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Author:

Dupuis, David K

Title:

Development of the Error-related Negativity and Behavioral Variability in Childhood: Clarification of Neural Processes Using Wavelet Analysis

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Error related negativity
Electroencephalography
Behavioral Variability
Development
Longitudinal
Wavelets

File:

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Committee Members:

Lisa Michelle Kopp, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Lydon, David M

Title:

The perceived causal structure of cigarette addiction among a sample of late adolescent smokers and non-smokers: a network comparison study

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

smoking; addiction; adolescence; health beliefs

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rizio, Avery Allyson

Title:

The Cognitive Control of Memory and Motor Responses: an Examination of the Neural Correlates of Active Inhibition

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Encoding Inhibition
Retrieval Inhibition
Response Inhibition
Cognitive Control
fMRI

File:

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melvin Michael Mark, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Pricilla Karen Murphy, Committee Member

Author:

MacLean, Robert Ross

Title:

Reward motivation as a mechanism linking personality and intermittent smoking

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

nondaily smokers
intermittent smokers
disinhibition
EMA

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen J Wilson, Ph D, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Ray, Committee Member
Aaron Lee Pincus, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Special Member

Author:

Chaby, Lauren Evelyn

Title:

Long-term behavioral and cognitive changes following stress in adolescence

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

Adolescence
cognitive bias
coping
decision making
chronic unpredictable stress
Rattus norvegicus
developmental stress

File:

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Committee Members:

Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Special Member

Author:

Nichols, Travis Tyler

Title:

Changes in brain networks involved in reward processing during abstinence from cigarettes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

fMRI
cigarettes
smoking
brain networks
connectivity
addiction
beta series
reward processing

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Outside Member

Author:

English, Laural Kelly

Title:

THE BRAIN RESPONSE TO FOOD PORTION SIZE AND ENERGY DENSITY IN 7-10 YEAR OLD CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

Portion size
energy density
pediatric obesity
neuroimaging
appetitive traits
inhibitory control
reward
food cues
fMRI
hypothalamus
inferior frontal gyrus
orbitofrontal cortex

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathleen Loralee Keller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Rebecca L Corwin, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member
Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, Special Member

Author:

Lo, Lawrence Laohaopheng

Title:

Time series analysis and person-specific psychological development: State space modeling applications in behavior genetic and neurocognitive designs

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

State space models
Time series analysis
Behavior genetics
Neurocogntive network
Decisionmaking

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter Molenaar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Rovine, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sherry Corneal, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Jenae Neiderhiser, Outside Member

Author:

Fearnbach, Stephanie Nicole

Title:

Impact of body composition and exercise on food intake regulation in children

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

nutrition
exercise
childhood obesity
energy balance
body composition
eating behavior

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathleen Loralee Keller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Rebecca L Corwin, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member
Danielle Symons Downs, Outside Member
David Thivel, Special Member

Author:

Lydon, David M

Title:

Between-Person Differences in Sensation-Seeking: Implications For Brain-Based Models Of Adolescent Risk-Taking

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

adolescence
sensation-seeking
risk-taking

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member
Nilam Ram, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Outside Member

Author:

Venkatesan, Umesh Meyyappan

Title:

Functional connectivity within posterolateral parietal cortex and its alteration in traumatic brain injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

traumatic brain injury
fmri
functional connectivity
resting state
graph theory
neuroplasticity
parietal
default mode
neuropsychology
TBI
frontoparietal

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member

Author:

Adise, Shana

Title:

NEURAL MECHANISMS OF FOOD AND MONETARY REWARDS AND THEIR RELATION TO OVEREATING IN CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Nutritional Sciences

Keywords:

fmri
decision-making
childhood obesity
obesity
eating behavior
reward
inhibitory control
reward processing
reward sensitivity
cognitive control

File:

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Committee Members:

Kathleen L. Keller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathleen L. Keller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Barbara Jean Rolls, Committee Member
Corey White, Outside Member
Rebecca Corwin, Committee Member

Author:

Auday, Eran Shlomo

Title:

BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER: TEMPERAMENT, ATTENTION TO THREAT, AND NEURAL CORRELATES

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

MRI
anxiety
social anxiety
pediatric anxiety
structural MRI
functional MRI
Temperament
Behavioral Inhibition
Masked Threat
Attention Bias to Threat

File:

Download Eran_Auday__Dissertation_Document__eTD_Submit_vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ginger A Moore, Committee Member
Jose Angel Soto, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member

Author:

Strayer, Stephen

Title:

EFFECTS OF SLEEP RESTRICTION ON APPETITIVE DESIRE, THREAT DISCRIMINATION, AND INCENTIVE-MODULATED INHIBITORY CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

sleep
fMRI
appetite
faces
reward
inhibitory control

File:

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Committee Members:

Orfeu M Buxton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Orfeu M Buxton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne-Marie Chang, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Outside Member

Author:

Henry, Shannon Lee

Title:

EXAMINING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PEER CONTEXT, SOCIAL ANXIETY, AND ALCOHOL EXPECTANCIES IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

alcohol
peers
social anxiety
anxiety
alcohol expectancies
undergraduates
peer familiarity
peer context

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen Wilson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Wilson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez-Edgar, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Hobart H Cleveland, III, Outside Member

Author:

Shapiro, Zvi Raphael

Title:

Using Statistical Modeling to Better Identify Mechanisms of Cognitive Deficits and Psychopathology

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
Assessment
Statistical Modeling

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia L Huang-Pollock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Bethany Bray, Outside Member
Kristin Ann Buss, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mccauley, Devin

Title:

Interparental conflict and threat appraisals during adolescence: Identifying sensitive periods of risk for psychological maladjustment, substance use, and diminished school adjustment

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Interparental Conflict
Adolescent Development
Threat Appraisals
Substance Use
School Adjustment
Psychological Adjustment
Time Varying Effect Modeling
Sensitive Periods

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan McHale, Major Field Member
Sunny Bai, Major Field Member
Gregory Fosco, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Lanza, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Colaianne, Blake

Title:

CULTIVATING ADOLESCENTS’ COMPASSION FOR THE SELF AND OTHERS: HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND IMPACTS OVER TIME

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

adolescent development
compassion
mindfulness
high school
prevention science

File:

Download Colaianne_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Roeser, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Diperna, Outside Unit & Field Member
Meg Small, Major Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Major Field Member
Diana Fishbein, Special Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jian, Ni

Title:

Longitudinal Associations Between Family Relationships During Adolescence And Romantic Relationships In Young Adulthood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Romantic relationships
Family relationships
Young adults
Parental differential treatment
Family systems

File:

Download Dissertation_04.15.21.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan McHale, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Valarie King, Outside Unit & Major Field Member
Hobart Cleveland, Major Field Member
Peter Molenaar, Outside Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Fronberg, Kaitlin

Title:

Household Chaos Mediates the Link Between Family Resources and Child Sleep

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Transition to kindergarten
household chaos
sleep duration
family resources

File:

Download Masters_Fronberg_Formatted_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Michael Teti, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sunny Bai, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Rock, Jacoba

Title:

A Mixed Methods Study of a Prison-Based Program for Incarcerated Youth: Exploring Trauma, Cognitive Resilience, Social Support, and Correctional Staff Orientation as Novel Intervention Targets

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Crossover youth
Childhood trauma
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Resilience
Strengths
Cognitive functioning
Racial identity
Ethnic identity
Cultural assets
Social support
Family support
Pandemic impact
Correctional orientation
Empathy
Offender treatment
Mixed methods
Triangulation convergence
Interpretative phenomenological analysis
incarcerated youth
crossover youth
childhood truama
post-traumatic stress disorder
resilience
strengths
cognitive functioning
racial identity
ethnic identity
cultural assets
social support
family support
pandemic impact
correctional orientation
empathy
offender treatment
mixed methods
triangulation convergence
interpretative phenomenological analysis

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Committee Members:

Christian Connell, Major Field Member
Hobart Cleveland, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Diana Fishbein, Co-Chair of Committee
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair
Jeremy Staff, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Jenkins, August Ida

Title:

Linkages Between Black Americans’ Relationship Adjustment and Emotional Well-Being Over Time: The Role of Socio-Ecological Context and Gender

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

emotional well-being
romantic relationship
African Americans
neighborhood context
discrimination
multiple timescales
gender

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Committee Members:

Steffany Fredman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Almeida, Major Field Member
Amy Marshall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chahl, Avery

Title:

Examining the Effects of School Connectedness on Social Emotional Learning Technique Use in Middle Childhood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

peer relationships
social emotional learning
SEL
social network analysis
network analysis

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Committee Members:

Sunny Bai, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelly Rulison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Apsley, Hannah

