Faculty
Scott M. Monroe
Professor and William K. Warren Foundation Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Profile
Professor Monroe’s research interests are in psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on the depressive disorders. His current work examines the role of life stress in relation to the onset and recurrence of major depression. The goal of this program of study is to develop a better understanding of possible etiological differences and subtype distinctions in unipolar depression, as well as to shed light on the boundary between normal psychological functioning and psychological disorder.
Selected Publications
Monroe, S. M., Slavich, G. M., Torres, L. D., & Gotlib, I. H. (2007). Major life events and major chronic difficulties are differentially associated with history of major depressive episodes. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 116-124.
Monroe, S. M., Slavich, G., Torres, L.D., & Gotlib, I. H. (2007). Severe life events predict specific patterns of change in cognitive biases in major depression. Psychological Medicine, 37, 863-871.
Monroe, S. M., Torres, L.D., Guillaumot, J., Harkness, K. L., Roberts, J. E., Kupfer, D. J., & Frank, E. (2006). Life stress and the long-term treatment course of recurrent depression. III. Nonsevere life events predict recurrence of depression for medicated patients over 3 years. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 112-120.
Monroe, S. M., & Harkness, K. L. (2005). Life stress, the ÒkindlingÓ hypothesis,Ó and the recurrence of depression: Considerations from a life stress perspective. Psychological Review, 112, 417-445.
Monroe, S.M., & Simons, A.D. (1991). Diathesis-stress theories in the context of life stress research: Implications for the depressive disorders. Psychological Bulletin, 110, 406-425.
Contact Information
Office: 119C Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: (574) 631-3910
Email: smonroe1@nd.edu