VITA--Geraldine Downey
VITA--Geraldine Downey
EDUCATION
- Institution Degree Year Field
- University College, Dublin. B.S. 1979 Psychology
- Cornell University M.A. 1983 Psychology
- Cornell University Ph.D. 1986 Psychology
- PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 1986-1989 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Social
Research, University of Michigan.
- 1989-1991 Assistant Professor, Psychology Department,
University of Denver.
- 1991-present Assistant Professor, Psychology Department,
Columbia University.
- RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Developmental psychopathology; developmental origins and
social-cognitive mediators of interpersonal functioning; depression
and intimate violence; risk and resilience.
- TEACHING INTERESTS
- Abnormal psychology; children at risk; social factors and
psychopathology.
- PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS ON REJECTION SENSITIVITY
- Downey, G., Feldman, S., Khuri, J., & Friedman, S. (1994).
'Maltreatment and child depression.' In W.M. Reynolds & H.F.
Johnson (Eds.), Handbook of depression in children. New York:
Plenum (pp. 481-505).
- Feldman, S., & Downey, G. (1994). 'Rejection sensitivity as
a mediator of attachment behavior in young adults exposed to family
violence.' Development and Psychopathology, 6, 231-247.
- Downey, G., Lebolt, A., & Feldman, S. (in press). 'Early
interpersonal trauma and adult adjustment: The mediational role of
rejection sensitivity.' In Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S.L. Rochester
Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology, Volume VIII: The
effects of trauma on the developmental process. Rochester, NY:
University of Rochester Press.
- Downey, G., & Feldman, S. (under review). 'Rejection
sensitivity and violence in young adult romantic relationships.'
- Downey, G., & Feldman, S. (in press). 'The implications of
rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships.'
Downey, G. (1994). 'Rejection sensitivity and intimate
violence.' Invited talk, Department of Child Psychiatry, New York
State Psychiatric Institute; Psychology Department, New York
University.
Lebolt, A., Downey, G., Rodriguez, M. (1994). 'Rejection
sensitivity in bullies and victims.' Paper presented at the Annual
Meetings of the American Psychological Association.