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Author:

Mayo, Chelsea

Title:

Social Identity Complexity, Ethnic/Racial Identity, and Prosocial Attitudes in Pre-Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

race
ethnicity
ethnic socialization
social identity
social identity complexity
pre-adolescents
intergroup attitudes

File:

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Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Yo Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Wise, Shane

Title:

Implementation of the diffusion model on dot-probe task performance in children with behavioral inhibition

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Threat bias
Behavioral inhibition
diffusion model

File:

Download Wise_Masters_Thesis_Fa2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shewark, Elizabeth

Title:

PARENT-CHILD AND TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS: THE ROLE OF THE CHILD

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Child Emotionality
Child Emotion Development
Parenting
Parent-Child Relationships
Teacher-Child Relationships
Child Problem Behaviors
Child Social Competence
Behavioral Genetics
Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation
Adoption Design
Temperament

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Gregory M Fosco, Outside Member

Author:

Lobo, Frances

Title:

Understanding the Associations Between Parent-Child Coregulation Patterns and Child Self-Regulation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

parent-child relationship
coregulation
contingency
synchrony
flexibility
self-regulation

File:

Download Lobo_Master_s_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Yushuang

Title:

When Adults Learn Novel Word With Meanings: The Role Of Consolidation In Word Learning And Memory Retention

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

word learning
ERP
semantic integration

File:

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Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ping Li, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Kayla

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERAMENT PROFILES AND HARSH PARENTING ON EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

temperament
self-regulation
profiles
difficult temperament
harsh parenting

File:

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Committee Members:

Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Committee Member

Author:

Olivieri, Margaret Anne

Title:

Talking with Toddlers: Two Studies of Toddlers' Emotions and Parent-Toddler Verbal Communication

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

toddler
emotion
language
parent-child communication

File:

Download M.A._Fields-Olivieri_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janet van Hell, Committee Member
Erika Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Outside Member

Author:

Kruk, Mary

Title:

Benevolent but not benign: The role of white women's benevolent and hostile attitudes toward men in their support of other women

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
hiring
white women
benevolent sexism
hostile sexism

File:

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Committee Members:

Jessica Lynn Matsick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsythe, Committee Member

Author:

Gallegos, Jonathan M

Title:

Theoretical and Empirical Evidence for the Relation between Morality and Gender

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Gender
Morality
Person Perception
Stereotypes

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Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
Sarah Clark Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Haoyun

Title:

EXPLORING THE CONTRIBUTION OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS TO LANGUAGE PRODUCTION IN OLDER ADULTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Language production
Executive functions
Cognitive aging
fMRI

File:

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Committee Members:

Michele T. Diaz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele T. Diaz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith F. Kroll, Committee Member
Koraly E. Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Chaleece W. Sandberg, Outside Member

Author:

Grimaldi, Elizabeth Mary

Title:

PERSONALITY & INCENTIVES: THE INTERPLAY AMONG EXECUTIVE PERSONALITY, STOCK OPTIONS, AND FINANCIAL MISREPRESENTATION

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

executive personality
implicit personality
stock options
executive compensation
personality
fraud
unethical behavior
financial restatement
bounded rationality

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Committee Members:

James Marshall Lebreton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Outside Member

Author:

Thai, Nhi Kieu

Title:

TEMPERAMENTAL AND COGNITIVE INFLUENCES ON ANXIETY: A NEURODEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

attention bias
behavioral inhibition
social anxiety
ERP
temperament

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Outside Member

Author:

Hall, Nathan

Title:

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: A NETWORK ANALYSIS APPROACH

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Borderline Personality
connectivity
development
neuroscience
graph

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Nelson Hallquist, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member

Author:

Gerver, Courtney R

Title:

EFFECT OF ENCODING-RETRIEVAL CONGRUENCY ON ASSOCIATIVE RETRIEVAL

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Associative Memory
fMRI
MVPA

File:

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Chancy, Daphney

Title:

When you are a person of color, every place feels like Starbucks. The associations between contextual and cultural stressors, internalizing symptoms, and social support.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Minority Stressors
Social Support
Depressive Symptoms

File:

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Perzow, Sarah

Title:

