 Kristina L. McDonald
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Primary Concentration:Developmental Science
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Courses:Fall 2023
PY 618: Statistics Consulting Spring 2024 PY 379: Junior PY Honors Seminar PY 615: Structural Equation Modeling Past courses: PY 352: Developmental Psychology PY 375: Psychology and Film PY 375: Public Policy and Child and Family Wellbeing PY 479: Senior Psychology Honors Seminar PY 391/491: Adolescence PY 491: Aggression PY 647: Social and Emotional Development PY 652: Lifespan Development |
Research Affiliations
UA Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems
Research Interests
My research expertise is in the social development of children and adolescents. Much of my research focuses on the social cognitive processes underlying problematic peer interactions and how context may affect peer interactions. I also study family processes and how challenging life experiences (e.g., tornado exposure, trauma) may affect child and adolescent development.
Representative Publications
* refers to publications with a graduate student as first author.
Lochman, J.E., Boxmeyer, C.L., Bui, C., Hakim, E., Jones, S., Kassing, F., McDonald, K.L., Powell, N., Qu, L., & Dishion, T. (2021). Substance use outcomes from two formats of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for aggressive children: Moderating roles of inhibitory control and intervention engagement. Brain Sciences, 11 (7), 950. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11070950
Rubel-Lifschitz, T., Benish-Weisman, M., Torres, C., & McDonald, K.L. (in press). The revealing effect of power: Popularity moderates the association of personal values with aggression in adolescence. Journal of Personality. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12615
Lochman, J., Vernberg, E., Glenn, A., Jarrett, M., McDonald, K.L., Powell, N., Abel, M., Boxmeyer, C. et al (2021). Effects of At-Risk Children’s Autonomic Nervous System Functioning and Tornado Exposure on Long-Term Outcomes. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 471-489. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00753-1
Frey, K. S., McDonald, K. L., Onyewuenyi, A. C., Germinaro, K., & Eagan, B. R. (2021). “I felt like a hero:” Adolescents’ understanding of resolution-promoting and vengeful actions on behalf of peers. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 521-535. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01346-3
*Abel, M.R., Vernberg, E.M., Lochman, J.E., McDonald, K.L, Jarrett, M.A., Hendrickson, M.L., Powell, N., & Qu, L. (2020). Co-reminiscing with a caregiver about a devastating tornado: Association with adolescent anxiety symptoms. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 846-856. doi: 10.1037/fam0000683
Crocetti, E., Benish-Weisman, M., & McDonald, K.L. (2020). Validation of the Arabic and Hebrew versions of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). Journal of Adolescence, 79, 11-15. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.12.006
*Hendrickson, M., Abel, M., Vernberg, E.M., McDonald, K.L, & Lochman, J.E. (2020). Caregiver-adolescent co-reminiscing and adolescents’ individual recollections of a devastating tornado: Associations with enduring post-traumatic stress symptoms. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 151-161. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418001487
McDonald, K.L., Vernberg, E.M., Lochman, J.E., Abel, M.R., Jarrett, M.A., Kassing, F., Powell, N., & Qu, L. (2019). Trajectories of tornado-related Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and pre-exposure predictors in a sample of at-risk youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
*Reardanz, J., Conners, F.A., McDonald, K.L., & Singh, N. (in press). Brief report: Peer victimization and communication skills in adolescents with Down syndrome: Preliminary findings. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Benish-Weisman, M., Daniels, E., & McDonald, K.L. (in press). Peers’ value congruence and adolescents' self -esteem among early and late adolescents. European Journal of Social Psychology.
*Tindell, C., Henry, M., McDonald, K.L, & Mrug, S. (in press). Individual and family predictors of disrespect sensitivity in urban adolescents. International Journal of Developmental Science.
*Hendrickson, M., Abel, M., Vernberg, E., McDonald, K.L, Lochman, J.E. (in press). Caregiver-adolescent co-Reminiscing and adolescents’ individual recollections of a devastating tornado: Associations with enduring post-traumatic stress symptoms. Development and Psychopathology.
