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Ruth C. Cronkite is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with an emphasis on subfields such as Social Psychology, Health, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, and Demography.

Their work addresses several main topics including Health disparities and outcomes, Employment and Welfare Studies, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, and Family Dynamics and Relationships.

Recent publications by Ruth C. Cronkite include:

  • "The role of depression course on life functioning and coping outcomes from baseline through 23-year follow-up" (2020, Journal of Mental Health)
  • "Sharing the Blues: Longitudinal Influences of Depression within Couples" (2023, Contemporary Family Therapy)

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Jessie J. Wong
  • Christine Timko
  • Erin L. Woodhead
  • Andrea K. Finlay
  • Marie C. Haverfield

Publications by Ruth C. Cronkite have appeared notably in the journals:

  • Journal of Mental Health
  • Contemporary Family Therapy

Best Publications

  • Alcoholism Treatment: Context, Process, and Outcome

    Rudolf H. Moos;John W. Finney;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Military-Related Sexual Trauma Among Veterans Health Administration Patients Returning From Afghanistan and Iraq

    Rachel Kimerling;Amy E. Street;Joanne Pavao;Mark W. Smith

  • Social-environmental factors in unipolar depression: comparisons of depressed patients and nondepressed controls.

    Andrew G. Billings;Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Physical activity exercise coping and depression in a 10-year cohort study of depressed patients

    Alex H.S. Harris;Ruth Cronkite;Rudolf Moos

  • Methodological issues in estimating main and interactive effects: examples from coping/social support and stress field

    John W. Finney;Roger E. Mitchell;Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolph H. Moos

  • Culture: A Fundamental Context for the Stress and Coping Paradigm

    Chi-Ah Chun;Rudolf H. Moos;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • The role of predisposing and moderating factors in the stress-illness relationship.

    Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Drinking to cope, emotional distress and alcohol use and abuse: A ten-year model

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Resource loss, resource gain, and depressive symptoms: a 10-year model.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Stress, coping, and depression among married couples.

    Roger E. Mitchell;Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Life stressors, social resources, coping, and the 4-year course of unipolar depression.

    Ralph W. Swindle;Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos

  • BRIEF REPORT: Utility of a Short Screening Scale for DSM‐IV PTSD in Primary Care

    Rachel Kimerling;Paige Ouimette;Annabel Prins;Patrick Nisco

  • Social-environmental factors in unipolar depression: Comparisons of depressed patients and nondepressed controls.

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  • Drinking to cope and alcohol use and abuse in unipolar depression: a 10-year model.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Medical Care Needs of Returning Veterans with PTSD: Their Other Burden

    Susan M. Frayne;Victor Y. Chiu;Samina Iqbal;Samina Iqbal;Eric A. Berg;Eric A. Berg

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and health status among female and male medical patients.

    Paige Ouimette;Ruth Cronkite;Brandy R. Henson;Annabel Prins

  • Determinants of the posttreatment functioning of alcoholic patients: a conceptual framework.

    Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Family support, family income, and happiness: a 10-year perspective.

    Rebecca J. North;Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Life circumstances and personal resources as predictors of the ten-year course of depression.

    Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos;Joan Twohey;Caryn Cohen

  • Symptom-based predictors of a 10-year chronic course of treated depression.

    Rudolf H. Moos;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Evaluating alcoholism treatment programs: an integrated approach.

    Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf H. Moos
Rudolf H. Moos Stanford University
Christine Timko
Christine Timko Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Paige Ouimette
Paige Ouimette Syracuse University
Charles J. Holahan
Charles J. Holahan The University of Texas at Austin
Carole K. Holahan
Carole K. Holahan The University of Texas at Austin
Daniel M. Blonigen
Daniel M. Blonigen VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Bernice S. Moos
Bernice S. Moos United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Lee Ann Kaskutas
Lee Ann Kaskutas University of California, Berkeley
Brandon A. Gaudiano
Brandon A. Gaudiano Brown University
Alexandre B. Laudet
Alexandre B. Laudet National Development and Research Institutes

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