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Danica Knight joined the IBR in 1992.  Her research efforts have focused on the effects of substance abuse lifestyles on social relationships, parenting, and child development.  Current interests include developing treatment assessments and organizational monitoring systems.  She served as Principal Investigator on the Salvation Army First Choice Project, and as Principal Investigator for a NIDA-funded grant, “Social Stress among Mothers in Treatment.”  She is currently Project Director for the TCOM Project.  Her responsibilities include developing cost and project management instruments, creating data structures, and coordinating field activities.

Selected Publications

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Knight, D. K., Broome, K. M., Simpson, D. D., & Flynn, P. M. (2008).  Program structure and counselor-client contact in outpatient substance abuse treatment.  Health Services Research, 43(2), 616-634.

Hood, P. E., Knight, D. K., & Logan, S. M. (2003).  Mutually beneficial collaboration: Using evaluation to improve service delivery.  Lessons learned: Residential substance abuse treatment for women and their children (DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3787).  Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.  [Technical Report (Oct. 1999): PDF; 88K/26 pages]

Knight, D. K. & Wallace, G. (2003).  Where are the children? An examination of children’s living arrangements when mothers enter residential drug treatment.  Journal of Drug Issues, 33, 305-324.  [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., Wallace, G. L., Joe, G. W., & Logan, S. M. (2001). Change in psychosocial functioning and social relations among women in residential substance abuse treatment.   Journal of Substance Abuse, 13, 533-547.  [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., Logan, S. M., & Simpson, D. D. (2001).  Predictors of program completion for women in residential substance abuse treatment.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 27(l), 1-18.  [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., Hood, P. E., Logan, S. M., & Chatham, L. R. (1999).  Residential treatment for women with dependent child: One agency's approach.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 31(4), 339-351.  [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., Cross, D. R., Giles-Sims, J., & Simpson, D. D. (1995).   Psychosocial functioning among adult drug abusers: The role of parental absence, support, and conflict during the formative years.  International Journal of the Addictions, 30(10), 1271-1288.  [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., & Simpson, D. D. (1996).  Influences of family and friends on client progress during drug abuse treatment.  Journal of Substance Abuse, 8(4), 417-429.   [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., & Simpson, D. D. (1999). Family assessment. In P. J. Ott, R. E. Tarter, & R. T. Ammerman (Eds.), Sourcebook on substance abuse: Etiology, epidemiology, assessment, and treatment (pp. 236-247).  Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Conner, D. B., Knight, D. K., & Cross, D. R. (1997).  Mothers' and fathers' scaffolding of their 2-year-olds during problem-solving and literacy interactions.  British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 15, 323-338.  [Abstract]

Griffith, J. D., Knight, D. K., Joe, G. W., & Simpson, D. D. (1998).   Implications of family and peer relations for treatment engagement and follow-up outcomes:  An integrative model. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 12(2), 113-126.   [Abstract]

Knight, D. K., Broome, K. M., Cross, D. R., & Simpson, D. D. (1998).   Antisocial tendency among drug-addicted adults:  Potential long-term effects of parental absence, support, and conflict during childhood.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 24(3), 361-375.  [Abstract]

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IBR Faculty, Research Staff

Director and Professor
D. Dwayne Simpson

Deputy Director and Professor
Patrick M. Flynn

Associate Directors
Donald F. Dansereau
George W. Joe
Kevin Knight

Research Scientists
Kirk M. Broome
Jack M. Greener
Danica K. Knight
Grace A. Rowan-Szal

Associate Research Scientist
Janis T. Morey

Research Associates
Norma G. Bartholomew
Charlotte W. Pevoto

Consulting Scientists
Barry S. Brown
Lois R. Chatham

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