*Ungvary, S., McDonald, K.L., Gibson, C.E., Glenn, A.L., & Reijntjes, A.H.A. (2018). Victimized by peers and aggressive: The moderating role of physiological arousal and reactivity. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 64, 70-100.
McDonald, K.L., & Asher, S.R. (2018). Pacifists and revenge-seekers in response to unambiguous peer provocation. The Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 1907-1925.
*Ungvary, S., McDonald, K.L, & Benish-Weisman, M. (2018). Identifying and distinguishing value profiles in American and Israeli adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 6, 294-309.
*Hilton, D., Jarrett, M.A., McDonald, K.L., & Ollendick, T. (2017). Attention problems as a mediator of the relation between executive function and social problems in a child and adolescent outpatient sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 777-788.
Lochman, J.E., Vernberg, E., Powell, N.P., Boxmeyer, C.L., Jarrett, M.A., McDonald, K.L., Qu, L., Hendrickson, M., & Kassing, F. (2017). Pre-post tornado effects on aggressive children’s psychological and behavioral adjustment through one year post disaster. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 46, 136-149.
Parker, J.G., Nielsen, B.L., & McDonald, K.L. (2016). Sources and implications of dyadic variability in mothers’ accuracy about their young adolescents’ friendship jealousy. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 364-379.
Malti, T., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., Rose-Krasnor, L., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2015). Developmental trajectories of peer-reported aggressive behavior: The role of friendship understanding, friendship quality, and friends’ aggressive behavior. Psychology of Violence, 5, 402-410.
Benish-Weisman, M., & McDonald, K.L. (2015). Private self-consciousness and gender moderate how adolescents' values relate to aggression. Social Development, 24, 766-781.
McDonald, K.L., Benish-Weisman, M., O'Brien, C., & Ungvary, S. (2015). The social values of aggressive-prosocial youth. The Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 2245-2256.
McDonald, K.L., Malti, T., Killen, M., & Rubin, K.H. (2014). Best friends’ discussions of social dilemmas. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 233-244.
Barth, J., McDonald, K.L., Lochman, J.E., Boxmeyer, C., Powell, N., Dillon, C., & Kelly, M. (2013). Racially diverse classrooms: Effects of classroom racial composition on interracial peer relationships. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83, 231-243.
McDonald, K.L., Dashiell-Aje, E. N., Menzer, M.M., Rubin, K. H., Oh, W., & Bowker, J.C. (2013). Contributions of racial and socio-behavioral homophily to friendship stability and quality among same-race and cross-race friends. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 33, 897–919.
McDonald, K.L., & Asher, S.R. (2013). College students’ revenge goals across friend, romantic partner, and roommate contexts: The role of interpretations and emotions. Social Development, 22, 499-521.
McDonald, K.L., Baden, R.E., & Lochman, J.E. (2013). Parenting influences on the social goals of aggressive children. Applied Developmental Science, 17, 29-38.
Menzer, M.M., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., Rose-Krasnor, L., Booth- LaForce, C., & Schulz Begle, A. (2012). Observed gossip between friends: Associations with social withdrawal and perceived friendship quality. International Journal of Developmental Science, 6, 191-202.
Wang, J., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., & Laursen, B. (2012). Peer rejection as a social antecedent to rejection sensitivity in youth: The role of relational valuation. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 939-942.
McDonald, K.L., & Lochman, J.E. (2012). Predictors and outcomes associated with trajectories of revenge goals from fourth grade through seventh grade. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 225-236.
McDonald, K.L., Wang, J., Menzer, M.M., Rubin, K.H., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2011). Prosocial behavior moderates the effects of aggression on young adolescents’ friendships. International Journal of Developmental Science, 5, 127-137.
Menzer, M.M., Oh, W., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., & Dashiell-Aje, E. (2010). Behavioral correlates of peer exclusion and victimization of East Asian American and European American young adolescents. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 1, 290-302.
McDonald, K.L., Bowker, J.C., Rubin, K.H., Laursen, B., & Duchene, M.S. (2010). Interactions between rejection sensitivity and supportive relationships in the prediction of adolescents’ internalizing difficulties. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 53-574.
