Biography

Dara Friedman-Wheeler
Department: Psychology
Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology (2007)
Degree: B.A., Vassar College (1997); M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, American University (2005)
Office: HS 113
Phone: 410-337-6324
Email: dara.friedmanwheeler@goucher.edu

Teaching Interests

I teach courses on clinical psychology, emotions, health psychology, and research methods.

 

Courses Taught in Fall Semester:

•     PSY 271 Varieties of Human Experience
•     PSY 252 Quantitative Research Methods

 

Courses Taught in Spring Semester:

•     PSY 271 Varieties of Human Experience
•     PSY 386 Emotion Regulation Seminar
•     PSY 239 Health Psychology

 

Research Interests

 

I am interested in coping, affect regulation, outcome expectancies, mood disorders, and health outcomes.  I am currently working with students to develop a measure of affect-regulation expectancies for specific coping strategies.  In addition, I am collaborating with a colleague at the University of Pennsylvania on a study of the impact of reminiscence. 

 

Publications

 

Haaga, D.A.F., Friedman-Wheeler, D.G., McIntosh, E., & Ahrens, A.H. (in press).  Assessment of individual differences in regulatory focus among cigarette smokers.  Journal of Personality and Behavioral Assessment.

 

Friedman-Wheeler, D. G., Haaga, D. A. F., Gunthert, K. C., Ahrens, A. H., & McIntosh, E. (2008). Depression, neuroticism, and expectancies for engagement and disengagement coping among cigarette smokers. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 32, 105-115.

 

Friedman-Wheeler, D. G., Ahrens, A.H., Haaga, D.A.F., McIntosh, E., & Thorndike, F.P. (2007). Depressive symptoms, depression proneness, and outcome expectancies for cigarette smoking. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 31, 547-557.

 

Thorndike, F. P., Friedman-Wheeler, D. G., & Haaga, D. A. F. (2006). Effect of cognitive behavior therapy on smokers’ compensatory coping skills. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 1705-1710.

 

Haaga, D. A. F., Thorndike, F. P., Friedman-Wheeler, D. G., Pearlman, M. Y., & Wernicke, R. (2004).  Cognitive coping skills and depression vulnerability among cigarette smokers. Addictive Behaviors, 29, 1109-22.

 

Terrill, D. R., Friedman, D. G., Gottschalk, L. A., & Haaga, D. A. F. (2002). Construct validity of the Life Orientation Test. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79, 550-563.

 

Solomon, A., Haaga, D.A.F., Brody, C., Kirk, L., & Friedman, D. G. (1998). Priming irrational beliefs in recovered-depressed people. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107, 440-449.

 

Recent Presentations

 

Bhar, S. S., Friedman-Wheeler, D., Brown, G. K., & Beck, A. T. (2007, November). Social problem solving mitigates the effects of psychosocial stress on suicide ideation in older men. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.

 

McIntosh, E., Ahrens, A. H., Friedman-Wheeler, D. G., & Haaga, D. A. F. (2007, November). Impact of manipulating regulatory focus on memory for approach & avoidance strategies in smokers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.

 

Friedman-Wheeler, D.G., Schmid, S.P., Wenzel, A., Brown, G.K., & Beck, A.T. (2007, August). Cognitive therapy for suicide prevention in individuals with substance use problems. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), San Francisco, CA.

 

Friedman-Wheeler, D.G., & Mavandadi, S.  (2007, July). Expectancies for depression treatment among older adults. Poster accepted for presentation at the World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain.

 

Other

 

I enjoy knitting, beading, reading, traveling, speaking French, and spending time with my husband and son.