Current Projects
Intersectional Geropsychology Lab
- Adult development and aging across cultures, identities, social locations; older couples, caregiving, LGBTQIA+ aging
- Geropsychology training and workforce shortage; ageism and adultism
- Death Anxiety Research Team (DART): Death anxiety; death literacy, death competence among mental health and health care professionals; existential themes in therapy
Other Areas of Interest
- Gender, Sexual, and Relationship Diversity (GSRD), particularly diverse sexualities and subcultures, non-monogamies; age discrepant relationships; GSRD training and competence in mental health practice; sexual configuration theory in clinical practice
- Health psychology, CBT, ACT, meditation, self-compassion, expressive arts, trauma and trauma-informed care
- Ethics, psychotherapeutic harm, competence, burnout; clinical training, narrative medicine, medical humanities
Recent Publications
* names in italics are mentored students
Recent Peer-Reviewed Papers:
King, K.D. (2024, In Press). Exploring age-based oppression: Adultism, ageism, and their potential interactions. Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education.
King, K.D., Graham, K.L., Beck, W., Waddingham, R., Wiener, Z., & Reid, B.M. (2023). Geropsychology Training at the Doctoral Level: A Program Evaluation Case. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2023.2252370
Sager, Z.S., Nathan S., Doherty, K., Pless Kaiser, A., King, K., Topor, D.R., Morrison, N., & Moye, J. (2022). Traumatic Disclosures in the Life Stories of Older Vietnam Era Veterans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17918
Graham, KL & King, K.D. (2022). Evaluating the Working with Older Adults Scale with Clinical Psychology Doctoral Students. The Gerontologist. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnac044
King, K.D. (2018). Bringing Creative Writing Instruction into Reminiscence Group Treatment. Clinical Gerontologist 41(5), pp 438-444. DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2017.1405858
Recent Posters and Presentations:
King, KD. How Can Therapists Become Kink-Friendly and Poly-Affirming? A Review of Sexuality Training Requirements for Mental Health Professionals in the United States (2023, November). In E Vilkin (Chair), Towards Inclusive Science and Practice with Consensually Non-Monogamous People: Motivations, Therapist Stigma, and Opportunities to Advance Measurement and Training. Symposium presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, New Orleans, LA.
Pestritto, TN, Black, A, Lawrence, M, Malette, H, & King, KD. (2023). What Accounts for the Increase of Altruism with Age? Exploring the Impact of Religious Beliefs. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.
DuBose, LA, & King, KD. (2023). Teaching Clinical Trainees to Informally Resolve Ethical Violations across Power Differences. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Mainiero, S, Walukevich, A, & King, KD. (2023). The impact of an in-class mindfulness activity on clinical psychology graduate students. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Virtual.
King, KD. (2023, April). Where does kink fit into mental health training? Presentation at The CARAS Conference: Leather-Kink Research and Clinical Knowledge (C2C), Cleveland, OH.
Pestritto, TN, Mikrut, M, Graham, KL, & King, KD. (2021, November). Media Portrayals of Emerging and Older Adults during COVID-19: Perceptions of Bias Among College Students. Poster presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Virtual.
Pestritto, TN, Mikrut, M, Graham, KL, & King, KD. (2021, August). Media Consumption and Psychological Well-Being at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Virtual.
Reid, BM, Sibley, M, Church, M, Rosario, J, Mikrut, M, Graham, KL, & King, KD. (2021, August). Meaning Matters: Search for meaning, not adverse childhood events, predicts death anxiety. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Virtual.
King, KD, Graham, KL, Reid, B, Church, M, & Rosario, JE. The Hidden Cost of Age Oppression: Adultism, Ageism, and Interest in Serving Older Adults. (2020, November). In KD King (Chair), Geropsychology Training Innovations: Understanding Ageism and Adultism in Students and New Training Initiatives. Symposium presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Virtual.
Church, M., Rosario, JE, Reid, BM, Sibley, MG, & King, K.D. (2020, October). Discomfort with Death among Psychology Graduate Students: Correlations with Age, Age Oppression, Caregiving, and Loss. Poster presented at the New England Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Virtual.