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 2020
Sexual Minority Behavioral Health Outcomes: The Role of Social Stressors and Self-Regulation, Zane B. Ballard
Cultural Differences in Reactions to Tics, Jordan Stiede
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Relationship Between Identity Dimensions, Gender Conformity, and Satisfaction with Life, Alexandria Colburn
Perspectives on Social Support and Stigma in PrEP-related Care Among Gay and Bisexual Men on PrEP: A Qualitative Investigation, Juan Pablo Zapata
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Relations of Discriminatory Experiences and Marianismo Beleifs with PTSD Symptoms in Latinx Women, Claire Maria Bird
Family Functioning in Latino Families of Children with ADHD: The Role of Parental Gender and Acculturation, Anne Malkoff
The Famous Names Discrimination Task as a Biomarker of Alzheimer's Disease Risk: An ERP Study, Elizabeth Rose Paitel
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Objective and Subjective Influences on Cognitive Performance in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes, Natalie E. Benjamin
Is It Just Me or Was That Sexist? Perception of Hostile and Benevolent Sexism in the Context of Race, Mackenzie S. Kirkman
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
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
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
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
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
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
Global Self-Worth and Perceptions of Competence in Latino Youth: The Role of Acculturation and Acculturation Risk Factors, Theresa Lauer Kapke
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
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
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Assessment of Intervention Effects on In Vivo Peer Interactions in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Bridget Kathleen Dolan
Reinforcement Learning in Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, Christina Marie Figueroa
Predicting Depression And Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Latinos: Acculturation And Cultural Values, Natasha Suhail Najar
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
Effects of Fashion Ads on Young Adults' Physical Self-Assessments, Michaela Engdahl
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Standardized and Personally Relevant Stimuli in Two Mood Induction Procedures, Kathleen Hazlett
Effects of Violence on Youths' Perceptions of Peer and Sibling Aggression, Jessica Houston
A Factor Structure of a Presenting Problems Checklist: Comparing Levels of Distress and Impairment, Julia Rubinshteyn
The Peers Intervention: Social Anxiety, Physiological Regulation, and Core Autistic Symptoms in Adolescents with Autism, Kirsten A. Schohl
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Long Term Effects of Chronic Variable Stress Administered during Different Developmental Stages in Mice, Henry Boeh
Ambivalent sexism and the expected distribution of power in romantic relationships, Teni Davoudian
Parents' Influence on Child Social Self-Efficacy and Social Cognition, Denise Marie Gardner
Acculturation, Cultural Values, and Latino Parental Beliefs About the Etiology of ADHD, Kathryn E. Lawton
Emotional Responses to Gender-Based Inequality: Justifications and Consequences, Erin Quasney
Effects of Chronic Variable Stress Across Developmental Stages in Mice, Sheryl Jayne Stevens
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Functional Resting State Connectivity in Individuals At-Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, Alissa M. Butts
Neural Dedifferentiation in Relation to Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, Nathan C. Hantke
The neuropsychological functioning of men residing in a homeless shelter, Sara Murray Hegerty
Child and Caregiver Social Behavior and Joint Attention Change following P.L.A.Y. Project Intervention, Jeffrey Scott Karst
Religious Coping and Social Support as Mediators and/or Moderators and Acculturative Stress in a Latino Community Sample, Priscilla Vasquez
Submissions from 2009
Individual difference variables in habitual susceptibility to misinformation, Benjamin R Bock
Treatment Attrition and Relapse Readmission in Psychiatric Inpatients: Predictors of Treatment Engagement and Psychiatric Relapse, Nicholas W. Bowersox
The primary prevention of sexual violence against adolescents in Racine County and the Community Readiness Model, Theresa A DeWalt
Barriers to treatment completion in low-income families of young children with behavior problems, Kathryn M Keller
Examining the effectiveness of a multiple antecedent intervention for increasing secure infant attachment, Margaret J Klopfer
Depression Among the Oneida: Case Studies of the Interface Between Modern and Traditional, Mark R. Powless
Effectiveness of a treatment program for toddlers with behavior problems and developmental delays in low-income families, April M Schaack
Lesbian lives: Personal ideology, mental health and self identity, Beth Shaw
