David G. Crough, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

Office: Beatty Hall, Room 222 E
Telephone: 410-617-2314
E-mail: DCrough@loyola.edu

Education:

• B.S., Ursinus College
• M.A., The Catholic University of America
• Ph.D. (Experimental, Physiological Psychology),
  The Catholic University of America

Scholarly Interests:

My research interests derive from intersecting areas of evolutionary
and forensic psychology. The focus of my research is on violence
prevention. Methods of improving self-defense self-efficacy for
women are of special interest. Current research projects involve
gender differences in threat perception, physical self-efficacy,
assertiveness and vulnerability to assault. Several preliminary
studies in the development of an attitudes towards self-defense
scale and an attitudes towards weapons scale are ongoing.

PY412: Evolutionary Psychology
PY415: Psychological Systems and Theories
PY418: Special Topics in Psychology--Forensic Psychology
PY419: Advanced Special Topics in Psychology--Forensic Psychology
PY819: History and Philosophical Bases of Psychology