Previous Work

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

Merrill, B.M., Raiker, J.S., Evans, S.W., Gnagy, E.M., & Pelham, W.E. (in press). Cognitive mechanisms of methylphenidate in ADHD: Do improvements in sustained attention mediate behavioral improvements in the natural environment? Child Neuropsychology.

Campez, M., Raiker, J.S., Altszuler, A.R., Merrill, B.M., Macphee, F.L., Gnagy, E.M., Greiner, A.R., Musser, E.D., Coles, E.K., & Pelham, W.E. (online early). An Evaluation of the Effect of Methylphenidate on Working Memory, Time Perception, and Choice Impulsivity in Children with ADHD. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

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

Smith, J.N., Raiker, J.S., Fosco, W.D., Jusko, M.L., Campez, M., Little, K., Mattfeld, A., Espinal, K., Sanchez, G., Merrill, B., Musser, E.D., Gnagy, E., Greiner, A., Coles, E., & Pelham, W.E. (2020). Executive Functioning and Activity in Children: a Multimethod Examination of Working Memory, Inhibition, and Hyperactivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48, 1143-1153.

Campez, M., Raiker, J.S., Sarver, D.E., Friedman, L.M., Orban, S.A., & Rapport, M.D. (2020). Working Memory Capacity and ADHD Symptoms in Boys: Examining the Heterogeneity of Working Memory Functioning Using Latent Profile Analysis. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 42, 450-463.

Karlson, C.W., Sarver, D.E., Raiker, J.S., Espil, F.M., Cox, A.D., Elkin, D.T., & Annett, R.D. (2020). The Contribution of Neurocognitive Functions to Academic and Psychological Outcomes in Pediatric Cancer: A Latent Profile Analysis. Child Neuropsychology.

Musser, E.D., Raiker, J.S. (2019). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: An integrated developmental psychopathology and Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) approach. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 90, 65-72.

Sibley, M.H., Campez, M., & Raiker, J.S. (2019). Reexamining ADHD-related self-reporting problems using polynomial regression. Assessment, 26, 305-314.

Raiker, J.S., Freeman, A.J., Perez-Algorta, G., Frazier, T.W., Findling, R.L., & Youngstrom, E.A. (2017). Accuracy of Achenbach Scales in the Screening of ADHD in a Community Mental Health Clinic. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 56, 401-409.

Raiker, J.S., Friedman, L.M., Orban, S.A., Kofler, M.J., Sarver, D.E., & Rapport, M.D. (2017). Phonological working memory deficits in ADHD revisited: The role of lower-level information processing deficits in impaired working memory performance. Journal of Attention Disorders, 1, 570-583.

Friedman, L.M., Rapport, M.D., Raiker, J.S., Orban, S.A., & Eckrich, S.J. (2016). Reading Comprehension in Boys with ADHD: The Mediating Roles of Working Memory and Orthographic Conversion. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 273-287.

Kofler, M.J., Raiker, J.S., Sarver, D.E., Wells, E.L., & Soto, E.F. (2016). Is Hyperactivity Ubiquitous in ADHD or Dependent on Environmental Demands? Evidence from Meta-Analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 46, 12-24.

Baker, A.M., Raiker, J.S. Elkin, T.D., Palermo, T.M., & Karlson, C.W. (2015). Internalizing Symptoms Mediate the Relationship Between Sleep Disordered Breathing and Pain Symptoms in a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Sample. Children’s Health Care, 46, 34-48.

Raiker, J.S., Manning, E., Herrington, B., May. A.C., Haynes, S., Graves, P.E., & Karlson, C.W. (2015). Brief Neurocognitive Screening in Youth with Brain Tumours: A Preliminary Investigation of the Lebby-Asbell Neurocognitive Screening Examination (LANSE). Brain Injury, 29, 1192-1198.

Sarver, D.E., Rapport, M.D., Kofler, M.J., Raiker, J.S. Friedman, L.M., (2015). Hyperactivity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Impairing deficit or compensatory behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 1219-1232.

Schaumberg, K., Vinci, C. Raiker, J.S., Mota, N., Jackson, M., Whalen, D., Schumacher, J.A., & Coffey, S.F. (2015). PTSD-Related Alcohol Expectancies and Impulsivity Interact to Predict Alcohol Use Severity in a Substance Dependent Sample with PTSD. Addictive Behaviors, 41, 41-45.

Raiker, J.S., Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., Becker, S.P., Fite, P.J., & Luebee, A.M. (2015). Mediating Effect of Psychopathy on the Risk of Social Problems Among Children with ADHD Versus Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Symptoms. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 46, 523-532.

Kofler, M.J., Alderson, R.M., Raiker, J.S., Bolden, J., Sarver, D.E., & Rapport, M.D. (2014). Working memory and intraindividual variability as neurocognitive indicators in ADHD: Examining competing model predictions. Neuropsychology, 28, 459-471.

Kofler, M.J, Rapport, M.D., Sarver, D.E., Raiker, J.S., Orban, S.A., Friedman, L., & Kolomeyer, E. (2013). Reaction time variability in ADHD: A meta-analytic review of 319 studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 33, 795-811.

Bolden, J., Rapport, M.D., Raiker, J.S., Sarver, D.E., & Kofler, M.J. (2012). Understanding phonological memory deficits in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Dissociation of short-term storage and articulatory rehearsal processes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 999-1011.

Raiker, J.S., Rapport, M.D., Kofler, M.J., & Sarver, D.E. (2012). Objectively measured impulsivity and ADHD: Testing competing predictions from the working memory and behavioral inhibition models of ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 699-713.

Sarver, D.E., Rapport, M.D., Kofler, M.J., Scanlan, S.W., Raiker, J.S., Altro, T.A., & Bolden, J. (2011). Attention problems, phonological short-term memory, and visuospatial short-term memory: Differential effects on near- and long-term scholastic achievement. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 8-19.

Kofler, M.J., Rapport, M.D., Bolden, J., Sarver, D.E., & Raiker, J.S. (2011).  Working memory deficits and social problems in children with ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 805-817.

Kofler, M.J., Rapport, M.D., Bolden, J. Sarver, D.E., & Raiker, J.S. (2010). ADHD and working memory: The impact of central executive deficits and exceeding storage/rehearsal capacity on observed inattentive behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 149-161.

Rapport, M.D., Bolden, J., Kofler, M.J., Sarver, D.E., & Raiker, J.S., & Alderson, R.M. (2009). Hyperactivity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A ubiquitous core deficit or a byproduct of central executive processing deficits? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 521-534.

Rapport, M.D., Kofler, M.J., Coiro, M.M., Raiker, J.S., Sarver, D.E., & Alderson, R.M. (2008). Unexpected effects of methylphenidate in ADHD reflect decreases in core/secondary symptoms and physical complaints common to all children. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 18, 237-247.


All articles reflect projects completed at Florida International University, the University of Central Florida, or the University of Mississippi Medical Center and in collaboration with others at these institutions.