Faculty

Sarah Kirk SARAH KIRK
Director of the KU Psychological Clinic
Clinical Psychology
skirk@ku.edu
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Related Links
Clinical Psychology Program

Research Interests
As director of the KU Psychological Clinic I am most interested in promoting clinical training in our graduate program.  Specifically, I am focused on increasing our students' assessment experiences, broadening their practicum experiences, and improving their use of technology as applied to clinical interventions.  Additionally, I would like to further promote evidence based treatments in our clinic.

Quality improvement and assurance is a principal goal for me, as well as developing measurements to promote the highest quality of care for our clients and training.

My research interests are in evaluating the graduate training process via outcome assessment.  I am also interested in clinical outcomes, specifically functional outcomes for clients served in our clinic.  In addition, I have always been interested in resilience and coping approaches.   

Selected Publications
Ward-Smith, P., Kirk, S., Hetherington, M. & Hubble, C. (2005).  Having a child diagnosed with cancer:  An assessment of values from the mother's point of view. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 22, 320-327.

Welsch, HI, Nopper, AJ, Dekharghani, F, Kippes, C, Kirk, S, Butler, MG. (2003).  Tuberous Sclerosis and Neurofibromatosis Type 1:  A Case Report. Genetics in Medicine 5(3):226.

Stanton, A.L, Cameron, C.L., Danoff-Burg, S., & Kirk, S. (2000).  Coping through emotional approach:  Scale construction and validation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 1150-1169.

Stanton, A.L., Danoff-Burg, S., Cameron, C.L., Bishop, M., Collins, C.A., Kirk, S.B., Sworowski, L.A, & Twillman, R. (2000).  Emotionally expressive coping predicts psychological and physical adjustment to breast cancer. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 875-882.

Stanton, A.L., Danoff-Burg, S., Cameron, C.L., Snider, P., & Kirk, S.B. (1999).  Social Comparison in breast cancer patients:  An experimental examination of upward affiliation and downward evaluation.  Health Psychology, 18, 151-158.