Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Psychology, College of Sciences, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2025, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Thesis: Understanding the Relationship Between Peer Mentoring and Undergraduate Capitalization, Jonathan M. Holland
Thesis: Understanding the Relationship Between Peer Mentoring and Undergraduate Capitalization, Jonathan M. Holland
Thesis: Development and Validation of a Measure: Preventive Coping with Work-Family Conflict, Meghan P. Jones
Thesis: Coping with Work-Life Conflict: Antecedents to Seeking Policy-Based and Individually Negotiated Accommodations, Heather M. Lauzun
Thesis: American and Chinese Personality Traits and Task Load in Simulated Flight Crews: Individual and Team Level Effects, Matthew Edward Loesch
Thesis: American and Chinese Personality Traits and Task Load in Simulated Flight Crews: Individual and Team Level Effects, Matthew Edward Loesch
Dissertation: Intergenerational Conflict Between Emerging Adults and Their Parents in Asian American Families, Kathy Nguyen
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Leader Behaviors and Subordinate Performance: Examining the Moderating Influence of Leader-Member Exchange, Kurt L. Oborn
Dissertation: Fat Talk Between Friends: Co-Rumination About Physical Appearance, Jonathan A. Rudiger
Dissertation: Experience and Regulation of Positive Emotions as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents and Children, Ann Schlegelmilch
Thesis: Trust Judgments and the Hindsight Bias Effect, Martin Daniel Smith-Rodden
Dissertation: An Experimental Analysis of Couple Aggression Using a Response Choice Paradigm, Claudia R. Viggiano
Dissertation: Comparative Validity of MMPI-A Scales Scores in African American and Caucasian Male Juvenile Delinquents, Stacy Natasha Wilson
Dissertation: Psychometric Properties of the MMPI-A Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales in a Forensic Sample, Ashley K. Winkleman
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Thesis: A New Look at Training Motivation: A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Differential and Incremental Validity, Kristina N. Bauer
Dissertation: Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument Long-Term Outcomes and Scale Stability, Elise Christina Simonds Bisbee
Thesis: The Effects of Visual Media on Participants' Boundary Expectations, Joy P. Brock
Thesis: Development and Piloting of the Identification of Harassers and Victims of Cyber Harassment Questionnaire, Ashley Nicole Doane
Dissertation: Relationships Between Black Female College Students' Relationships with Their Fathers and Adult Romantic Attachment, Nicole A. Dock
Dissertation: Development and Validation of the Cultural Competence of Program Evaluators (CCPE) Scale, Krystall Dunaway
Thesis: Investigating Delay in Health Related Decision Making Versus Non-Health Decision Making, Ann Lassiter Edwards
Dissertation: Organizational Justice Perceptions in China: Development of the Chinese Organizational Justice Scale, Katherine M. Fodchuk
Thesis: The Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Acute Ethanol Exposure and Acute Ethanol Withdrawal, Natasha LaVerne Golden
Thesis: Paternal Involvement as Determined by Paternal Motivational Social Support and Stress Skills and Self-Confidence and Institutional Factors, Jessica E. Ladage
Thesis: Individuals and Contex00tual Factors: An Interactionist Approach to Understanding Self-Development, Gregory Paul Letller
Thesis: Implicit and Explicit Alcohol Expectancies Drinking Motives Alcohol Use and Alcohol Problems: A Comprehensive Evaluation of College Student Drinking, Matthew R. Pearson
Thesis: Influences Aided and Unaided Visual Search Performance: Effects of Secondary Task Modality, Secondary Task Processing Code, and Personal Preferences, Rachel R. Phillips
Dissertation: Effects of an Educational and Support Program for Family and Friends of a Substance Abuser, Amanda Jeffrey Platter
Dissertation: A Comparison of Traditional and Nontraditional Students Attending Historically Black or Predominantly White Institutions, Courtney H. Podesta
Dissertation: Test Anxiety and Other Factors as Predictors of Outcome For an Undergraduate University's Examination of Writing Competency, Carrie D. Smith
Dissertation: The Effects of Automation Expertise, System Confidence, and Image Quality on Trust, Compliance, and Performance, Randall D. Spain
Dissertation: Relationship Predictors of Unwanted Pursuit, Farrahdya Tassy
Dissertation: A Model of Responses to Race-Based and Gender-Based Stereotype Threat in Computer Science, Lara Tedrow
Thesis: Working in Groups and Alone: Effects of Group Gender Composition on Cognitive Insight Problem Solving Performance, Viktoria Tidikyte
Dissertation: WISC-IV and IVA+Plus Pattern Analysis: Assessment of Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder, Kevin K. Tsang
Thesis: The Effects of Post-Outcome Information on Hindsight Bias, Brad Whittet
Dissertation: How do People React to Someone Who Has Recently Tested for HIV? An Experimental Study of the Effects of Sexual Orientation and HIV Status, Stacie A. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Thesis: The Effects of Display Complexity and Cueing on Monitoring Maternal Fetal Heart Rate Signals, Brittany L. Anderson
Dissertation: Effect of Household Structure on Family-Friendly Benefit Utilization: Implications for Organizational Attraction and Workplace Withdrawal Behaviors of Federal Government Employees, Sharyn J. Aufenanger
Thesis: The Relationship Between Stigma Consciousness and Variables of Well-Being Among Foreign-Born Faculty Members, Sharnail D. Bazemore
Thesis: Examining Neurophysiological Evidence of Age-Related Interactions of Sensory and Cognitive Processes During Speech Processing, Cady Kristen Block
Thesis: Social-Cognitive Biases in Simulated Airline Luggage Screening, Jeremy R. Brown
Dissertation: Effects of Leader Relationship Quality (LMX), Supervisor Support, and Upward Influence in National Science Foundation Industry /University Cooperative Research Centers, Janet L. Bryant
Dissertation: The Relationships Among Age, Physical Activity, and Working Memory, Ellen M. Carpenter
Thesis: The Relationships Among Religiosity Spirituality Sexual Attitudes Sexual Permissiveness and Sexual Behavior in a College Population, Brandi Colter
Thesis: The Effect of Task Instructions and Working Memory on Syllogistic Reasoning Performance, Clinton S. Comer
Thesis: The Effect of Ethanol and Pfiesteria Toxins on Anxiety and Spontaneous Motor Activity in Rats, Juan Carlos Constantine
Thesis: Directed Forgetting of Live Motion Events: An Investigation of a New Stimulus Set, Shawn Dickerson
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Valuing Diversity and Implicit Racial Bias: A Construct Validation Study, Rebekka Althouse Gordon
Thesis: The Line in the Sand: Understanding Customer Sexual Harassment Through a Psychological Contract Framework, Valerie J. Morganson
Dissertation: Achievement Motivation in African American College Students, April Michelle Muldrow
Thesis: Alarm Relevance and Reliability: Factors Affecting Pilots' Alarm Prioritization, Elizabeth T. Newlin
Thesis: Measuring Self-Disclosure Over the Internet, David Pope
Dissertation: Examination of a Nomological Network of Team Leadership: A Construct Validation Study, Kari R. Strobel
Thesis: Gender Differences in the Romantic Commitment of Swingers: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Rachel A. Vedder
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dissertation: The Importance of Gender and Readiness to Change in the Prediction of Drinking and Negative Consequences of First-Year Student Drinkers, Margot E. Ackermann
Thesis: Authoritarianism, Hostility Toward Women, Attitudes Toward Violence, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Sexual Aggression, Gina M. Bondi
Dissertation: Fatigue's Influence on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance in a Military Simulation of Combat, Carlotta M. Boone
Thesis: Masculine Ideology and High-Risk Behavior Among Disabled Veterans, Abby L. Braitman
Dissertation: The A-B Signal Detection Theory Model, Ernesto A. Bustamante
Thesis: College Students Online: An Exploration of the Benefits and Risks of Social Networking Sites, Catherine Blair Parker Butler
Dissertation: An Identity Approach to Understanding Diversity, Inclusion and the Work-Family Interface, Rebekah A. Cardenas
Dissertation: Methods of Detecting Differential Item Functioning: A Comparison of Confirmatory Factor Analysis Methods, Jenny Chia Yi Kuang
Thesis: Factor Analysis of the Borderline Personality Inventory Using Item Response Theory, Courtney Mozo
Thesis: Mediators of the Leader-Member Exchange and Performance Relationship, Kurt L. Oborn
Thesis: Influences of the Family Environment and Parent-Child Relationships on the Executive Functioning of Children with ADHD, Valarie M. Schroeder
Dissertation: Motivation and Performance in Computer Science: Test of an Integrative Theory, Katherine A. Selgrade
Thesis: Work-Family Predictors of Parenting Outcomes, Marian L. Troutman
Thesis: Psychological Distress as Related to Social Support in Single Enlisted Navy Mothers, Michelle M. Tucker
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Thesis: Measurement of Valuing Diversity: A Multidimensional Conception and Confirmatory Analysis, Rebekka A. Althouse
Thesis: Impact of Personality Traits on Telework Satisfaction Affective Commitment and Turnover Intention Among Teleworkers, Heather J. Downey
Thesis: First-Year Student Retention and Achievement: The Influence of Diversity and Background Characteristics, Krystall Dunaway
Dissertation: Understanding the Nature of Surgical Excellence Using a Competency Modeling Approach, Hope S. Hanner-Bailey
Thesis: Teacher Factors That Influence Student Achievement: A Study of Third and Fifth Grade Teachers, Jewelle L. Harmon
Dissertation: A Structural Model of Relationships Between Employee Characteristics, Supervisory Mentoring Behaviors and Job Satisfaction, Florence R. Jinadu
Dissertation: Teamwork in Chinese Organizations: A New Concept and Framework, Ying Liu
Thesis: Self-Reported Attitudes, Concerns, and Behaviors Related to Global Environmentalism: Can a Mandatory Class Make a Difference?, Erin Mehalic
Thesis: Psychometric Controversy Involving Job Performance Ratings, Anne Scaduto
Thesis: The Effect of Sonification Pulse Rate and System Reliability on Perceived Workload Urgency Trust and Monitoring Performance, Randal D. Spain
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Thesis: Downward Comparison as an Intervention to Lower Self-Reported Risk-Taking Behaviors, John P. Barile
Thesis: Using Signal Detection Theory to Examine the Effects of Workload and Likelihood Displays on Human Responses to Alarms, Ernesto A. Bustamante
Thesis: Child Psychological Abuse Sexual Attitudes and Sexual Satisfaction: An Examination of Disclosure Gender and Perpetrator Relationship Differences, Natasha Coy
Thesis: A Family Systems Approach to Substance Misuse: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors, Jennifer Anne Cutchin
Dissertation: The Effects of Parcels and Latent Variable Scores on the Detection of Interactions in Structural Equation Modeling, Thomas D. Fletcher
Thesis: What Is Positive Disclosure and to Whom Do We Disclose? The Role of Topics, Gender and Type of Relationship in Positive Self-Disclosure, Elizabeth Landers Ford
Thesis: Factors Influencing the Decision to Disclose After Sexual Assault, Courtney A. Hanley
Thesis: Availability of Emotional Support, Conflictual Interactions, and Coping as Predictors of Adherence and Affect in Individuals with Diabetes, Misty D. Hixon
Thesis: Coping and Depressive Symptoms in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis, Scott W. Huffman
Thesis: Corporal Punishment and Its Relation to Race, Psychological Well-Being, and Parental Relationship, Michelle P. Kravitz
Thesis: Theta Activity During Navigation in Virtual Environments, Colleen Margaret Moore
Thesis: Using Working Memory Interference Tasks to Test for Verbal and Spatial Route Learning Strategies, Ian Reagan
Thesis: The Relationship of Adult Romantic Attachment, Body Image, and Gender Role Identity to Female Sexual Functioning and Sexual Assertiveness, Kathryn Nuckols Shaw
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Thesis: Perceptions of Diversity Among Current and Former Students and Faculty in Three Graduate Programs, Margot E. Ackermann
Dissertation: The Effects of Operator Trust, Complacency Potential, and Task Complexity on Monitoring a Highly Reliable Automated System, Nathan R. Bailey
Thesis: How the U.S. Military's Equal Opportunity Training Program Impacts Operational Readiness and Effectiveness: An Exploratory Study, James R. Camic
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Disclosure, Internalized Homophobia, Religiosity, and Psychological Well-Being in a Lesbian Population, Sharon Lyn Clayman
Dissertation: Crisp and Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory and Pilot Weather Judgment: Implications for VFR Flights Into IMC, Joseph T. Coyne
Thesis: Combating Cry Wolf: The Effects of Urgency and Reliability on Reactions to Verbal Alarms, Corey K. Fallon
Thesis: Problem-Focused Coping: Mediating the Link Between Personality and Work-Family Conflict, Lisa M. Germano
Thesis: Determinants of Paternal Involvement in Childcare in Dual-Earner Families with Preschool Children, Julie N. Jacobs