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Prior Experiences of Racial Discrimination Impact Acute Resting-state Connectivity of the Bnst as a Predictor of PTSD in Black Adults, Kevin Petranu
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Acceptability and Feasibility of Telehealth Delivered Written Exposure Therapy with College Students, Maya Anais Krek
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Prior Experiences of Racial Discrimination Impact Acute Resting-State Connectivity of the BNST as a Predictor of PTSD in Black Adults, Kevin Petranu
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Radically reframing studies on neurobiology and socioeconomic circumstances: A call for social justice-oriented neuroscience, Elisabeth Kathleen Webb, Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez, Robyn Douglas
Psychology Faculty Articles

Assessing Pediatric Chronic Pain Treatment Engagement: Development and Initial Validation of the Pediatric Pain Perceived Behavioral Control Measure, Nina Linneman
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Masculinity and Men’s Health Attitudes Toward Consideration of Weight-Loss Surgery, Karaline Fusco
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Testing the Psychology of Working Theory Among Economically Marginalized Workers, Willy Anthony Diaz Tapia
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The Longitudinal Effects of Early Substance Use and ADHD Symptom Development in the ABCD Study, Alexander Wallace
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Stand Up Eight: Adversity, Resilience, and Career Adaptability, Samantha Schams
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Utilizing Structural Equation Modeling to Examine Factors Impacting Health-Related Quality of Life for Emerging Adults with Chronic Pain as They Transition to Adulthood, Amy Coral Lang
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Impact of Teacher Cognition on the Implementation of Social- Emotional Learning Practices for EL Students, Madeline Bliske
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The Development of the Degrees of Freedom Scale, Darius Wright
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Effects of Residual Arousal and Cognitive Appraisal on Psychophysiological Reactivity to Stress, Hanna Johnson
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Gender and PTSD: An Examination of Socialized Masculinity as Moderator of PTSD Symptom Development, Kirsten Schmidt
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Workplace Stressors and Withdrawal Intentions in Law Enforcement: The Role of Living a Calling, Kristin Weber
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Temporal Dynamics of Attention Bias in Anxiety: An Eye Tracking Study, Abel Mathew
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Men, Athletic Identity, Masculinity, and Alcohol: an Examination of Health Risk Patterns in Male Collegiate Athletes, Travis Love
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Academic Abilities of Late School Age Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: a Replication Study and Examination of Early School Age Cognitive Predictors, Kristin Lee
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The Impact of Emotional Cues on Response Inhibition in Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms, Ashleigh M. Harvey
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The Relationship Between Response Inhibition Deficits and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration, Bryce Arseneau
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Patterns of Therapist Use of Play and Humor and Child Behavioral Fear Response in an Exposure Therapy for Children with Williams Syndrome, Brianna Young
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The Cumulative Impact of Childhood Adversity on Bold Responses to Inhibitory Control During Early Adolescence in the ABCD Study Cohort, Elizabeth Ashley Stinson
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Anti-Bisexual Discrimination, Hazardous Alcohol Use, and Sexual Victimization Among Bi+ Individuals, Benjamin Katz
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Alcohol Use, Trait Anger, and Intimate Partner Violence in College Student Couples, Cayla O'Hair
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Development of an Assessment of Recovery Activities for Athletes, Carly Wahl
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Characterizing Coping Among Parents of Children with Medical Complexity, Julia Barbara Tager
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Cross-Day Associations Between Relational Factors and Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adult Couples, Lauren Grocott
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The Pandemic's Toll on Young Adolescents: Prevention and Intervention Targets to Preserve Their Mental Health, Orsolya Kiss, Elisabet Alzueta, Dilara Yuksel, Kilian M. Pohl, Massimiliano de Zambotti, Eva M. Müller-Oehring, Devin Prouty, Ingrid Durley, William E. Pelham III, Connor J. McCabe, Marybel R. Gonzalez, Sandra A. Brown, Natasha E. Wade, Andrew T. Marshall, Elizabeth R. Sowell, Florence J. Breslin, Krista M. Lisdahl, Anthony S. Dick, Chandni S. Sheth, Bruce D. McCandliss, Mathieu Guillaume, Amandine M. Van Rinsveld, Gayathri J. Dowling, Susan F. Tapert, Fiona C. Baker
Psychology Faculty Articles

Negative Impacts of Pandemic Induced At-Home Remote Learning Can Be Mitigated by Parental Involvement, Mathieu Guillaume, Elizabeth Y. Toomarian, Amandine Van Rinsveld, Arielle Baskin-Sommers, Anthony Dick, Gayathri J. Dowling, Marybel Gonzalez, Lindsey Hasak, Krista M. Lisdahl, Andrew Marshall, Quynh Trangh H. Nguyen, William Pelham III, Cha Cha Pillai, Chandni Sheth, Angie M. Wang, Susan Tapert, Bruce D. McCandliss
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Resilience to COVID-19: Socioeconomic Disadvantage Associated With Positive Caregiver–Youth Communication and Youth Preventative Actions, Andrew T. Marshall, Daniel A. Hackman, Fiona C. Baker, Florence J. Breslin, Sandra A. Brown, Anthony Steven Dick, Marybel R. Gonzalez, Mathieu Guillaume, Orsolya Kiss, Krista M. Lisdahl, Connor M. McCabe, William E. Pelham III, Chandni Sheth, Susan F. Tapert, Amandine Van Rinsveld, Natasha E. Wade, Elizabeth R. Sowell
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Association of Gender, Race, Mechanism of Injury on Alcohol Use, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depression in Trauma, Collen M. Trevino, Ryan Shorey, Carisa Bergner, Amber Brandolino, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Christopher R. France
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Are Neuronal Mechanisms of Attentional Modulation Universal Across Human Sensory and Motor Brain Maps?, Edgar A. DeYoe, Wendy E. Huddleston, Adam S. Greenberg
Kinesiology Faculty Articles

Effect of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage on Brain Functional Connectivity and Structural Properties in Trauma-Exposed Adults, Elisabeth Kathleen Webb
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Acute posterior cingulum integrity post-trauma prospectively predicts depression but not PTSD symptoms, Carissa N. Weiss, Ashley A. Huggins, Tara A. Miskovich, Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald, Kenneth P. Bennett, Jessica L. Krukowski, E Kate Webb, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Christine L. Larson
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Longitudinal Impact of Childhood Adversity on Early Adolescent Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the ABCD Study Cohort: Does Race or Ethnicity Moderate Findings?, Elizabeth A. Stinson, Ryan Michael Sullivan, Susan Tapert, Fiona Baker, Florence Breslin, Anthony Dick, Marybel Gonzalez, Mathieu Guillaume, Andrew Marshall, Connor McCabe, William Pelham III, Amandine Van Rinsveld, Chandni Sheth, Elizabeth Sowell, Natasha Wade, Alexander L. Wallace, Krista M. Lisdahl
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Mental Health Stigma and Its Impact on Experiences of Decent Work for Veterans, Matthew James Kessler
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Resting State Functional Connectivity in the Default Mode Network: Relationships Between Cannabis Use, Gender, and Cognition in Adolescents and Young Adults, Megan Ritchay
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Characterizing Sex Differences in Functional Connectivity Changes Across the Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Continuum, Jenna K. Blujus
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The Influence of Relationship History on Sexual Consent: a Comparison of Idealized and Actual Sexual Experiences, Cari Beth Lee
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Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Episodic Memory Regulation, Mrinmayi Kulkarni
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The Role of Alcohol Use, Drinking Context, and Alcohol Expectancies in Sexual Assault Perpetration Among College Men, Joseph D. Censor
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Evaluating the role of Approach-Avoidance Training on action-tendencies in individuals with skin-picking disorder: A preliminary randomized experiment, Abel S. Mathew, Madeline A. Rech, Han-Joo Lee
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The Role of Emotionally-Supportive Teacher Beliefs and Behavior in Student Aggression, Bridget Garrity Brinckman
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Examining Black Americans’ Attitude Towards Mental Health Treatment, Alannia Mosley
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Neural Substrates of Fear Generalization and Its Associations with Anxiety and Intolerance of Uncertainty, Ashley Ann Huggins
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Effects of a Novel, Non-toxic Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor on Hippocampal Memory Formation, Histone Acetylation, and Bdnf Gene Expression in Male Mice, Sarah Brianna Beamish
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The Afro-brazilian Martial Art of Capoeira: Cultural Healing and Identity, Lauren Hsiao-ling Mascari
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Early Adolescent Substance Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Survey in the ABCD Study Cohort, William Pelham III, Susan Tapert, Marybel Gonzalez, Connor McCabe, Krista Lisdahl, Elisabet Alzueta, Fiona Baker, Florence Breslin, Anthony Dick, Gayathri J. Dowling, Mathieu Guillaume, Elizabeth A. Hoffman, Andrew Marshall, Bruce D. McCandliss, Chandni S. Sheth, Elizabeth R. Sowell, Wesley K. Thompson, Amandine M. Van Rinsveld, Natasha Wade, Sandra A. Brown
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Adolescent Experiences with Self-Asphyxial Behaviors and Problematic Drinking in Emerging Adulthood, Jillian Emily Austin, Amy Coral Lang, Anna M. Nacker, Alexander L. Wallace, David C. Schwebel, B. Bradford Brown, W. Hobart Davies
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Impacts of Parental Pain Dismissal in Emerging Adulthood, Sophia Zwick
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Functional Responding to Appetitive Faces Among Cannabis-Using Adolescents and Young Adults, Ryan Michael Sullivan
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Transition from Collegiate Track & Field: an Examination of Values and Commitment, Michael Clark
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Suicide Attempt Types in College Students, Haley Pierson
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Beyond Depraved: Villainy and Self-Deception in Kant's Taxonomy of Evil, Kevin Alexander Korczyk
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Behavioral, Physiological, and Molecular Characterization of Long-Term Administration of a Novel Estrogen Receptor Beta Agonist in a Mouse Model of Menopause, Aaron William Fleischer
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Identification and Response to Parent Distress By Medical Providers in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kathryn Anne Balistreri
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Assessing Sleep Hygiene Awareness Among Emerging Adults Utilizing a Brief Vignette, Jessica Troy Hinojosa
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Neural Correlates Underlying the Interactions Between Anxiety and Cannabis Use in Predicting Motor Response Inhibition, Richard Ward
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Emerging Adults’ Adherence to Preventative Health Guidelines in Response to COVID-19, Estée C.H. Feldman, Kathryn Anne Balistreri, Sara Lampert, Lindsay K. Durkin, Lindsey T. Bugno, W. Hobart Davies, Rachel Neff Greenley
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Responding to the Psychological Needs of Health-Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Kristin H. Kroll, Sadie Larsen, Kelsey Lamb, W. Hobart Davies, David Cipriano, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Himanshu Agrawal, Deepa Pawar, Julie Owen, Jennifer N. Apps
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Resilience to COVID-19: Socioeconomic Disadvantage Associated With Higher Positive Parent-youth Communication and Youth Disease-prevention Behavior, Andrew Marshall, Daniel Hackman, Fiona Baker, Florence Breslin, Sandra Brown, Anthony Dick, Marybel Gonzalez, Mathieu Guillaume, Orsolya Kiss, Krista Lisdahl, Connor McCabe, William Pelham III, Chandni Sheth, Susan Tapert, Amandine Van Rinsveld, Natasha Wade, Elizabeth Sowell
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Caregiver perceptions of importance of COVID-19 preventative health guidelines and difficulty following guidelines are associated with child adherence rates, Meghan M. Howe, Estee C.H. Feldman, Sara L. Lampert, Ansley E. Kenney, W Hobart Davies, Rachel Neff Greenley
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Decent Work as a Moderator for Survivors of Traumatic Life Events, Matthew Carbonelli
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Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Negative Sleep Health Among Young Adults, Yanzhou Lu
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Stradling a Cultural Doctrine: Exploring Historical Trauma on Ethnic Identity Development Among the Mestizo Peoples, Esmeralda Gill
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Are They Really Just Cosmetic? the Impact of Cosmetic Items on Fortnite's Gameplay and Game Design, John Joseph Fennimore
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Inactivation of Nucleus Reuniens Impairs Spatial Memory in Mice, Miranda Schwabe
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Proactive and Reactive Cognitive Control Under Threat of Unpredictable Shock: A Combined Eye-Tracking and EEG Study Using Multilevel Modeling, Salahadin Lotfi
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Restorative Potential and Working Memory Capacity of Exposure to Vegetation in Indoor Built Environments, Jee Heon Rhee
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Data-Driven Approach to Dynamic Resting State Functional Connectivity in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Carissa Weis
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Effects of Values-Based Affirmation About Pets on Physiological and Emotional Arousal, Karen Floan
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Measuring Outcome Expectations in Academic Persistence, Michael Kozlowski
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Rest Day Stress in Runners, Hanna Johnson
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The Role of Ethnic Identity, Perceived Cultural Distance and Social Network Composition in Predicting Acculturative Stress Among Indian International Students in the U.S, Devyani Gore
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Psychosocial Experiences That Support Positive Self-Concept in Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate Adopted from China, Samantha Everhart
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Treatment Predictors of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Among Adolescent Females in Residential Care, Taylor Davine
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Stability and Predictive Value of Intellectual Functioning in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Beginning in the Preschool Years, Gregor Nathanael Pau Schwarz
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Shaped By the Environment: The Influence of Childhood Trauma Exposure, Individual Socioeconomic Position, and Neighborhood Disadvantage on Brain Morphology, Elisabeth Kathleen Webb
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The Association of Aerobic Fitness with Resting State Functional Connectivity and Verbal Learning and Memory in Healthy Young Adults, Kyle Joseph Jennette
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The Impact of Task Load on Neural Entrainment to Attended Speech: A Dual-Task Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Paradigm, Michelle Tamar Kassel
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Factors Contributing to Executive Functioning in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Brianna Yund
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Counseling Psychologists' Experiences Addressing Sexual Health of Clients: A Sex-positive Perspective, Jennifer Watjen
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A Psychometric Evaluation of Computerized Attention Measures in Young Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Sara Katharine Pardej
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Gender Role Conflict, Emotion Regulation, and PTSD Symptom Severity in Acutely Injured Trauma Survivors, Katelyn Elaine Heyrman
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Response to Uncertain Threat in Acute Trauma Survivors, Kenneth Bennett
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The Effects of Long-term Memory Prioritization on Attention During Visual Search, Joshua Hoelter
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Utilizing Cognitive Assessment to Predict Exposure and Response Prevention Treatment Response, Gregory Samuel Berlin
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From Playing to Directing: a Qualitative Inquiry into the Athlete to Coach Transition, Jamie M. Zalasin
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School Psychologists' Beliefs, Perceived Competence, Knowledge, Social/Norms Expectations, and Implementation of School-based Trauma-Focused Interventions, Amanda Rian Hanrahan
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Exploring the Effect of Service Dogs on PTSD Symptoms in Veterans, Lauren Floore-Guetschow
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Medical Provider Reactions to an Adolescent Chronic Pain Complaint and a Dismissive Interaction, Eva Igler
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Stereotype Threat: Searching for a Double Dissociation of Race-Based Effects and an Explanatory Mechanism, Chandler Jae Zolliecoffer
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The Effects of Instagram User Weight and Health Orientation on Perceptions of Food Posts, Alese M. Nelson
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How Adult Christians Incorporate Their Faith with the Psychology of Forgiveness: A Qualitative Methods Study, Sonia Marta Pinero Lucci
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Predictors of Parent Stress and Internalizing Symptoms Using the Multidimensional Feeding Questionnaire: An Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Paulina Lim
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Conceptualizing Psychological Performance Enhancement in a Music Domain, Jessica Lynn Ford
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Attention Capture By Episodic Long-term Memories: Evidence from Eye Movement Data, Allison Eleanor Nickel
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Simultaneous Marijuana and Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration in College Students, Haley Kolp
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Flexibility of a Conditioned Response: Exploring the Limits of Attentional Capture By Fear, Greta Nicole Minor
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Prolonged Distress in Residents Exposed to a Technological Disaster, Lindsey S. Hieber
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Neural Substrates of Active Avoidance and Its Impact on Fear Extinction, Elizabeth Parisi
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Covid-19 and the need for perinatal mental health professionals: now more than ever before, Michael T. Hynan
Psychology Faculty Articles

Investigating the Contribution of Instance-Reliant Learning in Visuomotor Adaptation and Its Generalization, Shancheng Bao
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Cholesterol: A Possible Mediator of APOE Risk for Alzheimer's Disease, Michelle Marie Dunk
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Investigation of the Relationship Between Mindfulness and Empathy in Pre-Nursing Students Exposed to a Four-Week Mindfulness Training, Debra L. Klich
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Reexamining Object-Based Visual Attention: Understanding the Nature of Direction-Dependent Attention Shifts, Adam Joseph Barnas
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Motivation Is Deficient in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR), a Rodent Model of Adhd: Evidence from an Operant Breakpoint Paradigm, Amanda S. Nazario
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Intersecting Realities: a Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Stress and Coping Among Transgender Latinx Immigrants, Silvia P. Salas
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Deaf Cultural Socialization: Exploring the Role of Parents in Deaf Cultural Identity Development, Macrae Husting
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A Longitudinal Investigation of Social Functioning in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Danielle Glad
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Cannabis-Using Youth Demonstrated Blunted Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activation, but Normal Functional Connectivity, During an Emotional Go/No-Go Task, Kristin Elizabeth Maple
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The Influence of Proximal Processes in Recruitment and Participation of Monolingual Spanish-speaking Latinos/as Living with HIV in Neuropsychological Research in Milwaukee: An Ecological Theory Analysis from a Chicano Cultural Perspective., Enrique Ignacio Gracian
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When Children Hurt You: Examining the Experiences of Clinicians Who Work with Aggressive Young Children, Melisa Madsen
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A Distributional and Theoretical Analysis of Reaction Time in the Reversal Task Across Adulthood, Kaitlynne N. Leclaire
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Evaluation of Cognitive Control Using Non-Gaussian Reaction Time Distributions in Fractionated Executive Function Tasks, Dmitriy Kazakov
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Examining Interpretation Training for Thought-Action Fusion: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Experimental Trial, Stephan Siwiec
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Psychosocial Characteristics of Children with and Without Toileting Dysfunction, Ellen Sejkora
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White Matter Integrity in Individuals At-Risk for PTSD Development: a Longitudinal Investigation, Carissa Weis
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Evaluating the Effect of Approach-avoidance Training on Action Tendencies for Individuals with Skin Picking Disorder, Abel Steven Mathew
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Relationship Between Women's Goals and Pregnancy Risk Behaviors, Sarah Elizabeth Kienzler
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Buffering of Physiological and Affective Reactivity By a Single Proactive 5-minute Stress Management Technique, Kayla Talia Johnson
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White Matter Integrity in Individuals At-Risk for PTSD Development: a Longitudinal Investigation, Carissa Weis
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Evaluating the Effect of Approach-avoidance Training on Action Tendencies for Individuals with Skin Picking Disorder, Abel Steven Mathew
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Buffering of Physiological and Affective Reactivity By a Single Proactive 5-Minute Stress Management Technique, Kayla Talia Johnson
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Memory-Based Viewing: a Potential Marker of Pathological Aging, Jenna Blujus
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Bold Responses to Inhibition in Cannabis Using Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Alexander L. Wallace
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Bold Responses to Inhibition in Cannabis Using Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Alexander L. Wallace
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Memory-based Viewing: a Potential Marker of Pathological Aging, Jenna Blujus
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Dickkopf-1 Blocks 17β-estradiol-enhanced Object Memory Consolidation in Ovariectomized Female Mice, Lisa Taxier
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Moderating Effects of Harm Avoidance on Resting State Functional Connectivity of the Anterior Insula, Ashley A. Huggins, Emily Louise Belleau, Tara A. Miskovich, Walker Scott Pedersen, Christine L. Larson
Psychology Faculty Articles

