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Author:

Marceau, Kristine P.

Title:

Pubertal Maturation as a Moderator of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Internalizing Behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Puberty
Quantitative Genetics
Internalizing

File:

Download Marceau_Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bloodhart, Brittany Paige

Title:

The Role of Anticipatory Relative Deprivation as a Barrier to Engagement in Social Justice Action

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

relative deprivation
social action
justice
privilege

File:

Download 1-Bloodhart_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Janet Swim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member

Author:

Maggi, Mirella C

Title:

Young Children’s Characteristics As Predictors Of Change In Their Fathers’ Positive Parenting

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Fathering

File:

Download Mirella_Maggi_Thesis_for_Graduate_School.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Temes, Christina Maria

Title:

Understanding Heterogeneity in Non-suicidal Self-injury: A Latent Class Approach

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

non-suicidal self injury
self-harm
latent class analysis

File:

Download temes_masters_NSSI.LCA_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Levy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bowman, Caitlin Rose

Title:

Knowing what is new: the effects of item-relatedness on the neural correlates of novelty detection

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

episodic memory
fMRI
retrieval

File:

Download BowmanThesis_final_revisions.pdf

Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thoroughgood, Christian Noble

Title:

Follower Susceptibility to Destructive Leaders: Development and Validation of Conformer and Colluder Scales

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Susceptible Followers
Destructive Leadership
Toxic Leadership
"Dark" Leadership

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertation_-_Christian_N._Thoroughgood.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Donna Coffman, Committee Member

Author:

Howard, Matthew Caleb

Title:

“what Makes a King out of a Slave? Courage!” the Creation of a Social Courage Measure and implications for Its Use in Organizations

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Courage
Scale Development
Personality

File:

Download Matt_Howard_-_Thesis_for_Submission_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lewis Farr, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dicicco, Elaine Claire

Title:

Competent But Hostile: Intersecting Race/gender Stereotypes And The Perception Of Women’s Anger In The Workplace

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender stereotypes
race stereotypes
emotion

File:

Download Dicicco_Thesis_templateFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie A Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marceau, Kristine P.

Title:

Genetic, Hormone, and Family Environmental Influences on the Development of Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

developmental psychology
genetic
hormone
family
internalizing behavior
externalizing behavior

File:

Download Marceau_Dissertation_Final__Full_.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Susman, Committee Member
Alysia Blandon, Committee Member
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Kuyumcu, Daniel

Title:

Corrupt characters within cooperative climates: Can psychological safety buffer against sabotage by Machiavellian employees?

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Machiavellianism
psychological safety
social undermining
surface acting
interpersonal deviance

File:

Download Kuyumcu_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Myer, Adam Timothy

Title:

Customer Orientation Climate And Performance: Contextual Influences In The Medical Product Sales Industry

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Climate Interactions; Ethical Climate; Service Climate; Climate

File:

Download Adam_T._Myer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sam Hunter, Committee Member
Alicia Grandey, Committee Member
Xiangmin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Weaver, Kevin Scott

Title:

Masculinity and the Justification of Social Inequality

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Masculinity
Gender
Social Identity
Discrimination
Prejudice

File:

Download KW_-_Masters_Final_for_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hutt, Rachel L

Title:

Postpartum depressive symptoms: Associations with behavioral and physiological emotion regulation and physical activity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Postpartum Period
Positive Emotions
Exercise
Maternal Depression
Family Interactions

File:

Download FINAL_DISSERTATION_FORMAT_REVIEW.pdf

Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Rabian, Committee Member
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Danielle Symons Downs, 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:

Poepsel, Timothy John

Title:

Statistical word learning and the role of contextual cues in the formation of multiple mappings

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

statistical learning
mutual exclusivity
word mapping

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Poepsel.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Fran Kroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coelho, Chason Joseph

Title:

Constraint Hierarchies for Human Reaching

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

human motor control
cognitive psychology
biomechanics
action selection
handedness
end-state comfort

File:

Download Coelho_Dissertation_Thesis_SP_13__Final__5-30-2013.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert L Sainburg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member

