Dissertations from 2011
Smoking topography and smoking-related outcome expectancies in smokers with schizotypy, Diana Williams Stewart
The effect of perceived spatial distance on the decision to relocate for graduate education, Claire Frances Taylor
The Long-term Effect of a Brief Motivational Alcohol Intervention for Heavy Drinking Mandated College Students, Meredith Ashley Terlecki
Comorbid psychopathology in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders - cut-off scores for the Autism Specturm Disorders-comorbidity for children (ASD-CC), Ryan Thomas Thorson
Teaching tactual discrimination of braille characters to beginning braille readers, Karen A. Toussaint
Theses from 2010
Maternal variables as predictors of parenting practices post-disaster, Leah M. Adams
A comparison of public and private positive peer reporting in general education classrooms, Carolyn Barahona
Examination of the relationship between academic achievement and traumatic stress following Hurricane Katrina, Audrey Baumeister
A taxometric analysis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in toddlers, Jessica Ann Boisjoli
Individual Differences and Memory Aging Concerns of Older Adults, Emily Olinde Boudreaux
Emotion recognition in schizotypy, Laura Brown
A treatment components analysis in positive peer reporting for socially withdrawn children, Jeffrey S. Chenier
Ageism and psychological well-being in older adults, Jenny Denver
The development of primary and secondary memory and their relationship to fluid intelligence, Sharon Diane Eaves
Development and preliminary validation of the adolescent homework inventory, Meghan Burns Geary
Communication deficits in babies with autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder - not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Max Horovitz
Effects of delays to response blocking when used as treatment for problem behavior maintained by automatic reinforcement, Megan Leigh Kliebert
An examination of challenging behaviors in autistic disorder versus pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified: significant differences and gender effects, Alison M. Kozlowski
The role of daily routines in adolescents diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, David N. Landry
Do the stimulant medications improve neuropsychological performance of college students with ADHD?, Chunqiao Luo
The relationship among self-efficacy, negative self-statements, and social anxiety in children: a mediation, Brittany Nicole Moree
Affective dysfunction and affective interference in schizotypy, Gina Marie Najolia
Reliability and validity study of the motiviation for fear (MOTIF) survey, Marie S. Nebel-Schwalm
Gender differences in core symptomatology in autism spectrum disorders across the lifespan, Tessa Taylor Rivet
The interactions between sentence complexity, working memory, and additional working memory load: an on-line measure, Christy Seidel
Factors that affect sleep in adults with developmental disability, Megan Sipes
The effect of task difficulty on preschoolers' problem-solving and emotion-regulation strategy use, Courtney Marie Snyder
Attention is not required to maintain feature bindings in visual working memory, Amanda van Lamsweerde
The relationship between social skills and challenging behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders, Jonathan Wilkins
Theses from 2009
The effect of stimulus choice on a discrimination task: pictures vs. objects, Kristen Abbondante
Psychopathology in person with and without co-morbid autism, Martin Nicholas Ancona
Environmental effects on adolescents exposed to hurricane Katrina, Karen Laslie Davidson
Analysis of progessive lag reinforcement schedules and environmental cues on verbal response variability, Brian Esteve
Factors affecting the efficacy of feedback use during source monitoring, Stephanie Groft
Predicting performance on high stakes testing: validity and accuracy of curriculum-based measurement of reading and writing, Marie Young Henderson
Gender differences in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and comorbid psychopathology, Julie Hess
The effects of performance feedback plus graphing on the treatment integrity of a parent implemented reading intervention program, Lacey LeBlanc
Team task interdependence perceptions: toward an integrative model of teamwork, Jared LeDoux
The efficacy of positive peer reporting procedures for use with neglected-status students in general education classrooms, Lisa Libster
Autonomic response and behavioral performance of avid video game players on a decision-making task, Patrick Clinton Lingenfelter
Effects of three early literacy interventions in the preschool classroom: comparing phonological awareness training, dialogic reading, and a combination condition in small groups, Jennifer Koenig Longwell
Comorbid psychopathology in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities, Santino Vincent LoVullo
Affective reactivity of speech disturbances in schizotypy, Kyle Stuart Minor
Intellectual ability in children with anxiety: a replication and exploration of the differences, Melissa S. Munson
Development and initial validation of the family eating and activity questionnnaire, Jennette Lea Palcic
The effects of increasing the risk perception of high-risk behaviors on decision making among college daily smokers and never-smokers, Scott Patterson
Evalutaion of embedded malingering indices in a non-litigating, relief seeking sample: a partial cross-validation using control, clinical, and derived groups, Russell D. Pella
The role of hurricane exposure and life disruption as predictors of child post-traumatic stress symptomatology following hurricane Katrina, Angie Lynn Pellegrin
