Joseph A. Buckhalt, Ph.D.
Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor and Director, School Psychology Program
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Academic
Biographical Information
B.A.
M.S. Auburn University; Ph.D. George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University 
Licensed Psychologist, State of Alabama #250
National Certification in School Psychology #1287
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Current
Research
- Children’s Sleep as a Risk/Protective Factor for School Performance, Adjustment, and Health
- Intelligence, School Psychology, and Education
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Selected
Recent Publications
Keller, P.S., Buckhalt, J.A., & El-Sheikh,
M. (2008, in press). Links between family functioning and sleep. Chapter to
appear in A. Ivanenko (Ed.). Sleep and psychiatric disorders in children
and adolescents. New York:
Informa Healthcare.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J.A., Keller, P. S., & Granger, D. (2007, in press). Children’s objective and subjective sleep disruptions. Links with
afternoon
cortisol levels. Health Psychology.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J.A., Granger, D.A., Erath, S., & Acebo, C. (2007). The association between children’s sleep and afternoon salivary interleukin-6. Journal of Sleep Research, 16, 188-197.
Buckhalt, J.A., Wolfson, A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2007). Children’s sleep, academic performance, and school behavior. NASP Communique, 35, 40-43.
Buckhalt, J.A., El-Sheikh, M., Holthaus, C., Baker, S., & Wolfson, A. (2007). Sleep and school performance: What teachers and parents can
do. NASP
Communique, 35, (insert), 2-3.
El-Sheikh,
M., Buckhalt, J.A., Keller, P., Cummings M., & Acebo, C. (2007). Child
emotional insecurity and academic achievement: The role
of sleep disruptions. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 29-38.
Buckhalt,
J.A., El-Sheikh, M, & Keller. P. (2007) Children’s sleep and cognitive
functioning: Race and socioeconomic status as moderators of
effects. Child Development, 78, 213-231.
McGhee,
R., Ehrler, D., & Buckhalt, J.A. (2007).
5-FFPI-C: Five Factor Personality Inventory for Children.
Publishers.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J.A., Cummings, E.M., & Keller, P. (2007). Sleep disruptions and emotional insecurity are pathways of risk for children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 88-96.
Granger, D.A.,
Kivlighan, K.T., Blair, C., El-Sheikh, M., Mize, J., Lisonbee, J., Buckhalt,
J.A., Stroud, L.R., Schwartz, E.B., Handwerger, K. (2006). Integrating the measurement of
salivary alpha-amylase into studies of child health, development, and social
relationships. Journal of Social
and Personal Relationships (Special issue), 23(2), 267-290.
El-Sheikh, M.,
Buckhalt, J.A., Mize, J., & Acebo,
C. (2006). Marital conflict and disruption of children’s sleep. Child
Development, 77, 31-43.
El-Sheikh,
M. & Buckhalt, J.A. (2005). Vagal regulation and emotional intensity
predict children’s sleep problems. Developmental
Psychobiology, 46,
307-317.
Cobia,
D.C., Carney, J.S., Buckhalt, J.A., Houston, I., Middleton, R.A., Shannon,
D.M., Trippany, R., & Ullery, E. (2005). The Doctoral
Portfolio: Centerpiece of a Comprehensive
System of Evaluation. Counselor Education and Supervision, 44,
242-254.
Buckhalt, J.A.
(2005). Unexcused Absence: Personality Assessment in Schools. Review of Big Five Assessment, edited
by Boele De Raad & Marco Perugini, Hogrefe & Huber, 2002, ISBN
0-88937-242-X, 491 pages. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 23,
69-75.
Buckhalt, J.A.,
Baird, S, & Reilly, A. (2004). Early language intervention for children
with developmental disabilities. In J.L.
Matson, R.B. Laud, & M.L. Matson (Eds.). Behavior modification for
persons with developmental disabilities: Empirically supported treatments.Vol.
2.
Buckhalt, J.A.,
El-Sheikh, M. & Elmore, L. (2003). Sleep, vagal regulation, and risk outcomes
for children exposed to marital conflict.
