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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Can Irrelevant Onsets Capture Attention? Searching for a Unified Model of Attention Capture, Nicholas Gaspelin
Normative Beliefs about Drinking and Alcohol Use among Native American and non-Hispanic White College Students, Kylee Hagler
Simulation of Social Networks to Maximize the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders, Kevin Hallgren
The Psychology of the Supreme Court: Modeling Judicial Semantics from Written Opinions, Anne Lippert
Memory Profiles in Schizophrenia: A Neuropsychological Comparison with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, S. Laura Lundy
Expert constrained navigation in hypertext learning and the effects of working memory capacity, Brenda L. Martinez-Papponi
Effects of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction on Anxiety & Depression in Primary Care Patients, Elizabeth McCallion
Measuring disability in chronic pain: Factor structure and revision of the Sickness Impact Profile, Mindy McEntee
The EAT-16: Validation of a Shortened Form of the Eating Attitudes Test, Elizabeth McLaughlin
White matter integrity and alcohol use disorders, Mollie Monnig
Consequences and Protective Factors for Sexual Victimization Among Ethnically Diverse Women: An Online Study, Rosa Muñoz
MODERATE FETAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE, THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS, AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN ADULTHOOD, James Rice
DEVELOPING A MEASURE OF AMBIVALENCE ABOUT DRINKING LESS ALCOHOL: PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND CONSTRUCT VALIDITY, Samara Lloyd Rice
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for the Reduction of Alcohol Craving, Danielle Rudder
Sex differences in the relationship between white matter connectivity and creativity, Sephira Ryman
Organizational factors and therapist attitudes in the prediction of MI adoption., Erin Tooley
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Linguistic and cultural factors associated with phonemic fluency performance in bilingual Hispanics, Jennifer Bennett
Testing the stress-strain-coping-social support model in significant others of those with cancer, Julie M. Brovko
An evolutionary approach to understanding social facilitation:Energy expenditure and exercise motivation, Ann E. Caldwell Hooper
Therapist Adherence and Competence as Predictors of Client Outcomes in Adolescent Substance Use Treatment, Marita Campos-Melady
Maternal modulation of the experience of novelty on offspring hormonal stress reactivity, Sarah Dinces
Large-scale intrinsic functional connectivity and attention in schizophrenia, Michael Hunter
Mismatches between Humans and Latent Semantic Analysis in Document Similarity Judgments, Kyunghun Jung
Priming change talk : the experimental manipulation of client speech, Christopher McLouth
THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN ALCOHOL OR DRUG RELAPSE OF PROBATIONERS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM JAIL, Mandy Owens
Segmented assimilation trajectories and Latino health : an analysis of the adaptation process over time, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa
Topological dynamics of spike-timing dependent plastic neural networks, David Stone
The interplay among religiosity, heath, and ethnicity : changing patterns in the U.S., 1972-2010, Belinda Vicuna
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Eating Attitudes Test and healthy eating : an investigation of the relationships between pathological eating, healthy eating, and normal dieting, Katherine E. Belon
Health, well-being, and experiences of discrimination for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, Paulette J. Christopher
Object detection learning : effects of transcranial direct current stimulation, magnetic resonance imaging, and image novelty, Brian Coffman
Keeping faith : factors contributing to spiritual transformation, identity, and maturity in church-attending adolescents, Glory Emmanuel
Cognitive differences In United States preschool children and Mexico preschool children, Xiaoshen Jin
Mindfulness in education : the impact of mental training on attention and working memory in children, Julia Keller
The effects of a sexual victimization history, sexual attitudes, and ethnicity on women's sexual assault scripts, Kari Leiting
The effects of acute alcohol intoxication on women's perception of and responses to high risk dating and social situations, Kathryn Lenberg
Examining the advantages and disadvantages of pilot studies : Monte-Carlo simulations, Masato Nakazawa
Cognitive processes underlying the optimistic bias in women's victimization risk judgements, Jenny Kathleen Rinehart
Values-based motivational interviewing : effectiveness for smoking cessation among New Mexico veterans, Lavina Sanders
Atypical development of the cerebellum : impact on language function, Lynette M. Silva
PTSD, appraisal, and coping among firefighters during a disaster scenario, Laurie Steffen
Will YOU have a false memory? : investigating individual differences in semantic false memories, Susan Stevens-Adams
Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the Attention Network Task (ANT), Michael Trumbo
The role of phonological loop resources in task choice and task performance, Christina Weywadt
