Carl Weems, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Coordinator
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Research Interests
Dr. Weems' research focuses on the developmental psychopathology of anxiety and depression. In particular, his research integrates developmental, cognitive, biological and behavioral theories in attempting to understand the etiology and course of internalizing disorders in youth. Special areas of interest include the assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety disorders, the role of severe stress, physiological response, brain development, brain function, and cognitive processing in emotional disorders as well as the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of psychological inquiry.
Selected Publications (click here for curriculum vitae)
Weems, C. F. (in press). Developmental trajectories of childhood anxiety: Identifying continuity and change in anxious emotion. Developmental Review.
Weems, C. F., & Carrión, V. G. (in press). Diurnal salivary cortisol in youth: Clarifying the nature of post traumatic stress dysregulation. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Weems, C. F. & Overstreet, S. (2008). Child and adolescent mental health research in the context of Hurricane Katrina: An ecological-needs-based perspective and introduction to the special section. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37(3).
Weems, C. F., Pina, A. A., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., & Cannon, M. F. (2007). Pre-disaster trait anxiety and negative affect predict posttraumatic stress in youth after hurricane Katrina. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 154-159.
Weems, C. F., Watts, S. E., Marsee, M. A., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Carrión, V. G., & Pina, A. A., (2007). The psychosocial impact of Hurricane Katrina: Contextual differences in psychological symptoms, social support, and discrimination. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2295-2306.
Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., & Reiss, A. L. (2007). Stress predicts brain changes in children: A pilot longitudinal study on youth stress, PTSD, and the hippocampus. Pediatrics, 119, 509-516.
Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Taylor L. K. & Cannon M. F., (2007). Cognitive errors, anxiety sensitivity and anxiety control beliefs: Their unique and specific associations with childhood anxiety symptoms. Behavior Modification, 31, 174-201.
Cannon, M.F. & Weems, C.F. (2006). Do anxiety and depression cluster into distinct groups? A test of tripartite model predictions in a community sample of youth. Depression and Anxiety, 23, 453-460.
Watts, S.E. & Weems, C.F. (2006). Associations among selective attention, memory bias, cognitive errors and symptoms of anxiety in youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 838-849.
Costa, N.M. & Weems, C.F. (2005). Maternal and child anxiety: Do attachment beliefs or children's perceptions of maternal control mediate their association? Social Development, 14, 574-590.
Weems, C.F. & Costa, N.M. (2005). Development differences in the expression of childhood anxiety symptoms and fears. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 656-663.
Weems, C.F., Zakem, A., Costa, N.M., Cannon, M.F. & Watts, S.E. (2005). Physiological response and childhood anxiety: Association with symptoms of anxiety disorders and cognitive bias. Journal of Clinical and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 712-723.
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