College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Effects of Pedagogical Agent Design on Training Evaluation Measures: A Meta-Analysis, Timothy J. Quesnell
The Experience of Mental Health Practitioners With Computer Games Designed to Induce Empathy, Jordan Reed
Similarity Between Actual and Possible Selves and Its Relationship to Self-esteem, Christopher A. Shorten
Individual and Contextual Factors and the Efficacy of an Experiential Sexism Intervention, Samantha M. Smith
Exploring Ecological Factors Influencing Economic Advocacy for Domestic Violence Survivors, Christina V. Soibatian
Exploring online and gaming communities through community psychology, Crystal N. Steltenpohl
Examining the Role of Mentorship on Urban Youth: The Effect of Locus of Control on Academic Achievement, Stacy Alaina Stewart
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its Impact on Actions: Exploring Social Change through College Students, Rachael Leigh Suffrin
Inferring Character Emotions During Text Comprehension: A Divided Visual Field Study, Blaine Tomkins
The Role of Therapeutic Engagement, Oral Language Proficiency, and Core Learning Indicators on the Effects of Therapy for Youth with Depression, Amanda E. Wagstaff
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Effects of Multinational Team and Team Member Characteristics on Subgroup Formation, Group Identification, and Trust in Team, Gamze Arman-Incioglu
DNP Project: Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Current Technology to Prevent Drug Diversion, Grant T. Balbarin
Development of an Educational Seminar on Coping with Stress for Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Becky Belk
Mutagenic Analysis of SH3 Binding Site in the Avian ChB6 Alloantigen, Rohini Bhattacharya
DNP Project: Effectiveness of Video Simulation Training to Increase Knowledge and Confidence in the Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Mishawna K. Bohner
DNP Project: Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Current Technology to Prevent Drug Diversion, Cheryl Botsford
Naturalistic Allocation: Working Memory and Cued-Attention Effects on Resource Allocation, Shanique G. Brown
Neighborhood and School Influences On Academic Achievement and Educational Attainment, Crystal Monique Coker
Anesthesia Providers' Knowledge and Attitudes on Fire Risk Assessment During Time-out in the Operating Room, Kathryn D. Coletto
Examining the Intersection of Gender and Age on Backlash Effects in Negotiations, Amber Cotton
An Examination of the Effectiveness of a Bibliotherapy Version of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Julie Christine D'Amico
Affective and Deliberative Processes in Decision Making: Option Framed Scenarios, Charles E. Drehmer
Enzyme-Mediated and Mechanistic Investigations of Tetrahydroisoquinoline Synthesis through the Pictet-Spengler Reaction, Jordan Elise Fauser
EFFECTS IF CLARITY AND LOCUS OF CONTROL ON OUTCOMES OF RJPS, Gregory F. Fernandes
Understanding Perceived Overqualification: Expanding the Criterion Space, Establishing Drivers, and Developing a Model, Gregory Francis Fernandes
Effects of Religious Participation on Negative Mental Health Symptoms among Low-Income, Urban African American Adolescents, Alfonso L. Floyd
Exploring the Self-Referent Meaning Mechanisms of Terror Management Theory and Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, Joseph A. Galluzzo
A Needs Assessment for the Development of the TIME Anesthesia Handoff Tool, Courtney K. Gibney
Chemical Reaction Kinetics of the Pictet-Spengler Reaction, Jo Ann K. Girel
Thinking About Race: The Development and Implication of Racial Ideology, Robert E. Gutierrez
Competency Modeling as an Organizational Development Intervention, Sarah Michelle Haynes
The Response of Religious Leaders to Intimate Partner Violence: Overcoming the "Holy Hush", Jaclyn Danielle Houston-Kolnik
An Application of Wavelet Methods to the Search for Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, Kevin Michael Kadowaki
Learning Needs Assessment of CRNA Clinical Instructors, Karen Kapanke
DNP Project: Effectiveness of Video Simulation Training to Increase Knowledge and Confidence in the Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Erica Anna Kubis
EXAMINATION OF THE b COEFFICIENT IN GaP CRYSTAL UTILIZING SINGLE AND DOUBLE PHOTON ABSORPTION, Ines Kusmic
YOUNG SURVIVORS OF DISASTER: A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, Theressa L. LaBarrie
Patterns and Predictors of Parent-Child Endorsement Discrepancies among Youth at Chronic-Risk for Depression, Bridget A. Makol
The Effects of Sexual Orientation and Behavioral Style on Perceptions of Leadership Potential and Effectiveness, Kristin Elizabeth Mann
Wellness Interventions in an Asian American-Specific Mental Health Setting, Pui Kwan Ma
State-Level Anti-Bullying Policy: Toward A System-Level Implementation Framework, Andrew Martinez
DNP Project: Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade with Neostigmine: Development of an Evidence-based Practice Protocol, Kyle L. Mayer
DNP Project: Anesthesia Cost Awareness Project: Price List of Common Anesthetic Drugs, Betty L. Mestousis
Capstone: Child Temperament and Parenting Styles as Predictors of BMI, Sophia A. Mir
The Influence of Team Prosocial Motivation on Emergent States and Shared Leadership, Tyree David Mitchell