Mindfulness and emotion in relationships : emotion regulation, empathy, and affect as mediators of the association between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction, Kathryn T. Wiggins
A fMRI study of auditory orienting and inhibition of return in pediatric mild traumatic brain injury, Zhen Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Factors associated with obesity treatment adherence in Mexican-American women, Julia Austin
The role of TACR1 genotypes in craving, depression, and alcohol dependence., Sara Keelan Blaine
The relation of BDNF VAL66MET polymorphism to neural volume and drinking behavior among adolescents, Shirley Mae Crotwell
Perceived coparenting quality among mutually aggressive parents : the impact of interparental and parental factors, Melissa Gerstle
The unique properties of self-objectification and social and individual influences on its expression, Loren Gianini
Contextually-controlled semantic false memories in the form of derived relational intrusions following training, Paul Guinther
Alcohol-related attentional bias: The role of support networks, Kevin Hallgren
The neuroscience of motivational interviewing change talk, Jon Houck
DEVELOPMENT OF A QUANTITATIVE, SELF-REPORT MEASURE OF AMBIVALENCE ABOUT REDUCING PROBLEM DRINKING, Samara Lloyd
Treating the concerned family members of alcohol and drug users : a randomized study, Jennifer Manuel
Wrap it up : a comparison of the Health Belief Model and the theory of planned behavior, Erika Montanaro
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION HISTORY AND WOMENS RESPONSES TO HIGH AND LOW RISK SITUATIONS', Erica Nason
Attentional biases in dysphoric college students, Yajaira Peña-Esparza
The reinforcing effects of making sense : positive, negative or both, Alisha Wray
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Backward associative strength and illusory recollection : extension of the source-strength effect to item location, Elizabeth Browning
Does clinical distress impact attempts to moderate in problem drinkers? : analysis of outcomes from a randomized clinical trial, William Campbell
An analysis of the sexual dimorphism of hands : atractiveness, symmetry and person perception, Laura Kristi Dane
Individual variation in EEG spectral power enhancement and intelligence, Matthew J. Euler
Depressive symptoms predict callous-unemotional behavior in adjudicated adolescent males with conduct disorder, Brandi C. Fink
An investigation of verbal events as motivating operations : the effects of mood induction on the reinforcing value of consequences, Rachel Freund
Perceptual load and the capture of spatial attention by color singletons, Nicholas Gaspelin
Abstinence self-efficacy, mood, and treatment outcomes in emerging adults with substance dependence, Brenna L. Greenfield
Fluctuating asymmetry, facial masculinity, and offspring sex ratio, Melissa Heap
The effects of drinkers' concerned significant others on alcohol cue reactivity, Benjamin Olson Ladd
Neurometabolism and cognitive functioning in healthy children : a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study, April Lightsey
Maternal perception of child vulnerability in preschoolers born very low birth weight, Peggy Maclean
Relationship quality and men's oxidative stress, Leslie A. Merriman
White matter integrity in alcohol dependence and remission using tract-based spatial statistics, Mollie Monnig
Multiple Perspectives on Functioning of Families Impacted by Traumatic Brain Injury: Exploring Both Parental and Injured Child's Perceptions, Erica Montague
Ethnicity and health in cervical cancer survivors : understanding vulnerability and resilience, J. Alexis Ortiz
Eliciting abstinence and improving retention in a vocational and educational training program for young people : a pilot study, Julie Steele Seel
Transcranial direct current stimulation modulates shifts in global/local attention, David B. Stone
Verbal creativity, mate value, and sexual selection, Ethan White
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The lexical decision task and implicit alcohol cognitions : a better measure for predicting alcohol use in women?, Marita Campos-Melady
Paralimbic structural abnormalities in psychopathy : a voxel-based morphometry study, Lora Cope
The wrong Wright stuff : mapping human error in aviation, Stacey Hendrickson
The construct of cognitive processing and speed : test performance and information processing approaches, Lynette Silva
Dissecting disgust : an investigation of the validity of the Three Domain Disgust Scale, Joshua Tybur
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Growth and Substance Abuse in Homeless Women with Histories of Traumatic Experience, Monica J. Stump
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Evidence for Persistent Hypervigilance for Sexual Assault Survivors, Michãel Palmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Students' Attitudes Towards Statistics in Medical Research: A Comparison of Four Health Sciences Programs, James G. Dexter
Parental Stress and Marital Satisfaction in Families of Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Margaret Merritt Morris
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Two Types of Interpretation in the Context of an Acceptance-Based Psychotherapy, Lucianne Hackbert
