Dissertations 2008-2009

Chrzanowski, Conrad (8/09) The effects of memory encoding and levels of processing on false memories and memory confidence (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Rhianon Allen, Ph.D.; Howard Mcguire, Ph.D.)

Schaffer, Michael (5/09) The effect of clinical experience on psychologists' and physicians' perceptions of race (Howard Mcguire, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.; Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.)

Krivoshchekova, Yulia (5/09) Progressive self-disclosure and its impact on psychological, physical, and trauma-related functioning in two age and gender groups: Extending Pennebaker (Carol Magai, Ph.D.; Philip Wong, Ph.D.; Lisa Samstag, Ph.D.)

Landa, Alla (5/09) Beyond the unexplainable pain: relational dynamics and alexithymia in somatization (Philip Wong, Ph.D.;Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.)

Worth, Michael (5/09) A lifespan developmental perspective on the role of cognitive activities as mediators to normal age-related decline in fluid abilities (Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.; Gary Kose, Ph.D.;Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.)

Levi, Michal (4/09) The role of affect and personal experience on risk perception involving a motor vehicle accident (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.; Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.)

Gruber, Dana (4/09) Overt and Covert Narcissism, anger, and selfobject needs (Philip Wong, Ph.D.; Sara Haden, Ph.D.; Marvin Hurvich, Ph.D.)

Smith, Anna (4/09) The impact of perceived stigma on treatment adherence and self-efficacy in three chronic diseases: HIV, Type II diabetes & hypertension (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.;Marvin Hurvich, Ph.D.)

Nichols, Stephanie (4/09) The process of internalization in psychotherapy and its relationship to the working alliance and therapeutic change (Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.; Howard Mcguire, Ph.D.; Linda Penn, Ph.D.)

Kusterer, Katherine DeMeo (4/09) Impact of parenting styles on academic achievement: Parenting styles, parental involvement, personality factors and peer orientation (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.; Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.)

Sabag-Cohen, Shulamit (4/09) Implicit shame and the Emotional Stroop Task: Regulation of shame in relation to attachment style and interpersonal rejection (Philip Wong, Ph.D.; Carol Magai, Ph.D.; Howard McGuire, Ph.D.)

Boga, Virginia (4/09) Ataque de nervios: a defense against anger? (Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.; Christopher Christian, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Paliouras, Christy (3/09) Dissociation and its relationship to defensive coping style in adolescents with unresolved attachment classifications (Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.; Lisa Samstag, Ph.D.;Howard McGuire, Ph.D.)

Conrad, Jordyn (1/09) Test anxiety, the looming maladaptive style and behavioral manifestations of anxiety in response to threat: a laboratory study in a university population (Howard Mcguire, Ph.D.; Philip Wong, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Omivale, Mariam (1/09) The relationship between attachment and academic achievement (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Morgenstern, Amy (12/08) Saving grace: The role of attachment to God in the relationship between adult attachment patterns and bereavement among the elderly (Carol Magai, Ph.D.; Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.)

Kornreich, Jennifer (12/08) The relationships of humor to defensive maturity, aggression, and interpersonal relatedness (Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.; Philip Wong, Ph.D.; Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.)

Hadley, Erin (12/08) The impacts of defensive functioning and anxiety on risk taking behaviors (Howard McGuire, Ph.D.; Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Henry, Iris Warren (10/08) Ego-resiliency’s role in reducing the impact of violence exposure on world assumptions (Philip Wong, Ph.D.; Barry Ritzler, Ph.D.; Joan Duncan, Ph.D.)

Werner, Elizabeth (9/08) The effects of pregnant women’s mood, stress and cortisol levels on infant reactivity: a test of fetal programming hypothesis (Gary Kose, Ph.D.; Paul Ramirez, Ph.D.;Lisa Samstag, Ph.D.)

Mulroe, Michelle (9/08) Symbolic abilities of mother and child (Rhiannon Allen, Ph.D.; Christopher Christian, Ph.D.; Philip Wong, Ph.D.)