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Author:

Ivory, Susannah

Title:

An Examination of Implicit and Explicit Need for Achievement and Fear of Failure Predicting Perceptions of Organizational Consequences

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Situational Perceptions
Implicit Personality
Need for Achievement
Fear of Failure
Consequences

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Rustin David Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Jean Marie Phillips, Committee Member

Author:

Cardwell, Gabrielle

Title:

Age-Related Differences in Children’s and Mothers’ Strategies for Regulating Children’s Behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Self-regulation
Child development
Parenting

File:

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Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member

Author:

Davis, Katherine

Title:

The Link between Baseline Suicidality and Alliance through Client Moderators

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

therapeutic alliance
disparities
marginalization
social identities
suicidality
psychotherapy outcome
collegiate mental health

File:

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Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member

Author:

Asan, Essie

Title:

Establishing Construct Validity of Schizotypy Within and Across Interpersonal Circumplex Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

schizotypy
personality disorder
interpersonal circumplex
construct validation

File:

Download AEAsan_MastersThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Lai, Clin Yuue

Title:

How Does Prior Knowledge Affect Statistical learning in a Complex Auditory Scene

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

statistical learning
prior knowledge
environmental sound

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Committee Members:

Janet Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Nancy Dennis, Committee Member
Navin Viswanathan, Committee Member

Author:

Posada Rodriguez, Camilo

Title:

Saliendo Del Clóset: The Coming Out Process of LGBTQ+ Latines and Their Help-Seeking Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Coming Out
Help-Seeking
Latine
Queer

File:

Download CamiloPosadaRodriguez_AfterReview.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jes Matsick, Committee Member

Author:

Tan, Hongjun

Title:

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLEGE COUNSELING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

college counseling
college students
mental health
international students
social support
family support

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Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member

Author:

Pottschmidt, Natalie

Title:

Sleep Difficulty in University Counseling Centers: Client-Therapist Convergence and Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

sleep
college counseling
psychotherapy
presenting concern

File:

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Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Anne-Marie Chang, Committee Member

Author:

Merseal, Hannah

Title:

Assessing Temporal Constraints on Sequence Ordering in Music Improvisation

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

improvisation
music cognition
motor planning
planning constraints
cognitive load
tempo
easy first
language production
motor production

File:

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Committee Members:

Roger Beaty, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Weiss, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Bryan E Nichols, Committee Member

Author:

Roberson, Anthony

Title:

Same mountain, different cliff: Examining the emergence of appointing members of marginalized communities to precarious mid-level leadership roles

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Leadership Selection
Glass Cliff
Race/Ethnicity
Gender

File:

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Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kisha Jones, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Pham, Catherine

Title:

Examining Noise-Induced Differences in the Syntactic Complexity of Spoken Language

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

syntax
production
speech
noise
cognitive control

File:

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Committee Members:

Elisabeth Karuza, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet van Hell, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Navin Viswanathan, Committee Member

Author:

Lovell-Smith, Nathaniel

Title:

An Accelerated Assessment of Reflective Functioning: Validating the Use of Computerized Reflective Functioning (CRF) Within Sessions of Psychotherapy for BPD

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Mentalization
Reflective Functinoing
Borderline Personality Disorder

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Committee Members:

Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yamaguchi-Pedroza, Katsumi

Title:

Perceptions of Sexual Violence as a Function of Women's Race and Occupation

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality
sexual harassment
sexual violence
dehumanization
victim blaming
intersectionality

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Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member

Author:

Mowrey, Sarah

Title:

Saying one thing and doing what exactly? Examining flexibility in judgments of hypocrisy

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

hypocrisy
social cognition
morality

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Committee Members:

Sean Laurent, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Suzy Scherf, Committee Member

Author:

Lombera, Metzli

Title:

Measurement Models of Maltreatment and Associations with Suicidal Ideation Statements Made by Youth in Foster Care

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Childhood maltreatment
structural equation modeling
confirmatory factor analysis
suicidal ideation

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Committee Members:

Amy Dyanna Marshall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yo Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Chad Edward Shenk, Committee Member

Author:

Manning, Caroline

Title:

Uncovering the Hidden Motives: The Role of Implicit Motivation in Predicting Job Crafting Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Job Crafting
Implicit Personality
Person-job Fit

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Committee Members:

James Le Breton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin Meyer, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jean Phillips, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Yeunjoo

Title:

Age-related changes in children’s speech contents during a frustrating task and their relations to nonverbal anger expressions in early childhood

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

early childhood
anger expression
age-related changes
spontaneous speech
language
emotion regulation

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_VKim_FINAL_032023.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rina Das Eiden, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Janet Van Hell, Committee Member

Author:

Tucker, Nora

Title:

