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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

Stuart, G. L., Moore, T M., Gordon, K. C., Hellmuth, J. C., Ramsey, S. E., & Kahler, C. W.  (2006). Reasons for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration among Arrested Women. Violence Against Women, 12, 609-621.

Lebow, J., & Gordon, K.C. (2006). You cannot choose what is not on the menu: Obstacles to and reasons for the inclusion of relational processes in the DSM-V. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 432-437.

Stuart, G.L., Moore, T.M., Kahler, C.W., Gordon, K.C., & Ramsey, S.E. (2006). Psychopathology of Women Arrested for Domestic Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 376-389.

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.

Kristina Gordon

Kristina Gordon

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina (1999)

Email: kgordon1@utk.edu
Web site: http://web.utk.edu/~kgordon1/
Phone: (865) 974-3347

Key words: Marriage, marital therapy, betrayal, interpersonal trauma, forgiveness, infidelity, and effects of individual functioning in relationships.