Author:

Nordberg, Samuel Schieffelin

Title:

Modeling Heterogeneity In Students Seeking College Counseling

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Latent Profile Modeling
Predicting Psychotherapy Outcomes
College Student Mental Health

File:

Download Dissertation.Final_Formatted_7.03.13.pdf

Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Louis Georges Castonguay, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Hayes, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member
Benjamin D Locke, Committee 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

Author:

Youn, Soo Jeong

Title:

Sensitivity to Change of the Counseling Center Assessment of Psychological Symptoms-34 (CCAPS-34)

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

sensitivity to change
outcome measure
psychometric property

File:

Download YOUN_SOO_JEONG_-_master_thesis_6-21-13.pdf

Committee Members:

Louis Georges Castonguay, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hanley, Kaitlin Elizabeth

Title:

The Ability to Shift Emotions in Individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disoder

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Emotion
Physiology

File:

Download Hanley_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Amy Marshall, Ph D, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Committee Member

Author:

Cundiff, Jessica L.

Title:

Communicating Non-normative Status through Asymmetrical Gender-marking: Consequences and Implications

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
bias
sexism
norm
social psychology
stigma
stereotyping
nonverbal behavior
perceptions

File:

Download Cundiff_-_Dissertation_Summer_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Janet Swim, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Special Member

Author:

Perez, Christopher R.

Title:

Reappraising reappraisal: The influence of emotion regulation on affective and physiological responses to racism

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Emotion regulation
Reappraisal
Rumination
Ethnic minority
Oppression
Physiology

File:

Download PerezCR_eDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Parr, Alissa Denzin

Title:

Proactive Followers with Leaders in Mind: Unraveling the Mystery Behind this Oxymoron

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Leadership; proactivity; followership

File:

Download Parr-Final_Formatting.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Stephanie Trea Lanza, Committee Member

Author:

Fairchild, Joshua Alexander Lubitz

Title:

Contextual Moderators of the Effects Of Membership Change on Team Creative Performance and Team Viability

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Creativity
innovation
team creativity
team dynamics
conflict
team performance

File:

Download Fairchild_-_Dissertation__CORRECTED_.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Stephen Erik Humphrey, Committee Member

Author:

Chiou, Kathy Shiang

Title:

Quantity and Quality: The Importance of Structural Integrity in Metacognitive Functioning Following Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury (TBI)
metacognition
voxel based morphometry (VBM)
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

File:

Download Chiou_Dissertation_FinalFormat.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Elana Farace, Committee Member

Author:

Reiley, Peter Joseph

Title:

Sensing the Force: Followers’ Preferences, Perceptions, and Responses to Leaders’ Power Use

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

leadership
power
ethics
followers
performance
justice
Implicit Leadership Theories
Organizational Citizenship Behavior

File:

Download Peter_Reiley_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick R Jacobs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Weichun Zhu, Committee Member

Author:

Lamont, Jean Marie

Title:

Body shame and health information seeking: The roles of body responsiveness and perceived control over health

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

body shame
body responsiveness
perceived control over health
information seeking
mediation

File:

Download Lamont_-_Dissertation_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Gasper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Jennifer Elise Graham Engeland, Special Member

Author:

Beeney, Joseph

Title:

Rejection prompts approach motivation and hostility among individuals with borderline personality disorder

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

EEG asymmetry
psychopathology
emotion
anger
rejection sensitivity

File:

Download Beeney_FormattedDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Levy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Levy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
William Ray, Committee Member
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Special Member

Author:

Chapman, Kate M

Title:

One Good Turn Deserves Another: Constraint Hierarchies for Action Selection in Bimanual Rotation

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

action selection
object manipulation
end-state comfort
bimanual rotation
bimanual action
motor planning

File:

Download K.M.Chapman_Dissertation_7.15.13_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Fran Kroll, Committee Member
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Bains, Priya

Title:

Sharing leadership and team process in virtual teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Virtual teams
team process
virtual leadership
emergent states
virtual team effectiveness.

File:

Download PBains_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lewis Farr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Lewis Farr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Michael David Mcneese, Committee Member
Sam Hunter, Committee Member

Author:

Morales Pamplona, Santiago

Title:

Longitudinal Associations between Temperament and Socioemotional Outcomes in Young Children: The Moderating Role of Rsa Reactivity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Temperament
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia
Externalizing
Internalizing

File:

Download Morales_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tesler, Rachel

Title:

Alignment is not just for tires: The impact of leader-follower climate perceptions on learning and safety behaviors

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

organizational climate
safety climate
learning climate
leader follower agreement

File:

Download Tesler_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Sam Hunter, Committee Member
Stephen Erik Humphrey, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, Jessica Elaine

Title:

Validation of the Affective Word List as a Measure of Verbal Learning and Memory

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Concussion
Memory
Validation

File:

Download JMeyer_thesis_formatted_11-22-13.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khan, Kiren S.

Title:

The Relation Between Cognitive Skills and Language Skills in Typically Developing 3 1/2 to 6 Year Olds.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Child Language Acquisition
Executive Function
Working Memory
Narrative Skills
Syntax Acquisition
Vocabulary Skills

File:

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Committee Members:

Keith E Nelson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Fran Kroll, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Elizabeth Ann

Title:

Sexual abuse and substance use disorders in female adolescents aging out of foster care

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Sexual abuse
substance use disorders
foster care
emotion dysregulation

File:

Download EMiller_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Sandra T Azar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Rabian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ellison, William D

Title:

Using Dynamic Factor Analysis to Model Intraindividual Variation in Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Borderline Personality Disorder
dynamic factor analysis
ecological momentary assessment
intraindividual data analysis

File:

Download Ellison_dissertation_for_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Levy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Member
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Bogulski, Cari Anne

Title:

Are bilinguals better learners?: A neurocognitive investigation of the bilingual advantage

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

bilingualism
vocabulary learning
cognitive control
ERP

File:

Download Bogulski_Dissertation_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Fran Kroll, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Fran Kroll, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paola Eulalia Dussias, Committee Member
Adriana Van Hell, Committee Member
Daniel J Weiss, Committee Member

Author:

Krannitz, Morgan Ashley

Title:

Appraising Organizational Scandal as Threat or Opportunity: Self-concept and Strain of Frontline Employees

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

threat appraisals
opportunity appraisals
core self-evaluations
organizational identification
burnout
turnover intention

File:

Download Krannitz_Thesis_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Gasper, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Songqi Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melvin Michael Mark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Litcofsky, Kaitlyn Ann

Title:

Sentential codeswitching and cognate triggering: A neurocognitive study

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

codeswitching
bilingualism
psycholinguistics
ERPs

File:

Download Litcofsky_MastersThesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fitzgerald, Dinora Rose

Title:

Decision Making Style Diversity and Faultlines in Teams

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

diversity
decision making style
faultlines
teams
conflict
process conflict
conflict resolution

File:

Download Thesis_FORMATTED.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sam Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gul Kremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ting, Caitlin Yeh-Shan

Title:

Cognitive control in linguistic and non-linguistic contexts in bilinguals and monolingual

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

bilingualism
cognitive control
homograph processing
lexical ambiguity
psycholinguistics
word recognition

File:

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Committee Members:

Adriana Van Hell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Grant, Angela Marie

Title:

Neural Correlates of Lexical Interaction in Adult Second Language Learners

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

second language
acquisition
fMRI
homograph
working memory
inhibitory control

File:

Download AngelaGrant_MSthesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ping Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Motamedi, Mojdeh

Title:

Executive Function and Rejection Reactivity: Correlates of Kindergarten Adjustment Difficulties Among Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

executive function
emotion
EF
aggression
social
withdrawal
Rejection
Reactivity
inattention
hyperactive
adhd
affect

File:

Download MojdehMotamediFinalMastersSubmitted1125.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Swan, Garrett Scot

Title:

The Binding Pool Model of Visual Working Memory

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

visual working memory
computational model
ensemble effects

File:

Download Swan_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor