The University of Dayton Department of Psychology

Dr. Carolyn E. Roecker Phelps

Dr. Roecker Phelps joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Dayton in 1995. She teaches courses in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. Dr. Roecker Phelps has conducted research on the coping strategies of children and adolescents and the effects of interparental conflict on adolescents and young adults. She has also completed research in the psychometric properties of several assessment instruments. Other areas of interest include childhood psychopathology and psychological assessment.

Education

Recent Publications

Dubow, E. F., Roecker, C. E., & D'Imperio, R. (1997). Mental health. In R. T. Ammerman, & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of prevention and treatment with children and adolescents: Interventions in the real world context. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Kmett Danielson, C.,  & Roecker Phelps, C.E.  (2003).  Assessment of children’s social skills through self-report. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 35, 218-229.

McKinzey, R.M., Roecker, C.E., Puente, A.E., & Rogers, E.B. (1998). Performance of normal adults on the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery, Form I. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 13, 397-413.

Roecker Phelps, C.E.  (2001).  Children’s responses to overt and relational aggression.  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 240-252.

Roecker, C.E., House, A.E., & Graybill, D.F. (1993). Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery: High rates of false positives for geriatric subjects. Current Psychology, 11(4), 354-359.

Roecker, C.E., Dubow, E.F., & Donaldson, D. (1996). Cross-situational patterns in children’s coping with observed interpersonal conflict. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 25, 288-299.

Published Abstracts, Reviews and Presentations

Boyce, A., & Roecker Phelps, C.E.  (2000).  An investigation of binge eating and binge drinking in college females.  Poster presented at the Annual Stander Symposium, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.

Dickerson, J., & Roecker, C.E.  (1999).  A developmental investigation of the relationship between television violence, violence in the home, and attitudes toward violence (Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting1999, Albuquerque, NM.)

Lutz, K, & Roecker Phelps, C.E.  (2001).  Sexual revictimization among college women: An investigation into the mechanisms of revictimization..  (Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association 2001 Meeting, Chicago, IL.)

Kmett Danielson, C.,  & Roecker Phelps, C.E.  (2000).  Assessment of childrens social skills through self-report. (Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting 2000, Washington, DC).

Polewchak, J., & Roecker Phelps, C.E.  (2002).  Interpersonal dependency and social support:  Implications for emotional adjustment among college students.  (Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association 2001 Meeting, Chicago, IL.)

Roecker, C.E., Gill, S.R., & Kmett, C.M.  (1999)  An observational study of preschool children’s responses to overt and relational aggression.  (Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting 1999, Albuquerque, NM.)

Current Research Interests

• examining aggression in families by children
• examining the ways in which children cope with overt and relational aggression
• issues in the assessment of children

For more information how you may become involved in new and ongoing research projects, please see the Research Opportunitites page.

Courses Usually Taught

Undergraduate

• Abnormal Psychology
• Developmental Psychopathology
• Statistics

Graduate

• Introduction to Clinical Psychology
• Family and Marriage Therapy
• Developmental Psychopathology

Click on the course to see the course objectives, requirements, and syllabus.

If you have any comments or questions, please mailto: roecker@riker.stjoe.udayton.edu