Recent Doctoral Dissertations

Completed Ph.D. Dissertations, 2019-2023

2019

Adam Formal

Differentiation of self: The impact of upbringing on motivation, self-discrepancy, self-concept, and risky behavior

Allison De Seve

Self-Concealment, Ambivalence, and Illusory Mental Health

Anitta George

The Impact of Immigration on Identity, Culture, and Mental Health of Asian Indians

Annabelle Moore

For Better or For Worse: The Relationship Between PTSD, Interpersonal Patterns, and Marital Satisfaction In Military Couples

Daniel Judes

Interpersonal Strength, Counseling Self-Efficacy, Clinical Experience, and Self-Care in Psychotherapy: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Psychotherapists' Emotional Reactions to Perceived Patient Affect

Joshua Andrew Haag

Mediating and Moderating Effects of Self-Compassion and Empathy on the Relationship between Attachment, Introjective and Anaclitic Depression

Jorge Chavez

Pathological Versus Healthy Narcissism

Kathleen C. Springer

Relational Functioning and PTSD in Female U.S. Army Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans: A Longitudinal Study of Interpersonal Risk and Protective Factor

Kelly Elspeth

The Impact of Trauma and Disrupted Anxiety Buffer Defenses on Alcohol Cravings and Alcohol Thought Accessibility

Kevin Foster

Racial Macroaggressions: The Impact on Black Americans Development of Psychiatric Symptoms, Interpersonal Problems, and the Buffering Properties of Differentiations of Self

Marie Brown

Psychosis-like experiences in the non-clinical population: The role of affective processing

Megan Ice

Childhood Emotional Neglect and Dissociation: The mediating Roles of Mental State Identification, Alexithymia, and Self-Concept Clarity

Nicholas Fernandez

Social-Emotional Learning: The Role of Personality Characteristics and Non-Cognitive Attributes In Adolescent Academic Performance and Well-Being

Stephanie Jameson

The Differential Impact of Interpersonal and Betrayal Trauma on Emotional Responses to Rejection: An Experiment Using Cyberball

2020

Amira Hanna

Shame and Depression: Psychological and Cultural Factors in a Sample of Middle Eastern Women

Anna-Lee Stafford

Attachment and Interpersonal Functioning in Daily Life

Christopher Guarino

“Exploring Attachment Security as a Relational Need In The Context of Gender-Specific System Justification”

Crista Scaturro

Visible Women, Invisible Costs: Internalization of Stranger Harassment

Emilie Lerner

From Childhood Trauma to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Interpersonal Distress: The Role of Implicit Self-Worth

Elmira Raeifar

The Intrapsychic Interpersonal Situation of Mothers and Adult Daughters: Introjects and Interpersonal Problems

Francesco Siciliano

It Gets Better …Or does it? Predicting and Preventing Sexual Objectification Among Gay Men

Halle Thurnauer

The Role of Metallization Strategy in the Relationship between Theory of Mind and Schizotypy

Jessica Nadel

Insta-Objectification: The Role of Instagram Use in The Relationship Between Body Preoccupation and Eating Disorder

Kareen Matouk

Ego Identity Foreclosure and Sexual Identity Exploration: The influence of Meddle Eastern Culture, Attachment, and Religiosity

Leslie Bermingham

Representational Resources, Solitude, and Distraction in the Age of Smartphones

Liza Rimsky

Trait Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Relationship Satisfaction in Daily Life

Mark Jacob Coury

Experiences of Social Rejection in Psychopathy and Narcissism

Michael Strupp-Levitsky

Who’s Afraid of Whiteness? White Privilege, White Racial Identity, and The Motivated Defense of White Supremacy

Shawn Sorge

Genetic Attributions of Personality Disorders: Clinical Implications for Empathy, Counseling Self-Efficacy, and Treatment Planning Amount Mental Health Clinicians

Soo Hyun Cho Lee

A Multifaceted Approach to Understanding Schizoid Personality Across Behavioral, Intrapsychic, and Interpersonal Domains

Thomas Mounsey

Relationship Commitment, Borderline Personality Pathology, and Terror Management

Zachary Neumann

Multiple Pathways to Depression: Depressive Experience, Depressive Symptoms, and the Role of Implicit Processing

2021

Dara Salem

No Pain, No Gain? Attachment Anxiety, Sensory Processing Sensitivity, and Empathy In A Therapist Sample

Kara Norlander

Alliance, Power Dynamics, and Response Styles in the Clinical Supervisory Relationship

Mary Elizabeth Pioli

A Transformative Relationship with God: Attachment Style, Identity Formation, And the Object Relationships of Emerging Adults Raised in Catholic

Michael Turman

No Appointment Necessary: Emotion Regulation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

Rachel Siegfried

Eating Disorder Pathology Among Discrete Groups of Black and Latinx Millennial Women: Acculturative Stress, The Thin-Ideal and Disengagement

Rebecca H. Chad

Selfi(ie) States In The Digital Age: The Role of Attachment, Self-Integration, and Instagram Self-Presentation In Social Functioning and Self-Esteem

Sara Van Hoose

Attachment and Maternal Identity: A Mediated Model of Embodiment In A Sample of New Mothers

Savannah Grier

Capturing Interpersonal and Momentary Dynamics of Codependency In Dyadic Conflict

Soo Hyun Cho Lee

A Multifaceted Approach to Understanding Schizoid Personality Across Behavioral, Intrapsychic, and Interpersonal Domains

Stephanie Lechich

The Impact of Perfectionism On Well-Being: Shame In Perfectionism's Influence On Emotion Regulation

Tommie S. Raskin

The Moderating Effects of Self-Compassion on the Mediated Relationship Between Oppression, Internalized Oppression and Psychological Distress in Black and White U.S. Born Millennial Women

Wyatt D’Emilia

Finding Agency in the Invalidating Environment: Sexism, Control, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

2022

Christine Anerella

Humor Use During Conflict In Close Relationships

Jenna Rose

Experiences of Self and Other In The Development of Psychopathy: Examining The Effects of Childhood Maltreatment Through Attachment, Mentalization, Cognitive Empathy, and Dissociation

John Flynn

Emotion Regulation, Smartphone Usage, and Integration of Self

Kelly Goss

From Sigmund Freud to Calvin Hall: Aggression in Dreams and Its Reflection of Psychological Well-Being

Lindsay Farmer

Parental Emotion Regulation and The Socialization of Emotion: The Role of Effortful Control

Molly Wolosky

Minding the Therapist’s Body: Empathy, Interoceptive Awareness, and Vicarious Trauma in Psychotherapists

Ronit Grofman

Motherless Mothers: Attachment, Grief, and the Development of Maternal Identity in a Sample of Maternally Bereaved First-Time Pregnant Women

Sara Kaplan

The Conspiracy of Silence: Family Communication, Differentiation of Self, and Interpersonal Functioning In Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors

Tasman Cleaver

Influence of Posttraumatic Stress, Childhood Trauma, and Behavioral Inhibition on Facial Emotion Recognition

Ursula Rogers

Coping with Cannabis: Cannabis Use Related Problems, Self-Compassion, and Shame

2023

Amy Lewis

Betrayal Trauma: Childhood Sexual Abuse, Risk Perception, and Shame

Felicia Sitrin

Reacting to Evidence of White Privilege By Clinical Psychologists

Greg Friedman

Maladaptive Perfectionism and Regulation of Negative Affect After Failure: The Influences of Self-Esteem and Mindfulness

Israel Meth

Aggression, Avoidance, and Narcissism in Fragile Masculinity

Jacquelyn Reed

Experiences of Discrimination and The Role of Intrapsychic Protective Factors In Black Americans

Jorge Alvarenga

The Effect of Music on Emotion Regulation and Stress in Test Performance

Kemi Soyeju Anuoluwapo

Racial Identity, Appraisal, and Coping: A Moderated Mediation Model of Racism-Related Trauma In Black Americans

Maria Poston

Impact of Social Participation and Attachment Style on Mentalizing and Emotion regulation

Olivia Seligman

Contributing Factors To Bulimic Symptoms In A Food Insecure Population: An Expansion of the Dual Pathway Model of Bulimic Pathology

Preeya Desai

Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting: The Childhood Correlates of Rejection Sensitivity During Pregnancy and Subsequent Effects on Future Parenting

Rachel Buxbaum

Everything Won't Be Okay: The Impact of Therapists' Justification of The Mental Healthcare System on Their Racially Minoritized Patients

Richard Glisker

Schizotypy and Theory of Mind: The Roles of Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Negative Affect

Sarah Pinson

Integrating Dynamic and Cognitive Perspectives on Postpartum Depression in Mothers During the First Year After Birth

Sasha Mann

The Avoidance of Shame: A Function of Anxiety in Insecure Attachment