Individual Differences in Adolescent Coping

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Coping
Developmental Psychopathology
Adolescence
Latent Modeling
Person-Centered Methods
Stress
Functional Adaptation

File:

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Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bethany Cara Bray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Diana Fishbein, Committee Member
Benjamin Hankin, Outside Member

Author:

Mc Guier, Devin James

Title:

The Foster Care Label in Academic Settings: Effects on Teachers’ Expectations, Attributions, and Decision-Making

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Foster Care
Teachers
Bias
Teacher Wellbeing

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Committee Members:

Sandra T Azar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sandra T Azar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Committee Member
Robert J Stevens, Outside Member

Author:

Minnick, Mark Richard

Title:

Emotion Beliefs Among Socially Anxious Individuals: Their Associations with Anxiety Risk Factors and Emotional Experiences During Social-Evaluative Stress

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

anxiety
anxiety sensitivity
working memory
emotion beliefs
attention modification

File:

Download MMinnickDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Outside Member

Author:

Kilcullen, Joseph

Title:

PREDICTING FUTURE COURSES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY WITHIN A PRACTICE-RESEARCH NETWORK

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

psychotherapy treatment courses
returning therapy clients
counseling
patient-focused research
practice-research network

File:

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Committee Members:

Louis G. Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey A. Hayes, Committee Member
Michael N. Hallquist, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Anna

Title:

Developmental Trajectories of Internalizing Symptoms during Early Childhood: Associations with Child Physiology and Maternal Internalizing Symptoms

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Children
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
Internalizing Symptoms
Development

File:

Download ZhouThesisPSU2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristin Ann Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member

Author:

Jacobson, Nicholas Charles

Title:

Meta-Analyses of the Distinct Neurological Activation and Bidirectional Longitudinal Associations between Anxiety and Depression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

anxiety
depression
risk-factor
meta-analysis
fMRI
comorbidity
longitudinal
posttraumatic stress disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder
panic disorder

File:

Download Jacobson_Dissertation_reformatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Louis G. Castonguay, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Lizbeth Mingie

Title:

Inclusive internet media and brief interventions: An examination of target and dominant group perspectives

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

media representation
entertainment-education
asian american
prejudice
belonging
national identity
civic agency
internet media
stereotypes
popular media
media virality
media intervention
cultural specificity

File:

Download Lizbeth_Kim_-_Final_Dissertation_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jessica Lynn Matsick, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member

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:

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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:

Bendezu, Jason

Title:

A MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ANALYSIS EXAMINATION OF THE PERFORMANCE GOAL ORIENTATION MODEL OF DEPRESSION VULNERABILITY IN PREADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

performance goal orientation
coping
attachment
cortisol
alpha-amylase
skin conductance level
stress

File:

Download Dissertation_TOGRADSCHOOL_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Sy-Miin Chow, Outside Member

Author:

Mac Neill, Leigha Alexandra

Title:

ATTENTION PROCESSES IN CONTEXT: A MULTI-METHOD ASSESSMENT OF HOW PARENTING AND TEMPERAMENT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATTENTION

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Attention
Temperament
Parenting
Eye-Tracking
EEG
Individual Differences
Development

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Susan Marie Mc Hale, Outside Member

Author:

Abdollahi, Fatemeh A

Title:

Processing Foreign-accented and Native-accented speech: An Electrophysiological Study on the Role of Exposure and Age

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Language Processing; Language and Aging; Psycholinguistics; Neurolinguistics; Audiology

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Committee Members:

Janet Van Hell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janet Van Hell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ping Li, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Outside Member

Author:

Schermerhorn, Nathaniel

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF “GAYZING:” WHEN THE GAZE OF GAY MEN POSES A THREAT TO STRAIGHT MEN’S MASCULINITY

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

masculinity
threat
sexual prejudice
masculinity
threat
sexual prejudice

File:

Download Schermerhorn_Masters_August2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Lynn Matsick, Committee Member
Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsythe, Committee Member

Author:

Hedayati Zafarghandi, Shekoofeh

Title:

QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT: ON GENERALIZABILITY OF COGNITIVE COMPUTATIONAL MODELS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Computational models
Quantitative measures
Qualitative features
Generalizability

