Dissertations from 2025
The Associations Between Positive and Negative Affective Empathy and Worry in Middle Childhood, Erin McDonald
Predictors of Cognition Across the Menopausal Transition: A Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Alexia R. Minto
Within-Individual BOLD Signal Variability in an N-Back Task: Relation to Neuropsychological Assessments of Attention and Working Memory in Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumor, Stephanie Steinberg
Dissertations from 2024
The Structural Connectome and Cognition in Early to Late Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease, Holly Dustin
Walking Exercise Habits and their Relationship with Cognitive Function and Mood in Older Adults: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Andrew Gradone
Trauma, Family Functioning, and Offspring Psychosocial Wellbeing in Immigrant-Origin Families, Martha Ishiekwene
Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Racial Coping in Black Emerging Adults: A Profile Analysis, Asha N. Jimenez
The Transdiagnostic Value of RDoC Social Processes: A Neurobehavioral Lifespan Approach, Isabella Palumbo
Terror or Torment? Debating Terrorism in Entitled Rage: A comparative analysis of violent incels, mass school shooters, and right-wing extremist actors., Katerina Papatheodorou
Trajectories of Well-being in Children with Gastrointestinal Conditions and Their Parents during the First Three Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Abigail Robbertz
The Effect of Inoculation Interventions on Older Adults’ Belief in Repeated News Headlines, Jessica Udry
Dissertations from 2023
Interpersonal and Structural Discrimination, Ethnic-Racial Identity, and Civic Action Among Immigrant-Origin Youth of Color in the U.S., Claudia A. Delbasso
Collocation Production and Language Use in English-Spanish Bilinguals, Stephanie Diaz
An Exploration of the Status Quo Bias in Nonhuman Primates, Maisy D. Englund
Do All Punishers Care about (Un)Fairness? Examining how Psychopathic Subtraits, Anger, and Fairness Motivate Costly Punishment, Sharlene Fernandes
Investigating Exposure Learning of Family-Resemblance Categories, Brooke Jackson
What Lies Beneath: Examining Social Cognitive Factors in Jihadist Propaganda, Rebecca Wilson
Dissertations from 2022
The Roles of the ADOS-2 and Cognition in Measuring and Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder, Phebe Albert
Are Cartoons Pointless? Patterns of Gesture and Speech Use in Young Children’s Television Programs, Stephanie D. Baumann
Imaging, Cognitive, and Functional Correlates of Vascular Depression in Older Black Adults, Hannah Bogoian
Spontaneous trait inferences: Faces, races, and the inferences we encode because of them, Alesha Bond
(Statistical) Power to the People: Testing for Measurement Invariance Across Integrated Radicalism Research, Ari Fodeman
Genetic Models for Long-Term Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Medulloblastoma and Traumatic Brain Injury, Rella J. Kautiainen
"It's Always a Combination of Things": An Intersectional Approach to Post-Migration Discrimination and Mental Health in Refugee Women, Jessica L. Kumar
Examining Student Engagement with Safe Dates, Nickolas R. Langley
Examining The Longitudinal Effects of Father Incarceration on Children?s Reading and Socioemotional Outcomes, Chelsea V. Moodie
Identifying Brain Stimulation Targets for Improving Automaticity in Reading, Alexandra Ossowski
When the Hand Says More Than the Mouth: Role of Gesture in Communication in Adults With and Without Aphasia, Hatice Sumeyra Ozturk
Friendships, Anxiety, and Intergroup Bias: Optimizing the Contact Model for Minority and Majority Status Groups, Michelle Rattinger
Does the APOE ε4 Allele Moderate a CA1 Atrophy and Psychotic Symptomatology Relationship in Alzheimer’s Disease?, Kelly Rootes-Murdy
Phenomenological Analysis of Teen Mothers with a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Samantha Sabin
Stress, Hormones, and Performance Under Pressure in Tufted Capuchin Monkeys, Meghan Sosnowski
Bidirectional Associations between Responsive Parenting and Children’s Internalizing Problems: The Role of Children’s Negative Emotionality and Genetics, Amanda Thompson
Interpersonal Style Predicts Behavioral Heterogeneity During Economic-Exchange Task Gameplay in Individuals With Social Anxiety, Khalil Thompson
Attentional Bias Toward Threat: A Comparative Perspective, Olivia Tomeo Reilly
Dissertations from 2021
Civic Action Among Immigrant Youth of Color in the U.S.: Contributions of Critical Reflection, Sociopolitical Efficacy, and Immigrant Optimism, Maria Alejandra Arce
Household food insecurity, depression, and disordered eating symptoms in adolescents with severe obesity, Meredith Bishop
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Gender Inequality: Exploring Community-Level Risk Factors for Sexually-Violent Crime, Robyn A. Borgman
Relationships Between Cerebello-Cortical Functional Connectivity and Executive Functioning Across Childhood and Adolescence, Sarah V. Clark
A Novel Task to Assess Outcome Probability Bias for Social Anxiety, Amanda A. Draheim
