Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook 1996
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2016 - 2022
  • Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2015 - 2020
  • Instructor Temporary in the Department of Psychiatry and Behaviioral, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2015
  • Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behaviioral, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2014 - 2015
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • Miriam K. Ehrensaft, Ph.D., PLLC
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Heather Knous Westfall, Phyllis Holditch Niolon, Thailyn Lopez, Dimitra Kamboukos, Keng-Yen Huang, and Laurie Miller Brotman. “Can a Parenting Intervention to Prevent Early Conduct Problems Interrupt Girls' Risk for Intimate Partner Violence 10 Years Later?” Prev Sci 19, no. 4 (May 2018): 449–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-017-0831-z.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., H. Knous-Westfall, and P. Cohen. “Long-term influence of intimate partner violence and parenting practices on offspring trauma symptoms.” Psychology of Violence 7, no. 2 (April 1, 2017): 296–305. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0040168.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Heather M. Knous-Westfall, and Thailyn Lopez Alonso. “Web-Based Prevention of Parenting Difficulties in Young, Urban Mothers Enrolled in Post-Secondary Education.” J Prim Prev 37, no. 6 (December 2016): 527–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-016-0448-1.
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    • Glass, Nancy, Amber Clough, James Case, Ginger Hanson, Jamie Barnes-Hoyt, Amy Waterbury, Jeanne Alhusen, Miriam Ehrensaft, Karen Trister Grace, and Nancy Perrin. “A safety app to respond to dating violence for college women and their friends: the MyPlan study randomized controlled trial protocol.” Bmc Public Health 15 (September 8, 2015): 871. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2191-6.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., H. M. Knous-Westfall, P. Cohen, and H. Chen. “How does child abuse history influence parenting of the next generation?” Psychology of Violence 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 16–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036080.
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    • Knous-Westfall, H. M., M. K. Ehrensaft, K. Watson MacDonell, and P. Cohen. “Parental Intimate Partner Violence, Parenting Practices, and Adolescent Peer Bullying: A Prospective Study.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 21, no. 5 (October 1, 2012): 754–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9528-2.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., and Patricia Cohen. “Contribution of family violence to the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behavior.” Prev Sci 13, no. 4 (August 2012): 370–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-011-0223-8.
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    • Camacho, Kathleen, Miriam K. Ehrensaft, and Patricia Cohen. “Exposure to intimate partner violence, peer relations, and risk for internalizing behaviors: a prospective longitudinal study.” J Interpers Violence 27, no. 1 (January 2012): 125–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260511416474.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Heather M. Knous-Westfall, and Patricia Cohen. “Direct and indirect transmission of relationship functioning across generations.” J Fam Psychol 25, no. 6 (December 2011): 942–52. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025606.
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    • Jouriles, Ernest N., Renee McDonald, David Rosenfield, William D. Norwood, Laura Spiller, Nanette Stephens, Deborah Corbitt-Shindler, and Miriam Ehrensaft. “Improving parenting in families referred for child maltreatment: a randomized controlled trial examining effects of Project Support.” J Fam Psychol 24, no. 3 (June 2010): 328–38. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019281.
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    • Crawford, Thomas N., Patricia R. Cohen, Henian Chen, Deidre M. Anglin, and Miriam Ehrensaft. “Early maternal separation and the trajectory of borderline personality disorder symptoms.” Dev Psychopathol 21, no. 3 (2009): 1013–30. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579409000546.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K. “Intimate partner violence: Persistence of myths and implications for intervention.” Children and Youth Services Review 30, no. 3 (January 1, 2008): 276–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.005.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., P. Cohen, H. Chen, and K. Berenson. “Developmental transitions in youth behavioral opposition and maternal beliefs in social ecological context.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 16, no. 4 (August 1, 2007): 577–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-006-9108-z.