McDonald, K.L, Putallaz, M., Grimes, C.L., Kupersmidt, J.B., & Coie, J.D. (2007). Girl talk: Gossip, friendship, and sociometric status. Merrill- Palmer Quarterly, 53, 381-411.
French, D.C., Pidada, S., Denoma, J., McDonald, K.L., & Lawton, A. (2005). Reported peer conflicts of children in the United States and Indonesia. Social Development, 14, 458-472.
Lochman, J.E., Boxmeyer, C.L., Bui, C., Hakim, E., Jones, S., Kassing, F., McDonald, K.L., Powell, N., Qu, L., & Dishion, T. (2021). Substance use outcomes from two formats of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for aggressive children: Moderating roles of inhibitory control and intervention engagement. Brain Sciences, 11 (7), 950. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11070950
Rubel-Lifschitz, T., Benish-Weisman, M., Torres, C., & McDonald, K.L. (in press). The revealing effect of power: Popularity moderates the association of personal values with aggression in adolescence. Journal of Personality. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12615
Lochman, J., Vernberg, E., Glenn, A., Jarrett, M., McDonald, K.L., Powell, N., Abel, M., Boxmeyer, C. et al (2021). Effects of At-Risk Children’s Autonomic Nervous System Functioning and Tornado Exposure on Long-Term Outcomes. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 471-489. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00753-1
Frey, K. S., McDonald, K. L., Onyewuenyi, A. C., Germinaro, K., & Eagan, B. R. (2021). “I felt like a hero:” Adolescents’ understanding of resolution-promoting and vengeful actions on behalf of peers. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 521-535. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01346-3
*Abel, M.R., Vernberg, E.M., Lochman, J.E., McDonald, K.L, Jarrett, M.A., Hendrickson, M.L., Powell, N., & Qu, L. (2020). Co-reminiscing with a caregiver about a devastating tornado: Association with adolescent anxiety symptoms. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 846-856. doi: 10.1037/fam0000683
Crocetti, E., Benish-Weisman, M., & McDonald, K.L. (2020). Validation of the Arabic and Hebrew versions of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). Journal of Adolescence, 79, 11-15. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.12.006
*Hendrickson, M., Abel, M., Vernberg, E.M., McDonald, K.L, & Lochman, J.E. (2020). Caregiver-adolescent co-reminiscing and adolescents’ individual recollections of a devastating tornado: Associations with enduring post-traumatic stress symptoms. Development and Psychopathology, 32, 151-161. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418001487
McDonald, K.L., Vernberg, E.M., Lochman, J.E., Abel, M.R., Jarrett, M.A., Kassing, F., Powell, N., & Qu, L. (2019). Trajectories of tornado-related Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and pre-exposure predictors in a sample of at-risk youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
*Reardanz, J., Conners, F.A., McDonald, K.L., & Singh, N. (in press). Brief report: Peer victimization and communication skills in adolescents with Down syndrome: Preliminary findings. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Benish-Weisman, M., Daniels, E., & McDonald, K.L. (in press). Peers’ value congruence and adolescents' self -esteem among early and late adolescents. European Journal of Social Psychology.
*Tindell, C., Henry, M., McDonald, K.L, & Mrug, S. (in press). Individual and family predictors of disrespect sensitivity in urban adolescents. International Journal of Developmental Science.
*Hendrickson, M., Abel, M., Vernberg, E., McDonald, K.L, Lochman, J.E. (in press). Caregiver-adolescent co-Reminiscing and adolescents’ individual recollections of a devastating tornado: Associations with enduring post-traumatic stress symptoms. Development and Psychopathology.
*Ungvary, S., McDonald, K.L., Gibson, C.E., Glenn, A.L., & Reijntjes, A.H.A. (2018). Victimized by peers and aggressive: The moderating role of physiological arousal and reactivity. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 64, 70-100.
McDonald, K.L., & Asher, S.R. (2018). Pacifists and revenge-seekers in response to unambiguous peer provocation. The Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 1907-1925.
*Ungvary, S., McDonald, K.L, & Benish-Weisman, M. (2018). Identifying and distinguishing value profiles in American and Israeli adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 6, 294-309.
