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Publications

* = Dr. McCloskey’s Students, Interns, and Alumni

Books:

Coccaro, E. F., & McCloskey, M. S. (Eds.) (2019). Aggression: Clinical Features and Treatment across the diagnostic spectrum. American Psychiatric Association.

Coccaro, E. F., & McCloskey, M. S. (Eds.) (2019). Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Etiology, Assessment and Treatment. Elsevier.

Research Articles:

2024

*Cheung J.C., *Sorgi-Wilson, K.M., *Ciesinski, N.K., & McCloskey, M.S. (in press). Examining the relationship between subtypes of rumination and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI): A meta-analytic review. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 00, 1-28. http://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13051

*Ciesinski N.K., Drabick D.A., Berman M.E., & McCloskey M.S. (2024). Personality disorder symptoms in intermittent explosive disorder: a latent class analysis. Journal of Personality Disorders, 38(1), 34-52. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2024.38.1.34

2023

*Ciesinski, N.K., *Zajac, M.K., & McCloskey, M.S. (2023). Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Intermittent Explosive Disorder: A Preliminary Analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 92 (1), 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000858

*Sorgi-Wilson, K.M., *Cheung, J.C., *Ciesinski, N.K., & McCloskey, M.S. (2023). Cognitions and non-suicidal self-injury: Exploring relationships with psychological functions. Archives of Suicide Research, 27, 1008-1018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2106919

*Ciesinski, N.K., *Himelein-Wachowiak, M., *Krick, L.C., Sorgi-Wilson, K.M., *Cheung, J.C., & McCloskey, M.S. (2023). A systematic review with meta-analysis of cognitive bias modification interventions for anger and aggression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 167, 104344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104344

Timmins, M. A., Fanning, J. R., McCloskey, M. S., Berman, M. E., & Coccaro, E. F. (2023). Laboratory assessment of aggression: The Taylor Aggression Paradigm in adults with and without a disorder of impulsive aggression. Journal of Psychiatric Research163, 413–420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.05.081

Wilcox, K. T., Jacobucci, R., Dixon‐Gordon, K. L., Waite, E. E., McCloskey, M. S., & *Ammerman, B. A. (2023). A text mining approach to characterizing interpersonal stress among individuals with a nonsuicidal self-injury history. Current Psychologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05056-4

Krauss, A., McCloskey, M. S., Creech, S. K., & Goodman, M. (2023). Treatment of co-occurring PTSD and aggression: Current psychotherapy and pharmacological approaches. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry10(1), 35–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-023-00282-w

2022

*Ciesinski, N.K., *Sorgi-Wilson, K.M., *Cheung, J.C., Chen, E.Y., & McCloskey, M.S. (2022). The effect of dialectical behavior therapy on anger and aggressive behavior: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 154, 104122. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104122

*Krick, L. C., Berman, M. E., McCloskey, M. S., Coccaro, E. F., & Fanning, J. R. (2022). Gender Moderates the Association Between Exposure to Interpersonal Violence and Intermittent Explosive Disorder Diagnosis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence37(15-16), NP14746-NP14771. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211013951

*Ciesinski, N.K., Drabick D.A., McCloskey, M.S. (2022). A latent class analysis of intermittent explosive disorder symptoms. Journal of Affective Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.099

*Fahlgren, M.K., *Cheung, J. C., *Ciesinski, N. K., McCloskey, M. S., & Coccaro, E. F. (2022). Gender Differences in the Relationship between Anger and Aggressive Behavior. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(13-14), 12661-12670. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260521991870

McCloskey, M. S., Chen, E., Olino, T. M., & Coccaro, E. F. (2022). Cognitive-behavioral versus supportive psychotherapy for intermittent explosive disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy53(6), 1133–1146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.05.001

Nelson, R. Κ., Lass, A. N. S., Fanning, J. R., McCloskey, M. S., Winer, E. S., & Berman, M. E. (2022). A network model of borderline personality traits, aggression, and Self-Harm. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports8, 100330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100330

Amadi, S. C., Berman, M. E., Timmins, M. A., Guillot, C. R., Fanning, J. R., Nadorff, M. R., & McCloskey, M. S. (2022). Analgesic Effect of Alcohol Mediates the Association between Alcohol Intoxication and Deliberate Self-Harm. Archives of Suicide Research, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2020.1851831

