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3. Laura Metz Crothers Professor Department of Counseling, Psychology, and Special Education Duquesne University Pittsburgh USA E-mail: crothersL@duq.educrothersL@duq.edu

4. EDUCATION  D.Ed., School of Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2001  Ed.S., School of Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1997  M.Ed., Educational Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1995  B.A., Psychology, Grove City College, 1994

5. BIOGRAPHY Laura M. Crothers is a professor in the school psychology program in the Department of Counseling, Psychology, and Special Education at Duquesne University. Crothers, who is a nationally-certified school psychologist, has been recognized as a national expert in childhood bullying by the National Association of School Psychologists. She teaches the graduate-level consultation and program evaluation seminars in school psychology at Duquesne University. Crothers has contributed to the source literature by studying bullying in children and adolescents, and is currently investigating the efficacy of the Goodwill Girls Curriculum in diminishing relational and social aggression and increasing interpersonal maturity in adolescents. She has completed over thirty manuscripts and monographs, four co-authored or co-edited books, and numerous book chapters. In addition to her scholarly writing, Crothers has delivered lectures and conducted presentations regionally, nationally, and internationally. Crothers serves on several editorial boards, and is the Chair of Psychology of Women for Division 16 of the American Psychological Association.

6. RECENT PUBLICATIONS 1. Crothers, L. M., Kolbert, J. B., Kanyongo, G. Y., Field, J. E., & Schmitt, A. J. (2014). Relational and social aggression and reflective processing in a university sample. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma. doi:10.1080/10926771.2014.920451 2.Kolbert, J. B., Schultz, D., & Crothers, L. M. (2014). Bullying prevention and the parent involvement model. Journal of School Counseling, 12. Retrieved from: http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v12n7.pdf 3. Clinton, A., Crothers, L. M., Kolbert, J. B., Hughes, T. L., Schreiber, J. B., Schmitt, A. J., Lipinski, J., Vázquez, G. R., Bell, G. R., & Field, J. E. (2014). A cross-cultural investigation of relational and social aggression in female college students from Puerto Rico and the United States. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 23, 99-115. doi:10.1080/10926771.2014.872745 4. Gordon, G., Dalton, S., Kolbert, J. B., Kanyongo, G. Y., & Crothers, L. M. (2014). Proactive and reactive aggression and cognitive and affective empathy among students in middle childhood. International Journal of School and Cognitive Psychology, 2, 1-6. doi:10.4172/1234-3425.1000105

7. 5. Durand, V., Hennessey, J., Wells, D. S., Crothers, L. M., Kolbert, J. B., Lipinski, J., & Hughes, T. L. (2013). Bullying and substance use in children and adolescents. Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy, 4, 1-6. doi:10.4172/2155- 6105.1000158 6.Walters, J. R., Hughes, T. L., Sutton, L. R., Marshall, S. N., Crothers, L. M., Lehman, C., Paserba, D., Talkington, V., Taormina, R., Huang, A. (2013). Maltreatment and depression in adolescent sexual offenders with an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22, 72-89. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2013.735357. 7.Comstock, L. A., Crothers, L. M., Schreiber, J. B., Schmitt, A. J., Field, J. E., Hughes, T. L., Kolbert, J. B., & Lipinski, J. (2013). Relational, social, and overt aggression among diverse female adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 6, 106-117. doi:10.1080/19361521.2013.755652 8.Kolbert, J. B., Crothers, L. M., & Field, J. E. (2013). Clinical interventions with adolescents using a family systems approach. The Family Journal, 21, 87-94. doi:10.1177/1066480712456826

8. RESEARCH INTEREST

9. What is Psychology? Psychology is the study of behavior and metal processes and how individual’s physical state, mental state and surrounding environment affect them  Behavior includes all actions and reactions of an individual  Mental processes include thoughts, feelings, memories etc.

10. Goal of Psychology To describe, explain, predict, and change behavior and mental processes

11. Kinds of Psychology Cognitive Social Developmental Health Clinical Human Factors Cognitive Neuroscience Evolutionary Educational

12. Why many sub fields of Psychology? Psychologists have different perspectives on behavior problems

13. Types of Psychologists Experimental psychologists: Researchers and professors Applied psychologists: service providers

14. Current Research Areas  Developmental Psychology  Social Psychology  Experimental Psychology  Physiological Psychology  Cognitive Psychology  Clinical Psychology  Counseling Psychology  Educational and School Psychology  Industrial and Organizational Psychology