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Author:

Maereg, Tiyobista

Title:

The Interactive Relationship between Ethnic-Racial Identity, Academic Expectations, and Neighborhood Ethnic-Racial Concentration: Variation by Gender and Ethnicity-Race

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

ethnic-racial identity
neighborhood ethnic-racial concentration
gender differences
academic expectations
ethnic-racial differences

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Mayra Bamaca, Committee Member

Author:

Carpenter, Catherine

Title:

Memory Processes as we Age: A Dissociation of Unitization, Association and Item Memory Over Time

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

psychology
memory
aging
associative memory
unitization

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Slotkin, Becca

Title:

Impact of a School-Based Social Skills Intervention on Parent-Child and Parent-School Relationships

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Peer rejection
Parent-Child Relationships
Parent-School Relationships
Social Skills Training
Intervention

File:

Download Slotkin_Masters_Thesis_for_Grad_School_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Janet Agnes Welsh, Committee Member

Author:

Schillinger, David

Title:

I Can't Work Like This: The Effects of Action-State Orientation Diversity on Relationship Conflict in Teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

action-state orientation
relationship conflict
interpersonal processes
process conflict
transition processes

File:

Download DJS_thesis_submission_4.1.2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, 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:

Kelm, Madison

Title:

Predictors of Parenting at Toddler Age: Maternal Childhood Maltreatment, Prenatal Substance Use, and Pre-to-Postnatal Maternal Mood Unpredictability

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Maternal sensitivity
harshness
mood unpredictability
prenatal substance use
childhood maltreatment

File:

Download Kelm_MastersThesis__1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Rina Das Eiden, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Program Head/Chair
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Stephanie Godleski, Special Signatory

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:

Download COG-ED_grad-school_XY.pdf

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:

Albrecht Soto, Sara

Title:

Reclaiming agency: Examining resilience in Black and Latine students in the face of racial/ethnic discrimination

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Resilience
racial discrimination
well-being
civic engagement

File:

Download Masters_thesis_Final_Albrecht-Soto.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Aviste, Rosemary

Title:

Developing the Animacy Scale: A Counter to Western Environmental Philosophy

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Relationship with nature
Environmental Psychology
Scale Development
Beliefs about nature
Posthumanism

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Committee Members:

Janet Kay Swim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Michelle S Bae-Dimitriadis, Committee Member

Author:

Guerriero, Joseph

Title:

Testing the differential effects of death anxiety and death reflection on pro-environmental outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Environmental psychology
Terror Management Theory
climate change
death reflection
sustainability
generativity

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Committee Members:

Janet Kay Swim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Mary Katherine Shenk, Committee Member

Author:

Halberstadt, Alexandra

Title:

Personality Traits and Interpersonal Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

agency
communion
personality traits
personality dynamics

File:

Download formattedFinalV4.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Emily B Ansell, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Michael Hallquist, 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