Graduate Students
Kristina Peterson
Program: Counseling
Research Interest:
Peterson's research focuses on links between marital discord and depression. Specifically, she is studying criticism and its relation to mood in a wide variety of couples including those with partners experiencing marital problems, depression, or Chronic Lower Back Pain.
Papers
Smith, D. A., & Peterson, K. M. (2008). Over-perception of spousal criticism in dysphoria and marital discord. Behavior Therapy, 39, 300-312.
Peterson, K. M., Smith, D. A., & Windle, C. R. (2009). Explication of interspousal criticality bias. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 478-486.
Keller, P. S., Cummings, E. M., Peterson, K. M., & Davies, P. T. (in press). Marital conflict in the context of parental depressive symptoms: Implications for the development of children’s adjustment problems. Social Development.
Peterson, K. M., & Smith, D. A. (in press). To what does perceived criticism refer?: Constructive, destructive, and general criticism. Journal of Family Psychology.
Presentations
Peterson, K. M., Schweers, R. L., Montemarano, J. A., & Smith, D. A. (2009, November). Perceived criticism is not a one-way street: An actor-partner model of spousal criticism and depression. Poster to be presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, New York, NY.
Peterson, K. M., Montemarano, J. A., Schweers, R. L., & Smith, D. A. (2009, September). An actor-partner interdependence model of spousal criticism and depression: The importance of criticizing one’s spouse. Poster to be presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 23rd Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Peterson, K. M., Schweers, R. L., Windle, C. R., Montemarano, J. A., & Smith, D. A. (2008, November). Criticism in depressed couples: Relations to ascribed locus of control and marital attributions. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Schweers, R. L., Peterson, K. M., Montemarano, J. A., & Smith, D. A. (2008, November). Whose fault is it anyway? The role of responsibility attributions in wives’ marital discord and depression. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.
Peterson, K. M., Schweers, R. L., Montemarano, J. A., Windle, C. R., & Smith, D. A. (2008, September). How do critical spouses view themselves and their partners? The role of attributions and locus of control in marriages with depressed spouses. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 22nd Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Schweers, R. L., Peterson, K. M., Montemarano, J. A., Windle, C. R., & Smith, D. A. (2008, November). Whose fault is it anyway? The role of responsibility attributions in wives’ marital discord and depression. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 22nd Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Peterson, K. M., Windle, C. R., Smitham, L. A., & Smith, D. A. (2007, November). The role of constructive and destructive criticism in perceived spousal criticism, marital adjustment, and depression. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Schweers, R. L., Smitham, L. A., Peterson, K. M., Windle, C. R., Bethel, A., & Smith, D. A. (2007, November). Relationship attributions moderate the association between depression and marital discord for men but not for women. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Peterson, K. M., Montemarano, J. A., & Smith, D. A. (2007, October). Sociotropy moderates the relationship between major depression and interspousal criticality bias. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 21st Annual Meeting, Iowa City, IA.
Peterson, K. M., Windle, C. R., & Smith, D. A. (2007, October). Explication of interspousal criticality bias in depression. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 21st Annual Meeting, Iowa City, IA.
Peterson, K. M., Villines, D., Rose, J. R., & Smith, D. A. (2006, November). Multi-perspective assessment of interpersonal criticism. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Holleman, H. L., Smitham, L. A., Peterson, K. M., Windle, C. R., & Smith, D. A. (2006, October). What types of people are highly critical? The role of personal and ascribed locus of control. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, San Diego, CA.
Peterson, K. M., Windle, C. R., Holleman, H. L., Smitham, L. A., & Smith, D. A. (2006, October). Signal detection analysis of interspousal criticism in depressed and non-depressed couples. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Smitham, L. S., Holleman, H. L., Windle, C. W., Peterson, K. M., Schweers, R. L., & Smith, D. A. (2006, October). Excessive reassurance seeking and sociotropy as moderators of the relationship between marital discord and depression. Poster at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 20th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Windle, C. R., Breiding, M. J., Peterson, K. M., Smitham, L. S., & Smith, D. A. (2006, October). Husbands’ gender role conflict and withdrawal: Relations with wives’ depressive symptoms and marital adjustment. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 20th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Peterson, K. M., Holleman, H. L., Rose, J. M., & Smith, D. A. (2006, May). Biased perception of criticism in marriage. Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Peterson, K. M., & Smith, D. A. (2005, November). Signal detection analysis of interspousal perceived criticism. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Washington, D. C.
Peterson, K. M., Holleman, H. L., & Smith, D. A. (2005, October). Dysphoria and interspousal criticality bias. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology Virtual Meeting.
Keller, P. S., McCoy, K. P., Peterson, K. M., Ortiz, V. J., Cummings, E. M., & Davies, P. T. (2005, April). Children’s exposure to parental dysphoria: Implications for emotional security in the interparental subsystem. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Peterson, K. M., Keller, P. S., McCoy, K. P., Willems, A., Cummings, E. M., & Davies, P. T. (2005, April). Marital conflict and child adjustment in families with dysphoric parents: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Smith, D. A., Villines, D., Windle, C. R., & Peterson, K. M. (2004, October). Diathesis-stress and cognitive aspects of depression symptoms and interspousal criticism. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, St. Louis, MO.
Villines, D., Smith, D. A., Peterson, K. M., & Windle, C. R. (2004, October). Depression symptoms and multi-perspective assessment of criticism across spouses and sources. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Psychopathology 19th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame
Contact Information
Email: Peterson.69@nd.edu