Dissertations from 2013
A Comparison of Behavioral and Academically-Focused Goals Within the Mystery Motivator: Effects on Disruptive Behavior and Academic Performance, Christina Michelle Hardy
Accessing Learning in the Adult Zebrafish with a Novel Associative Learning Task, David Joseph Jouandot II
The Predictors of Calling and the Role of Career Satisfaction in Working Adults, Kari Ann Leavell
The Role of Distress Tolerance in Aggressive Behavior, Anne Winston McIntyre
Parenting Style Differences in Black American and White American Young Adults, Sarah Lynette McMurtry
Effects of Check In/Checkout with a Fading Procedure on the Academic Engagement and Problem Behavior of Elementary School Students, Leila Mullooly Miller
Examination of the Pediatric Diabetes Routines Questionnaire in Adolescents: Development of an Adolescent Self-Report Version and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Jessica Sima Pierce
Mindfulness, Facets of Big Five Personalities, and Psychological Health, Nicholas J. Schmidt
The Sexual Assault Severity Scale: A Comprehensive Measure of Assault Severity, Karyn Crystal Swinson
Dissertations from 2012
The Organization of Self-Knowledge and Race: Does Self-Concept Structure Impact the Responses of Black Individuals to Stereotype Threat?, Aisha Denise Baker
The Use of Time-Out with Escape Extinction to Reduce Noncompliance Maintained by Escape or Attention, Shelly Renee Benshoof
Public Versus Private Praise: A Direct Behavioral Comparison in Secondary Classrooms, John Travis Blaze
The Effects of Choice Versus No-Choice of Task Sequence on Task Engagement, Britney Nicole Burton
Regional Differences in Relational Aggression: The Role of Culture, Katherine Amanda Czar
The Effects of Direct Training and the STAR Problem Solving Model on Teachers' Treatment Integrity and Generalized Use of an Intervention, Neelima Gutti Duncan
Does Psychopathy Predict Future Risky Sexual Behavior?, Jessica Jade Fulton
Can Psychopathic Traits Contribute to Success in Adolescence? Relations Between Boldness, Meanness, Disinhibition, and Adaptive Functioning, Matthew David Guelker
Genetic Associations with Borderline Personality Disorder and Related Traits and Behaviors, Casey Roy Guillot
Evaluation of Performance-Based and Pre-set Conventional Criterion for Reinforcement in Check In-Check Out, Lauren Lestremau Harpole
Personality Assessment in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana), Kristina Marie Horback
Using the Good Behavior Game to Decrease Disruptive Behavior While Increasing Academic Engagement with a Headstart Population, Brandy Marie Hunt
Increasing Positive Interactions Between Staff and Individuals with Disabilities: The Impact of Training on Acquisition and Maintenance, Kimberly Anne Martell
Mortality Salience and Worldview Defense, Toni Brooke Merkey
Empirical Identification of Axis I and Axis II Symptom Subtypes of Sex Addiction Using Lateny Profile Analysis, Maria Isabel Nino de Guzman
The Effects of School-Home Notes on Teacher Reports of Academic Productivity and Disruptive Classroom Behaviors of Middle School Students, Nichol Frances Pritchard
The Effects of Teacher Praise on Engagement and Work Completion of Students of Typical Development, Brandon Joseph Richard
Parenting Stress, Behavior, Treatment Satisfaction, and Hope in Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities, Paige Cristin Schultz
Positive Peer Reporting and Positive Peer Reporting Combined With Tootling: A Comparison of Interventions, Julie Christine Sherman
Further Validation of the Child Routines Questionnaire: Child Self Report, Christina Binder Stabler
Evaluating the Interpersonal Nature of Humor: Mapping Humor Styles Onto the Interpersonal Circumplex, Jessica Erin Vaughan
Narcissism and Interpersonal Relationships: Examining the Use of Prosocial and Coercive Behavior Strategies Among Adolescents in a Residential Setting, Marion Tam'eca Wallace
Effects of Check-In/Check-Out With and Without Access to Feedback from a Daily Behavior Report Card on the Levels of Appropriate Behavior in Secondary School Students, Nichole Marie Weakley
Dissertations from 2011
Utility of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Adolescent Offenders and Non-Offenders: An Item Response Theory Analysis, Lisa Laurence Ansel
The Role of Attachment and Language in Analogical Reasoning, Tamra Elizabeth Beckman
The Effects of Facial Expression on Out-Group Discrimination, Charles Brendan Clark
An Electrophysiological Investigation of the Cognitive Processes Underlying Provoked Aggression in Humans, Jennifer Renee Fanning
The Relations Among Laterality, Cortisol, and Approach-Avoidance Behavior in Garnett's Bushbaby (Otolemur garnettii), David Burton Hanbury
An Exploratory Investigation on the Effects of an Electronic Recording System for Repeated Reading, Seajae Calvin Hartness
The Structure of Equine Personality, Rachel Etta Kristiansen
Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior in Preschool Settings: Evaluation of a Pre-Teaching Component, Matthew William LeGray
A Comparison of the Effects of Two PBIS Token Reinforcement Systems on Appropriately-Engaged Behavior, Kathryn Marie Menousek
Further Validation of the Larson Driver Stress Profile, Michael Paul Moore
Does Psychopathy Predict Desirability in Speed Dating Situations? A Social Relations Analysis, Kathleen Tucker Payne
A Comparison of Social Stories With and Without a Reinforcement Component, Erin Cuneo Perry
"Are You Talking to Me?": Evaluating Possible Cognitive Mediators on the Relation Between Narcissism and Aggressive Traits in Adolescents, Jessica Diane Pickard
