The Psychology Department Dissertations and Theses Series is comprised of dissertations and theses authored by Marquette University's Psychology Department doctoral and master's students.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Role of Racial Microaggressions, Belongingness, and Coping in African American Psychology Doctoral Students’ Well-being, Ryan Charles Warner
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Relations of Discriminatory Experiences and Marianismo Beleifs with PTSD Symptoms in Latinx Women, Claire Maria Bird
The Impact of Violence on the Emerging Development of Emotion Regulation: The Role of the Caregiver, Christina Caiozzo
Inside and Out: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Young-Adult Friendships, Samantha Ann Chesney
Queer and Flourishing: Understanding the Psychosocial Well-Being of Non-Heterosexual Men, Philip James Cooke
Examining Latino Family Participation in Treatment for Childhood ADHD: The Role of Cultural Factors and Perceptions, Theresa Lauer Kapke
Anticipated Therapist Absences: The Therapist’s Lens, Graham Gardner Knowlton
Family Functioning in Latino Parents of Children with ADHD: The Role of Parental Gender and Acculturation, Anne Malkoff
Psychometric Properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale Among Arab Americans, Afnan Musaitif
The Famous Names Discrimination Task as a Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease Risk: An ERP Study, Elizabeth Rose Paitel
Investigation of Performance and Symptom Validity Testing in Children Utilizing Control, Simulation, and Clinical Groups, Elisabeth Vogt
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Objective and Subjective Influences on Cognitive Performance in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes, Natalie E. Benjamin
Experience of Nontenured, Tenure-Track Faculty and Gatekeeping: A Qualitative Research Study, Meghan Butler
An Empirical Examination of a Well-Being Engine Model, Korey Jacob Connor
Examining the Durability of PEERS for Adolescents with ASD: Maintenance of Neurological and Behavioral Effects, Bridget Kathleen Dolan
Is It Just Me or Was That Sexist? Perception of Hostile and Benevolent Sexism in the Context of Race, Mackenzie S. Kirkman
Heterosexual Allies' Confrontation of Sexual Prejudice: the Effect of Gender, Attitudes, and Past Allied Behavior, Kelly L. LeMaire
Trauma Therapy for Very Young Children Living in Poverty: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Joanna Ruth Love
Conflicts Based on Race/Ethnicity Among Latina/o Students in Schools, Michael James Martinez
The Impact of Racial Miscategorization and Racial Ambiguity on Multiracial Identity and Well-Being: A Qualitative Study, Shirley A. Newcomb
Stress and Prosocial Decision Making: The Influence of Acute Stress on Trust Behavior, Stephanie Ross Potts
Aging, Executive Function, Fronto-Parietal Network Cortical Thickness: Insights from Cognitive Reserve, Katherine Reiter
A Statistical Examination of Impaired Performances Across Concussion Screening Instruments, Kathryn Ann Ritchie
Implicit Regulation of Emotion: Priming Non-Conscious Reappraisal and Suppression During Stress, Sydney Clare Timmer-Murillo
Biculturalism, Bilingualism, & Executive Function Among U.S. Latinos: Implications for Cognitive Reserve, Leticia G. Vallejo
Caregivers' Role in Fostering Resilience in Preschoolers, Kristen Yule
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Suicidal Risk at a College Counseling Center: Correlates at Intake and Therapeutic Outcomes, Maha Baalbaki
Initial Validation of the Race-Ethnicity Supervision Scale (RESS), Stephanie Bartell
A Behavioral and Neural Investigation of the Impact of Age and Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease on Inhibitory Control, Kathleen Hazlett Elverman
Reinforcement Learning, Error-Related Negativity, and Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, Christina Marie Figueroa
Program for Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills: Parental Outcomes with an ADHD Sample, Kelsey Gonring
Development of the Early Childhood Traumatic Stress Screen, Sara Elisabeth Harris
Supportive Relationships as Protective for Children Exposed to Violence: Exploring Underlying Mechanisms, Jessica Houston
The Relationship Between Cognitive Flexibility, Coping, and Symptomatology in Psychotherapy, Benjamin Todd Johnson
Video Game Interventions to Improve Cognition in Older Adults, David E. C. Marra
Effects of Within-Group Discrimination on Mental Health Symptoms in Latinos, Felicia Mata-Greve
Acute Stress Exposure and Expression of Instrumentally Conditioned Financial Preferences: An fMRI Study, William Travis McCuddy
A Replication and Extension of the PEERS for Young Adults Social Skills Intervention, Alana J. McVey
The Impact of Balance Disturbance on Cognition, Erin Quasney
PEERS®: Long-Term Effects on Social Skills, Social Anxiety, and Physiological Regulation in Adolescents with Autism, Kirsten Ashley Schohl
The Impact of Teen Intimate Partner Violence on Subsequent New Dating Experiences Among Latinas, Lucia J. Stubbs
Masculinity Matters: Perceptions of One’s Own Gender Status and the Effects on Psychosocial Well Being Among Gay Men, Dane Robert Whicker
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Effects of Specific Mental Illness Stigma Beliefs on Treatment Seeking Attitudes, Henry Arthur Boeh
Stay-at-home-fathers Navigating Depression: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study, William Douglas Meyers Caperton
Mechanisms of Regulation: Profiling the Impact of Emotion Regulation on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Samantha Ann Chesney
The Effects of Emotional Arousal on False Recognition in Alexithymia, Anthony N. Correro
Ambivalent Sexism and Positive Illusions of Physical Attractiveness in Heterosexual Romantic Relationships, Michaela Engdahl
A Parent-Child Therapy Program for Latino Families, Michael P. Fung
Examination of a Parent-Assisted, Friendship-Building Program for Adolescents with ADHD, Denise Marie Gardner
