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Author:

Butler, Allison Jane

Title:

A Case Study of Body Image and Aspirational Identity in Girlhood

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

body image
adolescence
tweens
pre-teens
girlhood
clothing
clothing styles

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine M Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine M Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline J A Reid Walsh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Culotta, Carmen M.

Title:

Parent-Child Mutual Affect and Friendships during Middle Childhood as Predictors of Adolescent Deviant Behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

adolescence
deviance
friendships
mutual affect

File:

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Committee Members:

Alysia Blandon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alysia Yvonne Blandon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zheng, Yao

Title:

Identifying and Understanding Patterns of Nonviolent Delinquency and Violence from Adolescence to Young Adulthood using Latent Class Analysis

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

violence
nonviolent delinquency
latent class analysis
adolescence

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Geier, Mary Helen

Title:

Measuring mindful parenting through systematic observation: The development and psychometric testing of the Mindful Parenting Observational Scales (MPOS)

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

mindful parenting
mindfulness
parenting
observational assessment
measurement
adolescence

File:

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Committee Members:

J Douglas Coatsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark T Greenberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wesche, Rose Bryant

Title:

Latent Classes of Sexual Behaviors: Comparisons by Gender and Partner Type

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

sexual behaviors
sexual development
adolescence
emerging adulthood
nonromantic sexual relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Picci, Giorgia

Title:

Puberty matters: A look at the development of face recognition biases in children and adolescents

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Face recognition
biases
own age bias
own gender bias
adolescence
puberty
developmental tasks

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathyrn Suzanne Scherf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sheri A. Berenbaum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jenkins, Brenita Colette

Title:

Examining the role of α6β2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on ethanol-induced behavioral responses in adolescent C57BL/6J mice

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Ethanol
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
adolescence
mice
bPiDI
consumption
ataxia
sedation

File:

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Committee Members:

Helen Kamens, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sun, Xiaoran

Title:

MATERNAL AND PATERNAL RESOURCES ACROSS CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE AS PREDICTORS OF YOUNG ADULT ACHIEVEMENT

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

parental warmth
educational achievement
occupational achievement
childhood
adolescence
young adulthood
parental warmth
educational achievement
occupational achievement
childhood
adolescence
young adulthood

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan M. McHale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eva S. Lefkowitz, Committee Member
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Committee Member

Author:

Hochgraf, Anna Katherine

Title:

Bidirectional Links between Self-Esteem and Weight Concerns in Adolescence and the Moderating Roles of Parent Responsiveness and Youth Gender

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescence
self-esteem
weight concerns
parent responsiveness
family systems

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan M. McHale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory M Fosco, Committee Member

Author:

Joos, Celina Maria

Title:

The Role of Puberty in the Development of Coping

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

puberty
adolescence
stress
development of coping

File:

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Committee Members:

Martha Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Lorah Dorn, Committee Member

Author:

Layland, Eric Keith

Title:

Association Leisure Boredom with Risky Sexual Debut During Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescence
leisure boredom
risky sexual behavior
sexual debut
South Africa
adolescence
leisure boredom
risky sexual behavior
sexual debut
South Africa

File:

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Committee Members:

Nilam Ram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Caldwell, Committee Member

Author:

Colaianne, Blake

Title:

Perceptions of mindful teaching and longitudinal change in high school students' mindfulness and compassion

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

mindfulness
compassion
adolescence
teachers

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert William Roeser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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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:

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:

Ngigi, Kelly

Title:

the role of parental empathy in parent-adolescent relationship quality

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

parent empathy
adolescence
parent-adolescent relationship
relationship quality
parent-adolescent closeness
family relationships

File:

Download NgigiThesis.Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sunhye Bai, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory M Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Petrie, Daniel

Title:

Associations Between Early Nicotine Exposure and Household Chaos on Effort Tolerance During Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

household chaos
nicotine exposure
effort tolerance
adolescence

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Teti, Program Head/Chair
Charles Geier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member