W. Hobart Davies
Professor, Psychology Chair
Psychology
Dr. Davies will recruit new graduate students for Fall 2025 admissions for Clinical PhD and Health Masters programs.
Lab Page: https://sites.uwm.edu/hobart
Degree:
Ph.D., Michigan State University 1992
Research Interests:
Pediatric Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Pediatric Feeding Disorders, Pediatric Chronic Illness, Community Violence, Child Abuse.
Teaching Interests:
My clinical, teaching and research interests center on the adjustment of children and families under conditions of severe stress. Current projects focus on the interdisciplinary care of pediatric feeding disorders, interventions with youth victims of community violence, chronic illness, stalking behaviors, and forensic child abuse investigation.
Courses Taught:
Psych 260: Child Psychology
Psych 611: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Psych 832: Psychological Assessment II: Assessment of Children and Adolescents Projective Assessment
Selected Publications
Chesley, N. A., Meier, H. , Luo, J. , Apchemengich, I. , & Davies, W. (2020) Social factors shaing the adoption of lead-filering point-of-use systems: an observational study of an MTurk sample.Journal of Water and Health.
Kamody, R. C., Berlin, K. S., Hains, A. A., Kichler, J. C., Davies, W. , Diaz-Thomas, A. M., & Ferry, R. J.(2014) Assessing measurement invariance of the Diabetes Stress Questionnaire in youth with type 1 diabetes.1138-1148.
Janke, K. M., Klein-Tasman, B. P., Holman, K. S., Garwood, M. , Davies, W. , & Trapane, P. (2014) Contributions of executive functioning to academic performance in adolescents with neurofibromatosis-1.431-450.
Fleischman, K. , Chien, L. L., Hains, A. A., Christianson, H. F., Ladwig, R. J., Anderson Khan, K. , Davies, W. , Hainsworth, K. R., Garwood, M. M., & Weisman, S. J.(2014) Experiences of adolescents seeking multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain.8-35.
Salamon, K. S., & Davies, W. (2014) Perceptions of prototypical users of complementary and alternative medicine: A possible barrier to participation.126-131.
Salamon, K. S., Davies, W. , Fuentes, M. , Weisman, S. J., & Hainsworth, K. R.(2014) The Pain Frequency-Severity-Duration (PFSD) scale as a measure of pain: Preliminary validation in a pediatric chronic pain sample.1-6.
Hainsworth, K. R., Salamon, K. S., Khan, K. A., Mascarenhas, B. , Davies, W. , & Weisman, S. J.(2013) A pilot study of yoga for chronic headaches in youth: Promise amidst challenges.Pain Management Nursing.
Jastrowski Mano, K. E., Salamon, K. S., Hainsworth, K. R., Anderson Khan, K. , Ladwig, R. J., Davies, W. , & Weisman, S. J.(2013) A randomized controlled pilot study of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for pediatric chronic pain.8-14.
Gordozinsky, A. Y., Davies, W. , Tran, S. T., Medrano, G. R., Bernacki, J. M., Burks, L. M., Anderson Khan, K. , & Weisman, S. J.(2013) Adolescents' perceptions of family dynamics when a sibling has chronic pain.333-352.
Gorodzinsky, A. Y., Davies, W. , & Drendel, A. L.(2013) Parents’ treatment of their children’s pain at home: Pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.Journal of Pediatric Health Care.
Medrano, G. R., Berlin, K. S., & Davies, W. (2013) Utility of the PedsQL Family Impact Module: Assessing the psychometric properties in a community sample.2899-2907.
Brouwer, A. M., Salamon, K. S., Olson, K. A., Yelich-Koth, S. L., Fox, M. M., Fleischman, K. M., Hains, A. A., Davies, W. , & Kichler, J. C.(2012) Adolescents with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative analysis of the experience of social support.Clinical Pediatrics, 51, 1130-1139.
Gorodzinsky, A. Y., Joseph, J. M., Davies, W. , Drendel, A. L., & Weisman, S. J.(2012) Community parents’ use of non-pharmacological techniques for the management of childhood pain.Children's Health Care, 41, 1-15.
Salamon, K. S., Brouwer, A. M., Fox, M. M., Olson, K. A., Yelich-Koth, S. L., Fleischman, K. M., Hains, A. A., Davies, W. , & Kichler, J. C.(2012) Experiencing Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Qualitative analysis of adolescents’ concept of illness, adjustment and motivation to engage in self-care behaviors.The Diabetes Educator, 38, 543-551.
Davies, W. , Holman, K. S., Gorodzinsky, A. Y., Clifford, L. M., & Whelan, D. W.(2012) Mental health services utilized by families adopting special needs children.Children, Youth, and Families News, 15-16.
Hainsworth, K. R., Miller, L. A., Stolzman, S. C., Fidlin, B. M., Davies, W. , Weisman, S. J., & Skelton, J. A.(2012) Pain as a comorbidity of pediatric obesity.ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, 4, 315-320.
Bernacki, J. M., & Davies, W. (2012) Prevention of the Choking Game: Parent perspectives.Journal of Injury & Violence Research, 4, 73-78.
Berlin, K. S., Davies, W. , Silverman, A. H., & Rudolph, C. D.(2011) Assessing family-based feeding strategies, strengths, and mealtime structure with the Feeding Strategies Questionnaire.Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36, 586-595.
Tran, S. T., Gorodzinsky, A. Y., & Davies, W. (2011) Barriers and predictors of H1N1 vaccination intention in healthy and high-risk children.Children's Health Care, 40, 269-281.
Fleischman, K. M., Smothers, M. K., Christianson, H. F., Carter, L. , Hains, A. A., & Davies, W. (2011) Experiences of adolescents with type 1 diabetes as they transition from middle school to high school.Journal of School Counseling, 9, 1-26.