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Jessica N. Smith

Jessica N. Smith

(She, her, hers)

Graduate Student

Email: jsmit401@fiu.edu

Program: Clinical Science

Keywords: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; comorbidity; assessment; executive functioning; developmental psychopathology; comorbidity

Research Areas

Jessica (Jess) N. Smith is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Science program at Florida International University (FIU). Broadly, her research interests are related to understanding etiological mechanisms of youth attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and comorbid disorders/related constructs. Specifically, her research interests include a) the measurement of executive function (EF), such as task vs. questionnaire-based assessment of EF and the influence of emotion and motivation; b) the potential causes and developmental courses of transdiagnostic constructs (e.g., irritability) relevant to youth psychopathology; and c) mechanisms of heterogeneity within and comorbidity between DSM disorders (e.g., ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder). Ultimately, her goal is to conduct methodologically and quantitatively thoughtful work that will improve measurement of EF in order to better understand mechanisms of DSM disorders and transdiagnostic constructs.

Publications

Jusko, M. L., Piscitello, J., Villodas, F. M., Renaud, M., Morrow, A. S., Lozano, C., Merrill, B. M., Campez-Pardo, M., Smith, J. N., Raiker, J. S., & Villodas, M. T. (revise and resubmit). The after-school treatment program: A school-based adaptation of the summer treatment program. 
Kofler, M., Soto, E., Singh, L., Harmon, S., Jaisle, E., Smith, J. N., Feeny, K., & Musser, E. D (in press). Executive function deficits in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Nature Reviews Psychology.
Wiegers, E., Garner, A., Jusko, M., Smith, J. N., Campez, M., & Raiker, J. (2024). The impact of stimulant medication on the relation between working memory and activity level in ADHD. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
Smith, J. N., Owens, J. S., Evans, S. W., Bitsko, R. H., & Holbrook, J. R. (2023). A population-based study of the utility of screening for tics and the relative contribution of tics and psychiatric comorbidity to academic and social impairment in adolescents. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 1-13.
Smith, J. N., Jusko, M. L., Fosco, W. D., Musser, E. D., Raiker, J. S. (2023). A review of hot executive functioning in youth attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Methodological limitations, conceptual considerations, and future directions.

Smith, J. N.,& Suhr, J. A. (2021). Sluggish cognitive tempo factors in emerging adults: Symptomatic and neuropsychological correlates. Developmental Neuropsychology, 46(3), 169-183.

Jusko, M. L., Raiker, J. S., Campez, M., Smith, J. N.,Fosco, W., Horta, L., Little, K., Espinal, K., Sanchez, G., Mattfeld, A., Gnagy, E., Greiner, A., Coles, E., & Pelham, W. (2021). Brief report: Evaluation of working memory deficits in children with ADHD using the NIH list sorting working memory task. Child Neuropsychology, 27(5), 2063-2091

Smith, J.N., Raiker, J.S., Fosco, W., Jusko, M., Campez, M., Little, K., Mattfeld, A., Espinal, K., Sanchez, G., Merrill, B., Musser, E.D., Gnagy, E., Greiner, A., Coles, E., & Pelham, W. (2020). Executive Functioning and Activity in Children: A Multimethod Examination of Working Memory, Inhibition, and Hyperactivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

Little, K., Raiker, J., Coxe, S., Campez, M., Jusko, M., Smith, J., ... & Pelham, W. E. (2020). A Preliminary Evaluation of the Utility of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Symptoms in Predicting Behavioral Treatment Response in Children with Behavioral Difficulties. Psychological Reports.

Owens, J. S., Holdaway, A. S., Smith, J., Evans, S. W., Himawan, L. K., Coles, E. K., Girio-Herrera, E., Mixon, C. Egan, T. E., & Dawson, A. E. (2018). Rates of common classroom behavior management strategies and their associations with challenging student behavior in elementary school. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 26(3), 156-169.