Abnormal Reward Processing and Visual Selective Attention: an Event-related Potential Investigation with Remitted Depressed Adults, Kevin Haworth
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Effects of a Mindfulness-based Program on Children’s Social Skills, Problem Behavior, and Emotion Regulation, Jessica Bartley Willenbrink
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Trans Masculine Identities: Making Meaning in Gender and Transition, Nickolas Hollis Lambrou
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Structural and Functional Brain Connectivity in Middle-Aged Carriers of Risk Alleles for Alzheimer's Disease, Laura Korthauer
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Baked and Buzzed: Investigating the Influence of Co-Use of Cannabis and Alcohol on White Matter Integrity in Emerging Adults, Natasha E. Wright
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Hpa Axis Genetic Variation and Life Stress Influences on Functional Connectivity in Resting State Networks, Tara Ann Miskovich
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Neural Correlates of Memory Decisions Made in the Face of Conflict, Elaine Mahoney
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Qualitative Exploration of Factors Impacting Adjustment in Women Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma, Rae Anne Marie Frey
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Motivators and Barriers to Health Behaviors in African American Women, Teresa M. DePratt
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The Effects of G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER) on Cell Signaling, Dendritic Spines, and Memory Consolidation in the Female Mouse Hippocampus, Jae Kyoon Kim
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An Examination of Response Inhibition Deficits in Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Ashleigh Marie Harvey
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Risk Reduction Programming: Understanding Feasibility and the Role of Rape Myths, Cari Lee
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Impact of Perceived Health Competence and Current Living Situation on the Quality of Life of Emerging Adults with Chronic Health Conditions, Amy Coral Lang
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Moderating Effects of Harm Avoidance on Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Anterior Insula, Ashley Ann Huggins
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How Does Anxiety Affect Cognitive Control? Proactive and Reactive Control Under State Anxiety, Youcai Yang
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Using Functional Communication Training with Extinction to Reduce Attention-maintained Problem Behavior: A Novel Application to a Spanish-Speaking Family with English-Speaking Therapists, Roger Kyle Caldwell
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An Anti-Deficit Approach to Examining the Career Choice of African American Men in College, Gary Young
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Effects of the Permutation of Reinforcement Magnitude on Measures of Delay Discounting in a Hypothetical Money Scenario, Michael James Harman
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Treatment of Problem Behavior Multiply Maintained By Access to Tangible Items and Escape from Demands, Margaret Rachel Gifford
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Nicotine Effects on White Matter Microstructure in Male and Female Young Adults, Megan M. Kangiser
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Establishing Quality Standards for Applied Behavior Analytic Skill- Acquisition Interventions: a Translational Model with Undergraduate Students, Samantha CJ Bergmann
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An Evaluation of Parent Preference for Prompting Procedures, Mary Halbur
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Utilizing Consumer Health Posts for Pharmacovigilance: Identifying Underlying Factors Associated with Patients’ Attitudes Towards Antidepressants, Maryam Zolnoori
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Assessing the Relationships Between Multicultural Training, Cultural Identity, and Multicultural Counseling Competence Among Master’s Level Counseling Students, Rachel Reinders
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Rescuing Age-related Proteolysis Deficits with Methylene Blue, Shane E. Pullins
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Exploration of Affect and Antecedent Experiences in Non-suicidal Self-injury, Shana Anne Franklin
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Social Engagement and Health: a Structural Equation Modelling Analysis of Downstream Links to Health Outcomes Among White-collar Professionals, Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Bin Mohd Nazan
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Prevention Messages in Parent-Infant Bed-Sharing: Message Source, Credibility, and Effectiveness, Jillian Emily Austin, Chad J. Nashban, Jennifer J. Doering, W. Hobart Davies
Psychology Faculty Articles

