Mary Jo Coiro, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology
Director, Behavioral Health and Assessment Services
Loyola Clinical Centers

Offices:

Clinic
The Loyola Clinical Centers
5911 York Road, Suite 100
Baltimore, Maryland 21212   
Telephone: 410-617-1217
Fax: 410-617-1203

Campus
Beatty Hall, Room 208
Telephone: 410-617-2696
E-mail: MCoiro@loyola.edu

Education:

• B.A. (Psychology), College of William and Mary
• M.A (Human Development), Bryn Mawr College
• Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), University of Virginia
• Pre-doctoral Internship, Department of Pediatrics,
  Georgetown University Medical Center
• Licensed Psychologist in Maryland

Scholarly Interests:

Scholarly interests include effects of maternal depression on children’s
mental health and the family environment; risk and protective factors
(particularly parenting styles) in the development of child
psychopathology; prevention of child psychopathology;
cognitive-behavioral therapy with adolescents; policy issues
affecting children.

Representative Publications:

Witt, W. P., Riley, A. W., & Coiro, M. J. (2003). Childhood functional 
     status, family stressors, and psychosocial adjustment among 
     school-aged children with disabilities in the U. S. Archives of 
     Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 157, 687-695.

Coiro, M. J. (2001). Depressive symptoms among women receiving 
     welfare. Women & Health, 32, 1-23.

Morrison, D. R. & Coiro, M. J. (1999). Parental conflict and marital 
     disruption: Do children benefit when high conflict marriages are 
     dissolved? Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61, 626-637.

Coiro, M. J., & Emery, R. E. (1998). Do marriage problems affect 
     fathering more than mothering?  A quantitative and qualitative 
     review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 1, 23-40.

Emery, R. E. & Coiro, M. J. (1997). Some costs of coping: Stress 
     and distress among children from divorced families. In D. 
     Cicchetti & S. Toth (Eds.), Developmental perspectives on trauma: 
     Theory, research, and intervention (pp. 435-462). Rochester, NY: 
     University of Rochester Press.

Coiro, M. J., & Gottesman, I. I. (1996). The diathesis and/or stressor 
     role of expressed emotion in affective illness. Clinical Psychology: 
     Science and Practice, 3, 310-322.

Emery, R. E. & Coiro, M. J. (1995). Divorce: Consequences for children. 
     Pediatrics in Review, 16, 306-310.

Zaslow, M. J., Moore, K. A., Morrison, D. R., & Coiro, M. J. (1995). 
     The Family Support Act and children: Potential pathways of 
     influence. Children and Youth Services Review, 17,19-34.

Kazak, A., Christakis, D., Alderfer, M., & Coiro, M. J. (1994). Young 
     adolescent cancer survivors and their parents: Adjustment, 
     learning problems, and gender. Journal of Family Psychology, 
     8, 74-84.

Zill, N., Morrison, D. R., & Coiro, M. J. (1993). Long-term effects of 
     parental divorce on parent-child relationships, adjustment, 
     and achievement in young adulthood.  Journal of Family Psychology, 
     7, 93-103.

Course Offerings:

PY925: Clinical Applications-Assessment