Presentations

Caro, A., Rodriguez, V., Feeney, K., Sangoi, J., Schmarder, K., Smith, J. N., Jaisle, E., Keller, K., de la Rosa, I., & Musser, E. D (2024, April). Investigating the association of parental belief and temperament in youth with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. [Poster presentation]. Undergraduate Research at Florida International University Conference.
Smith, J. N., Musser, E. D., Parent, J., Coxe, S., Jusko, M. L., Nousen, E., Tipsord, J., Karalunas, S., Selah, K., & Nigg, J. T. (2023, December). Pathways of inattention, hyperactivity, and oppositionality from childhood to adolescence: Cognitive and emotional mechanisms. [Oral presentation]. Annual International Conference on ADHD, Baltimore, MD.
Smith, J. N., Coxe, S., Peraza, J. A., Riopelle, C., Feeney, K., Pintos-Lobo, R., Laird, A., Gonzalez, R., & Musser, E. D. (2023, June). Mechanisms of irritability trajectories in early adolescence: An adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study [Poster presentation]. International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP) 20th Biennial Scientific Meeting, London, United Kingdom.
Smith, J. N., Raiker, J. S., Jusko, M. L., Coxe, S., Fosco, W., Parent, J., Karalunas, S., Selah, K. B., Tipsord, J., Nousen, E. K., Nigg, J., & Musser, E. D. (2022, November). Transdiagnostic mechanisms of youth externalizing psychopathology: Preliminary findings [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 56th Annual Convention, New York, NY, United States.
Jusko, M. L., Smith, J. N., Coxe, S., Campez, M., Hayes, T., Little, K., Gnagy, E., Coles, E., Pelham, W., & Raiker, J. (2022, November). Response to time out in children receiving intensive behavioral intervention: Does working memory play a role? [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 56th Annual Convention, New York, NY, United States.

Jusko, M.L., Horta, L., Campez, M., Smith, J., Little, K., Fosco, W., & Raiker, J. (2020, February). Examining the Validity of the NIH Toolbox List Sorting. Poster presented at the Miami International Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Miami, FL.

Smith, J.N., Raiker, J.S., Campez, M., Little, K., Jusko, M.L., Fosco, W., Coles, E., & Pelham, W. (2019, June). Executive Functioning in Pediatric ADHD: A Multimethod Examination of the Assessment of Executive Functioning and Objectively-Measured Hyperactivity in Pediatric ADHD. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), Los Angeles.

Fosco, W.D., Mattfeld, A.T., Raiker, J.S., Campez, M., Little, K., Jusko, M.L., Smith, J., & Sanchez, G. (2019, June). An Examination of the Neurobiological Mechanisms Driving Increased Reaction Time Variability in ADHD. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), Los Angeles.

Jusko, M.L., Raiker, J.S., Mattfeld, A.T., Timmons, A. C., Fosco, W. D., Campez, M., Little, K., Smith, J., Sanchez, G. (2019, June). Mechanisms Underlying Reaction Time Variability in ADHD: The Use of Hidden Markov Modeling to Isolate On- and Off- Task States in Reaction Time Distributions. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), Los Angeles.

Little, K., Raiker, J.S., Campez, M., Jusko, M.L., Smith, J.N., Fosco, W.D., Coles, E., & Pelham, W. (2019, June). Working Memory and Emotion in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): An Examination of the Feasibility of Objectively Quantifying Emotion Using Noldus FaceReader. Poster presented at the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), Los Angeles.

Smith, J., Owens, J. S., Evans, S. W., Bitsko, R., & Holbrook, J. (2017, November). Exploring the psychometric properties of a tool to screen for tics in adolescents. Poster presented at the annual convention for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, CA.

Smith, J., Suhr, J., Gloger, E., & Callahan, L. (2017, October). The relation of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) to objective indicators of processing speed and working memory. Poster presented at the annual conference for the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Boston, MA.

Smith, J., & Suhr, J. (2017, April). Reported Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) and objective performance on neuropsychological tests: accounting for noncredible reporting and responding; investigating medical and psychological correlates. Oral presentation at the Ohio Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, Cleveland, OH.

Smith, J., Holdaway, A., Owens, J., Evans, S., Coles, E., & Himawan, L. (2016, October). Rates of common classroom behavior management strategies and their associations with student rule violations by child grade level. Poster presented at the annual convention for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.

Education

  • FIU Clinical Science PhD program. Mentor: Dr. Joseph Raiker
  • MS in Clinical Science, Florida International University
  • BA in Psychology, Ohio University