Development and Validation of a Self-care Scale for Clinical and Counseling Doctoral Students, Mercedes Santana
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Cultural Correlates of PTSD in Latinos Residing in the U.s., Gabriela A. Nagy
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Examining the Intersections of Gay Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Spirituality and Their Relationship with Psychological Distress and Internalized Heterosexism, Ernesto Noam Lira de la Rosa
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Examining a Novel Response Modality: Teaching Sighted Individuals to Read Braille Visually, Madelynn Audrey Lillie
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Barriers to Disclosure of Sexual Victimization Experiences Among Men, Timothy J. Geier
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Effects of Self-affirmation on Emotion and Cardiovascular Responses, Wei-Ju Chen
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Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptomatology in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Christina Casnar
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Intrinsic Frontolimbic Connectivity and Associated Patterns on Reported Mood Symptoms in Young Adult Cannabis Users, Skyler Gabriel Shollenbarger
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Combining Attention Bias Pretraining with Exposure Therapy for Individuals with a Fear of Spiders, Jennifer Turkel
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Effects of Online Response Inhibition Training in Children with Williams Syndrome: a Pilot Study, Natalie Brei
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Perceptions of Belongingness in Stem Subjects and Career Development for Middle School African American Girls, Anya Woronzoff Verriden
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The Impact of Fading Restorative Safety Behaviors on Symptoms of Contamination Fear During a Single Session Exposure Intervention: an Experimental Investigation, Amy Rachel Goetz
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The Impact of Priming Power on Sexual Harassment Proclivity in Male Correctional Officers, Alexander Gomory
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The Development of Preference for or Against Choice-making Opportunities, Melissa Drifke
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Elementary Cognitive Tasks of Executive Functioning: A Concurrent Validity Study, Octavio A. Santos
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Neural circuitry governing anxious individuals’ mis-allocation of working memory to threat, Daniel M. Stout, Alexander J. Shackman, Walker S. Pedersen, Tara A. Miskovich, Christine L. Larson
Psychology Faculty Articles

Case Study Examining the Treatment Effect of Trainee Psychologists in Schools, Elliot Broch
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A Technology-Aided Approach to Teaching Parents to Create a Safe Infant Sleep Space, Jillian Austin
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Effects of Laughter on Self-Report and Psychophysiological Measures of Stress, Alese M. Nelson
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An Evaluation of Mand and Tact Assessment Procedures, Brittany Ann LeBlanc
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Comparing the Efficacy and Efficiency of Varying Task Interspersal Ratios, Sophie Claire Knutson
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Nurses' Reactions to Patient Weight: Effects on Clinical Decisions, Heidi M. Pfeiffer
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Structural Integrity of Attention Networks in Cross-Modal Selective Attention Performance in Healthy Aging, Michelle Kassel
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Aggression in Children with 7q11.23 Duplication Syndrome, Brianna Yund
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Investigating the Functional Connectivity of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis During Conditions of Threat and Safety Using High Resolution 7 Tesla FMRI, Walker Scott Pedersen
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An Assessment of Treatment Options for Pre-existing Prompt Dependence in Children with Developmental Disabilities, Ella Gorgan
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The Effects of Exercise Pattern and Intensity on the Expression of Flk-1 and Flt-1 Receptors in the Hippocampus and Cerebellum, Morgan E. Stevenson
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Examining Psychologists’ Competence and Cultural Adaptations in Therapy When Working with Latina/o Clients, Marisela Lopez
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Apoaequorin Differentially Modulates Fear Conditioning in Adult and Aged Rats, Vanessa Ehlers
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Hashtagging Your Health: Using Psychosocial Variables and Social Media Use to Understand Impression Management and Exercise Behaviors in Women, Caitlyn Hauff
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The Role of Bdnf in 17β-Estradiol-Induced Facilitation of Extinction of Cocaine Seeking, Hanna Yousuf
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If or When? Uncertainty's Role in Anxious Anticipation, Kenneth P. Bennett
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Marijuana Use Is Associated with Behavioral Approach and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Natasha E. Wright, Danny Scerpella, Krista M. Lisdahl
Psychology Faculty Articles

