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Karen M. O'Brien is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research centers primarily on the field of psychology, with a substantial focus on clinical psychology. They have contributed scholarly work that intersects with public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, sociology and political science, and general health professions.

The main topics addressed in their research include grief, bereavement, and mental health; migration, health, and trauma; palliative care and end-of-life issues; posttraumatic stress disorder research; mental health treatment and access; work-family balance challenges; and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Karen M. O'Brien has published extensively in several academic venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • The Counseling Psychologist
  • OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
  • Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion
  • PsycEXTRA Dataset
  • Crisis

Recent papers by Karen M. O'Brien and associates include:

  • "Bereaved College Students: Social Support, Coping Style, Continuing Bonds, and Social Media Use as Predictors of Complicated Grief and Posttraumatic Growth," 2020, published in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
  • "Assessing Knowledge and Predicting Grief Counseling Skills Among University Counseling Center Therapists," 2021, published in The Counseling Psychologist
  • "The Good Mothering Expectations Scale: An International Instrument Development Study," 2020, published in The Counseling Psychologist
  • "Black Grief Matters: Undergraduate Students' Experiences Grieving Police Murders of Black Americans," 2023, published in The Counseling Psychologist
  • "Evaluating a Recovery-Oriented Intensive Outpatient Program for Veterans at Risk for Suicide," 2020, published in Crisis

Their collaborations involve frequent co-authorship with several researchers, including:

  • Greta Jankauskaite
  • NaYeon Yang
  • Sung-Kyung Yoo
  • Erin M. Hill
  • Nazish M. Salahuddin

Best Publications

  • The career development of Mexican American adolescent women: A test of social cognitive career theory.

    Lisa Y. Flores;Karen M. O'Brien

  • Negotiating Relationally: The Dynamics of the Relational Self in Negotiations

    Michelle J Gelfand;Virginia Smith Major;Jana L Raver;Lisa Hisae Nishii

  • Career Development of Women of Color and White Women: Assumptions, Conceptualization, and Interventions From an Ecological Perspective

    Ellen P. Cook;Mary J. Heppner;Karen M. O'Brien

  • The Influence of Psychological Separation and Parental Attachment on the Career Development of Adolescent Women.

    Karen M. O'Brien

  • A causal model of the career orientation and career choice of adolescent women

    Karen M. O'Brien;Ruth E. Fassinger

  • Attachment, separation, and women's vocational development: A longitudinal analysis.

    Karen M. O'Brien;Suzanne Miller Friedman;Linda C. Tipton;Sonja Geschmay Linn

  • The Career Counseling Self-Efficiency Scale: Instrument development and training applications.

    Karen M. O'Brien;Mary J. Heppner;Lisa Y. Flores;Lynette Heim Bikos

  • Psychological Health and Meaning in Life Stress, Social Support, and Religious Coping in Latina/Latino Immigrants

    Marianne G. Dunn;Karen M. O'Brien

  • Advancing the Assessment of Women's Career Choices: The Career Aspiration Scale

    Michael P. Gray;Karen M. O'Brien

  • The Practice of Adoption History, Trends, and Social Context

    Kathy P. Zamostny;Karen M. O'Brien;Amanda L. Baden;Mary O'Leary Wiley

  • Predictors of Student and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Among Nontraditional College Women

    Julie L. Quimby;Karen M. O'Brien

  • Multicultural counselor training: Students' perceptions of helpful and hindering events.

    Mary J. Heppner;Karen M. O'brien

  • The role of person-environment fit in the job satisfaction and tenure intentions of african american employees

    Heather Z. Lyons;Karen M. O'Brien

  • Understanding stress and burnout in shelter workers.

    Chris Brown;Karen M. O'Brien

  • Predictors of Well-Being Among Nontraditional Female Students With Children

    Julie L. Quimby;Karen M. O'Brien

  • The Legacy of Parsons: Career Counselors and Vocational Psychologists as Agents of Social Change.

    Karen M. O'Brien

  • Training Counseling Psychologists in Career Development Are We Our Own Worst Enemies

    Mary J. Heppner;Karen M. O'Brien;Jeanne M. Hinkelman;Lisa Y Flores

  • Sexual attraction toward clients, use of supervision, and prior training : A qualitative study of predoctoral psychology interns

    Nicholas Ladany;Karen M. O'Brien;Clara E. Hill;Deborah S. Melincoff

  • Enhancing the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Upward Bound Students:

    Karen M. O'Brien;Lynette Heim Bikos;Kimberly L. Epstein;Lisa Y. Flores

  • Work, family, support, and depression: employed mothers in Israel, Korea, and the United States.

    Karen M. O'Brien;Heather V.Ganginis Del Pino;Sung Kyung Yoo;Rachel Gali Cinamon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary J. Heppner
Mary J. Heppner University of Missouri
Lisa Y. Flores
Lisa Y. Flores University of Missouri
Aaron B. Rochlen
Aaron B. Rochlen The University of Texas at Austin
Edward P. Lemay
Edward P. Lemay University of Maryland, College Park
Ruth E. Fassinger
Ruth E. Fassinger University of Maryland, College Park
Nicholas Ladany
Nicholas Ladany Lehigh University
Lisa A. Goodman
Lisa A. Goodman Boston College
Bryan S. K. Kim
Bryan S. K. Kim University of Hawaii at Hilo
Charles J. Gelso
Charles J. Gelso University of Maryland, College Park
Robert W. Lent
Robert W. Lent University of Maryland, College Park

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