Doctoral Dissertations
Below are doctoral project dissertation titles that have been presented over the years.
- Progressive Structural Brain changes in Photon Therapy when Compared to Proton Therapy in Grade 2 and Grade 3 Gliomas
- The Relationship between Physical Activity Levels and the Transition into Marriage
- The Effects of Military Culture and Military Identity on Transition Stress During Reintegration: A Comparison Between Active Duty and Reserve/Guard Service Members
- Public Opinion of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals who Attend Treatment for Substance Use
- The Role of Self-Esteem In Adult Men’s Acceptance and Utilization of Benevolent Sexism
- Qualitative Exploration of White Female Clinicians' Perspectives on Race and Gender in Psychotherapy with Justice-Involved Black Male Clients
- An Investigation into the Effectiveness of a Social Skills Program Delivered via Telehealth for Elementary-Aged Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Development and Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Resilience Skills Practice Inventory
- Differences in Depression Screening, Depression Diagnosis, and Mental Health Treatment Referrals between 2008 and 2018
- Climate Change Worry in Latinx Versus Non-Latinx Youth
- Associations Between Personality Traits, Moral Injury, and PTSD Symptoms Among Emergency Department Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- The Impact of Racial Identity Development on Attitudes Towards Drug-Related Criminal Offenders
- Intellectual Humility in Helping Professions
- The Influence of Delusion Content and Mental Status During Trial on Jury Decision Making in Cases Involving the Insanity Defense
- Exploring the Role of Security Clearance and Mental Health Care in Military and Veteran Populations
- “Somerville, MA Legally Recognizes Polyamory:” A Qualitative Exploration of The Polyamorous Experience
- Gender as a Moderator of Parental Self-Compassion on Perceived Child Wellbeing
- Predictors of Public Attitudes Towards Physician-Assisted Suicide for Terminal Cancer
- Creating Trauma-Informed Schools: Effectiveness of a Trauma-Informed Professional Development Training for Increasing Educator Competencies
- Early Adverse Experiences and Negative Mental Health Outcomes in Adolescents: The Role of External and Internal Assets
- Parental Incarceration and Siblingship: Developmental Outcomes
- Video Games and Social Connection: A Study of U.S. Military Service Members and Veterans
- Rates of Cognitive Decline in African Americans Compared to Whites Accounting for Cerebrovascular Disease Load
- The Effectiveness of Drug Treatment Court: Participants’ Recommendations for Improvement of the Drug Treatment Court Diversion Program
- Evaluating the Psychometric Properties, Validity, and Clinical Utility of the Spectra: Indices of Psychopathology Adaptive Psychological Functioning Scale in an Inpatient Psychiatric Sample
- Personality Traits of Women in CEO Roles
- Differentiating Alzheimer’s Disease and Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Using Social Cognition and Errors on Neuropsychological Testing
- Workplace Belonging in the Public Service Sector
- The Relationship Between Motivation for Choosing a Vegan Diet, Self-Regulation, and Adherence to the Diet
- Trauma Sensitive Yoga as an Adjunct Treatment for Transgender and Nonbinary Trauma Survivors
- Understanding Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury’s Relationship to Parenting Styles and Caregiver Strain
- Exploring the Relationship of Hope Action Theory, Perceived Stress and Self-Compassion using a Neuroscience Perspective
- A Theoretical Exploration: Racial Trauma Experienced By Black Employees and Its Impact on Well-Being and Work Performance
- Coaching for Global Perspective: Synthesizing Cultural Polarities and Stage Theories of Adult Development to Catalyze Global Leader Development
- The Cognitive Behavioral Leadership Action Model
- Facilitating Healthy Conflict: The Role Of Emotional Intelligence And Authentic Leadership
- Exploring the Impact of Relationship Factors and Interpersonal Style on Women's Substance Abuse Treatment and Engagement
- Family Caregivers’ Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Death
- Assessing a Training Program Designed to Improve Team Psychological Safety and Team Climate in Cross-Functional, Child Welfare Teams
- The Effect of Level of Sensationalism in Media Reports of Neighborhood Acceptance of Sexual Offender Release as Moderated by Educational Level
- Bicultural Stress, Depression, and Cultural Identity in Latinx Older Adolescent
- Intimate Partner Violence Service Availability and Utilization as Predictors of Intimate Partner Homicide
- Structured Learning: A New Framework for Organizational Learning
- The Association Between Family Stability and the Experiences and Well-being of Adult Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Slowing the Great Resignation: Leaders, it’s Time to Engage! The Mediating Effect of Psychological Capital on Self-Leadership and Work Engagement
- The Role of Interpersonal Hopelessness Within the Trait-Interpersonal Model of Suicide
- Public Opinion of Sex Offender Registration For Juveniles Who Engage In Consensual Sexting
- The Role of Experiential Avoidance and Anxiety Sensitivity in Clinician’s Delivery of Exposure-Based Treatment for OCD
- A Qualitative Examination of Cultural Identity Conflicts Experienced by Black and Afro-Latino Law Enforcement Officers
- Transitions to Motherhood: Self-Care in the Postpartum Period
- Making a False Confessor? How Suspect Age and Police Tactics Impact Mock Juror Perceptions of Interrogation Pressures
