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Author:

Boggs, Saskia

Title:

A Person-Centered Approach to Understand Black Students’ Racial-Academic Identities: An Examination of Predictors and Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

african-americans
identity development
positive black psychology
racial identity
academic identity
adolescence
school transitions
school racial climate
school academic climate
middle school
high school
academic outcomes
academic attainment
psychosocial wellbeing
self-esteem
optimism
black youth
youth of color
students of color
socioeconomic diversity

File:

Download Boggs_Dissertation_Joint_Racial-Academic_Identity_FINAL_FORMAT_cv-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Dawn P. Witherspoon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn P. Witherspoon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Johnathan E. Cook, Committee Member
K. Suzy Scherf, Committee Member
Mayra Y. Bámaca-Colbert, Outside Member

Author:

Pham, Holly

Title:

Investigation of the Pathway from Interpersonal Stress to Internalizing Problems: Potential Roles of Pubertal Timing and HPA Stress Reactivity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

interpersonal stress
pubertal timing
sex difference
HPA stress reactivity
cortisol
adolescence

File:

Download Pham_Masters_Summer_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Lorah D Dorn, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Abrams, Alyssa

Title:

Comparing Heavy Episodic Drinking and High-Intensity Drinking: Effects on Academic Achievement Across Adolescence

Graduate Program:

School Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

alcohol
adolescence
heavy episodic drinking
high-intensity drinking
time varying effect model
academic achievement
time-varying effect model

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Committee Members:

Cristin Hall, Major Field Member
Jennifer Frank, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Turrisi, Outside Unit Member
Elizabeth Hughes, Outside Field Member
Ashley Linden-Carmichael, Outside Field Member
James Diperna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

May, Emily M.

Title:

Substance Use in Diverse Rural Adolescents: Processes of Risk and Resilience Across Multiple Ecological Levels

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

adolescence
substance use
alcohol use
marijuana use
rural
education
neighborhood

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Committee Members:

Sandra Azar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mayra Bamaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Dawn Witherspoon, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Martha Wadsworth, Major Field Member
Peter Molenaar, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Caniglia, Michael

Title:

Work, Public Assistance, and the Transition to Adulthood Among Children Maltreated During Early Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

foster care
transition to adulthood
adolescence
public assistance
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

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Committee Members:

Sarah Anne Font, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fenelon, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Molly Martin, Committee Member

Author:

Petrie, Daniel

Title:

Examining habitual brain circuitry in adolescents and young adults: From nomothetic to idiographic approaches

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

habit
adolescence
neuroimaging
functional connectivity
OCD
Stress

File:

Download Petrie_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hobart Cleveland, Program Head/Chair
Sy-Miin Chow, Major Field Member
Stephen Wilson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zachary Fisher, Major Field Member

Author:

Fry, Cassidy

Title:

Social Stress Reactivity: Links with Early Environmental Instability and Adolescent Anxiety

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

cortisol
stress
trait anxiety
social anxiety
puberty
peer problems
caregiver support
caregiver lability
adolescence
childhood
household chaos

File:

Download Fry_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Heidemarie Laurent, Program Head/Chair
Lori Francis, Outside Field Member
Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Lisa Kopp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzy Scherf, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Qian, Yiming

Title:

Covarying Pattern Of Developmental Changes In The Face Processing System In Autistic Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Visual Perception
face perception
multimodal neuroimaging
adolescence
autism
developmental process

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Committee Members:

Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Peter Molenaar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rick Gilmore, Chair of Committee
Suzy Scherf, Dissertation Advisor
Frank Hillary, Major Field Member

Author:

Carrier, Josie

Title:

Killing What Kind of Pain? Loneliness as a Form of Emotional Strain

Graduate Program:

Sociology (MA)

Keywords:

Loneliness
social isolation
adolescence
substance use

File:

Download Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashton Michael Verdery, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Allen Kreager, Committee Member
David Baker, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sarah Brothers, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Tong

Title:

Heritable, Environmental, and Timing Effects on the Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

anxiety and depressive symptoms
timing
sensitive periods
adoption
adolescence
anxiety and depressive symptoms
timing
sensitive periods
adoption
adolescence

File:

Download TongChen_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair