Clinical Psychology

Kristen King

		Graduate Student  -  Primary Advisor: Carroll E. Izard Research Interests Recent Publications   kking@psych.udel.edu Office: ON INTERNSHIP Preferred contact method - email

Research Interests

Developmental Psychopathology, Emotion Regulation, links between emotion competence and academic readiness

Research Summary:

I am a sixth-year graduate student in the Clinical Science Ph.D. program. This year I am completing an APA-approved Clinical Psychology Internship in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

During my five years at the University of Delaware, I worked with Dr. Cal Izard and fellow graduate students Christopher Trentacosta, Judith Morgan, Kristy Finlon, and Stephanie Krauthamer-Ewing in the Human Emotions Lab. Our lab’s main project involved the implementation and evaluation of an emotion-centered preventive intervention program (the “Emotions Course”) in Head Start preschool classrooms.

My dissertation examines relations among emotion regulation, sustained attention, and school readiness. My master’s project investigated how Head Start mothers’ methods of coping with their children’s negative emotions relates to their children’s emotion knowledge, emotion regulation ability, social competence, and behavior problems. I received clinical training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Terry Children’s Psychiatric Center, Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth, and the University of Delaware’s Psychological Services Training Center.

Recent Publications

Izard, C. E., & King, K. A. (in press). Differential Emotions Theory.  In K. Scherer (Ed.), Oxford companion to the affective sciences. New York: Oxford University Press.

Izard, C. E., King, K. A., Trentacosta, C. J., Morgan, J. K., Laurenceau, J., Krauthamer-Ewing, E. S., & Finlon, K.  (2008). Accelerating the development of emotion competence in Head Start children: Effects on adaptive and maladaptive behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 369-397.

Izard, C. E., Trentacosta, C. J., King, K. A., Morgan, J. K., & Diaz, M. (2007). Emotions, emotionality, and intelligence in the development of adaptive behavior. In G. Matthews, M. Zeidner, & R. D. Roberts (Eds.), Science of emotional intelligence: Knowns and unknowns (pp. 127-150). New York: Oxford University Press. 

Izard, C. E., Trentacosta, C. J., & King, K. A. (2005). Brain, emotions, and emotion-cognition relations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 208-209.

Izard, C. E., Trentacosta, C. J., King, K. A., & Mostow, A. J. (2004). An emotion-based prevention program for Head Start children. Early Education and Development, 15, 407-422.

Izard, C. E., King, K. A., & Trentacosta, C. J. (2004). Lawful processes in naturally occurring emotions. Social Science Information, 43, 559-608.

Presentations:

King, K. A., Izard, C. E., Morgan, J. K., Finlon, K. J., Krauthamer-Ewing, E. S., & Diaz, M. (2007, March). Increasing Emotion Competence in Head Start Preschoolers. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston.

King, K. A., & Izard, C. E. (2006, June). Primary Caregivers’ Reactions to their Head Start Preschoolers’ Negative Emotions: Relations with Social and Emotion Competence. Poster presented at Head Start’s 8th National Research Conference, Washington, DC.

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