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Author:

Bruce, Amanda Schurle

Title:

The Relationship between Executive Functioning and Dissociation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

neuropsychological measures
self-report
dissociation
executive functioning
bistable figures
perception
reversible figures
attention
working memory
cognitive failures

File:

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Committee Members:

William Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Joyce Karen Illfelder Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Dawson, Amanda M

Title:

Haptic Pursuit Tracking

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

haptics
tracking
coordination
movement
bimanual
touch

File:

Download amd_diss_def.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Rosenbaum, Aaron Michael

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CONCUSSION IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, COACHES, AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Concussion
mild Traumatic Brain Injury
adolescent risk behavior
concussion knowledge
concussion attitude
concussion attitudes
high school coaches

File:

Download Rosenbaum_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Rabinowitz, Amanda

Title:

A longitudinal analysis of cognitive dysfunction, coping, and depression in multiple sclerosis.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

coping
cognitive dysfunction
multiple sclerosis
depresion
moderation
mediation

File:

Download Amanda.Masters.final.ets.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jabbour, Aref

Title:

Instrumentality, Reactivity and Psychopathy in Sexual Offenses against Children: An Exploratory Analysis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

psychopathy
sexual offenses
instrumentality
reactivity

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sandra T Azar, Committee Member
Eric Silver, Committee Member
Richard Hazler, Committee Member

Author:

Bailey, Christopher M.

Title:

Premorbid Measures and Sports-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Appropriateness and Accuracy

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Wechsler Test of Adult Reading
Athlete
Baseline
Concussion
MTBI

File:

Download Bailey_Full_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
William Ray, Committee Member
Clancy B Blair, Committee Member

Author:

Polen, Dawn M.

Title:

MS Control, Coping, and Social Support: Relationship to Depression in Multiple Sclerosis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

depression
Multiple sclerosis

File:

Download Dawn_Polen.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
William Ray, Committee Member
Craig R Denegar, Ph D, Committee Member

Author:

Barwick, Fiona H

Title:

BASE RATES AND CORRELATES OF ABNORMAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST PERFORMANCE ON A CONCUSSION ASSESSMENT BATTERY AMONG HEALTHY COLLEGIATE ATHLETES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

concussion
sport-related concussion
mild traumatic brain injury
neuropsychological tests
cognitive tests
baseline assessment
abnormal neuropsychological test performance
cognitive impairment

File:

Download Copy_of_Fiona_Barwick_dissertation.final_EDT_submission_7-15-11.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Elana Farace, Committee Member

Author:

Vargas, Gray Alexandra

Title:

Attributional Style in Multiple Sclerosis: Examining the Learned Helplessness Model in a Chronically Ill Population

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

depression
multiple sclerosis
attributional style
learned helplessness

File:

Download Gray_Vargas_Masters_Thesis_Final_proper_format.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Medaglia, John Dominic

Title:

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CEREBELLUM TO COGNITION: AN fMRI STUDY IN VERBAL WORKING MEMORY

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

functional connectivity
fMRI
cerebellum
working memory

File:

Download FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gaines, Jeffrey Jay

Title:

Worry and associated symptoms in younger versus middle-aged adults with DSM-IV Generalized Anxiety Disorder at pre- and post-treatment

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

worry; associated symptoms; younger versus middle-

File:

Download gaines_dissertation_2001.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Member
Thomas D Borkovec, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Edward Martin, Committee Member

Author:

Strober, Lauren Beth

Title:

DEPRESSION IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS): THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MS AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY AND UTILITY OF SELF-REPORT INSTRUMENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Self-Report Measures
Assessment
Depression
Multiple Sclerosis

File:

Download Lauren_Strober_Thesis_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas D Borkovec, Committee Member
Robert M Stern, Committee Member
Elizabeth Susman, Committee Member

Author:

Ghebrial, Marian Erian

Title:

Hormone-Behavior Correlates among Male and Female Psychopathic Participants: Relationship to Gray's Model of Behavioral Inhibition and Activation Systems

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

psychopathy

File:

Download Grad_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Keith A Crnic, Committee Member
Douglas A Granger, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Megan Meredith

Title:

AWARENESS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DEFICITS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: SELF VERSUS INFORMANT RATINGS OF IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS VERSUS CONTROLS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OBJECTIVE COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

executive functioning
anosognosia
multiple sclerosis
dysexecutive questionnaire

File:

Download MSmith_dissertation_06_07r.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Lukowitsky, Mark Richard

Title:

Interpersonal Perception of Pathological Narcissism and Interpersonal Problems: A Social Relations Analysis

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

narcissism
interpersonal problems
social relations model
informant reports

File:

Download Lukowitsky_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Committee Member

Author:

Shoss, Naomi Esther

Title:

Personality Pathology Moderates the Relationship between Length of Time in Treatment and Levels of Empathy in Incarcerated Male Sex Offenders

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

treatment
sex offenders
moderator effects
borderline personality organization
narcissism
psychopathy
individual differences
personality
general empathy
victim empathy

File:

Download NaomiShoss_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Karen Gasper, Committee Member
Eric Silver, Committee Member

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:

Download Dede.Ukueberuwa.masters_thesis.grdschl.final.resub.pdf

Committee Members:

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

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:

Merritt, Victoria C

Title:

Predictors of Post-concussion Symptoms in Collegiate Athletes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

sports-related concussion
post-concussion symptoms
collegiate athletes

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_FINAL_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor