
Professor of Psychology
Office: Beatty Hall, Room 210
Telephone: 410-617-2452
Email: RLGrover@loyola.edu
Education:
- B.S., (Human Development and Family Studies), Cornell University
- Ph.D., (Clinical/Developmental Psychology), University of Maine
- Predoctoral Intership, University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Licensed Psychologist in Maryland
Scholarly Interests:
My central area of research focuses on the assessment and development of the social skills that adolescents require to successfully negotiate situations involving the other sex, and the design of effective interventions focused on promoting the social skills necessary in those situations. I also conduct research in the area of childhood anxiety.
Representative Publications:
Grover, R. L. (in press). Riding the second wave of research on dating
anxiety. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
Grover, R. L., & Nangle, D. W. (in press). Adolescent romantic
competence: Development and adjustment implications.
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Grover, R. L., Nangle, D. W., Serwick, A. & Zeff, K. R. (in press).
Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Girl friend, Boy friend: Broadening the
definition of heterosocial competence. Journal of Clinical Child
and Adolescent Psychology.
Kotchick, B. A., & Grover, R. L. (in press). 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.
London: Sage Publications.
Grover, R. L., Ginsburg, G. S., & Ialongo, N. (in press). Childhood
predictors of anxiety symptoms: A longitudinal study. Child
Psychiatry and Human Development.
Grover, R. L., Hughes, A., Bergman, L., & Kingery, J. N. (in press).
Treatment modifications based on diagnoses: Demonstrating
the flexibility in one treatment manual. Cognitive and
Behavioral Practice.
Grover, R. L., Ginsburg, G. S., & Ialongo, N. (2007). Psychosocial
outcomes of anxious first graders: A seven-year follow-up.
Depression and Anxiety, 24, 410-420.
Grover, R. L., Hughes, A., Bergman, L., & Kingery, J.N. (2006).
Treatment modifications based on diagnoses: Demonstrating
the flexibility in one treatment manual. Journal of Cognitive
Psychotherapy, 20, 275-286.
Ginsburg, G.S., & Grover, R.L. (2005). Assessment and treatment
of social phobia in children and adolescents. Pediatric Annals,
34, 119-127.
Grover, R. L., Nangle, D. W., & Zeff, K. R. (2005). The Measure
of Adolescent Heterosocial Competence: Development and
initial construct validation. Journal of Clinical Child and
Adolescent Psychology, 34, 282-291.
Course Offerings:
PY101: Introductory Psychology
PY241: Child Psychology
PY291: Research Methods I
PY292: Research Methods II
PY925: Clinical Applications Assessment