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Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Cultural Values Among Mexican and Mexican-Americans Across Acculturation, Language, Generation, Age and Gender, Natalie K. Bellman

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A Self-Report Approach to Screening Police Candidates’ Aggressive Tendencies, Frank Joseph Gallo

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Choosing a Leader: Measurement of Adolescent Perceptions of Leadership, Catherine Stephan

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Meanings in the Lives of Older Adults: In Their Own Voices, Isabel A. Trombetti

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APPLICABILITY OF THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL IN WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IN AN ADOLESCENT POPULATION IN TAIWAN, Yating Yeh

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Smoking and Stress: Exploring Patterns Among High School Youth in Bulgaria, Milena D. Anatchkova

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The Pros and Cons of the Learned Helplessness Construct and the Battered Woman Syndrome: A Critical Analysis and Possible Reformulation, Lucille Andreozzi Stern

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Testing a Model of Unwanted Pursuit and Stalking, Leila B. Dutton-Greene

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A Meta-Analytic Examination of Decisional Balance Across Stage Transitions: A Cross-Sectional Analysis and Cross-Sequential Cross-Validation, Kara L. Hall

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Victim Empathy as a Function of Attachment Style, Sex, Self-Esteem and Type of Victimization, Molly Ann Hedrick

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Visuoconstructional Impairment: What Are We Assessing, and How Are We Assessing It?, Jessica Somerville Ruffalo

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Resilience in Ex-Refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam, Lynne Ee Lin Yong

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Relationship of Early Intervention Service Coordination Model to Qualify of Transition and Family Empowerment, Candace Adams

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Longitudinal Study of the Acquisition of Locomotion, Motor Activity, and Infant Development, Janette Baird

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Scale Validation of High School Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Students with Disabilities, Catherine Ernst

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Spirituality and the Quality of Life: Relationships Between Existential Well-Being and Aspectgs of Life Functioning, Bettina Brigit Höppner

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Latent Transition Ananlysis as a Sensitive Outcome: Analysis for Longitudinal Data, Rosemarie A. Martin

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Problem Behavior Theory in an Ethnically Diverse Female Prison Sample, Kristen J. Quinlan

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Computerized Behavioral Observation: Implications for Improving Accuracy and Reducing Bias, Charles Sicotte

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Development and Validation of Transtheorectical Measure for College Student Spiritual Expression, John A. Ward

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Family Functioning of Portuguese Families with a Clinically Depressed Family Member, Marco S. Andrade

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Adult Attachment Patterns: The Relationship Between Security of Attachment and Adjustment to Prison and Separation From Loved Ones, Steven Kenneth Diehl

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Factors Affecting Performance on the Lahi- A Complex Continuous Performance Task, Daniel Kretchman

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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN TODDLER EMOTION COPING: THE IMPACT OF TEMPERAMENT AND SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCES ON REGULATION DEVELOPMENT, Elena Mirsky

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MMPI-2 Scores as a Predictor of Outcomes on the Phase II Profile Integrity Inventory, Lynne Dawn Murray

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An Examination of the Nature of Reading Fluency, Emily D. Russell

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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The Development of a Measure of Attention in Children, Janette Baird

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The Potential Clinical Utility of Methods for Estimating Prior Standing in Specific Cognitive Domains: A Feasibility and Illustration Study, Stephen Correia

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Cultural Predictors of Asian/Pacific Islander Women’s HIV/AIDS Protective Behaviors, Jennifer C. Huang

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Beliefs About Women Held by African American Women and Men Differing in Level of Acculturation, Jean M. Jacob

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Integrating the Transtheoretical Model: A Quantitative Analysis in the Area of Sun Exposure, Janet L. Johnson

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APPLYING THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF CHANGE TO STRESS MANAGEMENT AMONG ADOLESCENTS: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF DECISIONAL BALANCE AND CONFIDENCE MEASURES, Leanne M. Mauriello

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Effects of Reading Disability in Adolescents on Self-Concept and Future Expectations, Miriam I. Meyer

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CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND ADULT HEALTH: PROTECTIVE FACTORS AS MEDIATING VARIABLES, Jennifer Ann Morrow

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Testing the Invariance of the Transtheoretical Model Utilizing a Population of Smokers, Rose Marie Ward

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Development and Initial Validation of a Structured Interview for the Detection of Malingered Mild Head Injury, Margaret Anne Ackley

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Understanding the Efficacy of Residential Treatment for Female and Alaskan Native Adolescents: Outcome Study and Meta-Analysis, Kathleen Cady-Webster

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A Study of Language Used in Magazine Reports of Rape and Sexual Assault Trials, Laura B. Chorbajian

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Universal Newborn Screening for Developmental Risk, Grace Cox Ashton

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A Mediational Coping Model of Sociopersonal Well-Being and Quality of Life, William Burton Disch

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A Study of the Effect of Projective Drawings on the Hindsight Bias, Elizabeth A. Dufresne

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An Assessment of Decisional Balance, Self Efficacy, and Condom Stages of Change Among White and Minority Women, Shirley Amanda Gazabon

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Regulating Tempo in a Continuation Finger-Tapping Task, Arthur Allen Little

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Are IQ Discrepancies Between SES Groups Primarily the Result of Verbal Scale Differences?, Carol Lee MacNaught

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Can the Influence of Base Rate Information be Distinguished from the Influence of Gender Stereotypes in the Psychiatric Diagnostic Decision Making Process?, Maureen McCormick

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To Parcel or Not to Parcel: The Effects of Item Parceling in Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Brett A. Plummer

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AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY, EXPERIENCE WITH RACISM, AND MEANING IN LIFE AMONG BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS, Brian L. Ragsdale

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Relationship of Maternal Age to Risk Factors and Infant Outcomes for Children of Young Mothers, Candace A. Reynolds

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Elimination of the Hindsight Bias in Individual Versus Group Decision Making, Holly Anne Sindelar

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A Comparison of Administration Procedures for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure: Flow-Charts vs. Pen-Switching, Jessica Somerville

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RECOVERED AND CONTINUOUS MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE: A QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS, Linda Ribble Stoler

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Attatchment Classification Among 18 Month Old Children of Adolescent Mothers, Lynne M. Andreozzi

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Assessing Self-Efficacy Among Incarcerated Women: Scale Development and Psychemetric Properties, Cheryl Hevey

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Maltreating Caregivers: An Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change, Lisa M. Jones

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How Subject Characteristics Influence Attention Task Performance: A Structural Modeling Approach, Kristen A. McKiernan

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A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understanding Psychological Empowerment in Community Prevention Coalitions, Bradley Farrell McMillan

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Observed Conflict, Sexual Experience, Pornography, and Coercive Behavior as Predictors of Men’s Sexual Arousal to Sexual and Violent Images, James Allen Miller

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Parental Socialization and the Child's Development of Internal Concepts of Self and Others, Elena Sylvie Mirsky

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Predicting Smoking Cessation In Pregnant Latina and White Women, Ivory Roberts Clarke

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A Media Skills Intervention for Adolescents on Gender Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors, Barbara E. Silver

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PUERTO RICAN FAMILY FUNCTIONING, ACCULTURATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARD FAMILY COUNSELING, Maria Vazquez

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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ASSESSING PREDICTORS OF SMOKING CESSATION: AN APPLICATION OF SIGNAL DETECTION METHODOLOGY, Sonya V. Benisovich

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Predicting Mathematics Performance: A Structural Equation Model, Linda N. Bruno

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An Exploratory Study of Attachment Styles and Their Relationship to Emotional Intelligence in a Young Adult Population, Steven Kenneth Diehl

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The Relationship of Physical Activity to Self-Concept and Perceived Stress in Adolescent Females, Anne C. Dineen

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Examining Cultural Identity in the Prediction of High-Risk Behavior in Latino and Latina Adolescents, Cecilia Maria Duarte

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Quantitative Methods for Assessing Change: Application to Condom Use, Kerry E. Evers

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Short Term Memory for Tempo in a Motor Timing Experiment, Sari Hooper

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Violence Desistance Among Battering Men: Existing Interventions and the Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change, Deborah A. Levesque

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A Cluster Analytic Test of the Transtheoretical Model Applied to Exercise Behavior, Gregory J. Norman

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An Application of Dynamic Factor Analysis: An Examination of Smoking Habit Strength Measures, Brett A. Plummer

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Developing a Theoretical and Empirical Ethnocultural Model Toward Predicting Crying Behavior in White College Women, Brian L. Ragsdale

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Adolescent Students with Behavior Disorders: Teacher's Current Referral Practices, Nancy Ruth Smith

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Analogue Versus Authentic Data: Prereferral Intervention Strategy Utilization, Effectiveness and Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Mary Ellen K. Tillotson

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Development of a Muslim Religiosity Scale, Abdulaziz Abdurrahman Albelaikhi

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Errors in Scoring Objective Personality Tests, Gregory Allard

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Maternal-Infant Interaction in Infants with Colic, Lynne M. Andreozzi

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The Stability of WISC-III Scores: For Whom are Triennial Re-Evaluations Necessary?, Linda C. Cassidy

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Training Caregivers to Intervene in the Exploratory Play of Young Children with Developmental Delays, Susan L. Curley

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An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship of Leaders’ Gender to Multiple Aspects of Organizational Functioning in Community Coalitions, Ilene Klein

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Individual Differences in Timing Measures: Continuation Tapping, Relaxation Time, Reaction Time, and Critical Flicker Fusion, Anna S. Klevak

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A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Adolescent HIV-Risk Predictors, Michelle A. Lang

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THE FATHER'S ROLE IN SELF-CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, Jon Lopez Kimpton

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Development and Validation of Decisional Balance and Processes of Change Inventories for Heavy, Episodic Drinking, Jason Edward Maddock

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The Effects of Practice on Auditory Vigilance Task Performance, Kristen A. McKiernan

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A Comparison of Continuous Performance Tasks Using Cognitive Versus Sensory Stimuli, Nancy J. Reeve

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Variations in Attention as Measured by Accuracy and Reactions Time Over the Course of a Continuous Performance Task, Kevin J. Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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Algorithms for Missing Data Replacement in Time Series Analysis, Suzanne M. Colby

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Staging and Decisional Balance Measures for Two Diabetes Self-Management Behaviors, Janet Marie Dryfoos

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Longitudinal Prediction of Women in the Stages of Change for Condom Use: A Comparison of Methods, Kerry E. Evers

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Ego Identity Status, Intellectual Development, and Academic Achievement in University of Freshman, Deborah E. Flammia

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ENHANCING SOCIAL COMPETENCE IN A MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM, Sandra Lynn Gainer

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Age Differences in Multidimensional Self-Concept, Erika Natalie Gardiner

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EVALUATION OF A CONFLICT RESOLUTION - PEER MEDIATION PROGRAM, Carol Lee Macnaught

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User Satisfaction with a Computer Based Instruction Behavior Change Intervention for Adolescent Smokers, Peter C. Pirillo Jr.

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THE IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER ON WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE AND SEXUAL FUNCTIONING, Elayne Amy Saltzberg

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The Influence of Contemporary Music on Responses to Visually Presented Mainstream Sexually Explicit Images, Renee N. Saris

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Gender Stereotyped Descriptors in Children's Picture Books: Does "Curious Jane" Exist in the Literature?, Diane M. Turner-Bowker

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Psychometric Refinement and Structural Analysis of a Process of Change Questionnaire for Weight Control, Jacquelynne Washkwich

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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The Psychological Modulation of the Immune System: A Meta-Analysis, Sara D. Cottrill