File:

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Committee Members:

Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member

Author:

Potts, Cory A

Title:

RELATING THE EXPERIENCE OF AGENCY TO THE LEVEL OF ACTION IDENTIFICATION IN A HIERARCHICAL TASK

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Agency
Hierarchical Representation
Cognition
Action

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Alan Carlson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Outside Member

Author:

Level, Rachel

Title:

Depressed Mother's Positive Affect with their Partners and their Infants: Evidence for Compensatory Effects

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

maternal depression
parenting
infancy
family systems
compensatory
spillover
marital conflict

File:

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Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Amy Dyanna Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

O'Donnell, Ryan

Title:

Developing an OATS (Operationalized Attentional Task Set): an assessment of how attentional sets change during a task according to its demands

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

visual attention
visual search
attentional sets
categorical search
visual attention
visual search
attentional sets
categorical search

File:

Download REO_MastersThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member

Author:

Loughlin-Presnal, John Edward

Title:

Do Gains in Executive Functions Support Sustained Intervention Effects in a Home and Preschool-Based Schoool Readiness Intervention?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

School readiness
Executive function
Self-regulation
Preschool
Intervention
Early childhood

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Scott David Gest, Outside Member

Author:

Williamson, Jason

Title:

Social Class Diversity in Teams: The Moderating Effects of Perspective Taking and Conflict Resolution Norms on Team Viability

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Social Class Diversity
Teams
Perspective Taking
Conflict Resolution

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Fernandez, Carla Beatriz

Title:

THE ROLE OF SPEAKER IDENTITY ON THE PROCESSING OF NATIVE AND FOREIGN-ACCENTED SPEECH

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

language
perception
EEG

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Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adriana Van Hell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Diaz, Committee Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Katharina Sophie Schuhmann, Outside Member
Kathryn Suzanne Scherf, Committee Member

Author:

Dell, Kristine

Title:

Examining Headache and Postural Control Variability During Explosive Breacher Training

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

blast
breacher
headache
postural control
ApEn

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank G. Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter S. Carr, Committee Member
John H. Challis, Committee Member
Peter A. Arnett, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roman, Cristina Flores-almeida

Title:

EXAMINING THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF DEPRESSION IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS THROUGH LOCAL AND GLOBAL STRUCTURAL NETWORK PERSPECTIVES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

multiple sclerosis
structural connectivity
depression
connectometry
graph theory

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Committee Members:

Peter A. Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Kathryn Suzanne Scherf, Committee Member
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Outside Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member

Author:

Henry, Shannon Lee

Title:

EXAMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PEER CONTEXT, SOCIAL ANXIETY, AND ALCOHOL EXPECTANCIES IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

alcohol
peers
social anxiety
anxiety
alcohol expectancies
undergraduates
peer familiarity
peer context

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Wilson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Hobart H Cleveland, III, Outside Member

Author:

Palmer, Lindsay

Title:

Perceived Identity Incongruence: Sexual Orientation and Fit with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

STEM diversity
identity
LGBTQ
belonging
academic outcomes
STEM diversity
identity
LGBTQ
belonging

File:

Download Palmer_Master_s_Thesis_format_review.pdf

Committee Members:

Jessica Lynn Matsick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Samantha Lauren Tornello, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lengieza, Michael

Title:

Contact with Nature and Connectedness: The Role of Self-focus

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

connectedness to nature
contact with nature
self-focus

File:

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Committee Members:

Janet Kay Swim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Spencer, Lauren A.