2021

*Ammerman, B.A., *Sorgi, K.M., *Fahlgren, M.K., *Puhalla, A.A., & McCloskey, M.S. (2021). An experimental examination of interpersonal problem-solving in nonsuicidal self-injury: A pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 144, 146-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.005

*Ammerman, B.A., & McCloskey, M.S. (2021). The development of a measure to assess social reactions to self-injury disclosure. Assessment28(1), 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191120903081

*Ammerman, B.A., Wilcox, K.T. O’Loughlin, C.M., & McCloskey, M.S. (2021). Characterizing the choice to disclose nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 77, 683-700. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23045

2020

*Ammerman, B.A., Jacobucci, R., Turner, B. J., Dixon-Gordon, K., & McCloskey, M.S. (2020). Quantifying the importance of lifetime frequency versus number of methods used in the consideration of NSSI severity. Psychology of Violence, 442-45. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000263

*Fahlgren, M. K., Berman, M. E., & McCloskey, M. S. (2020). The role of therapeutic alliance in therapy for adults with problematic aggression and associated disorders. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy27(6), 858-886. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2475

*Fahlgren, M.K., *Kleiman, E.M., *Puhalla, A.A., & McCloskey, M.S. (2020). Age and gender effects in recent violence perpetration. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(17-18), 3513–3529. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517709803

*Puhalla, A. A., Berman, M.E., Coccaro, E.F., *Fahlgren, M. K., & McCloskey, M.S. (2020). History of Childhood Abuse and Alcohol Use Disorder: Relationship with Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Intoxicated Aggression Frequency. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 125, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.02.025

*Puhalla, A.A., *Kulper, D.A., *Fahlgren, M.K., &  McCloskey, M.S. (2020). The Relationship between Resting Heart Rate Variability, Hostility, and In-Vivo Aggression. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 29, 206-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2018.1558324

*Puhalla, A. A., & McCloskey, M.S. (2020). The Relationship between Physiological Reactivity to Provocation and Emotion Dysregulation with Proactive and Affective Aggression. Biological Psychology, 155, 107931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107931

*Sorgi, K. M., *Ammerman, B. A., *Cheung, J. C., *Fahlgren, M. K., *Puhalla, A. A., & McCloskey, M. S. (2020). Relationships between non-suicidal self-injury and other maladaptive behaviors: Beyond difficulties in emotion regulation. Archives of Suicide Research, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2020.1715906

Timmins, M.A., Berman, M.E., Nadorff, M.R., Amadi, S.C., Fanning, J. R., & McCloskey, M.S. (2020).  Does State Dissociation Mediate the Relation Between Alcohol Intoxication and Deliberate Self-Harm? Archives of Suicide Research, 24:sup1, 231-242, DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2018.1563577

2019

*Ammerman, B.A., *Fahlgren, M. K., *Sorgi, K. M. (2019). Differences in suicidal thoughts and behaviors among three racial groups: Exploratory analyses in a college sample. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 41(3), 172-178. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000621

*Ammerman, B. A., Hong, M., *Sorgi, K. M., Park, Y., Jacobucci, R., & McCloskey, M. S. (2019). An examination of individual forms of nonsuicidal self-injury. Psychiatry Research, 278, 268-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.06.029

Sherman, L.E., Rosenbaum, G.M., Smith, A.R., Botdorf, M.A., *Fettich K., Patrianakos, J.L., McCloskey, M.S., Steinberg , L., Chein J.M. (2019). The interactive effects of peers and alcohol on functional brain connectivity in young adults. Neuroimage, 197, 264-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.04.003

*Ammerman, B.A., Jacobucci, R. & McCloskey, M.S. (2019). Re-considering important outcomes of nonsuicidal self-injury disorder criterion A.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(6), 1084–1097. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22754

Knorr, A.C., *Ammerman, B.A.,Hamilton, A.J. & McCloskey, M.S. (2019). Predicting status along the continuum of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among those with a history of non-suicidal self-injury. Psychiatry Research, 273, 514-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.067

