Assoc. Prof. Karen Salmon

Associate Professor, Clinical Director

Course Coordinator

• PSYC 452 Child and Family Clinical Assessment
• PSYC 561 Practicum

Areas of Interest

Child clinical and developmental psychology

I am interested in the development of children’s cognitive and social understanding of the world, how parents and other adults influence this by means of their conversations with their children, and the implications for clinical interventions.

Selected Publications

Salmon, K., & Pipe, M.-E. (2000). Recalling an event 1 year later: The impact of props, drawing, and a prior interview. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 14, 184-220.

Salmon, K. (2001). Remembering and reporting by children: The influence of cues and props. Clinical Psychology Review, 21, 267-30.

Wesson, M., & Salmon, K. (2001). Showing and telling: The use of drawing and re-enactment to enhance children’s reports of their emotional experiences. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, 301-319.

Salmon, K., & Irvine, P. (2002). Photograph reminders and young children’s event reports: The influence of timing. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 7, 173-186.

Salmon, K., Price, M., & Pereira, J. (2002). Factors associated with children’s long-term recall of an invasive medical procedure: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, 23, 1-6.

Salmon, K., & Pereira, J. (2002). Predicting children’s responses to an invasive medical procedure: The influence of effortful control and parental factors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27, 227-233.

Salmon, K. & Bryant, R. (2002). Posttraumatic stress disorder in children: A developmental perspective. Clinical Psychology Review, 22, 163-188.

Dadds, M.R., & Salmon, K. (2003). Punishment insensitivity and parenting: Temperament and learning as interacting risks for antisocial behavior. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 6, 69-86
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Salmon, K., Roncolato, W., & Gleitzman, M. (2003). Children’s reports of emotionally laden events: Adapting the interview to the child. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 65-7

von Baeyer, C. L., Marche, T.A., Rocha, E.M., & Salmon, K. (2004). Children’s memory for pain: Overview and implications for practice. Journal of Pain, 5, 241-9.

McGuigan, F., & Salmon, K. (2004). The time to talk: The influence of adult-child talk on children’s event memory. Child Development, 75, 669-68

Stevanoni, E. & Salmon, K. (2005). Giving memory a hand: Instructing children to gesture enhances their event recall. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 29, 217-233.

Rendle, V., McDonald, S., & Salmon, K. (2005). Facilitation of memory for events by photographic review for people with traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 6, 90-100.

McGuigan F. & Salmon, K. (2005). Pre-event discussion and memory for a novel event: How are children best prepared? Journal of Experimental Chi9 March, 2010., & Salmon, K. (2005). Talking about parts of a past event: Selective post-event review and children’s memory for non-reviewed materials. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 90, 185-207.

Salmon, K. (2006). Toys in clinical interviews with children: Review and implications for practice. Clinical Psychologist, 10, 54-59.

McGuigan, F., & Salmon, K. (2006). The influence of talking on showing and telling: Adult-child discussion and children’s verbal and nonverbal recall. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20, 365-381.

Salmon, K., McGuigan, F., & Pereira, J. (2006). Brief Report. Optimizing young children’s memory and management of an invasive medical procedure: The impact of procedural information and distraction. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 522-527.

Salmon, K. (2006). Commentary. Preparing children for medical procedures: Taking account of memory. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 859-861.

Wareham, P., & Salmon, K. (2006). Mother-child reminiscing about everyday experiences: Implications for clinical interventions in the preschool years. Clinical Psychology Review, 26, 535-554.

Conroy, R. & Salmon, K. (2006). Talking about parts of a past experience: The influence of elaborative discussion and event structure on children’s recall of nondiscussed information. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 95, 278-297.

Reid, S-C., Salmon, K., & Lovibond, P. (2006). Cognitive biases in childhood anxiety, depression, and aggression: Are they pervasive or specific? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30, 531-549.

Bryant, R.A., Salmon, K., Sinclair, E., & Davidson, P. (2007). Heart rate as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder in children. General Hospital Psychiatry, 29, 66-68.

Salmon, K, Yao, J., Berntsen, O., & Pipe, M-E. (2007). Does providing props during preparation help children to remember an event? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 97, 99-116.

Salmon, K., Sinclair, E., & Bryant, R. (2007). The role of maladaptive appraisals in children’s acute stress reactions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 46, 203-210.

Bryant, R.A., Salmon, K., Sinclair, E., & Davidson, P. (2007). A prospective study of appraisals in childhood posttraumatic stress disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2502-2507.