Search

Author:

Bressler, Amanda Jean

Title:

ASSESSING GENE, ENVIRONMENT, AND GENE × ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON ANXIETY-RELATED AND LEARNING BEHAVIORS IN MOUSE MODELS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

learning
brain-derived neurotrophic factor
serotonin transporter
anxiety
mouse model
stress

File:

Download AJBressler_PhDDissertation_28Nov2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Milasincic Andrews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Milasincic Andrews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Ewing, Committee Member
Byron C Jones, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Whetzel, Courtney Allison

Title:

A FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF SALIVARY DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE (DHEA-S) IN RESPONSE TO ACUTE STRESS

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

DHEA-S
cortisol
stress

File:

Download Whetzel_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura Klein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member
Elizabeth Susman, Committee Member
David Manuel Almeida, Committee Member

Author:

Ragan, Christina Marie

Title:

SIBLING VARIANCE IN EARLY LIFE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS PREDICTS ADULT ANXIETY-RELATED BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY IN RODENTS

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

maternal behavior
exploratory behavior
sibling variance
rodent
parental care
early experience
neonatal
mother-infant relations
SERT
stress
glucocorticoid receptor
CRFR1 receptor

File:

Download CM_Ragan_Dissertation_Final_7_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Byron C Jones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victoria Braithwaite, Committee Member
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member

Author:

Ransford, Carolyn R

Title:

The Role of School and Teacher Characteristics on Teacher Burnout and Implementation Quality of a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

teacher burnout
teacher efficacy
implementation quality
teacher characteristics
school environment
stress
support
curriculum implementation

File:

Download RansfordFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark T Greenberg, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott David Gest, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Committee Member
David Alexander Gamson, Committee Member

Author:

Zahwa, Hassan

Title:

MODULATION OF THE NEONATAL T CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE BY MATERNALLY DERIVED STRESS HORMONES

Graduate Program:

Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

stress
neonatal immune
T cell adaptive immunity
Herpes Simplex Virus
maternal stress

File:

Download Zahwa_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph Lauren Keil, Committee Member
Todd Schell, Committee Member
Joan S Long, Committee Member
Robert Harold Bonneau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Manning, Ian

Title:

Evolution of stress and microstructure in Si-doped aluminum gallium nitride thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

OMVPE
wide bandgap semiconductors
doping
strain
stress
thin films
MOCVD
AlGaN

File:

Download Ian_Manning_Dissertation_021611.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Professor Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
David Snyder, Committee Member

Author:

Dzieweczynski, Jessica L.

Title:

Just Be Yourself: Antecedents and Consequences of Personality Trait Expression at Work

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

personality
personality expression
job satisfaction
performance
stress
motivation

File:

Download Dzieweczynski_Diss_FINAL_112008.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lewis Farr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Lewis Farr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Murphy, Committee Member
Susan Mohammed, Committee Member
Alex Colvin, Committee Member

Author:

Pone, Jean Denis Nda'si

Title:

CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN COAL: CHARACTERIZATION OF MATRIX DEFORMATION, SORPTION CAPACITY AND DYNAMIC PERMEABILITY AT IN-SITU STRESS CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

carbon dioxide sorption capacity in coal
coalbed methane
Sequestration
coal permeability
stress

File:

Download DPone_PSU_thesis_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Haidet, Kim Kopenhaver

Title:

Biobehavioral Responses to Caregiving in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

stress
preterm infants
psychobiology

File:

Download Final_Thesis_KKH_4-18-05.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Susman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sheila Grace West, Committee Member
Douglas A Granger, Committee Member
Keith Howard Marks, Committee Member

Author:

Wyglinski, Laura A.

Title:

STRESSORS, SUPPORT FOR INNOVATION, OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE AND CONSCIENTIOUSNESS AS PREDICTORS OF DEPERSONALIZATION AND PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT AMONG CANADIAN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS

Graduate Program:

School Psychology

Keywords:

burnout
stress
school psychologists
factor analysis
personality

File:

Download WYGLINSKIMARCH21.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Member
Marley Watkins, Committee Member
Alicia Grandey, Committee Member