Kimberly Renk
Biographic Data
| ID | 242325 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kimberly Renk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kimberly |
| FAMILY NAME | Renk |
| SIGNATURE | RENK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3513-3730 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
When Mothers and Fathers Are ‘Gone’: Predicting Intergenerational Cycles of Risk in Opioid-Involved Parents
Background/Objectives: The opioid epidemic and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are two major concerns for child welfare systems. Little is known, however, regarding the mechanisms that perpetuate intergenerational cycles of ACEs and insecure/disorganized parent-young child attachment patterns in the context of parents' opioid use. Methods: A high-risk sample of 101 parents (75 mothers and 26 fathers) who were opioid-involved, who had a child…
Understanding the Pathways between Mothers’ Childhood Maltreatment Experiences and Patterns of Insecure Attachment with Young Children via Symptoms of Depression
Social Acceptance as a Moderator in the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and the Psychological Adjustment of Ethnically Diverse Early Adolescents
Research suggested that socioeconomic status is related to psychological adjustment in ethnically diverse adolescents. Understanding correlates that may be helpful in mitigating ill effects on diverse adolescents’ psychological adjustment is important, with adolescents’ social acceptance being one correlate of interest. As a result, this study examined the relationships among ethnic identity, SES, social acceptance, and the psychological adjustme…
Mothers’ Temperament and Personality: Their Relationship to Parenting Behaviors, Locus of Control, and Young Children’s Functioning
Relationships Among Parents’ Economic Stress, Parenting, and Young Children’s Behavior Problems
Safer in Jail? A Comparison of Victimization History and Psychological Adjustment Between Previously Homeless and Non-Homeless Incarcerated Women
Homelessness and incarceration are closely linked among women, and rates of these marginalizing circumstances are increasing. Nonetheless, few studies have examined differences between female inmates who were previously homeless and female inmates who were not homeless prior to incarceration. Results indicated that women who were homeless prior to incarceration were more likely (relative to their non-homeless counterparts) to have experienced chi…
Explaining Variation in Relations Among Intrinsic Religiosity, Political Conservatism, and Homonegativity as a Function of Authoritarianism’s Three Components: An Expansion on Recent Literature
Comparing incarcerated and college student women with histories of childhood sexual abuse: The roles of abuse severity, support, and substance use
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is often a risk factor for negative psychological and psychosocial outcomes. For example, some studies find that survivors of CSA are at an increased risk for experiencing involvement with the criminal justice system (e.g., incarceration). To examine the relationship between CSA and incarceration outcomes in women, data were obtained from 169 inmates and 420 college students, a number of whom were survivors of some fo…
Emerging Adults’ Stress and Health: The Role of Parent Behaviors and Cognitions
Parenting and Late Adolescent Emotional Adjustment: Mediating Effects of Discipline and Gender
A Multivariate Model of Parent–Adolescent Relationship Variables in Early Adolescence
Locus of Control and Self-Efficacy: Potential Mediators of Stress, Illness, and Utilization of Health Services in College Students
The Relationship Between Parents’ and Children’s Automatic Thoughts in a College Student Sample
Disorders of conduct in young children: Developmental considerations, diagnoses, and other characteristics
A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to the Study of Stress and Psychological Adjustment in Emerging Adults
Cross-Informant Ratings of the Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of College Students
College Students’ Adjustment: The Role of Parent–College Student Expectation Discrepancies and Communication Reciprocity
Differential Parenting Between Mothers and Fathers: Implications for Late Adolescents
Although the relationship between parenting and outcomes for children and adolescents has been examined, differences between maternal and paternal parenting styles have received less attention, particularly in the case of late adolescents. As a result, this article examines the relationship between late adolescents' perceptions of their mothers' and fathers' parenting styles and their own emotional adjustment. Findings of this study suggest that …
Multivariate Models of Parent-Late Adolescent Gender Dyads: The Importance of Parenting Processes in Predicting Adjustment
Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: A Study of Ethnic Identity, Emotional and Behavioral Functioning, Child Characteristics, and Social Support
An Examination of Conflict in Emerging Adulthood Between College Students and Their Parents
Two hundred seventy-three college students between the ages of 18 and 22 years, and in the midst of what some researchers would refer to as Emerging Adulthood, reported the most common topics of conflict that they experience with their mothers and fathers and provided their perceptions of these conflicts. Female and male emerging adults reported similar topics of conflict with their mothers and fathers. The sex of the emerging adults and that of …
Freshmen adaptation to university life: Depressive symptoms, stress, and coping