Gender Norm Conformity, Uncertainty, Communication, and Satisfaction Within Romantic Relationships: a Dyadic Model, Ashley Kristine Billig
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Neural Plasticity of Extinction: Relations with Anxiety and Extinction Retention, Emily Louise Belleau
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Development of a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Knowledge Questionnaire: The Relationship Among Disease Proximity, Educational Exposure and Knowledge, Shelbie Sullivan
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Is the Therapeutic Alliance Associated with and Predictive of Treatment Retention and Outcome Among Latinos?: A Secondary Analysis of an RCT of Behavioral Activation for Latinos with Depression Versus Treatment-as-Usual, Maria Magdalena Santos
Theses and Dissertations

The Mechanisms Underlying Cocaine-Induced Overexpression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF, FGF2), an Effect Reversed By Extinction, Madalyn Hafenbreidel
Theses and Dissertations

The Roles of Work and Family in Men’s Lives: a Test of Lent and Brown’s (2013) Social Cognitive Model of Career Self-management, Shin Ye Kim
Theses and Dissertations

Clarifying the Influence of Comorbid Depression on Response Inhibition in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Trichotillomania, Gregory Berlin
Theses and Dissertations

The Impact of a Gratitude Intervention on Health: a Psychophysiological Approach, Morgan Hodge
Theses and Dissertations

Neural Circuitry Underlying the Intrusion of Task-irrelevant Threat into Working Memory in Anxiety, Daniel Stout
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Exploring Proximal and Distal Psychosocial Stressors Influencing the Health Outcomes of Urban American Indians in the Midwest, Alina Aloma
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Evaluating Attentional Bias in Shame Using the Dot Probe Task, Kathleen Marie Grout
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The Effects of Gender Role Conflict, Stigma, and Social Support on Help-Seeking in Male Service Members, Lindsay Erika Danforth
Theses and Dissertations

Examining Heightened Sense of Incompleteness as a Candidate Endophenotypic Marker for Skin Picking Disorder, Ivar Snorrason
Theses and Dissertations

Navigating the Noise: an Examination of the Relationship Between Introversion, Family Communication Patterns, Family Satisfaction, and Social Self-efficacy, Kristine Nicolini
Theses and Dissertations

Social Referent Influences on Hormonal Contraceptive Decisions, Sarah Elizabeth Kienzler
Theses and Dissertations

Eye Movement Effects in Simulated Object Recognition Memory Impairment, Dmitriy Kazakov
Theses and Dissertations

Gap Junction Communication in Memory Retrieval and Extinction of Cocaine Seeking, Michael Fitzgerald
Theses and Dissertations

Testing the Effects of Attention Training at Later Stages of Processing Among Socially Anxious Individuals: a Web-based Randomized Controlled Trial, Taylor Davine
Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Fastigial Nuclei Inactivation on Social Behavior in the Rat, Vienna Behnke
Theses and Dissertations

Counted Out, but Counted On: the Hidden Academic Journey of Millennial Black Women in Majority White Urban Universities, Danielle Lorraine Apugo
Theses and Dissertations

On a Foundation Wide in Scope: the History of Mount Sinai Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1903-1987, Michele Marie Elizabeth Radi
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Cannabis Use and Affective Processing: a Brain Structure Analysis, Kristin E. Maple
Theses and Dissertations

A Brief Rational Disputation Exercise Enhances Cardiovascular, Anxiety, and Affective Recovery Following Worry-Recall, Michelle Rosalie Di Paolo
Theses and Dissertations

Relations Between Lab-Based and Parent-Reported Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Williams Syndrome, Gregor Nathanael Pau Schwarz
Theses and Dissertations

Exploring Community Reentry After Incarceration with Recently Released American Indian/Alaska Native Persons, Holly Wohlers
Theses and Dissertations

Interrupting the Conspiracy of Silence: Historical Trauma and the Experiences of Hmong American Women, Ia Xiong
Theses and Dissertations

Developing Interpretation Training for Modifying Thought-Action-Fusion Associated with Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms, Stephan Gordon Siwiec
Theses and Dissertations

Transitioning into Adulthood: Exploring the Educational Trajectories Among Undocumented Latinos, Michelle G. Parisot
Theses and Dissertations

Using Video Modeling to Teach Parents to Use the Natural Language Paradigm, Brittany Ann LeBlanc
Theses and Dissertations

Effects of Reinforcement Duration and Duration-correlated Stimuli on Preference in Pigeons, Michael James Harman
Theses and Dissertations

The Lived Experiences of an Injured Athlete and Members of a Performance Management Team During Injury Rehabilitation: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Courtney Wynne Hess
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Functionally Distinct Pools of Calcineurin Contribute to Depotentiation-like Synaptic Changes in the Lateral Amygdala During Auditory Fear Extinction, Elena Kay Rotondo
Theses and Dissertations

