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Author:: Chadwick, Amy Elaine
Title:: PERSUASIVE HOPE THEORY AND HOPE APPEALS IN MESSAGES ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND SEASONAL INFLUENZA PREVENTION
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: theory development
affect
hope
flu
seasonal influenza
global warming
climate change
message development
environmental communication
health communication
social influence
message design
persuasion
emotion
persuasive hope theory
focus groups
online survey
college students
File:: Download Chadwick_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Roxanne Louise Parrott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
James Hogan, Committee Member
Brenton Yarnal, Committee Member

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Author:: Jung, Eura
Title:: Korean Americans' Identity Gaps in Interethnic Interaction and Levels of Depression
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Korean American
Identity
Depression
File:: Download KOIDDEP.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member

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Author:: Huber, Frances N.
Title:: Communicating Social Support behind Bars: Experiences with the Pennsylvania Lifers' Association
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Pennsylvania Lifers' Association
lifers
social support
prisoners
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
John Henry Kramer, Committee Member

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Author:: Jones-Corley, Jennifer A.
Title:: “JUST ONE OF THOSE DUTCH DAYS”--AMERICAN EXPATRIATE SPOUSES IN THE NETHERLANDS: TOWARD AN EXPATRIATE FRAME MANAGEMENT THEORY OF ACCULTURATION
Graduate Program:: Speech Communication
Keywords:: acculturation
frame management
frames
cultural adaptation
The Netherlands
expatriate spouse
File:: Download thesis.PDF
Committee Members:: Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Judith Ann Kolb, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Dennis Stephen Gouran, Committee Member

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Author:: Kam, Jennifer A.
Title:: DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF CULTURAL BROKERING AMONG MEXICAN-HERITAGE YOUTH
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Mexican-heritage youth
academic performance
cultural brokering
language brokering
parentification
general strain theory
substance use
File:: Download JKam_Diss_5-17-09.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael L Hecht, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael L Hecht, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michelle E Day, Committee Member
Pui Wa Lei, Committee Member

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Author:: Volkman, Julie Elizabeth
Title:: DISENTANGLING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NARRATIVES COMPRISING EVIDENCE: OUTCOMES OF OSTEOPOROSIS NARRATIVE EVIDENCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: emotion
health communication
narrative evidence
processing
osteoporosis
File:: Download Volkman_Dissertation_7.17.09_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Roxanne Louise Parrott, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Committee Member
Sharon Nickols Richardson, Committee Member

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Author:: Raup-Krieger, Janice L.
Title:: IDENTITY AS A FRAMEWORK FOR METAPHOR USE IN CANCER MESSAGES DESIGNED FOR RURAL, LOW-INCOME, OLDER ADULT WOMEN
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: rural health
metaphor
message design
identity
cancer clinical trials
medically-underserved
File:: Download krieger_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Collins O Airhihenbuwa, Committee Member
S. Shyam Sundar, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member

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Author:: Stapleton, Jerod
Title:: Pre-College Matriculation Risk Profiles and Freshman Drinking Trajectories
Graduate Program:: Biobehavioral Health
Keywords:: college alcohol use; adolescents; interventions; p
File:: Download Stapleton_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert James Turrisi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert James Turrisi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Gerin, Committee Member
John Walter Graham, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Michael John Cleveland, Committee Member

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Author:: Weiner, Judith Louise
Title:: Strategic message design within the context of oral sex: Integrating guilt appeals and Prospect Theory
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: message framing
emotions
message design
sexual health
guilt appeals
Prospect Theory
File:: Download Weiner.pdf
Committee Members:: Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Walid A Afifi, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Committee Member

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Author:: Pettigrew, Jonathan
Title:: STEPFAMILY WORLDS: ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDIES OF STEPFATHER-STEPSON COMMUNICATION
Graduate Program:: Communication Arts and Sciences
Keywords:: Stepfamilies
Social Support
Fathers
Adolescents
Ethnography
Case Study
File:: Download Pettigrew_Stepfamily_Worlds.pdf
Committee Members:: Michelle E Day, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle E Day, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael L Hecht, Committee Member
Jon F Nussbaum, Committee Member
J Doug Coatsworth, Committee Member

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