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Overview

Andrew Christensen is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on topics within psychology and social sciences, with notable contributions to social psychology, clinical psychology, demography, sociology and political science, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics including:

  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Andrew Christensen has published in multiple academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
  • Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Christensen include:

  • "Dealing with loss in the face of disasters and crises: Integrating interpersonal theories of couple adaptation and functioning," 2021, Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Understanding factors associated with attending secondary school in Tanzania using household survey data," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Mapping out-of-school adolescents and youths in low- and middle-income countries," 2021, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
  • "Relative importance of conflict topics for within-couple tests: The case of demand/withdraw interaction," 2020, Journal of Family Psychology
  • "Trajectories of Sexual Satisfaction and Frequency During and After Couple Therapy for Relationship Distress," 2020, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Brian D. Doss
  • Gery C. Karantzas
  • Carla Pezzulo
  • Victor A. Alegana
  • Andrew J. Tatem

Best Publications

  • Gender and social structure in the demand/withdraw pattern of marital conflict.

    Andrew Christensen;Christopher L. Heavey

  • Gender and Conflict Structure in Marital Interaction: A Replication and Extension

    Christopher L. Heavey;Christopher Layne;Andrew Christensen

  • The longitudinal impact of demand and withdrawal during marital conflict.

    Christopher L. Heavey;Andrew Christensen;Neil M. Malamuth

  • Traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy for significantly and chronically distressed married couples.

    Andrew Christensen;David C. Atkins;Sara Berns;Jennifer Wheeler

  • Communication, conflict, and psychological distance in nondistressed, clinic, and divorcing couples.

    Andrew Christensen;James L. Shenk

  • RESEARCH ON THE TREATMENT OF COUPLE DISTRESS

    Jay L. Lebow;Anthony L. Chambers;Andrew Christensen;Susan M. Johnson

  • Integrative behavioral couple therapy: an acceptance-based, promising new treatment for couple discord.

    Neil S. Jacobson;Andrew Christensen;Stacey E. Prince;James Cordova

  • Who (or What) Can Do Psychotherapy: The Status and Challenge of Nonprofessional Therapies

    Andrew Christensen;Neil S. Jacobson

  • Interventions for couples.

    A Christensen;C L Heavey

  • Birds of a Feather or Strange Birds? Ties Among Personality Dimensions, Similarity, and Marital Quality.

    Krista S. Gattis;Sara Berns;Lorelei E. Simpson;Andrew Christensen

  • Dysfunctional interaction patterns in couples.

    Andrew Christensen

  • Integrative behavioral couple therapy

    Andrew Christensen;Brian D Doss

  • Why do couples seek marital therapy

    Brian D. Doss;Lorelei E. Simpson;Andrew Christensen

  • Marital status and satisfaction five years following a randomized clinical trial comparing traditional versus integrative behavioral couple therapy.

    Andrew Christensen;David C. Atkins;Brian Baucom;Jean Yi

  • Integrative Couple Therapy: Promoting Acceptance and Change

    Neil S. Jacobson;Andrew Christensen

  • The Communication Patterns Questionnaire: The reliability and validity of a constructive communication subscale.

    Christopher L. Heavey;Brandon M. Larson;Daniel C. Zumtobel;Andrew Christensen

  • Children's perceptions of parental behaviors

    Ann Hazzard;Andrew Christensen;Gayla Margolin

  • Gender differences in marital conflict: The demand/withdraw interaction pattern.

    Andrew Christensen;Christopher L. Heavey

  • Reconcilable Differences

    Neil S. Jacobson;Andrew Christensen

  • Couple and Individual Adjustment for 2 Years Following a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Traditional versus Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy.

    Andrew Christensen;David C. Atkins;Jean Yi;Donald H. Baucom

  • Acceptance and Change in Couple Therapy : A Therapist's Guide to Transforming Relationships

    Andrew Christensen;Neil S. Jacobson

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian D. Doss
Brian D. Doss University of Miami
David C. Atkins
David C. Atkins University of Washington
Neil S. Jacobson
Neil S. Jacobson University of Washington
Donald H. Baucom
Donald H. Baucom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gayla Margolin
Gayla Margolin University of Southern California
Kurt Hahlweg
Kurt Hahlweg Technische Universität Braunschweig
Lauri A. Pasch
Lauri A. Pasch University of California, San Francisco
William H. George
William H. George University of Washington
Erika Lawrence
Erika Lawrence Northwestern University
Judith A. Feeney
Judith A. Feeney University of Queensland

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