Living and Loving: A Qualitative Exploration of the Dating and Sexual Relationships of HIV-Positive Young Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men, Darnell N. Motley
Effects of Convenience on Participation in Recycling by Anesthesia in the Operating Room: A Pilot Study, Alaina S. Murley
Evaluating Situation Awareness in the Nurse Anesthesia Trainee During High Fidelity Simulation, Jamie Natale
Entrepreneurship as Empowerment: How Women Are Redefining Work, Charlynn Odahl
Cooperation and Facets of Psychological Collectivism as Antecedents of Team Mental Model Similarity, Neal Benoit Outland
Parasite-related modification of multiple traits in an isopod host, Tracey J. Park
Evaluating Situation Awareness in the Nurse Anesthesia Trainee During High Fidelity Simulation, Caitilin C. Pierchala
An Investigation of Foreign Language Use as a Protectant against Loss Aversion, Lauren M. Pytel
Capstone: Women, Addiction, and Gender-Sensitive Treatment: A Review of the Literature, Rae L. Rabideau
Academic Risk and Protective Factors of Latinos of Undocumented Status: A Narrative Approach, Claudio Rivera
Housing Choices Among Homeless Families in Child Welfare: A Mixed Methods Study, Anne Rufa
The Role of School Climate in Mitigating the Effects of Neighborhood Socio-Economic Status and Violence on Academic Achievement, Linda D. Ruiz
DNP Project: Effect of Convenience on Participation in Recycling by Anesthesia Providers in the Operating Room: A Pilot Study, Brittany A. Schuler
"I'm Sure He Didn't Mean It That Way": The Influence of Leader Characteristics on Perceptions of Everyday Sexism, Samantha M. Smith
A Reexamination of the Cognitive Behavioral Model of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Investigating the Cogency of the Model’s Behavioral Pathway, Madison Sunnquist
"Clinical Chatter" Every Nurse Informed, Carolyn Talbott
The Influence of Parish Factors in Catholic Deacon Ministry Assignments: An Ecological Model Perspective, Danielle S. Vaclavik
Intimate Partner Violence and Victim Blaming, Christine A. Weingarten
Offspring Size-Number Tradeoffs and Food Quality Feedbacks Impact Population Dynamics in a Daphnia-Algae System, Ryan Wenkus
Housing and Abstinence Self-Efficacy in Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, Christopher R. Whipple
Anesthesia Cost Awareness Project: Price List of Common Anesthetic Drugs, Minnie C. Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Web-Based Recruitment: Strategies for Attracting LGBT Employees, Daniel R. Abben
A Person-Centered Examination of Latino Youth Depressive Symptom Trajectories: The Role of Youth, Parent, and Dyadic Familism, Jessica Annabel Arizaga
THE ROLE OF GENDER IDENTITYAND STEREOTYPE AWARENESS ON SEXUAL NEGOTIATIONS STRATEGIES FOR WOMEN, Or'Shaundra Tre'Nay Benson
Fossil Marine Vertebrates from the Codell Sandstone Member of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in Jewell County, Kansas, Kelly N. Bice
REDUCING ECONOMIC DISPARITIES FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS: THE OXFORD HOUSE MODEL, Sarah L. Callahan
The Importance of Family Meals and Sedentary Behavior in Understanding Childhood Depression and Obesity, Draycen D. DeCator
Prospective Predictors of Adolescent BMI: Parenting Style, Gender, and Weight Perception, Trey V. Dellucci
Meaning as a Buffer Against Adolescent Psychopathology, Ellen Shaina Dulaney
Onset Patterns of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Mixed Method Approach, Meredyth Evans
The Use of Human Factors Training to Improve the Quality of Decision-‐Making in Nurse Anesthesia Trainees, Julia T. Feczko
Child appraisals of interparental conflict: The effects of intimate partner violence and the quality of parent-child relationships, Caleb J. Figge
An Evaluation of the Perfectionistic Social Disconnect Model among Ethnic Minority Youth, Ana Belen Goya Arce
An Online Survey of the Healthcare Needs of Undergraduate Students at an Urban University, Linda Graf
The Impact of Ethnicity on Executive Functioning in Youth, Silvia M. Henriquez Gerken
CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND THE SOCIAL DETRMINANTS OF HEALTH: A SOCIOECOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, Alescia M. Hollowell
Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes and Their Caregivers: A Longitudinal Assessment of Metabolic Control and Psychosocial Mediators, Sabrina Anne Karczewski
The Effects of Turkish Vowel Harmony In Word Recognition, Ece Kilic
Disparity of Assets in Addiction Recovery: Moderators of Perceived Control in Treatment and Recovery Settings in Kenya, Elias Kinoti Kithuri
Early Patterns of Change in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Lauren J. Legato
The Effect of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Parental Involvement on African American Adolescent’s Externalizing Behavior and Academic Outcome, Roberto G. Lopez Tamayo
Genetic and Morphological Diversity Along Altitudinal Gradients in the Genus Rhoadsia (Teleostei: Characidae: Rhoadsiinae), Grace Malato
The Role of Guilt, Shame, and Self-Compassion in Promoting Racial Justice Engagement for White Students, Elizabeth A. McConnell
Perceived Choices: Perceptions of Mothers’ Devotion to “Family or Work” or "Family and Work", Stefanie Mockler
Retinoic Acid Regulation of Aromatase Expression in the Ovary, Sarah Persaud