Loyola University Maryland
Department of Psychology

Beth Kotchick, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology
Chairperson

Office: Beatty Hall, Room 220E
Phone: 410-617-5290
E-mail: BAKotchick@loyola.edu

Education:

  • B.S., Loyola College in Maryland
  • M.A., Loyola College in Maryland
  • Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), University of Georgia
  • Pre-doctoral Internship, Medical College of Georgia/Augusta VAMC
  • Licensed Psychologist in Maryland

Scholarly Interests:

Parenting and its relation to child and adolescent psychosocial
outcomes, including behavioral and emotional health, risk taking
behavior, and peer relationships; factors that predict parenting;
the effective implementation of clinical interventions designed to
enhance parenting and/or reduce child behavior problems;
relational aggression and bullying among children and adolescents.


Representative Publications:

Kotchick, B. A., & Grover, R. L. (2008). Implementing evidence-based 
     treatments
with culturally diverse clients. In M. Roberts, D. Elkind, 
     & R. Steele (Eds.), Handbook of evidence-based treatments for 
     children and adolescents. (pp. 487-550). Sage Publications.

Forehand, R., Armistead, L., Long, N., Wyckoff, S. C., Kotchick, B.A.
     Whittaker, D.,
Shaffer, A., Greenberg, A. E., Murry, V., 
     Jackson, L. C., Kelly, A., McNair, L., Dittus, P., & Miller, K. (2007).
     Efficacy of a parent-based youth sexual risk prevention program 
     for African-American pre-adolescents. Archives of Pediatrics and 
     Adolescent Medicine, 161, 1123-1129.

Bynum, M. S., & Kotchick, B. A. (2006). Mother-adolescent 
     relationship quality and
autonomy as predictors of psychosocial 
    
adjustment among African American adolescents. Journal of Child 
     and Family Studies
, 15, 529-542.

Kotchick, B. A., Dorsey, S., & Heller, L.  (2005). Predictors of parenting 
     among African
American single mothers:  Personal and contextual 
     factors. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 448-460.

Dittus, P., Miller, K. S., Kotchick, B. A., & Forehand, R. (2004). Why 
     Parents Matter!: 
The conceptual basis for a community-based HIV 
     prevention program for the parents of African American youth. 
     Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 5-20.

Kotchick, B. A., & Forehand, R. (2002). Putting parenting in 
     perspective: A discussion of
the contextual factors that shape 
     parenting practices. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11, 255-270. 

Kotchick, B. A., Shaffer, A., Forehand, R., & Miller, K. S. (2001). 
     Adolescent sexual risk
behavior: A multi-system perspective.  
     Clinical Psychology Review, 21, 493-519.

Forehand, R., & Kotchick, B. A. (1996). Cultural diversity: A wake-up 
     call for parent
training. Behavior Therapy, 27, 187-206.

Course Offerings:

PY202: Abnormal Psychology*
PY291: Research Methods I
PY292: Research Methods II
PY605: Psychopathology of Childhood
PY920: Clinical Placement - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

*Indicates Course Meets Requirements for Service Learning

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