Sabrina Richardson, Ph.D

Sabrina Richardson, PhD is a developmental psychologist interested in child adaptation to military and non-military risk, with a particular emphasis on relationship processes of resilience. She has worked at the Naval Health Research Center for the past eight years as part of the Millennium Cohort Family Study and more recently, as part of the Study of Adolescent Resilience. She also heads the Family Study child program area, coordinating child-focused projects. Among her topics of study, Sabrina has focused on military spouse adjustment to and readiness for future deployments, marital stability among military spouses, child maltreatment among military parents, and child well-being during the separation from service. Most recently, Sabrina has been studying military child mental and behavioral well-being among vulnerable groups (i.e., within married versus single parent families and across racial/ethnic group) in the newest panel of Family Study participants.