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Catherine L. Cohan

Education: PhD, Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles, 1996
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POSITION TITLE:  Telephone Division Manager

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Marital stability, marital communication, stressful life events, health psychology, longitudinal research

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE: 

1996-2003 Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University

2003-2007 Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

2008-Present Telephone Division Manager, Survey Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 

Cohan, C.L. , C. Dunkel-Schetter and J. Lydon (1993). "Pregnancy Decision-Making: Predictors of Early Stress and Adjustment." Psychology of Women Quarterly 17(2):223-239. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Cohan, C.L. and T.N. Bradbury (1994). "Assessing Responses to Recurring Problems in Marriage: An Evaluation of the Marital Coping Inventory." Psychological Assessment 6:191-200. |Journal Home Page|

Karney, B.R. , J. Davila , C.L. Cohan , K.T. Sullivan , M.D. Johnson and T.N. Bradbury (1995). "An Empirical Investigation of Sampling Strategies in Longitudinal Research on Marriage." Journal of Marriage and the Family 57:909-920. |Journal Home Page|

Lydon, J. , C. Dunkel-Schetter , C.L. Cohan and T. Pierce (1996). "Pregnancy Decision Making as a Significant Life Event: A Commitment Approach." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 71(1):141-151. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Cohan, C.L. and T.N. Bradbury (1997). "Negative Life Events, Marital Interaction, and the Longitudinal Course of Newlywed Marriage." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 73(1):114-128. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Davila, J. , T.N. Bradbury , C.L. Cohan and S. Tochluk (1997). "Marital Functioning and Depressive Symptoms: Evidence for a Stress Generation Model." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 73(4):849-861. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Alloy, L.B. , S. Fedderly Siegel , E.M. Kennedy-Moore and C.L. Cohan (1998). "Dysphoria and Social Interaction: An Integration of Behavioral Confirmation and Interpersonal Perspectives." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 74(6):1566-1579. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Bradbury, T.N. , C.L. Cohan and B.R. Karney (1998). "Vulnerability, Stress, and Adaptation in the Early Years of Marriage." In Bradbury, T.N. (Ed.) , The Developmental Course of Marital Dysfunction. New York: Cambridge University Press. (pp. 279-311)

Cohan, C.L. and S.W. Cole (2002). "Life Course Transitions and Natural Disaster: Marriage, Birth, and Divorce Following Hurricane Hugo." Journal of Family Psychology 16(1):14-25. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Cohan, C.L. and S. Kleinbaum (2002). "Toward a Greater Understanding of the Cohabitation Effect: Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Communication." Journal of Marriage and Family 64(1):180-192. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Cohan, C.L. (2003). "If the Love of Money Is the Root of All Evil, Can Love and Money Go Together in a Happy Marriage?." Contemporary Psychology 48:211-213. |Journal Home Page|

Cohan, C.L. , A. Booth and D.A. Granger (2003). "Gender Moderates the Relationship between Testosterone and Marital Interaction." Journal of Family Psychology 17(1):29-40. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Dush, C.M. , C.L. Cohan and P.R. Amato (2003). "The Relationship between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability: Change across Cohorts?." Journal of Marriage and Family 65(3):539-549. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Leone, J.M. , M.P. Johnson , C.L. Cohan and S.E. Lloyd (2004). "Consequences of Male Partner Violence for Low-Income Minority Women." Journal of Marriage and Family 66(2):472-490. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Cohan, C.L. , S.W. Cole and J. Davila (2005). "Marital Transitions among Vietnam-Era Repatriated Prisoners of War." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 22(6):777-795. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Johnson, M.D. , C.L. Cohan , J. Davila , E. Lawrence , R.D. Rogge , B.R. Karney , K.T. Sullivan and T.N. Bradbury (2005). "Problem-Solving Skills and Affective Expressions as Predictors of Change in Marital Satisfaction." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 73(1):15-27. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Leone, J.M. , M.P. Johnson and C.L. Cohan (2007). "Victim Help Seeking: Differences Between Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence." Family Relations 56(5):427-439. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Darling, N. , C.L. Cohan , A.R. Burns and L. Thompson (2008). "Within-Family Conflict Behaviors as Predictors of Conflict in Adolescent Romantic Relations." Journal of Adolescence 31(6):671-690. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

Cohan, C.L. and T.N. Bradbury (2009). "Longitudinal Studies of Marital Satisfaction and Dissolution." In Reis, H.T. and S. Sprecher (Eds.) , Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Cohan, C.L. (In Press). "Life Course Transitions: Marriage, Birth and Divorce." In Miller, T.W. (Ed.) , Stressful Life Events: Life Cycles and Transitions. Madison, CT: International Universities Press, Inc..