Andrea D. Clements, Ph.D

VITA

Andrea D. Clements, Ph.D.

234 N. Gilmer Park

Johnson City, Tennessee 37604

Cell: (423) 202-0188 Office: (423) 439-6661

Education:

Ph.D. Educational Psychology, The University of Alabama, 1991

Concentrations: Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Statistics, Rehabilitation Counseling

Dissertation: The Incidence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children Whose Mothers Experienced Extreme Psychological Stress During Pregnancy

M.A. Rehabilitation Counseling, The University of Alabama, 1984

Concentrations: Rehabilitation, Mental Health Counseling

B.S. Interdisciplinary Counseling, The University of Alabama, 1982

Experience:

Professor of Psychology, 2005-Present

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

Professor of Human Development and Learning and Program Coordinator, 2004-2005

Department of Human Development and Learning, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

Associate Professor of Human Development and Learning, 1998-2004

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

Assistant Professor of Human Development and Learning, 1995-1998

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

Assistant Professor of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 1991-1995.

West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia

Instructor, Department of Educational Psychology, 1991

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Departments of Educational Psychology and Educational Research, 1988-1990

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Psychological Testing/ Assessment

Disability Determination, Birmingham, Alabama, 1987-1991

Belser-Parton Reading Center, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1989-1990

Sarasota Counseling and Psychotherapy Center, Nokomis, Florida, 1984

Licensed Professional Counselor, Private Practice, 1987-1988.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Assistant Director/Instructor, Career Planning and Placement Office, 1984-1987

The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama

Liaison Counselor, Alabama State Department of Rehabilitation, 1984

Spain Rehabilitation Center, Birmingham, Alabama

Publications:

Manuscripts Under Revision

Schetzina, K. E., Rhodes, S. D., Cohen, G. M., Behringer, B., Clements, A. D., Dunn, M., Ayers, C., Cox, J., Chastain, D., DuRant, R. H. Using a community-based participatory research approach to inform the implementation of a substance use survey and intervention for rural middle school students in Appalachia: Findings from Phase I. Journal of Adolescent Health

Manuscripts In Preparation

Clements, A. D. Religiosity and stress.

Clements, A. D., Parker, C. R., Jr., Dixon, W. E., Jr., Lingerfelt, K. L., Lakey, Chad, & Gorniewicz, J. Maternal Temperament as a Predictor of Preterm Birth. In New Directions in Developmental Psychobiology. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Cohen, G. M., Schetzina, K. E., Clements, A. D., Rhodes, S. D. Substance use stay away messages given to Appalachian middle school students, Pediatrics.

Rhodes, S. D., Schetzina, K. E., McCoy, T., Clements, A. D., Dunn, M. S., Cohen, G. M., Chastain, D. O., DuRant, R. H. Illicit drug use among middle school students in rural Appalachia.

Books

Clements, A. D. (2004). Homeschooling: A research-based how-to manual. Lanham, MD, ScarecrowEducation.

Refereed Articles, Monographs, and Chapters

Clements, A. D., Bailey, B. A. (In Press) The Relationship between temperament and anxiety: Phase I in the development of a risk screening model to predict stress-related health problems, Journal of Health Psychology.

Clements, A. D., (2009). Homeschooling. In Anderman, Eric (ed.). Psychology of classroom learning: An encyclopedia. Detroit: Macmillan Reference.

Clements, A. D., Polaha, J., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Brownlee, J. (2008). The assessment and treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in rural primary care: A Comparison of pediatricians and family practice physicians. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 32(2).

Clements, A. D., Parker, C. R., Jr., Salley, B. J., Dixon, W. E., Jr. (2007). Marshmallows used as saliva stimulant do not affect cortisol concentrations: Finally a palatable alternative for toddler saliva collection. Developmental Psychobiology, 49, 702-707.

Dixon, W. E., Jr., Salley, B. J., & Clements, A. D. (2006). Temperament, distraction, and learning in toddlerhood, Infant Behavior and Development, 29, 342-357.

Wenders, J. T., & Clements, A. D. (2006). An analysis of the economic impact of home and private schooling in Nevada. Home School Researcher, 17, 13-35.

Wenders, J. T., & Clements, A. D. (2005). Analysis: Homeschooling in Nevada: The budgetary impact. Research report produced by the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Snider, J. B., Clements, A. D., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2004). Late adolescent perceptions of parent religiosity and parenting processes. Family Process, 43, 489-502.

Clements, A. D., & Myrick P. W. (2002). Requirements for Education on the Protection of Human Research Subjects: Implications for Educational Researchers. Journal of Research in Education, 21, 131-138.

Newbill, S. L. & Clements, A. D. (2000). Developing an identity of third-graders. Research in the Schools, 7, 59-69.

Clements, A. D., & Parker, C. R., Jr. (1998). The relationship between salivary cortisol concentrations in frozen versus mailed samples. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 23, 613-616.

Stone, J. E., & Clements, A. D. (1998). Research and innovation: Let the buyer beware. In Spillane, R. R., & Regnier, P. (Eds.) The School Superintendent of the Future. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers.

Clements, A. D. (1997) Mild traumatic brain injury in multiple trauma patients: The problem of delayed diagnosis, Journal of Rehabilitation, 63, 3 - 6.

Clements, A. D., & Rothenberg, L. (1996). Testing at higher taxonomic levels: Are we jeopardizing reliability by increasing complexity? Research in the Schools, 3, 45-50.

Clements, A. D. (1995). Student attitudes and achievement after enhancing the experiential component of an undergraduate developmental psychology course. Teaching of Psychology, 22, 115-118.

Iran-Nejad, A., Marsh, G., and Clements, A. D. (1992). The figure and the ground of constructive brain functioning: Beyond explicit memory processes. Educational Psychologist, 27, 473-492.

Clements, A. D. (1992). The incidence of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in children whose mothers experienced extreme psychological stress during pregnancy, The Georgia Educational Researcher, 9, 1-14.

Refereed Abstracts

Clements, A. D., Lingerfelt, K., & Dixon, W. E., Jr. (2008). Relationships among temperament characteristics of adolescents born prematurely and maternal temperament characteristics. [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology, 50, 724.

Clements, A.D., Dixon, W.E., Jr. & Gorniewicz, J. (2006, October). The relationship among maternal temperament characteristics and premature rupture of membranes (PROM). [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology.

Salley, B. J. Clements, A. D., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Stanley, R. (2005). Relationship among prenatal and birth factors and temperament as measured by the ECBQ. [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology, 47, 447.

Clements, A. D. (2005). Comparison of cortisol concentrations using six saliva stimulation methods. [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology,47, 423.

Clements, A. D. (2005, April). Variations in ADHD diagnosis and medication prescription by physicians in southern Appalachia. [Abstract]. Abstracts of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Snider, J. B., Vazsonyi, A. T., Clements, A. D., & Gaylor, A. K. (2004). Late adolescent perceptions of parent religiosity and parenting processes. [Abstract]. 2004 NCFR Abstracts, Orlando, FL.

Clements, A. D., & Bayard, M. M. (2002, August). Changes in social behavior of children with much younger siblings: A case study. [Abstract]. Abstracts of the meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Clements, A. D. (2001) Use of the CPRS-48 with children under 3 years of age. [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology, 38, 197.

Clements, A. D. (2000) Relationship among wake time, food intake, age, and salivary cortisol concentrations in adults. [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology, 36, 238.

Clements, A. D. (1999). The relationship between antenatal betamethasone administration and the incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [Abstract]. Abstracts of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Clements, A. D. (1999). The Completeness of Maternity and Premature Infants’ Medical Charts: Implication for Chart-based Research Studies [Abstract]. Abstracts of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Clements, A. D. (1998). The relationship between salivary cortisol concentrations in frozen versus mailed samples [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology, 32.

Clements, A. D., & Franks, M. K. (1997). Prediction of mean salivary cortisol level in children using one sample: Time of day is critical [Abstract]. Developmental Psychobiology, 30, 246.

Clements, A. D. (1996). A preliminary assessment of cortisol and behavior in young children: A look at instrumentation, methodology, and diurnal rhythm of cortisol levels [Abstract]. Infant Behavior & Development: Special ICIS Issue, 19, 397.

Clements, A. D. (1995). A literature analysis investigating an endocrinological etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). [Abstract]. Abstracts of the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Other Publications

Clements, A. D. (1996, February). Understanding leads to coping with a traumatic brain injury. The Carrollton Connection, p. 8A.

Clements, A. D. Ask Dr. Mom. The Community Connection, Carrollton, GA, Column written monthly September, 1994 - November, 1997.

Clements, A. D. (January, 1994). The Research Report: Student responses to increasing experiential requirements in undergraduate teacher education courses. Carrollton, GA: Regional Education Center.

Clements, A. D. (1993, June). A study to test the relationship between prenatal conditions and hyperactivity. Gatherings, 6 (3), 6.

