Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mary Terzian conducts research on gender-specific pathways to problem behaviors, with a focus on the etiology of substance abuse. Other research interests relate to developmental psychopathology, theories of antisocial behavior, peer relations, school-based prevention programs, program evaluation, and quantitative methods.

Education:

• Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2007
• M.S.W. University of Pittsburgh - 2002
• B.A. Brown University - 1996

Recent Publications

1. Galinsky, M.J., Terzian, M.A. and Fraser, M.W. (2006). The art of group work practice using manualized curricula. Social Work Practice with Groups, 29, 11-26.


2. Fraser, M. W., Galinsky, M.J., Smokowski, P.R.,Day, S.H., Terzian, M.A., Rose, R. A., and Guo, S. (2005). Social information processing skills training to promote social competence and prevent aggressive behavior in the third grade. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 1045-1055.


3. Fraser, M.W., and Terzian, M.A. (2005). Risk and resilence in child development: Practice principles and strategies. Child Welfare for the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs, 55-71.

1. Preventing aggressive behavior in elementary school children by promoting social information-processing skills, Paper presented at the eleventh annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA, January, 2007
2. Conceptualizing social problems to inform interventions, Presentation as guest lecturer for SOWO 900 (PhD-Level course), The University of North Carolina School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC, September, 2006
3. Testing mediation in single-level and multilevel models: An example-based tutorial, Seminar presented at the Jordan Institute for Families, Chapel Hill, NC, April, 2006
4. Social information-processing skills training to promote social competence and prevent aggressive behavior in the third grade, Paper presented at the tenth annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Antonio, TX, January, 2006
5. Efficacy versus intent-to-treat analyses: How much intervention is necessary for a "desirable" outcome?, Albany, NY: International Social Work Practice Research Symposium, June, 2005