Facilitating Visual Selective Attention via Monetary Reward: the Influence of Feedback, Hedonic Capacity, and Lifetime Major Depressive Disorder, Lauren Elizabeth Taubitz
Theses and Dissertations

Relationship Between Learning-Related Synaptic and Intrinsic Plasticity Within Lateral Amygdala, Megha Sehgal
Theses and Dissertations

A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online, Modular, Active Learning Training Program for Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression, Ajeng Juwita Puspitasari
Theses and Dissertations

Comparison of Conversation and Narrative Language Abilities in Children with Autism: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations, Corissa Kroenke
Theses and Dissertations

Hypnotic Susceptibility of Inpatient Adolescents, Michael B. Quant
Theses and Dissertations

Comparing Fixed-Amount and Progressive-Amount Schedules of Reinforcement for Tic Suppression, Matthew Richard Capriotti
Theses and Dissertations

"I Know I Can't Be the Only Lesbian Out There:" an Inductive Thematic Analysis of a Virtual Community of Lesbian Breast Cancer Survivors, Rachael Lynn Wandrey
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Regulation of mTOR and ERK Signaling in the Amygdala Through Proteolytic Modulation of PP2A Activity Following Auditory Fear Learning, David Sylvan Reis
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Teaching Sighted Students to Read Braille Visually, Brittany C. Putnam
Theses and Dissertations

Family Connections: The Impact of Self-disclosure, Solidarity, and Stereotyping on Relational Satisfaction in Grandparent-adult Grandchild Dyads, DeAnne Priddis
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Predicting Postraumatic Stress Disorder in Single-Incident Trauma Survivors with an Acute Injury, Joshua C. Hunt
Theses and Dissertations

Changing the Quality of Interpersonal Behaviors Between Pregnant Adolescents and Expectant Young Fathers: an Analysis of a Co-Parenting Intervention, Melissa Hernandez
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Predicting Parent Health-related Quality of Life in a Community Sample: a Cumulative Risk Model, Ellen Kristin Defenderfer
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Disordered Eating and Spiritual Well-Being in College-Age Women, Laura Carter
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Examining the Constant Difference Effect in a Concurrent Chains Procedure, Carrie Suzanne Prentice
Theses and Dissertations

Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care and General Health Care Settings: a Meta-Analysis, Michele Kathryn Olson
Theses and Dissertations

A Long Term Follow Up to a Randomized Controlled Trial of Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics, Flint Martin Espil
Theses and Dissertations

Alteration of fear and molecular signaling in the amygdala through the use of optogenetics, Joshua Hintz
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Neural Mechanisms Supporting Differential Fear Conditioning in the Medial Geniculate Nucleus of the Thalamus, Nancy Muro, Nicole Ferrara
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

“They Accept Me Fully”: Belongingness and College Adjustment, Chelsea Kieler
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Failure of Visual Attention to Recover from Threat Distracters, Jeremy Gorgas, Catherine Speech
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Teachers know best: Preschoolers use sample size and diversity information in pedagogical, but not in non-pedagogical contexts., Nicole Adamski
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

An Examination of Auditory Experience and Change Deafness to Natural Scenes, Rachel Boraca
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium

Alcohol Use Disorders and an fMRI Stress Task: A Connectivity Analysis, Natasha E. Wright
Theses and Dissertations

The Role of Brain-synthesized E2 in Hippocampal Learning and Memory Consolidation in Female Mice, Jennifer Tuscher
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Reward Distracters and Working Memory Performance, Tara Ann Miskovich
Theses and Dissertations

Eye-Movement-Based Detection of Relational Memory Despite Attempts to Simulate Memory Impairment, Elaine Mahoney
Theses and Dissertations

The Role of G-protein Coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER/GPR30) in Hippocampal Memory and Cell Signaling in Female Mice, Jae Kyoon Kim
Theses and Dissertations

Teaching Discriminated Social Approaches to Individuals with Angelman Syndrome, Caitlin Shea Fichtner
Theses and Dissertations

Providing Alternative Reinforcers to Facilitate Tolerance to Delayed Reinforcement Following Functional Communication Training, Jillian Emily Austin
Theses and Dissertations

Effects of Dietary Preference on the Experience of Anxiety, Depression and Acute Stress Response, Shaun Stearns
Theses and Dissertations

Predicting Outcome at Posttreatment for Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Residential Treatment Setting, Heather M. Jones
Theses and Dissertations

Inferential Procedures for Dominance Analysis Measures in Multiple Regression, Shuwen Tang
Theses and Dissertations

Text Mining of Patient Demographics and Diagnoses from Psychiatric Assessments, Eric James Klosterman
Theses and Dissertations

Public Perceptions of Anorexia Nervosa, Katherine Karas
Theses and Dissertations

Equity of Social Support and Its Relationship with Depression, Anxiety, and Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among Seroconcordant Dyads of HIV-positive African Americans and Their Informal Supporters, Angela Roethel Wendorf
Theses and Dissertations

Neurophysiological and Morphological Plasticity in Rat Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Following Trace Fear Conditioning, Chenghui Song
Theses and Dissertations

A Randomized Waitlist-controlled Trial of Voice Over Internet Protocol-delivered Behavior Therapy for Chronic Tic Disorders, Emily Julia Ricketts
Theses and Dissertations

Memory Retrieval Is Maintained By Intrinsic and Synaptic Plasticity in Prelimbic Cortex, James Otis
Theses and Dissertations

Not Getting Out While There Is Still Time? Behavioral Response to Threat as a Possible Mechanism of Sexual Revictimization, RaeAnn Elizabeth Anderson
Theses and Dissertations

