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 2003
Thesis: Science Comprehension: Effects of Text Coherence and Reader Aptitudes, Kimberly G. Cottrell
Dissertation: The Contribution of Enactments to Structural Family Therapy: A Process Study, Stephanie Fellenberg
Dissertation: Examining the Equivalence of Rater Groups in 360-Degree Feedback for Use in Leadership Development, Amy Fitzgibbons
Dissertation: Identifying the Dimensions of Integrity: A Confirmatory and Discriminant Validity Analysis, Arlene Pace Green
Thesis: Parental Use of Corporal Punishment as Related to Family Environment, Psychological Well-Being, and Personality in College Students, Corrine E. Leary
Thesis: Radiation of Black Beauty: Perceptions of Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy Based on Facial Attractiveness and Skin-Tone of African Americans, Solomon Luckett, Jr.
Dissertation: The Relationship of MMPI-A Item Effectiveness to Item Content, Diagnostic Category, and Classification Accuracy, Kathleen D. Lynch
Thesis: The Prediction of Intra-Individual Variability in the Daily Body-Image Experiences Among College Women, Susan E. Melnyk
Thesis: Self-Management and Telework: Assessing the Performance of a Remote Workforce, Michael C. Mihalecz
Dissertation: The Role of Alexithymia in Ethnic Groups on Eating-Related Attitudes and Behaviors, Lisa M. Newman
Dissertation: Proactive Personality and the Big Five as Predictors of Motivation to Learn, Jonathan E. Turner
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Thesis: The Relationship of Ethnicity Ethnic Identity and Problem Type to Preferences for Counselor Race in College Students: A Survey of African-American and European-American Students, Sara H. Bausch
Dissertation: Time-Based Work-Family Conflict: Myth or Reality?, Karyn H. Bernas
Thesis: Breastfeeding and the Supportive Workplace: Integration of Women's Productive and Reproductive Lives, Rebekah A. Cardenas
Thesis: The Impact of Children's Asthma on Mother's Employment, Suzanne Michele Clarke
Thesis: An Examination of the Psychosocial Functioning of Children with Drug or Alcohol Dependent Fathers, Cathy G. Cooke
Thesis: The Effects of Visual Cues and Interstimulus Interval on Error Rates in Auditory Localization and Detection, Joseph Thomas Coyne
Thesis: The Effects of Communication Modality on Teamwork Processes, Thomas D. Fletcher
Thesis: Relationship Between Behavioral Measures in a Driving Simulator and EEG Activity on Day-Shift and Night-Shift Workers, Jennifer L. Freeman
Thesis: Perceived Paternal Style and Its Relationship to the Child's Explanatory Style and Depression, Janice E. Halecki
Thesis: Predicting Team Performance Over Time: A Secondary Data Analysis, Hope S. Hanner
Dissertation: Creating Inclusive Organizations: Its Meaning and Measurement, Bryan Christopher Hayes
Thesis: The Effects of Test Validity Perceptions on Ethnic Group Differences in Cognitive Ability Test Performance, Florence R. Jinadu
Dissertation: Depression and Social Support as Moderators of Withon-Person Relationships Between Daily Events and Daily Adjustments During Adolescence, Rebecca M. Plesko
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Thesis: Parenting Behaviors Related to Young Adult Depressive Symptomology, Rebecca D. Abramson
Thesis: Motion Perception of Angularly Expanding Stimuli Within a Presence Versus Absence Framework, Nathan R. Bailey
Dissertation: Effects of Organizational Climate, Feedback-Seeking Environment and Innovation Characteristics on the Implementation of a 360-Degree Feedback System, Simon Alan Bartle
Thesis: The Influence of Affective State and Social Loafing on Teams Over Time, Amy N. Cunningham
Thesis: An Examination of Individual Differences in Monitoring for Automation Failures, Holly DeVries
Dissertation: Perceptual Cues and Subjective Organization in a Virtual Information Workspace, Todd M. Eischeid
Thesis: The Effects of Equal Opportunity Fairness and Diversity on Work Group Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment in the Military: A Test of Structural Invariance, Nancy P. Emery
Dissertation: Stress and Coping Experiences of Women in Transition: From Welfare to Work, William Jesse Gill
Thesis: Psychophysiological Measures and Performance Effects in an Adaptive Sustained Attention Task, Gerald Alan Hadley
