Lynda L. LaMontagne 2010

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Nurse Scholar/Scientist

Current Research/Scholarly Interests

Stress and coping in children undergoing medical procedures
Coping and recovery outcomes in child surgery
Parental stress and coping with child hospitalization, medical procedures and surgery
Adolescent peer focused interventions

Current Projects

Cognitive Behavioral Preoperative Intervention: Adolescent Spinal Fusion Surgery. Departments of Orthopaedics and Child Life, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Evidence-Based Intervention Translated into Pediatric Orthopaedic Practice. Principal Investigator. 2008.
Coping/Attention Interventions & Child Surgery Outcomes. National Institutes of Health (NIH). National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Principal Investigator. 1997-2004.
Children's Preoperative Coping and Postoperative Outcomes. National Institutes of Health (NIH). National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Principal Investigator. 1990-1997.

Representative Publications

Journals

Vollman, M.W., LaMontagne, L.L. & Wallston, K. A. (in press). Existential well-being predicts perceived control in adults with heart failure. Applied Nursing Research.

Vollman, M.W., LaMontagne, L.L., Dietrich, M.S. & Cohen, F. (2009). Escape-avoidance coping in adults with heart failure.Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, S143.

Vollman, M.W., LaMontagne, L.L., & Hepworth, J.T. (2007). Coping and depressive symptoms in adults living with heart failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(2), 125-130.

Riley, L., LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., & Murphy, B. (2007). Parental grief response and personal growth following the death of a child. Death Studies, 31(4), 277-299.

Salisbury, M.H., LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T. & Cohen, F. (2007). Parents' self-identified stressors and coping strategies during adolescents' spinal surgery experiences. Clinical Nursing Research: An International Journal. 16(3), 212-230.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J. T., Salisbury, M. H., & Cohen, F. (2004). Adolescent scoliosis: Effects of corrective surgery, cognitive-behavioral interventions and age on activity outcomes. Applied Nursing Research, 17(3), 168-177.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., Cohen, F., & Salisbury, M.H. (2004). Adolescents' coping with surgery for scoliosis: Effects on recovery outcomes over time. Research in Nursing and Health, (27), 237-253.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J., Cohen, F., & Salisbury, M. H. (2003). Cognitive-behavioral intervention effects on adolescents' anxiety and pain following spinal fusion surgery. Nursing Research, 52, 183-190. (Commendation Recognition from NR)

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J. T., Salisbury, M.H., & Cohen, F. (2003). Effects of coping instruction in reducing young adolescents' pain after major spinal surgery. Orthopaedic Nursing, 22(6), 398-403.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J., Salisbury, M.H. & Riley, L.P.. (2003). Optimism, anxiety and coping in parents of children hospitalized for spinal surgery. Applied Nursing Research, 16(4), 228-235.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J., & Salisbury, M. (2001). Anxiety and postoperative pain in children who undergo major orthopaedic surgery. Applied Nursing Research, 14(3), 119-124.

LaMontagne, L.L. (2000). Children's coping with surgery: A process-oriented perspective. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 15(5), 307-312.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., & Cohen, F. (2000). Effects of surgery type and attention focus on children's coping.Nursing Research, 49, 245-252.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., Byington, K.C., & Chang, C.Y. (1997). Child and parent emotional responses during hospitalization for orthopaedic surgery. Maternal Child Nursing, 22, 299-303.

LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., Johnson, B.D., & Cohen, F. (1996). Children's preoperative coping and its effects on postoperative anxiety and return to normal activity. Nursing Research, 45, 141-147.