Dr. Andres De Los Reyes

Dr. De Los Reyes received his Ph.D. in 2008 from Yale University. He completed his training at the APA-accredited clinical internship at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research.

Dr. De Los Reyes' research program incorporates clinical, social, developmental, and cognitive psychology areas to understand why different measurements of behavior yield different conclusions in research and how these differences influence the science behind identifying effective treatments. He is also interested in what happens to children when the people in their lives do not see important aspects of children's behavior in the same way. Recent projects include: (1) developing a structured interview of caregiver-child discrepancies in perceived daily life events, (2) parent-child rating discrepancies of parental monitoring as predictors of juvenile delinquency, and (3) how parent-teacher rating discrepancies of disruptive behavior in preschoolers map onto laboratory observations of preschoolers' disruptive behavior.

Dr. De Los Reyes is currently the Director of the Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program (CAIP) Lab at the University of Maryland at College Park. The CAIP Lab broadly seeks to develop, test, and understand comprehensive measurement protocols of normative and abnormal behavior and the inconsistent pieces of evidence that often arise under such protocols. Human behavior, even specific expressions of it (anxiety, aggression, mood, parenting, stress, pain) cannot be captured or quantified with a single number. This reality requires broad measurement approaches that aim to capture numerical expressions of specific constructs using multiple measurement methods (e.g., structured interviews, questionnaires, laboratory observations) and information sources (e.g., self-report, significant others like parents and spouses, teachers, official records, biological indices). However, consistently research has identified large discrepancies across pieces of information derived from multiple measurements of the same behavior. When measurement inconsistencies arise, CAIP Lab research examines whether these inconsistencies signify variable manifestations of the behavior, depending on the situation or the perspectives of the people rating the behavior (e.g., Do parent and teacher rating discrepancies of childhood disruptive behavior problems signify that children differ in whether they are primarily disruptive at home, school, or both situations?). As a result, the CAIP Lab seeks to understand whether measurement inconsistencies inform our understanding of the identification of specific behaviors (e.g., depressive disorders), development of specific behaviors (e.g., anxiety, oppositional behaviors), and the outcomes of treatments developed to target specific behaviors (e.g., parenting interventions for childhood oppositional behavior, cognitive-behavioral treatments for adult social anxiety).

Editorial Boards

Child and Youth Care Forum
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology


Ad hoc Reviewer

Child Abuse and Neglect
Child: Care, Health, and Development
Depression and Anxiety
Developmental Psychology
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal of the Am. Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Journal of Personality
Psychological Assessment
Psychological Review


Chaired Symposia

De Los Reyes, A. (2008, November). We have great treatments, and...: New and continued challenges facing the evidence-based treatment movement. Symposium to be conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Orlando, FL.

De Los Reyes, A., & Goodman, K.L. (2007, November). Informant discrepancies in the clinical sciences: Assessment, diagnostic, and treatment implications for adult and youth populations. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

De Los Reyes, A. (2006, May). A new look at the evidence (and non-evidence) for evidence-based interventions. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

De Los Reyes, A., & Saavedra, L.M. (2004, November). Informant discrepancies in clinical child research: Processes of informant discrepancies and distortions and impact on clinical decision-making. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

De Los Reyes, A., & Saavedra, L.M. (2003, November). Impact of rater discordance and distortions on the clinical assessment of child psychopathology. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.


Paper Presentations

De Los Reyes, A. (2008, November). Identifying evidence-based interventions using the range of possible changes model: A meta-analytic illustration. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Orlando, FL.

Goodman, K.L., De Los Reyes, A., Kliewer, W., & Reid-Quiñones, K.R. (2007, November). Whose depression relates to informant discrepancies? Testing relations between informant characteristics and discrepancies from the perspectives of both informants. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

De Los Reyes, A., & Kazdin, A.E. (2006, May). Conceptualizing changes in behavior in intervention research: The range of possible changes model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

De Los Reyes, A., Saavedra, L.M., & Silverman, W.K. (2004, November). Implications of mothers' psychopathology-related distortions for clinical decision-making in the diagnosis of anxiety and evaluation of functional impairment in clinic-referred youth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

De Los Reyes, A., Saavedra, L.M., Pina, A.A., & Silverman, W.K. (2003, November). Predicting mothers' diagnostic, symptom, and questionnaire ratings of anxiety and phobia in youth: the role of maternal psychopathology and psychopathology-related distortions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

De Los Reyes, A. (2001, November). Maternal over-reporting of children's fears: How does it relate to medication usage and school refusal behavior? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association's Psychology Research Initiatives Mentorship Experience, Miami, FL.

De Los Reyes, A., Compain, J., Fernandez, G., Berman, S.L., & Silverman, W.K. (2001, April). Traumatic exposure, depression, and their effects on discrepancies among parent reports, child self-reports, and clinician diagnosis. Paper presented at the annual Carolinas Psychology Conference, Raleigh, NC.


Poster Presentations

Aldao, A., De Los Reyes, A., Borrelli, J., & Mennin, D. (2008, November). Childhood emotion regulation as an associative characteristic of informant discrepancies in clinical child assessment: A multi-informant, comprehensive examination. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Orlando, FL.

