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Author:

Wright, Aidan Gregory

Title:

Comparing Methods to Model Stability and Change in Personality and its Pathology

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Personality Disorders
Personality Traits
Interpersonal Theory
Longitudinal Modeling

File:

Download Aidan_Wright_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron Lee Pincus, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David E Conroy, Committee Member
Kenneth Levy, Committee Member
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member

Author:

Hwang, Kenneth Robert

Title:

Adult Plasticity of a Binocular Integration Mechanism

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

binocular
vision
experience
plasticity
adaptation

File:

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Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Whyte, Elisabeth M

Title:

predictors of figurative and pragmatic language comprehension in children with autism and typical development

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

language
autism
theory of mind
pragmatic language
figurative language

File:

Download Elisabeth_Whyte_dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Keith E Nelson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Chester, Charlene Elizabeth

Title:

Transracial Adoptive Family Development: The Implications For Adoption And Contextual Factors On Social Support, Parenting Self-efficacy And Cultural Socialization

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

transracial adoption
cultural socialization
social support
parenting self-efficacy

File:

Download Chester_Final__Dissertation_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alysia Yvonne Blandon, Committee Member
Pamela Marie Cole, Committee Member
Susan S Woodhouse, Committee Member

Author:

Elam, Amanda Lynee

Title:

Exploring Children's Optic Flow Sensitivity

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

optic flow
visual development
steady-state visual evoked potentials
EEG
global motion

File:

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Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hackenbracht, Joy Ann

Title:

I’m All Ears: The Need to Belong Motivates Listening to Emotional Disclosure

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

emotional disclosure
listen
need to belong
social exclusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Karen Gasper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Mary Beth Oliver, Committee Member

Author:

Fisher, Aaron Jason

Title:

Necessary versus sufficient causes of impaired physiological functioning in generalized anxiety disorder.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Generalized anxiety disorder
autonomic nervous system
cardiac
health
emotion

File:

Download Aaron_Fisher_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
William Ray, Committee Member
Douglas Granger, Committee Member

Author:

Llerandi, Emile MacKenzie

Title:

longitudinal associations of language brokering and parent-adolescent closeness in immigrant latino families: sex as a moderator

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Latino adolescent
language brokering
cultural brokering
parent-adolescent closeness
immigrant
parent-child
family dynamics

File:

Download Emiles_Masters_final_submitted_copy_7_26_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mayra Y Bamaca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gong, Lanyun

Title:

Cognitive Heuristics Can Be More Important Than Biomechanics In Human Action Planning: The Near Object Effect In Walking And Reaching

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

cognitive heuristics
walking
reaching
movement selection

File:

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Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mammen, Micah Ashley

Title:

Touching Relationships: Sensory Processing in Parent-child Interactions

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

sensory processing
temperament
prenatal environment
parent-child interaction

File:

Download MAM_mastersformatfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ratcliff, Nathaniel John

Title:

Just Out Of Touch: Embodied Haptic Cues Influence Social Appraisals

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

embodied cognition
intergroup bias
social psychology

File:

Download Masters_Thesis__Final__--_Nathaniel_J_Ratcliff_--_7-24-2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Moore, Amy Nichole

Title:

The contribution of central and peripheral processes to slow reaction times in children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

ADHD
processing speed
serial reaction time

File:

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Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang Pollock, 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:

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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:

Hilliard, Lacey Jennifer

Title:

Parental Response to Gender Bias: Socialization Strategies in Mother-child Conversations and Children's Gender Attitudes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

child development; gender attitudes; parent socialization

File:

Download Hilliard_Final_Dissertation_16July2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Committee Member
Janet Swim, Committee Member
Eva Sharon Lefkowitz, Committee Member

Author:

Mathis, Erin Theresa Barbato

Title:

Child Emotion Regulation and Attention Control in Pre-kindergarten: Associations with Parenting Stress, Parent Warm-sensitivity, and Parent Negative Control

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Emotion Regulation
Attention Control
Self-Regulation
Parenting Stress
Parent Warm-Sensitivity
Parent Negative Control

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Erin_Mathis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sawyer, Katina

Title:

Heterosexual bias in the measurement of work-family conflict for same-sex couples

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Diversity
LGBT
Sexuality
Work-family conflict
Workplace fairness
Intersectionality
Workplace Equity

File:

Download 1-Final_Dissertation_Katina_Sawyer_v9.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanette Cleveland, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeanette Cleveland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Kevin Murphy, Committee Member
Stephanie A Shields, Committee Member
Kathleen Bieschke, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Sunghye

Title:

ANTECEDENTS OF ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN PRESCHOOLERS: THE INTERPLAY OF FEARFUL TEMPERAMENT, SLEEP REGULATION, AND MATERNAL PROTECTIVENESS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

anxiety risk
sleep regulation
temperament
maternal overprotectiveness

File:

Download Sunghye_Cho_Thesis_Format_Review.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Rabian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cushenbery, Liliya

Title:

The effect of leader apology on leader avoidance of followers

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

leadership
management
followers
recovery
mistake
failure
apology
justification
excuse
ignore
experiment
avoidance

File:

Download Cushenbery_Dissertation_-_Leader_Apology.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicia Grandey, Committee Member
Rick R Jacobs, Committee Member
Stephen Erik Humphrey, Special Member

Author:

Houston, Lawrence

Title:

Keepin’ it real: Race and authenticity as interactive predictors of service performance appraisals

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Impression management; emotional labor; authenticity; performanc

File:

Download Lawrence_Houston_Thesis_Submission_12.5.pdf

Committee Members:

Alicia Ann Grandey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Okado, Yuko

Title:

The Development of Adolescent Conduct Problems and Borderline Mood Features Among Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

adolescents
conduct problems
borderline personality
externalizing problems
parenting
developmental psychopathology
peer rejection

File:

Download okado_dissertation_eTD_reviewed.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen L. Bierman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sandra T. Azar, Committee Member
Kenneth N. Levy, Committee Member
Robert Nix, Committee Member