Abstract of presentation at the annual meeting of the Associated
Professional Sleep Societies,
El-Sheikh, M.
& Buckhalt, J.A. (2003). Parental problem drinking and children’s
adjustment: Attachment and family functioning as moderators and mediators of
risk. Journal of Family Psychology, 17, 510-52.
Brazelton.
E. W., Jackson, R., Buckhalt, J.A. Shapiro, S, & Byrd, D. (2003). Scoring
errors on the WISC-III: A study across levels of
education, degree fields, and current
professional positions. The
Professional Educator, 25, 1-8.
Buckhalt,
J.A. (2002). A short history of g: Psychometrics’ most enduring and
controversial construct. Learning and Individual Differences,
13, 101-114.
Buckhalt,
J.A. (2002). Overview of special issue: Is g a viable construct for
school psychology? Learning and Individual Differences, 13, 97-
99.
Buckhalt,
J. A. & Petersen, R. (2002). Review of Essentials of WAIS-III Assessment,
by Alan S. Kaufman & Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger, New
York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Journal
of Psychoeducational Assessment, 20, 390-394.
Buckhalt, J.A.
& Oates, D. (2002). Sensation
seeking and performance on divided attention tasks varying in complexity Personality
and Individual Differences, 32, 67-78.
McGhee,
R.L. & Buckhalt, J.A. (2002). Increasing rates of autism diagnoses. NASP
Communique, 30, 40-41.
Buckhalt, J.A., McGhee, R.L. & Ehrler,
D.J.( 2001). An investigation of Gf-Gc theory in the older adult population:
Joint factor analysis of
the Woodcock-Johnson-Revised and the
Detroit Test of Leaning Aptitude-Adult. Psychological Reports, 88,
1161-1170.
El-Sheikh, M.,
Buckhalt, J.A., & Reiter, S.L. (2000). Gender-related effects in emotional
responding to resolved and unresolved interpersonal conflict. Sex Roles, 43, 719-734.
Buckhalt,
J.A. (2000). A call for a new referendum on conclusions of The Bell Curve. Commentary on Revisiting The Bell Curve
by A.
Reifman. Psycoloquy, 1 (128). http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy.
Buckhalt, J.A.
& Gannon, E.J. (2000). Scientific truth and perceived truth about sexual
human nature: Implications for therapists.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 595-596.
Selected Recent
Presentations
El-Sheikh, M. & Buckhalt, J.A. Does couples' conflict make children sick? The latest information on children's sleep, health, and school
performance.
Presented at the Inaugural Alabama Health Marriage, Healthy Relationships, and
Responsible Fatherhood
Conference on Best Practices. Opelika, Alabama, September, 2007
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J.A., & Keller, P.S. Children's emotional insecurity and their adjustment in multiple domains: The role of sleep
disruptions. Presented in a symposium, Carpe Noctem: Family Functioning and the Sleep of Infants, Children, and Adolescents Chairs:
Mona M. El-Sheikh, Ronald E. Dahl at the Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, March
2007
El-Sheikh, M., Keller, P.S., Buckhalt, J.A., & Cummings, E.M. Marital conflict, children's sleep, and adjustment problems: The role of vagal
regulation.
Presented in a symposium, Family Functioning and the Adjustment of
Infants and Children: The Role of Physiological
Regulation. Chairs: Mona M. El-Sheikh, Susan D Calkins at the Biennial meeting of the Society for
Research in Child
Development, Boston, March 2007
Buckhalt, J.A. & El-Sheikh, M. Children's alpha-amylase responses to stress predict multiple outcomes over a two year period. Presented in a
symposium, Salivary a-amylase Levels and Stress Reactivity: Cross-sectional and Prospective Associations with Children's Behavior
Problems Chair: Douglas A. Granger at the Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, March
2007.
