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Author:

Wei, Wei

Title:

CHINESE AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT: THE ROLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARENTING

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Neighborhood
Chinese American
Parenting
Parental involvement in education
Achievement
Depressive Symptoms

File:

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Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Sunghye

Title:

PARENTAL ANXIETY AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT FOR ANXIETY SYMPTOM DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Anxiety
Parenting
Environmental Risk Transmission
Adoption Design

File:

Download Cho_Dissertation_Final_ETD_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Outside Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Borriello, Giulia Alexandra

Title:

The Intergenerational Transmission of Mathematics Achievement: A Genetically Informed Study

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

mathematics achievement
intergenerational transmission
behavioral genetics
parenting
heritability
mathematics development
gene-environment interplay

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Outside Member

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:

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Committee Members:

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

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Download Galloway-Long_Dissertation_6-12-2020.pdf

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:

Download Cho_Dissertation_Final_Draft_for_Grad_School_Submission__07.06.2020_.pdf

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:

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:

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:

Download McDoniel_FinalDissertationManuscript_16june2020.pdf

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:

Download Ramos_Dissertation_Final_712_2020.pdf

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:

Download Rebecca_Janis_Dissertation_formatted_final.pdf

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:

Download Austen_Trainer_Master_s_Thesis_9.15.2020.pdf

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:

Download vls_dissertation_final.pdf

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:

Download Dissertation.pdf

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:

Download TylerAWarner_MastersThesis.pdf

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:

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:

Download Esha_Vaid_Thesis_Document_Formatted_10.20.2020.pdf

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:

Download Roule_Masters.pdf

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:

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:

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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:

Download Quigley_Dissertation_Grad_School.pdf

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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Youatt, Elizabeth

Title:

associations between parenting style, psychophysiology, and effortful Control: the moderating role of RSA

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Self-regulation
psychophysiology
parenting style
respiratory sinus arrythmia
effortful control
self regulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Anderson, Stephen

Title:

Creating Other Minds: Testing Measures of Creative Empathy

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

creativity
empathy
free association

File:

Download Stephen_Anderson_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Daryl Cameron, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Roger Beaty, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lei, Daisy

Title:

Novel Word Learning with Verbal Definitions and Images: An ERP Study

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

word learning
offline consolidation
semantic integration
event-related potentials (ERPs)
EEG
LPC
N400

File:

Download DaisyLei_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Janet van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Carrie Neal Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Elbich, Daniel Benjamin

Title:

Effects of Neural Dedifferentiation on the Selectivity of the Magnocellular and Parvocellular Visual Pathways

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

fmri
aging
mvpa
vision
expression
threat detection

File:

Download Elbich_PhD_Defense_Format_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chaleece Wyatt Sandberg, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair
Reginald Adams, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dawood, Sindes

Title:

Longitudinal Associations Among Pathological Narcissism, Multidimensional Perfectionism, Shame, and Aggression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

pathological narcissism
perfectionism
perfectionistic self-presentation
shame
aggression
longitudinal

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kim, Hanjoo

Title:

Testing Contrast Avoidance Model Using a Computer-Based Analysis of Emotional Facial Expressions

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

worry
rumination
repetitive negative thinking
contrast avoidance model
emotional facial expression
generalized anxiety disorder
major depressive disorder

File:

Download Dissertation_manuscript_Kim2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Reginald Adams, Jr., Committee Member
Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cadden, Margaret Helen

Title:

Examining Cognitive Reserve as a Moderator of Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Multiple Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Multiple Sclerosis
Depression
Cognitive Reserve

File:

Download Cadden_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Jonathan Emdin Cook, Committee Member
Jennifer Elise Graham-Engeland, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Joos, Celina Maria

Title:

Profiles Of Coping Behaviors Among Youth In Foster Care: Correlates Of Coping Profiles And Associations With Psychopathology

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

coping
foster care
latent profile analysis

File:

Download Joos_-_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yo Jackson, Committee Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Committee Member
Bethany Cara Bray, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair