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Author:

Foo, Su Chuen

Title:

Catch-22 in Humanitarian and Development Work: Emotional Exhaustion, Withdrawal, Health, and Work Motives of These Workers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Humanitarian
Development
Emotional Exhaustion
Withdrawal
Contact with beneficiaries
Prosocial motives
Psychosomatic health

File:

Download Su_Chuen_Foo_Dissertation_in_PSST.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member
Kevin R Murphy, Committee Member

Author:

Franklin, Robert Gene

Title:

Mentalizing and its influence on face memory: A social cognitive and neural investigation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

mentalizing
memory
face perception
functional MRI

File:

Download rfranklin_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Reginald Adams Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Theresa K Vescio, Committee Member
Paul Joseph Eslinger, Committee Member

Author:

Ginther, Nicole Marie Filipelli

Title:

Polychronicity for Personnel Selection: An Investigation of Correlates and Contextual Determinants

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Polychronicity
personnel selection
faking

File:

Download Ginther_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coyle, Emily Fay

Title:

The Effect of Play with Highly Feminized Toys on Preschool Girls' Attitudes about Gender Nontraditional Careers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender development
career interests
STEM

File:

Download Coyle_Masters_Thesis_Formatted_pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ukueberuwa, Dede

Title:

The Longitudinal Relationship between Fatigue and Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis: Is Coping Style a Moderator?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

multiple sclerosis
fatigue
cognition
coping
neuropsychology
psychology

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tam, Helen

Title:

Assessment of Error Processing and Category Learning in Children with ADHD

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
Post-error Slowing
Category Learning

File:

Download Masters_PSU_SUBMISSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zinszer, Benjamin Daniel

Title:

Lexico-semantic Interaction in Chinese-english Bilingualism

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

semantics
lexicon
concept
categorization
bilingualism
Chinese
interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Ping Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

McAleavey, Andrew Athan

Title:

Facilitation of insight in psychotherapy: Technique variables

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

psychotherapy
insight
psychotherapy techniques
multilevel linear modeling

File:

Download McAleavey_masters_thesis_for_grad_school.pdf

Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Graves, Helen Marie

Title:

Monkey See Affects Monkey Do: Does Visual Perspective Influence partner Preference In A Callitrichid Monkey?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

tamarin
callitrichid
monogamy
partner preference
pairbond
Saguinus oedipus

File:

Download Graves_Thesisv1.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Peters, Juliana Katharine

Title:

Switching Language Dominance: What The Plasticity Of Language Change Within Bilinguals Tells Us About Language Processing And Cognition

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Language Dominance
Bilingualism
Spoken Production
Language Comprehension
Sentence Processing

File:

Download Juliana_Peters_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Fran Kroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sasser, Tyler Roland

Title:

Children's self-regulation and their academic and social-emotional adjustment to school: The roles of executive function skills, attention control, and impulse control.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

self-regulation
executive function
children
preschool
Head Start
attention
school readiness

File:

Download Tyler_Sasser_Thesis_4-30-2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fesi, Jeremy Daniel

Title:

Spatiotemporal sensitivity of cortical responses to self- and object-related motion in human adults

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

vision
EEG
visual motion
electrophysiology

File:

Download psu_diss_jfesi_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Roben, Caroline Knox

Title:

Parental depressive symptoms over time and transmission of risk to adopted toddlers' emotion regulation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

emotion regulation
depression
gene x environment
prenatal
depressive symptoms
parental depression
early childhood
anger

File:

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Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Powers, Christopher

Title:

Aggressive disruptive students in restricted educational placements: Moderated influence of placement history on adolescent outcomes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

aggressive-disruptive behavior
restricted educational placement
special education
propensity scoring
causal inference

File:

Download Powers_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Linn Bierman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia L Huang Pollock, Committee Member
Thomas W Farmer, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member

Author:

Zawadzki, Matthew Jason

Title:

Examining an Intervention to Reduce Under-diagnosis of Cad for Older Women

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Coronary Artery Disease
Emotion
Stereotypes
Under-diagnosis

File:

Download Zawadzki_Dissertation_Defense._Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
William Gerin, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Susan Merrill Squier, Committee Member

Author:

Deckert, Paige Janelle

Title:

Putting the "US" into trust: The effects of dyadic congruency on performance appraisal outcomes.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Trust
performance appraisal
dyadic data analysis

File:

Download Deckert_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wright, Aidan Gregory

Title:

Comparing Methods to Model Stability and Change in Personality and its Pathology

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Personality Disorders
Personality Traits
Interpersonal Theory
Longitudinal Modeling

File:

Download Aidan_Wright_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David E Conroy, Committee Member
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member

Author:

Hwang, Kenneth Robert

Title:

Adult Plasticity of a Binocular Integration Mechanism

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

binocular
vision
experience
plasticity
adaptation

File:

Download thesis_120703.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Whyte, Elisabeth M

Title:

predictors of figurative and pragmatic language comprehension in children with autism and typical development

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

language
autism
theory of mind
pragmatic language
figurative language

File:

Download Elisabeth_Whyte_dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Keith E Nelson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Chester, Charlene Elizabeth

Title:

Transracial Adoptive Family Development: The Implications For Adoption And Contextual Factors On Social Support, Parenting Self-efficacy And Cultural Socialization

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

transracial adoption
cultural socialization
social support
parenting self-efficacy

File:

Download Chester_Final__Dissertation_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alysia Yvonne Blandon, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Susan S Woodhouse, Committee Member

Author:

Elam, Amanda Lynee

Title:

Exploring Children's Optic Flow Sensitivity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

optic flow
visual development
steady-state visual evoked potentials
EEG
global motion

File:

Download Amanda_Thomas_Thesis_120727.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hackenbracht, Joy Ann

Title:

I’m All Ears: The Need to Belong Motivates Listening to Emotional Disclosure

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

emotional disclosure
listen
need to belong
social exclusion

File:

Download Joy_Hackenbracht_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Gasper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

Author:

Bloodhart, Brittany Paige

Title:

The Role of Anticipatory Relative Deprivation as a Barrier to Engagement in Social Justice Action

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

relative deprivation
social action
justice
privilege

File:

Download 1-Bloodhart_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Janet Swim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Fisher, Aaron Jason

Title:

Necessary versus sufficient causes of impaired physiological functioning in generalized anxiety disorder.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Generalized anxiety disorder
autonomic nervous system
cardiac
health
emotion

File:

Download Aaron_Fisher_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
William Ray, Committee Member
Douglas Granger, Committee Member

Author:

Llerandi, Emile MacKenzie

Title:

longitudinal associations of language brokering and parent-adolescent closeness in immigrant latino families: sex as a moderator

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Latino adolescent
language brokering
cultural brokering
parent-adolescent closeness
immigrant
parent-child
family dynamics

File:

Download Emiles_Masters_final_submitted_copy_7_26_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mayra Y Bamaca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gong, Lanyun

Title:

Cognitive Heuristics Can Be More Important Than Biomechanics In Human Action Planning: The Near Object Effect In Walking And Reaching

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

cognitive heuristics
walking
reaching
movement selection

File:

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Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maggi, Mirella C

Title:

Young Children’s Characteristics As Predictors Of Change In Their Fathers’ Positive Parenting

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Fathering

File:

Download Mirella_Maggi_Thesis_for_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mammen, Micah Ashley

Title:

Touching Relationships: Sensory Processing in Parent-child Interactions

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

sensory processing
temperament
prenatal environment
parent-child interaction

File:

Download MAM_mastersformatfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ratcliff, Nathaniel John

Title:

Just Out Of Touch: Embodied Haptic Cues Influence Social Appraisals

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

embodied cognition
intergroup bias
social psychology

File:

Download Masters_Thesis__Final__--_Nathaniel_J_Ratcliff_--_7-24-2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Moore, Amy Nichole

Title:

The contribution of central and peripheral processes to slow reaction times in children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
processing speed
serial reaction time

File:

Download Moore_-_Masters_Thesis_Formatted_7-30.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rabinowitz, Amanda

Title:

Intraindividual cognitive variability in sports-related concussion: Implications for motivation and neurological vulnerability

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

concussion
TBI
variability
motivation
effort
neuropsychological testing

File:

Download Rabinowitz_Dissertation_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member

Author:

Hilliard, Lacey Jennifer

Title:

Parental Response to Gender Bias: Socialization Strategies in Mother-child Conversations and Children's Gender Attitudes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

child development; gender attitudes; parent socialization

File:

Download Hilliard_Final_Dissertation_16July2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Janet Swim, Committee Member
Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Committee Member

Author:

Mathis, Erin Theresa Barbato

Title:

Child Emotion Regulation and Attention Control in Pre-kindergarten: Associations with Parenting Stress, Parent Warm-sensitivity, and Parent Negative Control

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Emotion Regulation
Attention Control
Self-Regulation
Parenting Stress
Parent Warm-Sensitivity
Parent Negative Control

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Erin_Mathis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sawyer, Katina

Title:

Heterosexual bias in the measurement of work-family conflict for same-sex couples

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Diversity
LGBT
Sexuality
Work-family conflict
Workplace fairness
Intersectionality
Workplace Equity

File:

Download 1-Final_Dissertation_Katina_Sawyer_v9.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanette Cleveland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeanette Cleveland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Kevin Murphy, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Kathleen Bieschke, Committee Member

Author:

Temes, Christina Maria

Title:

Understanding Heterogeneity in Non-suicidal Self-injury: A Latent Class Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

non-suicidal self injury
self-harm
latent class analysis

File:

Download temes_masters_NSSI.LCA_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cho, Sunghye

Title:

ANTECEDENTS OF ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN PRESCHOOLERS: THE INTERPLAY OF FEARFUL TEMPERAMENT, SLEEP REGULATION, AND MATERNAL PROTECTIVENESS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

anxiety risk
sleep regulation
temperament
maternal overprotectiveness

File:

Download Sunghye_Cho_Thesis_Format_Review.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Rabian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cushenbery, Liliya

Title:

The effect of leader apology on leader avoidance of followers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

leadership
management
followers
recovery
mistake
failure
apology
justification
excuse
ignore
experiment
avoidance

File:

Download Cushenbery_Dissertation_-_Leader_Apology.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Committee Member
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Stephen Erik Humphrey, Special Member

Author:

Houston, Lawrence

Title:

Keepin’ it real: Race and authenticity as interactive predictors of service performance appraisals

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Impression management; emotional labor; authenticity; performanc

File:

Download Lawrence_Houston_Thesis_Submission_12.5.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bowman, Caitlin Rose

Title:

Knowing what is new: the effects of item-relatedness on the neural correlates of novelty detection

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

episodic memory
fMRI
retrieval

File:

Download BowmanThesis_final_revisions.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thoroughgood, Christian Noble

Title:

Follower Susceptibility to Destructive Leaders: Development and Validation of Conformer and Colluder Scales

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Susceptible Followers
Destructive Leadership
Toxic Leadership
"Dark" Leadership

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation_-_Christian_N._Thoroughgood.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member

Author:

Howard, Matthew Caleb

Title:

“what Makes a King out of a Slave? Courage!” the Creation of a Social Courage Measure and implications for Its Use in Organizations

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Courage
Scale Development
Personality

File:

Download Matt_Howard_-_Thesis_for_Submission_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lewis Farr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dicicco, Elaine Claire

Title:

The Boundary Conditions of Backlash for Black Women: When Black Women Escape Backlash for Agentic and Dominant Behavior in the Workplace

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

stereotypes
gender
race
workplace
intersectionality
backlash
agency
dominance
leadership

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dicicco, Elaine Claire

Title:

Competent But Hostile: Intersecting Race/gender Stereotypes And The Perception Of Women’s Anger In The Workplace

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender stereotypes
race stereotypes
emotion

File:

Download Dicicco_Thesis_templateFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marceau, Kristine P.

Title:

Genetic, Hormone, and Family Environmental Influences on the Development of Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

developmental psychology
genetic
hormone
family
internalizing behavior
externalizing behavior

File:

Download Marceau_Dissertation_Final__Full_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Susman, Committee Member
Alysia Blandon, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Kuyumcu, Daniel

Title:

Corrupt characters within cooperative climates: Can psychological safety buffer against sabotage by Machiavellian employees?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Machiavellianism
psychological safety
social undermining
surface acting
interpersonal deviance

File:

Download Kuyumcu_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Myer, Adam Timothy

Title:

Customer Orientation Climate And Performance: Contextual Influences In The Medical Product Sales Industry

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Climate Interactions; Ethical Climate; Service Climate; Climate

File:

Download Adam_T._Myer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sam Hunter, Committee Member
Alicia Grandey, Committee Member
Xiangmin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Weaver, Kevin Scott

Title:

Masculinity and the Justification of Social Inequality

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Masculinity
Gender
Social Identity
Discrimination
Prejudice

File:

Download KW_-_Masters_Final_for_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hutt, Rachel L

Title:

Postpartum depressive symptoms: Associations with behavioral and physiological emotion regulation and physical activity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Postpartum Period
Positive Emotions
Exercise
Maternal Depression
Family Interactions

File:

Download FINAL_DISSERTATION_FORMAT_REVIEW.pdf

Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Rabian, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Danielle Symons Downs, Committee Member

Author:

Ramanathan, Deepa

Title:

The Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Pennsylvania: Treatment and Outcome Differences by Age and Geographic Location

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Traumatic Brain Injury
Head Injury
Epidemiology
Geriatrics
Older Adults
Functional Outcome
Fall Prevention

File:

Download Ramanathan_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Special Member

Author:

Poepsel, Timothy John

Title:

Statistical word learning and the role of contextual cues in the formation of multiple mappings

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

statistical learning
mutual exclusivity
word mapping

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Poepsel.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Fran Kroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor