Thesis & Dissertation Projects

Maureen Monahan, M.A.

Dissertation: Title To Be Determined | In Progress

Thesis: Understanding Therapists’ Work with Suicidal Patients: An Examination of Qualitative Data | abstract

Renee Brown, B.A. (Incoming Class of 2009)
Thesis: The Association between Sexual Harassment and Suicidality Among College Women | In Progress

 

Lindsey Steding, M.A. (Incoming Class of 2009)
Dissertation: The Relationship of Attributions and Parental Characteristics with Parents’ Problem Recognition | abstract

 

Jason Chen, M.A. (Incoming Class of 2010)

Dissertation: The Role of Threat-based Beliefs in Mental Health Help-Seeking Processes | In Progress

Thesis: The influence of campus culture on mental health help-seeking intentions | abstract

Brittany Jordan-Arthur , B.A. (Incoming Class of 2010)
Thesis: Equifinality and multifinality in psychopathology: Can cognitive and emotional processes differentiate internalizing, externalizing, and co-occurring psychopathology | In Progress

 

Alex De Nadai, M.A. (Incoming Class of 2009)
Dissertation: Title To Be Determined | In Progress

Thesis: Alliance and Mechanisms of Medication Adherence in Pediatric Psychiatric Practice | abstract

 

Christa D. Labouliere, Ph.D (Incoming Class of 2006)

Dissertation: The role of acquired capability as a differentially-specific risk factor for disordered eating and problematic alcohol use in female college students: A measure development and validation study | abstract

Thesis: The spectrum of self-harm in college undergraduates : the intersection of maladaptive coping and emotion dysregulation | abstract

 

Meredith Elzy, Ph.D (Incoming Class of 2006)

Dissertation: Emotional invalidation: An investigation into its definition, measurement, and effects | abstract

 

Sarah J. Tarquini , Ph.D. (Incoming Class of 2004)
Dissertation: Predictors of Peer Referral Intentions for Individuals at Risk for Suicide Related Behavior: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior | abstract

 

Nicole Caporino, M.A. (Incoming Class of 2003)
Thesis: The acceptability of treatments for adolescent depression to a multi-ethnic sample of girls | abstract

 

Jessica Handelsman, Ph.D. (Incoming Class of 2002)

Dissertation: The relationships between individual characteristics, work factors, and emotional labor strategies in the prediction of burnout among mental health service providers | abstract

Thesis: Linking pretreatment therapist characteristics to the therapeutic alliance in youth treatment : an examination of professional burnout, counseling self-efficacy and gender role orientation | abstract

Sherrece Fields, Ph.D. (Incoming Class of 2001)
Dissertation: The role of the theory of planned behavior in therapists' involvement of parents in youth treatment | abstract

 

Christine M. W. Totura, Ph.D. (Incoming Class of 2000)
Dissertation: Victimization and academic achievement at school: the role of psychosocial mediators and moderators | abstract

 

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Projects

Gabriela Romero and Anabelle Ornelas (Graduating Class of 2012)

Thesis: Distinguishing types of knowledge and the relationship to behavioral intentions in a student gatekeeper suicide prevention program | abstract

 

Deborah Ojeda (Graduating Class of 2011)
Thesis: How Culturally Congruent Mental Health Services Relate to Subjective Norms and Help Seeking Intentions for Latino Older Adults | abstract

 

Laurie Dempsey (Graduating Class of 2009)
Thesis: Self-perceived Burden as a Mediator of Depressive Symptoms among Individuals Living with a Movement Disorder | abstract

 

Moira Riley, B.A. (Graduating Class of 2006)
Thesis: Therapist Empathy and its Relationship to the Formation of the Therapeutic Alliance with Youth Clients | abstract