A PERSON-CENTERED ANALYSIS OF PARENT SOCIALIZATION OF EMOTION AT AGES TWO AND FIVE​

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Emotion Socialization
Parent Socialization of Emotion
Parenting
Person-Centered

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (She/Her), Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Rina Das Eiden, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Adriana

Title:

Novel metaphor processing in a second language: A behavioral and ERP study

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

novel metaphor
EEG
bilingualism
second language
ERP

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Committee Members:

Janet Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Beaty, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Chaleece Sandberg (She/Her), Committee Member

Author:

Haynes, Elise

Title:

The Influence of Negative Self-Conscious Emotions on Attentional Scope

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Shame
Guilt
Emotion
Attentional Scope

File:

Download Haynes_MSThesis_Formatted_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Gasper, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member

Author:

Ivanova, Miglena

Title:

Codeveloping Trajectories of Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems From Toddlerhood to Early School Age: Role of Prenatal Substance Exposure and Caregiver Sensitivity

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

externalizing problems
internalizing problems
codeveloping trajectories
prenatal substance exposure
caregiver sensitivity
parallel-process latent growth curve modeling
externalizing problems
internalizing problems
codeveloping trajectories
prenatal substance exposure
caregiver sensitivity
parallel-process latent growth curve modeling

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Committee Members:

Rina Das Eiden, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Peter C. M. Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Lytle, Marisa

Title:

The Influence of Neighborhood on Infant Parasympathetic Nervous System Development

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Infancy
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Neighborhood
Maternal Depression
Development

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Heidemarie Laurent, Committee Member

Author:

Rajagopalan, Adithi

Title:

Understanding the Relationship between Racial Salience and Stress Adapted Coping in Minoritized Youth

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Race
racial salience
Minority
Stress
Coping
Poverty
Discrimination

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Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yo Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member

Author:

Spina, Dan

Title:

The Real Relationship in Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

borderline personality disorder
psychotherapy research
Real Relationship
Transference-focused psychotherapy

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
James Le Breton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Such, Sara

Title:

Betrayal Trauma Theory and Perpetrator Status: Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms Across Dimensions of Child Maltreatment

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

child maltreatment
foster care
betrayal trauma
internalizing
externalizing

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Committee Members:

Yo Jackson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christian Michael Connell, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member

Author:

Strand, Natalie

Title:

GENDER/SEX DIFFERENCES IN ENJOYMENT OF THREAT-RELATED IMAGES AND CONSIDERATIONS OF APPROACH-AVOIDANCE AND RESILIENCE TRAITS

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Threat Perception
Emotion
Gender/sex
Resilience
Approach-Avoidance

File:

Download Natalie_Strand_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Reginald Adams, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member

Author:

Zeitlen, Daniel

Title:

Openness to Experience and Semantic Network Reorganization

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

semantic memory
openness to experience
conceptual combination

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Committee Members:

Roger Beaty, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Van Hell, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Chaleece Sandberg (She/Her), Committee Member

Author:

Yan, Xu

Title:

Preferential Choice to Exert Cognitive Effort in Children with ADHD: a Diffusion Modelling Account

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

ADHD
diffusion modeling
cognitive effort
metacognitive monitoring
cognitive control

File:

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Emily B Ansell, Committee Member

Author:

Sakamoto, Mc Kenna

Title:

Examining the Role of Depression on the Relationship between Objective and Subjective Cognitive Functioning after Sport-Related Concussion

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Sport-related concussion
depression
neuropsychological assessment
post-concussion symptoms

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Pushpanadh, Sreelakshmi

Title:

A Latent Profile Analysis of Multidimensional Sexual Stigma in LGB Adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

stigma
sexuality
latent profile analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Sreelakshmi.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth N. Levy, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Eric K. Layland, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member

Author:

Dyer, Walter

Title:

Association between Oral Contraceptive Use and Cigarette Dependence in Women who Smoke Cigarettes

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Cigarettes
Sex Differences
Oral Contraceptives
Cigarette Dependence
Ovarian Hormones

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rina Das Eiden, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Baik, Seung Yeon

Title:

The effects of worry and rumination on response to daily events in depression and generalized anxiety disorder: Application of the contrast avoidance model

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

generalized anxiety disorder
major depressive disorder
contrast avoidance
worry
rumination

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Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member

Author:

Gonzalez, Cristina

Title:

How do new safety practices contribute to service workers' turnover intentions? A Self-Determination perspective

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

COVID-19
Turnover Intention
Service Work
Safety Climate
Autonomy

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Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Hanyi Min, Committee Member

Author:

Link, Allison

Title:

Acquiring Grammatical Classes from Distributional Properties of the Input: The Challenge of Bilingual Acquisition

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

statistical learning
distributional learning
categorization
grammatical classes
grammar
artificial language
bilingual
bilingualism
language
language acquisition

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elisabeth Karuza, Committee Member
Matthew Thomas Carlson, Committee Member