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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:

Download Borriello_Dissertation_11NOV2018.pdf

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:

Download RL_Masters_2019.pdf

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:

Download Gunther_Thesis_Grad_Sub2.pdf

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