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Michael McCloskey

Michael McCloskey

Michael McCloskey

  • College of Liberal Arts

    • Psychology and Neuroscience

      • Professor

      • Director of Clinical Science Training

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.

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Selected Publications

  • **Ciesinski, N.K., McCloskey, M.S. & Coccaro, E.F. (2024). A latent class analysis of cognitive-affective heterogeneity in current intermittent explosive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 363, 230-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.039 
  • **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. 
  • Wilcox, K. T., Jacobucci, R., Waite, E., Dixon-Gordon, K., L., McCloskey, M.S., & Ammerman, B. A.** (2024). A text mining approach to characterizing interpersonal stress and nonsuicidal self-injury. Current Psychology, 43, 10075-10085. 
  • **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 
  • **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. 
  • **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 Research, 163, 413-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.05.081 
  • **Sorgi-Wilson, K. M., **Cheung, J. C., **Ciesinski, N. K., & McCloskey, M. S. (2023). Cognition and non-suicidal self-injury: Exploring relationships with psychological functions. Archives of Suicide Research, 27, 1008-1018. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2106919  
  • Kraus, 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 Psychiatry, 10, 35–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-023-00282-w 
  • Park, Y, McCloskey, M.S. & **Ammerman, B.A. (2023). Context-specific interpersonal problem- solving and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 44, 78-81. doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000811 
  • 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. 
  • **Sorgi-Wilson, K. M., & McCloskey, M. S. (2022). Emotion regulation strategies among individuals with borderline personality disorder relative to other groups. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 29, 1655-78 
  • 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, 26, 1060-1071.  
  • **Krick, L.C., Fanning, J.R, McCloskey, M., Berman, M, Coccaro, E. (2022). Gender Moderates the Association Between Exposure to Interpersonal Violence and Intermittent Explosive Disorder Diagnosis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 14746-14771. doi: 10.1177/08862605211013951 
  • **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, 12661-12670. 
  • **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.  
  • **Ciesinski, N.K., Drabick, D.A., McCloskey, M.S. (2022). A Latent Class Analysis of Intermittent Explosive Disorder Symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders, 302, 367-375. 
  • Nelson, R. K., 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 Reports, 8,100330. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100330
  • **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. 
  • **Sorgi, K. M., **Ammerman, B. A., **Cheung, J. C., **Fahlgren, M. K.,** Puhalla, A. A., & McCloskey, M. S. (2021). Relationships between non-suicidal self-injury and other maladaptive behaviors: Beyond difficulties in emotion regulation. Archives of Suicide Research, 25, 530-551. 
  • **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. 
  • **Ammerman, B.A., & McCloskey, M.S. (2021). The development of a measure to assess social reactions to self-injury disclosure. Assessment, 28, 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191120903081  
  • Sazhin, D., Frazier, A., Haynes, C., Johnston, C., Chat, I., Dennison, J., Bart, C., McCloskey, M., Chein, J.,Fareri, D., Alloy, L., Jarcho, J., Smith, D.V. (2020). The Role of Social Reward and Corticostriatal Connectivity in Substance Use. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, 5, e200024 DOI:10.20900/jpbs.20200024 
  • **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.2475 
  • **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 
  • **Ammerman, B. A., **Sorgi, K.M, Berman, M.E., Coccaro, E.F., McCloskey, M.S. (2020) Potential Mood Variation Following a Behavioral Analogue of Self-Injurious Behavior. Archives of Suicide Research, 24 (sup 2) S113-S125. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.1527267 
  • **Fahlgren, M.K., **Kleiman, E.M., **Puhalla, 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 
  • **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 in conceptualizing nonsuicidal self-injury severity. Psychology of Violence, 10(4), 442–451. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000263  
  • **Ammerman, B.A., **Fahlgren, M.K., **Sorgi, K.M., & McCloskey, M.S. (2020). Differences in suicidal thoughts and behaviors among three racial groups. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 41, 172-178. 
  • 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: 10.1080/13811118.2018.156357
  • **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. DOI:10.1080/10926771.2018.1558324
  • **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.

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

Courses Taught

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