990–2003); Mississippi State University (1998)

Faculty Researcher

33 h-index 145 pubs 4,404 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Timothy A. Cavell's research focuses on understanding and supporting child and adolescent psychosocial development, with a particular emphasis on peer relationships, mentoring, and mental health interventions. His work investigates factors contributing to peer victimization, such as anxiety sensitivity, and explores how these experiences impact internalizing symptoms in elementary school children. Cavell has also examined the role of mentoring in supporting youth, including its application in college-level autism support programs and its broader function in promoting child mental health.

His research extends to understanding how societal events, like the COVID-19 pandemic, affect families, specifically investigating parental stress and youth internalizing symptoms within military families. Cavell has also contributed to discussions on advancing social responsiveness in health service psychology education and training. With an h-index of 33 and over 4,300 citations from 144 publications, his scholarship is recognized as highly cited.

Cavell collaborates extensively with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Jake C. Steggerda, with whom he has co-authored 14 publications. He leads a research group and maintains an active lab website, indicating ongoing research activities.

Metrics

h-index: 33
Publications: 145
Citations: 4,404

Selected Publications

A Little Goes a Long Way: Highly Mobile Military- Connected Parents’ and Students’ Perspectives on School Supports for School Transitions (2026)

Improving Schools DOI OpenAlex
Editorial: The importance of peers: making the most of peer relationships in childhood and adolescence (2026)

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology DOI OpenAlex
A Theory of Change for Professional Youth Mentoring (2026)

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School Support for Military-Connected Families: Teacher and Counselor Perspectives (2025)

Journal of Applied School Psychology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Perceived Influences of Mentoring on Mentors' Social Well‐Being: Social Self‐Efficacy and Civic Engagement as Mediators of Long‐Term Associations (2025)

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Parents’ attitudes toward and experiences with seeking informal mentors for their children (2024)

Children and Youth Services Review DOI OpenAlex
Moderators of the Link Between Social Preference and Persistent Peer Victimization for Elementary School Children (2024)

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Inventory of School Supports-Parent Report (ISS-PR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Families (2024)

Journal of Child and Family Studies 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Inventory of School Supports-Youth Report (ISS-YR): Development and Validation with Military-Connected Students (2024)

School Mental Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
The Practice of Rematching in Youth Mentoring: A Study of Planned Rematches in School-Based Mentoring for Children Identified as Aggressive (2024)

Children and Youth Services Review DOI OpenAlex
Supporting the Chronically Bullied Child: A Competency-Based Framework for Elementary School Teachers (2023)

Journal of School Violence 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Pre-existing parental stress and youth internalizing symptoms predict parent-reported COVID-related stress in military families (2023)

Military Psychology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Lunchroom-Specific Peer Acceptance and Children’s Internalizing Symptoms (2023)

Child Psychiatry & Human Development 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Students enrolled in a college autism support program: comparisons with non-enrollees and use of program-sponsored mentoring (2023)

Mentoring & Tutoring Partnership in Learning 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
Anxiety Sensitivity and Internalizing Symptoms: Co-Predictors of Persistent Peer Victimization in Elementary School Children (2023)

Journal of School Violence 4 citations DOI OpenAlex