Dr. Mary McNaughton-Cassill Associate Professor
Quick Facts Biographical Sketch

Contact:	Office:  HSS 04.02.32 Phone: 458-6839 E-Mail: Mary.McNaughtonCassill@utsa.edu
Degrees:	Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Diego-San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program
Specialization:	Clinical Psychology with an emphasis on Behavioral Medicine and Stress Management
Research Interests:	The stress of modern technology and media on the psychological and physical well being of individuals, and developing means of helping individuals to cope effectively with such stress.
Courses:	Physiological Psychology Theories of Learning Psychology and Health Abnormal Psychology Introduction to Psychology Stress Management Science and Psychology of Everyday Life
Honors and Awards:	Received 3 Year M-RISP  Grant with  Dr. B. Hannon from the NIH entitled: Longitudinal a Investigation of the Attitudinal/Belief and Learning/Cognitive Factors that contribute to Test Anxiety in European-American and Hispanic Students. Received 3 Year Minority Biomedical Research Support Grant from the NIH  for a project entitled:  News Media Exposure, Stress and Psychological Well-Being.
Academic and  Professional Activities:	American Psychological Association Southwestern Psychological Association Texas Psychological Association Disaster Response San Antonio, Representative Member of the Continuing Education Committee Southwestern Psychological Association Advisor for Student Psychological Association, UTSA Advisor for Mortar Board, UTSA
Current Research:	The news media and psychological responses to stress and disaster. Text anxiety and cognitive functin in college students. Stress in female academics. Coping effectively with stress in the modern world.
Selected Publications:	McNaughton-Cassill, M. Novian, D.A., Holmes, T.L., & Smith, T.L. (in press). Emotional stress and coping in response to television news coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Journal of Media Psychology. Meier, J A., McNaughton-Cassill, M., Lynch, M. (2006). The Management of household and childcare tasks and relationship satisfaction in dual-earner families. Marriage & Family Review, 40: 2/3, 61, 88. McNaughton-Cassill, M.E., Bostwick, J.M., Arthur, J., Robinson, R.D., & Neal, G.S.  (2005). Brief cognitive behavioral couples support groups developed to manage the stress of IVF treatment. In  Oxington, K.V. (Ed). Stress and Health New Research (pp. 187-201). New York: Nova Biomedical Books.  McNaughton-Cassill, M. E., Bostwick, J.M., Arthur, N.J., Robinson R. R., &  Neal, G.S.  (2002). The efficacy of brief couples support groups developed to manage the stress of IVF treatment. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 77, 1060-1066. McNaughton-Cassill, M. E., & Smith., T.S.  (2002).  My world is OK, but yours is not: Television news, the optimism gap, and stress.  Journal of  Stress Medicine.18, 27-33. Pillow, D.R., &  McNaughton, M.E. (2001). Media exposure, perceived similarity, and counterfactual regret: why did the public grieve when princess Diana died?  The Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 10,  2072-2094. McNaughton-Cassill, M.E. (2001).  The news media and psychological distress. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping 14, 193-211. McNaughton-Cassill, M.E., Bostwick J.M., Vanscoy, S.E., Arthur, N.J., Hickman, T.N.,  Robinson R.,  & Neal, G.S. (2000).  Development of brief stress management support groups for couples undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment.  Fertility and Sterility 74, 1, 87-93.

 Last updated: Setember 6, 2008