McCloskey, M.S. & *Fahlgren, M.K. (2019). Treatment of Primary Aggression: IED. In E.F. Coccaro & Michael S. McCloskey (Eds.) (2019), Aggression: Clinical Features and Treatment Across the Diagnostic Spectrum. Washington D.C: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

*Fahlgren, M.K., *Puhalla, A. A., *Sorgi K.M., & McCloskey, M.S. (2019). Emotion Processing in Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Psychiatry Research, 273, 544-550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.046

2018

*Ammerman, B.A., *Sorgi, K. M., Berman, M. E., Coccaro, E. F., & McCloskey, M.S. (2018). Potential mood variation following a behavioral analogue of self-injurious behavior. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(sup2), S113-S125. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.1527267

Burke, T.A., Jacobucci, R., *Ammerman, B.A., Piccirillo, M., McCloskey, M.S., Heimberg, R., Alloy, L. (2018). Identifying the relative importance of non-suicidal self-injury features in classifying suicidal ideation, plans, and behavior using exploratory data mining. Psychiatry Research, 262, 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.01.045

Steakley-Freeman, D., Lee, R., McCloskey, M.S., Coccaro, E.F. (2018). Social desirability, deceptive reporting, and awareness of problematic aggression in intermittent explosive disorder compared with non-aggressive healthy and psychiatric controls, Psychiatry Research, 270, 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.064

Galbraith, T., Carliner, H., Keyes , K.M., McLaughlin, K.A., McCloskey, M.S., Heimberg, R.G. (2018) The Co-Occurrence and Correlates of Anxiety Disorders among Adolescents with Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Aggressive Behavior, 44(6), 581- 590. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21783

Gorka, S., Phan, K. L., Hosseini, B., Chen, E., McCloskey, M.S. (2018). Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activation during social exclusion mediates the relation between intolerance of uncertainty and trait aggression. Clinical Psychological Science 6(6), 810–821. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702618776947

*Ammerman, B. A., Serang, S., Burke, T., A., Jacobucci, R., Alloy, L. B., & McCloskey, M. S. (2018). Exploratory analysis of mediators in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and suicidal behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 69, 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.09.004

McCloskey, M.S. & *Ammerman, B. A. (2018). Suicidal behavior and aggression-related disorders. Current Opinion in Psychology, 22, 54-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.010

Nanney, J. T., Conrad, E. J., Reuther, E. T., Wamser-Nanney, R. A., McCloskey, M., & Constans, J. (2018). Motivational Interviewing for Victims of Armed Community Violence: A Non-Experimental Pilot Feasibility Study. Psychology of Violence, 8(2), 259-268. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000103

*Ammerman, B. A., Jacobucci, R., & McCloskey, M.S. (2018). Using Exploratory Data Mining to Identify Important Correlates of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Frequency. Psychology of Violence, 8, 515-525. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000146

*Ammerman, B.A, Steinberg, L., McCloskey, M.S. (2018). Risk-Taking Behavior and Suicidality: The Unique Role of Adolescent Drug Use. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47(1), 131-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1220313

*Ammerman, B. A., Berman, M. E., & McCloskey, M. S. (2018). Assessing non-suicidal self- injury in the laboratory. Archives of Suicide Research, 22(2), 192-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2017.1319312

*Ammerman, B. A., Jacobucci, R., *Kleiman, E. M., *Uyeji, L. L., & McCloskey, M. S. (2017). The relationship between NSSI Age of Onset and Severity of Self-Harm. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 48(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12330

*Ammerman, B. A., Burke, T. A., Knorr, A. C., Alloy, L. B., & McCloskey, M. S. (2018). Measuring acquired capability for suicide within an ideation-to-action framework. Psychology of Violence, 8(2), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000090

*Ammerman, B. A., Steinberg, L., & McCloskey. M. S. (2018). Risk-taking behavior and suicidality: The unique role of adolescent drug use. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47(1), 131-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1220313

2017

McCloskey, M. S. & *Fahlgren, M.K. (2017). Intermittent Explosive Disorder. In A. Wenzel. (Ed). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology (pp. 1862-1866). Thousand Oaks: SAGE.

