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Dissertations from 2024
Dissertations from 2023
"I'm Triggered": How Complexly Traumatized Adolescent Girls Construct the Experience Within a Residential Program, Sara M. Bonilla
Qualitative Analysis of International Division I Rower Acculturative Experiences, Allison Elber-White
Dissertations from 2022
Therapeutic Alliance in Suicide Risk Assessments, Lucia Andrade
"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
Emotion Focused Writing and Psychoeducation: Interventions to Reduce Stigma for Bisexual Men, Rachel Chickerella
Teacher Mindfulness Competencies in the K-12 School Setting, Jessica Frances Janze
The Influence of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on African American Student’s Sense of Belongingness in Urban Classrooms, Tamara Katherine Lawson
Dismantling Power Imbalances in Mental Health Care: Anti-Racist Organizational Change in the Field of Mental Health, Rebecca L. Troeger
Evaluating the Efficacy of an Expressive Writing Intervention in Reducing Distress Following an Experience of Transphobia, Lindsey White
Dissertations from 2021
Examining the Implementation of Concussion Management Practices in Massachusetts: A Disproportionality Lens, Courtney W. Hess
Posttraumatic Stress and Resilience Among Iraqi and Syrian Refugees, Bediha Ipekci
Inclusion Toward Transformation: Psychosocial Disability Advocacy and Global Mental Health, Justin M. Karter
Investigating Women's Sexual Agency and Alcohol Use in the Sexual Consent Process, Julie Koven
Power Dynamics in Psychotherapy: Eminent Therapists’ Experiences Navigating Power from Humanistic-Existential and Feminist-Multicultural Perspectives, Zenobia S. Morrill
Creating Champions: Establishing the Social Validity of a Sport-Based Therapeutic Intervention, Bernalyn Ruiz
Experiences of Heterosexist Events and Effects of Political Context on the Perceived Visibility and Mental Health of LGBQ+ Individuals, Brianna M. Wadler
The Influence of School Context on Universal Behavior Ratings of Black Students, Whitney Walker
Dissertations from 2020
Supporting Teachers to Use Restorative Practice Circles to Improve Student Outcomes in Elementary School Classrooms, Marlana Mueller Barrasso
Exploring a Shared Perception of Family Engagement within Schoolwide PBIS Through an Environmental Walk, Lauren M. Brodsky
Rape Culture as a Gendered Violence Stressor for Women, Madeline Brodt
Adapting Social Emotional Learning to Impact Internalizing Problems in an Urban School, Kathryn D. Kurtz
Exploring the Efficacy of an Online Intervention in Processing Experiences of Heterosexism Among Autistic-LGBTQ Individuals, Meredith R. Maroney
Feasibility of a Multi-Domain Online Health Intervention for Latinas with Chronic Pain, Marta E. Pagan-Ortiz
Psychiatrists’ Accounts of Helping Patients Discontinue Antidepressant Medication: A Discourse Analysis, Akansha Vaswani Bye
Dissertations from 2019
Therapists' Experiences Discussing Sexuality in College Counseling Centers: Implications for Professional Development, Bonnie K. Andrews
The Effects of a Hand Gesture Instruction Game on Social Skills of Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Samantha R. Broadhead
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
Addressing Diversity with Abnorms: Implications For Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease, Samuel C. Gable
Evaluating the Impact of a Combined Word Problem-Solving Intervention on Elementary Students’ Mathematics and Social Emotional Skills, Kaitlin M. Gould
The Double-Edged Sword of Diagnosis: Medical Neoliberalism in Rape Crisis Center Counseling, Shannon M. Peters
Multilevel Examination of Elementary Students’ Conduct and Negative Affect: An Impetus for School-Based Behavioral Health Prevention, A. Victoria Sheppard
Dissertations from 2018
So I Told My Story Too: HIV Self Disclosures in Online Communities by Young Black Men who have Sex with Men, Kathryn Cantrell
Harmony, Dissonance, or Harm? The Psychological and Spiritual Promises and Perils of Gay Christian Celibacy, Darren Jay Freeman-Coppadge
Black Americans and Activism: Exploring the Impact on Psychological Well-Being, Tangela S. Roberts
The Role of Social Support and Demographic Characteristics in Academic and Clinical Burnout of Mental Health Professionals in Training, Tinatin Surguladze
Late-Life Depression and Cognitive Decline: A Latent Growth Curve Modeling Analysis, Elena Tsoy
Dissertations from 2017
Identifying as Multiethnic: Meaning Making, Experiences, and Relationships, Melanie Cadet
Using Brief Experimental Analysis to Evaluate the Impact of Combining Skill and Performance Components in a Mathematics Treatment Package, Whitney L. Kleinert
Exploring the Effect of Intervention Choice on Academic Performance and Student Acceptability, Meghan R. Silva
I Said, They Said: The Role of Diagnosis in the Help-Seeking Pathways of College Students, Emily E. Wheeler
Dissertations from 2016
The Effects of Career Construction Training on Career Adaptability, Vocational Identity Achievement, and Subjective Well-Being among First Year College Students, Selda Celen-Demirtas
The Role of Gender-Based Violence in the Development of Gynecological Symptoms in Women in Kyrgyzstan, Elena V. Kosterina
Urban School-Based Behavioral Health Providers' Attitudes Towards Evidence Based Practices, Erik D. Maki
Parents as Interventionists: Improving Math Computation Fluency in the Home Setting, Ryan J. Martin
How Do Parentally Bereaved Emerging Adults Define Resilience? It’s a Process, Aleksandra Plocha