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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Christina M. Rodriguez is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on clinical psychology, health, education, social psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work covers several main topics related to child wellbeing and family dynamics. These topics include child abuse and trauma, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, intimate partner and family violence, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, attachment and relationship dynamics, homicide, infanticide, and child abuse, as well as early childhood education and development.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Child Maltreatment
  • Journal of Family Violence
  • Children
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Their list of recent papers demonstrates an engagement with issues around family violence, child maltreatment, and relational conflict, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notable recent publications are:

  • The Perfect Storm: Hidden Risk of Child Maltreatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic, 2020, Child Maltreatment
  • Parental Social Isolation and Child Maltreatment Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, Journal of Family Violence
  • Longitudinal Analysis of Short-term Changes in Relationship Conflict During COVID-19: A Risk and Resilience Perspective, 2021, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Spillover and Crossover Effects: Mothers' and Fathers' Intimate Partner Violence, Parent-Child Aggression Risk, and Child Behavior Problems, 2021, Child Maltreatment

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Doris F. Pu, Shawna J. Lee, Samantha Gonzalez, Kaitlin P. Ward, and Paul J. Silvia. These collaborations have contributed to advancing research on family violence and child development.

In recognition of their contributions within the field of psychology, Christina M. Rodriguez was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Parenting stress and anger expression as predictors of child abuse potential

    Christina M. Rodriguez;Andrea J. Green

  • Parent-child aggression: association with child abuse potential and parenting styles

    Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Stress and anger as contextual factors and preexisting cognitive schemas: predicting parental child maltreatment risk.

    Christina M. Rodriguez;Michael J. Richardson

  • Parental Social Isolation and Child Maltreatment Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Shawna J. Lee;Kaitlin P. Ward;Joyce Y. Lee;Christina M. Rodriguez

  • The Perfect Storm: Hidden Risk of Child Maltreatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

    Christina M Rodriguez;Shawna J Lee;Kaitlin P Ward;Doris F Pu

  • Association between Independent Reports of Maternal Parenting Stress and Children’s Internalizing Symptomatology.

    Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Relationships between maternal parenting stress and child disruptive behavior.

    Sheila M. Eyberg;Stephen R. Boggs;Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Parental Discipline and Abuse Potential Affects on Child Depression, Anxiety, and Attributions.

    Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Mothers of children with externalizing behavior problems: Cognitive risk factors for abuse potential and discipline style and practices

    Erika M. McElroy;Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Cognitive-Affective Predictors of Women’s Readiness to End Domestic Violence Relationships

    Lauren A. Shurman;Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Predictors of parents' physical disciplinary practices.

    Christina M. Rodriguez;Dougal Sutherland

  • Personal Contextual Characteristics and Cognitions: Predicting Child Abuse Potential and Disciplinary Style

    Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Parenting stress and abuse potential in mothers of children with developmental disabilities

    Christina M. Rodriguez;Laura E. Murphy

  • Predicting Maternal Physical Child Abuse Risk Beyond Distress and Social Support: Additive Role of Cognitive Processes

    Christina M. Rodriguez;Meagan C. Tucker

  • Emerging behavior problems: Bidirectional relations between maternal and paternal parenting styles with infant temperament.

    Shannon M. O. Wittig;Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Professionals' Attitudes and Accuracy on Child Abuse Reporting Decisions in New Zealand

    Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Depression, anxiety, and attributional style in learning disabled and non-learning disabled children

    Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Preliminary evaluation of an analog procedure to assess acceptability of intimate partner violence against women: the Partner Violence Acceptability Movie Task

    Enrique Gracia;Christina M. Rodriguez;Marisol Lila

  • Family Dysfunction and Social Isolation as Moderators Between Stress and Child Physical Abuse Risk

    Meagan C. Tucker;Christina M. Rodriguez;Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Analog of parental empathy: Association with physical child abuse risk and punishment intentions

    Christina M. Rodriguez

  • Multimethod prediction of physical parent-child aggression risk in expectant mothers and fathers with Social Information Processing theory

    Christina M. Rodriguez;Tamika L. Smith;Paul J. Silvia

  • Acceptability of Family Violence: Underlying Ties Between Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse:

    Enrique Gracia;Christina M Rodriguez;Manuel Martín-Fernández;Marisol Lila

Frequent Co-Authors

Marisol Lila
Marisol Lila University of Valencia
Paul J. Silvia
Paul J. Silvia University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Enrique Gracia
Enrique Gracia University of Valencia
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Sheila M. Eyberg
Sheila M. Eyberg University of Florida
Esther M. Leerkes
Esther M. Leerkes University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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