Berman, M., Fanning, J., Guillot, C., Marsic, A., Bullock, J., Nadorff, M., McCloskey, M.S. (2017). Effects of Alcohol Dose on Deliberate Self-Harm in Men and Women. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(9), 854–861. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000222

*Eichen , D.A., Chen, E.Y., Boutelle, K.N., McCloskey, M.S. (2017). Behavioral Evidence of Emotion Dysregulation in Binge Eaters. Appetite, 111, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.021

Coccaro, E.F., Berman, M.E., McCloskey, M.S. (2017). Development of a Screening Questionnaire for DSM-5 Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED-SQ). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 74, 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.12.004

Chen, E.Y., Cacioppo, J., *Fettich, K., Gallop, R., McCloskey, M.S., Olino, T., Zeffiro, T.A. (2017) An adaptive randomized trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for binge-eating. Psychological Medicine, 47(4), 703-717. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291716002543

McCloskey, M. S., Timmins, M. A., *Puhalla, A. A., *Ammerman, B. A., & Berman, M. E. (2017). Anger, Violence, and Impulse Control Disorders: Overview. In A. Wenzel. (Ed) SAGE. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Thousand Oaks: SAGE. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483365817.n70

*Ammerman, B. A., Olino, T., & McCloskey, M. S. (2017). Predicting Nonsuicidal self-injury in Borderline Personality Disorder using ecological momentary assessment. Journal of Personality Disorders, 31(6), 844-855. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2017_31_278

*Ammerman, B. A., Jacobucci, R., *Kleiman, E. M., Muehlenkamp, J., J. & McCloskey, M. S (2017). Development and validation of an empirically derived frequency criteria for NSSI Disorder using Exploratory Data Mining. Psychological Assessment. 29(2), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000334

2016

*Eichen, D., Chen, E., Schmitz, M., Arlt, J., & McCloskey, M.S. (2016). Addiction Vulnerability and Binge Eating in Women: Exploring Reward Sensitivity, Affect Regulation, Impulsivity & Weight/Shape Concerns. Personality and Individual Differences, 100, 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.084

McCloskey, M.S., Phan, K.L., Angstadt, M., *Fettich, K., Keedy, S., & Coccaro, E.F (2016) Amygdala hyperactivation to Angry Faces in Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 79, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.04.006

Coccaro, E. F., Fitzgerald, D. A., Lee, R., McCloskey, M. S., & Phan, K. L. (2016). Frontolimbic morphometric abnormalities in intermittent explosive disorder and aggression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 1(1), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2015.09.006

*Puhalla, A. A., McCloskey, M. S., *Brickman, L. J., Fauber, R., & Coccaro, E. F. (2016). Defense Styles in Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Psychiatry Research, 238, 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.02.019

*Puhalla, A. A., *Ammerman, B. A., *Uyeji, L. L., Berman, M. E., & McCloskey M. S. (2016). Negative Urgency & Reward/Punishment Sensitivity in Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Affective Disorders, 201, 8-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.04.045

*Ammerman, B. A., *Kleiman, E., *Jenkins, A., Berman, M. & McCloskey, M. S. (2016). The Use of Propensity Score Matching to Examine Sensitivity to Punishment and Reward in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 38, 227-236. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000436

*Ammerman, B. A., Burke, T., Alloy, L. B., & McCloskey, M. S. (2016). Subjective pain during NSSI as an active agent in suicide risk. Psychiatry Research, 236, 80-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.12.028

2015

Nanney, J. T., Conrad, E. J., McCloskey, M., & Constans, J. I. (2015). Criminal Behavior and Risk of Repeat Violent Trauma in Young Urban Men: A Case-Control Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 49(3), 395-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.021

*Kleiman, E. M.,*Ammerman, B.A.,*Kulper, D. A., *Ujeji, L. L., *Jenkins, A. L., & McCloskey, M. S. (2015). Forms of non-suicidal self-injury as a function of trait aggression. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 59, 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.12.004

*Kulper, D. A., *Kleiman, E. M., McCloskey, M. S., Berman, M. E., & Coccaro, E. F. (2015). The experience of aggressive outbursts in intermittent explosive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 225, 710-715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.008

Coccaro, E. F., Lee, R., McCloskey, M. S., Csernansky, J. G., & Wang, L. (2015). Morphometric analysis of amygdala and hippocampus in intermittent explosive disorder and healthy controls. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 69, 80-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.07.009