DIF Analyses in Multilevel Data: Identification and Effects on Ability Estimates, Yao Wen
Theses and Dissertations

Division I Collegiate Women Athletic Directors' Perceptions of Sexism and Career Experiences, Ashley L. Kies
Theses and Dissertations

An Examination of the Relationship Between Levels of Food Security and Depression, Erica K. Svojse
Theses and Dissertations

Using Fluency Training to Enhance the Conjugation of Spanish Verbs, Emily Ann Smedlund
Theses and Dissertations

Parent Training to Implement Three-Step Prompting: A Component Analysis and Generalization Assessment, Melissa Ann Krabbe
Theses and Dissertations

Fluency Training the Correct Use of "to Lie" and "to Lay", Jessica Willadsen
Theses and Dissertations

Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptomatology in Verbal Children with Williams Syndrome, Faye van der Fluit
Theses and Dissertations

Impact of FAAH Genotype and Marijuana Use on Brain Structure and Neuropsychological Performance in Emerging Adults, Skyler Gabriel Shollenbarger
Theses and Dissertations

Parenting Stress in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Symptomatology, Natalie Brei
Theses and Dissertations

Lived Experiences of Orthodox Jewish Professionals Working with At-Risk Youth in the Orthodox Community, David Baruch
Theses and Dissertations

Longitudinal Associations Between Anxiety, Pain Catastrophizing, and Treatment Outcomes in Complex Pediatric Chronic Pain, Susan Tran
Theses and Dissertations

Changes in Resting-State Functional Connectivity Following Delay and Trace Fear Conditioning Acquisition and Extinction, Douglas Hank Schultz
Theses and Dissertations

Short-term Changes in Responses to Stress in Runners, Molly Ann O'Connor
Theses and Dissertations

Ethnic Socialization and Ethnic Identity: Examining Intergenerational Conflict as a Moderator Among Hmong American Adolescents, MyLou Moua
Theses and Dissertations

Longitudinal Associations Between Child and Parent Health-Related Quality of Life in Families Receiving Treatment for Pediatric Chronic Pain, Gustavo Ramos Medrano
Theses and Dissertations

Is Contextual Cue Learning Flexible? an Eye-movement Study of the Contextual Cueing Task, Youcai Yang
Theses and Dissertations

Relationships, Health, and Coping Among Active Duty Military and Veterans, Emily Carol Prosser
Theses and Dissertations

Predictors of Perceived Belonging Among U.S. Military Men and Women, Heidi M. Pfeiffer
Theses and Dissertations

Development of an Online Training Module for the Shifting Cultural Lenses Model, Gabriela A. Nagy
Theses and Dissertations

An Analogue Study of the Mechanism of Change in Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, Cristal Elizabeth Weeks
Theses and Dissertations

Using Information Theory and Elementary Cognitive Tasks to Formally Define Executive Functions, Octavio A. Santos
Theses and Dissertations

Self-regulated Learning (SRL) Microanalysis for Mathematical Problem Solving: a Comparison of a SRL Event Measure, Questionnaires, and a Teacher Rating Scale, Gregory Lee Callan
Theses and Dissertations

The Impact of Feedback in Response to Self-Disclosure on Social Connection: a Possible Analog Component Model of the Therapy Relationship, Kevin Haworth
Theses and Dissertations

Relational Memory Expression Following Subliminal Presentations of Retrieval Cues, Allison Eleanor Nickel
Theses and Dissertations

The Subjective Well-Being of Youth Heads of Households in Rural Southern Malawi, Pamela Fruechting
Theses and Dissertations

Female Adolescent Trauma Survivors Worldviews: Is This a Defining Moment in My Life or Does This Moment Now Define My Life?, Carey Lynn Sorenson
Theses and Dissertations

Effects of a Forgiveness Intervention on Lesbian and Gay Adolescents Hurt by Homophobia, Mark William Charles
Theses and Dissertations

Teaching Braille Letters, Numbers, Punctuation, and Contractions to Sighted Individuals, Brittany C. Putnam
Theses and Dissertations

Context and Target Search Reversal: Implicit Flexibility and Rapid Adaptation of Relational Memories Using Visual Search, Ryan Hanson
Theses and Dissertations

Reliability and Validity of the Implicit Association Test Measuring Shame, Kathleen Marie Grout
Theses and Dissertations

Walk It Off!: the Relationship Between Physically Active and Passive Coping Style and Perseverative Cognition, Michelle Rosalie Di Paolo
Theses and Dissertations

The Role of the Amygdala, Retrosplenial Cortex, and Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Trace Fear Extinction and Reconsolidation, Janine Lynn Kwapis
Theses and Dissertations

Neural Responses During Trace Conditioning with Face and Non-Face Stimuli Recorded with Magnetoencephalography, Nicholas Lee Balderston
Theses and Dissertations

Refinement and Pilot Testing of a Culturally Enhanced Treatment for Depressed African-Americans, William Michael Bowe
Theses and Dissertations

Exercise-induced Hypoxia, Angiogenesis, and Behavioral Flexibility in the Adult Rat, Kiersten Lee Berggren
Theses and Dissertations

The Role of Cognition in Oral & Written Transmission as Demonstrated in Ritual Chant, Mary Elizabeth Husslein
Theses and Dissertations

The Role of a CaMKII/PKA-Protein Degradation-GluR2 Pathway in the Control of Memory Updating Following Retrieval, Timothy Jarome
Theses and Dissertations