Attending a university for the first time can be a stressful experience for many new college students. This study examines the relationships among femininity and masculinity, depressive symptomatology, levels of stress, and the types of coping strategies used by college freshmen. Results of this study suggest that these variables were related uniquely for first-year college students. Masculinity and femininity significantly predicted problem-focu…
Predictors of the Characteristics of Parent-Adult Child Relationships and Adult Child Functioning in a College Student Sample
The responses of college student participants who were in the process of transitioning through emerging adulthood were examined so that the relationships among the characteristics of their families, their relationships with their parents, the perceptions that they hold currently about their parents, and their current functioning could be described. Results of this study suggested that particular characteristics of families are related highly to c…
Interparental Conflict, Adolescent Behavioral Problems, and Adolescent Competence: Convergent and Discriminant Validity
To address the lack of studies examining the convergent and discriminant validity of cross-informant ratings, several statistical approaches were used in this study to evaluate the convergent and discriminant validity for ratings of interparental conflict, adolescent behavioral problems, and adolescent competence. A total of 272 adolescent-motherfather triads completed measures assessing interparental conflict, adolescent behavioral problems, and…
The Effects and Treatment of Community Violence in Children and Adolescents: What Should Be Done
The amount of community violence that children and adolescents are exposedtois unsettling. Intensifying the issue, the amount of community violence that is wit-nessed or experienced directly by children and adolescents is increasing with time. It has been documented that children and adolescents who are exposed to community violence display a wide array of psychological symptoms, ranging from depression and anxiety to antisocial and suicidal beha…
Differential Parenting Between Mothers and Fathers: Implications for Late Adolescents
Although the relationship between parenting and outcomes for children and adolescents has been examined, differences between maternal and paternal parenting styles have received less attention, particularly in the case of late adolescents. As a result, this article examines the relationship between late adolescents' perceptions of their mothers' and fathers' parenting styles and their own emotional adjustment. Findings of this study suggest that …
Mothers, Fathers, Gender Role, and Time Parents Spend with Their Children
Explaining Variation in Relations Among Intrinsic Religiosity, Political Conservatism, and Homonegativity as a Function of Authoritarianism’s Three Components: An Expansion on Recent Literature
Cross-Informant Ratings of the Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of College Students
Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: A Study of Ethnic Identity, Emotional and Behavioral Functioning, Child Characteristics, and Social Support
Perceptions of Parents: A Measure of Adolescents' Feelings About Their Parents
The majority of measures that assess the parent-child relationship are based on overt parental behavior. Given that a substantial percentage of youth do not have contact with their father, these measures often lead to missing data due to paternal absence. We describe a series of four studies that led to the development of the Perceptions of Parents (POP) measure, which can be completed by younger and older adolescents even if they do not have con…
College Students’ Adjustment: The Role of Parent–College Student Expectation Discrepancies and Communication Reciprocity
An Examination of Conflict in Emerging Adulthood Between College Students and Their Parents
Two hundred seventy-three college students between the ages of 18 and 22 years, and in the midst of what some researchers would refer to as Emerging Adulthood, reported the most common topics of conflict that they experience with their mothers and fathers and provided their perceptions of these conflicts. Female and male emerging adults reported similar topics of conflict with their mothers and fathers. The sex of the emerging adults and that of …
Safer in Jail? A Comparison of Victimization History and Psychological Adjustment Between Previously Homeless and Non-Homeless Incarcerated Women
Homelessness and incarceration are closely linked among women, and rates of these marginalizing circumstances are increasing. Nonetheless, few studies have examined differences between female inmates who were previously homeless and female inmates who were not homeless prior to incarceration. Results indicated that women who were homeless prior to incarceration were more likely (relative to their non-homeless counterparts) to have experienced chi…
Perceptions of Parents: A Measure of Adolescents' Feelings About Their Parents
The majority of measures that assess the parent-child relationship are based on overt parental behavior. Given that a substantial percentage of youth do not have contact with their father, these measures often lead to missing data due to paternal absence. We describe a series of four studies that led to the development of the Perceptions of Parents (POP) measure, which can be completed by younger and older adolescents even if they do not have con…
Interparental agreement on internalizing, externalizing, and total behavior problems: A meta-analysis.
Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: Are we Doing Enough
In response to an increase in public awareness and interest in the problem of child sexual abuse, programs have been developed to promote the awareness, prevention, and treatment of sexual abuse. These programs have been varied in scope, focus, and effectiveness. This article reviews the child sexual abuse literature, with particular emphasis on efforts aimed at the prevention of child sexual abuse. Prevention efforts targeting potential victims …
Mothers, Fathers, Gender Role, and Time Parents Spend with Their Children
Interparental Conflict, Adolescent Behavioral Problems, and Adolescent Competence: Convergent and Discriminant Validity
To address the lack of studies examining the convergent and discriminant validity of cross-informant ratings, several statistical approaches were used in this study to evaluate the convergent and discriminant validity for ratings of interparental conflict, adolescent behavioral problems, and adolescent competence. A total of 272 adolescent-motherfather triads completed measures assessing interparental conflict, adolescent behavioral problems, and…
The Effects and Treatment of Community Violence in Children and Adolescents: What Should Be Done
The amount of community violence that children and adolescents are exposedtois unsettling. Intensifying the issue, the amount of community violence that is wit-nessed or experienced directly by children and adolescents is increasing with time. It has been documented that children and adolescents who are exposed to community violence display a wide array of psychological symptoms, ranging from depression and anxiety to antisocial and suicidal beha…
Predictors of the Characteristics of Parent-Adult Child Relationships and Adult Child Functioning in a College Student Sample
The responses of college student participants who were in the process of transitioning through emerging adulthood were examined so that the relationships among the characteristics of their families, their relationships with their parents, the perceptions that they hold currently about their parents, and their current functioning could be described. Results of this study suggested that particular characteristics of families are related highly to c…
Freshmen adaptation to university life: Depressive symptoms, stress, and coping
Attending a university for the first time can be a stressful experience for many new college students. This study examines the relationships among femininity and masculinity, depressive symptomatology, levels of stress, and the types of coping strategies used by college freshmen. Results of this study suggest that these variables were related uniquely for first-year college students. Masculinity and femininity significantly predicted problem-focu…
Multivariate Models of Parent-Late Adolescent Gender Dyads: The Importance of Parenting Processes in Predicting Adjustment
Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: A Study of Ethnic Identity, Emotional and Behavioral Functioning, Child Characteristics, and Social Support
An Examination of Conflict in Emerging Adulthood Between College Students and Their Parents
Two hundred seventy-three college students between the ages of 18 and 22 years, and in the midst of what some researchers would refer to as Emerging Adulthood, reported the most common topics of conflict that they experience with their mothers and fathers and provided their perceptions of these conflicts. Female and male emerging adults reported similar topics of conflict with their mothers and fathers. The sex of the emerging adults and that of …
Disorders of conduct in young children: Developmental considerations, diagnoses, and other characteristics
A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to the Study of Stress and Psychological Adjustment in Emerging Adults
Cross-Informant Ratings of the Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of College Students
College Students’ Adjustment: The Role of Parent–College Student Expectation Discrepancies and Communication Reciprocity
Differential Parenting Between Mothers and Fathers: Implications for Late Adolescents
Although the relationship between parenting and outcomes for children and adolescents has been examined, differences between maternal and paternal parenting styles have received less attention, particularly in the case of late adolescents. As a result, this article examines the relationship between late adolescents' perceptions of their mothers' and fathers' parenting styles and their own emotional adjustment. Findings of this study suggest that …
Locus of Control and Self-Efficacy: Potential Mediators of Stress, Illness, and Utilization of Health Services in College Students
The Relationship Between Parents’ and Children’s Automatic Thoughts in a College Student Sample
Parenting and Late Adolescent Emotional Adjustment: Mediating Effects of Discipline and Gender
A Multivariate Model of Parent–Adolescent Relationship Variables in Early Adolescence
Comparing incarcerated and college student women with histories of childhood sexual abuse: The roles of abuse severity, support, and substance use
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is often a risk factor for negative psychological and psychosocial outcomes. For example, some studies find that survivors of CSA are at an increased risk for experiencing involvement with the criminal justice system (e.g., incarceration). To examine the relationship between CSA and incarceration outcomes in women, data were obtained from 169 inmates and 420 college students, a number of whom were survivors of some fo…
Emerging Adults’ Stress and Health: The Role of Parent Behaviors and Cognitions
Explaining Variation in Relations Among Intrinsic Religiosity, Political Conservatism, and Homonegativity as a Function of Authoritarianism’s Three Components: An Expansion on Recent Literature
Relationships Among Parents’ Economic Stress, Parenting, and Young Children’s Behavior Problems
Safer in Jail? A Comparison of Victimization History and Psychological Adjustment Between Previously Homeless and Non-Homeless Incarcerated Women
Homelessness and incarceration are closely linked among women, and rates of these marginalizing circumstances are increasing. Nonetheless, few studies have examined differences between female inmates who were previously homeless and female inmates who were not homeless prior to incarceration. Results indicated that women who were homeless prior to incarceration were more likely (relative to their non-homeless counterparts) to have experienced chi…
Psychology (27 works) · Developmental psychology (22 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (19 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (9 works)