Dr. Maureen Carrigan

Associate Professor of Psychology

University of South Carolina Aiken

471 University Parkway

Aiken, SC 29801

803-641-3545

maureenc@usca.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1998

State University of New York at Binghamton

Binghamton, NY

Minor: The Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

 

Pre-Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, 1998

Medical University of South Carolina and VAMC Internship Consortium

Charleston, SC

 

B.S., Psychology, 1991, summa cum laude

St. Joseph's University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

            Undergraduate:

                        Introductory Psychology

                        Abnormal Psychology

                        Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

            Graduate:

                        Assessment I

                        Ethics & Professional Issues

                        Assessment and Treatment of Substance Abuse

                        Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

MASTER’S THESES SUPERVISED

·        Rowland, Jared, 2005.  The Effect of Expectancies and Anxiety on College Students’ Drinking Behavior.

·        Barry, Dinah, 2005.  Alcohol Expectancies as Moderators of the Relationship Between Religiosity and Alcohol Use.

·        Ansley, Brandis, 2004.  The Role of Demographic Variables in Social Physique Anxiety and Exercise Participation.

·        Moulton, Rachel, 2003.  Effects of Smoking Cues and Stage of Change on Self-reported Urge and Reaction Time.

·        Burke, Jennifer, 2002.  Rape Victim Blame as a Function of Victim Substance Use.

·        Whyte, Margaret, 2001.  Emotional Consequences of Cardiac Interventions.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Thomas, S. E., Carrigan, M. H., & Randall, C. L. (in press). Predictors of frequency of drinking to cope in socially anxious men and women:  A pilot study. Journal of Dual Diagnosis.

Ham, L. S., Carrigan, M. H., Moak, D. H., & Randall, C. L. (2005). Social anxiety and specificity of positive alcohol expectancies: Preliminary findings. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 27, 115 – 120.

Carrigan, M. H., Drobes, D. J., & Randall, C. L. (2004). Attentional bias and drinking to cope with social anxiety. Psychology of Addictive Behavior, 18, 374 – 380.

Thomas, S. E., Randall, C. L., & Carrigan, M. H. (2003). Drinking to cope in socially anxious individuals:  A controlled study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27, 1937 – 1943.

Carrigan, M. H. & Randall, C. L. (2003). Self-medication of social anxiety: A review of the alcohol literature. Addictive Behaviors, 28, 269 – 284.

Coffey, S. F., Dansky, B. S., Carrigan, M. H., & Brady, K. T. (2000). Acute and Protracted Cocaine Abstinence in an Outpatient Population: A Prospective Study of Mood, Sleep, and Withdrawal Symptoms. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 59, 277-286.

Carrigan, M. H., & Levis, D. J. (1999). The contributions of eye movements to the efficacy of exposure treatment for reducing fear associated with public speaking. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 13, 101-118.

Cahill, S. P., Carrigan, M. H., & Freuh, B. C. (1999). The efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): A critical review of the evidence. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 13, 5-33.

Cahill, S. P., Carrigan, M. H., & Evans, I. M. (1998). The future of the relationship between behavior theory and behavior therapy: Challenges and promises. In G. Eifert & J. Plaud (Eds.), From behavior theory to behavior therapy. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Carrigan, M. H., & Cahill, S. P. (1995). The relevance of the anxiety literature to research on eye movement desensitization. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26, 365-366.

Chapman, J., Arenson, S., Carrigan, M., & Gryckiewicz, J. (1993). Motivational losses in small task groups: Free riding on a cognitive task. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, 119, 57-72.

Chapman, J., & Carrigan, M. (1993). Originality of word associations as a function of group size: A self-attention perspective. Current Psychology, 12, 216-229.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Last Revised: March 9, 2005