Title:

SOCIAL SHARING OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL EVENTS: WHETHER OR NOT SHARING HELPS DEPENDS ON THE LISTENER’S RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

affect
emotion regulation
coping
interpersonal closeness
interpersonal emotion regulation
social support

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Gasper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Gasper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lebkuecher, Amy

Title:

Plan Reuse in Motor and Language Production

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

motor planning
language production
plan reuse
hysteresis
motor production
sentence construction

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nguyen, Tin

Title:

Fair-weather folks or team players? The effects of idea rejection on fairness and implementation efforts

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

idea rejection
innovation
creativity
decision maker
fairness
gatekeeping
effort
idea generation
idea implementation
innovation process

File:

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Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Roger Beaty, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Vanessa

Title:

GENDER GAP IN LEADERSHIP INTEREST: STEREOTYPE INCONGRUITY EXPLANATIONS AND TARGETED RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Gender
Gender Gap
Leadership
Targeted Recruitment
Role Congruity
Attraction to Leadership

File:

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Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Jessica Lynn Matsick, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Chang

Title:

THE STATIC CO-OCCURRENCE AND DYNAMIC CO-DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN EXTERNALIZING AND INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS FROM AGES 1.5 TO 8 YEARS AT BETWEEN-PERSON AND WITHIN-PERSON LEVELS: DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES AND HERITABLE AND REARING ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

externalizing and internalizing behaviors
between-person and within-person perspectives
co-occurrence
dynamic co-development
parent-offspring adoption design
integrative data-analytic techniques
heritable and rearing environmental influences

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Sy-Miin Chow, Outside Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schwob, Natalie

Title:

Easy-First in Language and Action

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Easy-First
language planning
motor planning
planning constraints

File:

Download Schwob_Thesis_Format__HNPM.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Beaty, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Theriault, Cristina

Title:

DIF in the CRT-A

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Aggression
DIF
CRT-A
Gender
Race
Implicit personality

File:

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Committee Members:

James Marshall Lebreton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Taverna, Emily

Title:

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE PERPETRATION, POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, AND GUILT: THE MODERATING ROLE OF PARENTING STATUS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Intimate partner violence
Guilt
PTSD
Parenting

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Dyanna Marshall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Steffany Fredman, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Skoranski, Amanda

Title:

Modeling Profiles of Mothers' and Fathers' Mental Health and Stress Physiology and Physiological Coregulation with Preschool-Aged Children

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

parenting
mental health
anxiety
depression
respiratory sinus arrhythmia
latent profile analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Robert William Roeser, Outside Member
J. Douglas Coatsworth, Special Member
Alicia Ann Grandey, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schroeder, Kingsley Manning

Title:

Components of Gender-Conformity Pressure: Measurement and Consequences of Awareness, Feelings, and Behaviors

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender development
parent socialization
felt pressure to conform to gender roles

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Committee Members:

Lynn S. Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn S. Liben, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Margaret L. Signorella, Committee Member
Mayra Y Bamaca, Outside Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gunther, Kelley

Title:

Inhibitory Control as a Risk Factor for Internalizing Behaviors in Behaviorally Inhibited Children: A Mobile Eye Tracking Investigation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Behavioral Inhibition
Anxiety
Internalizing
mobile eye tracking
inhibitory control
executive functions

File:

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ho, Leslie

Title:

Emotion knowledge as a mediator of school readiness outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Emotion knowledge
emotional competence
school readiness
social-emotional learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Yo Jackson, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Diercks, Catherine

Title:

Effects of maternal cumulative risk and perceived control over caregiving failure on the likelihood of autonomy support and direct instruction use with children

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

autonomy support
social cognition
parenting
perceived control
cumulative risk

File:

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Committee Members:

Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Sandra T Azar, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sayre, Gordon M

Title:

Tipping the scale: Do daily financial rewards compensate for energy invested in work?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Conservation of resources
Financial rewards
Service industry
Occupational Health Psychology
Tips
Vigor
Effort-Reward Imbalance

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Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rustin D. Meyer, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
David Manuel Almeida, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Martin, Jacob

Title:

The Glass Half Empty: Filling the Void on the Emptiness Criterion of Borderline Personality Disorder

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

empty
emptiness
borderline personality disorder
BPD

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rackoff, Gavin

Title:

The Effects of Worry on Response to an Exposure Intervention

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

worry
anxiety
exposure therapy

File:

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Committee Members:

Michelle G. Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly E. Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Jose A. Soto, Committee Member
Alicia Ann Grandey, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shin, Ki Eun

Title:

Dynamics of symptom relations in major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder: Time-series network analysis approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Anxiety
Depression
Comorbidity
Network analysis

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Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Outside Member
Daniel Joseph Della Posta, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Galloway-Long, Hilary Susan

Title:

Ahead of the (ROC) Curve: A Statistical Approach to Utilizing ex-Gaussian Parameters of Reaction Time in Diagnosing ADHD Across Three Developmental Periods

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
neuropsychology
processing speed
receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves

File:

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Barbara Schaefer, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dowgwillo, Emily Ann

Title:

Within Person Covariation of Narcissistic Grandiosity and Vulnerability in Daily Life and the Construct Validity of the Super Brief-Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Narcissism
Covariation
Ecological Momentary Assessment

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Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cho, Sinhae

Title:

Motivating Engagement with Social Justice Issues through Compassion Training: A Multi-Method Randomized Controlled Trial

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Compassion Meditation
Empathy
Randomized Controlled Trial
Psychophysiology
Social Resources
Social Justice
Biopsychosocial Model of Challenge and Threat

File:

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Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member
Robert William Roeser, Outside Member
Robert William Roeser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

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:

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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:

Mc Doniel, Meghan E

Title:

Direct and Indirect Effects of Early Adverse Childhood Experiences on School Adjustment across Elementary School

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Adverse childhood experiences
Student-teacher relationships
Internalizing problems
School connectedness
Intrinsic motivation to learn

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Ann Buss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Janet Agnes Welsh, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lafreniere, Lucas S

Title:

Upregulating Positive Emotion in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the SkillJoy Ecological Momentary Intervention

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

generalized anxiety disorder
savoring
positive valence systems
ecological momentary interventions
worry
cognitive-behavioral therapy
self-monitoring
generalized anxiety disorder
savoring
positive valence systems
ecological momentary interventions
positive emotion
worry
cognitive-behavioral therapy
self-monitoring
ecological momentary assessment

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Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ramos, Amanda M

Title:

Genetic, Prenatal, and Family Influences on the Development of Social Competence in Early Childhood

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Social competence
Early childhood
Heritable influences
Prenatal distress
Parenting
Child effects
evocative rGE

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Gregory M Fosco, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Janis, Rebecca Ann

Title:

Psychotherapy Feedback on the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms (CCAPS): Effects on Outcome and Client Moderators of Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

psychotherapy
psychotherapy outcome
psychotherapy feedback

File:

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Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Nelson Hallquist, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Kathleen Bieschke, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Broderick, Amanda Vivian

Title:

Gene-environment interplay: The role of family factors in internalizing symptoms across childhood and adolescence.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

internalizing
anxiety
depression
parenting
gene-environment interplay
gene-environment correlation
children
adolescents
development
genetically informed design

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Steffany Fredman, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shapiro, Zvi Raphael

Title:

Using Statistical Modeling to Better Identify Mechanisms of Cognitive Deficits and Psychopathology

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
Assessment
Statistical Modeling

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Bethany Bray, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Trainer, Austen

Title:

The Role of Parental Socialization of Emotion and Maternal Accuracy During Toddlerhood on Children’s Socioemotional Development

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

parenting
parental socialization of emotion
emotion regulation
emotion socialization
internalizing
early childhood
maternal accuracy
negative affect
unsupportive parental socialization of emotion
supportive parental socialization of emotion

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristin Ann Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Albohn, Daniel

Title:

Computationally Predicting Human Impressions of Neutral Faces

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Neutral Faces
Impression Formation
Machine Learning
Facial Expressions
Emotion Expressions

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Committee Members:

Reginald Adams, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Committee Member
James Z Wang, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Allen, Julian Bryant

Title:

Burning the candle at both ends: An examination of middle-manager well-being

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Leadership
Manager Well-Being
Longitudinal

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Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Donald C Hambrick, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Spring, Victoria

Title:

Outrage helps, outrage hurts: How moral outrage predicts help and punishment behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

moral outrage
anger
choice architecture
prosocial behavior
collective action
outrage

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Daryl Cameron, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Alan Richard Wagner, Outside Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Griswold, Kaytlynn Rose

Title:

Inclusion is in the Eye of the Beholder: Examining Subordinate Sensemaking of Leader Diversity Behaviors in Fostering Inclusive Climates

