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Dara R. Musher-Eizenman
mushere@bgnet.bgsu.edu
(419)372-2948
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1998
Professor Musher-Eizenman's research focuses on short-term change in variables that are typically thought of as stable and
investigates how meaningful patterns of change may be found and related to outcomes of interest. She has studied the variability
in week-to-week perceived environmental control with an elderly sample and showed that those whose weeks varied less had higher
chances of survival over a 5-year period. Her current work addresses short-term change in variables related to child and adolescent
adjustment. An ongoing project addresses children's weekly attitudes while enrolled in a school-based substance use prevention
program to examine whether rapid or slower, cumulative change in attitudes are predictors of healthy behaviors. She applies
methods such as dynamic factor analysis and latent growth curve modeling.
Recent Publications:
Holub, S. C., Musher-Eizenman, D. R., Persson, A. V., Edwards-Leeper, L. A., Goldstein, S. E., Miller, A. B. (in press). Do
preschool children understand what it means to 'diet,' and do they do it? International Journal of Eating Disorders.
Musher-Eizenman, D. R., Holub, S. C., Miller, A., Goldstein, S. E., & Edwards-Leeper, L. (in press). Body size stigmatism
in preschool children: The role of control attributions. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Gordon, A. K., Musher-Eizenman, D. R., Holub, S., & Dalrymple, J. (in press). "I am thankful for God because he blesses America":
An archival analysis of gratitude before and after the attacks of September 11th. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
Boxer, P., Goldstein, S. E., Musher-Eizenman, D. R., & Dubow, E. F. (in press). Developmental Issues in School-Based Aggression
Prevention from a Social-Cognitive Perspective. Journal of Primary Prevention, 26.
Musher-Eizenman, D. R., Boxer, P., Dubow, E., Heretick, D., Danner, S., & Goldstein, S. (in press). Examining the Social-Cognitive
Information-Processing Mediation of Self-Regulatory and Environmental Factors on Aggression in School. Aggressive Behavior.
Persson, A. V., & Musher-Eizenman, D. R. (in press). College students' attitudes towards Blacks and Arabs following a terrorist
attack as a function of varying levels of media exposure. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Carels, R. A., Musher-Eizenman, D. R., Cacciapaglia, H. Perez-Benitez, C. I., Cristie, S., & O'Brien, W. H. (2004). Psychological
functioning and physical symptoms in congestive heart failure patients: A within individual approach. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 56, 95-101.
Boxer, P., Edwards-Leeper, L., Goldstein, S. E., Musher-Eizenman, D. R., and Dubow, E. F. (2003). Exposure to "low level"
aggression in school: Effects on aggressive behavior, future expectations, and perceived safety. Violence and Victims, 18, 691-704.
Musher-Eizenman, D. R., Holub, S. C., Edwards-Leeper, L., Persson, A. V., Goldstein, S. (2003). The narrow range of acceptable
body types of preschoolers and their mothers. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24, 259 - 272.
Persson, A. V., & Musher-Eizenman, D. R. (2003). The impact of a prejudice-prevention television program on children's racial
attitudes and knowledge. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18, 530-546.
Musher-Eizenman, D.R., Nesselroade, J.R., & Schmitz, B.2002 “Perceived Control and Academic Performance: A Within-person Comparison
of High and Low Performing Children.” International Journal of Behavioral Development.
Musher-Eizenman, D.R., Holub, S., and Arnett, M. 2003. “Attitude and Peer Influences on Adolescent Substance Use: The Moderating
Effect of Age, Sex, and Substance.” Journal of Drug Education.
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