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      Stats Make Me Cry is about more than just statistical consulting. It is intended to be a space for sharing ideas, finding resources, and finding help with statistical analyses or problems. Please look around and access my video tutorials (SPSS or R), blogs, discussion forum, social networking connections, and featured links, as well as my statistical consulting (dissertation consulting) services! 

      Stats Make Me Cry is owned and operated by Jeremy J. Taylor, Ph.D. Jeremy completed his doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at DePaul University and completed his pre-doctoral internship/residency at the Kennedy Krieger Institute,  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Although Jeremy's background is in Psychology, he consulted on dissertations for more than 80 students, from 13 countries, and from a variety of disciplines, including: Nursing, Psychology, Business Management, Marketing, Education, Information Systems, Political Science, Criminal Justice, and Finance. In his own research, Jeremy continues to build a resume of authored and co-authored publications (listed below) that span a variety of interests. 

      President: Jeremy J. Taylor, Ph.D.
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      Jeremy's Professional Publications

      Fowler, P. J., Henry, D. B., Schoeny, M., Landsverk, J., Chavira, D., & Taylor, J. J. (2013). Inadaquate housing among families under investigation for child abuse and neglect: Prevalence from a national probability sample. American Journal of Community Psychology, May, 2013. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10464-013-9580-8. doi:10.1007/s10464-013-9580-8

      Taylor, J. J., Grant, K. E., Ph.D., Smith, J. C., Ph.D., Amrhein, K., Farahmand, F., Thomas, K., & Harrison, A. (2012). A Confirmatory Comparison of Two Factor Structures of the Children's Depression Inventory in a Community Sample of Low-Income Urban Youth. Under journal review.

      Ford-Paz, R., Taylor, J. J., Gutierrez, R. E., & Grant, K. E., Ph.D. (2012). Cultural Identity, Gender, and Psychological Symptoms in Latino Adolescents. Under journal review.

      Carothers, K. J., Grant, K. E., Ph.D., Smith, J. C., Ph.D., Taylor, J. J., Meyerson, D., & Arizaga, J. (2012). The Costs of Active Coping for Youth Residing in Urban Poverty. Under journal review.

      Fowler, P. J., Taylor, J. J., & Rufa, A. K. (2011).  Housing services for child welfare-involved families: An initial evaluation using observational data. Child Welfare, 90 (2), 107-126. 

      Taylor, J. J., Grant, K. E., Irsheid, S., & Meyerson, D. A. (2010) Peer and family support as moderators of the relationship between stress and symptoms in low-income urban youth. Preparing for journal submission. 

      Gaylord-Harden, N.K.,  Taylor, J. J., Campbell, C. L., Kesselring, C. M., & Grant, K. E. (2009). Maternal Attachment and Depressive Symptoms in Urban Adolescents: The Influence of Coping Strategies and Gender, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 1-12.  http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/15374410903103569. doi:10.1080/15374410903103569

      Grant, K. E., McCormick, A., Poindexter, L., Simpkins, T., Janda, C. M., Thomas, K. J., Campbell, A., Carleton, R., & Taylor, J. J., (2005).  Exposure to violence and parenting as mediators between poverty and psychological symptoms in urban African American adolescents.  Journal of Adolescence, 28, 507-521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.12.001. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.12.001

      Grant, K. E., Taylor, J. J., & Thompson, S. (2008). Stressors and mental health problems in childhood and adolescence. In R. Contrada & A. Baum (Eds.). Handbook of Stress Science. Springer Publishing.

      Grant, K. E., McMahon, S. D., Duffy, S. N., & Taylor, J. J. (In Press). Book Chapter: Stress. In B. Brown & M. Prinstein (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Academic Press

      Davis, T., Grant, K. E., Taylor, J. J., Nathanson, A., Barrett, E., & Sokolowski, C. (2010).  Stressful life experiences and peer externalizing behavior as mediators of the relation between reduced family support and externalizing symptoms in low-income urban youth.  Manuscript submitted for publication.

      Grant, K. E.,  Thomas, K. J., Carlson, G. C., Gipson, P. Y., Mance, G. A., Smith Carter, J., Carleton, R. A., Taylor, J. J., Carothers, K. J., Ford, R. E., Sajous-Brady, D. L., Cardemil, E. V., & Lambert, S. F. (2010).  Why aren’t low-income urban youth more depressed:  A test of two hypotheses.  Manuscript submitted for publication.