Clements, A. D. (1992, March). Hyperactivity in children. Challenges to Teacher Education: Improvements in the Making: Improvements in the Making, 4, 5.

Clements, A. D. (1992). Teaching undergraduates to think about ways to accommodate student differences through guided inquiry. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama, College of Education (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. 337 064)

Allen, J. R., Bieber, W. H., Clements, A. D., Fritscha, Q. J., Harrison, P. L., Hughes, K. R., Iran-Nejad, a., Johnson, B. W., Lee, G. R., Malcolm, R. C., Shastri, A. V., Smith, E. S., Turner, T. E., Whetstone, D. T., & Williams, J. B. (1990). Handbook for undergraduate educational psychology students. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Educational Psychology Department, The University of Alabama.

Dissertation

Clements, A. D. (1991). The incidence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children whose mothers experienced extreme psychological stress during pregnancy. Dissertation Abstracts International. Vol 52(5-A), Nov 1991, pp. 1686

Presentations:

International and National

Clements, A. D., Schetzina, K., Rhodes, S., Dunn, M., & Cohen, G. (2009, April). Church Attendance and Importance of Religion Predict Parental Awareness of Rural Appalachian Adolescent Activities and Friendships. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2009 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Dixon, W. E., Jr., Lingerfelt, K., Russell, R., Clements, A. D. (2009, April). Temperament Moderates the Learning of Pretend Play Sequences at 15 Months. Poster presented at the 2009 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Clements, A. D., Lingerfelt, K., & Dixon, W. E., Jr. (2008, November). Relationships among temperament characteristics of adolescents born prematurely and maternal temperament characteristics. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Washington, DC.

Clements, A.D., Acuff, A., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Snyder, C. (2008, April). Maternal and Child Temperament and Parenting Style. Poster presented at the Conference on Human Development, Indianapolis, IN.

Clements, A.D., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Abel, H. (2008, April). The utility of a very brief temperament screen to identify difficult children. Poster presented at the Conference on Human Development, Indianapolis, IN.

Lingerfelt, K., & Clements, A. D. (2008, April). Breastfeeding and maternal temperament. Poster presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.

Clements, A. D., & Lingerfelt, K. (2008, March). Adult versus Adolescent Preterm Birth: A Comparison of Complication and Intervention Rates across Age Groups. Poster presented at the XVIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Dixon, W. E., Jr., Lowe, A. K., Caldwell, B., Lawman, H., & Clements, A. D. (2008, March). Temperament Moderates Novel Word Learning at 15 Months. Paper presented at the XVIth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Clements, A.D., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Gorneiwicz, J. (2007, March-April). Maternal Temperament as a Predictor of Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding Outcomes. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Rosenbaum, T., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Clements, A. D. (2007, March-April). Proximity Seeking Behavior Predicts Toddler Cognitive Performance. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Leonard, K., & Clements, A. D. (2006, November). A comparison of educational aspirations and graduation rates in four rural tennessee counties. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid South Educational Research Association, Birmingham, AL.

Clements, A.D., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Gorniewicz, J. (2006, October). The relationship among maternal temperament characteristics and premature rupture of membranes (PROM). Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Atlanta, GA.

Clements, A. D., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Salley, B. J. (2006, June). Obtaining saliva from toddlers for cortisol concentration determination. Poster presented at the Biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Infancy. Kyoto, Japan.

Dixon, W. E., Jr., Salley, B. J., Clements, A. D., & Gorniewicz, J. (2006, June). Temperament, Distraction, and Learning in Toddlerhood. Poster presented at the Biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Infancy. Kyoto, Japan.

Salley, B. J., Clements, A. D., Dixon, W. E., Jr., & Stanley, R. (November, 2005). Relationship among prenatal and birth factors and temperament as measured by the ECBQ. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Washington, DC.

Clements, A. D. (November, 2005). Comparison of cortisol concentrations using six saliva stimulation methods. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Washington, DC.

Clements, A. D. (2005, April). Variations in ADHD diagnosis and medication prescription by physicians in southern Appalachia. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia.

Snider, J. B., & Clements, A. D. (2004, November). Late adolescent perceptions of parent religiosity and parenting processes. Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Clements, A. D., & Bayard, M. M. (2002, August). Changes in social behavior of children with much younger siblings: A case study. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Clements, A. D. (2002, April). Socialization of children with much younger siblings: A case study. Paper presented at the Conference on Human Development, Charlotte, NC.