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Author:: Lucas, Alysa Ann
Title:: THE ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP SUPPORT IN EMERGING ADULTS’ RISKY SEXUAL DECISION-MAKING: A TEST OF THE REGRET REGULATION THEORY
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: regret regulation theory
support
friendship
sexual decision-making
File:: Download ALucasDISS-FINAL_EDITS_with_ACK_1_.pdf
Committee Members:: Jon F Nussbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

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Author:: Goodwin, Amanda
Title:: Identity Uncertainty, Communication, and Subjective Well-being during the Transition to College
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: identity
friendship
college students
interpersonal communication
well-being
File:: Download Goodwin_Dissertation_7.2.09.pdf
Committee Members:: Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

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Author:: Kam, Jennifer A.
Title:: DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF CULTURAL BROKERING AMONG MEXICAN-HERITAGE YOUTH
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Mexican-heritage youth
academic performance
cultural brokering
language brokering
parentification
general strain theory
substance use
File:: Download JKam_Diss_5-17-09.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael L Hecht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member

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Author:: Volkman, Julie Elizabeth
Title:: DISENTANGLING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NARRATIVES COMPRISING EVIDENCE: OUTCOMES OF OSTEOPOROSIS NARRATIVE EVIDENCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: emotion
health communication
narrative evidence
processing
osteoporosis
File:: Download Volkman_Dissertation_7.17.09_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Roxanne Louise Parrott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Sharon Nickols Richardson, Committee Member

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Author:: Johnson, Jennifer Susan
Title:: The Illocutionary Force of Hurt and Support in Young Adult Romantic Relationships: Message Feature Ratings, Message Perceptions, and Physiological stress
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Support
Hurt
Message Features
Physiological Stress
File:: Download Johnson_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Biedendorf, Jennifer
Title:: Memory Beyond Borders? Cosmopolitanism and the International Criminal Court
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: rhetoric
memory
transnationalism
cosmopolitanism
International Criminal Court
human rights
nation-state
conservative
women’s rights
U.S. foreign policy
Darfur
genocide
File:: Download Biedendorf_Jennifer_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen Howard Browne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member
John Philip Christman, Committee Member
Janet Wynne Lyon, Committee Member

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Author:: Weber, Kirsten Marie
Title:: MAKING A TREATMENT DECISION FOR BREAST CANCER: ASSOCIATIONS AMONG MARITAL QUALITIES, COUPLE COMMUNICATION, AND BREAST CANCER TREATMENT DECISION OUTCOMES
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Couple
Communication
Breast cancer
Treatment decision
Uncertainty
Interference
File:: Download full_diss_7-6-09_PDF.pdf
Committee Members:: Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member

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Author:: Steuber, Keli Ryan
Title:: Infertility Information Management: Factors Affecting Individual Disclosures and Discrepancies between Husbands and Wives
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: infertility
marital quality
privacy management
social networks
File:: Download STEUBER_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Denise Haunani Solomon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Rachel Annette Smith, Committee Member
Alan Booth, Committee Member

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Author:: Haman, Mary Kathryn
Title:: Wild Women of the Progressive Era: Rhetoric, Gender, and Agitation in the Age of Reform
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Social Movement Rhetoric
File:: Download Mary_Haman_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr J Michael Hogan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hogan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Walter Benson, Committee Member
Stephen Howard Browne, Committee Member
Daniel L Letwin, Committee Member

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Author:: Matsunaga, Masaki
Title:: BULLIED VICTIMS' COPING VIA DISCLOSURE: A PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: structural equation mixture modeling
Japan-U.S. comparison
family and interpersonal relationships
communication of coping
bullying
latent class/profile analysis
File:: Download Matsunaga_Dissertation_Draft_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael L Hecht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Dillard, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member

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