Global Self-Worth and Perceptions of Competence in Latino Youth: The Role of Acculturation and Acculturation Risk Factors, Theresa Lauer Kapke
The Role of Acculturation Differences and Acculturation Conflict in Latino Family Mental Health, Kathryn E. Lawton
Hope Among Resilient African American Adolescents, Jessica Briana McClintock
Primary and Family Stigma of Mental Illness: Comparing Perceptions of African Americans and European Americans, Julia Rubinshteyn
Neural Plasticity in Response to Intervention in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sheryl Jayne Stevens
Application of Item Response Theory to Measures of Verbal Learning, Indrani K. Thiruselvam
Invariant Two Component Structure of the RBANS, Elisabeth M. Vogt
Reading between the Lines: Cultural Sexual Scripts and Collegiate Sexual Behaviors, Lauren Yadlosky
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Using I Cubed Theory to Predict the Perpetration of Violence in Adolescent Romantic Relationships, Christina Caiozzo
I Cheat Because I Can: Power, Sexism And Approval Of Infidelity, Teni Davoudian
Early Termination And Barriers To Treatment In Parent And Child Therapy, Brittany Lynn Gresl
Predicting Cognitive Decline in Older Adults Through Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis, Nathan Hantke
Child Sexual Abuse, Attachment, Dating Behaviors, And Sexual Assault, Lucie Holmgreen
Parent And Family Outcomes Of An Empirically Validated Social Skills Intervention For Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Jeffrey Scott Karst
Who Confronts Sexual Prejudice? How Gender and Ideologies are Related to Heterosexual Allies Challenging Hate Speech, Kelly L. LeMaire
Parent-Adolescent Communication about Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus, Ashley Charlene Moss
The Effect of Meritocratic Worldviews on Mental Illness Stigma, Andrew Newsom
Barriers and Facilitators of Suicide Risk Assessment in an Emergency Department: Perspectives from Health Care Providers, Megan Lynn Petrik
Effect of Parenting Styles on Children's Emotional and Behavioral Problems Among Different Ethnicities of Muslim Children in the U.S., Noor A. Rosli
Assessment of Performance Validity During Neuropsychological Evaluation in Patients with Epilepsy, Nichelle Rothong
Predictive Factors for Commitment to the Priestly Vocation: A Study of Priests and Seminarians, Yulius Sunardi
The Role of Friendships Among Latino Male Adolescent Immigrants Who Are Unauthorized, Marcel Hernani Tassara
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Freesurfer Vs. Manual Tracing: Detecting Future Cognitive Decline In Healthy Older Adults At-Risk For Alzheimer's Disease, Alissa Butts
Neural Correlates Of The Extreme Male Brain Theory In Adolescents With And Without Autism Spectrum Disorders, Audrey Meyer Carson
Spiritual Questioning And Its Impact On The Therapeutic Alliance: A Preliminary Study, Cody Carson
Assessment of Intervention Effects on In Vivo Peer Interactions in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Bridget Kathleen Dolan
Understanding African American Male Inmates’ Decisions to Seek Mental Health Treatment While Incarcerated, Darnell A. Durrah Jr.
The Impact of Personal Therapy on Graduate Training in Psychology: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study, Eric Everson
Reinforcement Learning in Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, Christina Marie Figueroa
An Examination Of The Role Of Neurocognitive Functioning In Illness Management Among Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes, Christopher James Fitzgerald
Revising The Body Esteem Scale For The Next Quarter Century, Katherine Frost
Understanding and Measuring Functional Impairment in Diverse Children with ADHD: Development and Validation, Lauren Marie Haack
Supervisees' Experiences Of Ruptures In Multicultural Supervision: A Qualitative Study, Laura Lubbers
Parent Attributional Style And Early Termination From Child And Parent Therapy, Ryan James Mattek
Treating Family Members: The Effectiveness Of A Family-Oriented Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, Melissa Lynn Miller
Predicting Depression And Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Latinos: Acculturation And Cultural Values, Natasha Suhail Najar
Supervisee Experiences of Corrective Feedback in Clinical Supervision: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study, David Lyle Phelps
The Influence of Anger on Implicit Biases, Katherine Reiter
Alcohol Use In Mexican-Americans By Nativity: The Role Of Ethnic Identity, Acculturation, And Acculturative Stress, Leticia G. Vallejo
The Role Of Maternal Attributions In Treatment Outcomes For Children With Adhd, Kelsey Ann Weinberger
The Faith Lives Of Lesbians And Psychological Health: The Moderating Role Of Internalized Homonegativity, Dane Robert Whicker
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Traumatic Brain Injury and Executive Functioning in an Incarcerated Sample, Abigail A. Bernett
Treatment of Dual Diagnosis Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders: A Meta-Analysis, Joshua Dolan
Effects of Fashion Ads on Young Adults' Physical Self-Assessments, Michaela Engdahl
Cognitive Training With Healthy Older Adults: Investigating the Effectiveness of the Brain Age Software for Nintendo DS, Shaun Michael English
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Standardized and Personally Relevant Stimuli in Two Mood Induction Procedures, Kathleen Hazlett
Impression Management and Psychological Reactions of Living Kidney Donors, Lee Hildebrand
Effects of Violence on Youths' Perceptions of Peer and Sibling Aggression, Jessica Houston
Development of the Self-efficacy for Medication Adherence for Buprenorphine (SEMA-B) Assessment, Matthew Krug
The Mental Health Implications of Experiencing Racial/Ethnic Microaggressions Among Latina/os: Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Components, Kelly M. Moore