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Elizabeth A. Carlson

Elizabeth A. Carlson

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Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
18977
World Ranking
5789
National Ranking
3135

Overview

Elizabeth A. Carlson is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and has a research profile concentrated in psychology and social sciences. Their research integrates various subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, safety research, education, and general health professions.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as child abuse and trauma, child welfare and adoption, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, migration, health and trauma, attachment and relationship dynamics, family and disability support research, as well as stress responses and cortisol. These themes demonstrate a focus on developmental and psychosocial aspects within vulnerable populations.

Among their recent scholarly contributions are publications such as:

  • Life stress and cortisol reactivity: An exploratory analysis of the effects of stress exposure across life on HPA-axis functioning (2020) published in Development and Psychopathology
  • Childhood abuse and neglect and self-reported symptoms of psychopathology through midlife (2021) in Developmental Psychology
  • Childcare providers' views of challenging child behaviors, suspension, and expulsion: A qualitative analysis (2022) in Infant Mental Health Journal
  • Secure attachment in infancy predicts context-dependent emotion expression in middle childhood (2021) in Emotion
  • Comparison of glucose concentrations in canine whole blood, plasma, and serum measured with a veterinary point-of-care glucometer (2021) in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Frequent co-authors in Elizabeth A. Carlson's research collaborations include Glenn I. Roisman, Marissa D. Nivison, Sophia W. Magro, Michelle M. Englund, and Jeffry A. Simpson. These partnerships have contributed to multiple publications, indicating ongoing collaborative work.

Their publications often appear in key journals such as Development and Psychopathology, Orthopaedic Nursing, Developmental Psychology, Infant Mental Health Journal, and Early Childhood Education Journal.

Elizabeth A. Carlson's research contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach, combining clinical psychology with an emphasis on social contexts and developmental trajectories influenced by adverse experiences and family dynamics.

Best Publications

  • The Development of the Person: The Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation from Birth to Adulthood

    L. A. Sroufe;B. Egeland;E. A. Carlson;W. A. Collins

  • Resilience as process

    Byron R. Egeland;Elizabeth Carlson;L. Alan Sroufe

  • Development and the fragmented self: Longitudinal study of dissociative symptomatology in a nonclinical sample

    John R. Ogawa;L. Alan Sroufe;Nancy S. Weinfield;Elizabeth A. Carlson

  • Implications of attachment theory for developmental psychopathology

    L. Alan Sroufe;Elizabeth A. Carlson;Alissa K. Levy;Byron Egeland

  • A prospective longitudinal study of attachment disorganization/disorientation

    E. A. Carlson

  • Attachment in institutionalized and community children in Romania

    Charles H. Zeanah;Anna T. Smyke;Sebastian F. Koga;Elizabeth Carlson

  • Enhancing Attachment Organization Among Maltreated Children: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

    Kristin Bernard;Mary Dozier;Johanna Bick;Erin Lewis-Morrarty

  • The nature of individual differences in infant–caregiver attachment.

    Nancy S. Weinfield;L. Alan Sroufe;Byron Egeland;Elizabeth A. Carlson

  • Associations among adult attachment representations, maternal sensitivity, and infant-mother attachment in a sample of adolescent mothers

    Mary J. Ward;Elizabeth A. Carlson

  • Distinguishing the early-onset/persistent and adolescence-onset antisocial behavior types: from birth to 16 years.

    Benjamin Aguilar;L. Alan Sroufe;Byron Egeland;Elizabeth Carlson

  • A Developmental Investigation of Inattentiveness and Hyperactivity

    Elizabeth A. Carlson;Deborah Jacobvitz;L. Alan Sroufe

  • A prospective investigation of the development of borderline personality symptoms.

    Elizabeth A. Carlson;Byron Egeland;L. Alan Sroufe

  • A prospective, longitudinal study of the correlates and consequences of early grade retention ☆

    Shane Jimerson;Elizabeth A Carlson;Monique Rotert;Byron Egeland

  • Contribution of attachment theory to developmental psychopathology.

    Elizabeth A. Carlson;L. Alan Sroufe

  • The impact of foster care on development.

    Catherine R. Lawrence;Elizabeth A. Carlson;Byron Egeland

  • Disorganized attachment in infancy : a review of the phenomenon and its implications for clinicians and policy-makers

    Pehr Granqvist;L. Alan Sroufe;Mary Dozier;Erik Hesse

  • A prospective study of child maltreatment and self-injurious behavior in a community sample

    Tuppett M. Yates;Elizabeth A. Carlson;Byron Egeland

  • Individuals in relationships: Development from infancy through adolescence.

    L. Alan Sroufe;Elizabeth Carlson;Shmuel Shulman

  • The Construction of Experience: A Longitudinal Study of Representation and Behavior

    Elizabeth A. Carlson;L. Alan sroufe;Byron Egeland

  • Individual differences in infant-caregiver attachment: Conceptual and empirical aspects of security.

    Nancy S. Weinfield;L. Alan Sroufe;Byron Egeland;Elizabeth Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Alan Sroufe
L. Alan Sroufe University of Minnesota
Byron Egeland
Byron Egeland University of Minnesota
Glenn I. Roisman
Glenn I. Roisman University of Minnesota
Jeffry A. Simpson
Jeffry A. Simpson University of Minnesota
Mary Dozier
Mary Dozier University of Delaware
Dante Cicchetti
Dante Cicchetti University of Minnesota
Gregory E. Miller
Gregory E. Miller Northwestern University
W. Andrew Collins
W. Andrew Collins University of Minnesota
Megan R. Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota
Kristin Bernard
Kristin Bernard Stony Brook University

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