Dissertations 2007-2008

Mack-Williams, Yakini (6/08) The relationship between precocious puberty, resiliency, and psychological maladjustment in pre-adolescent girls (Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.; David Castro-Blanco, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Miljus, Jonathan (5/08) Cognitive vulnerability to anxiety: Content specificity vs. the process of worry (David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.; Gary Kose, Ph.D.)

Donahue, Elizabeth (5/08) Open communication in adoption and adoptive identity development (Rhiannon Allen, Ph.D.; Lisa Samstag, Ph.D.; David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.)

Musso, Giovanna (5/08) The parental bond and adverse childhood experiences as predictors of maladaptive personality traits in adulthood (Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.; Lisa Samstag, Ph.D.; David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.)

Soeiro, Loren (5/08) State versus trait self-focus: comparing self-awareness to self-consciousness (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.; Howard Mcguire, Ph.D.)

Ben-Zvi, Anat (4/08) The referential cycle in a Cognitive-Experiential Dream interpretation Model of dreams, projective material, and life events (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.)

Furr, Tyson (4/08) Experiential avoidance and test anxiety (David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.; Howard McGuire, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Garcia, Christina (04/08) The role of acculturation, mental health beliefs, familism, knowledge of psychotherapy, cultural competency, and ethnic match in attitudes toward seeking psychological help in Latinos (Elizabeth Kudadjie-Gyamfi, Ph.D.;Rhiannon Allen, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Nimroody, Tehela (4/08) The impact of mother’s level of reflective functioning on child’s play narratives, memory, and frustration tolerance (Rhiannon Allen, Ph.D.; Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.;Philip Wong, Ph.D.)

Stasiowski, Sheryl (4/08) Optimism and hardiness: Influence on coping and psychological distress (Joan Duncan, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.; Philip Wong, Ph.D.)

Jovic, Sofija (04/08) The role of intolerance of uncertainty in etiology and maintenance of anxious response to trauma (David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.; Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Vogel, Shiri Pinsberg (3/08) Affective processing in children with autistic spectrum disorders: the perception of threat (Philip Wong, Ph.D.; David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.)

Mendelsohn, Laurie (2/08) Evaluating alliance ruptures: assessment of learned skills, trainee characteristics, and clinical experience (Lisa Samstag, Ph.D.; David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.;Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.)

Ranawat, Dana Novak (1/08) Mentalization in psychotherapy supervision: Assessing the transmission of reflective functioning (Lisa Samstag, Ph.D.; Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.; Philip Wong, Ph.D.)

Jamison, Andrea (1/08) Primary and complex PTSD symptoms as mediators between trauma history and schizophrenia symptomatology (Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.; David Castro Blanco, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.; Lewis Opler, Ph.D.)

Stanislavskaia, Marina (1/08) A comparison of children’s autonomy in American and Russian cultures (Marina Stanislavskaia; Rhiannon Allen, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.;Roger Frie, Ph.D.)