McGhee, R., Ehrler, D., Buckhalt, J.A., &
Phillips, C. The FFPI-C: Five Factor
Personality Inventory for Children. Presented at
the annual
meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New York, March 2007.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J.A., Granger, D.A., &
Mize, J. Salivary Alpha-Amylase
and Cortisol: Their Association with Children's
Adjustment,
Health, Sleep, and Cognitive Functioning. Presentation
in a symposium, Physiological
Reactivity, Behavior, Cognition,
and
Health: A New Approach Involving Salivary Alpha-Amylase and Cortisol, at Society for
Research in Adolescence Conference
San
Francisco, March 25, 2006.
Buckhalt, J.A., El-Sheikh, M, & Keller. P. Children’s Sleep and Cognitive Functioning: Race and Socioeconomic Status as Moderators of
Effects. Presentation
at Pediatric Sleep Medicine 2006:
Next Steps in Research, Patient Care,
Policy, and Education. Amelia
Island,
Florida, March 10-12, 2006.
El-Sheikh,
M. & Buckhalt, J.A. Sleep and children's cortisol
and immune system functioning. Presentation at Pediatric Sleep Medicine 2006:
Next Steps in Research, Patient
Care, Policy, and Education.
El-Sheikh,
M. & Buckhalt, J.A. Children’s Sleep Disruptions:
The Role of Cortisol and IL-6. Presentation at Pediatric Sleep Medicine 2006:
Next Steps in Research, Patient
Care, Policy, and Education.
five research papers chosen to be presented at the opening Plenary session.
El-Sheikh, M. & Buckhalt, J.A. (April, 2005). "Mom & Dad, I Couldn't Sleep at All Last Night ": Marital Conflict and Disruption of
Children's Sleep Duration and
Quality. Presented in a paper symposium,
Marital Discord and Child Development: Developmental and
Transactional Perspectives on the
Role of Basic Regulatory Processes at the biennial meeting of the Society
for Research in Child
Development,
Atlanta.
El-Sheikh, M.
& Buckhalt, J.A (February, 2005). Family Stress, Children’s Sleep, and
Physiological Reactivity and Regulation.
Presented at Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Priorities for Research,
Patient Care, Policy and Education, Sponsored by
Buckhalt, J.A.,
El-Sheikh, M. & Elmore, L. (June, 2003). Sleep, vagal regulation, and risk
outcomes for children exposed to marital conflict. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Associated
Professional Sleep Societies, Chicago.
Milligan, M.
& Buckhalt, J.A.. (August, 2002). Where is optimism in the Big Five? Presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Chicago.
El-Sheikh, M.,
Buckhalt, J.A. & Elmore, L. (April, 2002). Parental problem drinking and
child outcomes: Family cohesion and adaptability as moderators and mediators of
risk. Presented at the biennial Conference on Human Development,
El-Sheikh, M.,
Buckhalt, J.A., & Elmore, L. (April, 2002). Child-parent attachments
moderate associations between parental problem drinking and child outcomes.
Presented at the biennial Conference on Human Development,
Cobia,
D.C., Ullery, B.,
Traditional Written Exam with
Portfolio Assessment for Doctorate in Counselor Education. Presented at the American Counseling
Association Annual
Conference, New Orleans, LA.
El-Sheikh,
M., Whitson, S. & Buckhalt, J.A.
(August, 2001). Marital conflict and
children’s adjustment: Physiological reactivity as a
moderator. Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association
Convention, San Francisco.
Buckhalt, J.A.,
Patton, R., Edwards, J., Thomas, A, & Edgar, K. (2000, November).
Implications of circadian rhythm and sleep research for children’s school
functioning. Presented at the Mid-South
Regional Conference on Psychology in the Schools,
McGhee, R.L.,
Ehrler, D. & Buckhalt, J.A. (2000, April).
Testing the Gf-Gc information processing model with written language.
Presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association,
Dissertations Directed
1. Bogie, C.
E. (Ed.D., 1983). Reactions to failure and success among
gifted, average, and EMR students.
2.
Martin, M. V. (Ed.D., 1986). The effect of noncontingent reinforcement on
attributional
style.
3.
Camilleri, J. E. (Ed.D., 1987). A comparative study of children's fears.
4. Day, M.
A. (Ed.D., 1988). Effects of conflict resolution sessions with
elementary students on empathy, sociometric status, self-esteem, and frequency
of self-reported conflicts.
