Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Graduate Programs,
Loyola College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Psychology

Office: Humanities, 236B
Telephone: 410-617-5325
Email: CBarry@loyola.edu

Education:

• B.S. (Psychology with minors in Sociology, Spanish & Secondary Education, summa cum laude with Departmental Honors in Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa), Ursinus College
• Ph.D. (Human Development, Educational Psychology specialization), University of Maryland, College Park

Scholarly Interests:

Research interests include social and self development during adolescence and emerging adulthood. Current ongoing research projects include emerging adults conceptualizations of criteria for adulthood and their relation to self-perceptions, temperament, spirituality, close relationships with parents, romantic partners, and friends and marriage readiness.

Representative Publications:

Romm, K. F., Barry, C. M., & Alvis, L. M. (2020). How the rich get riskier: The
role of parenting on affluent emerging adults' risk behaviors. Journal of Adult
Development.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10804-020-09345-1

Barry, C. M., Christofferson, J. L.,  Boorman, E. P., & Nelson, L. J. (2019). Profiles of
religiousness, spirituality, and psychological adjustment in emerging
adults. Journal of Adult Development. doi: 10.1007/s10804-019-09334-z

Romm, K. F., Barry, C. M., Kotchick, B. A., DiDonato, T. E., & Barnett, J. B. (2019). Parental
psychological control and identity: The roles of warmth, gender, and ethnicity. Journal of 
Adult Development, 26, 81–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-018-9303-3

Shank, F. A., Petrarca, K. A., & Barry, C. M. (2019). Child outcomes of having a parent with
an AUD. Modern Psychological Studies, 25, Article 1. https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/

Audette, L., Barry, C. M., Carlucci, M. E., & Hardy, S. A. (2018). Associations among positive
body image, gender, and three latent profiles of religiosity. Mental Health, Religion & 
Culture, 21, 380-394. doi: 10.1080/13674676.2018.1497587

Barry, C. M., & Prenoveau, J. M., & Morgan, C. H. (2018). Do emerging adults learn what
they live?: The frequency and importance of faith activities in home on emerging adults'
prosocial behavior towards family, friends, and strangers. Emerging Adulthood, 6, 411- 412.
doi:10.1177/2167696817746038

Nadal, A. R. C., Hardy, S. A., & Barry, C. M. (2018). Understanding the roles of religiosity and
spirituality in emerging adulthood in the United States. Psychology of Religion and 
Spirituality, 10, 30-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000104

Barry, C. M., Nelson, L. J., & Abo-Zena, M. M. (2016). Religiousness in adolescence and
emerging adulthood. In R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia on adolescence (2nd ed.).New
York, NY:  Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32132-5_265-2

Wentzel, K., Fillisetti, L., &  Barry, C. (2016). Prosocial behavior.  In R. Levesque (Ed.), 
Encyclopedia on adolescence (2nd ed.). New York, NY:  Springer.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-32132-5_96-2

Barry, C. M., Madsen, S. D., & DeGrace, A.  (2015).  Growing up with a little help from their
friends in emerging adulthood. In J. J. Arnett (Ed.), Handbook on emerging adulthood
(pp. 215-229).  New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Gatzke, J. E., Barry, C. M., Papadakis, A. A., & Grover, R. L. (2015). The buffering effect of 
friendship quality on the relation between perceived athletic discrepancies and self-
esteem. Athletic Insight, 7(1), 83-99.

Barry, C.M., & Abo-Zena, M. M. (Eds.) (2014). Emerging adults’ religiousness and spirituality:
Meaning-making in an age of transition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Barry, C. M., Prenoveau, J. M., & Diehl, C. L.  (2013).  The value of walking the walk: The
relation between family faith activities and emerging adults' religiousness. Journal of
Psychology and Christianity, 32, 206-220.

Course Offerings:

PY101: Introductory Psychology*   
PY241D: Child Psychology*        
PY242D: Adolescent Psychology*            
PY243D: Adult Development*                          
PY244: Lifespan Development*
PY418/PL407: Marriage and Family through the Lens of
                   Catholic Social Thought and Developmental Psychology
PY664: Advanced Developmental Psychology: Lifespan
PY706: Introduction to Clinical Experiences: Service-Learning

D Indicates Courses that Meet the Diversity Course Requirement
* Indicates Courses that Meet the Service-Learning Requirement