Title:

Grit among Cambodian adolescents: Validity and reliability of the original and short forms of the grit scale

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Cambodia
Adolescent
Grit
Validity
Reliability
Factor Analysis

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Committee Members:

Hobart H Cleveland, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexis R Santos, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Nah, Suyoung

Title:

Emotional Responses to Received Support and Changes in Well-Being of Care Recipients and Their Spousal Caregivers

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Caregiving
Spouse Support
Gratitude
Mental Health

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Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
David Almeida, Major Field Member
Lynn Martire, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Graham-Engeland, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory Fosco, Major Field Member

Author:

Husmann, Kyle

Title:

Advancing Measurement Technology in Educational Intervention Research to Study Individual, Contextual, and Implementation Heterogeneity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

education
heterogeneity
technology
measurement
educational intervention

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Karen Bierman, Outside Unit Member
Timothy Brick, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Diperna, Outside Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Lane, Mackenzie

Title:

Implications and Predictors of Emotional Control During Adolescence: A Daily Diary Study

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Emotional Control
Emotion Regulation
Depression
Anxiety
Family Cohesion
Caregiver Emotion Coaching
Adolescence
Daily Diary Study
Negative Affect
Affective Lability
Emotional Control Lability
Prevention Science

File:

Download Mac_MSthesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory M Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Petrie, Daniel

Title:

Examining habitual brain circuitry in adolescents and young adults: From nomothetic to idiographic approaches

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

habit
adolescence
neuroimaging
functional connectivity
OCD
Stress

File:

Download Petrie_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hobart Cleveland, Program Head/Chair
Sy-Miin Chow, Major Field Member
Stephen Wilson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zachary Fisher, Major Field Member

Author:

Martinez, Griselda

Title:

Stressors and Alcohol Use From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood in Mexican-Origin Youth in the U.S.

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

stressors
alcohol use
binge drinking
bivariate growth models
Mexican-origin adolescents

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Committee Members:

Rina Eiden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jennifer Maggs, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mayra Bámaca, Special Member
Zachary Fisher, Major Field Member
Kelly Rulison, Major Field Member

Author:

Bhat, Aarti

Title:

Associations between Housing Insecurity and Health in Midlife with Moderation by Social Support

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

housing
health
recession
social support

File:

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Committee Members:

David Manuel Almeida, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexis R Santos, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Lan

Title:

Who Benefits from Autonomy-supportive Parenting? Considering Individual Difference in Adolescent Emotional Reactivity

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

autonomy-supportive parenting
Adolescence
mental health
emotional reactivity

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Committee Members:

Gregory M Fosco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samantha Lauren Tornello, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Cunningham, Casey

Title:

Exploring the Inclusion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in State-Level Legislation

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

sexual and gender minority
policy
LGBTQ
discrimination

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Committee Members:

Daniel Max Crowley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samantha Lauren Tornello, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Spiva, Sunshine

Title:

Yes, Parents Can!: Parents Acquire Protective Behavior Skills from a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA)
parent training program
parental characteristics
behavior skills
prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA)
parent training program
parental characteristics
behavior skills

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Committee Members:

Jennie G Noll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexis R Santos, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mayfield, Keiana Taschel

Title:

A Pilot Test Of The Raising Antiracist Kids Intervention Program For Parents With Children In Middle Childhood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

family-based intervention
middle childhood
family socialization
racial socialization
prejudice reduction
parenting
race
antiracism socialization

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Committee Members:

Robert Roeser, Major Field Member
Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Susan McHale, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gregory Fosco, Major Field Member
Maithreyi Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mantzoros, Theoni

Title:

A Comparison of Observed Functional Relations across Measurement Methods Used to Assess Vocal Stereotypy in Two Adolescents with Autism

Graduate Program:

Special Education (PHD)

Keywords:

autism spectrum disorder
vocal stereotypy
measurement
continuous duration recording
partial-interval recording
momentary time-sampling

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Committee Members:

Jonte Taylor, Major Field Member
Pamela Wolfe, Major Field Member
David Lee, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Geier, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Lee, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Strong-Jones, Sienna

Title:

Child Maltreatment and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptomology: The Role of Racial/Ethnic Identity as a Protective Factor

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Child maltreatment
trauma
resilience
PTSS

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Committee Members:

Jennie G Noll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abenaa Jones, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Zachary Fisher, Committee Member
Abenaa Jones, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennie G Noll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cross, Marci

