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Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Childhood Sexual Experiences and Adult Funtioning, Patricia Lee

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A Transtheoretical Investigation of Immoderate Drinking in College, Jeffrey Peter Migneault

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The Exercise and Self-Esteem Model: Inclusion of Physical Acceptance in Tests of Model Constructs, Raquel D. Pino

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Measuring Stage of Change for Exercise, Gabrielle Richards Reed

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The Pursuit of Beauty Through Thinness and the Impact of Advertising on College Women's Attitudes, Lisa Marie Rocchio

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Protective and Risk Factors for Adolescents in a Residential School Setting, Beth Joann Shaw

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Stages of Change, Dropouts, and Outcome in Substance Abuse Treatment, Janice Yusze Tsoh

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Quantified Electroencephalogram Measured During a Continuous Performance Test: A Confirmation of Neurocognitive Systems, James E. Arruda

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Individual Versus Multidisciplinary Team Decision Making, Andrew D. Aspel

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EDUCATION, ATTITUDES TOWARD GAY AND LESBIAN PERSONS, ANXIETY, AND HIV/ AIDS RISK, Gary J. Burkholder

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A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Education on Decision-Making and Satisfaction in Re-Entry Women’s Intimate Relationships, Carolyn Cobb Celebucki

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Sexual Assertiveness Training for College Women: An Intervention Study, Pamela Deiter

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Girls' and Boys' Beliefs About Adult Work: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a School-Based Program, Deborah M. Dutton

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Developmental Correlates of Incest: An Analysis of Research Relevant to the Alleged Impact of Intrafamilial Abuse on the Short and Long Term Adjustment of Children, Florence Ginsburg

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Quantitative EEG Effects Due to Task Related Processing of Lateralized Auditory Continuous Performance Tests, Separate from Attentional and Motor Components of the Tasks, Sherri M. Gold

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Contraceptive and Condom Use for the Prevention of Pregnancy, STDs, and AIDS: A Transtheoretical Approach, Diane Marie Grimley

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The Base-Rate Fallacy in School Psychology: Implications for Decision-Making, Mary Lynne Kennedy

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Altruism in College Volunteers: Relationships to Prosocial Personality, Constructive Thinking, and Parenting Variables, Sara S. Little

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Undergraduate Student's Descriptions of Same-Gender and Cross-Gender Friendships, Stephen Robert Myles

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Toward an Integrated Model of Relapse from Exercise: Review, Measurement, Classification, and Prediction, Jennifer S. Rose

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MATERNAL INTERACTION STYLE, THE FAMILY AND ATTACHMENT OUTCOMES, Maria Schiller

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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Reading Ability, Vocabulary Acquisition, and Phonological Processes: An Investigation of Vocabulary Acquisition by Skilled and Less-Skilled Readers, Linda Aguiar

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THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL OF CHANGE APPLIED TO PSYCHOTHERAPY: A PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF RELATED INSTRUMENTS, Jeffrey Mark Bellis

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Structural Integration of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change: An Application to Smoking Cessation, Linelle Marie Blais

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Vocabulary Differences in Skilled and Less-Skilled Readers, Susan Loretta Curley

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The Effects of Sample Size, Reliability, Number of Indicators Per Factor and Estimation Method on Fit Indices, Lin Ding

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Blood/Injury and Snake Phobias: Cognitive, Behavioral, and Physiological Characteristics, Martin Edward Franklin

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Gender and Attitudes Toward Casual Sex as Predictors of Risky Sexual Behavior of Undergraduates, Donna Johnson

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A Comparison of War-Related Stressors to Other Stressors in 5th and 7th Grade Children, Elaine C. Lee

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Stress, Temperament, and Academic Achievement, Patricia M. Lemay

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The Methodological Characteristics of an Independent Living Skills Assessment Form for Adolescents in Placement, Susan Maria Lotto

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Latent Transition Analysis for the Stages of Change, Rosemarie A. Martin

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The Transtheoretical Model: An Assessment of Readiness to Change HIV-Risking Behaviors in a High-Risk Sample of Adolescents, Raquel D. Pino

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The Transtheoretical Model Applied to Safer Sex Behavior Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Investigation, Colleen A. Redding

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The Transtheoretical Model and Exercise Behavior: A Comparison of Five Staging Methods, Gabrielle Richards Reed

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The Transtheoretical Model and Exercise Behavior: A Comparison of Five Staging Methods, Gabrielle Richards Reed

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The Relationship Between Prior Abuse and Personality Functioning in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients, Kimberly Shaunesey

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Motivation and Stages of Change Among Drug Addicts in Drug Abuse Treatment Programs, Janice Yusze Tsoh

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A Structural Equation Model of a Set of Operationalized Cognitive Social Learning Variables and Citizen Participation in Neighborhood Organizations, Donald R. Whitworth

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Handling Missing Data in Time Series Analysis, Suzanne M. Colby

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An Analysis of Altering the Value of a Classically Conditioned Predictive Cue, Paige A. Dibiasio

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Models of Shame, Family Functioning, and Psychosocial Outcomes in a College Population, Sherri Nelson Fitts

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Relations Among Verbal Working Memory, Listening Comprehension, and Reading Skills, Joanna S. Futransky

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A COMPARISON OF THE SELF-CONCEPTS OF GIFTED PRE-ADOLESCENTS AND A NON-GIFTED PEER GROUP, Erika Natalie Gardiner

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The Cognitive Control of Leveling-Sharpening and Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence in Adults, Bertram S. Gibbes

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Moral Reasoning Related to Gender and Dilemma Content, Lisa Rocchio Giordano

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The Clinical Psychologist Practitioner: Job Autonomy and Burnout, Ellen Lee Kenner

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PERCEIVED EMOTIONAL MALTREATMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM: POTENTIAL MEDIATING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, Carla M. Picariello

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Assessment of Maternal Interaction Style as a Precursor to Attachment, Maria Schiller

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VERBAL WORKING MEMORY AND SPEECH PRODUCTION ABILITIES IN CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENTIAL READING SKILL: A CHRONOLOGICAL- AND READING-AGE COMPARISON, Brenda H. Stone

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A Measurement Model for Spectral Analyzed EEG, Michael David Weiler

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College Student Depression During the Persian Gulf War, Glenn D. Wolfner

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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Comparison of the EEG Alpha Power of Males and Females During an Attention Task, James E. Arruda

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Development of a Stages of Change Model for Sun Exposure, Linelle M. Blais

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Transformational and Transactional Church Leadership Perspectives of Pastors and Parishioners – An Extension, James L. Bray

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Great Expectations: A Workshop on Responsible Dating, Rita C. Chrappa

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FACTORS INFLUENCING SELF-DISCLOSURE PATTERNS OF BLACK COLLEGE STUDENTS, Stanley Gene Cosby

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Correlates of Sibling Jealousy and Parental Favoritism, Catherine Gray Deering

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Determining the Number of Principal Components: A Comparison of Two Methods, Cheryl A. Eaton

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The Role of Working Memory in Phoneme Awareness, Bernadette F. Evans

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Psychological Variables Mediating AIDS Preventive Behavior: A Preliminary Study with College Students, Judith A. Goldman

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Predicting Sexual Assertiveness in College-Age Women: A Model Building Approach, Diane Marie Grimley

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Preconscious Factors in Romantic Attraction, Jay T. King

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Experientially-Modulated Neuronal Death in Overconnected Neural Networks, Thomas J. Skrmetti

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Level of Satisfaction and Commitment to a Decisional Choice as Mediated by Locus of Control, Michael Anthony Surrette

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Validity of Tasks of Executive Functions with School-Aged Children: Potential Efficacy in Discriminating Clinical Groups, Lisa L. Weyandt

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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Lexical Acquisition in Skilled and Less Skilled Readers, Linda Aguiar

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A Measurement Model for Relapse Ideaology, Jeffery Mark Bellis

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The Misspecification of Components and Factors, Joseph L. Fava

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Effects of “Feminine” and “Masculine” Labels on Judgements of Target Person’s Behavior and Characteristics, Jennifer L. Fernald

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Validation of Executive Function Tasks Through a Multitrait-Multimethod Approach, Judith Alison Gnys

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Paternal Acceptance and Nurturance Received and Parents’ Acceptance and Nurturance of Their Children, Michael Hansen

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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SELF-REPORT MEASURES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ATTITUDES, Raymond A. Kilduff

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Assessing Beliefs About Depression and Its Treatment, Eliezer Tzvi Margolis

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOPE AND HOPELESSNESS: STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS, Anthony Scioli

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INTERGENERATIONAL ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT, Susan Williams-Quinlan

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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Transformational and Transactional Church Leadership Perspectives of Pastors and Parishioners, James L. Bray

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Examining the Bender Recall as a Test of Visual Memory, Bernadette F. Evans

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Relationships Between Measures of Self-Concept, Existential Variables, and Maladaptive Psychosocial Outcomes in a College Population, Sherri Nelson Fitts

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A Study on Causal Thinking Young Children’s Ability to Differentiate Fantasy from Reality, Ellen Lee Kenner

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Intergender Distancing Behavior: A Field Experiment, Diane Maluso

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Retention of Distributed Versus Massed Response Prevention Treatments in an Animal Model, Paula J. Martasian

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Relationships Between Communication Style Variables and Sales Effectiveness, Elaine M. Notarantonio

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Response Elimination Using Response-Contingent and Response-Contiguous Schedules, Thomas S. Rieg

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Inducing Perceptual Set Effects in Associative Memory Systems, Thomas J. Skrmetti

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LOCUS OF CONTROL: DEVELOPMENT OF PERCEIVED CONTINGENCY AND PERCEIVED COMPETENCE IN CHILDREN, Anthony Traniello

Theses/Dissertations from 1988

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Locus of Control and Levels of Moral Reasoning Related to Changes in Moral Reasoning Under Coercion, Jane K. Carey

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The Learning Disability Index (LDI): An Analysis of its Utility in Discriminating Learning Disabilities, Bertram S. Gibbes

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Paternal Acceptance and Nurturance Received and Fathers’ Acceptance and Nurturance of Their Sons, Michael Hansen

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The Efficacy of Response Prevention with Multiple Treatments, Paula J. Martasian

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A Cluster Analysis of Temperament Using the Student Personality Assessment Form, Karen Corwin Mook

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The Effects of Open and Dominant Communication Styles on Perceptions of the Sales Interaction, Elaine M. Notarantonio

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Learned Helplessness as a Function of Social Structure, William T. Oswald

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Picture Images of Girls and Women in Children's Literature, Diane M. Turner-Bowker

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

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The Relationship Between Children’s Observation of Marital Discord and Play Behavior in a Non-Clinical Sample, Dorothy Bohn Clement

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An Examination of the Roles of Sensory Preconditioning and Higher Order Conditioning in Taste Aversion Learning in Rats, Paige Dibiasio

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An Empirical Comparison of Factor, Image, Component, and Scale Scores, Joseph L. Fava

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SIBLINGS OF CHRONICALLY ILL AND DISABLED CHILDREN: AN EXAMINATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING AND SELF-ESTEEM, Elaine C. Meyer

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Children's Conceptions of Anger, Anthony Scioli

Theses/Dissertations from 1986

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A Comparison of Several Component Matching Indices: A Simulation Study, Edward Guadagnoli