Samuel  Spencer

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article

• Spencer, S., Borgogna, et al. (2025). A systematic review of potential publication bias in US National Institutes of Health-funded trials of psychological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmip.2025.100154
• Upshaw, Spencer, S., Pinciotti, et al. (2025). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in youth with major depressive disorder in the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX-YDSRN): Clinical correlates and moderators.. Journal of Attention Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547251353392
• Drummond, Guzick, Spencer, S., et al. (2025). Characterizing therapy experiences in youth with depression and suicide via the depression treatment experiences questionnaire.. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70088.
• Spencer, S., Petersen, Schneider, Guzick, McGuire. (2025). Clinical considerations for integrating ethical principles of beneficence in the development of evidence-based interventions: The case of pediatric misophonia.. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01247-0
• Spencer, S., Pinciotti, C., Murphy, Hertz, Wiese, Wood, Kendall, Storch. (2025). Concurrent validity of the anxiety disorders section of the anxiety disorder interview schedule- autism spectrum addendum (ADIS-ASA) in autistic youth.. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06496-y
• Silverman, Spencer, S. (2025). Considering historical context, current societal trends, and implications for understanding harm in youth mental health treatment: A broader lens to the Primum non nocere special issue.. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-025-01324-y
• Spencer, S., Levin. (2025). Introduction to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): Theoretical, practical, and empirical foundations.. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2025.02.002
• Spencer, S., Jo, Hill, Meyer, Firoozan, Masuda. (2025). Monitoring clinically relevant behavior and experiential avoidance throughout the course of acceptance and commitment therapy: A single-case quasi-experimental study. Behavior Modification. https://doi.org/10.1177/01454455251343301
• Spencer, S., McKay, Mangen, Rabasco. (2025). pilot clinical trial examining exposure and stress management therapy for adults with misophonia.. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. DOI: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000874.
• Trent, Lanzillo, Wiese, Spencer, S., McKay, Storch. (2025). Potential for harm in the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Pitfalls and best practices.. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01258-x
• Pinciotti, Upshaw, Spencer, S., et al. (2025). Preferences for justice-based exposure and response prevention among individuals with identity-related obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.12.001
• Spencer, S., McKay. (2025). Primum non nocere: Toward a greater understanding of the potential for harm in psychological treatments for youth.. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology,. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-025-01323-z
• Armstrong, Anderberg, Gorman, Spencer, S., et al. (2025). Problematic substance use in depressed youth: Associations with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt history. Journal of Dual Diagnosis.
• Spencer, S., Pinciotti, et al. (2025). Symptom dimensions of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Exploratory examination of associations with clinical features and response to cognitive-behavioral therapy.. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2025.100969
• Spencer, S., Mangen, Omar, Storch. (2024). Acceptance and commitment therapy for an emerging adult female with misophonia: A case study.. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. https://doi.org/10.1097/pra.0000000000000800
• Frederick, R., Smarason, O., Boedeker, P., Spencer, S., Guzick, A., Storch, E. (2024). An exploratory analysis of child characteristics predicting clinical outcomes in parent-led cognitive behavioral teletherapy for anxiety in autistic children.. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. N/A (N/A) N/A. N/A, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06680-0
• Jo, Goh, Lin, Spencer, S., Masuda. (2024). Bridging eating disorder symptoms and psychological flexibility and inflexibility in racially diverse emerging adult women.. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100766
• Spencer, S., Petersen, J., Schneider, R., Guzick, A., McGuire, J. (2024). Clinical considerations for integrating ethical principles of beneficence in the development of evidence-based interventions: The case of pediatric misophonia.. Journal: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Publisher: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01247-0
• Spencer, S., Kim, Mckay, Asmundson. (2024). Examination of COVID stress syndrome facets and relations to substance abuse using profile analysis via multidimensional scaling (PAMS).. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.06.044
• Spencer, S., Silva, T., Higham, M., Castillo, A., Minhajuddin, A., Gorman, A., Goodman, W., Pinciotti, Hernandez, Slater, Soutullo, Hettema, Azhar, Goodman, Trivedi, Storch. (2024). Measurement invariance of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) across ethnicity, age, and sex among youth with depression.. Journal name: Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmip.2024.100134
• Masuda, Nakamura, Preston-Pita, Hermosura, Morgan, Stueber, Spencer, S., Qina’au, Austin-Seabury. (2024). Native Hawaiians’ views on depression and preferred behavioral health treatments: A preliminary qualitative investigation.. Journal name: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-023-09874-z
• Stiede, J., Spencer, S., Onyeka, O., Mangen, K., Church, M., Goodman, W., Storch, E. (2024). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in youth.. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. No. 20 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-080822-043910
• Trent, E., Lanzillo, E., Wiese, A., Spencer, S., Mckay, D., Storch, E. (2024). Potential for harm in the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Pitfalls and best practices.. N/A (N/A) N/A. N/A, Journal: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, published by Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01258-x
• Church, Mangen, Spencer, S., Stiede, Storch. (2024). The role of between-session homework in cognitive-behavioral therapy for comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder and autism: A case vignette.. Journal of Clinical Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23580
• Lin, Jo, Spencer, S., Masuda. (2024). The role of engaged living in the association between self-concealment and psychological distress among racially diverse college students.. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2024.100811
• Onyeka, Spencer, S., Salloum, Jiannetto, Storch. (2024). The role of family accommodation in child posttraumatic stress symptoms and functional impairment in the context of cognitive behavioral therapy.. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.144
• Lau, Jo, Nakamura, Spencer, S., Masuda. (2024). The role of the internalized model minority myth on mental health-related attitudes within a Hawaii-based sample of Asian American college students. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-024-09552-5
• Johnson, D., Borgogna, N., Ingram, P., Warlick, C., Spencer, S., Mims, C., Bunnell, K.L., Nielsen, J. (2024). The scrupulosity obsessions and compulsions scale: A measurement of scrupulosity within an OCD framework.. 43 (100918) N/A. N/A, Science Direct. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2024.100918
• Qina'au, J., Spencer, S., Sasaki, J. (2024). Trauma, mindfulness, distress, and wellbeing in “mixed” vs. monoracial emerging adults.. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-023-09530-3

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Spencer, S.D. (Principal), "Trans-ancestry genomic analysis of obsessive-compulsive disorder- Site Agreement (parent project: U01MH125062)," sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Federal, $50000 Funded. (2022 - 2026).