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    • Chen, H., P. Cohen, S. Kasen, J. G. Johnson, M. Ehrensaft, and K. Gordon. “Predicting conflict within romantic relationships during the transition to adulthood.” Personal Relationships 13, no. 4 (December 1, 2006): 411–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2006.00127.x.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Patricia Cohen, and Jeffrey G. Johnson. “Development of personality disorder symptoms and the risk for partner violence.” J Abnorm Psychol 115, no. 3 (August 2006): 474–83. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.115.3.474.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Terrie E. Moffitt, and Avshalom Caspi. “Is domestic violence followed by an increased risk of psychiatric disorders among women but not among men? A longitudinal cohort study.” Am J Psychiatry 163, no. 5 (May 2006): 885–92. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.2006.163.5.885.
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    • Johnson, Jeffrey G., Patricia Cohen, Stephanie Kasen, Miriam K. Ehrensaft, and Thomas N. Crawford. “Associations of parental personality disorders and axis I disorders with childrearing behavior.” Psychiatry 69, no. 4 (2006): 336–50. https://doi.org/10.1521/psyc.2006.69.4.336.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K. “Interpersonal relationships and sex differences in the development of conduct problems.” Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev 8, no. 1 (March 2005): 39–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-005-2341-y.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Terrie E. Moffitt, and Avshalom Caspi. “Clinically abusive relationships in an unselected birth cohort: men's and women's participation and developmental antecedents.” J Abnorm Psychol 113, no. 2 (May 2004): 258–70. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.113.2.258.
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    • Ehrensaft, Miriam K., Patricia Cohen, Jocelyn Brown, Elizabeth Smailes, Henian Chen, and Jeffrey G. Johnson. “Intergenerational transmission of partner violence: a 20-year prospective study.” J Consult Clin Psychol 71, no. 4 (August 2003): 741–53. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.71.4.741.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., G. A. Wasserman, L. Verdelli, S. Greenwald, L. S. Miller, and M. Davies. “Maternal antisocial behavior, parenting practices, and behavior problems in boys at risk for antisocial behavior.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 12, no. 1 (March 1, 2003): 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021302024583.
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    • Heyman, R. E., S. R. Feldbau-Kohn, M. K. Ehrensaft, J. Langhinrichsen-Rohling, and K. D. O’Leary. “Can questionnaire reports correctly classify relationship distress and partner physical abuse?” J Fam Psychol 15, no. 2 (June 2001): 334–46. https://doi.org/10.1037//0893-3200.15.2.334.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., and D. Vivian. “Is partner aggression related to appraisals of coercive control by a partner?” Journal of Family Violence 14, no. 3 (September 1, 1999): 251–66. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022862332595.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., J. Langhinrichsen-Rohling, R. E. Heyman, K. D. O’Leary, and E. Lawrence. “Feeling controlled in marriage: A phenomenon specific to physically aggressive couples?” Journal of Family Psychology 13, no. 1 (March 1, 1999): 20–32. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.13.1.20.
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    • Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., K. A. Schlee, C. M. Monson, M. Ehrensaft, and R. Heyman. “What's love got to do with it?: Perceptions of marital positivity in H-to-W aggressive, distressed, and happy marriages.” Journal of Family Violence 13, no. 2 (January 1, 1998): 197–212. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022897708296.
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    • Pan, H. S., M. K. Ehrensaft, R. E. Heyman, K. D. O’Leary, and R. Schwartz. “Evaluating domestic partner abuse in a family practice clinic.” Fam Med 29, no. 7 (1997): 492–95.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., and D. Vivian. “Spouses' reasons for not reporting existing marital aggression as a marital problem.” Journal of Family Psychology 10, no. 4 (January 1, 1996): 443–53. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.10.4.443.
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    • Ehrensaft, M. K., M. Condra, A. Morales, and J. Heaton. “Communication patterns in patients with erectile dysfunction and their partners.” Int J Impot Res 6, no. 1 (March 1994): 25–32.
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  • Book Sections

    • Ehrensaft, M. K., and J. Langhinrichsen-Rohling. “Intergenerational Transmission of Intimate Partner Violence: Summary and Current Research on Processes of Transmission.” In Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan: A Project of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV), 2485–2509, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_152.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • PSY 215FS: The Psychology of Crime: Scientific and Public Perspectives 2023
  • PSY 215FS: The Psychology of Crime: Scientific and Public Perspectives 2022

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