Psychology ETDs
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The Effects of Moderate Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Navigation in a Delayed Non- Match-To-Place Spatial Alternation Task by Adult Male and Female Rats, Gabriela Acosta
THE EFFECTS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC ETHANOL EXPOSURE ON MOUSE SPONTANEOUS SPATIAL BEHAVIORS, Tia Donaldson
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING FOR PROBLEM AND PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS, David Forman
Neuroplasticity in the Dentate Gyrus: A multimethod investigation on hippocampal LTP following prenatal alcohol exposure, Monica Goncalves-Garcia
“We’ve been doing mindfulness since time immemorial”: Provider Experiences Using Mindfulness-Based Interventions in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities, Jalene L. Herron
Determining the Cerebellum’s Functional Role in Adolescent Reward Processing, Teagan Mullins
BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ADHERENCE TO BEHAVIORAL WEIGHT LOSS INTERVENTIONS AMONG HISPANIC/LATINA WOMEN, Catalina R. Pacheco
A Comparison of Cognitive Impairment in Health Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Moderating Role of Social Connectedness, Kaitlyn B. Schodt
THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF ABSTRACT AWE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF LIVED EXPERIENCES IN PSYCHEDELIC VIRTUAL REALITY, Jacob Spinks
Predictors of Success in Controlled Drinking Outcomes, Felicia Rose Tuchman
Comparison of Vipassana Meditation with Other Mindfulness Traditions in the Response to Experimentally Induced Pain, Timothy Ian Vandiver
Validating Reward and Relief Drinking Phenotypes: A Multimethod Assessment, Victoria R. Votaw
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Assessing Verbal Memory Task Performance and Intractable Epilepsy: The Associations among Hippocampal Volume Ratio, Seizure Demographic Factors and Memory Indices, Alexis Gabrielle Burks
THE EFFECTS OF FULL SPECTRUM HEMP OIL ON EXTINCTION OF STRESS ENHANCED FEAR LEARNING IN A RODENT MODEL OF PTSD, Tiphanie Chanel
Effects of a psychological stressor on methamphetamine seeking in rats., Kayla B. Cox
Humor Styles, Psychological Well-being, and Distress: Examining the Importance of Resilience and Hope, Naila V. deCruz-Dixon
An Examination of the Associations Between COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Trust in Media, and Trust in Science and Scientists, Jegason Phosphorus Diviant
EFFECTS OF TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION ON CATEGORY LEARNING IN OLDER ADULTS, Benjamin C. Gibson
EXAMINING THE MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE OF THE REVISED SOCIOSEXUAL ORIENTATION INVENTORY AMONG HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC WHITE COLLEGE WOMEN, Christina Nicole Gillezeau
Examining The Relationship Between Anxiety And Depression Symptoms, Protective Behavioral Strategies And Opioid Use Outcomes, Melissa Rose Hatch
Precision Medicine Approaches to Alcohol Use Disorder for American Indians: Assessment and Phenotypic Differentiation of Reward and Relief Drinking, Hanna M. Hebden
THE REWARD POSITIVITY AS AN ADDITIVE AND TEMPORALLY INDEPENDENT EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL FEATURE, Trevor C J Jackson
The effect of cognitive reserve on a rhythm and timing intervention in older American Indians, Eunice Dahyeh Kim
Electrophysiological signatures of error commission and adjustment, Mark Lavelle
How Children Make Sense of Fear of the Dark: A Qualitative Study of Russian Preschoolers, Maria McCready
NON-ABSTINENT RECOVERY IN MINDFULNESS-BASED RELAPSE PREVENTION: EXPLORING MECHANISMS OF CHANGE AND SOCIAL MODERATORS, David I.K Moniz-Lewis
Impact of Emotional Processing on Working Memory in Preadolescents with High Autistic and Anxiety Traits, Teagan Mullins
Wise Mind Program Evaluation, Molly Pylypciw
IDENTIFYING PSYCHOSOCIAL AND NEURAL CORRELATES ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE HOMICIDE IN A SAMPLE OF INCARCERATED BOYS, Samantha N. Rodriguez
TRAIT SADISM IN BDSM PRACTITIONERS AND NON-PRACTITIONERS, Marley Russell
