Donna Hendrickson Christensen
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Family Social Science
dchriste@ag.arizona.edu
Scholarly Interests and Activities
Curriculum Vitae
[MAILING ADDRESS]
PO Box 210033
Tucson, AZ 85721-0078
[CAMPUS ADDRESS]
Family and Consumer Sciences Bldg.
650 N Park Ave Tucson, AZ 85721-0078
Phone: (520) 621-1075 Fax: (520) 621-3401
Email: dchriste@ag.arizona.edu
Scholarly Interests and Activities
My current research examines the role of the marital relationship in the development of emotional competence in preschool children. I am currently collaborating with Drs. Wendy Gamble and Angela Taylor to study the socialization of emotions in a group of low-income Mexican-American and Anglo families. As part of the Parenting and Children's Emotion Project, we are interested in exploring how the coparenting and marital relationship and the overall emotional climate of the family contributes to children's ability to regulate their emotion and ultimately to their social behavior.
I am also interested in the effects of stress, coping, and adjustment on family relationships following divorce. The Arizona Divorced Parents Project used a stress and coping model to examine individual determinants of coparenting and the process by which parents develop a coparenting relationship following divorce. Both structured self-report and semi-structured interviews were used in this study.
Richmond, L. S., & Christensen, D. H. (in press). Coping strategies and postdivorce health outcomes. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage.
Christensen, D. H. (1999). The use of qualitative methods in family and consumer sciences research: A reflection. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 27, 406-408.
Christensen, D. H., & Dahl, C. M. (1997). Rethinking research dichotomies. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 25, 269-285.
Christensen, D. H. & Rettig, K. D. (1995). The relationship of remarriage to postdivorce coparenting. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 24, 73-88. Reprinted in C. A. Everett (Ed.), Understanding stepfamilies: Their structure and dynamics (pp. 73-88). New York: Haworth Press.
Christensen, D. H., & Rettig, K. D. (1991). Standards of adequacy for child support awards. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 16, 19-45. Reprinted in C. A. Everett (Ed.), The consequences of divorce: Economic and custodial impact on children and adults (pp. 19-45). New York: Haworth Press.