Kimberly Renk
Child Clinical Psychology
Recent Publications
- Duhig, A. M., Renk, K., Epstein, M. K., & Phares, V. (2000). Interparental agreement on internalizing, externalizing, and total behavior problems: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 7(4), 435-453.
- McKinney, C., & Renk, K. (2008). Differential parenting between fathers and mothers: Implications for late adolescents. Journal of Family Issues, 29(6), 806-827.
- Renk, K. (2005). Reasons young children are referred for psychological services. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 27(3), 61-71.
- Renk, K. (In press). Disorders of conduct in young children: Developmental considerations, diagnoses, and other characteristics. Developmental Review.
- Renk, K., Oliveros, A., Roddenberry, A., Klein, J., Sieger, K., Roberts, R., & Phares, V. (2007). The relationship of maternal and paternal psychological symptoms and ratings of adolescent functioning. Journal of Adolescence, 30 (3), 467-485.
Dr. Kim Renk joined UCF in the Fall 2000 semester after completing her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, with a predoctoral clinical internship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to her doctoral degree, Dr. Renk earned a Bachelors degree in Psychology at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, and a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Throughout her training, Dr. Renk has focused on research and clinical work in the areas of infant mental health, clinical child psychology, and pediatric psychology.
Dr. Renk's research group, Understanding Children and Families (UCF), consists of several undergraduate and graduate students in Psychology at UCF. The group's main interests include the investigation of cross-informant ratings of children's emotional/behavioral problems and competencies, the relationship of rater characteristics and perceptions to these ratings, and interactions among family members. Currently, the member of Family P.A.I.R.S. are involved in a variety of projects, including those investigating college students' retrospective reports of their families, the characteristics of pregnant and parenting teenagers in Orange County Schools, ratings of quality of life and parental characteristics in families who seek treatment from Florida Hospital for a child who has pediatric cancer, the relationship of parental discipline styles and Head Start children's emotional/behavioral functioning, the relationship of acculturation and children's emotional/behavioral functioning, and the relationship of parent-adolescent interaction characteristics and adolescents' outcomes.
More recently, Dr. Renk has begun the Young Child and Family Research Clinic. This research clinic serves families in the community who are experiencing psychological difficulties and who have a child who is 6-years of age or younger. Dr. Renk and her graduate students provide clinical assessment and intervention services to these families. In addition, Dr. Renk and her graduate students are conducting research with these families in an effort to understand how parental characteristics, relationship characteristics among different family members, and the style of parent-child interactions are related to emotional and behavioral outcomes in young children as part of this clinic.
For Students
We have anywhere from 5 to 10 undergraduates working with us at any one time. Undergraduate activities will vary slightly based on the status of projects we are working on at any one time. Usual activities include library work, assistance with data collections (sometimes with special populations), and data entry. When time has permitted, some undergraduates have pursued their own research projects in the lab. Other opportunities for other activities may arise as new projects are initiated in the lab.
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