Thesis: The Impact of Parental Variables on Child Behavior at Home and in the Daycare Classroom, Margaret Sue Hart
Thesis: The Effects of Cultural Values on Acceptance of Human Resource Management Decisions, Ying Liu
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Workplace Absenteeism and Alcohol Use: A Day-to-Day Examination, Susan Kay McFarlin
Thesis: Determinants of Paternal Responsibility, Engagement, Accessibility, Suzanne Mischell Nangle
Dissertation: Methods of Detecting Differential Item Functioning: A Comparison of Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Ratchaneewan Wanichtanom
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Thesis: Spousal Violence Levels Among Substance-Abusing Couples After Behavioral Couples Therapy Versus Individual-Based Treatment, Shannon O'Neill Arehart
Dissertation: Increasing Readiness to Change Among Smokers in a Primary Care Setting, Sheila F. Collicott
Thesis: Factors Associated with the Occurrence and Cessation of Relational Intrusion, Leila Baldwin Dutton-Greene
Dissertation: Toward a Model of Team Situation Awareness, Alexis Anne Fink
Dissertation: Portuguese-Americans and Mental Health Treatment Client-Therapist Ethnic Match, Ethnic Identity, and Satisfaction with Treatment, Katherine B. Gamble
Thesis: The Use of a Modified Stroop Task to Assess Attentional Biasing Related to Adult Attachment Classification, Kristie L. Hebert
Dissertation: Meaning in Sexual Behavior: Associating Personal Constructs with Condom Use, David W. Indest
Thesis: The Role of Campus Surroundings in Student Retention: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Campus Surroundings Construct, Laura E. Kellard
Thesis: The Influence of National Culture on Crew Resource Management and Team Performance in Aircraft Accident and Incident Reports, Jenny Chia Yi Kuang
Thesis: Perceptions of Clinical Psychologists Relative to Other Mental Health Providers, Glenora Nelson
Thesis: Perceptions of Clinical Psychologists Relative to Other Mental Health Providers, Glenora Nelson
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Thesis: Marital Decision Making Scale: Psychometric Properties, Kathy Szynklewski Babel
Dissertation: Transgenerational Attachment, Life Stress, and the Development of Disruptive Behavior in Preschool Children, Mary Jane Call
Dissertation: An Analysis of Two Forms of Self-Defense Training and Their Impact on Women's Sense of Personal Safety Self-Efficacy, Darcy Shannon Cox
Dissertation: Use of Selected MMPI-A Factors in the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in a Community-Based Treatment Program for Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Linda Marks Hunter
Dissertation: The Application of Role Theory to the Sexual Harassment Paradigm: A Policy Capturing Approach, Lora L. Jacobi
Thesis: The Influence of Fathering on Child Outcomes, Judith Joye Lehman
Dissertation: Fairness in Chinese Organizations, Kai-Guang Liang
Dissertation: Perceptions of Childhood Relation with Parents Related to Current Functioning, Peter O. Lielbriedis
Thesis: The Effects of Task Demand and Knowledge of Results on Operator Engagement and Vigilance Performance Moderation with a Biocybernetic System, Jamie Lynn LoVerde
Dissertation: African American Community Mental Health Center Service Utilization: A Test of the Cultural Compatibility Hypothesis, Alicia Michelle Marsh
Thesis: The Relationship Between Workplace Aggression and Alcohol Use: A National Survey, Susan Kay McFarlin
Dissertation: Work-Life Role Integration: A Construct Validation Study, Tonya Alicia Miller
Dissertation: The Effects of Group Counseling on the Self-Esteem, Anxiety, and Behavior of Children with Deployed Parents, Nancy Taylor Mitchum
Dissertation: Needle Localization for Breast Biopsy: The Patient's Experience, Marian De Walt Morgan
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Dissertation: Analyzing the Effects of Display Characteristics and Cognitive Variables on Performance Using Keystroke and Eye Movement Data, Orhan E. Beckman
Dissertation: The Influence of Model Features on Goodness-of-Fit Indices: Choosing Indices to Evaluate Your Model, Andrea E. Berndt
Thesis: Does Personality Indicate a Proclivity Toward Negative Job Behaviors?, Victoria Leigh Cole
Thesis: Cross-Racial Facial Identification: Black and White Oriented Elaborative Processing, Tonika E. Duren
Thesis: Does Wisdom Really Come with Age?: Cognitive Differences Between Traditional and Nontraditional Aged College Women, Kelli Jean England
Thesis: The Influence of Personality Cultural Values Social Support and Pre-Departure Training on Adjustment and Performance on International Students, Amy A. Fitzgibbons
Dissertation: A Discovery-Oriented Process Study of Enactment in Family Therapy: Development of the Family Therapy Enactment Rating Scale, Elizabeth Ong-Mythuan Fong
Thesis: The Effect of Ethanol and Hypoglycemia on Rat Performance in the Radial Arm Maze, Monica Ann Gaffney
Thesis: Machiavellianism Achievement and Gender Roles, Kathleen M. Gibson
Thesis: Effects of Chronic Cocaine Abuse on Verbal Learning and Memory, Elizabeth A. Kamin
Thesis: Elements Affecting Disclosure of Abusive Dating Relationships: Attachment Style Sex of Research Participant and Importance of Disclosure Target, Michael Alexander Keefer
Dissertation: Factor Analysis of the MMPI-A Content Scales: Item-Level and Scale-Level Analyses, Lisa Kay McCarthy
Dissertation: Effects of an Interview Guide on the Accuracy of Ratings for Applicants with Disabilities, Catherine Quinn Greenwald Mergen
Thesis: Two Views of Physical Attractiveness: Informational Influences on Women's Body Images, Jennifer Lee Muth
Dissertation: Men Who Batter: Personality Variables, Relationship Variables, and Treatment Outcome, Lisa M. Petrica
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem, Emotional Well-Being and Depression Among Lakota/Dakota Sioux Adolescents, Susan M. Pittenger
Dissertation: A Psychophysiological Assessment of the Efficacy of Event-Related Potentials and Electroencephalogram for Adaptive Task Allocation, Lawrence J. Prinzel III
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Thesis: Conditioned Response to Ethanol as Indicated by Spontaneous Motor Activity, Tevfik Alici
Thesis: A Model of Paternal Involvement in Child Care and Household Labor, Jennifer Fancher Bonney
Dissertation: African-American Males' Perception of Law Enforcement: A Psychophysiological Perspective, Adolph Brown III
Dissertation: A Comparison of Coping Styles and Body Image of Abused and Non-Abused Women, Laura Elizabeth Brown
Dissertation: The Effects of Human-Computer Communication Mode, Task Complexity, and Desire for Control on Performance and Discourse Organization in an Adaptive Task, Cristina Bubb-Lewis
Thesis: The Effects of Task Partitioning and Computer Skill Level on Operator Engagement and Performance in an Adaptive Biocybernetic Environment, Todd Michael Eischeid
Dissertation: Self-Concept of Eating-Restrained Women: A Study of Personal Constructs, Adelia Atkinson Furr
Dissertation: The Effects of Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Acceptance of Biracial Individuals, Erika Lela Gilyot
Dissertation: Social Support, Prior Interracial Experiences, and Network Orientation: Factors related to Later Adjustment Among Black Freshmen at a Predominantly White University, Calvin Graham
Dissertation: Structural Equation Modeling of Attitudes Toward Employment Testing, Laura Susan Hamil
Dissertation: A Repertory Grid Assessment of Traitedness and Its Relation to the Validity of the NEO PI-R Conscientiousness Scale, Susan Nancy Heidal-Schiltz
Thesis: Death Anxiety as a Moderation Factor on Sexual Behavior Related to the Risk of HIV Infection in Young Adults, John Hawes Jones
Thesis: Impact of Attachment Style on Disclosure of Traumatic Events, Jo-Anne Leslie McDonald
Dissertation: To Lead a Team: Construct Validity Evidence for Team Leadership in the High-Tech Industry, Johanna M. Merritt
Dissertation: Towards Understanding Why Assessment Centers Work: An Evaluation of the Subtle Criterion Contamination Hypothesis, Christopher T. Rotolo
Dissertation: Subsystem Variables Associated with Positive Foster Mother-Foster Child Relationships, Meg Sandow
Dissertation: Fostering the Development of Domain-General, Nonlinear Mental Models: A Foundation for Systemic Thinking, Jeffrey S. Sinn
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Body Image and Information-Processing Biases on a Modified Stroop Task, Andrea Powell Arcona
Thesis: Effects of Goal Reward and Feedback Frequency on Motivation: A Control Theory Perspective, Jonathan Michael Balcerek
Thesis: Effects of Exposure to Information About Appearance Stereotyping and Discrimination on Body Image and Mood, Melissa Ann Brown