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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

W. Hobart Davies is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in Davies' work include:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Davies has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • Validity of an expanded assessment of adverse childhood experiences: A replication study, 2020, Children and Youth Services Review
  • "It Has Added Another Layer of Stress": COVID-19's Impact in the PICU, 2021, Hospital Pediatrics
  • Challenges of Families of Patients Hospitalized in the PICU: A Preplanned Secondary Analysis From the Navigate Dataset*, 2023, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Effects of Weight and Pain on Physical Activity: Insights from the Lived Experiences of Youth with Co-Occurring Chronic Pain and Obesity, 2021, Childhood Obesity
  • Disrupted mealtime interactions are associated with stress and internalizing symptoms in caregivers of school-age children, 2021, Children s Health Care

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Davies include:

  • Kathryn A. Balistreri
  • Charles B. Rothschild
  • Paulina S. Lim
  • Matthew C. Scanlon
  • Amy Lang

The primary venues where Davies has published multiple papers are:

  • Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
  • Children s Health Care
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Davies has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2012.

Best Publications

  • Differential effectiveness of behavioral parent-training and cognitive-behavioral therapy for antisocial youth: a meta-analysis.

    Michael R. McCart;Paul E. Priester;W. Hobart Davies;Razia Azen

  • Child Sexual Behavior Inventory: normative, psychiatric, and sexual abuse comparisons.

    William N. Friedrich;Jennifer L. Fisher;Carrie Anne Dittner;Robert Acton

  • Controlled Study of Critical Parent and Family Factors in the Obesigenic Environment

    Meg H. Zeller;Jennifer Reiter-Purtill;Avani C. Modi;Joeanne Gutzwiller

  • Peer Relationships and Emotional Well‐Being of Youngsters with Sickle Cell Disease

    Robert B. Noll;Kathryn Vannatta;Kristine Koontz;Karen Kalinyak

  • Reconceptualizing feeding and feeding disorders in interpersonal context: the case for a relational disorder.

    W. Hobart Davies;Ellyn Satter;Kristoffer S. Berlin;Amy F. Sato

  • Sexual behavior problems in preteen children: developmental, ecological, and behavioral correlates.

    W. N. Friedrich;W. Hobart Davies;Eleonora Feher;John Wright

  • Adjustment in the Peer System of Adolescents with Cancer: A Two-Year Study

    Noll Rb;Bukowski Wm;Davies Wh;Koontz K

  • Distinct Influences of Anxiety and Pain Catastrophizing on Functional Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain

    Susan T. Tran;Kristen E. Jastrowski Mano;Keri R. Hainsworth;Gustavo R. Medrano

  • Attributions of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Related to Performing Diabetes Care around Friends and Peers: The Moderating Role of Friend Support

    Anthony A. Hains;Kristoffer S. Berlin;W. Hobart Davies;Melissa K. Smothers

  • Attributions of Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes in Social Situations Relationship with expected adherence, diabetes stress, and metabolic control

    Anthony A. Hains;Kristoffer S. Berlin;W. Hobart Davies;Elaine A. Parton

  • The impact of cognitive distortions, stress, and adherence on metabolic control in youths with type 1 diabetes.

    Stephanie P Farrell;Anthony A Hains;W.Hobart Davies;W.Hobart Davies;Philip Smith

  • Social interactions between children with cancer or sickle cell disease and their peers: teacher ratings.

    Robert Noll;M. Ris;W. Davies;William Bukowski

  • Utility of the PedsQL™ family impact module: assessing the psychometric properties in a community sample

    Gustavo R. Medrano;Kristoffer S. Berlin;W. Hobart Davies

  • Comparing Parental Distress for Families with Children Who Have Cancer and Matched Comparison Families without Children with Cancer

    Robert B. Noll;Andre Hawkins;Kathryn Vannatta;Maria A. Gartstein

  • Assessing Children's Mealtime Problems With the Mealtime Behavior Questionnaire

    Kristoffer S. Berlin;W. Hobart Davies;Alan H. Silverman;Douglas W. Woods

  • Cognitive behavioral interventions for sexually abused children exhibiting PTSD symptomatology

    Stephanie P. Farrell;Anthony A. Hains;W. Hobart Davies

  • About Your Child's Eating: factor structure and psychometric properties of a feeding relationship measure.

    W. Hobart Davies;Lynn K. Ackerman;Cheryl M. Davies;Kathryn Vannatta

  • The Child Behavior Checklist as an indicator of posttraumatic stress disorder and dissociation in normative, psychiatric, and sexually abused children

    Leslie Sim;William N. Friedrich;W. Hobart Davies;Bart Trentham

  • Assessing Family-based Feeding Strategies, Strengths, and Mealtime Structure with the Feeding Strategies Questionnaire

    Kristoffer S. Berlin;W. Hobart Davies;Alan H. Silverman;Colin D. Rudolph

  • A Stress Management Intervention for Adolescents With Type I Diabetes

    Anthony A. Hains;W. Hobart Davies;Elaine Parton;Joan P. Totka

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert B. Noll
Robert B. Noll University of Pittsburgh
Kathryn Vannatta
Kathryn Vannatta The Ohio State University
William M. Bukowski
William M. Bukowski Concordia University
Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Michigan State University
Robert A. Zucker
Robert A. Zucker University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Douglas W. Woods
Douglas W. Woods Marquette University
B. Bradford Brown
B. Bradford Brown University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lucy Berliner
Lucy Berliner University of Washington
Liliana J. Lengua
Liliana J. Lengua University of Washington

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