Clinical Faculty

Dr. Patricia K. Kerig Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training

	Office Information
	Department of Psychology
	322 PSYC
	Miami University
	Oxford, Ohio 45056
	(513) 529-6227 Voice
	(513) 529-2420 Fax
	kerigpk@muohio.edu

Education:	Ph.D. 1989 University of California at Berkeley; Internship in Clinical Psychology 1988 Stanford University Medical Center; Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology 1990 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Theoretical Orientation:	My perspective is guided by a developmental psychopathology framework, which integrates the various unidimensional theories of psychopathology—psychodynamic, family systems, interpersonal, attachment, cognitive-behavioral—in order to understand the child as a whole person as she or he develops over time.
Recently Taught Graduate Courses:	Developmental Psychopathology; Assessment and Intervention with PTSD in Children and Adolescents; Empirically Supported Interventions with Children and Adolescents; Assessment and Intervention with Childhood Anxiety Disorders; Practicum in Dating Violence Prevention.
Research Interests:	Broadly speaking, my research focuses on the family processes that contribute to the development of—or protection against—psychopathology. I have long-standing interests in understanding and ameliorating the effects of interparental conflict, family violence, maltreatment, divorce, and parent-child discord. I am interested in the ways in which risk factors affect relationships among families members, such as in the study of parent-child boundary dissolution, as well as implications of these family processes for youths’ internalization of relationships, such as in the study of working models of attachment and their association with intimate partner abuse. Studies going on in my lab at present include investigating the social, cognitive, and emotional factors underlying the roles that youths play in bullying; understanding the relationship between trauma and juvenile delinquency; investigating risk and protective processes for maltreated children; and studying the intersections among family dynamics, personality, and dating relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood. I also have an abiding interest in the study of resilience--uncovering the protective factors that allow children to overcome the risks associated with family stress and trauma will help us to design empirically supported intervention and prevention programs that are developmentally sensitive and effective in real-world settings.
Opportunities for Graduate Students:	I maintain an active lab group and involve students in all phases and aspects of my research.

Recent Publications

Kerig, P. K. & Swanson, J. A. (in press).  Ties that bind:  Triangulation, boundary dissolution, and the effects of interparental conflict on child development.  To appear in M. Schulz, M. K. Pruett, P. K. Kerig, & R. D. Parke (Eds.), Feathering the nest: Couple relationships and interventions that promote healthy child development. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. Kerig, P. K., Volz, A. R., Moeddel, M. A., & Cuellar, R. E. (in press).  Enhancing dating violence prevention efforts through increasing diversity, flexibility, and creativity.  Social problems and social interventions and responses.  Montreal: University of Quebec Press. Kerig, P. K., Stellwagen, K. K., & Sink, H. E. (in preparation). The new villain on the schoolyard: Contributions of the study of Machiavellianism to the understanding of youth aggression.  To appear in C. Barry, P. Kerig, K. Stellwagen, & T. Barry (Eds.),  Manifestations of narcissism and machiavellianism in youth: Implications for the development of prosocial and antisocial behavior. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press. Kerig, P. K., & Wenar, C. (2006). Developmental psychopathology: From infancy through adolescence. New York: McGraw-Hill. Kerig, P. K. (Ed.) (2005). Implications of parent-child boundary dissolution for developmental psychopathology.   New York: Haworth. Kerig, P. K.  (2005). Revisiting the construct of boundary dissolution: A multidimensional perspective.  Journal of Emotional Abuse, 5(2/3).  Kerig, P. K. (2003). In search of protective processes for children exposed to violence. In R. Geffner, R. S. Igelman, & J. Zellner (Eds.), The effects of intimate partner violence on children (pp. 149-181). New York: Haworth.   Selected Recent Conference Presentations Kerig, P. K., & Grych, J. H. (Chairs). (2008, March). Triangulating perspectives on the family: Interparental conflict, boundaries, and youth adjustment. Symposium accepted for presentation at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago. Kerig, P. K. (Chair). (2008, March). Dynamics of girls' delinquency: Risks, interventions, and underlying mechanisms. Symposium accepted for presentation at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago Kerig, P. K., & Moeddel, M. A. (2008, March). Gender, trauma, and symptoms of simple and complex PTSD among adjudicated youths. Paper accepted for presentation at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago. Volz, A. R., & Kerig, P. K.  (2008, March). Please don’t leave me: The roles of rejection sensitivity and relational insecurity in adolescent dating violence.  Poster accepted for presentation at the 2008 Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago Kerig, P. K. (Chair) (2007, November).  Implementing Trauma-Focused CBT with fidelity, flexibility, and creativity: Case examples with diverse ages, cultures, and traumas.  Symposium accepted for presentation at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, Philadelphia. Sink, H. E., & Kerig, P. K. (2007, September).  Defending against bullying: The motivation and confidence to take a stand.  Poster accepted for presentation at the CSMHA 11th Annual Conference on Advancing School-Based Mental Health, Orlando, FL. Stellwagen, K. K. & Kerig, P. K. (Chairs) (2007, March ), Advances in the study of childhood aggression: The roles of callous-unemotional traits, narcissism, and Machiavellianism. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston. Kerig, P. K., Volz, A., Cuellar, R., & Arnzen, M. (2006, October). Prevention of intimate partner violence among high-risk youths. Paper presented at the International Conference on Violence Against Women: Diversifying Social Responses, Montreal, Quebec. Kerig, P. K., & Swanson, J. A. (2006, March). Boundary dissolution and the spill-over of interparental conflict onto youths' adjustment. Paper presented in P. K. Kerig (Chair), Intrusive parenting and the development of psychopathology in adolescence. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Francisco. Kerig, P. K., Stellwagen, K. K., Saunders, M., & Sink, H. (2005, July). Cognitive and affective mechanisms linking maltreatment to developmental psychopathology . Paper presented at the 9th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH.