Daniel Bolt, PhD

Position title: Nancy C. Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Educational Psychology

PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology

Contact Information

UW-Madison
Room 1086, Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-4938
dmbolt@wisc.edu
Educational Psychology

Research Statement

My methodological research interests are in the theory and application of psychometric methods in the educational, social and health sciences. I am especially interested in the application of latent variable models for purposes of test validation, assessment of individual differences (such as response styles), and the modeling of growth/change. Recent interests include multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) applications to novel item formats such as in computer-based assessments. I also provide consultation on the application of statistical methods across a broad range of applications in the social sciences.

Selected Publications

Piro-Gambetti, B., Greenlee, J., Bolt, D., Papp, L. M., & Hartley, S. L. (2024). Parent-couple satisfaction, parent depression, and child mental health in families with autistic children. Frontiers in psychiatry, 14, 1306456. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1306456
Ellis Weismer, S., Tomblin, J. B., Durkin, M. S., Bolt, D., & Palta, M. (2021). A preliminary epidemiologic study of social (pragmatic) communication disorder in the context of developmental language disorder. International journal of language & communication disorders, 56(6), 1235–1248. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12664
Vorperian HK, Kent RD, Lee Y, Bolt DM. (2019). Corner vowels in males and females ages 4 to 20 years: Fundamental and F1-F4 formant frequencies. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(5):3255. doi: 10.1121/1.5131271.
Rodriguez G, Hartley SL, Bolt D. (2019). Transactional Relations Between Parenting Stress and Child Autism Symptoms and Behavior Problems. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(5):1887-1898. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3845-x.
Plate RC, Bloomberg Z, Bolt DM, Bechner AM, Roeber BJ, Pollak SD. (2019). Abused Children Experience High Anger Exposure. Frontiers in Psychology, 5;10:440. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00440.
Ellis Weismer S, Kaushanskaya M, Larson C, Mathée J, Bolt D. (2018). Executive Function Skills in School-Age Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Association With Language Abilities. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 61(11):2641-2658. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-RSAUT-18-0026.
Hartley SL, Papp LM, Bolt D. (2018). Spillover of Marital Interactions and Parenting Stress in Families of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 2018;47(sup1):S88-S99. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1152552.
Wild A, Vorperian HK, Kent RD, Bolt DM, Austin D. (2018). Single-Word Speech Intelligibility in Children and Adults With Down Syndrome. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 6;27(1):222-236.
Bussanich P, Hartley SL, Bolt D. (2017). Parental attributions for positive behaviours in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61(7):643-655. doi: 10.1111/jir.12373.
Derdemezis E, Vorperian HK, Kent RD, Fourakis M, Reinicke EL, Bolt DM. (2016). Optimizing Vowel Formant Measurements in Four Acoustic Analysis Systems for Diverse Speaker Groups. American Journal of Speech and Language Pathology. 25(3):335-54. doi: 10.1044/2015_AJSLP-15-0020.
Burris C, Vorperian HK, Fourakis M, Kent RD, Bolt DM. (2014) Quantitative and descriptive comparison of four acoustic analysis systems: vowel measurements. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 57(1):26-45.
Poehlmann-Tynan J, Gerstein ED, Burnson C, Weymouth L, Bolt DM, Maleck S, Schwichtenberg AJ. (2014) Risk and resilience in preterm children at age 6. Development and Psychopathology. Sep 8:1-16.
Venker CE, Ray-Subramanian CE, Bolt DM, Ellis Weismer S. (2014) Trajectories of autism severity in early childhood. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 44(3):546-63.
Andrews M, Bolt DM, Braun M, Benedict RE. (2013) Measuring exertion during caregiving of children and young adults with cerebral palsy who require assistance for mobility and self-care. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. 33(3):300-12.
Roeber BJ, Tober CL, Bolt DM, Pollak SD. (2012) Gross motor development in children adopted from orphanage settings. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. Mar 13..
Poehlmann J, Schwichtenberg AJ, Bolt DM, Hane A, Burnson C, Winters J. (2011) Infant physiological regulation and maternal risks as predictors of dyadic interaction trajectories in families with a preterm infant. Developmental Psychology. Jan;47(1):91-105.
Hartley SL, Barker ET, Seltzer MM, Floyd F, Greenberg J, Orsmond G, Bolt D. (2010) The relative risk and timing of divorce in families of children with an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Family Psychology. Aug;24(4):449-57..
Poehlmann J, Schwichtenberg AJ, Bolt D, Dilworth-Bart J.. (2009) Predictors of depressive symptom trajectories in mothers of preterm or low birth weight infants. Journal of Family Psychology. Oct;23(5):690-704.
Shattuck PT, Seltzer MM, Greenberg JS, Orsmond GI, Bolt D, Kring S, Lounds J, Lord C. (2007) Change in autism symptoms and maladaptive behaviors in adolescents and adults with an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Oct;37(9):1735-47.