Psychology Master’s Theses Abstracts MA – Psychological Research
Psychology Master’s Theses Abstracts
MA – Psychological Research
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(beginning 1999)
Fall 2009
Basilio, Camille
Community Definition and Benefits: Perspectives from African American Lesbians
(not yet published)
Storholm, Erik
A Psychometric Analysis of the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory
Somlo, David
Planning and Arousal: Distinguishing Between Emotional and Cognitive Control
Summer 2009
Boyce, Ayesha
It’s Written All Over Your Face: The Impact of Afrocentric Facial Features, Gender, Race and Explicit Attitudes on Implicit Preferences
Drumheller, Kristin
Injury-Induced Cell Proliferation in Brain Repair and Recovery of Function
Hoskins, Lisa
The Effects of Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Mode of Transmission on Blaming HIV-Positive Individuals
Kruse, Elliott
Affective Functioning: The Influence of Positive Affect on Incremental and Insight Problem-Solving
Rabas, Audrey
Effects of Speed Stress on Learning with Different S-R Mappings: Does a Learning Reversal Occur?
Winter 2009
Castro, Joaquin
The Effect of Different Levels of Rhythmic Movement Set to Music on Tension Reduction and Energy Increase: Mood Alterations During Jazzercise Classes
Fall 2008
Ferguson, Peggy
Determinants of Student-Instructor Engagement and Perceptions of Learning
Mulvey, Emily
Exploratory Analysis of Psychosocial Influences on Well-Being Among Military Spouses
Ngo, Thuan K.
A Measure of Expertise for Relative Pitch
Summer 2008
Black, Candace J.
Do Oral Contraceptives Influence Female Preferences for Mates?
Jennings, Amy
The Personal Empowerment Program: A Collaborative Evaluation
Matsuo, Kayo
Effects of Frustration and Temporal Distance on Altruistic Behavior
McQuesten, Matthew J.
Political Ideology and Social-Cognitive Motives: The Need for Closure in Relation to Religiosity, Worldview, and Candidate Selection
Spring 2008
Menjivar, Jenny
The Effects of Hippocampal Lesions on Apoptosis in the Adult Zebra Finch
Pekarek, Christina J.
Intimate Partner Violence and Interracial Relationships: Prevalence, Perceived Social Support, and Gender
Rivera, Nichole
The Effect of Situational Target Status and Personality on Triggered Displaced Aggression
Winter 2008
Collins, Tara Jeanne
Love is a Battlefield: Passionate Love as an Amplifier of Aggression and the Moderating Role of Attachment Style
Walti, Ian A.
The Role of Trait Displaced Aggression on Social Support and Social Network Composition
Watanabe, Kana
The Effect of Peer Pressure and Cultural Identity on Drinking of Japanese-Born Males Living in the United States
Fall 2007
Howrigan, Daniel P.
Intentional Humor as a Mental Fitness Indicator
Summer 2007
Erselius, Keith
Effects of Attire, Context, and Observer Gender on the Perceived Guilt for Sexual Assault
Kaighobadi, Farnaz
Feminist Identity Development of Iranian Immigrant Women
and Its Relationship with Their Psychological Well-Being
Latimore, Amanda D.
The Psychometric Examination of the Sexual Addiction Screening Test in a Sample of Gay Men at Risk for HIV
Law, L. Matthew
Differences in Response to Injury Between Food-Storing and Non-Storing Birds
Onuki, Mayuko
To Stay or to Leave: The Role of Culture in Choice of Strategy for Protecting Collective Self-Esteem
Reece, Nicole A.
The Role of Insecurity, External Locus of Control, Neuroticism, Low Self-Efficacy, and Low Self-Esteem in Romantic Jealousy
Romant, Sandra
Batterer’s Intervention Program Evaluation: Beyond Recidivism Rates
Summer 2006
Edwards, Jordan
Antisocial Personality Disorder and HIV-Related Risk
Guzman, Yesenia
Test-Retest Reliability of the Spanish Version of the Dissipation Rumination Scale
Redpath, David
An Examination of Coping Strategy and Drug Use
Rentie, Rashika
The Impact of Father Involvement on African American Women Pertaining to Risky Sexual Behavior
Winter 2006
Brown, David
Locus of Control Orientation as a Predictor of Reactions to Letters of Welcome Among College Students
Fall 2005
Atoofi, Saeid
Tailoring Utterances and Modifying Nonverbal Behavior as Perspective-Taking with Different Addresses: An Investigation of Theory of Mind in Adults
Siegman, Barbara
The Impact of Framing Effects and Level of Need for Cognition on Organ Donation Decisions
Summer 2005
Behbehani, Misha
The Effects of Importance and Culture on Prospective Memory
Brown, Brenda
Reducing False Memories: Comparisons of the Differential Encoding Conditions of Perception, Imagery, and Generation
Cabral, Giannina
Self-Blame as a Mediator of Avoidance Coping Among Rape Survivors
Chin, James
The Role of Counselor Ethnicity and Racial Attitudes in Initial Counselor Effectiveness Ratings by Asian American and Euro-American College Students
Jaffe, Adi
Drug Use and Aggression: The Effect of Rumination and Other Person Related Variables
Fall 2004
Cojucar, Geta
Bilingual Blindspot for Text-embedded Interlingual Non-Cognate Homographs: The Interference Effect of Interlingual Word-Frequency on Recognizing Cross-Contextual Interlingual Homographs
Johnson, Janice
Development of a Tense-Tiredness Index as a Predictive Scale for Depression
Summer 2004
Doyle, Patrick
Exploring Overconfidence: Response Mode and Question Difficulty
Using Four-Choice Stimuli
Duke, Lisa
Predicting Memory Impairment in Rape Survivors: Examining Memory Intrusions and Locus of Control Orientation
Galeano, Christina
Buprenorphine: A Dose-Response Study of Expression of Conditioned Place Preference in Rats
Huynh, Que-Lam
Validating a Multidimensional Measure of Acculturation for Vietnamese Americans
Nikola Saunders
Injury Induced Cytogenesis and the Influence of BDNF on Cell Proliferation in Adult Zebra Finches
Spring 2004
Burton, Kimberly
Concurrent Validity of a New Measure of Stress
Diane Guettler
The Effects of Source Location, Timing, Direction, and Separation of Apparent Motion in the Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Modalities
Winter 2004
Salvatore-Hale, Dominica
Effects of Knowledge Accuracy and Confidence About Organ Donation Facts on the Willingness to Donate Organs
Fall 2003
Reed, Daniel
An Examination of Aurally Aided Visual Search Performance Using Urgency Characteristics of Auditory Warning Sounds
Summer 2003
Lickel, Jason
On the Salience of Auditory Cues: Effects of Frequency, Amplitude Change and Spatial Location
Rothman, Michael
The Relationship Between Individual Difference Variables and Mood Regulation
Spring 2003
Jeffrey, Amanda
Personality Functioning Among Adolescent Populations
Ohlson, Marina
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Locus of Control in Asian American and European American Students
White, Jessica
Stereotypes and Retrieval-Induced Forgetting: When Elderly Are Stronger than Their Middle-Aged Counterparts
Fall 2002
Calvillo, Tamara
Differential Effects of Television and Video Game Violence on Aggressive Behavior
Ilich, Maria
The Use of the Internet as a Coping Resource
Denson, Thomas
Cognitive Functioning as a Mediator in Quality of Life in Bipolar I Disorder
Wetzel, Melanie
Multiple Text-Based Asynchronous Communication Tools in Effective Online Communities
Spring 2002
Davis, Dawn
Observer Versus Field Perspectives in False Memories
Winter 2002
Hornstein, Adam
An Evaluation of Alternative Keyboard Layouts for Handheld Computers
Klahn, Jennifer
Homelessness Among Out-of-Treatment Drug Users
Fall 2001
Poosuthasee, Nida
A Test of the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction: Resistance to Extinction
Summer 2001
Bauerle, Stacie
An Attribution Theory Analysis of Romantic Jealousy
Hassett, Shannon
The Mitigating Effects of Smiling on Anger and Aggression
Spring 2001
Beck, Karen
Adolescent General Knowledge Assessment: Exploring Differences in Mutual Knowledge Judgments
Dillon, Brandon
Different Categorization Schema in Research on the Effect of Parental Alcoholism on Their Adult Children
Dobbs, Sharon
Retrospective Analysis of Self-Reported Success and Failure Among Chronic Pain Patients in a Self –Management Program
Le, Thu
The Mutual Constraints of Working Memory in Younger and Older Adults
Mitchell, Emilie
Justice Is in the Eye of the Beholder: The Role of Implicit Racial Stereotypes on Source-Monitoring Decisions and Assessments of Punishment
Winter 2001
McCarthy, Anna
Gender Differences in the Incidences of, Motives for, and Consequences of, Dating Violence Among College Students
Fall 2000
Larro, Michelle
Conditioned Place Preference Induced by Sucrose Ingestion: Effects of Naloxone and Haloperidol
Olsen, Rebecca
Parent-Child Interaction in Establishing Common Ground Before and After Theory-of-Mind Development
Smith, Wendy
Development and Validation of the Perceived Self-Efficacy for Statistics Scale
Summer 2000
Huon, John
Attachment Style as a Predictor of Sense of Coherence
Spring 2000
Racho, Erik
Age Differences in Resource Allocation During a Working Memory Task: An EEG Study
Fall 1999
Beiner, Cheri
Differences in Body Image and Self-Concept between Sighted and Congenitally Blind Women
Berg, Karrie
The Ability of 7-OH-DPAT to Decrease Dopamine Release During Periods of Anticipation, and Thus Prevent the Subsequent Cravings Associated with Drug Addiction
Schlundt, Carolyn
The Effect of Projector Position on the Hearing Thresholds of Dolphins (Tursiops truncates) at 2, 8, and 12 kHz
Schwarz, Rochelle
Consistency as a Moderator of the Relationship between Personality and Coping