      Carleton, R., Grant, K.E., Campbell, A., Thomas, K., Mance, G., & Taylor, J. J. (Manuscript under preparation.).  Specificity of cognitive predictors for depression in urban youth.  

      Grant, K. E., Carleton, R. A., Taylor, J. J., Meyerson, D., Cosentino, S., Sharko, M., Noorian, N., & Behling, S. (Manuscript under preparation).  Protective factors that break the link between stressors and psychological symptoms in adolescents.  

      Grant, K. E., Westerholm, R., Farahmand, F., Taylor, J. J., Gipson, P. Y., Mance, G., A., & Sajous-Brady, D. L. (Manuscript under preparation).  The manifestation of depression in urban youth exposed to chronic stress.  

      Jeremy's Symposia and Presentations

      Taylor, J. J., Grant, K. E., Fowler, P. J., & Carter, J. S. (November, 2012). Exposure to Community Violence and the Trajectory of Depression and Delinquency in a Sample of Low-income Urban Youth. Poster presented at the 2012 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention. National Harbor, Maryland.

      Arizaga, J. A., Taylor, J. J., Farrell, S., Grant, K. E. (November, 2012). The relationship between family composition and mental health symptoms in low-income youth: A latent class analysis. Poster presented at the 2012 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention. National Harbor, Maryland.

      Sozzer, F., Grant, K. E., & Taylor, J. J. (November, 2012) Trajectory of Internalizing Symptoms and Anxiety in Low-Income Urban Youth. Poster presented at the 2012 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference. Chicago, Illinois.

      Fowler, P. J., Henry, D. H., Schoeny, M., & Taylor, J. J. (June, 2012). Residential mobility and developmental timing: Implications for preventive interventions with homeless children. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

      Fowler, P. J., Karczewski, S., Taylor, J. J., & Bromann, K. (June, 2012). Family instability and the role of public policy: Adolescents aging out of foster care. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

      Fowler, P. J., Karczewski, S., Taylor, J. J., & Bromann, K. (June, 2012). Family instability and the role of public policy: Adolescents aging out of foster care. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

      Fowler, P. J., Taylor, J. J., Karczewski, S. A., & Bromann, K. (June, 2012). Aging out of foster care: Findings to inform public policy. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

      Fowler, P. J., Taylor, J. J., & Bromann, K. (June, 2011). Housing Services in Child Welfare. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research 20th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

      Taylor, J. J., Meyerson, D.A., Grant, K., Tailor, M., Irsheid, S., & Sorrentino, S., (June, 2010). Protective factor clusters affecting low-income urban youth exposed to stress. Poster presented at the annual conference for the Society for Prevention Research, Denver, CO.

      Irsheid, S., Taylor, J. J., & Grant, K. E., (June, 2010). Examining the moderating effects of a two-parent household and ethnicity on the link between coping and depression in low-income urban youth. Poster presented at the annual conference for the Society for Prevention Research, Denver, CO. 

      Ford-Paz, R.E., Grant, K. E., Sajous-Brady, D. L., Thompson, S., & Taylor, J. J. (November, 2009). Cultural Identity, Gender, and Psychological Symptoms in Latino Adolescents. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.

      Meyerson, D. A., Masini, O., Taylor, J. J., & Grant, K. E. (November, 2009). Attributional Style as a Moderator of the Relation Between Stress and Coping Among Low-income Urban Youth. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.

      Grant, K. E. & Taylor, J. J. (March, 2007). Stressors and developmental psychopathology: Conceptualization and measurement issues. Poster presented at the biennial convention of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.

      Grant, K. E., Westerholm, R. I., Farahmand, F. K., & Taylor, J. J., (March, 2006). The manifestation of depression in low-income urban youth. Poster presented at the biennial convention of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.

      Malinowski, S., Taylor, J. J., Grant, K. E., & Farahmand, F. K. (March, 2006). Exploring mediation in the relationship between chronic stress and externalizing symptoms in low-income urban youth. Poster presented at t the biennial convention of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.