Do I Listen to You, or Do I Listen to Me? An Individual Difference Investigation into Advice Utilization, Danielle Nicole Sanchez-Combs
Affective Liking Influences Reward Processing in Depression: A Computational EEG Approach, Garima Singh
Neurobehavioral and EEG Characteristics in Latino Targets of Bullying, Isabel Solis
FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF AN ONLINE EMPATHY SKILLS TRAINING FOR SUBSTANCE USE PROVIDERS, Emily L. Starratt
Validation of the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment Among Diverse Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder, Elena R. Stein
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
SPIRITUALITY, WELL-BEING, AND THE ROLE OF ONENESS, Kelly S. Erickson Albonico
Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychopathy in Incarcerated Men and Women, Tessa Cappelle
“FINDING THE POSITIVE” IN RECOVERY: PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF A MEASURE OF HUMAN FLOURISHING IN AN ALCOHOL USE DISORDER RECOVERY SAMPLE, Hannah A. Carlon
Psychosocial and Neuroprediction of Criminal Recidivism in a Sample of Adult Female Offenders, Bethany G. Edwards
Neurobiology of Human Navigation Strategies in the virtual Morris Water Task, Monica Goncalves-Garcia
Exploring Components for a Family-Focused Intervention for Families with a Child Diagnosed with Cancer and Other Chronic Illnesses, Nicole Kubinec
A Meta-Analysis and Investigation of Attention Bias for Facial Expressions of Emotion, Joshua W. Maxwell
Development of a Measure of Physical Distancing: The O'Sickey Distancing Test, Anthony J. O'Sickey
Source Estimation of the Reward Positivity and Related Resting State Network Activity in Major Depressive Disorder, Christopher J.H. Pirrung
Neuroanatomical and Environmental Correlates of Psychopathy Subtypes in Incarcerated Youth and Implications for Recidivism, Devin Marie Ulrich
Exploring the Role of Dieting Style in Nutritional and Psychological Health Among College Women, Hayley L. VanderJagt
Measurement Invariance of Relationship Intimacy and Attachment Across Hispanic and non-Hispanic White College Women, Kristen N. Vitek
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Directional Integrity and Landmark Anchoring of the Head Direction Cell System in the TgF344-AD Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Laura E. Berkowitz
EEG Features of Explore-Exploit Decision-Making in Alcohol Use Disorder, Ethan Campbell
Changes in Pain During Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder and Chronic Pain, Karlyn A. Edwards
The Trauma, Substance Use, and Crime Connection: Characteristics and Recidivism Outcomes of Adult Offenders, Kathryn F. Fokas
Of Mindfulness and Men: Mindfulness and Quality of Life of Distressed Prostate Cancer Survivors, Christopher G. Ford
Factors Contributing to Activism among Advantaged-Group and Disadvantaged-Group Undergraduate Students, Anne Guzman
Hippocampal functional activity following prenatal alcohol exposure, ryan E. harvey
Challenging the Empirical Utility of the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale: Revisiting Factor Structure Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender Through Measurement Invariance, Alexandra Hernandez-Vallant
CLOSING THE LOOP AND OPENING THE POSSIBILITIES: AUGMENTING SLEEP-DEPENDENT CONSOLIDATION TO IMPROVE LONG TERM MEMORY, Aaron Paul Jones
Moderate Prenatal Ethanol Exposure, Sex, and Housing Modify Spatial Navigation Behavior and Hippocampal Cell Firing in Adult Rodents, Christy Magcalas
Are Only the Unskilled Overconfident? Deconstructing the Dunning-Kruger Effect Through an Individual Differences Approach, Danielle N. Sanchez
The Personal and Relational Impact of Varying Responses to Fat Talk in the Context of Female Friendship, Riley M. Sebastian
THE EFFICACY OF BRIEF ATTITUDINAL FAMILISM AND BODY IMAGE INTERVENTIONS ON DIET AND EXERCISE SELF-MONITORING ADHERENCE IN HISPANIC/LATINX WOMEN, Kelsey Nicole Serier
THE INTERACTION AND PROGRESSION OF ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT: A LATENT GROWTH MODELING APPROACH, Jeremiah D. Simmons
The Reward Positivity in Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder, Garima Singh
Examination of Intuitive Eating at the Momentary Level, Jamie M. Smith
Client Heart Rate Variability in Motivational Interviewing for Alcohol Use, Brigitte R. Stevens
Relief and Reward Drinking Across Time in Community and Treatment-Seeking Samples, Julia E. Swan
The Role of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Link between Physical Activity and Psychosocial Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder, Adam D. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN SEX/GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY ON COGNITIVE TRAJECTORIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Justina Frances Avila-Rieger
SOCIOECONOMIC AND NEUROANATOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN BORN VERY PRETERM AT PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE, Rebecca E. Avila-Rieger
Predictors of Recovery in Advocacy-Based Refugee Treatment Outcome: The Role of Prior Traumatic Experiences and Current Chronic Stressors, Meredith A. Blackwell
Effects of Chronic Stress on Anxiety-like Behavior and Fear Learning in the TgF344-AD Rat Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Samuel James Bouquin
Cultural Factors and Alcohol Use in American Indian Adults: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial of Contingency Management, Jalene L. Herron
SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION, MENTAL HEALTH, AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG WOMEN WITH MULTIPLE MARGINALIZED STATUSES, Gabriela López
Effects of Anodal tDCS on Neural Correlates of Cognitive Control in Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury, Nickolas A. Mertens
EFFECTS OF CLOSED LOOP TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION TARGETING SLOW OSCILLATION SLEEP ON POST-SLEEP OBJECT LOCATION LEARNING, Bradley M. Robert
MANIPULATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR BY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED ORGANISMS: STO INFECTION STATUS AS A PREDICTOR OF LATER SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, Ruth Sarafin
Subjective Cognitive Complaints, Affective Distress, and Objective Cognitive Performance in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Brandi Seaman
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Substance Use Treatment Accessibility for Pregnant and Postpartum Women, Adrienne Borders
AN ERP INVESTIGATION OF REWARD SIGNALS FOR DIFFERING CLASSES OF REINFORCING STIMULI, Darin R. Brown
HOW DO TRAINERS IN EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS DECIDE WHAT TO TRAIN?: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TRAINER’S ROLE IN THE SCIENCE-TO-SERVICE PATHWAY, David Pendleton Forman
Understanding the Learning Benefits Associated with Transcranial Direct Current Simulation of the Right Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Benjamin C. Gibson
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS FOR PREPARING CONTROL IN TIME, Jacqueline Rosemary Janowich
Effect of a Learned-Threat on Pain Perception and Behaviors, Eric Kruger
Addressing Content, Convergent and Predictive Validity of Implicit Pain-Related Fear in Chronic Low Back Pain, Eric S. Kruger
EFFECTS OF CHEMOGENETIC INHIBITION OF VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPAL GLUTAMATERGIC NEURONS ON ANXIETY-LIKE DEFENSIVITY IN MALE LONG-EVANS HOODED RATS, Carlos R. Maestas-Olguin
Bilingualism and executive functioning in children born very low birth weight and normal birth weight, Natalia Carr Moss, Sarah Erickson, Jean Lowe, Steven Verney, and Judy Ho
PRESCRIPTION OF OPIOIDS TO YOUTH 2005-2016: AN EXAMINATION OF TRENDS, PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS, AND OUTCOMES THROUGH 12 MONTHS, Melissa Pielech
PILOT RCT OF MBRP IN OUTPATIENT METHADONE CLINIC: A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICALLY-INFORMED APPROACH, Jessica Pommy
CLEARING THE MUDDY WATERS: IS LACK OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING QUALITY ACCOUNTING FOR MIXED FINDINGS AND CAN MEASURING FIDELITY HELP?, Lauren N. Rowell
A Functional Perspective on Everyday Sadism, Marley Russell
Patient-Provider Communication in Community Mental Health: How Perceptions of Engagement in Decision-Making Influence Patient-Perceptions of Well-Being, Elizabeth R. Stein
