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Johnny L. Matson is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology. They have contributed substantially to subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Genetics, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their main research topics encompass Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Family and Disability Support Research, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Behavioral and Psychological Studies, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Recent papers authored by Johnny L. Matson include the following:

  • Challenging behaviour in children with developmental disabilities: an overview of behavioural assessment and treatment methods, 2022, BJPsych Advances
  • Factors Associated with Restricted, Repetitive Behaviors and Interests and Diagnostic Severity Level Ratings in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Aggression in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder as Predicted by Sleep Problems, 2021, Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
  • An Evaluation of the Functions of Challenging Behavior in Toddlers with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
  • The Effects of Inattention/Impulsivity and Aggression on the Development of Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Johnny L. Matson include:

  • Celeste Tevis
  • Megan Callahan
  • Michaela Brown
  • Joshua J. Montrenes
  • Hilary L. Adams

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
  • Developmental Neurorehabilitation
  • BJPsych Advances

Johnny L. Matson has also contributed to several book publications with Springer Nature, including:

  • Handbook of Clinical Child Psychology, 2023
  • Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2023
  • Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder, 2022
  • Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis for Children with Autism, 2023
  • Handbook of Dual Diagnosis, 2020
  • Functional Assessment for Challenging Behaviors and Mental Health Disorders, 2021

Best Publications

  • Intellectual disability and its relationship to autism spectrum disorders.

    Johnny L. Matson;Mary Shoemaker

  • Comorbid psychopathology with autism spectrum disorder in children: an overview.

    Johnny L. Matson;Marie S. Nebel-Schwalm

  • The Behavior Problems Inventory: An Instrument for the Assessment of Self-Injury, Stereotyped Behavior, and Aggression/Destruction in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities.

    Johannes Rojahn;Johnny L. Matson;Denise Lott;Anna J. Esbensen

  • The increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorders

    Johnny L. Matson;Alison M. Kozlowski

  • Development of a rating scale to measure social skills in children: The matson evaluation of social skills with youngsters (MESSY)

    Johnny L. Matson;Anthony F. Rotatori;William J. Helsel

  • Social-skills treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders : An overview

    Johnny L. Matson;Michael L. Matson;Tessa T. Rivet

  • Assessing challenging behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders: a review.

    Johnny L. Matson;Marie Nebel-Schwalm

  • Review of gender differences in core symptomatology in autism spectrum disorders

    Tessa Taylor Rivet;Johnny L. Matson

  • Behavioral treatment of autistic persons: A review of research from 1980 to the present

    Johnny L. Matson;Debra A. Benavidez;Lesley Stabinsky Compton;Theodosia Paclawskyj

  • The Relationship of Challenging Behaviors to Severity and Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Johnny L. Matson;Jonathan Wilkins;Jennifer Macken

  • Questions about behavioral function (QABF): a behavioral checklist for functional assessment of aberrant behavior.

    Theodosia R Paclawskyj;Johnny L Matson;Karena S Rush;Yemonja Smalls

  • Fears in children and adolescents: normative data.

    Thomas H. Ollendick;Johnny L. Matson;William J. Helsel

  • Characteristics of challenging behaviours in adults with autistic disorder, PDD-NOS, and intellectual disability

    Johnny L. Matson;Tessa T. Rivet

  • Characteristics of depression as assessed by the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped-II (DASH-II)

    Johnny L. Matson;Christopher S. Baglio;Brandi B. Smiroldo;Martha Hamilton

  • The assessment of depression in children: The internal structure of the child depression inventory (CDI)

    William J. Helsel;Johnny L. Matson

  • Psychotropic Medication Use for Challenging Behaviors in Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview.

    Johnny L. Matson;Daniene Neal

  • Current status of intensive behavioral interventions for young children with autism and PDD-NOS

    Johnny L. Matson;Kimberly R.M. Smith

  • Comorbid psychopathology in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and intellectual disabilities.

    Santino V. LoVullo;Johnny L. Matson

  • Determining treatment outcome in early intervention programs for autism spectrum disorders: A critical analysis of measurement issues in learning based interventions

    Johnny L. Matson

  • Reliability and Item Content of the Baby and Infant Screen for Children with aUtIsm Traits (BISCUIT): Parts 1-3.

    Johnny L. Matson;Jonathan Wilkins;Jay A. Sevin;Cheryl Knight

  • Book reviewSingle case experimental designs: Strategieṡ for studying behavior change: By David H. Barlow and Michael Hersen. New York: Pergamon Press, 1984, 419 pp., $39.50, hardcover and $17.50, paperback

    Johnny L. Matson

  • International review of research in mental retardation

    Johnny L. Matson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill C. Fodstad
Jill C. Fodstad Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Alan E. Kazdin
Alan E. Kazdin Yale University
Thomas H. Ollendick
Thomas H. Ollendick Virginia Tech
Johannes Rojahn
Johannes Rojahn George Mason University
Dennis R. Dixon
Dennis R. Dixon Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Katie E. Cherry
Katie E. Cherry Louisiana State University
Peter Sturmey
Peter Sturmey Queens College, CUNY
Nirbhay N. Singh
Nirbhay N. Singh Northern Illinois University
Timothy R. Vollmer
Timothy R. Vollmer University of Florida
Robert Didden
Robert Didden Radboud University

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