Patrick Gunderson, M.S.

4th Year

B.S., DePaul University

Currently, I am investigating the role of emotional and behavioral attunement (i.e., couples' perceptions of each other’s emotions and behaviors during conflict) in the association between relationship satisfaction and conflict resolution (i.e., Is the relationship between satisfaction and resolution moderated by the degree to which people can accurately perceive their partners' emotions and behaviors during conflict?). 

My clinical interests include working with children and adolescents with both internalizing and externalizing disorders.  Presently, I am working with the Intensive Family Development Services team as part of St. Charles Youth and Family Services, doing in-home therapy with families in which children are at risk for being removed from the home.  This treatment team is based on an advocacy model, such that each family is seen individually, independent of family meetings. 

Gunderson, P.R., Guastello, S.J., & Pincus, D. (2004, July).  Electrodermal Arousal

     Between Participants in a Conversation: Autocorrelational and Nonlinear

     Transfer Effects.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for

     Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences, Milwaukee, WI.

Gunderson, P.R., & Grych, J.H. (2003, May).  Item-Level Factor Analysis of the

     Children’s Perceptions of Interparental Conflict Scale.  Poster presented at the

     annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. 

Gunderson, P.R., & Ferrari, J.R. (2002, May).  Effects of acquaintance rates and type

     of transgression on forgiveness.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

     Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Gunderson, P.R.,  Ferrari, J.R., & McGowan, S. (2001, April).  Effects of acquaintance

     rates on  forgiveness: Who do we forgive?  Paper presented at the annual

     meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Gunderson, P.R., & Ferrari, J.R. (2002, March).  Cheating: The role of occurrence frequency

      and discovery method on forgiveness.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

      Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.