5. Byrd, P.
D. (Ed.D., 1989). A multitrait-multimethod construct validity
study of the Differential Ability Scales.
6. Snider, P.
R. (Ph.D., 1989). Attributions, coping styles, and affective
states in women with breast cancer.
7. Ledford, A.
B. (Ed.D., 1990). Identification of antisocial and socially
misperceptive subgroups in delinquent adolescents.
8. Early, J.
A. (Ed.D., 1990). Validation of the Behavior Checklist and
Mainstreaming Guide for determining the least restrictive educational
environment.
9. Servey, L.
D. (Ed.D., 1990). Perceived competency and initial academic
failure in seventh grade.
10.
Collins, M. A. (Ph.D., 1991). The role
of occupational type on perceived effectiveness and
preference for therapeutic style.
11.
McGhee, R.L. (Ed.D., 1991). Fluid and crystallized intelligence: A confirmatory
factor analysis study of second order
factors from three cognitive batteries.
12.
Sims, P. (Ed.D., 1992). The relationship between childhood sexual abuse and
adult psychological functioning.
13.
14.
Denes, G.E. (Ph.D., 1993). Personality characteristics of crack cocaine addicts.
15. Niebuhr, Katherine (Ed.D, 1994). The relationship of school climate, family
environment, and student characteristics to academic achievement.
16. Oliver, R.E.
(Ed.D., 1994). A correlational study of
children's social intelligence, social influence, academic intelligence, and
academic achievement.
17. Oates, David
F. (Ph.D., 1995). Sensation seeking as a
predictor of group differences in subjective time estimation as a secondary
task.
18.
19. Grand, S.
(Ph.D., 1995). Sensation seeking, intimacy, and substance abuse among adult
children of alcoholics.
20. Owen, D.
(Ph.D., 1995). A study of college student drinking patterns and the mediating
effects of gender identity and social anxiety.
21. Turner, B.L.
(Ed.D., 1996). Effects of response cost, bibliotherapy and academic tutoring on
attentional behavior, achievement, work productivity, accuracy and self-esteem
in children with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder.
22. Ozone, S.J.
(Ph.D., 1997). The relationship between
23. Kubiak,
C.H.S. (Ph.D., 1997). The relationship between community crime
level and the manifestation of anxiety
in a referred sample of children.
24.
Jenik, C. (Ph.D., 1998). Teachers’
perceptions of “slow learners”: A concept mapping
approach.
25. Waggoner,
26.
Tarver, A. (Ph.D., 1999). Adolescent coping skills.
27. Morris, R.
(Ph.D., 1999). The relationship between high school size and student
extracurricular activity participation, student dropout rate, and crime and
violence in the school.
28. Barrett, P.
(Ph.D., 2000). Validation of the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence - Third Edition
(TONI-3) for Jamaican students.
29.
McGarrity, J. (Ph.D., 2001). Curriculum bias in achievement tests used for
learning disability discrepancy analysis.
30.
Paul, C. (Ph.D., 2002). Children’s descriptions of other children’s big five
personality characteristics.
31.
Milligan, M. (Ph.D., 2003). Optimism and the five-factor model of personality,
coping, and health behavior.
32.
Behrman, A. (Ph.D., 2004).
Morningness-eveningness, circadian rhythm, and performance of collegiate
golfers.
33.
Godfrey, M. (Ph.D., 2005). Sleep
characteristics of students referred for academic problems.
34.
Haffey, K. (Ph.D. 2006). The relationship between emotional intelligence and
psychological adjustment in children with cancer.
35.
McKee-Williams, A. (Ph.D. 2007). Self-ratings of multicultural competency by
consulting school psychologists.
36. Donna Lee (Ph.D. 2007). An experimental examination of children’s sleep quality and improvements resulting from a parent education intervention.
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Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, and School Psychology Department, Haley Center 2084, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5222
Electronic mail address
buckhja@mail.auburn.edu
Web addresses
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Personal
Research Laboratory
http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/~elshemm/el-sheikh_lab_page.htm
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