Dr. Karen A. Christoff
Director of Clinical Training and
Associate Professor of Psychology
Phone: (662) 915-5195
Fax: (662) 915-5398
pykac@olemiss.edu
Room 308 Peabody Building
University, MS 38677

Research Areas:

• Social skills/social competence, particularly in children
• Issues related to violence against women: Preventive interventions, perception of victims, evaluation of community services for victims

Selected Publications:

• Kauth, M. R., Christoff, K. A., Sartor, J. S., & Sharp, S. (1993). HIV sexual risk reduction among college women: Applying a peer-influence model. Journal of College Student Development, 34, 346-351.
• Hansen, D. J., St. Lawrence, J. S., & Christoff, K. A. (1988). Conversational skills of inpatient conduct disordered youths: Social validation of component behaviors and implications for skills training. Behavior Modification, 12, 424-444.
• Christoff, K. A., & Myatt, R. J. (1986). Social isolation. In M. Hersen & V. Van Hasselt, (Eds.), Behavior therapy with children and adolescents: A clinical approach. New York: Wiley.
• Christoff, K. A., Scott, W. O. N., Kelly, M. L., Schlundt, D., Baer, G. & Kelly, J. A. (1985). Social skills and social problem-solving for shy young adolescents. Behavior Therapy, 16, 469-477.
• Scott, W. O. N., Baer, G., Christoff, K. A., & Kelly, J. A. (1984). The use of skills training procedures in the treatment of a child abusive parent: A systematic case study. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 15, 329-336.
• Christoff, K. A., & Kelly, J. A. (1983). Social skills. In J. L. Matson & S. Breuning (Eds.), Assessing the mentally retarded. New York: Grune & Stratton.