Graduate Theses and Dissertations in Psychology
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Effects of Music-Induced Arousal on Spatial Cognition, April Marie Joyner
Trait Forgiveness and Trait Anger: Links With 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Bianca Kirsch
Moving Minds: Examining the potential effects of movement on executive function among 3-year-olds, Zubie Reagan Pearce
From Likes to Looks: The Relationship Between TikTok Use and Body Satisfaction in a Young Adult Population, Madeline Pruett
Single Versus Dual Response Demands in An Event-Based Prospective Memory Task with Context, Anne Elizabeth Vogel
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Baby, OCD, and Me: Psychoeducation Intervention on Perinatal Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Alexandra Marie Gilbert
Effects of Pictorial and Imagery Encoding on False Memories, Paul D. Loprinzi
Relations Between Parent Coping with the Stress of Parenting and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression, Maxwell Jared Luber
Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life: An Examination of Acculturation in Veterans Previously Deployed to Warzones, Katherine Anne Lucas
Plot Twist: Vomiting is Good! Online Psychoeducational Intervention among Internet Support Group Users, Jennifer Petell
Mindfulness Practice relates to Improvements in Delaying Gratification in preschoolers, Biju Rajbhandari
The Combined Effects of Context and Importance on Prospective Memory, Gage Owens Regier
Dark Personality, Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Perceptions: An Event-Contingent Study, Jasmine Whitney Rios
Psychometric Properties of the Spanish UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5–Brief Form in Puerto Rico Following Hurricane Maria, Evan Edward Rooney
Night Bites: The relationship between sleep quality, binge eating, and night eating, McCall Schruff
Social Anxiety and Engagement in Risky Behaviors: Exploring the Role of Emotion Regulation, Carey J. Sevier
Development of a Novel Psychological Screening Tool for Young Children in Educational and Childcare Settings, Diana Tinsley
Distraction by any other name? The impact of music on social exclusion recovery, Sydney G. Wicks
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Self Compassionate Side of Awe: The Relationship between Awe and Self-Compassion via Self-Diminishment and Connectedness, Rachael Marie Cavallaro
Social Distance, Stigma, and Help-Seeking: A Comparison of Lay and Professional Conceptualizations of Autism in the Southern US, Christian Shannon Courson
Perceptions of Sexual Refusals: Not so Black and White, Lavina Ying Ho
No Person is an Island: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Relationship Between Self-Determination Theory and Well-Being, Lauren Nichole Jordan
The Longitudinal Influence of ADHD Status and Stimulant Medication on Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure among Obese Youth, Sophie Kollin
Headache and Psychological Variables as Predictors of Disability in Individuals with Primary Headache Disorders, Halle McCracken
Meaning in Life and Psychological Distress: Examining Veterans and Psychological Adaptation to Civilian Life, Victoria McCutcheon
Assessing the effectiveness and utility of a mindfulness-based ecological momentary intervention in college students, Jeffrey Pavlacic
The Ongoing Collegiate Anxiety Pandemic: It’s a Dangerous Business Going Out Your Front Door, Daniel Pineau
Efficacy of Acceptance-Based Interventions for Migraine: A Meta-Analytic Review, Ashley Nicole Polk
Emotion Regulation in Migraine, Tracy Protti
Testing emotion regulation as a functional transdiagnostic construct, Enoch Sackey
Repetitively counting sheep: Sleep as a moderator of executive function performance on obsessive-compulsive symptoms, Brittany S. Sapp
Transdiagnostic Processes of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An Experimental Investigation Evaluating The Role of Emotion Regulation in Uncertain Contexts, Mary J. Schadegg
Value-Directed Remembering: Evidence for Distinctive Processing of High Value Items, Donald Skinner
COVID-19 and Headache-Related Disability, Lauren Thaxter
EFFECTS OF WORKING MEMORY AND FATIGUE ON DECISION-MAKING IN PEOPLE WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Dennis John Tirri
Latent Profiles of Young Adults Based on E-Cigarette Outcome Expectancies, Victoria Alicia Torres
The Ability of Mississippi School Personnel to Recognize and Act on Internalizing Disorders in Students, Madison Varner
Optimizing Exposure for Contamination OCD: What Happens When Digust is Specifically Targeted?, Molly E. Wickenhauser
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
When Men are the Victims: Factors Affecting Rape Victim Blame & Bystander Aid, Shilpa Boppana
Acceptability, Anticipated Adherence, and Willingness to Begin Interoceptive Exposure: Examination of the Influence of a Values Rationale, Gina Quebedeaux Boullion
The Role of Social Anxiety in Prosocial Behavior Following Exclusion, Hannah Friedman
Effect of Chronic Pain on Prospective Memory Performance, Alexander Joseph Kuka
The Influence of Emotion Regulation and Family Involvement on Diabetes Distress among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, Patric Justin Leukel
Executive Functioning and Purpose in Life Among Emerging Adults in College, Alexis Kaylyn Liberto
THE ROLE OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN ATTENTION AND LAPSES IN ATTENTION IN RATS USING THE MODE AND DEVIATION FROM MODE OF REACTION TIME LATENCY, Scott Lee Mitchell
COME AS YOU ARE: ISLAMIC RELIGIOUSNESS AS A CONTEXT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS BELIEFS AND TREATMENT, Elijah Phoenix Mudryk
Prototypically American: The Influence of Accent and Race on Hiring Evaluations, Tuong-Vy Cac Nguyen
Your Presence Threatens Me! Experimental examination of intergroup threat theory to assess prejudice towards Muslims, Sukhmani Pal
Pharmacological manipulation of NMDA receptor activation and synaptic norepinephrine levels: Effects on sustained attention in male rats, Zach V. Redding
INTERICTAL AVOIDANCE OF SENSORY STIMULI AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH MIGRAINE, Daniel Rogers
Stress, Depression, and Anxiety, Oh My: Examining the effects of a single-session seminar on depression and anxiety symptomatology, Katelyn Sharpe
CAN NOSTALGIA DEFEND AGAINST STEREOTYPE THREAT?, Justin Leroy Thibault-Anderson
The Trajectory of Resilience, Meaning in Life, Social Support, Posttraumatic Growth, and Posttraumatic Stress for Emerging Adult Trauma Survivors, Marcela C. Weber
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Social Distance, Stigma, And Help-Seeking: An Exploration Of Autism Beliefs In The Southern United States, Christian Shannon Courson
Do these violent delights have violent ends? Social Norms, Alcohol, & Sexual Cyberbullying, Anandi C. Ehman
Trauma, Emotion Dysregulation, And Posttraumatic Symptoms In An Inpatient Adolescent Population: Testing Multiple Mediators, Elise Marie Elligett
INTEGRATED PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE: A PROGRAM EVALUATION, Kristen Laprade Johnson
Post-traumatic stress symptoms in sexual and non-sexual trauma: Comparisons on symptom severity, disgust, and contamination concerns., Jaime Murtagh
Understanding Social Anxiety Symptoms Through Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Strategies, Megan Perry
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Influence of Recall Instructions on the Verbal Overshadowing Effect, Melissa Ann Baker
Youth Screening Protocol For General Psychopathology, Steven Bishop
Factors Related To Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: Understanding The Contribution Of Disgust, Contamination Fear And Emotion Regulation, Alexandra Gilbert
Reward and punishment: the neural correlates of reinforcement feedback during motor learning, Christopher Mark Hill
Gender roles, sexual assertiveness, and sexual coercion in LGBTQ individuals, Lavina Ying Ho
A brief acceptance and commitment therapy based intervention for distressed graduate students, Emily Hannah Katt Jacobson
An exploration of relationships between parenting stress and primary headache disorders, Yelena Louise Johnson
Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in a Chick Model of Stress Vulnerable, Treatment – Resistant Depression, Mary Katherine Jourdan
Empirical Support for Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC): A Critical Review, Jennifer Marie Ladner-Graham
Weight Teasing Among Obese Youth: Social Functioning Outcomes Following a Pediatric Weight Management Intervention, Joseph Mitchell Magness
Civic Engagement Among Emerging Adults: Self-Efficacy, Purpose, And Program Experiences, Rachel Marsh
The Effects Of Differing Optical Stimuli On Depth Perception In Virtual Reality, McKennon B. McMillian
Examining Sleep as a Moderator of Physiological Response to Stress Among Migraineurs, Vanessa Moynahan
Meaning, Purpose, and Experiential Avoidance as Predictors of Valued Behavior: An Application of Ecological Momentary Assessment, Jeffrey Pavlacic
Behavioral Similarities And Differences Among Symptoms Of Emetophobia, Disordered Eating, And Disgust, Jennifer Arden Petell
Behavioral Inhibition and Avoidance: Identifying Vulnerabilities to Avoidant Behavior, Daniel Pineau
Allodynia and Self-Efficacy in Migraineurs, Ashley N. Polk
Is it racism, colorism, or a pigment of your imagination? A study on the invisible color line, Yolanda Rodriguez
Emotion regulation as a predictor of pediatric obsessive-compulsive symptoms, Brittany Spence Sapp
Validation of a brief screening instrument for psychopathology in adults, Adam Sattler
Explication of moral disgust: assessing physiological and behavioral responses to disgust eliciting videos, Sarah Michelle Scott
The relationship between intra-cultural factors and feedback seeking behavior in supervision among counselors-in-training in counselor education programs, Sumedha Therthani
Validating Military Culture: The Factor Analysis of a Military-Related Adaptation of Acculturation, Mathew A. Tkachuck
Predictors of Behavioral Health Among Firefighters in Their Third Year of Fire Service, Victoria Alicia Torres
Teaching kids to say "Ew!": parent-child disgust transmission, Brooklee Lightsey Tynes
Cognitive Influences On Preschoolers’ And Adults’ Eyewitness Memory In Response To Misleading Questions, Tonya M. Vandenbrink
On the relationship between resilience, meaning, and hardiness: a bi-factor exploratory and confirmatory analysis, Lauren Weathers
Going to BAT: Assessing Disgust Sensitivity and Related Factors in Behavioral Avoidance, Molly E. Wickenhauser
Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs Among Young Adults: An Examination of Anxiety Sensitivity, Distress Tolerance, and Emotion-Driven Impulse Control Difficulties, Sara Michelle Witcraft
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Creating Divergence: Examining The Development Of Creativity Through Executive Function, Language And Mindset, Brittany Nielsen Avila
On The Future Of Antidepressant Treatments: Targeting Neurotrophic Factors And Plasticity, Stephen W. White
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Cyberbullying: Exploration Of Impact Of Loneliness And Prior Experience On Psychological Distress, Amy Marie Beel
On The Relationship Between Meaning And Prejudice: Examining Self-Transcendence And Value-Behavior Consistency In A Sample Of College Students, Ivonne Andrea Florez