Client characteristics and treatment retention in an outpatient drug-free chemical dependency program, Jessica A Thull
Spiritual coping, distress, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder following traumatic injury, Stephanie C Zanowski
Submissions from 2008
The influence of meaning making on distress and well-being following spinal cord injury: A cross-sectional examination with military veterans, Terri A deRoon-Cassini
Beyond the parent-child dyad: Testing family systems influences on children's emotion regulation, Gregory M Fosco
Differentiating parental psychological control from autonomy granting and examining their relations with family dynamics, Jennifer K Hauser Kunz
After breast cancer diagnosis: Meaning processes, quality of life, and health in the context of online intervention, Colleen M Heinkel
Women's decisions to seek specialty substance abuse treatment: A focused ethnography, Mary Bruno Maddocks
Determinants of seeking treatment for substance use problems among Hispanics versus non-Hispanic whites, Carolina Mendez
An empirical test of the sanctification and social support hypotheses of religious influences on parenting, Darlene E Piekarek
Romantic attachment formation, satisfaction, commitment, and social support in early adult dating relationships, Diana M Robbins
Submissions from 2007
Consenting to unwanted sexual activity in heterosexual relationships: A sociocultural examination, Brianna Bartels
Mental self-government and marital communication, Jodi L. Rusch Blahnik
Investigating processes of positive adaptation in children living in violent homes, Renee L. DeBoard
Predictors of behavior during mother-child interactions, Elizabeth A. Heideman
Assessing the reliability and validity of scores from a revised version of the Inventory of Drug Use Consequences, Julie A Jackson
Outcome evaluation of a treatment program for first-time adolescent offenders, Sue C Radtke
Conflict and emotions in marital functioning: An attachment perspective, Sarah R Raynor
Resilience in victims of intimate partner abuse, Sharon R. Shatil
An investigation of romantic and sexual satisfaction within gay, straight, and lesbian couples, Gregory James Simons
Pragmatic language skills of adolescents with ADHD, Peggy Duggan von Briesen
The therapeutic alliance: Predicting outcome, determining pretreatment correlates, and assessing a feedback intervention, Karen M Zygowicz
Submissions from 2006
Self-concept of married women in South India: A grounded theory approach, Emmanuel Arockiam
Psychotherapy process in Jungian analysis: Analysts' views of what is happening in early analysis, Lynn A Catlin
The role of an implicit power/sex association in the confluence model of sexual aggression, Kristine M. Chapleau
Personal ideology and victim-centered attributions in instances of sexual assault: A personological approach, Catherine M Coppolillo
Personal ideology: A unifying framework for relating religiosity, religious coping, and well-being, Peter John Graskamp
The relationship between exposure to interparental conflict and social cognitive processes in children's peer relations, Kara L. Lindstedt
Cognitive style patterns among those at high risk for eating disorders, Valerie J. Lucas
The effect of a small unexpected extrinsic reward on memory performance in humans, Mark R. Powless
Lesbian Lives: An Exploration of Faith, Quality of Life and Personal Ideology, Beth Shaw
Lesbian self development in context: Cohort analysis at two points in history, Kimberly R Skerven
The role of body-concept in selecting dating partners: Is there a self-verfication motive?, Ajay R Wadhwa
Minority mental health: Barriers to help-seeking and treatment attrition in a low-income sample, Angelique West
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Witnessing Parental Violence: A Retrospective Analysis of the Effects on Partner Violence in a Sample of Ethnically Diverse Women, Terri A. deRoon
Age-related asymmetry reduction indicative of functional recruitment and plasticity : an FMRI study of inhibitory control, Veronica M. Dixon
Emotional Processes in the Family: Context for Interparental Conflict, Gregory M. Fosco
The role of attunement in relationship satisfaction and conflict resolution, Patrick R. Gunderson
Interparental Conflict and Children's Internalizing Psychopathology: Examining the Role of Children's Appraisals and Emotions, Jennifer K. Hauser
Mindfulness meditation for college students: A study of its utility and promotion of its practice post treatment, Amy Catherine Hoffmann Gurka
A cusp catastrophe model of college student alcohol use, Kelly E Kulkoski
Predictors of poor mental health following injury: A prospective study, Shannon C Lee
Influences on female counseling psychology associate professors' decisions regarding pursuit of full-professorship, Nathan T Pruitt
An ecological-transactional examination of child maltreatment, family conflict, and community violence, Ronald Pupp
Factors related to attrition from a comprehensive continuum-of-care program: Implications for the service utilization model, Ann M Rolling