Title:

Reporting Problem Substance Use in the Child Welfare System: How Caregiver Characteristics Influence the Congruence of Caseworker’s and Mother’s Reports

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

child welfare
maternal substance use
report of substance use
substance use disclosure

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Committee Members:

Christian Michael Connell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Abeena Jones, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Bai, Liu

Title:

Bioregulatory Functioning and Parenting Quality During Infancy: The Moderating Role of Family-Level Factors

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

parenting
sleep
cortisol
family stress
parenting
sleep
cortisol
family stress
coparenting

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Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Douglas Teti, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Heidemarie Laurent, Major Field Member
Lisa Kopp, Major Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Meeks, Kathleen

Title:

The Human Connection: A Graph Theory Approach to Depression and fMRI Resting State Network Analyses

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience (MS)

Keywords:

Anhedonia
Graph Theory
Depression
Functional Connectivity
Resting-State fMRI

File:

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Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Sonia Cavigelli, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Dahlia Mukherjee, Special Signatory
Zachary Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Slayday, Riki

Title:

Erectile Function, Sexual Satisfaction, and Cognitive Decline in Men from Midlife to Older Adulthood

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (MS)

Keywords:

Erectile dysfunction
Cognition
Sexual health
Sexual function
Men’s issues
Erectile function
Men's issues

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Committee Members:

Marty Sliwinski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Vallorani, Alicia

Title:

SENSITIVITY OF MENTALIZING NETWORK TO DYADIC SYNCHRONY DURING A NATURALISTIC PEER SOCIAL INTERACTION

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

naturalistic
social interaction
mentalizing
second-person neuroscience

File:

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Committee Members:

Koraly Perez-Edgar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Major Field Member
Michael N. Hallquist, Special Member
Erika Forbes, Special Member
Charles Geier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair
Reginald Adams, Major Field Member

Author:

Wood, Julie Katharine

Title:

Do affect dynamics differ by context? An exploration using timeseries and latent profile modeling

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

timeseries modeling
affect dynamics
Bayesian
latent profile modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Jennifer Maggs, Major Field Member
Michael Russell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Tate, Ashley M

Title:

The Impact of Religiosity on Well-being among Chronically Ill Older Adults and their Caregiving Spouses

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Spouse
Caregiving
Religiosity
Education and Support Interventions

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Committee Members:

Steffany Fredman, Major Field Member
David Almeida, Major Field Member
Lynn Martire, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erina Farrell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Knapp, Kyler

Title:

Daily Affect Dynamics Among Residential Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Nonclinical Comparison Groups

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

affect dynamics
opioid use disorder
intensive longitudinal data

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Committee Members:

Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Jennifer Maggs, Major Field Member
Hobart Cleveland, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephanie Lanza, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Chen, Meng

Title:

What More Can We Do with Continuous-time Models? Model Fitting Approches for Mixed-effect Models and Non-normal Data

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

intensive longitidinal data
human regulatory processes
Kalman filter
particle filter
iterated filtering
Stan
ordinal data
continuous-time dynamic models

File:

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Committee Members:

Sy-Miin Chow, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sy-Miin Chow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zita Oravecz, Committee Member
Erika Sell Lunkenheimer, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Outside Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Green, Lawrie Catherine

Title:

Does Science Matter if No One is Paying Attention? Measuring the Use of Research Evidence in Federal Legislation

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

evidence-based policy
qualitative coding
legislation
evaluation
family policy

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Committee Members:

Karen Bierman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Daniel Crowley, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair
Christian Connell, Major Field Member

Author:

Gunther, Kelley

Title:

Multi-modal measurements of top-down influences on anxiety risk

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Temperament
Anxiety
Attention

File:

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Committee Members:

Koraly Perez-Edgar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elisabeth Karuza, Major Field Member
Rick Gilmore, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), 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:

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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:

Sippel, Lauren

Title:

Social Information Processing and Aggression: The Functional Role of Fear

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

attention
aggression
fear
emotion
eye-tracking

File:

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Committee Members:

Amy Dyanna Marshall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lisa Michelle Kopp, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Committee Member
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Hochgraf, Anna Katherine

Title:

Comorbidity Between Body Dissatisfaction and Substance Use: A Daily Diary Study of Alcohol, Nicotine Vaping, and Cigarette Use Among Young Adults

