Publications by authors named "Mary Jo Coiro"
Background: The COVID-19 public health crisis has created abrupt and unparalleled disruptions to the daily lives of children and adolescents across the world, placing them at significant risk for developing symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Method: The current study used two data collection periods to determine which types of COVID-19-related stressors were associated with the greatest risk of anxiety and depression symptoms in a community sample of children and adolescents in the United States (U.S.
Unlabelled: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented levels of stress to individuals in the U.S. and throughout the world.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The COVID-19 virus has resulted not only in high rates of morbidity and mortality across the globe, but in widespread mental health problems and sleep disruption, likely as a result of pandemic-related stressors. The current study examines associations among COVID-related stress, sleep quality, and mental health.
Design: Cross-sectional data were collected via online surveys in May 2020.
Objective: College students face a significant number of stressors, increasing risk for internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. The current study examines two promising avenues of intervention aimed to reduce stress and prevent psychopathology in this population: a coping skills group and a cognitive training program.
Participants: 62 undergraduate students from two universities were recruited from 2013 to 2015.
Objective: The ways that college students cope with stress, particularly interpersonal stress, may be a critical factor in determining which students are at risk for impairing mental health disorders. Using a control-based model of coping, the present study examined associations between interpersonal stress, coping strategies, and symptoms.
Participants: A total of 135 undergraduate students from 2 universities.
In neuropsychological assessment, the impact of completing one measure on the performance of a second measure is often unknown. The current study examined the effect of a list-learning measure, the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II), on a verbal fluency measure, the Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System Verbal Fluency subtest, when completed in a battery of tests. These tests were chosen because stimuli from the CVLT-II can function as responses for Verbal Fluency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study used a controlled research design to examine the effects on children of treating their mothers' depression and of remission of the mothers' depression.
Method: The sample consisted of 60 low-income women with major depression, who were predominantly from minority racial-ethnic groups, and their children ages four to 11. Women were randomly assigned to receive one of two active treatments (medication or cognitive-behavioral therapy) or a referral to existing community services.
Objective: This study examined the association of maternal depression with the emotional and behavioral problems and adaptive skills of four- to ten-year-old children as rated by their mothers, fathers, and teachers.
Methods: Eighty-four mothers had major depressive disorder, and 49 did not. They were predominantly African American or Latino and lived in low-income, urban communities.
Background: During the last 30 years, several studies have indicated that children with disabilities are at increased risk for emotional and behavioral morbidity. Population-based studies are needed to understand the relationship between functional status, family stressors, and the psychosocial adjustment of children with disabilities.
Methods: Using data from the 1994 and 1995 National Health Interview Surveys, Disability Supplement, this study examines the associations between children's functional status, family stressors, and the psychosocial adjustment of school-aged children with disabilities.