Nanney, J.T., Conrad, E., Constans, J., McCloskey, M.S. (2015). Criminal Behavior and Risk of Repeat Violent Trauma: A Case-Control Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 49, 395-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.021

*Kleiman, E. M., *Ammerman, B.A., *Kulper, D. A., *Uyeji, L. L., *Jenkins, A. L., & McCloskey, M. S. (2015). Forms of non-suicidal self-injury as a function of trait aggression. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 59, 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.12.004

*Fettich, K. C, McCloskey, M. S., *Look, A. C., & Coccaro, E. F. (2015). Emotion regulation deficits in intermittent explosive disorder. Aggressive Behavior, 41, 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21566

*Ammerman, B. A., *Kleiman, E. M., *Uyeji, L. L., *Knorr, A. C., & McCloskey, M. S. (2015). Suicidal and violent behaviors: The role of anger, emotion dysregulation, and impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 79, 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.044

*Look, A. E., McCloskey, M. S., & Coccaro, E. F. (2015). Verbal versus physical aggression in intermittent explosive disorder. Psychiatry Research, 225, 531-539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.052

Marsic, A., Berman, M. E., Barry, T. D., & McCloskey, M. S. (2015). The relationship between intentional self-injurious behavior and the Loudness Dependence of Auditory Evoked Potential in research volunteers. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71, 250-257. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22136

*Jenkins, A. J., McCloskey, M. S., *Kulper, D. A., Berman, M. E., & Coccaro, E. F. (2015). Self-harm behavior among individuals with intermittent explosive disorder and personality disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 60, 125-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.013

2014 – 2013.

*Brickman, L., *Ammerman. B. A., *Look, A. E., Berman, M. E., & McCloskey, M. S. (2014). The relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and borderline personality disorder symptoms in a college sample. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 1(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/2051-6673-1-14

*Fettich, K., McCloskey, M. S., *Look, A., & Coccaro, E. F. (2014). Emotion regulation deficits in intermittent explosive disorder. Aggressive Behavior, 41(1), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21566

*Kleiman, E. M., *Ammerman, B.,Look, A. E., Berman, M. E., & McCloskey, M.S. (2014). The role of emotion reactivity and gender in the relationship between psychopathology and self-injurious behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 69, 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.021

Coccaro, E. F., Lee, R., & McCloskey, M. S. (2014). Relationship between psychopathy, aggression, anger, impulsivity, and intermittent explosive disorder. Aggressive Behavior, 40, 526-536. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21536

Fanning, J. R., Berman, M. E., Marsic, A., Gulliot, G. R., & McCloskey, M. S. (2014). Serotonin (5-HT) augmentation reduces provoked aggression associated with primary psychopathy traits. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28, 449-461. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2012_26_065

Coccaro, E., Lee, R., & McCloskey, M. S. (2014). Validity of the new A1 and A2 criteria for DSM-5 intermittent explosive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55, 260-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.09.007

Dean, A. C., Altstein, L. L., Berman, M. E., Constans, J. I., Sugar, C. A., & McCloskey, M. S. (2013). Secondary psychopathy, but not primary psychopathy, is associated with risky decision-making in noninstitutionalized young adults. Personality & Individual Differences, 54, 272-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.09.009

2012 – 2011

Coccaro, E., Nayyer, H., & McCloskey, M.S. (2012). Personality disorder-not otherwise specified evidence of validity and consideration for DSM-5. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53, 907-914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.03.007; PMID: 22520088

Chen E. Y., *Fettich K. C., & McCloskey, M. S. (2012). Correlates of suicidal ideation and/or behavior in bariatric-surgery-seeking individuals with severe obesity. Crisis, 33, 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000115; PMCID: 22343060

Lee, R. J., Gil, A., Chen, B., McCloskey, M. S., & Coccaro, E. F. (2012). Modulation of central serotonin affects emotional information processing in impulsive aggressive personality disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32, 329-335. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcp.0b013e31825368b7; PMID: 22544009

McCloskey, M. S., *Look, A., Chen, E. Y., *Pajoumand, G., & Berman, M. E. (2012). Nonsuicidal self-injury: Relationship to behavioral and self-rating measures of impulsivity and self-aggression. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviors, 42, 197-209. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.2012.0082.x; PMCID: 22486605

