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Dominik Mischkowski

Assistant Professor, Psychology

Research Interests

Physical and emotional pain are unfortunate, yet inevitable, parts of many people’s lives. Such pain can cause significant suffering and often interferes with people’s professional and social functioning. I study how the physical pain system regulates other psychological and social functions, and how physiological and psychological factors in turn affect physical and emotional pain. Specifically, my research interests focus on three basic questions: (1) How does the physical pain system regulate affect and social behavior? (2) How can people cope with physical and emotional pain? And (3) what are the psycho-physiological factors associated with the subjective pain experience?

I study these questions using a multi-methods approach, which includes pharmacological intervention (acetaminophen), psycho-physiological methods (skin conductance, heart rate, pupil dilation), functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), and self-report/behavioral assays.

Dr. Mischkowski is currently accepting graduate students.

Education

Social Psychology, PhD, Ohio State University

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Assistant Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Recent Publications

Campbell, P. C., & Mischkowski, D. (Accepted/In press). Teaching information literacy in online psychology courses: Effects on student performance and self-reported confidence. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006231219244

Yang, Y., & Mischkowski, D. (2024). Integrating intra- and interpersonal perspectives on chronic low back pain: the role of emotion regulation and attachment insecurity. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1331227. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1331227

Kim, H. W., Onate, J. A., Criss, C. R., Simon, J. E., Mischkowski, D., & Grooms, D. R. (2023). The relationship between drop vertical jump action-observation brain activity and kinesiophobia after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A cross-sectional fMRI study. Brain and Behavior, 13(2), Article e2879. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2879

Lin, T., Anderson, T., Austin, M., & Mischkowski, D. (2023). Early trajectories of symptom change and working alliance as predictors of treatment outcome. Psychotherapy Research, 33(2), 185-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2022.2080028

Amir, C., Rose-McCandlish, M., Weger, R., Dildine, T. C., Mischkowski, D., Necka, E. A., Lee, I. S., Wager, T. D., Pine, D. S., & Atlas, L. Y. (2022). Test-Retest Reliability of an Adaptive Thermal Pain Calibration Procedure in Healthy Volunteers. Journal of Pain, 23(9), 1543-1555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2022.01.011

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