A Moderational Model Investigating Child Temperament, Executive Functioning, and Contextual Predictors of Externalizing Behaviors in Preschoolers, Ferne Arlene Pinard
Classwide Functional Analysis and Comparison of Function-Based Interventions with Preschoolers, Veena Yamasani Poole
An Electrophysiological Examination of ADHD-Associated Symptoms and Selective Attention in Adults, Erica Diane Prentkowski
Behavioral Cues Associated with Lies of Omission and of Commission: An Experimental Investigation, Brianna Ratliff
Women's Cognitive Appraisals of Their Birth Experience as Predictive and Maintaining Factors of Postpartum Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Severity, Lauren Carr Spooner
Assessing the Validity of The Communalism Scale Using Cultural Groups, LaShawn Thompson
Dissertations from 2010
Differentiating Classes from Dimensions Under Unfavorable Data Conditions: Monte Carlo Comparisons of Taxometric and Latent Variable Mixture Models, Anthony Olufemi Ahmed
A Psychometric Investigation of the Young Adult Social Behavior Scale (YASB), Michelle Rene Augustin
The Relation Between Anger Rumination, Provocation, and Aggressive Behavior, Joshua Stephen Bullock
Implications of Napping Into and Beyond Kindergarten on Sleep, Diet, and the Awakening Cortisol Response, Alyssa Anne Cairns
Long-Term Relationships Between Religiousness and Posttraumatic Stress Response Following Resource Loss from Hurricane Katrina, Amy Katherine Chamberlain
Hope, Optimism, Stress, and Social Support in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities, Josephine Estelle Cooke
Do Early Maladaptive Schemas Mediate the Relation Between Significant Life Events, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Conduct Problems in Adolescence?, Kristy Adler Domnanovich
Increasing Readiness to Change Anger: A Motivational Group Intervention, Gregory Lee Futral
An Examination of Potential Moderators in the Relations Between Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Practices and Children's Behavior, Michelle Rae Gryczkowski
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Protective Behavioral Strategies Scale (PBSS) Across Racial Groups, Sasha Joy Lambert
The Impact of Protective Behavioral Strategies on the Relationship Between the Negative Consequences of Alcohol Use and Anxiety Sensitivity, Jeanne Louise Lambrecht
Exploring the Accuracy of Highly Positive Self-Evaluations: A Bogus Pipeline Examination of Fragile Self-Esteem, Erin Michele Myers
The Use of a Timeout Intervention With and Without Escape Extinction for Treatment of Escape-Maintained Noncompliance in a Classroom Setting, Joshua Loren Needelman
Dissertations from 2009
Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance: Relationship to Body Image and Exercise Behavior, Kathryn Louise Brown
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Revised Optimism-Pessimism Scale of the MMPI-2, Ginger Burge DeBrule
Posttraumatic Spiritual Growth: A Phenomenological Study of Cancer Survivors, Ryan Myles Denney
A Longitudinal Examination of Outcomes Related to Emotional Abuse in Children, Lauren Seale Fryer
Interpersonal Perception of Narcissism in an At-Risk Adolescent Sample: A Social Relations Analysis, Sarah June Grafeman
The Relation Among Sleep, Routines, and Behavior in Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jill Angelique Henderson
Interrelations Among Personality, Religious and Nonreligious Coping, and Mental Health, Jude Martin Henningsgaard
Scarred Images: Using Appearance as a Motivator to Reduce Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Mary-Theresa McNabb
The Effects of Dolphin Education Programs on Visitors' Conservation-related Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior, Lance Joseph Miller
The Effects of Differential Negative Reinforcement of Task Engagement on Escape from Academic Tasks, Brett Vivian Mehrtens Prince
The Effect of Holland's Person-Environment Fit on Trait Anger, Interpersonal Conflict at Work, and Workplace Aggression, Aimee Chantelle Pseekos
Selecting Effective Mathematics Interventions in the RTI Process Via Brief Experimental Analyses, Carmen Daniela Reisener
Effects of Spritual Well-Being, Religious Coping, and Hardiness on Parenting Behaviors in Low Socioeconomic Status Families, Jane Elizabeth Schenck Varner
Driving Anger, Sensation Seeking, Narcissism, and Driver's Angry Thoughts in the Prediction of Unsafe Driving, Roy Preston White
Dissertations from 2008
Generalization Effects of Social Story Interventions for Individuals with Asperger's Disorder, Jennifer Alphonso Abraham
Future Psychologists' Perceptions of Managed Care, Michele Renae Boyer Blood
Increasing Narrative Coherence in the Bereaved: The Effect of Narrative Review on Grief Reaction, Stefanie Suzon Boswell
Religious Orientation and Religious Coping in Adolescents With and Without a Chronic Illness, Jacqueline Beine Brown
An Examination of Napping and Psychosocial Functioning in Preschool Children, Brian Kenneth Crosby
The Effect of Writing as Exposure Therapy on PTSD Symptoms, Daniel Scott DeBrule
The Role of Racial Attitudes and Identity in Black Client-White Counselor Dyads, Tara Michelle Ferguson
The Use of Personality Assessments in Designing Environmental Enrichment for Garnett's Bushbabies (Otolemur garnettii), Lauren Elizabeth Highfill
Health Anxiety and Cognition: Chronic Awareness of Health Concerns or Situational Activation of Latent Dysfunctional Assumptions About Illness?, Desmon Craig Mitchell
A Comparison of Reading Interventions Based on Preference to Reading Interventions Identified by Brief Experimental Analysis, Debborah Eda Smyth
The Influence of Species and Context on Human-Dolphin Interactions, Deirdre Breen Yeater