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Background

• Doctoral Candidate, Counseling Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.
• B.A. Psychology, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 1983.

Publications

• Matthews, K.A., Gump, B.B., Block, D.R., and Allen, M.T. (1997). Does Background Stress Heighten or Dampen Children’s Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Stress? Psychosomatic Medicine 59:488-496.
• Matthews, K.A., Manuck, S.B., Stoney, C.M., Rakaczky, C.J., McCann, B.S., Saab, P.G., Woodall, K.L., Block, D.R., Visintainer, P.F., and Engebretson, T.O. (1988). Familial Aggregation of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Responses During Behavioral Stress. Psychosomatic Medicine 50(4):341-52.
• Russell, P.O., Epstein, L.H., Johnston, J.J., Block, D.R., & Blair, E. (1988). The Effects of Physical Activity as Maintenance for Smoking Cessation. Addictive Behaviors 13(2):215-8.
• Russell, P.O., Epstein, L.H., Sittenfield, S.L., & Block, D.R. (1986). The Effects of Nicotine Chewing Gum on the Sensitivity to Muscle Tension. Psychopharmacology 89(2):230-3.