Fanning, J. R., Berman, M. E., Mohn, R. S., & McCloskey, M. S. (2011). Perceived threat mediates the relationship between psychosis proneness and aggressive behavior. Psychiatry Research, 185, 210-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.09.010; PMCID: PMC3041859

Chen, E. Y., McCloskey, M. S., *Michelson, S., Godon, K. H.,& Coccaro, E. (2011). Characterizing eating disorders in a personality disorders sample. Psychiatry Research, 185, 427-432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.002; PMCID: PMC2972373

2010 – 2009

Gollan, J., McCloskey, M., Hoxha, D.,&Coccaro, E. (2010). How do depressed and healthy patients interpret nuanced facial expressions? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 804-810. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020234; PMCID: PMC3805828

Guillot, C., Bullock, J., Fanning, J., McCloskey, M., & Berman, M. (2010). Effects of alcohol on tests of executive functioning in men and women: A dose response examination. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18, 409-417. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021053; PMCID: PMC3968820

Ahmed, A., Green, B., McCloskey, M., & Berman, M. (2010). Latent structure of intermittent explosive disorder in an epidemiological sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 44, 663-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.12.004; PMID: 20064645

McCloskey, M., Palmer, A. A., & de Wit, H. (2010). Are attention lapses related to d-amphetamine liking? Psychopharmacology, 208, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-009-1719-9; PMID: 19936714

McCloskey, M., *Kleabir, K., Chen, E., Berman, M., & Coccaro, E. (2010). Unhealthy Aggression: Intermittent explosive disorder and adverse physical health outcomes. Health Psychology, 29 (3), 324-332. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019072; PMID: 20496987

McCloskey, M. S. & Coccaro, E. F. (2010). Response to suggested improvements to the Overt Aggression Scale-Modified. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 22, E2. https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.2010.22.1.123.e2

Chen, E. Y., McCloskey, M. S., Doyle, P., Roehrig, J., Berona, J., Alverdy, J., & le Grange, D. (2009). Body mass index as a predictor of one-year outcome in gastric bypass surgery. Obesity Surgery, 19(9), 1240-1242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-008-9724-3

Coccaro, E. F., *Noblett, K.L., & McCloskey, M.S (2009). Attributional and Emotional Responses to Socially Ambiguous Cues: Validation of a New Assessment of Social/Emotional Information Processing in Healthy Adults and Impulsive Aggressive Patients. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43, 915-925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.01.012; PMID:19345371

McCloskey, M., New, A., Siever, L., Goodman, M., Koenigsberg, H., Flory, J., & Coccaro, E (2009). Evaluation of behavioral impulsivity and aggression tasks as endophenotypes for borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 43, 1036-1048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.01.002; PMCID: PMC2853811

Berman, M., McCloskey, M., Fanning, J., Schumacher, J., & Coccaro, E. (2009). Serotonin (5-HT) Augmentation Reduces Response to Attack in Aggressive Individuals. Psychological Science, 20, 714-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02355.x; PMCID: PMC2728471

Berman, M.E., Bradley, T. P., Fanning, J.R., & McCloskey, M.S. (2009). Self-Focused Attention Reduces Self-Injurious Behavior in Alcohol-Intoxicated Men. Substance Use and Misuse, 44, 1280-1297. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826080902961328; PMID: 19938918

*Ruocco, A., McCloskey, M., Lee, R., & Cocaro, E. (2009). Indices of Orbitofrontal Function in Cluster B and Cluster C Personality Disorders. Psychiatry Research, 170 (2-3), 282-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2008.12.003; PMID: 19900716

Chen, E.Y., Roehrig M., Herbozo, S., McCloskey, M.S., Roehrig, J., Cummings, H., Alverdy, J., & le Grange, D. (2009). Compensatory Eating Disorder Behavior and Gastric Bypass Outcome. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 42(4), 363-366. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.20617; PMID: 19040263

Chen, E. Y., McCloskey M.S., & Keenan, K. (2009). Subtyping dietary restraint and negative affect in a longitudinal community sample of girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 42(3), 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.20661; PMID: 19197979

McCloskey, M., Berman, M., Echevarria, D., & Coccaro, E. (2009). Effects of acute alcohol intoxication and Paroxetine on aggression in men. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research33(4), 581-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00872.x PMCID: PMC2804873