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

inclusive leadership
inclusive climate
diversity climate
diversity behavior
diversity management
sensemaking
inculsion

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Committee Members:

Kisha Jones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kisha Jones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Aparna Anand Joshi, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ma, Xiaochuan

Title:

Understanding Reading Comprehension in First vs. Second Language: An Exploratory Approach Combining Eye-Tracking and Network Science

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Reading Comprehension
Eye-Tracking
Network Visualization
Network Analysis

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Committee Members:

Ping Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ping Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elisabeth Karuza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schloss, Benjamin J

Title:

Bilingual Language Control during Naturalistic Reading

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

fMRI
bilingualism
cognitive control
bilingual advantage
initial dip
multiband
naturalistic
reading
eye-tracking
FiRe fMRI
MVPA
decoding

File:

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Committee Members:

Ping Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ping Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michele Diaz, Committee Member
Michael Hallquist, Committee Member
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hadjiandreou, Eliana

Title:

“I’ve Been There Too”: Adversity-based Identities & Prosocial Parochialism

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

adversity
parochial empathy
intergroup relations
suffering
compassion
outgroups
common ingroup identity model
communal coping model

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Daryl Cameron, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Lynn Matsick, Committee Member
Andrew High, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Warner, Tyler

Title:

Developmental Versus Individual Differences In Post-Error Slowing In ADHD: A Drift Diffusion Model Analysis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
Posterror Slowing
Diffusion Model
Developmental
Cognitive Control

File:

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Neely, Brett Hamilton

Title:

Faces and Fraud: CEO Facial Masculinity and Firm Financial Misconduct

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Leadership
Upper Echelons Theory
CEO
Masculinity

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Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Member
Kisha Shannon Jones, Committee Member
Aparna Anand Joshi, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Steiner, Troy Garrett

Title:

Applying a Social Visual Approach to the Self

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Self
Narcissim
Gender
Empathy
Reverse Correlation
Social Vision
self-image

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Committee Members:

Reginald Adams, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Beth Oliver, Outside Member
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
Christopher Daryl Cameron, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member

Author:

Boemerman, Louis

Title:

Rationality and Situational Strength: Using Strong Situations to Debias Decision-Making

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

situational strength
decision-making
rationality
decision-making styles

File:

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Committee Members:

Rustin David Meyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hlutkowsky, Christina

Title:

Examining the Predictive Utility of the BRIEF on Performance-Based Executive Function (EF) Tasks

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Executive function
working memory
BRIEF
children
psychopathology
Executive function
working memory
BRIEF
children
psychopathology

File:

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Member
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Moeller, Amanda

Title:

Predicting Deficits in Mentalizing Using the Implicit Motive to Aggress

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Personality; motives; implicit motives; mentalizing; aggression

File:

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Committee Members:

James Marshall Lebreton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
Amy Dyanna Marshall, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Qian, Chujie

Title:

Implications Of Sexual Identification For Perceptions Of Stigma, Concealment Behaviors, And Well-being Among Men With Same-sex Tendencies

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Social Identity
Sexuality
Stigma
Well-being

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Emdin Cook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Troutman, Sara B

Title:

THE WHITE MATTER LINK BETWEEN SEMANTIC LANGUAGE ABILITY AND LANGUAGE PRODUCTION ABILITY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Aging
semantics
language production

File:

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Committee Members:

Michele Diaz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele Diaz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elisabeth Karuza, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Lesley Ross, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Anantharaman, Anuradha

Title:

Organizational political ideology diversity and satisfaction: Election cycle as temporal context

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Political ideology diversity
organizational satisfaction
presidential elections
time-varying effect model

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Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Ann Grandey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Rustin David Meyer, Committee Member
Aparna Anand Joshi, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Notsu, Haruka

Title:

Examining Unstable Working Alliance During Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Borderline Personality Disorder
Working Alliance
Psychotherapy
Good Psychiatric Management
Motive-Oriented Therapeutic Relationship

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Hallquist, Committee Member
James Marshall Lebreton, Committee Member
Yogev Kivity, Special Signatory
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Oswald, Flora

Title:

Examining Responses to Women’s Same-Sex Performativity: Perceptions of Sexual Orientation and Implications for Bisexual Prejudice