The Effects of Being Placed in Special Education Classes Versus General Education Classes and Teacher Certification on Students' High-Stakes Testing Scores, Bethany Ann Porter
Comparing social skills in children with Autistic disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Mary Elizabeth Shoemaker
Apolipoprotein status and cognitive functioning in adulthood: role of physical health and social network characteristics, Jennifer Lee Silva
The influence of alcohol advertising on associative memory and consideration sets, James Charles Smith
The assessment of and differences among intellectually disabled adults with Comorbid Autism Spectrum Disorders and epilepsy, Kimberly Robin Michelle Smith
Supporting decision making in a complex world, Jonathan Tall
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in women after Hurricane Katrina: predictors and symptom endorsement, Julia E. Thompson
Teaching level-1 braille reading skills within a stimulus equivalence paradigm to children with progressive visual impairments, Karen Ann Toussaint
Dissertations from 2008
Changes in body image and body weight and shape goals associated with weight loss and maintenance in overweight/obese adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Amy Rzeznikiewicz Bachand
The effects of food deprivation on caffeine and food reinforcement in females, Lauren Baillie
Environmental influences on adherence to self-management behaviors and glycemic control in African American patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Brooke L. Barbera
The effects of community violence exposure on children affected by Hurricane Katrina, Audrey Baumeister
Comorbid psychological disorder in individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, Jessica Ann Boisjoli
A comparison of feeding and mealtime problems in intellectually disabled adults with and without autism, Jill Cherie Fodstad
Hierarchical linear modeling against the "Gold Standard" of visual analysis in single-subject design, Elizabeth S, Godbold
The initial reliability and construct validity of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Diagnostic (ASD-DC) in children, Melissa Luke Gonzalez
The children's coping behavior questionnaire: development and validation, Brittany Cornell Hernandez
The construct validity of the clinical assessment of working memory ability, Benjamin David Hill
Neuropsychological performance and dementia symptoms in a HIV positive population, Kathleen E. Kendra
Assessing the effectiveness of the response to instruction model for english language learners by utilizing a non-language-based intervention, Chisato Komatsu
Brief alcohol interventions for college drinkers: how brief is brief?, Magdalena Kulesza
Determining the relative efficacy of reciprocal and non-reciprocal peer tutoring for students identified as at-risk for academic failure, Keri F. Menesses
Development and validation of the adolescent routines questionnaire: parent and self-report, Kara Meyer
The detection of malingered mental retardation in high- and low-cognitive ability individuals, Daniel Anthony Proto
Flexibility of knowledge as a function of practice and explicit instruction, Bill Sallas
The role of attentional focus in event-based prospective memory, Jill Shelton
A critical item analysis of the QABF: development of a short form assessment instrument, Ashvind Nand Singh
Predictors of social support provided to smokers, Diana Williams Stewart
Alcohol use, negative consequences, and readiness to change in mandated and volunteer college student heavy drinkers before and after a brief alcohol intervention, Meredith A. Terlecki
Evaluation of three methods for teaching intraverbals to children with language delays, Nicole Trosclair-Lasserre
Function based interventions versus non-function based interventions within a general education setting, Michael J. Vance
The reliability and validity of screening measures in reading, James Albert Van Hook
Predicting conduct problems in youth: the moderating effects of Hurricane Katrina, Julia F. Vigna
An examination of the Good Behavior Game and behavior specific praise statements on student and teacher behavior, Robert Allen Wright
The developmental continuity of a cognitive model of worry, Kimberly Rae Zlomke
Theses from 2007
Grade retention in high stakes and low stakes testing years, Anna Elizabeth Ball
Error training: an examination of metacognition, emotion control, intrinsic motivation, and knowledge as mediators of performance effects, Natalie T. Bourgeois
The vulnerability to coaching across measures of malingering, Adrianne M. Brennan
Source memory and the picture superiority effect, Noelle L. Brown
The relative impact of nicotine dependence versus other substance dependence on decision-making, Michael S. Businelle
The depression scale for severe disability: a diagnostic tool for the assessment of depression in adults with severe and profound intellectual disabilities, Christopher Cooper
Assessing the influence of religion on health behavior, David B. Creel
In search of the optimal cueing schedule in self-monitoring of attention with typically developing children, Amanda M. Dahir
Deficits in social skills and feeding behaviors associated with adults diagnosed with autistic disorder living in an institutionalized setting, Cindy Terlonge Graham
Competency in forensic examinations: what variables predict restoration?, Devan R. Guidry
The effect of food deprivation on cigarette smoking in females, Darla E. Kendzor
The effects of smoking cessation on control of food intake in postmenopausal African-American and Caucasian women, Amanda K. Manning
Source memory, subjective awareness, and the word frequency mirror effect, Benjamin A. Martin
Relationship between problem behaviors, function, and adaptive skills in individuals with intellectual disabilities, Noha Farrah Minshawi