Alyssa Lundahl is a senior Psychology major with a minor in Women's Health and Wellness from Laurel, Nebraska. As a UCARE and McNair scholar, Alyssa is currently conducting research under the guidance of Dr. David J. Hansen in teh Child Maltreatment Lab, Dr. Timothy D. Nelson in the Pediatric Health Lab, and Dr. Robert F. Belli in the Cognitive Psychology Lab. As a research assistant in the Child Maltreatment Lab, Alyssa is currently involved in the preparation of two professional manuals (Behavioral Observation for Preschoolers System and Student-Teacher Interaction Coding System) to be used as live-observation coding systems in preschool classrooms. In the Pediatric Health Lab, she has been actively involved in a project designed to examine the relationships between life stressors and physical health in a low-income, pediatric sample, and has taken the lead role on writing a manuscript using data from this project. Lastly, with the help of Dr. Robert F. Belli, Alyssa has deisgned and is currently undergoing data collection for a study examining the relationships between disordered eating behaviors, creativity, dissociative personalities, and false memories and beliefs
In addition to her involvement in research, Alyssa is active in a number of campus organizations, including: President of the Psi Chi Honor Society, President of the Undergraduate Psychology Organization, a member of the Dean's Scholar Society, a member of the Honor's Program, the teaching assistant for PSYC 471 (Human Sexuality), and a past member of Students Helping Members Nurture Esteem (SHINE) and Eating Disorder Education and Prevention (EDEP). Lastly, she has gained clinical experience as a volunteer for a number of community organizations including a crisis line advocate for the Voices of Hope sexual abuse hotline, a women's advocate for the Friendship Home domestic violence shelter, and a co-therapist for the parent support group for Project SAFE (Sexual Abuse Family Education).
Alyssa's long term research and career interests include examining more self-driven methods of eating- and weight-related treatment and exploring how personality characteristics, comorbid psychopathology, and societal factors may influence development, duration, and treatment of eating- and weight-related issues. As such, she intends to earn a doctoral degree in clinical psychology with an emphasis in the eating- and weight-related research.
Publications
Lundahl, A., West, T., Martin, E. K., Campbell, C., Vanderbeek, J., & Hansen, D. J. (2011, November). Relationship of obsessive-compulsive behaviors of primary caregivers with a history of sexual abuse and perfectionism in their sexually abused children. McNair Scholars Research Journal.
Professional Presentations
Poppert, K., Moen, A., Lundahl, A., & Nelson, T. D. (2011, November). Sleep and Daily Stressors as Predictors of Daily Asthma Symptoms in Children. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Toronto, Quebec.
Lundahl, A., West, T., Martin, E. K., Campbell, C., Van Der Beek, J., & Hansen, D. J. (2011, November). The Relationship of Parental History of Sexual Abuse on Symptom Presentation and Treatment Outcomes for Sexually Abused Children and Their Parents. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Toronto, Quebec.
Lundahl, A., West, T., Martin, E.K., Campbell, C., Gassman, S., & Hansen, D.J. (2011, November). Relationship of obsessive-compulsive behaviors of caregivers with a history of sexual abuse and perfectionism in their sexually abused children. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Toronto, Quebec.
Moen, A., Lundahl, A., & Gassman, S. (2011, October). Juvenile Delinquents: A Cluster Analysis Examining Trait Differences. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological and Educational Research in Kansas Conference, Fort Hays, KS.
Lundahl, A., Campbell, C., West, T., Martin, E., & Hansen, D. J. (2011, August). Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Behavioral Observation of Preschoolers System (BOPS). Poster presented at the Nebraska Summer Research Symposium, Lincoln, NE.
Lundahl, A., Campbell, C., West, T., Martin, E., & Hansen, D. J. (2011, August). Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Behavioral Observation of Preschoolers System (BOPS). Oral presentation at the California McNair Conference, Berkeley, CA.
Lundahl, A., Campbell, C., West, T., Martin, E., & Hansen, D. J. (2011, August). Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Behavioral Observation of Preschoolers System (BOPS). Oral presentation at the McNair Research Colloquium, Lincoln, NE.
Lundahl, A., Hasemann, L., Moen, A., Haikalis, M., Vanderbeek, J., Wachholtz, A. (2011, April). Emotional Reliance and Assertiveness in Predicting Self-Confidence in Males and Females. Poster presented at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Undergraduate Research Conference, Lincoln, NE.
Moen, A., Vanderbeek, J., Lundahl, A., & Haikalis, M. (2011, April). Predicting Mood and Emotional Difficulties in Juveniles after Six Months of Treatment: A Comparison of Males and Females. Poster presented at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Undergraduate Research Conference, Lincoln, NE.
Moen, A., Lundahl, A., Hasemann, L., Maguire, J., Haikalis, M., & Poppert, K. (March, 2011). Juvenile Self-Harm as it Relates to Physical Abuse, Thinking Impairment, and Age. Poster presented at the Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention, Topeka, KS.
Poppert, K., Lundahl, A., Lenhardt, J., Maguire, J., Martin, E., & Campbell, C. (2010, November). Efficacy of In-Vivo Coaching in the Acquisition and Generalization of Teacher-Child Relationship Enhancement Skills: Teacher-Child Interaction Training. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Lundahl, A., Haikalis, M., Wachholtz, A., Hoover, E., Davenport, S., Wagner, M. (2010, November). The Impact of Parental Psychological Distress on the Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms of their Sexually Abused Children. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Haikalis, M., Lundahl, A., Maguire, J., Wagner, M., Wachholtz, A., West, T. (October, 2010). Decreasing Challenging Behaviors in Head Start Children: An Investigation of the Efficacy of Teacher-Child Interaction Training. Poster presented at the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: Translating Research into Practice, Lawrence, KS.
Maguire, J., Wagner, M., Lundahl, A., Davenport, S., Moen, A., & Martin, E. (October, 2010). Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT): Implementation and Evaluation. Poster presented at the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: Translating Research into Practice, Lawrence, KS.
Campbell, C., Martin, E. K., West, T., Hubel, G. S., Lundahl, A., Flood, M. F., & Hansen, D. (2010, June). Adapting an evidence-based intervention to improve teacher-child relationships in Head Start settings: Evaluating the effectiveness of Teacher-Child Interaction Training. Poster presented at Head Start’s 10th National Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Liebsack, B., Maguire, J., Lundahl, A., Reilly, E., Hoover, E., Wachholtz, A., Hansen, D. (2010, April). The Relationship Between Abuse Characteristics, Social Reactions and Support, and Depression in Sexually Abused Youth. (2010, April) Poster presented at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Undergraduate Research Conference, Lincoln, NE.
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