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 the perception of criticism in depressed and discordant people.
Recent Publications:
Keller, P. S., Cummings, E. M., Peterson, K. M., & Davies, P. T. (in review). A longitudinal study of marital conflict in the context of depressive symptoms: Implications for children’s adjustment problems.
Smith, D. A., & Peterson, K. M. (in press). Over-perception of spousal criticism in dysphoria and marital discord.
Presentations:
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.
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 21st 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 21st Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Smitham, L. S., Holleman, H. L., Windle, C. W., Peterson, K. M., & 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 21st 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 20th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL.
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