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

Research Areas

Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology

Publications

A Multi-Method Examination of Peer Functioning in Children with and without Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome. Becker, SP; Vaughn, AJ; Zoromski, AK; Burns, GL; Mikami, AY; Fredrick, JW; Epstein, JN; Peugh, JL; Tamm, L. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2025; 54:389-404.

395 Reduction in Fear of Movement Predicts Long-Term Decreases in Functional Disability Among Adolescents with Juvenile Fibromyalgia. Coskran, NM; Nelson, C; Pfeiffer, M; Peugh, J; Barnett, K; Connelly, M; Klages, K; Logan, D; Lynch-Jordan, A; Nelson, S; Wakefield, E; Williams, S; Kashikar-Zuck, S. Journal of Pain. 2025; 29:105193.

Preliminary data examining associations of fatigue subtypes with pain, pain interference, sleep quality, and affect across 14 days in adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain and pain-free controls. Boggero, IA; Peugh, J; King, CD. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2025; 50:297-306.

Single arm feasibility trial of a mobile application for adolescent migraine management. Noser, AE; Robbertz, AS; Peugh, J; Kabbouche, M; Kacperski, J; Powers, SW; Hershey, AD; Hommel, KA. Pain Medicine. 2025; 26:170-172.

Impact of text difficulty and visual emphasis on pediatric neuropsychological evaluation reports: The parent's perspective. Gerstle, M; Beattie, JF; Peugh, J; Quinton, TL; Bradley, A; LeJeune, B; Beebe, DW. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2025; 39:17-36.

Examining Patterns and Predictors of ADHD Teens' Skill-Learning Trajectories During Enhanced FOrward Concentration and Attention Learning (FOCAL+) Training. Epstein, JN; Garner, AA; Kiefer, AW; Peugh, J; Tamm, L; Lynch, JD; MacPherson, RP; Simon, JO; Fisher, DL. Human Factors: the journal of the human factors and ergonomics society. 2025; 67:49-62.

The Answer is "No ": A Comment on Peugh and Feldon (2020). Peugh, JL; Feldon, DF. CBE-Life Sciences Education. 2024; 23:le1.

Reply to: Interindividual differences in pain can be explained by fMRI, sociodemographic, and psychological factors. Hoeppli, ME; Nahman-Averbuch, H; Hinkle, WA; Leon, E; Peugh, J; López-Solà, M; King, CD; Goldschneider, KR; Coghill, RC. Nature Communications. 2024; 15:7884.

Predicting Help-Seeking Behaviors in Caregivers of Children Newly Diagnosed with ADHD. Tamm, L; Girio-Herrera, E; Loren, RE A; Ciesielski, HA; Narad, ME; Zoromski, AK; Epstein, JN; Cook, TE; Peugh, JL; Becker, SP. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 2024; 9:512-527.

Weak Relationships Between Psychological Factors and Experimental Pain Outcomes in Pain-Free Individuals: An Aggregate Analysis of 8 Studies. Boggero, IA; Nahman-Averbuch, H; Hunter, BM; Peugh, J; Leon, E; Schneider, VJ; Emerson, NM; Thomas, PL; Kashikar-Zuck, S; Hughes, C; Hoeppli, ME; King, CD; Coghill, RC. Journal of Pain. 2024; 25:104444.