McCloskey, M., *Ben-Zeev, D., Lee, R., Berman, M., & Coccaro, E. (2009). Acute Tryptophan depletion and self-injurious behavior in clinically aggressive patients and healthy volunteers. Psychopharmacology, 203(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-008-1374-6; PMCID: PMC2804873

2008 – 2007

Conner, K., McCloskey, M., & Duberstein, P.R. (2008). Psychiatric risk factors for suicide in the alcohol dependent patient. Psychiatric Annals, 38(11), 742-748. https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20081101-04

Bracken, K., Berman, M., McCloskey, M., & Bullock, J. (2008). Deliberate Self-Harm and State Dissociation: An Experimental Investigation. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 17(4), 520-532. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926770802463230

McCloskey, M.S., *Noblett, K.L., Deffenbacher, J.L., Gollan, J.K, & Coccaro, E. F. (2008). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for Intermittent Explosive Disorder: A pilot randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(5), 876-886. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.76.5.876

McCloskey, M., *Ben-Zeev, D, Lee, R., & Coccaro, E. F. (2008). Prevalence of suicidal and self-injurious behavior among subjects with Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Psychiatry Research, 158(2), 248-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2007.09.011; PMCID: PMC2291349

McCloskey, M., Gollan, J, & Berman, M. (2008). Remitted depression moderates self-injurious behavior in personality-disordered research volunteers. Psychiatry Research, 157(1-3), 295-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2007.04.019; PMCID: PMC2195549

McCloskey, M., Lee, R., Berman, M.E., Noblett, K., & Coccaro, E. F. (2008). The relationship between impulsive verbal aggression and intermittent explosive disorder. Aggressive Behavior, 34(1), 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20216; PMCID: PMC17654692

Pitroda, S., Angstadt, M., McCloskey, M., Coccaro, E., & Phan, K.L. (2008). Emotional experience modulates brain activity during fixation periods between tasks. Neuroscience Letters, 443(2), 72-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2008.07.050; PMCID: PMC2558674

Gollan, J. K., *Pane, H., McCloskey, M.S., & Coccaro, E. F. (2008). Identifying differences in biased affective information processing in major depression. Psychiatry Research, 159(1-2), 18-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.011; PMCID: PMC2571942

Coccaro, E.F., McCloskey M., Fitzgerald, D. & Phan, K. L. (2007). Amygdala and Orbitofrontal reactivity to social threat in individuals with impulsive aggression. Biological Psychiatry, 62(2), 168-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.08.024

Broman-Fulks, J. J., McCloskey, M., & Berman, M. E. (2007). Anxiety sensitivity and retaliatory aggressive behavior in research volunteers. Aggressive Behavior, 33(2), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20175

de Wit, H., Flory, J. D., Acheson, A., McCloskey, M., & Manuck, S. B (2007). IQ and non-planning impulsiveness are independently associated with Delay Discounting in middle-aged adults. Personality and individual Differences, 42(1), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.06.026

2006 – 2005

McCloskey, M., Berman, M., *Noblett, K., & Coccaro, E. (2006). Intermittent Explosive Disorder-integrated research diagnostic criteria: Convergent and discriminant validity.  Journal of Psychiatric Research, 40(3), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2005.07.004; PMID: 16153657

Berman, M., Jones, G., & McCloskey, M. (2005). The effects of diazepam in self-aggressive behavior. Psychopharmacology, 178(1), 100-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-004-1966-8; PMID:15316710

Buntz, S. C., *Noblett, K. L., McCloskey, M. S., & Coccaro, E. F. (2005). High prevalence of personality disorders among healthy volunteers for research: Implications for control group bias. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 39(4), 421-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2004.09.005; PMID: 15804393

McCloskey, M., Berman, M. E., & Coccaro, E. F. (2005). Providing an escape option reduces retaliatory aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 31(3), 228-237. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20084

McCloskey, M., Phan, K. & Coccaro, E. (2005). Neuroimaging of personality disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 7(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-005-0027-2; PMID: 15717989

2004 – 2003

Constans, J. I., McCloskey, M., Vasterling, J. J., Brailey, K., & Mathews, A. (2004). Suppression of attentional bias in PTSD. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 113(2), 315-323. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843x.113.2.315

Gallagher, H., Rabian, B., & McCloskey, M. (2004). A cognitive and behavioral group treatment for childhood social phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorder, 18(4), 459-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0887-6185(03)00027-6

Kumar, V. K, McCloskey, M., & Stoody, M. A. (2004). Empowerment as the goal for education: Voices of the people. Journal of Indian Psychology, 22, 14-40.