Effect of Family Socioeconomic Status on Brain Structures Involved in Statistical Learning in Children, Leyla Eghbalzad
Cognitive and Psychiatric Functioning Among Cushing's Syndrome Patients in Remission, Mary Fernandes
Exploring Sexual Minority Stress Related Aggression, Miklos B. Halmos
Does imaging genetics reveal shared mechanisms behind psychotic symptom profile?, Wenhao Jiang
Moving Toward Successful Implementation of Digital Mental Health Interventions: Improving User Attitudes and Evaluating User Behavior, Anthony Molloy
Youth Profiles of Program Quality Perceptions and Their Associations with Social Competence, Scot R. Seitz
An Examination of Family Level Factors and Health-related Psychosocial Concerns in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease, Sharon Shih
Behavioral, Cognitive, and Genetic Factors Underlying Socio-Communicative Development in Bonobos, Sara Skiba
Fear and Loathing: Understanding Risk Perception for Terrorism and its Relationship with Islamophobia, Daniel W. Snook
White Matter Hyperintensities and Symptom Profiles of Late-Onset Depression: A Latent Class Analysis, Zinat Taiwo
The Influence of Reading Intervention on Language and Narrative Development in Children with Mild Intellectual Disability, Casy Walters
Why Should I Help You? An Exploration of the Contextual and Individual Factors Influencing Capuchin Monkeys' Prosocial Behavior, Mackenzie F. Webster
Maternal and Paternal Overcontrol: Relationships with Child Anxiety, Rachel Weinstock
Dissertations from 2020
An Investigation of Criminal Face Bias in the Innocence Project Cases, Amanda Clevinger
Examining the Impact of Urban Neighborhood Disparities on the Treatment of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity Using Mixture Modelling, Matthew Donati
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity to Others' Emotions as Predictors of Internalizing Symptoms during Middle Childhood, Jackson Gray
Evaluating Best Practices in Group Mentoring: A Mixed Methods Study, Katherine E. Hale
Impact of Perceived Peer Attitudes and Social Network Diversity on Violent Extremist Intentions, Wojciech Kaczkowski
Staff- and Youth-reported Youth Voice as Predictors of Community Service through Empowerment, Nadim khatib
Gesture Gives Bilingual Children a Hand with Spatial Vocabulary, Valery D. Limia
The Impact of Concurrent Racial and Religious Discrimination on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Muslim Young Adults, Zahra Murtaza
Student/Intern, Emily Riggall
The Role of Reward Sensitivity in the Perpetration of Reactive and Proactive Aggression, Olivia Subramani
Learning From Mistakes: Decision-making Biases Within the Primate Lineage, Julia Watzek
Modifiability Of Strategy Use In Probabilistic Categorization By Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta) And Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus [Sapajus] Apella), William Whitham
Dissertations from 2019
Determining Relationships among Executive Functioning, Empathy, and Autism Spectrum Disorder Traits in Neurotypical Adults, Danielle N. Abrams
The Role of Executive Function in Impulsive Consumer Purchasing Behavior, Holly Adams
Low Flexibility of Depressed Mothers' Emotional Behaviors During Mother-Child Discussions, Alyssa Ames-Sikora
Shame, Masculine Identity Threat, and Acceptance of Emotions Predicting Sexual Aggression: An Application of the I3 Model, Carolyn Brennan
HIV Disclosure and Family Processes Among Mothers Living with HIV and Their Children: A Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Investigation, Nada M. Goodrum
Effects of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Bystander Decision Making and Intervention Behavior for Sexual Violence, Ruschelle Leone
Examining a Cumulative Risk Index for Language Delay in Infants at High- and Low-Risk for Autism, Nonye Nwosu
Mixed-Methods Analysis Of Pica In Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease, Nikita Rodrigues
Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Statistical Learning in Adults with and without Reading Disorders, Sonia Singh
Semantic Network Alterations in Early Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment, Stella Tran
Racial Socialization from Parents and Peers: Implications for Coping with Discrimination, Christyl Y. Wilson
The Relation Between Working Memory and Reading Intervention Outcomes in Children with Developmental Dyslexia, Rebecca Winter
Campus Racial Climate and Academic Outcomes: Examining the Moderating Role of Racial Identity for African American College Students, Allana Zuckerman
Dissertations from 2018
Maternal Responses to Children;s Exposure to Violent/Tragic News Media in a Sample of Multiply-Traumatized, African-American, Low-Income Youth, Susanna Crowell McQuarrie
Functions of Guilt and Reparative Behaviors in Middle Childhood, Meghan R. Donohue
Arriba, Abajo, al Centro, pa' Dentro!: An Event-Related Brain Potential Study of Path- and Manner-Sensitivity and Motion Expression, Samantha N. Emerson
Emerging Language Comprehension in Toddlers with Significant Developmental Delays, Evelyn Fisher