RSS 1.0Electronic Dissertations and Theses - Psychology
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This collection contains theses and dissertations by students in the Department of Psychology at Washington State University.
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PARALLEL LATENT CHANGE MODELING FOR DEPRESSION AND PAIN TO PREDICT RELAPSE DURING BUPRENORPHINE AND SUBOXONE TREATMENT
(2019)Much of what is currently known regarding treatment for opioid use disorder has been derived from heroin users, with very few investigations into the unique processes that may be involved with individuals who primarily ... -
CANNABINOID TREATMENT OF MALE VS. FEMALE RATS WITH PERSISTENT HINDPAW INFLAMMATION
(2019)Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws allowing for the use of medical marijuana, with an additional 13 states allowing for the use of medical marijuana that has low-to-no Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol ... -
LOSING WEIGHT AND EATING DISORDER RISK: THE ROLE OF DIET TYPE, DIETING STRATEGIES, BMI, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN ACHIEVING WEIGHT LOSS AND INCREASING EATING DISORDER RISK
(2019)Although research has investigated various weight loss strategies among those with obesity, and the link between a desire to lose weight and eating disorders is well known, research focused on understanding how dieting ... -
The Association Between Psychopathic Personality Traits and Executive Functions
(2019)The association between psychopathic personality traits and performance on measures of executive functions (EF) has been well-studied; however, the results across previous research findings have been inconsistent. The ... -
INFANT EMOTION REGULATION PATTERNS AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG) ASYMMETRY IN RESPONSE TO STILL FACE PROCEDURE
(2019)Early emotion regulation is critical for later childhood and adult emotional wellbeing. Sustained patterns of early emotion regulation have been commonly operationalized as the regulation/orienting factor of infant temperament ... -
The moderating effects of ethnic and sexual identity on emotion openness and depression among lesbian, gay, and bisexual Asians
(2019)Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) Asians often encounter racism and homophobia in their lives because of their ethnic and sexual identities, and consequently, they could suffer from depression. Previous research demonstrated ... -
Item Response Theory Analysis of the TriPM
(2019)This study investigated item and scale functioning in the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) using an item response theory analysis. TriPM data collected from 937 (410 men, 527 women) college students and community ... -
Affiliate Stigma and Empowerment Among Family Members of Individuals with Chronic Psychiatric Conditions
(2019)The relation between stigma and chronic psychiatric conditions has been well documented. Family stigma, a type of courtesy or associate stigma, and its internalized version, affiliate stigma, have been less examined but ... -
A Short-term Intervention to Improve Emotion-processing Skills in Adolescents with Callous-Unemotional Traits
(2018)Research documents a robust relation between callous-unemotional (CU) traits and impairments in emotion recognition and perspective-taking in youth. However, few evidence-based treatments targeting these specific deficits ... -
REAL-WORLD ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL ABILITY AND COMPENSATORY STRATEGY USE IN COMMUNITY DWELLING OLDER ADULTS
(2018)Compensatory strategies such as assistive technology, external reminders, and environmental cues may help support everyday functioning and independence in the real-world. Currently, everyday functional ability is most often ... -
Knowing Your Baby Matters: The Impact of Temperament Guidance Materials for Parents
(2018)Past temperament guidance programs have been successfully utilized to improve caregiver understanding of temperament, foster responsivity in parent-child interactions, and teach strategies for appropriately responding to ... -
SOCIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO U.S. MILITARY SERVICE-MEMBER WELL-BEING
(2018)The U.S. military has one of the highest suicide rates between its current members and veterans of any domestic occupation at an average of 22 suicides per day. The high toll that combat operations and military life have ... -
PREDICTING DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES USING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY AND IMPULSIVITY
(2018)The prototypical dual process model of decision-making posits that decisions are made through the interaction between two systems of information processing. System 1 is generally said to be automatic and heuristic based ... -
EXAMINING THE STRESS-CANNABIS LINK ACROSS THE STRESS SPECTRUM
(2017)Previous research has established a link between stress and cannabis. The overall goal of my dissertation was to further elucidate the nature of this link. In Study 1, moderators and mediators of the relationship between ... -
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Sexual and Transgender Prejudice
(2017)Research assessing negative attitudes toward lesbians and gay men, as well as bisexual and transgender individuals, has revealed many commonalities in individual and systemic factors associated with these prejudices, which ... -
CREATION AND VALIDATION OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL TOLERANCE OF GENDER NORM ENFORCEMENT INVENTORY
(2017)This document examines the creation and validation of the Organizational Tolerance of Gender Norm Enforcement Inventory (OTGNEI). The OTGNEI was created and validated over the course of five studies. In Study 1, subject ... -
EVALUATING THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND VALIDITY OF THE SECOND STEP KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW (SSKA) IN A GERMAN SAMPLE.
(2017)A long-standing debate on the universality or cultural bases of socio-emotional competence points to the need to validate socio-emotional competence instruments cross-culturally to further our understanding of these ... -
Prenatal Origins of Infant Temperament: Exploring Interrelationships Between Pregnancy Anxiety, Physiological Stress, and Maternal Attachment Status
(2017)Previous research indicates that prenatal maternal mental health can confer risk for offspring development across various domains, including the development of infant temperament. Despite prior equivocal findings related ... -
A Randomized Control Trial of a High Intensity Interval Training Program on Psychological Outcomes
(2017)A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL OF A HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES Abstract by RICHARD LEWIS YOUNG, PhD Washington State University June 2017 Chair: Janet Beary The aim of this study was ... -
INFLUENTIAL FACTORS OF TRUST DECISION
(2016)This study aimed to explore factors affecting trust decisions: the carry-over effect of emotion on trusting someone psychologically close or distant in socially different contexts. First, based on previous findings that ...