British Library Coccaro, E. F., Lee., R., & McCloskey, M. (2003). Norepinephrine function in personality disorder: Plasma MHPG correlates inversely with life history of aggression. CNS Spectrum, 8(10), 731-736. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1092852900019106

Giancola, P. R., White, H. R., Berman, M. E., McCloskey, M. S., Greer, T., Widom, C. S., Chermack, S. T., Leonard, K. E., Collins, L., & Quigley, B. M. (2003). Diverse research on alcohol and aggression in humans: In memory of John A. Carpenter. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27 (2), 198-208. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.alc.0000051024.18538.f0

McCloskey, M., & Berman, M. (2003). Alcohol intoxication and self-aggressive behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112(2), 306-311. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843x.112.2.306

1990s

Neumann, E., McCloskey, M., & Felio, S. (1999). Cross language positive priming disappears, negative priming does not: Evidence for two sources of selective inhibition. Memory and Cognition, 27(6), 1051-1063. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03201234

McCloskey, M., Kumar, V. K., & Pekala, R. J. (1999). State and trait depression, physical and social anhedonia, hypnotizability, and subjective experience during hypnosis. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 41(3), 231-252. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.1999.10404215

Kumar, V. K., & McCloskey, M. (1999). Phenomenological state effects during hypnosis: A cross validation of findings. Contemporary Hypnosis, 16(1), 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ch.145

Wiley Ransdell, S., & McCloskey, M. (1992) Automated feedback on psychology assignments using a comments checklist. Collegiate Microcomputer, 10(1), 33-37.

Book Chapters:

McCloskey, M. S., Berman, M. E., & Noblett, K. (2011). Assessment and treatment of intermittent explosive disorder. In J. E. Grant & M. N. Potenza (Eds.), Oxford handbook of impulse control disorders (pp. 344-352). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195389715.013.0099

McCloskey, M., Noblett, K., & Coccaro, E. (2010). Intermittent Explosive Disorder. In Weiner, I., & Craighead, E. (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology 4th Edition.(pp. 848-850).  Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. Full Text

Coccaro, E., & McCloskey, M. (2010). Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Koob, G., Thompson, R., & LeMoal, M. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience 4th Edition. Oxford:Elsevier.

Coccaro, E. & McCloskey, M. (2010). Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Clinical Aspects. Aboujaoude, E & Koran, L. (Eds.), Impulse Control Disorders (pp. 221-232). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Full Text

Coccaro, E. F., & McCloskey, M. (2006). Hothead Harry, gnome assassin: Combined treatment of intermittent explosive disorder. In Spitzer, R.L, First, M.B., Williams, J.B. & Gibbon, M. (Eds.), DSM-IV-TR Case book Volume 2: Experts Tell How They Treat Their Own Patients (pp. 363-376). Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing. Full Text

McCloskey, M., & Coccaro, E. F. (2003) Self-report and interview measures of aggression in adults. Coccaro, E.F. (Ed.) Aggression: Assessment and treatment into the 21st century (pp.167-194). New York: Marcel Dekker.

McCloskey, M., & Berman, M. E. (2003) Laboratory measures: The Taylor Aggression Paradigm. Coccaro, E.F. (Ed).  Aggression: Assessment and treatment into the 21st century (pp.195-214). New York: Marcel Dekker.

McCloskey, M., Lee, R. , & Coccaro, E. F. (2003) The neurobiology of violence and aggressionSoares, J. and Gershon, S. (Eds.) The Handbook of Medical Psychiatry (pp. 671-682). New York: Marcel Dekker.

Berman, M. E., McCloskey, M., & Broman-Fulks, J. J. (2003). Biopsychosocial Approaches to Aggression. Coccaro, E. F. (Ed.), Aggression: Assessment and treatment into the 21st century (pp. 61-74). New York: Marcel Dekker.