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Eileen Tara Crehan PhD

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentPediatrics
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPediatrics
    DivisionDevelopment & Behavioral Pediatrics


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    University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United StatesPHDClinical Psychology

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    1. Yang X, Holmes LG, Su S, Crehan ET. Looking Through a Cultural Perspective: Autistic Young Adults' Experiences and Expectations in Sexuality and Relationship Education in the U.S. J Autism Dev Disord. 2025 Apr 19. PMID: 40252202.
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    2. Boxerman S, Flores B, Yang X, Masters EM, Crehan ET, French AV. Development and Evaluation of "Period Kits" for Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Embedded Mixed Methods Study. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2025 Feb; 38(1):45-51. PMID: 39284541.
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    3. Yang X, Crehan ET. Understanding the experiences and needs in autism education: A semi-structured interview among Chinese American parents of autistic children. Autism Dev Lang Impair. 2023 Jan-Dec; 8:23969415231217191. PMID: 38045606.
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    4. Yang X, Dekker L, Greaves-Lord K, Crehan ET. Psychometric Properties of Psychosexual Functioning Survey Among Autistic and Non-autistic Adults: Adapting the Self-Report Teen Transition Inventory to the U.S. Context. J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Dec; 54(12):4555-4570. PMID: 37934395.
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    5. Crehan ET. Preparing for a Sex-Positive Future Where Sexual Assistance Is a Possibility. Arch Sex Behav. 2023 11; 52(8):3263-3266. PMID: 37582996.
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    6. Dewinter J, Onaiwu MG, Massolo ML, Caplan R, Van Beneden E, Br?rmann N, Crehan ET, Croen LA, Faja S, Gassner DL, Graham Holmes L, Hughes C, Hunter M, Huysamen M, Jelonche P, Lai MC, Noens I, Pukki H, Stokes MA, Strang JF, van der Miesen AI. Short report: Recommendations for education, clinical practice, research, and policy on promoting well-being in autistic youth and adults through a positive focus on sexuality and gender diversity. Autism. 2024 03; 28(3):770-779. PMID: 37530121.
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    7. Crehan ET, Yang X, Dufresne S, Barstein J, Stephens L, Dekker L, Greaves-Lord K. Adapting the Tackling Teenage Training Sex Education Program for Autistic Adults in the US: A Pilot Study. J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Jun; 54(6):2108-2123. PMID: 37046158.
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    8. Crehan ET, Rocha J, Sclar J, Ward O, Donaghue A. Topics and timing of sexuality and relationship education for autistic and non-autistic adults in the United States. Disabil Health J. 2023 07; 16(3):101466. PMID: 37062650.
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    9. Ametti MR, Crehan ET, O'Loughlin K, Schreck MC, Dube SL, Potter AS, Sigmon SC, Althoff RR. Frustration, Cognition, and Psychophysiology in Dysregulated Children: A Research Domain Criteria Approach. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2022 06; 61(6):796-808.e2. PMID: 35074486.
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    10. Crehan ET, Althoff RR. Me looking at you, looking at me: The stare-in-the-crowd effect and autism spectrum disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 08; 140:101-109. PMID: 34102517.
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    11. Crehan ET, Rocha J, Dufresne S. Brief Report: Sources of Sexuality and Relationship Education for Autistic and Neurotypical Adults in the U.S. and a Call to Action. J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Feb; 52(2):908-913. PMID: 33792803.
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    12. Crehan ET, Althoff RR, Riehl H, Prelock PA, Hutchins T. Brief Report: Me, Reporting on Myself: Preliminary Evaluation of the Criterion-Related Validity of the Theory of Mind Inventory-2 when Completed by Autistic Young Adults. J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Feb; 50(2):659-664. PMID: 31667653.
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    13. Crehan ET, Baer J, Althoff RR, Constantino JN. Tracking the Influence of Autistic Traits on Competencies Among School Aged Children with Subthreshold Autistic Traits: A Longitudinal Study. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2018 12; 49(6):941-955. PMID: 29752661.
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    14. Deason RG, Tat MJ, Flannery S, Mithal PS, Hussey EP, Crehan ET, Ally BA, Budson AE. Response bias and response monitoring: Evidence from healthy older adults and patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. Brain Cogn. 2017 12; 119:17-24. PMID: 28926752.
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    15. Rubin DH, Crehan ET, Althoff RR, Rettew DC, Krist E, Harder V, Walkup JT, Hudziak JJ. Temperamental Characteristics of Withdrawn Behavior Problems in Children. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2017 06; 48(3):478-484. PMID: 27456111.
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    16. Althoff RR, Crehan ET, He JP, Burstein M, Hudziak JJ, Merikangas KR. Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder at Ages 13-18: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2016 Mar; 26(2):107-13. PMID: 26771536.
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    17. Crehan ET, Althoff RR. Measuring the stare-in-the-crowd effect: a new paradigm to study social perception. Behav Res Methods. 2015 Dec; 47(4):994-1003. PMID: 25413778.
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    18. Baer J, Schreck M, Althoff RR, Rettew DC, Harder VS, Ayer L, Albaugh MD, Crehan ET, Kuny-Slock AV, Hudziak JJ. Child Temperament, Maternal Parenting Behavior, and Child Social Functioning. J Child Fam Stud. 2015 Apr 01; 24(4):1152-1162. PMID: 26085784.
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    19. Hudziak JJ, Albaugh MD, Ducharme S, Karama S, Spottswood M, Crehan E, Evans AC, Botteron KN. Cortical thickness maturation and duration of music training: health-promoting activities shape brain development. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014 Nov; 53(11):1153-61, 1161.e1-2. PMID: 25440305.
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    20. Rubin DH, Althoff RR, Ehli EA, Davies GE, Rettew DC, Crehan ET, Walkup JT, Hudziak JJ. Candidate gene associations with withdrawn behavior. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2013 Dec; 54(12):1337-45. PMID: 23808549.
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    21. Althoff RR, Ayer LA, Crehan ET, Rettew DC, Baer JR, Hudziak JJ. Temperamental profiles of dysregulated children. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2012 Aug; 43(4):511-22. PMID: 22271225.
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