Michael McCloskey

Michael McCloskey

  • College of Liberal Arts

    Psychology and Neuroscience

    Professor

    Director of Clinical Science Training

Office Location

Weiss Hall

Phone

(215) 204-3419

Expertise

Aggression, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Suicide, Non-Suicidal Self-Aggression

Biography

Michael McCloskey, Ph. D. is a Professor and Director of Clinical Science Training (DCST)  in the Clinical Psychology program. His research examines on the interplay of cognitive-affective, psychosocial, and biologic processes involved in the development and maintenance of affect dysregulation, with an emphasis on self and other directed aggression. This includes the development of interventions to reduce aggression among individuals with severe aggressive problems including those with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED). To this end Dr. McCloskey is the director of the Mechanisms of Affect Dysregulation Clinical Research Laboratory (MADLAB). Dr. McCloskey is the author of numerous chapters and articles and the co-editor of two books. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Science Foundation and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. 

Dr. McCloskey received his Ph. D. in Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2001. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the New Orleans Veterans Administration Medical Center followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago Clinical Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology Research Unit. Before joining the faculty at Temple University in 2009, Dr. McCloskey was an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Website

Selected Publications

  • 1.1. **Ciesinski, N. K., **Zajac, M. K., & McCloskey, M. S. (2024). Predictors of treatment outcome in cognitive behavioral therapy for intermittent explosive disorder: A preliminary analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 92, 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000858.
  • 1. **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
  • 1. **Cheung J.C., **Sorgi-Wilson, K.M., **Ciesinski, N.K., & McCloskey, M.S. (2024). Examining the relationship between subtypes of rumination and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI): A meta-analytic review. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviors, 54, 528-555. doi: 10.1111/sltb.13051.
  • 1. **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
  • McCloskey, M.S., Chen, E.Y., Olino, T.M., & Coccaro, E.F (2022). Cognitive-Behavioral versus Supportive Psychotherapy for Intermittent Explosive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Behavior Therapy, 53, 1133-1146.
  • 1. **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.
  • 1. **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.
  • 1. **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 & Psychotherapy, 27, 858-886. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cpp.247
  • 46. **Ammerman, B. A., Berman, M.E., McCloskey, M.S. (2018) Assessing Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in the Laboratory. Archives of Suicide Research, 22, 193-223. PMCID: PMC6120758
  • M McCloskey, M.S. & **Ammerman, B. A. (2018). Suicidal behavior and aggression-related disorders. Current Opinion in Psychology, 22, 54-58. PMID: 28829989

88 ** = Graduate Student under Dr. McCloskey's supervision

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Psychopathology
  • Assessment II
  • Theories of Aggression
  • Clinic Team