Rate My Professor Samantha Coyle-Eastwick

Dr. Coyle-Eastwick's research specializes in school-based mental health assessment and intervention, with a focus on risk and protective factors for mental health difficulties such as social support, stress, and bullying victimization. Her clinical interests encompass Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in schools, school consultation, and school crisis response and intervention practices. She has published her work in prominent journals including Psychological Bulletin, Journal of School Psychology, and School Psychology Review. Key publications include "A meta-analytic review of the association between perceived social support and depression in childhood and adolescence" (Psychological Bulletin, 2016), "Relationships matter: The protective role of teacher and peer support in understanding school climate for victimized youth" (Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022), "Parent and peer social support compensation and internalizing problems in adolescence" (Journal of School Psychology, 2020), "A roadmap to equitable school mental health screening" (Journal of School Psychology, 2023), and "The dangers of the web: Cybervictimization, depression, and social support in college students" (Computers in Human Behavior, 2015). Dr. Coyle-Eastwick is a member of the editorial boards for Journal of School Psychology and Psychology in the Schools.