- Culturally Modified Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression with Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Vietnamese Immigrants and Refugees
- The Social Emotional Experiences of Refugee Children
- Reports of Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth in Mental Health Professionals: A Comparison of Two Assessment Methods
- Exploring Latino and Latin American Clinicians' Understandings of Their Social Locations Using the Social Matrix
- ¡Dale, Let's Beat the Odds! Music-Based Adaptation Guidelines for Application with Black and Latinx Emerging Adults
- The Impact of Colorism on the Self-Concept of Dark-Skinned Black Women
- Towards a Collective Theory of Burnout: Implications for Future Research and Intervention
- Effects of Vulnerable Leadership Behavior on Immersion and Psychological Safety in Followers
- The Effect of Exoneree Immigration Satus in Public Opinion of Wrongfully Convicted Individuals
- Veteran's Voices: Perceptions of the Utility of Written Expressive Therapy
- Collateral Consequences: A Theoretical Examination of Money Bail’s Impact on Children and Families
- A Framework of Mental Complexity in United States Army Personnel
- Brain Health in Leadership: Factors That Predict Willingness to Participate in an Organization Brain Health Program
- Exploring the Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Selective and Sustained Attention
- Relationship of Caregiver and Child Characteristics and Help-Seeking Behaviors
- The Impact of Self Compassion on Quality of LIfe After Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Keep Calm and Carry On: Developing a Psychological Self-Care Program for Leaders Focused on Decreasing Stress, Increasing Wellbeing, and Becoming more Equanimous Through Uncertainty
- Perceptions of Trauma-Informed Care in Substance Use Treatment Programs
- The Effects of Military Morals and Values on Veterans Post-Military
- Experiences of Body-Related Pressure in the Military for Active Duty and Veteran Women
- The Relationship between Severity of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Food Insufficiency in Children
- The Effects of Sender and Recipient Ages on Public Opinion of Legislation Regarding Youth Sexting Offenses
- Clinicians’ Perceptions of Patients with BPD: Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy
- Development of a Tool to Orient Patients and Providers to Exposure and Response Prevention
- The Impact of Discipline Style on Childhood Aggression Amongst Children Who Have Been Maltreated
- Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Community Resilience in Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
- The Relationship and Impact of Interpersonal Orientation and Social Support on Satisfaction from Online Gaming
- An Examination of the Relationship between Overdose Risk and Treatment Engagement in an Inpatient Substance Use Population
- The Relationship between Working Memory and Verbal Fluency in Deaf Individuals
- The Role of Grit in the Association Between Exercise, Depression, and Well-being; A Qualitative Study
- Teacher Perceptions of Trauma: How Teacher Empathy and Experienced Adversity Aid in Recognizing Trauma in the Classroom
- Social Dominance and Apologizing to Outgroup Members
- Public Support for School-Based Violence-Prevention Programs
- Post-Menopausal Women’s Body Image, Attitudes Towards Aging, and Engagement in Health Promoting Behaviors
- Navigating the Torn Loyalties of Second Generation Indian American Females
- Age, Cognitive Control/Flexibility, and Self-Injurious Behavior
- Attachment Style, Personality Traits, and FoMO as Predictors of Inappropriate Social Media Use in the Workplace
- Differences in Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts between Male and Female College Students
- “It Can’t Happen Here”: A Qualitative Exploration of Child Marriage in the United States
- “Big-Five” Personality Factors as a Predictor of Satisfaction in a Graduate Psychology Program
- Public Opinion of the Death Penalty for Young Adults
- The Impact of Early Intervention on Joint Attention for Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Teacher Perceptions of Inclusion: How Burnout, Previous Training, and School Demographic Factors Impact Educator Viewpoints
- The Effect of Media Source on Public Perception of Police-Involved Shootings of African American and White Men
- Mental Health of Caribbean Black Emerging Adults: Impacts of Parental and Self-Acculturation
- Exploring Perceptions of Child Risk, Legal Characteristics, and Performance in a Court-Mandated High Conflict Parenting Education Program
- The Effect of In-Home ABA Therapy on Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Pediatric Primary Headache Conditions
- Cultivating Therapeutic Presence: A Reiki and Mindfulness-Based Program
- Mental Health Providers' Knowledge of Trans Youths' Unique Health Needs
- Feeling the Recoil: Parents' Experience of Providing Support to Reintegrating Post-9/11 Military Veterans
- Self-efficacy, Locus of Control, And Personality Traits as Predictors of Avoidance vs. Exposure Strategies in Public Speaking Anxiety
- Verbal Memory, Attention, and Executive Function Performance in Individuals with Autoimmune Encephalitis Compared to Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Healthy Controls
- Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adult Personality Disorders in a Clinical Sample
- The Relationship of Instagram Use, Body Dissatisfaction, Social Comparison Orientation, and Consideration of Cosmetic Procedures
- Trauma as a Mitigating Factor in Criminal Cases: A Predictor Model of Juror Empathy towards Defendants with Developmental Trauma Histories Who Commit Violent Crime
- Cultural Attunement Module for Individualized Education Program Development and Implementation
- The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Executive Functioning in an Inpatient Adolescent Population
- The Relationship Between Dietary Habits, Nutrition Knowledge and Self-Reported Executive Functioning Abilities
- The Implications of Growing Up in a Military Family for Young Adults' Attachment Style
- The Relationship Between Sports Participation, Bullying Victimization, and Friendship Development in Latency Aged Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Association Between a Stay At Home Father’s Experiences and His Current Psychological Health and Health Behaviors
- Training Inpatient Providers to Utilize the SOTIPS for Mentally Ill Individuals with Problematic Sexual Behaviors
- Pilot Study: Assessing Substance Use Risk and Preventing Substance Abuse in Teenagers
- Characterizing the Experiences of Veterans’ Caregivers: Identifying Predictors of Positive and Negative Caregiving Experiences
- Comparison of National Guard Versus Other Service Members in Alcohol Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy Adapted for Military Personnel and Veterans
- An Analysis of Post-Traumatic Growth and Coping Strategies Among Family Caregivers of Individuals with Life-Threatening Illness
- Leveraging Psychological Needs Satisfaction as a Path to Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Emotions
- The Effect of Medium on Responses to Suicidal Communication
- Dark Traits, Self Esteem, and Infidelity in Online Dating
- Exploring Emerging Adults’ Efforts to Restore Parent-Child Attachments Ruptured by Military Deployments
- Public Opinion of Juvenile Offenders with Trauma Diagnoses
- CMCL: An Online Resilience Training Program for College Athletes
- Teachers Attributions of Student Behavior and How Those Relate to Recommended Intervention Actions
- An Examination of the Factors that Impact Permanency and Mental Health Outcomes After an Out-of-Home Placement
- Individual and Experiential Correlates of Perceptions of Police Officers
- An Exploration of Parental Willingness to Address Pediatric Behavioral Health Concerns in the Primary Care Setting
- The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Borderline Personality Disorder Among Inpatient Adolescents
- Neuropsychological Investigation into Rate of Forgetting for Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Associations Between Levels of Religiosity, Self Esteem, Social Connections, and Meaning Making in Young Adults: An Exploratory Study
- Public Support for Alternative Responses to Problematic Behavior in Public Schools
- Advantages of Hiring Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Retail Organizations
- Reversing the Lens: How Learning About the Previous Ethical Conduct of Their Staff Affects the Trust and Leadership Behavior of New Managers
- Meaningful Work and Positive Job Outcomes: Moderating the Relationships with Work–Family Outcomes
- Influence of Adult Development Stages on Leader-Member Exchange Model of Leadership
- Investigating the Effectiveness of Telepsychology Administered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Anxiety and Depression Among College Age Individuals
- Therapy Experiences of Legally Involved, Adult Clients with Mental Illness
- Relationship between Duration and Frequency of Yoga Training and Performance on Neuropsychological Tests of Attention
- The Interaction of Child Personality and Academic Achievement in Mixed-Grade Classrooms
- Exploring the Experience and Function of Binge Eating Behaviors among Veterans
- Development and Preliminary Testing of a Self-Rating Instrument to Measure Leadership Embodiment
- The Relationship between Reasons for Social Media Use, Levels of Social Comparison, and Changes to State Self-Esteem
- Parsing Theory of Mind in Schizophrenia
- “God, Country, and Corps”: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Perceived Impact of Religion and Spirituality on Reintegration in Post-9/11 Veterans
- Social Media Boundary Expectations in Long-Term Romantic Partnerships
- Masculinity and Help Seeking for Depression: Cultural Contributions and Strategies for Facilitating Help Seeking
- Gamers Don't Die, They Respawn: Why Gamers Might Bring More Psychological Safety and Curiosity Into the Workplace
- Examining the Prevalence and Neuropsychological Correlates of Suppressed Effort on ImPACT Testing in Collegiate Athletes: A Sandbagging Study
- Examining the Relationship Between Spirituality and Level of Psychological Distress Experienced by Parents Caring for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- The Mediating Effect of Insecure Attachment between Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Hostile Romantic Interactions
- The Relationship Between Perceived Helpfulness of Mental Health Professionals and Satisfaction of Diagnosis from an Autism Spectrum Disorder Evaluation
- An Exploration of the Relationship Between Affective and Cognitive Empathy and Cyberbullying Behaviors Among Emerging Adults
- Program Evaluation of Camp Baker, an Adapted Summer Treatment Program for Children with ADHD
- What is the Relationship Between Caregivers' Recollections of Their Childhood Experiences and Expectations for Their Children with Autism?
- Mental Health Sequelae of Exposure to Chronic Community Violence Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Transition Aged Youth
- Effect of Psychiatry Testimony about Reactive Attachment Disorder and Conduct Disorder on Juror Decision Making