Lynnda M. Dahlquist, Ph.D.
Professor

Education:
B.A. 1975 St. Olaf College, Northfield Minnesota: Psychology, German
M.S. 1978 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana: Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. 1981 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana: Clinical Psychology

Area:Child Clinical, Child Health Psychology

Office: MP335 x 410-455-2411
Lab: SS511 x 410-455-3113
Fax: (410) 455-1055

Email:dahlquis@umbc.edu

Website: Pediatric Psychology Lab

Research Interests

The treatment of acute and chronic pain in children. The impact of childhood chronic illnesses on children's social development, parenting, and family adjustment.

Selected Publications

Dahlquist, L. M. & Switkin, M. (2003). Chronic pain. In M. C. Roberts (Ed.) Handbook of Pediatric Psychology. New York: Guilford.

Dahlquist, L. M., & Pendley, J. S. (2005) When distraction fails: Parental anxiety and children's responses to distraction during cancer procedures. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30, 623-628.

Bollinger, M. E., Dahlquist, L. M., Mudd, K., Sonntag, C., Dillinger, L., & McKenna, K. (2005). The impact of food allergy on the daily activities of children and their families. Annals of Asthma, Allergy, & Immunology,

Dahlquist, L. (1999). Pediatric pain management. New York: Plenum/Kluwer Academic Press.

Dahlquist, L. (1992). Coping with aversive medical procedures. In A. LaGreca, L. Siegel, J. Wallander, & C.E. Walker (Eds.), Advances in pediatric psychlogy: Stress and coping in child health (pp. 345-376). New York: Guilford

Dahlquist, L., Power, T., & Carlson, L. (1995). Physician and parent behavior during invasive cancer procedures: Relationships to child behavioral distress. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 20, 477-490.

Dahlquist, L., Czyzewski, D., and Jones, C. (1996). Parents of children with cancer: A longitudinal study of emotional distress, coping style, and marital adjustment 2 and 20 months after diagnosis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 21, 541-554.

Pendley, J.S., Dahlquist, L.M., & Dreyer, Z. (1997) Body image and social adjustment in adolescent cancer survivors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 22, 29-43.

Dahlquist, L. M., Pendley, J., Power, T., Landthrip, D., Jones, C. & Steuber, C.P. (2001). Adult command structure and child distress during invasive medical procedures. Children's Health Care, 30, 151-167.

Pringle, B., Hilley, L., Gelfand, K., Dahlquist, L. M., Switkin, M., Diver, T., Sulc, W., & Eskenazi, A. (2001). Decreasing child distress during needle sticks and maintaining treatment gains over time. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 8, 119-130.

Dahlquist, L.M., Busby, S.M., Slifer, K.J.,Tucker, C.L., Eischen, S.E., Sulc, W., & Hilley, L. (2002). Distraction for children of different ages undergoing repeated needle sticks. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 19(1), 22-34.

Slifer, K., Eischen, S., Tucker, C., Dahlquist, L. M., Busby, S., Sulc, W., Hilley, L. (2002). Behavioral treatment for child distress during repeated needle sticks. Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 30, 83-94.

Dahlquist, L., Pendley, J., Landthrip, D., & Jones, C. (2002) Distraction intervention for preschoolers undergoing intramuscular injections and subcutaneous port access. Health Psychology, 21, 94-99.

Slifer, K.J., Tucker, C.L., & Dahlquist, L.M. (2002). Helping children and caregivers cope with repeated invasive procedures: How are we doing? Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 9 (2). 131-152.

Power, T. G., Dahlquist, L. M., Thompson, S. M., & Warren, R. (2003). Interactions between children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and their mothers. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 28, 213-221.

Graduate Student Mentees

Emily Kastelic
Linda Jones,
Susie Berrin
Lindsay Dillinger
Claire Sonntag
Karen Weiss
Katia Jones
Kris McKenna
Wendy Sulc
Adrianna Amari

Recent Student Research Projects

Switkin, M. C., Amari, A., Gelfand, K. M., Dahlquist, L. M., Slifer, K. & Eskenazi, A. E. (2002). The impact of types of distractors on child-critical statements by a parent during chemotherapy injections: A case study. Children' Health Care, 31, 311-319.

Gelfand, K., & Dahlquist, L.M. (2002). An examination of the relation between child distress and mother and nurse interactions during pediatric oncology procedures. Children's Health Care, 31, 311-319.

Pringle, B., Dahlquist, L.M., & Eskenazi, A. (2003). Memory in children undergoing conscious sedation for invasive medical procedures. Health Psychology, 22,263-269.

Vannorsdall, T., Dahlquist, L M.., Pendley, J. S. , & Power, T. (2004). The relation between nonessential touch and children's distress during lumbar punctures. Children's Health Care,

Forys, K. & Dahlquist, L. M. (in press). The influence of preferred coping style and cognitive strategy on laboratory induced pain. Health Psychology, 33,299-315.

Appropriate and inappropriate control by nursing staff during invasive procedures: The relation to child distress.

Distraction intervention for preschoolers undergoing chemotherapy: Changes in parent behavior and child distress.

Ketogenic diet palatability : Caregiver predictions and actual child preferences among children with epilepsy.

Health care utilization in children with sickle cell disease.

Coping style and disease progression in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Infection: The role of medication adherence.

Learning in pediatric patients during early recovery from traumatic brain injury.

Efficacy of a stress management intervention on psychosocial functioning and seizure frequency in adolescents with epilepsy.

Parenting stress and overprotection in parents of children with asthma.

Teaching

Undergraduate: Abnormal Psychology, Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Graduate: Child Health Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, Child Clinical Psychology