Professor Emerita
Contact Information:
Email: dahlquis@umbc.edu
Website: Pediatric Psychology Lab
Education:
Ph.D. – Purdue University – 1981
Area of Study:
Child Clinical, Pediatric/Child Health Psychology
Research Interests:
The treatment of acute pain in children; protective parenting; and child and family adjustment to chronic childhood illnesses, such as food allergy and cancer; and social adjustment in children with chronic illness.
Courses Taught:
Dr. Dahlquist retired on June 1, 2024
Graduate Research and Training Opportunities:
Accepting Graduate Students? NO
Undergraduate Research and Training Opportunities:
NO
Graduate Program Affiliation(s):
Human Services Psychology (HSP)
Leadership roles in the Department/College/University:
Selected Publications:
Selected Publications
Dahlquist, L. M., Power, T. G., Hahn, A., Hoehn, J., Thompson, C. C., Herbert, L. J., Law, E. F., & Bollinger, M. E. (2015). Parenting and independent problem-solving in preschool children with food allergy Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40, 96-108. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsu087.
Hoehn, J., Dahlquist, L., & Bollinger, M. E. (2017). Parents of children with food allergy: Gender differences in perceived impact and perceived food allergy severity . Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 42, 186–197. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsw059
Hahn, A., Dahlquist, L., Hoehn, J., & Bollinger, M. (2017) Development of the Food Allergy Knowledge Test (FAKT). Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 42, 598-609. doi. /10.1093/jpepsy/jsw096. PMID: 28339677
Dahlquist, L. M., Pinder, W. M., Bento, S. P., Steiner, E. M., Zeroth, J. A., Parr, N. J., & Quiton, R. L. (2020). Working memory and visual discrimination distraction tasks improve cold pressor pain tolerance in children. Health Psychology, 39, 10-20. doi/10.1037/hea0000789.
Gaultney, W M., Dahlquist, L. M., & Quiton, R. L. (2021). Cognitive load and the effectiveness of distraction for acute pain in children. European Journal of Pain, 25, 1568-1582.
Steiner, E. M. & Dahlquist, L. M. (2021) Intolerance of uncertainty and protective parenting: The mediating role of maternal appraisals and the moderating role of child health status. Children’s Health Care, 51,263-284.
Hoehn, J. L., Dahlquist, L. M., & Zeroth, J. A. (2022). Conditioned pain modulation in children: The effects of painful and nonpainful conditioning stimuli. Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2022.02.004