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Laura Ann McCloskey

Laura Ann McCloskey

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
36
Citations
8164
World Ranking
6395
National Ranking
3080

Overview

Laura Ann McCloskey is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences and health fields, with a primary focus on intimate partner and family violence, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS research and interventions.

Their main fields of study include Social Sciences, Medicine, and Health Professions, while key subfields include General Health Professions, Health, Clinical Psychology, Infectious Diseases, and Sociology and Political Science.

Laura Ann McCloskey has contributed to several research articles that explore topics related to sexual and reproductive health, violence, and social issues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Determinants of intergenerational sexual relationships and HIV risk among South African women outpatients in Gauteng (2020) published in AIDS Care
  • The role of reproductive coercion in women's risk for HIV: A case-control study of outpatients in Gauteng, South Africa (2020) published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Pathways From Witnessing Parental Intimate Partner Violence to Involvement in Bullying: Empirically Testing a Proposed Conceptual Framework (2021) published in The Journal of Primary Prevention
  • Psychological Transdiagnostic Processes in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery: A Scoping Review (2025) published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Irma Eloff, Kelly Doran, Sonia Hitchcock, Paul C. Dinh, and Khomotso Masemola.

In terms of publication venues, McCloskey has contributed to journals including AIDS Care, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, The Journal of Primary Prevention, and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Their main topics of research encompass:

  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Best Publications

  • The effects of systemic family violence on children's mental health

    Laura Ann McCloskey;Aurelio José Figueredo;Mary P. Koss

  • The relation of child maltreatment to shame and guilt among adolescents: psychological routes to depression and delinquency.

    Jeffrey Stuewig;Laura A. McCloskey

  • The Contribution of Marital Violence to Adolescent Aggression Across Different Relationships

    Laura Ann McCloskey;Erika L. Lichter

  • The Effects of Childhood Exposure to Marital Violence on Adolescent Gender-Role Beliefs and Dating Violence:

    Erika L. Lichter;Laura A. McCloskey

  • Posttraumatic stress in children exposed to family violence and single-event trauma.

    Laura Ann McCLOSKEY;Marla Walker

  • Shaming, Blaming, and Maiming: Functional Links Among the Moral Emotions, Externalization of Blame, and Aggression

    Jeffrey Stuewig;June P. Tangney;Caron Heigel;Laura Harty

  • Gender differences in the risk for delinquency among youth exposed to family violence

    Veronica M Herrera;Laura Ann McCloskey

  • Peers and the Maintenance of Sex-Typed Behavior: The Development of Children's Conceptions of Cross-Gender Behavior in Their Peers

    D. Bruce Carter;Laura A. McCloskey

  • Gender inequality and intimate partner violence among women in Moshi, Tanzania.

    Laura Ann McCloskey;Corrine Williams;Ulla Larsen

  • A study of firesetting and animal cruelty in children: family influences and adolescent outcomes

    Kimberly D. Becker;Jeffrey Stuewig;Veronica M. Herrera;Laura A. McCLOSKEY

  • SOCIOECONOMIC AND COERCIVE POWER WITHIN THE FAMILY

    Laura Ann McCloskey

  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk for Child Sexual Abuse

    Laura Ann McCLOSKEY;Jennifer A. Bailey

  • Sexual abuse, family violence, and female delinquency: findings from a longitudinal study.

    Veronica M Herrera;Laura Ann McCloskey

  • The quality of peer relationships among children exposed to family violence

    Laura Ann Mccloskey;Jeffrey Stuewig

  • Determinants of harsh parenting in Mexico.

    Martha Frías-Armenta;Laura Ann McCloskey

  • Traumatic Stress Symptoms of Women Exposed to Different Forms of Childhood Victimization and Intimate Partner Violence

    Kimberly D. Becker;Jeffrey Stuewig;Laura A. McCloskey

  • Intimate partner violence and patient screening across medical specialties.

    Laura A. McCloskey;Laura A. McCloskey;Erika Lichter;Michael L. Ganz;Corrine M. Williams

  • Determinants of intimate partner violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of prevention and intervention programs

    Laura Ann McCloskey;Floretta Boonzaier;Sheila Young Steinbrenner;Theresa Hunter

  • Attention and conduct problems in children exposed to family violence

    Kimberly Barletto Becker;Laura Ann McCloskey

  • Sex, money, and paternity: The evolutionary psychology of domestic violence

    Aurelio José Figueredo;Laura Ann McCloskey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Stuewig
Jeffrey Stuewig George Mason University
Elizabeth L. Glisky
Elizabeth L. Glisky University of Arizona
Aurelio José Figueredo
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona
Mary P. Koss
Mary P. Koss University of Arizona
June P. Tangney
June P. Tangney George Mason University

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