Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Efficacy of Self-Directed Exposure Using Smart Phone Technology: First versus Third Person Perspective, Matthew C. Arias
Exploring Staff Turnover in a Large-Scale EBT Implementation Initiative, Laurel A. Brabson
Evaluating Instructive Feedback as a Maintenance Procedure During Discrete-Trial Instruction, Jessica M. Cheatham
A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding Gender and Health among Middle-Aged and Older Adults, Rebecca K. Delaney
High-Intensity Pleasure and Self-Regulation in Adolescence, Katy L. DeLong
Effects of Differential DRL Exposure on Interval Timing: Information vs. Inhibition, Matthew L. Eckard
Development and Validation of an Oral Health Values Scale, Cierra B. Edwards
Characterizing Risk Factors of Adolescent Electronic Cigarette Use, Paul T. Enlow
Comparison of Methods of Measuring Electronic Cigarette Puff Topography, Nicholas Felicione
Evaluating Treatment Integrity Failures during Timeout from Play, Apral P. Foreman
Development and Evaluation of a Patient Decision Aid for the West Virginia Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (POST), Jarred V. Gallegos
Effects of Systematic Sleep Fragmentation on Tolerance and Threshold in a Pressure Pain Task: Associations with Sustained Attention, Margeaux Marissa Gray
An Examination of the Consultation Component of a Training Protocol for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Carrie B. Jackson
Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ellen M. Manegold
Examining the Efficacy of a 1-Session Brief Behavioral Activation Intervention with University Students with Mild to Moderate Depressive Symptoms, D. Lee McCluskey
Student Interview and Preference Assessment as Functional Behavior Assessment Tools in Schools, Gabrielle Mesches
Examining Diabetes, Depression and Suicide in Middle-Aged and Older Adults, Kimberly Morton
Signal and Schedule Functions when Pausing is the Operant, Tyler D. Nighbor
The Effects of Signaled Reinforcer Duration on Preference, Anthony C. Oliver
An Evaluation of the Effects of Treatment Integrity Errors on Skill Acquisition During Discrete-Trial Instruction, Jennifer M. Owsiany
The Influence of Police Profanity on Public Perception of Excessive Force, Christina Patton
Fear of Pain and Dental Care-Related Fear: Associations with the MC1R Gene, Cameron L. Randall
Parental psychological control and adolescent problem behaviors: The role of depressive symptoms, Katelyn F. Romm
Time Perspective, Health Behaviors, and Wellbeing in Adults, Jonathan J. K. Stoltman
Disruptions in Operant Behavior of Pigeons in Transitions across Rich and Lean Schedules of Reinforcement With and Without Advance Notice of the Lean Schedule, Forrest J. Toegel
Cannabinoid Withdrawal Produces Altered Somatic and Emotionality-related Behavior in Mice, Kristen R. Trexler
Parental Socialization of Child Gratitude and Links to Child Outcomes, Boglarka K. Vizy
Staff-Child Interaction Therapy versus Treatment as Usual in Community-Based Wraparound Services: An Evaluation of Feasibility and Child Behavior Problems, Nancy M. Wallace
Secrets and Lies: A Profile-Based Examination of Youth and Parent Information Management Strategies and Adolescent Electronic Cigarette Use, Desiree N. Williford
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Signaling Changes in Reinforcer Ratios Facilitates Adaptive Forgetting in Pigeons, Daniel Bell-Garrison
Examining whether Time Orientation Mediates or Moderates Age Effects on Goal Selection and Pursuit, Amy M. Knepple Carney
An Examination of the Buffering Effect of Positive Emotions on Cardiovascular Reactivity and Recovery, Casey E. Cavanagh
Endocannabinoid modulation of secretory and inflammatory causes of gastric pathology, Molly S. Crowe
Does Mindfulness Reduce Attentional Negativity Bias and Depressive Symptoms?, Cameron Ford
Effects of Anti-viral Acute Phase Response on Hippocampal Glutamate Regulation, Holly C. Hunsberger
Attrition in parent-child interaction therapy, Brittany K. Liebsack
Motive Taxonomic and Sex Considerations of Murder-Suicide, Matthew R. McNally
Why Do Adolescents Use Maladaptive Emotion Regulation Strategies? The Role of Perceived Effectiveness, Distress Tolerance, and Impulsivity, Karena M. Moran
Associations among Task Self-Efficacy, Physical Activity and Subjective Wellbeing, Abigail M. Nehrkorn
Effects of Housing Condition and Acute Nicotine on Impulsive Choice in Lewis and Fischer 344 Rats, Jenny E. Ozga
Evaluating a Staff-Child Interaction Therapy Workshop for Home-Based Mental Health Providers: Effects on Therapist Skill Change, Cree Robinson
The Physiology of Apology: An Investigation into Potential Sex Differences, Daniel Stephenson
Pigeons and Humans Time Miscued Intervals, Shrinidhi Subramaniam
Effects of executive functioning on false memory in children, Pamela Swift Tessier
Sleep Patterns and Associated Factors in Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Margo M. Szabo
Jurors' Perceptions of Testimony in Cases Involving Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse and Anatomical Forensic Interviewing Aids, Benjamin Thomas
Beyond the What and How: Why Parents Want to Know about Their Adolescents' Lives., Elizabeth Yale Babskie
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Does Engagement in Pleasant Events Mediate the Relation Between Physical Disability and Affective Outcomes in Older Adults?, Patricia M. Bamonti
I Support Clean Energy: A Test of the EPPM and Psychological Reactance Theory, Lindsey Beall
Avoidance of Token-Loss by Pigeons, James E. Cook
Sports Investment, Beliefs about Food-related Behaviors, and Engagement in Problematic Eating Behaviors during Adolescence, Kaitlyn A. Ferris
Doctoral Students' Relational Communication with their Advisors: A Dyadic Examination using Chickering's Theory of Psychosocial Development, Zachary W. Goldman
Self-Assessed Health in the Context of Daily Life, Allyson S. Graf
Variable-Interval and Variable-Ratio Schedules of Punishment by Timeout from Positive Reinforcement, Ezra G. Hall
The Social, Anti-Social Network: A Qualitative Study on Pro Social Benefits of Online Multiplayer Gaming, Kent L. Hastings
Testing for Recurrence of Ratio-Strained Behavior with Reinstatement, Resurgence, and Renewal, Stephanie L. Kincaid
Differences in Psychosexual Development between Child and Peer Male Juvenile Sex Offenders, Colleen M. Lillard
Predicting Adolescents' Intentions to Engage in Fire Risk Behaviors: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior, Janelle M. Mentrikoski
Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibition in Mice Subjected to Collagen-Induced Arthritis, Sara R. Nass
Communicating to Resolve the "Mommy Wars": Testing Communicated Stereotypes and the Common Ingroup Identity Model with Stay-at-Home and Working Mothers, Kelly G. Odenweller
Sexual Assault on the College Campus: A Partial Test of Male Peer Support Theory, Falak Ojjeh
Dimensions of Political Reasoning: Associations among Informational Assumptions, Sociopolitical Values, and Domain-Specific Judgments about Laws, Benjamin Oosterhoff
Reciprocity with the Researcher: An Experimental Manipulation to Increase Help-Seeking in Adults 60 and Older, Elizabeth C. Price
Emotion Regulation in Families of Children with Behavior Problems versus Nonclinical Comparisons, Lauren Borduin Quetsch
Promoting Parents' and Children's Well-Being through Parent-Child Gratitude Interventions, Meagan A. Ramsey
The Role of Self-efficacy and Social Support in Emerging Adults' Physical Activity, Nicole M. Silva
Familial Caregiving and Timing of Retirement: A Gendered Cohort Analysis, Rachel R. Stoiko
Testing the Relation between Disgust and Approach-Avoidance Behavior, Ronald Thomas
The Influence of Memory Enhancement Techniques on Children's Testimony, Ria M. Travers
Attenuation of Spatial Memory Impairment in a Tau Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Riluzole, Daniel S. Weitzner
Emotion Regulation Flexibility and Illicit Substance Use among Adolescents, Chit Yuen Yi
Protest Tactics and Motivations Surrounding Mountaintop Removal Mining in West Virginia, Craig Zell
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Grit in College Students: Associations with Achievement and Parental Influences, Katelyn R. Black
Health-Promoting Behaviors and Well Being among Middle-aged and Older Adults, Valerie K. Blake
Exploring the Components of Prenatal Anxiety, Suzan Walsh Clemens
Factors that are Associated with Readiness to Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care in Cystic Fibrosis, Lindsay A. Corman
Examining factors associated with faking-good responding on the Child Abuse Potential Inventory, Amanda H. Costello
Synergistic inhibition of cyclooxygenases and monoacylglycerol lipase in neuropathic pain, Molly S. Crowe
Age and Gender Differences in Decision-Making Style Profiles, Rebecca K. Delaney
Choice Between Reinforcers With and Without Delayed Shock, Aaron D. Dumas
The Relation of Stress and Coping to Psychosocial Outcomes in Pediatric Burn Survivors, Paul T. Enlow
Effects of d-Amphetamine on Temporal Control in a Peak-Interval Procedure in Lewis and Fischer 344 Rats, Meagan E. Follett
Pausing of Children during Signaled and Unsignaled Transitions, Apral P. Foreman
Age-Related Differences in the Experience of Health Anxiety and Use of Coping Strategies, Lindsay A. Gerolimatos
Male-Female Workplace Friendships: Third Party Coworkers' Perceptions of and Behavior toward Organizational Peers in Cross-Sex Workplace Friendships, Hailey G. Gillen
Psychosocial Predictors of Breast Awareness Behaviors, Carol Goulet
Acute Sleep Organization Following Unanesthetized Circumcision of Neonates, Margeaux M. Gray
Assessment of Hopelessness in Older Adults: The Development and Initial Validation of the Hopelessness Inventory for Later Life (HILL), Jeffrey J. Gregg
Relation of distress tolerance and dental care-related fear and anxiety, Sarah E. Hayes
Developing an Intergroup Anxiety toward Muslims Scale, Patricia Hopkins
Glutamate Dysregulation in a TauP301L Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Holly C. Hunsberger
Relation of Interpersonal Conflict Behaviors to Emotion Dysregulation and PTSD in Adolescents with a History of Betrayal Trauma, Vanessa M. Jacoby
Emotion Socialization via Mother-Child Conversations about Past Emotional Events, Kristina M. Kania
Effects of Response-Independent Food Pellet Delivery on the Development of Tolerance to the Rate-Decreasing Effect of d-Amphetamine in Rats, Christopher A. Krebs
Gender and Financial Risk Tolerance across the Life Span, Philip Lemaster
Effects of a Postpartum Sleep Schedule on Childless Women's Sleep, Circadian Amplitude, Daytime Sleepiness, Performance, and Mood, Amanda L. McBean