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

bisexuality
bisexual prejudice
same-sex behavior
performativity
sexuality

File:

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Committee Members:

Jessica Lynn Matsick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Jill Wood, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vaid, Esha

Title:

Examining Perceived Racial Discrimination, Poverty-Related Stress, and Psychological Functioning In Low Socioeconomic and Diverse Preadolescents

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

perceived racial discrimination
poverty-related stress
preadolescents
psychological functioning

File:

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Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roule, Alexandra

Title:

Assessing Inhibitory Control Strategies and Reward Motivation with the Diffusion Model

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
cognitive control
proactive control
reactive control

File:

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vervoordt, Samantha

Title:

Examining Depression as a Marker for Decline in Older Adults with a History of of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Depression
Traumatic Brain Injury
Aging
Decline

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Christopher Gerald Engeland, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Thomas, Garrett

Title:

Comorbid Affective Symptomatology and Neurocognitive Performance in College Athletes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

depression; anxiety; comorbidity; concussion
mild; injury
sports; test
neuropsychological
depression
anxiety
comorbidity
concussion
sports injury
neuropsychological testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stevens, Samantha

Title:

A Latent Class Analysis Approach to the Identification of Doctoral Students at Risk of Attrition

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

latent class analysis
social identity threat
intervention
higher education
attrition

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Emdin Cook, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jes Matsick, Committee Member
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shih, Shin-I

Title:

Team learning emergence: The personality antecedents and how it unfolds over time

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

team learning
personality
psychological safety
longitudinal study

File:

Download Dissertation_Shih_Final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member
John Millar Carroll, Committee Member

Author:

Bernier, Rachel Anne

Title:

Vascular Health and Demographic Influences on Cognitive Outcome in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury
vascular health
clinical neuropsychology

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Sheila Grace West, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xiao, Henry

Title:

Re-evaluating Dropout: Exploring Definitions and Therapist Effects

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

dropout
premature termination
dropout definition
dropout operationalization

File:

Download Xiao_Dissertation_fin_5.20.20.pdf

Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Kathleen Bieschke, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Scala, John Wesley

Title:

An ecological momentary assessment study of instability in self-concept clarity and self-esteem in borderline personality and anxiety disorders

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Borderline Personality Disorder; Psychopathology; Self-Concept; Self-esteem; Instability; Anxiety Disorder; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Identity

File:

Download Dissertation__Format_Review_.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth N. Levy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth N. Levy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Aaron L. Pincus, Committee Member
James M. LeBreton, Committee Member
Benjamin D. Locke, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Quigley, Kelsey Michaela

Title:

Getting to the heart of cardiac autonomic balance: Exploring antecedents of health-promoting autonomic functioning at age five

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

cardiac autonomic balance
parasympathetic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system
early childhood
infancy
psychophysiology

File:

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Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Member
Sheri A Berenbaum, Committee Member
Cynthia Stifter, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Frasca, Terri

Title:

Beliefs About Diversity Trainings: Majority- and Minority-Group Member Perspectives

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

diversity
organizational psychology
race
gender
intersectionality
social psychology
diversity trainings
training

File:

Download Teresa_Frasca_Final_Masters_Thesis_Formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kisha Shannon Jones, Committee Member
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zaharchuk, Holly

Title:

We "might could" revisit syntactic processing: Studying dialectal variation with event-related potentials

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Event-related potentials
Dialect
Syntax
P600
Southern United States English

File:

Download Zaharchuk_Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Janet van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michele Diaz, Committee Member
John Lipski, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

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

Author:

Cosgrove, Abigail

Title:

Do Our Storytelling Abilities Change As We Age? Exploring The Underlying Semantic And Neural Mechanisms Related To Discourse Production

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Storytelling
Resting-State
Discourse Production
Semantic Networks

File:

Download Abigail_Cosgrove_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michele Diaz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Beaty, Committee Member
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sippel, Lauren

Title:

Social Information Processing and Aggression: The Functional Role of Fear

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

attention
aggression
fear
emotion
eye-tracking

File:

Download Sippel_Dissertation_7-30-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Dyanna Marshall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member