Dissertations from 2023
EXAMINING SHIFTS IN RACIAL ATTITUDES IN THE AFTERMATH OF GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH AND THE 2020 BLM PROTESTS, Se Min Suh, Psychology
On the Importance of Perceived Interpersonal Safety: Antecedents and Consequences of Living A Subjectively Safe Life, Stylianos Syropoulos, Psychology
Assessing Potential Cognitive Precursors to Math Anxiety: Non-Symbolic Operations and Symbolic Ordinality in Adults, Eli Zaleznik, Psychology
Dissertations from 2022
What Did You Expect? An Investigation of Lexical Preactivation in Sentence Processing, Jon Burnsky, Psychology
It’s not Black & White: Relationship Quality Within Interracial Couples, Alexandrea Craft, Psychology
The Roles of Identity and Beliefs about Social Change in Decision Making Processes for Identity-Laden Social Change Efforts, Joel Ginn, Psychology
Interpersonal Process Differentiating Patient-Therapist Dyads with High Versus Low Convergence in Alliance Ratings, Brien Goodwin, Psychology
Social Stressors, Emotional Responses, and NSSI Urges and Behaviors in Daily Life, Lauren A. Haliczer, Psychology
Quiet Ego and Well-Being: The What, Why, and How -- An Investigation of the Implications of the Quiet Ego for Psychological Well-Being, Guanyu Liu, Psychology
Acculturative Parenting Cognitions: Bicultural Socialization Beliefs among Chinese American Parents, Albert Lo, Psychology
Familial and Environmental Contributions to Child Theory of Mind Development, Sarah McCormick, Psychology
NEGOTIATION AND PEACEMAKING IN CONFLICT NARRATIVES: THE INFLUENCE OF NARRATIVE REMINDERS OF PEACE PROCESSES ON ATTITUDES TOWARD PROTRACTED CONFLICTS VIA ZERO-SUM BELIEFS, Quinnehtukqut McLamore, Psychology
ASSESSING IMPACTS OF NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES AND DESIGNING THEORY-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN STEM, Deborah Wu, Psychology
Dissertations from 2021
Early Development of ADHD and ODD Symptoms from the Toddler to Preschool Years, Hallie Brown, Psychology
Experience with difficult target discrimination makes search less efficient: an analysis using eye movements, Junha Chang, Psychology
REPRESENTATION OF REWARD AND RISK IN THE BRAIN’S MOTOR SYSTEM: STUDIES IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS, Xingjie Chen, Psychology
Therapist-Level Moderation of Within- and Between-Therapist Process-Outcome Associations, Alice E. Coyne, Psychology
Stereotypes in Interactions: The Interpersonal Consequences of Threatened Belonging, Tara C. Dennehy, Psychology
Mental Fatigue: Examining Cognitive Performance and Driving Behavior in Young Adults, Abigail F. Helm, Psychology
REALLY, YOU SHOULD BE THANKING US: PATERNALISM AND INSTRUMENTAL GRATITUDE EXPECTATIONS, Greg Larsen, Psychology
Neural Precursors of Apathy and Depressive Symptoms in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, Molly A. Mather, Psychology
THE BENEFITS OF SPATIAL SEPARATION ON THE CORTICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF SPEECH SOUNDS, Benjamin H. Zobel, Psychology
Dissertations from 2020
Stigmatization and Community Connections: Associations with Mental Health, Sexual Identity Development, and Peer Relationships in Emerging Adults with LGBQ+ Parents, Krystal K. Cashen, Psychology
Father Knows Best: The Interactive Effects of Fathering Quantity and Quality on Child Self-Regulation, Mamatha Chetlur Chary, Psychology
A CO-PARENT INTERVENTION TO REDUCE PRENATAL DEPRESSION IN LOW-INCOME COUPLES: A PILOT STUDY, Rachel J. Herman, Psychology
Testing the convergent retrieval learning theory of testing effects, William J. Hopper, Psychology
DEVELOPMENT OF NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL INHIBITORY CONTROL DURING ADOLESCENCE: THE INTEGRATIVE EFFECTS OF FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND PARENTING BEHAVIORS, Mengjiao Li, Psychology
Associations Between Emotion Regulation Flexibility, Executive Functioning, and Borderline Personality Disorder Features, Marykate Oakley, Psychology
SHADOWS OF THE PAST: THE EFFECTS OF MOVEMENTS' PAST STRATEGY ON THIRD-PARTIES' SUPPORT FOR ITS CURRENT STRATEGY, Seyed Nima Orazani, Psychology
Uncovering the Neural and Behavioral Factors That Underlie Changes in Processing Visual Orientation, Patrick Sadil, Psychology
Shared Neural Substrates of Perception and Memory: Testing the Assumptions and Predictions of the Representational-Hierarchical Account, D. Merika W. Sanders, Psychology
Dissertations from 2019
A Flexible Comparison Process as a Critical Mechanism for Context Effects, Andrea M. Cataldo, Psychology
Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Low-Income Perinatal Women: The Role of Father Involvement, Hillary Halpern, Psychology
Consensual Qualitative Research: Replicability of Results and Social Reliability of Process, Nicholas Morrison, Psychology
Emotional Response to Negative Mood Induction in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Cognitively-intact Older Adults, Gennarina Diane Santorelli, Psychology
Public Attitudes Toward Collective Action: Three Social Psychological Investigations in Malaysia, the United States and Israel-Palestine, Hema Preya Selvanathan, Psychology
Dissertations from 2018
THREE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE DYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS OF IDENTITY-PROTECTIVE COGNITION FOR PUBLIC RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, Daniel A. Chapman, Psychology
Conceptualization and Measurement of Adolescent Prosocial Behavior: A Two-Study Mixed Methods Investigation, Shereen El Mallah, Psychology
Home Learning in the New Mobile Age: Parent-Child Interactions During Joint Play with Educational Apps, Shayl Griffith, Psychology
MATERNAL POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND FATHER INVOLVEMENT ACROSS THE TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD, Katie Newkirk, Psychology
Two of the Same? Infants' Conceptual Representation of Faces Based Upon Gender, Race, and Kind Information, Charisse Pickron, Psychology
Regulating Relationship Needs Via Joint Consumption: An Attachment Perspective, Jana M. Rosewarne, Psychology
Dissertations from 2017
Reactions to ingroup critics under threat: Social psychological factors that magnify versus mitigate negative reactions, Levi Adelman, Psychology
Testing a Skills Training Course for Use in a Peer-Delivered Mental Health Intervention, Samantha L. Bernecker, Psychology
The Role of Social Class and Construal Level in Social Justice and Fairness Beliefs, Prerana Bharadwaj, Psychology
Examining the Relation Between Family Functioning and Child Hyperactivity: Simultaneously Testing Four Proposed Mechanisms, Rosanna P. Breaux, Psychology
A Virtuous Cycle: Interdependence and the Ontogenesis of Social Justice, Nathan Carnes, Psychology
Not Just Noise: Individual Differences in Cognitive Ability and Response Bias, Tina Chen, Psychology
Intraracial and Intraethnic Microaggressions Experienced by Korean American Internationally and Transracially Adopted Persons, Karin J. Garber, Psychology
The Role of Culture in Close Relationships: East-West Differences in Communication and Emotion Regulation, Feiran Ge, Psychology
THE INFLUENCE OF EARLY MEDIA EXPOSURE ON CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING, Katherine Hanson, Psychology
The Cognitive Effects of Light Color Temperature, Lauren Hartstein, Psychology
Close or Distant Past? The Role of Temporal Distance in Responses to Intergroup Violence from Victim and Perpetrator Perspectives, Mengyao Li, Psychology
Intergroup Solidarity in Peace Activism: The Potential for Success or Backlash, Thomas Christopher O'Brien, Psychology
Mediators and Moderators of Childhood Family Adversity and Adult Cortisol Response: The Role of Marital Conflict Behavior, Jeffrey P. Winer, Psychology
Dissertations from 2016
Do Bad Boys Finish First? An Investigation of a Lay Theory of Heterosexual Women's Mate Preferences, Casey J. DeBuse, Psychology
Correspondence Between Change in Adult Attachment Patterns and Change in Depression Symptoms in Early Marriage, Cassandra C. DeVito, Psychology
The Effect of Unique Labels on Face Perception in Infancy, Hillary R. Hadley, Psychology
The Neural Correlates of Emotion Reactivity and Regulation in Young Children with ADHD, Claudia I. Lugo-Candelas, Psychology
Infants' & Toddlers' Social Evaluations of Trustworthy and Untrustworthy Faces, Ashley Lyons, Psychology
Bidirectional Relationships between Maternal Parenting Behaviors and Conduct Disorder Symptoms in Preschool Children, Benjamin Rolon Arroyo, Psychology
Are People Motivated to Experience Emotions for their Cognitive Impacts? The Motivational Implications of Cognitive Appraisal Theories of Emotion, Daniel R. Rovenpor, Psychology
Processing Messages for Reconciliation: What Produces Changes in Attitudes Instead of Resistance?, Rachel R. Steele, Psychology
Infants' reasoning about agents' identity: the case of sociomoral kinds, Hernando Taborda, Psychology
The Role of Adoptive Identity in Career Development of College and Non-College Individuals, Yesel Yoon, Psychology
Dissertations from 2015
The Influence of Expectancy Persuasion Techniques on Socially Anxious Analogue Patients' Treatment Beliefs and Therapeutic Actions, Rebecca M. Ametrano, Psychology
Estrogen-Sensitive Learning is not Affected by Combination Ethinyl Estradiol and Levonorgestrel Oral Contraceptive Use, Darlene F. Ficco, Psychology
The Effects of Speaker Race on Whites' Affective and Cognitive Reactions to Statements about Racial Inequalities, Manisha Gupta, Psychology
Community-based Memory Screening Intervention and Memory Knowledge in Older Adults, Tessa S. Lundquist, Psychology
Predicting Social Skills and Adaptability in Preschoolers with Behavior Problems, Nastassja Marshall, Psychology
A Longitudinal Study of Fathers' and Children's Depressive Symptoms, Marianne H. Tichovolsky, Psychology
Dissertations from 2014
Effects of Aging on Sleep-Dependent Consolidation of Declarative Memory, Bengi Baran, Psychology
Longitudinal Trajectories and Predictors of Functional Impairment in Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Vascular Dementia, Lauren Z. Chisholm, Psychology
Individual Differences in Psychotherapy Change Among Ethnic Minority Patients, Joan Lenore DeGeorge, Psychology
The Lived Experience of Adoption: Do Current Conceptualizations Reflect Changing Realities?, Quade Y. S. French, Psychology
Emotion in Adoption Narratives: Links to Close Relationships in Emerging Adulthood, Holly A. Grant-Marsney, Psychology
Multiple Group Relations: Maintaining Balance through Indirect Contact Effects, Diala R. Hawi, Psychology
COGNITIVE MALLEABILITY: DOES DISGUST ACT AS A "STOP" SIGNAL ON CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE COGNITIVE PROCESSING STYLES IN PERCEPTUAL AND CONCEPTUAL TASKS?, Elicia C. Lair, Psychology
The Impact of Television Program Diet on Children's Achievement, Heather J. Lavigne, Psychology
Modeling Dyadic Attunement: Physiological Concordance in Newly Married Couples and Alliance Similarity in Patient-Therapist Dyads, Holly Laws, Psychology
Individuation as an Adolescent Developmental Task: Associations with Adoptee Adjustment, Danila Musante, Psychology
Dissertations from 2013
Trauma and Secure Base Behaviors in Dating Relationships, Susan Faye Balaban, Psychology
Parent Training for Families of Hyperactive Preschool-Aged Children, Sharonne D. Herbert, Psychology
Theory of Mind and the Ability to Make Emotional Inferences Among Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders, Abigail Leibovitch, Psychology
Visiting or Here to Stay? How framing multiculturalism in different ways changes attitudes and inclusion of ethnic minorities in the United States, Melissa Ann McManus Scircle, Psychology
Toward a Psychological Understanding of the Effects of Changes in Group Status on Intergroup Relations, Katya Alex Migacheva, Psychology
The Moralization Of Social Groups: Consequences for Intergroup Relations and Social Identity, Michael T Parker, Psychology
Modeling the Influence of Childhood Trauma on Rate of Symptom Change Among Psychiatric Inpatients, Alessandro T. Piselli, Psychology
New Insights into Corruption: Paradoxical Effects of Approach-Orientation for Powerholders, Mindi Sara Rock, Psychology
Dissertations from 2012
Sleep Disturbances in Alzheimer's Disease and Caregiver Mood: A Diary Study, Anna Maria Katarina Akerstedt, Psychology
The importance of relationship quality in informal HIV caregiving: A dyadic process, Allison Casta Mercado Branch
The Importance of Relationship Quality in Informal HIV Caregiving: A Dyadic Process, Allison Casta Mercado Branch, Psychology
Malleable racial identity in multiracial individuals: A new paradigm for integrating race and identity in the United States, Mamta Banu Dadlani
The Obscure Features Hypothesis for innovation: One key to improving performance in insight problems, Anthony J McCaffrey
The Obscure Features Hypothesis For Innovation: One Key To Improving Performance In Insight Problems, Anthony J McCaffrey, Psychology
The relation between academic and cognitive skills and externalizing behavior problems in children, Lindsay A Metcalfe
SAC Attack: Assessing the Role of Recollection in the Mirror Effect, Angela M. Pazzaglia, Psychology
A Formative Program Evaluation of Treatment Integrity Practices, Assessments and Attitudes Within a Specialized School Setting, Lin Tang, Psychology
The Devil's in the Details: Abstract vs. Concrete Construals of Multiculturalism Have Differential Effects on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions Toward Ethnic Minority Groups, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Psychology
Newlywed Couples' Marital Satisfaction and Patterns of Cortisol Reactivity and Recovery as a Response to Differential Marital Power, Mattitiyahu Scott Zimbler, Psychology