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

body dissatisfaction
substance use
nicotine vaping
alcohol use
COVID-19
young adulthood

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Committee Members:

Susan McHale, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kathleen Keller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory Fosco, Major Field Member
Damon Jones, Major Field Member
Stephanie Lanza, Co-Chair of Committee
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Strayhorn, Jillian

Title:

A Bayesian Decision Analytic Approach to Selecting Optimized Interventions in the Multiphase Optimization Strategy

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

intervention optimization
decision analysis
Bayesian statistics
multicriteria decision analysis
multiphase optimization strategy

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Committee Members:

Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Steffany Fredman, Major Field Member
David Vanness, Outside Unit & Field Member
Linda Collins, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Tan, Shyuan Ching

Title:

Application of Life Purpose in Addressing Health Disparities and Minorities Health

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Life purpose
aging-varying cognitive health
high-effort coping
functional health
poverty and health
racial minority adults
low SES adults

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Committee Members:

David Almeida, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jennifer Graham-Engeland, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Vazquez, Lauren C

Title:

Children's Neural Processing of Affective Prosody: Speaker and Emotion Effects

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

: affective prosody
speaker familiarity
affective prosody
speaker familiarity

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Committee Members:

Pamela Cole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Wilson, Major Field Member
Suzy Scherf, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Turney, Indira Carlene

Title:

INVESTIGATING NEURAL EFFECTS OF MEMORY TRAINING TO REDUCE FALSE MEMORIES IN OLDER ADULTS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Strategy-based cognitive training
false memory
neuroimaging
aging
retrieval-based false memory
cognitive training

File:

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Committee Members:

Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brad Wyble, Committee Member
Lesley Anne Ross, Committee Member
Charles Geier, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Xutong

Title:

Mapping maternal emotion regulation in the context of challenging child behaviors

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

parental emotion regulation
parenting
psychophysiology
RSA
dynamic systems approach

File:

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Committee Members:

Lisa Kopp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Outside Unit Member
Pamela Cole, Outside Field Member
Nilam Ram, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

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

Author:

Rogers, Kristina

Title:

Does smoking buffer against stress-induced reduction in cognitive performance?

Graduate Program:

Anatomy (MS)

Keywords:

stress
smoking
cigarette cravings

File:

Download Thesis_03-20-2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Mclaughlin, Program Head/Chair
Andrea Hobkirk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Geier, Committee Member

Author:

Benson, Lizbeth Erin

Title:

Affect and physical activity dynamics in daily life and development across the adult life span

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

regulatory strength
wearable device
intensive longitudinal data analysis
daily diary
intraindividual change
emotion regulation
healthy aging

File:

Download BensonDissertationRevisions.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Brick, Major Field Member
Zita Oravecz, Major Field Member
David Conroy, Outside Unit & Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair
Nilam Ram, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Ryan, Patrick

Title:

Examining between and within-person relationships between parasympathetic nervous system activity and cognitive regulation: Effects of task type and range correction

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Parasympathetic nervous system
heart rate variability
cognitive regulation
anagrams task

File:

Download Ryan_Patrick_Dissertation_HDFS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Lisa Kopp, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erika Lunkenheimer, Outside Field Member
Pamela Cole, Outside Unit Member
Nilam Ram, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Freed, Sara Ann

Title:

Person-Environment Interactions and Older Adult Mobility

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

aging
development
transportation
mobility
driving
older adults
environment
gerontology

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline Mogle, Major Field Member
Alyssa Gamaldo, Major Field Member
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lesley Ross, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Surachman, Agus

Title:

Life Course Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Kidney Function Across the Adult Life Span

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

age-related decrements
aging
kidney function
life course framework
racial disparities
socioeconomic status

File:

Download Surachman_Dissertation_Final_and_Formatted_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

David Almeida, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alexis Santos, Major Field Member
Lacy Alexander, Outside Unit Member
Jonathan Daw, Outside Field Member
Christopher Coe, Special Member
Charles Geier, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Peter Seung Yoo

Title:

Implementation and Measurement of Activity Space in Health and Human Development Research

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies (PHD)

Keywords:

Activity Space
Activity Space Questionnaire (AS-Q)
GPS
Depressive Symptoms
Contextual SES
Latinos in New Destinations

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Peter_Kim_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Matthews, Co-Chair of Committee
Mayra Bamaca, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dawn Witherspoon, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hobart Cleveland, Major Field Member
Charles Geier, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies