Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Gaming as psychologically nutritious: Does need satisfaction in video games contribute to daily well-being beyond need satisfaction in the real world?, Johnie J. Allen
Stereotyped perceptions of student-athletes' career choices, Nathan Ryan Barker
Two sides to every story: The influence of audience on autobiographical memory, Abby Sue Boytos
Attachment style and emotion dysregulation as serial mediators of betrayal trauma experiences and level of satisfaction in romantic relationships, Amanda Katherine Buduris
Evaluating potential mechanisms of a multiple health behavior change intervention, Kathryn Bunda
Modification of the dual pathway model for binge eating, Davelle May Cheng
Lying and memory in forensic interviews: The influence of voluntary deception and repeated interviews on memory for the truth, Rachel Elizabeth Dianiska
Empathic decision-making: Is well-intentioned help effective?, Pauline R. Freud
Interpersonal sensitivity and well-being: Investigating relatedness and motivation as potential mediators, Elise A. Frickey
The effect of mindfulness and self-compassion on behavioral self-handicapping via an unstable self-concept, Lanmiao He
Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story: Persuasive influences in narrative misinformation, Kelly Ann Kane
Thinking about consistency: Perceived amount of thought as an antecedent for inter-attitudinal consistency, Tyler James Knaplund
Application of a racially expanded model of objectification theory to Asian and Asian American women, Stacy Ko
One hill I'm willing to die on: Moral conviction as a catalyst for advocacy on behalf of controversial health- and public-policy-related attitudes, Ann Marie Lewis
Spatial cognitive implications of user interfaces in virtual reality and route guidance, Alex Floyd Lim
Racial discrimination, ethnic-racial socialization, depression, and educational attainment in a longitudinal study of African American youth, Jennifer L. L. Major
Professional psychologists and mental health stigma: Exploring a complicated relationship, Lily Mathison
The will and the skill: The training effects of virtual reality and gaming, Andreas Miles-Novelo
Persistent preconceptions: The role of implicit weight stigma in belief perseverance, Curt More
Distinguishing initiation from maintenance in the Integrated Behavior Change Model, Kimberly Rae More
The repeated-suspect effect: What is the effect of repeated identification attempts on eyewitness accuracy and the original memory for the culprit?, Adele M. Quigley-McBride
Relation among ethnic studies courses and the reduction of explicit and implicit racial bias, Julio Rivas
Faculty behaviors predicting student satisfaction: A self-determination approach using basic psychological needs and academic motivation, Mary Schenkenfelder
The use of a self-affirmation intervention and group therapy to increase psychological help-seeking, Andrew Seidman
Supporting the well-being of student veterans and service members: Contextual factors and self-determination, Matthew Timothy Seipel
Does contextual information improve the detection of deceptive behavioral cues?, Kristen Alicia Slapinski
Multidimensional tolerance of ambiguity: Construct validity, academic success, and workplace outcomes, Michael Tynan
Anxiety and aggression: The role of social threat, intent attribution, and emotion regulation, Anna Therese Wehde
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
What makes a good liar? The relationship between cognitive and personality assessments’ and lying ability using traditional and strategic interview approaches, Dominick Joseph Atkinson
The role of autobiographical memory in competence need satisfaction, Adrienne Austin
An investigation of forgiveness in an honor culture, Vanessa A. Castillo
Effect of spatial and non-spatial changes on perceived self-location, Lucia Annaleigh Cherep
Victims as aggressors: Does victim-bystander status influence eyewitness decision-making in showup procedures?, Ryan Edward Ditchfield
Masculinity and psychological help seeking: An application of Social Identity Theory, Patrick Heath
Sleep as a restorative process for self-control, Garrett Hisler
The mediational role of affect regulation on the relation between attachment and alcohol use in college students, Dakota Joseph Kaiser
Emotion socialization and psychological distress: The mediating roles of emotion recognition and emotion regulation, Madelyne Losby
Identifying the masked perpetrator: A new hope, Krista D. Manley
Does racial identity explain the buffering impact of racial socialization on discrimination?, Nellie Moualeu
What causes the dip in object recognition rotation functions?, Charles Josef Peasley
Myaamia storytelling and living well: An ethnographic examination, Haley Alyssa Shea
The non-specificity of prosopagnosia: Can prosopagnosics distinguish sheep?, Alexander Robert Toftness
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Training reduces the drawing detriments associated with categorical perception, Larissa F. Arnold
Can multiple-choice testing potentiate new learning for text passages? A meta-cognitive approach to understanding the forward testing effect, Sara Dawn Davis
Interpersonal suicide risk for Latino/a Americans: Investigating thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and cultural factors of relevance, Kelsey E. Engel
Dumb and dumber: Stereotype perceptions at the intersection of race and athletic status, Caitlin Erdman
Prosocial aggression: Validation of a behavioral measure and model, Christopher Lee Groves
Belief perseverance: The staying power of confession evidence, Curt More
Developmental variation in the amygdala: Normative pathways across puberty and stress-linked deviations, Justin D. Russell
The role of parental stigma on self-stigma and help-seeking intentions: Differences between Asian, Asian American, and Caucasian American populations, Spurty Surapaneni
The acronym’s forgotten letter: Beliefs about transgender men and women, Elizabeth M. TenBrook
The Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale lacks convergence with alternative risk-taking propensity measures, Michael Tynan
Intent to engage in therapeutic lifestyle changes: Impact of an intervention, self-efficacy expectations, outcome expectations, and locus of control, Kaitlyn Van Pay
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
From attitude to intent to action: Predictors of psychological help-seeking behavior among clinically distressed adults, Rachel Lori Bitman-Heinrichs
Mining Creativity: Video Game Creativity Learning Effects, Jorge Alberto Blanco-Herrera
The distinct relationships of self-compassion and self-coldness with psychological distress and mental well-being, Rachel Elizabeth Brenner
Considering the Role of Relationship-Contingent Self-Esteem: Attachment Style, Conflict Behaviors, and Relationship Satisfaction, Amanda Katherine Buduris
Measuring aggressive driving motivations: Instrument development and validation, Ashley Buller
The Positive and Negative Valence of Gender in Traditional and Non-Traditional Career Choices, Megan Norene Callahan
Couples social support quality in the context of dyadic emotional experiences, Frederick Clavel
Negation-induced forgetting: Is there a consequence to saying "no"?, Rachel Elizabeth Dianiska
Would disfluency by any other name still be disfluent? Examining the boundary conditions of the disfluency effect, Jason Geller
Reasonable or restrictive? Mindfulness as a moderator of reactance to environmental messages, Anne Danielle Herlache
Dyadic analyses of daily interactions: Effects of perceived social support and social control on physical activity behavior, Melissa A. Johnson-Siegel
Don't judge a book by its author: Central and peripheral processing in narrative persuasion, Kelly Ann Kane
Evaluating the potential roles of body dissatisfaction in exercise avoidance, Kimberly Rae More
The use of filler samples moderates the effect of contextual information on forensic match decisions, Adele Quigley-McBride
The effects of prequestions on classroom learning, Shuhebur Rahman
Predicting academic major satisfaction using environmental factors and self-determination theory, Mary Catherine Schenkenfelder
The effect of egocentric and environmental cues on macro-reference frame selection, Zachary Daniel Siegel
Psychometric evaluation of the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire as a measure of cybersickness, William B. Stone Iii
How to engage European-American participants in racial dialogue: The role of dialogue structure and mixed race groups, Meredith Tittler
The self-distracting mind in the digital age: Investigating the influence of a brief mindfulness intervention on mind wandering, Caglar Yildirim
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The effects of moral disengagement and avatar identification on player experience of guilt, Johnie Joe Allen
The relationship between congruent dimensions of the self and nostalgia, Adrienne Austin
Relation of Reinforcement Sensitivity on Vocational Interest and Self-Efficacy, Dustin Forrest Baker
Toward Comprehension: Improving Informed Consent in Behavioral Genetic Research, Zachary Robert Batchelder
Trans*forming understanding of sexual orientation and gender variant minorities: Testing the minority stress model with a diverse sample, Karen Elaine Bittner
Navigating the bridge: Bicultural stress, perceived bicultural competence, and coping flexibility among Latina/os, Raquel Botello Zamarron
Interpersonal risk factors, shame, and depression among Asian Americans: A longitudinal study of perfectionistic family discrepancy and self-compassion as moderators, Stephanie Carrera
A cross-cultural comparison of responses to true accusations and the role of honor values, Ceren Gunsoy
Aggressiveness and sleep: People with quick tempers and less anger control have objectively worse sleep quality, Garrett Hisler
Dialectical relationship thinking: examination of partner evaluation and partner knowledge organization across cultures, Chun Pan Lam
Reducing barriers to psychotherapy via an online self-affirmation intervention, Daniel G. Lannin
Self-Construal and Forgiveness Revisited: Examining the Motivations for Forgiving Others, Jennifer L. L. Major
Mental Health Stigma in Religious Communities: Development of a Quantitative Measure, Lily A. Mathison
Career Decision-Making within the College Social Microcosm: Social Value Determinants, Self-Enhancement Bias, and Psychological Needs, Kathryn M. Pesch
The use of a self-affirmation intervention to increase the psychological help-seeking behavior of student Veterans, Andrew Seidman
Bayesian integration of spatial navigation cues, Lori Ann Sjolund
Does access to external storage lead to less emphasis on learning?, Anna Slavina
Effects of stereotypical media representations of American Indians on implicit and explicit bias: the power of Pocahontas, Haley A. Strass
Social comparison: dimensional influences on academic and cccupational choice, Elizabeth M. TenBrook
Modeling cohesion change in group psychotherapy: the influence of group leader behaviors and client characteristics, Jeritt Ross Tucker
To deny or to confess: An interrogation decision-making model, Yueran Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Overprivileged, self-absorbed, dumb jocks: exploration of stereotypes of student-athletes, Caitlin Caprice Anderson
Adjustment to the dissolution of a romantic relationship: effects of ex-relationship specific thought content valence, Rachel E. Brenner
The right attitude: gender, conservatism, and career choice, Megan Norene Callahan
Testing ratings of violent video games: how well do they measure up?, Katherine Elizabeth Center
