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Dissertations from 2023

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"I'm Triggered": How Complexly Traumatized Adolescent Girls Construct the Experience Within a Residential Program, Sara M. Bonilla

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Qualitative Analysis of International Division I Rower Acculturative Experiences, Allison Elber-White

Dissertations from 2022

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Therapeutic Alliance in Suicide Risk Assessments, Lucia Andrade

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"The School Nurse Talks About How to Keep Your Body Healthy. Doesn’t Really Talk About Food Allergies. I’d Like to Change That", Sadie C. Cathcart

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Emotion Focused Writing and Psychoeducation: Interventions to Reduce Stigma for Bisexual Men, Rachel Chickerella

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Teacher Mindfulness Competencies in the K-12 School Setting, Jessica Frances Janze

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The Influence of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on African American Student’s Sense of Belongingness in Urban Classrooms, Tamara Katherine Lawson

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Dismantling Power Imbalances in Mental Health Care: Anti-Racist Organizational Change in the Field of Mental Health, Rebecca L. Troeger

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Evaluating the Efficacy of an Expressive Writing Intervention in Reducing Distress Following an Experience of Transphobia, Lindsey White

Dissertations from 2021

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Examining the Implementation of Concussion Management Practices in Massachusetts: A Disproportionality Lens, Courtney W. Hess

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Posttraumatic Stress and Resilience Among Iraqi and Syrian Refugees, Bediha Ipekci

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Inclusion Toward Transformation: Psychosocial Disability Advocacy and Global Mental Health, Justin M. Karter

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Investigating Women's Sexual Agency and Alcohol Use in the Sexual Consent Process, Julie Koven

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Power Dynamics in Psychotherapy: Eminent Therapists’ Experiences Navigating Power from Humanistic-Existential and Feminist-Multicultural Perspectives, Zenobia S. Morrill

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Creating Champions: Establishing the Social Validity of a Sport-Based Therapeutic Intervention, Bernalyn Ruiz

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Experiences of Heterosexist Events and Effects of Political Context on the Perceived Visibility and Mental Health of LGBQ+ Individuals, Brianna M. Wadler

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The Influence of School Context on Universal Behavior Ratings of Black Students, Whitney Walker

Dissertations from 2020

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Supporting Teachers to Use Restorative Practice Circles to Improve Student Outcomes in Elementary School Classrooms, Marlana Mueller Barrasso

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Exploring a Shared Perception of Family Engagement within Schoolwide PBIS Through an Environmental Walk, Lauren M. Brodsky

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Rape Culture as a Gendered Violence Stressor for Women, Madeline Brodt

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Adapting Social Emotional Learning to Impact Internalizing Problems in an Urban School, Kathryn D. Kurtz

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Exploring the Efficacy of an Online Intervention in Processing Experiences of Heterosexism Among Autistic-LGBTQ Individuals, Meredith R. Maroney

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Feasibility of a Multi-Domain Online Health Intervention for Latinas with Chronic Pain, Marta E. Pagan-Ortiz

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Psychiatrists’ Accounts of Helping Patients Discontinue Antidepressant Medication: A Discourse Analysis, Akansha Vaswani Bye

Dissertations from 2019

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Therapists' Experiences Discussing Sexuality in College Counseling Centers: Implications for Professional Development, Bonnie K. Andrews

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The Effects of a Hand Gesture Instruction Game on Social Skills of Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Samantha R. Broadhead

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Making Sense of HIV in the Shadow of the AIDS Crisis: Understanding the Lived Experience of Recently Diagnosed Gay and Bisexual Men 50 and Over, Timothy Carreiro

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Addressing Diversity with Abnorms: Implications For Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease, Samuel C. Gable

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Evaluating the Impact of a Combined Word Problem-Solving Intervention on Elementary Students’ Mathematics and Social Emotional Skills, Kaitlin M. Gould

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The Double-Edged Sword of Diagnosis: Medical Neoliberalism in Rape Crisis Center Counseling, Shannon M. Peters

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Multilevel Examination of Elementary Students’ Conduct and Negative Affect: An Impetus for School-Based Behavioral Health Prevention, A. Victoria Sheppard

Dissertations from 2018

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So I Told My Story Too: HIV Self Disclosures in Online Communities by Young Black Men who have Sex with Men, Kathryn Cantrell

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Harmony, Dissonance, or Harm? The Psychological and Spiritual Promises and Perils of Gay Christian Celibacy, Darren Jay Freeman-Coppadge

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Black Americans and Activism: Exploring the Impact on Psychological Well-Being, Tangela S. Roberts

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The Role of Social Support and Demographic Characteristics in Academic and Clinical Burnout of Mental Health Professionals in Training, Tinatin Surguladze

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Late-Life Depression and Cognitive Decline: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Analysis, Elena Tsoy

Dissertations from 2017

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Identifying as Multiethnic: Meaning Making, Experiences, and Relationships, Melanie Cadet

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Using Brief Experimental Analysis to Evaluate the Impact of Combining Skill and Performance Components in a Mathematics Treatment Package, Whitney L. Kleinert

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Exploring the Effect of Intervention Choice on Academic Performance and Student Acceptability, Meghan R. Silva

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I Said, They Said: The Role of Diagnosis in the Help-Seeking Pathways of College Students, Emily E. Wheeler

Dissertations from 2016

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The Effects of Career Construction Training on Career Adaptability, Vocational Identity Achievement, and Subjective Well-Being among First Year College Students, Selda Celen-Demirtas

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Supervisory Dyads in School Psychology Internships: Does Personality Difference Affect Ratings of Supervisory Working Alliance, Supervision Satisfaction, and Work Readiness?, Sheila P. Desai

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The Role of Gender-Based Violence in the Development of Gynecological Symptoms in Women in Kyrgyzstan, Elena V. Kosterina

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Urban School-Based Behavioral Health Providers' Attitudes Towards Evidence Based Practices, Erik D. Maki

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Parents as Interventionists: Improving Math Computation Fluency in the Home Setting, Ryan J. Martin

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How Do Parentally Bereaved Emerging Adults Define Resilience? It’s a Process, Aleksandra Plocha