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Caryn L. Carlson, Ph.D.
Professor

Email: carlson@psy.utexas.edu Phone: 475-8493 Office: SEA 3.216 See also Clinical Psychology

Caryn L. Carlson received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Georgia. After completing postdoctoral work at Indiana University, she was a faculty member in the psychology department at Virginia Tech for three years before joining the UT faculty in 1989. Her research program, which has been funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, has examined numerous aspects of the functioning of childen with ADHD, including the effects of contingencies on performance and motivation, the ADHD Predominantly Inattentive Type, comorbidity, and social, cognitive and attentional correlates of ADHD.

Courses

UNDERGRADUATE:

PSY 339, Behavior Problems of Children

GRADUATE:

PSY 394Q, Seminar in Positive Psychology

Selected Representative Publications

BOOKS

Pliszka, S.R., Carlson, C.L., & Swanson, J.M. (1999). ADHD with comorbid disorders: Clinical assessment and management. NY: Guilford Publications.

ARTICLES

Gaub, M., & Carlson, C.L. (1997). Behavioral characteristics of DSM-IV ADHD subtypes in a school-based population. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 25, 103-111.

Gaub, M., & Carlson, C.L. (1997). Gender differences in ADHD: A meta-analysis and critical review. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 1036-1045.

Carlson, C.L., Tamm, L., & Gaub, M. (1997). Gender differences in children with ADHD, ODD, and co-occurring ADHD/ODD identified in a school population, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 1706-1714.

Carlson, C.L., Shin, M., & Booth, J. (1999). The case for DSM-IV subtypes in ADHD. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 5, 199-206. (Invited article).

Carlson, C.L., & Tamm, L. (2000). Responsiveness of children with ADHD to reward and response cost: Differential impact on performance and motivation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 73-83.

Carlson, C.L., Mann, M., & Alexander D. (2000). Effects of reward and response cost on the performance and motivation of children with ADHD. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 24, 87-98.

Maedgen, J. W., & Carlson, C.L. (2000). Social functioning and emotional regulation in the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) subtypes. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 30-42.

Carlson, C.L., Booth, J., Shin, M., & Canu, W. H. (2002). Parent-, teacher-, and self-rated motivational styles in ADHD subtypes. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35, 104-113.

Carlson, C.L., & Mann, M. (2002). Sluggish cognitive tempo predicts a different pattern of impairment in the ADHD, Predominantly Inattentive type. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31, 123-129.

Canu, W.H., & Carlson, C.L. (2003). Differences in heterosocial behavior and outcomes of ADHD-symptomatic subtypes in a college sample. Journal of Attention Disorders, 6, 123-133.

McFadden, D.M., Westhafer, J.G., Pasanen, E.G., Carlson, C.L., & Tucker, D.M. (in press). Hypermasculinization of otoacoustic emissions in boys with the inattentive subtype of ADHD.  Journal of Clinical Neuroscience Research.