Elizabeth M. McCarroll, Ph.D., CCLS

Contact

emccarroll@twu.edu
940-898-2736
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Biography

Elizabeth Mathews McCarroll is a Certified Child Life Specialist and a professor of child development. Her research interests include social and emotional development and peer relationships in young children. She is also interested in the impact of hospitalization and chronic illness on development, peer relationships, and parenting. Dr. McCarroll currently serves as the Child Life Program coordinator, working with both undergraduate and graduate students as they pursue child life certification for their career. Her teaching interests include courses in child life, play, development, and the psychosocial impact of health. She is involved with the Texas Association of Child Life Professionals and the Association of Child Life Professionals.

Education

Ph.D., HDFS, Texas Tech University
Other, Certified Child Life Specialist, CCLS, Association of Child Life Professionals
M.S., HDFS, Texas Tech University
B.S., HDFS, University of Texas

Expertise

Social and Emotional Development of Children; Peer Relationships; Impact of Chronic Illness and Health on Development and Peer Relationships; the Impact of Chronic Illness and Health on the Parent-Child Relationship

Latest Articles

Tumling through tertiary education: An investigation of the use of Tumblr within a child development course.
Interactive Learning Environments (2022)
C J Pause, Elizabeth McCarroll

Fantastical Play and Imaginary Companions: A Potential Tool for Child Life Intervention
Child Life Bulletin (2019)
Melissa Brown, Elizabeth M McCarroll

Tumbling through tertiary education: An investigation of the use of Tumblr within a child development course
Interactive Learning Environments (2019)
Cat Pause, Elizabeth M McCarroll

Classroom building blocks of meta-emotion: Promoting Social and Emotional Development
Early Years: Journal of the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children. (2019)
Hannah M Mechler, Elizabeth M McCarroll

Meta-parenting among parents of hospitalized children
Child Life Focus (2018)
Elizabeth M McCarroll

Factors that influence parents' meta-emotion approaches: Implications for families
International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences (2017)
Hannah M Mechler, Elizabeth M McCarroll

Recent Presentations

Investigating the relationships between meta-emotion approaches, parenting stress, outside support and education levels
Society for Research in Human Development (SRHD) (2018)
Poster | Hannah M Mechler, Elizabeth M McCarroll

Student Session: Understanding the approaching changes to academic requirements
Texas Association of Child Life Professionals (TACLP) (2017)
Paper | Elizabeth McCarroll, Linsey Hammon

Professional Affiliations

• Association of Child Life Professionals
• Child Life Council
• Texas Association of Child Life Professionals

Honors & Awards

• Distinction in Distance Education Award, Texas Woman's University (2020)