James L. Peugh, PhD

Quantitative Psychologist, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

james.peugh@cchmc.org

About

Biography

James Peugh, PhD, focuses his research on missing data handling and multilevel modeling techniques. He has published five manuscripts in those areas. As a post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Peugh received advanced training in dyadic data analysis, which resulted in three additional publications. As an assistant professor at the University of Virginia, his research focused on Monte Carlo testing of longitudinal and cross-sectional finite mixture modeling techniques.

Dr. Peugh has co-authored several publications with numerous colleagues that used a wide variety of categorical and continuous latent variable modeling techniques involving cross-sectional or longitudinally-sampled data. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of School Psychology and has reviewed over 50 manuscripts submitted for publication in several journals.

Interests

Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and multilevel latent variable mixture modeling; missing data handling; pedagogical manuscripts

Services and Specialties

Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Research Areas

Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Publications

Psychosocial factors do not explain discrepancy between daily diary and one-week retrospective reports of pain. Nelson, CI; Fisher, CH; Peugh, J; Pfeiffer, M; Connelly, M; Williams, AE; Logan, DE; Wakefield, EO; Goldstein-Leever, A; Goldschneider, K; Nelson, S; Kashikar-Zuck, S. Pain. 2026; 167(10):2329-2335.

Responding With Evidence and Access for Childhood Headaches (REACH) study: A comparative effectiveness trial of cognitive behavioral therapy monotherapy versus combined cognitive behavioral therapy-pharmacotherapy with amitriptyline for the prevention of childhood migraine-The study protocol. Feldman, ECH; Ernst, MM; Marzouk, MA; Gibler, RC; Reidy, BL; Chamberlin, LA; Kirschman, M; Peugh, J; Kabbouche, M; Lecates, SL; Yonker, ME; Szperka, CL; Gelfand, AA; Powers, SW. Headache. 2026.

Illness Uncertainty in Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Pilot Study. Gamwell, KL; Robbertz, AS; Peugh, JL; Santucci, N; Graham, K; Hommel, KA. Children. 2026; 13(8).

Socioeconomic Deprivation in Adolescents Hospitalized with Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa. Chaphekar, AV; Peugh, J; Beck, AF; Bejarano, CM; Scharf, D; Stevens, K; Aarnio-Peterson, CM. Children. 2026; 13(6).

Does Short-Term Memory Moderate the Relation Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Dimensions and Anger Regulation in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? Tamm, L; Quiroz, M; Peugh, JL; Epstein, JN; Becker, SP. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2026; 10445463261445015.

Multi-informant Examination of Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome in Relation to Sleep and Circadian Preference in Early Adolescents. Miller, MC; Peugh, JL; Epstein, JN; Tamm, L; Becker, SP. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 2026.

Multicenter randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral, exercise-based, and combined interventions for juvenile fibromyalgia. Kashikar-Zuck, S; Williams, SE; Ittenbach, RF; Peugh, J; Thomas, S; Lynch-Jordan, AM; Kirschman, M; Ting, TV; Connelly, M; Zempsky, W; Goldschneider, K; Nelson, S; Stinson, JN; Myer, GD. Pain. 2026; 167(4):820-831.

Food access relates to loss of control eating in adolescents with cardiometabolic conditions: Exploration of week-to-week variation. Bejarano, CM; Shomaker, L; Shah, AS; Xanthakos, S; Ley, S; Peugh, J; Gonzalez-Louis, RC; Zeller, MH. Journal of Health Psychology. 2026; 31(3):1192-1207.

396 Characterizing Sensory Phenotypes in Pediatric Chronic Pain Through Heat Pain Sensitivity. Jackson, CJ; Adamczyk, WM; Santucci, N; Homan, KJ; Peugh, J; Goldschneider, KR; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Journal of Pain. 2026; 41:106043.

46. The impact of socioeconomic deprivation on eating disorder severity and outcomes. Chaphekar, A; Peugh, J; Beck, A; Bejarano, C; Stevens, K; Aarnio-Peterson, C. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2026; 78(3):s27.