De Los Reyes, A., Henry, D.B., Tolan, P.H., & Wakschlag, L.S. (2008, October). Linking informant discrepancies to observed variations in young children's behavior. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

De Los Reyes, A., & Kazdin, A.E. (2004, November). Measuring informant discrepancies in clinical child research. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.

De Los Reyes, A., & Prinstein, M.J. (2003, November). Applying depression-distortion hypotheses to the assessment of peer victimization in adolescents. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

De Los Reyes, A., & Kazdin, A.E. (2003, November). Discrepancies between maternal and child perceptions of child behavior problems predict deficits in family functioning: a mediation model. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Lopez, B., De Los Reyes, A., Silverman, W.K. (2002, November). Evaluating the reliability and validity of the Children's Global Assessment Scale in youth with anxiety disorders. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

Saavedra, L.M., De Los Reyes, A., Goldman, M.L., Ortiz, C.D., Silverman, W.K., & Serafini, L.T. (2002, November). Exposure to community crime and violence among Hispanic Adolescents: Risk and protective factors. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

De Los Reyes, A., & Silverman, W.K. (2002, April). Differences in agreement between parent reports and adolescent and child self-reports of internalizing symptoms. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.

De Los Reyes, A., Berman, S.L., & Silverman, W.K. (2001, November). Anxiety, depression, and fear and its influence on parent over-reporting of child anxiety and fear. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

De Los Reyes, A., Compain, J., Fernandez, G., Pina, A., & Silverman, W.K. (2001, August). Child anxiety diagnosis: Parent versus clinician accuracy following traumatic exposure. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Fernandez, G., Ali, H., Compain, J., De Los Reyes, A., & Berman, S.L. (2001, August). The role of attachment in separation anxiety. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

De Los Reyes, A., Compain, J., Fernandez, G., Pina, A., Berman, S.L., & Silverman, W.K. (2001, July). Parental perception of child anxiety: the effects of traumatic exposure. Poster session presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Fernandez, G., Ali, H., Compain, J., De Los Reyes, A., & Berman, S.L. (2001, July). Etiology and developmental continuity of child attachment. Poster session presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Vancouver, British Columbia.

De Los Reyes, A., Compain, J., Fernandez, G., Berman, S.L., & Silverman, W.K. (2001, June). Depression and parental misperception of child anxiety following traumatic exposure. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Ontario.

Fernandez, G., Ali, H., Compain, J., De Los Reyes, A., & Berman, S.L. (2001, June). Developmental continuity of child attachment and separation anxiety. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Ontario.

De Los Reyes, A., Compain, J., Fernandez, G., Pina, A., Berman, S.L., & Silverman, W.K. (2001, March). The impact of parental exposure to traumatic events on child anxiety. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Fernandez, G., Ali, H., Compain, J., De Los Reyes, A., Berman, S.L., & Silverman, W.K. (2001, March). Prediction of separation anxiety within developmental levels. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Atlanta, GA.


Invited Lectures

De Los Reyes, A. (September, 2008). When the evidence says, "Yes, no, and maybe so": Attending to and interpreting inconsistent findings among evidence-based interventions. University of Maryland, Course: Get to Know Your Faculty Series, Professor: Marcy Marinelli, Ph.D. College Park, MD.

De Los Reyes, A. (February, 2007). Informant discrepancies in the assessment of childhood psychopathology. Yale University, Course: Developmental Psychology and Social Intervention, Professor: Joseph L. Mahoney, Ph.D. New Haven, CT.

De Los Reyes, A. (May, 2005). Undergraduate research fellowships and the graduate school experience. Florida International University, Course: Psychology Research Initiatives Mentorship Experience (PRIME) Seminar, Professor: Marilyn Montgomery, Ph.D. Miami, FL.

Perepletchikova, F., & De Los Reyes, A. (co-lecturers; February, 2004). The disruptive behavior disorders. Wesleyan University, Course: Childhood Psychopathology, Professor: Lisa C. Dierker, Ph.D. Middletown, CT.

De Los Reyes, A. (November, 2003; March, 2004). The graduate school process. Yale University, Child Conduct Clinic, Director: Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D. New Haven, CT.

De Los Reyes, A. (2003, September). Mother-child discrepancies in perceptions of child behavior problems as a predictor of maternal stress and mother-child conflict: a mediational model. Paper presented at Yale University, Department of Psychology weekly Clinical Lunch Series, New Haven, CT.

De Los Reyes, A. (June, 2003). Attending graduate school out of state. Florida International University, Course: Psychology Research Initiatives Mentorship Experience (PRIME) Seminar, Professor: Marilyn Montgomery, Ph.D. Miami, FL.


Departmental Colloquia

De Los Reyes, A. (December 2007; January 2008; February 2008). When the evidence says, "Yes, no, and maybe so": How inconsistent findings inform clinical science. Departmental colloquia presented at Case Western Reserve University, Florida State University, Northern Illinois University, Purdue University, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, University of California at Irvine, University of Denver, University of Maryland at College Park, University of Massachusetts at Boston, University of Miami, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Virginia Tech.


Panel Discussions

Graduate school options in psychology (October, 2002). Panel discussion organized by the Yale University Chapter of Psi Chi National Honor Society, Yale University, New Haven, CT.