*Hilton, D., Jarrett, M.A., McDonald, K.L., & Ollendick, T. (2017). Attention problems as a mediator of the relation between executive function and social problems in a child and adolescent outpatient sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 777-788.
Lochman, J.E., Vernberg, E., Powell, N.P., Boxmeyer, C.L., Jarrett, M.A., McDonald, K.L., Qu, L., Hendrickson, M., & Kassing, F. (2017). Pre-post tornado effects on aggressive children’s psychological and behavioral adjustment through one year post disaster. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 46, 136-149.
Parker, J.G., Nielsen, B.L., & McDonald, K.L. (2016). Sources and implications of dyadic variability in mothers’ accuracy about their young adolescents’ friendship jealousy. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 364-379.
Malti, T., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., Rose-Krasnor, L., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2015). Developmental trajectories of peer-reported aggressive behavior: The role of friendship understanding, friendship quality, and friends’ aggressive behavior. Psychology of Violence, 5, 402-410.
Benish-Weisman, M., & McDonald, K.L. (2015). Private self-consciousness and gender moderate how adolescents' values relate to aggression. Social Development, 24, 766-781.
McDonald, K.L., Benish-Weisman, M., O'Brien, C., & Ungvary, S. (2015). The social values of aggressive-prosocial youth. The Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 2245-2256.
McDonald, K.L., Malti, T., Killen, M., & Rubin, K.H. (2014). Best friends’ discussions of social dilemmas. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 233-244.
Barth, J., McDonald, K.L., Lochman, J.E., Boxmeyer, C., Powell, N., Dillon, C., & Kelly, M. (2013). Racially diverse classrooms: Effects of classroom racial composition on interracial peer relationships. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83, 231-243.
McDonald, K.L., Dashiell-Aje, E. N., Menzer, M.M., Rubin, K. H., Oh, W., & Bowker, J.C. (2013). Contributions of racial and socio-behavioral homophily to friendship stability and quality among same-race and cross-race friends. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 33, 897–919.
McDonald, K.L., & Asher, S.R. (2013). College students’ revenge goals across friend, romantic partner, and roommate contexts: The role of interpretations and emotions. Social Development, 22, 499-521.
McDonald, K.L., Baden, R.E., & Lochman, J.E. (2013). Parenting influences on the social goals of aggressive children. Applied Developmental Science, 17, 29-38.
Menzer, M.M., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., Rose-Krasnor, L., Booth- LaForce, C., & Schulz Begle, A. (2012). Observed gossip between friends: Associations with social withdrawal and perceived friendship quality. International Journal of Developmental Science, 6, 191-202.
Wang, J., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., & Laursen, B. (2012). Peer rejection as a social antecedent to rejection sensitivity in youth: The role of relational valuation. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 939-942.
McDonald, K.L., & Lochman, J.E. (2012). Predictors and outcomes associated with trajectories of revenge goals from fourth grade through seventh grade. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 225-236.
McDonald, K.L., Wang, J., Menzer, M.M., Rubin, K.H., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2011). Prosocial behavior moderates the effects of aggression on young adolescents’ friendships. International Journal of Developmental Science, 5, 127-137.
Menzer, M.M., Oh, W., McDonald, K.L., Rubin, K.H., & Dashiell-Aje, E. (2010). Behavioral correlates of peer exclusion and victimization of East Asian American and European American young adolescents. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 1, 290-302.
McDonald, K.L., Bowker, J.C., Rubin, K.H., Laursen, B., & Duchene, M.S. (2010). Interactions between rejection sensitivity and supportive relationships in the prediction of adolescents’ internalizing difficulties. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 53-574.
McDonald, K.L, Putallaz, M., Grimes, C.L., Kupersmidt, J.B., & Coie, J.D. (2007). Girl talk: Gossip, friendship, and sociometric status. Merrill- Palmer Quarterly, 53, 381-411.
French, D.C., Pidada, S., Denoma, J., McDonald, K.L., & Lawton, A. (2005). Reported peer conflicts of children in the United States and Indonesia. Social Development, 14, 458-472.