Kristina Gordon
Research Interests: Betrayal and forgiveness, social information processing in marriage, emotion regulation in marriage.
Research statement: Dr. Gordon conducts her research and practice in the area of marital therapy. Her interests and work in the area include: 1) identifying the processes through which partners cope with betrayal and forgiveness in marriage; 2) treating couples dealing with infidelity; 3) improving existing marital treatments; and 4) emotion regulation in relationships. Her work attempts to systematically integrate a cognitive-behavioral orientation to relationships with a more developmental-affective treatment approach. Her methodology utilizes self-report measures, interviews, observational coding, and written personal narratives.
Honors:
Departmental Faculty Appreciation Award, 2002
Co-president AABT Couples Research and Therapy Special Interest Group, 2001
Psi Chi Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2000
Grants:
American Psychological Foundation Randy Gerson Memorial Award and Grant, 2000
UTK ICE Interdisciplinary Grant, 2001
UTK SARIF Infrastructure Professional Development Award, 1999
Selected Publications:
Gordon, K.C., Baucom, D. H., & Snyder, D.K. (2005). Treating couples recovering from infidelity: An Integrative Approach. In Session: Journal of Clinical Psychology.
Gordon, K.C., Baucom, D. H., & Snyder, D. K. (2005). Forgiveness in couples: Divorce, infidelity, and marital therapy. In E. Worthington, (Ed.), Handbook of Forgiveness (pp. 407-421). New York: Brunner- Routledge.
Baucom, D. H., Gordon, K. C., & Snyder, D.K. (2005). Treating affair couples: An integrative approach. In J. Lebow (Ed.), Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy (pp.431-46). New York: Brunner-Mazel.
Gordon, K.C., Friedman, M., Miller, I. W., & Gaertner, L. (2005). Marital attributions as moderators of the marital discord-depression link. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24,876-893
Litzinger, S. & Gordon, K.C. (2005). Sex, communication, and their relation to marital satisfaction. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 31, 409-424.
Allen, E. S., Atkins, D. C., Baucom, D. H., Snyder, D. K., Gordon, K. C., & Glass, S. (2005). Intrapersonal, interpersonal, and contextual factors in engaging in and responding to extramarital involvement. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12, 101-130.
Hughes, F.M., Gordon, K.C., & Poe, M. (2004). Broadening our understanding of the treatment of children in maritally violent families. The Family Psychologist, 20, 4-9.
Hughes, F.M., Gordon, K.C., & Gaertner, L. (2004). Predicting spouses’ perceptions of their parenting alliance. Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 506-514.
Gordon, K.C., Burton, S., & Porter, L. (2004). The role of forgiveness: Predicting women in domestic violence shelters intentions to return to their partners. Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 331-338.
Gordon, K.C., Baucom, D. H., & Snyder, D.K. (2004). An integrative intervention for promoting recovery from extramarital affairs. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30, 213-232.
Snyder, D.K., Gordon, K.C., & Baucom, D.H. (2004). Treating affair couples: Extending the written disclosure paradigm to relationship trauma. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11, 155- 159.
Gordon, K.C., Baucom, D.H. (2003). Forgiveness and marriage: Preliminary support for a synthesized model of recovery from a marital betrayal. American Journal of Family Therapy 31, 179-199.
Gordon, K. C., Baucom, D. H., & Snyder, D. K. (2000). The use of forgiveness in marital therapy. In M. E. McCullough, K. Pargament, & C. Thoresen, (Eds.), Frontiers of Forgiveness. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
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