Faculty

McWelling Todman is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Practice. He was also the former Director of the MA Concentration in the Treatment of Substance Use and Other Addictive Behaviors.

Concentrations: Psychopathology; biosocial and cognitive theories of addiction.

PhD 1986, The New School for Social Research

Pazar, O.,Steele, H., & Todman, M. (2022) Expressed emotion and reflective functioning across the schizotypy spectrum: Developmental experiential factors. Psychoanalytic Psychology 

Weiss, E.R., Todman, M., Roane, D.M. (2021) Assessing acquisition and discarding behavior using an online simulation task: A validation study. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 

Todman, M. (2021) Boredom Mismanagement and Attributions of Social and Moral Costs. In The Moral Psychology of Boredom, Andreas Elpidorou (ed.) New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Weiss, E., Todman, M., Pazar, O., Mullens, S., Maurer, k., and Romano, A. (2021) When Time Flies: State and Trait Boredom, Time Perception, and Hedonic Task Appraisals. Psychological Thought, 14(1) 150-174. 

Weiss, E.R., Landers, A., Todman, M., Roane, D.M. (2020) Treatment outcomes in older adults with hoarding disorder: The impact of self-control, boredom and social support. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39 (4) 375-380 

Doukas, A., Pfeffer, K., D'Andrea, W., Siegle, G., Freed, S., Gregory, W.E., Robinson, G., Joachim, B., Lee, K, A., Khedari.V., & Todman, M. (2019). Hurts so good: Pain as an emotion regulation strategy. Emotion, 20(8), 1382–1389. 

Roane, D., Botticelli, L., Macy, M.A., Todman, M. & Zisook, S (2018) Resident attitudes toward mental health: A real-time smart phone survey. Medical Science Educator.   

Goldberg. R., &  Todman, M. (2018) Induced boredom suppresses positively valenced information: A preliminary study. Psychological Thought, 11(1), 18–32

DePierro, J., D’Andrea, W., Frewen, P., & Todman, M. (2017) Alterations in Positive Affect: Relationship to Symptoms, Traumatic Experiences, and Affect Ratings. Psychological Trauma-Theory Research Practice and Policy 10(5) 

Koval, S. & Todman, M. (2015) Induced boredom constrains mindfulness: An online Demonstration. Psychology and Cognitive Sciences. 1(1), 1-9 

Krotava I., & Todman, M. (2014). Boredom Severity, Depression and Alcohol Consumption in Belarus Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Science, 2 (1), 2014

Todman, M. (2013). The dimensions of state boredom: Frequency, duration, unpleasantness, consequences and causal attributions. Educational Research International, 1, (1), 32-40

Todman, M. (2009). Self-Regulation and Social Competence: Psychological Studies in Identity, Achievement and Work-Family Dynamics. Athens: ATNIER Press

Rajaratnam, R., Sivesind, D., Todman, M.., Roane, D., Seewald, R. (2009). The Aging Methadone Paient: Treatment Adjustment, Long-Term Success and Quality of Life. Journal of Opioid Management, 5 (1), 27-37

Lehr, E & Todman, M. (2009). Boredom and Boredom Proneness in  Children: Implications for Academic and Social Adjustment. In M.Todman (Ed.) Self-Regulation and Social Competence: Psychological Studies in Identity, Achievement and Work-Family Dynamics.(pp. 79-90). Athens: ATNIER Press

Todman, M. et al. (2008). Boredom in Schizoaffective Disorder and other Psychotic Conditions. In K. Yip (Ed.) Schizoaffective Disordesr: International Perspectives on Understanding, Intervention and Rehabilitation. New York: Nova Science Publications 

Todman, M. (2007). Psychopathology and Boredom: A Neglected Association. In K.A. Fanti (Ed.) Psychological Science: Research, Theory and Future Directions  Athens: ATINER press.

Antonius, D, Brown, A., Todman, M., & Safran, J. (2007). Integrating Science in Applied Psychology programs: A Student-Generated Journal. Teaching Psychology, 34(1), 31-34.

Todman, M. (2006) . Self Monitoring , Self Assessment and Discrepancies with Observer Ratings in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder:  A Strategy for Negotiating Change in Symptom Unawareness.  In William H. Murray (Ed.). Schizoaffective Disorder: New Research (pp. 1-34). New York: Nova Science Publications

Sabrese, J & Todman, M. (2004). Intellectual Disabilities, Residential Care and Expressed Emotion: Functional Costs. Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 11(2), 43-52.

Todman, M. (2003). Boredom and Psychotic Disorders: Cognitive and Motivational Issues. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 66(2), 146-167.

Doebrick, C. & Todman, M. (2003). Schematic Processing of Cigarette Smoking and Drinking Information: Separate or Shared. Addictions Research and Theory, 11(5), 295-315.

Jimenez, J, Todman, M., Perez, M., & Landon-Jimenez, D. (1996). “The Behavioral Treatment of Auditory Hallucinatory Responding of  a Schizophrenic Patient”. Journal of  Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry ,  27, 299-310