Theses and Dissertations

Name Document Title Publisher Date

Christine Hargrove

ADHD, Finances, and Couples: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

LaRen Morton

School Climate and Trajectories of Black Students’ Academic Performance Throughout Middle School

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

Clairee Peterson

An Investigation of Role Processes in Military Couples: Family Work and Couple Finances

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

Ava Reck Rognstad

Neurocognitive and Protective Pathways Linking Food Insecurity to Impulsivity Among Adolescents

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

Yabin Tang

Understanding the Role of Race, Stratification, and Intersectionality in Chinese American/White Euro-American Couples' Relationship Dynamics and Well-Being: A Narrative Approach

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

KeLa Allen

African American Parental Stress and Parental Involvement in Early Elementary School

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

Morgan Munoz

A Meta-Analysis on Loneliness in Relation to Academic Achievement and Engagement in Adolescence

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

Emma Wulff

Prenatal Predictors of Maternal Gatekeeping Among Unmarried, Black Parents of Infants

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

Yali Philipson

The Association Between Changes in Mechanisms of Risk Avoidance on Adolescents' Intentions to Delay Sexual Initiation Following Relationship Education

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2024

Alp Aytuglu

Understanding Rural, African American Fathers’ Parenting: Correlates and Consequences for Early Develop

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Fall 2023

Rachel Brown

The Role of Optimism, Connectedness, and Neighborhood Collective Efficacy as Moderators of Harsh Parenting on Telomere Attrition

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Summer 2023

Chansophal Mak

Mental Health and Relational Needs Assessment of Cambodian Refugee Families in the United States: A Transgenerational Ecological Perspective

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2023

Cory Carvalho

Dynamic Autonomic Coordination, Youth Maladjustment, and the Moderating Role of Context

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Fall 2022

Sydney Rose Ehinger

Stress, Success, and Burnout: The Relationship Between Imposter Phenomenon and Burnout in Certified Child Life Specialists

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Summer 2022

LaRen Morton

The Effects of Social Racial Composition Changes in Black Children's Academic Engagement and Motivation During Late Elementary School

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Summer 2022

Zehua Cui

Psychosocial Deprivation and Working Memory: A Preliminary Investigation of Neural Efficiency

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Summer 2022

Alyssa Wilson

The Moderating Role of the Sympathetic Nervous System in the Intergenerational Transmission of Substance Use

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

Morgan Alexander

The Role of Parental Closeness and Family Chaos in the Intergenerational Transmission of Depression

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

Amber Kelley

Trac(k)Ing Trauma: Exploring the Entanglements of Trauma, Client, and Therapist in Marriage and Family Therapy

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

Michael Curtis

Rural Black American Men’s Lived Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

Emilie Ellis

“I Feel Very Hesitant about Who I Allow to Get Genuinely Close to Me”: Exploring the Impact of Discrimination and Psychological Trauma on Suicidality among LGBTQ+ Populations

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

 Merdith Farnsworth

The Role of Family Processes for Military Family Well-Being

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

William Stanford

The Little Church: an Exploration of Family Functioning in Religious Contexts

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

Kimberly Osborne

Ethnic-Racial Socialization, School Climate, and Discrimination: Contexts of Ethnic-Racial Identity Development among Black and Latinx Pre-adolescent Youth

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2022

Danielle Augustine

The Influence of Families on Self-Regulation and Anxiety Problems Among African American Emerging Adults

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Summer 2021

Joshua Boe

The State of Transgender and Non-Binary Affirmative Training in Mental Health Graduate Education: Explorations and Implications for Clinical Practice

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2021

Sydney Kronaizl

Neighborhood Safety and Adolescent Health and Functioning Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Access to Outdoor Play in Childhood

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2021

Yiyi Dai

Conflict Management Mediates the Association between Financial Distress and Co-Parenting Relationship Quality for Married and Unmarried Couples in Child Welfare Services

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2021

Ava Reck

Predicting Attendance in a Family Centered Preventive Intervention for African American youth

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2021

Mark Pettit

Testing the Associations of Coparenting and Parenting Self-Efficacy for the Parenting Stress Management of At-Risk Couples.

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Fall 2020

Yasemin Cava Tadik

Longitudinal Associations between Marital Quality and Maternal Psychological Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Coparenting in US-Born and Non-US-Born Parents

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Summer 2020

Charity Somo

Trauma-Informed Family Therapy: Considerations for the Systemic Treatment of Trauma in Refugee Communities

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2020

Leslie Anderson

The Process of Ethnic-Racial Socialization in Black American Families with School Aged Children and Methodological Considerations for Secondary Qualitative Data Analysis

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2020

Annika Karlsen

An Examination of Racial Ideologies and Dialogues about Racism among White College Students

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2020

Sihong Liu

The Moderating Role of Amygdalar and Hippocampal Activations in the Effects of Family Rearing Environments on Youth Adjustment

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring 2020

Danielle Augustine

Generativity and Community Engagement: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Cambodian and Laotian American Refugee Community Workers' Generativity

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2020

Monysakada Phal

Contextualizing the Health-Seeking Behaviors of Cambodian Families Living in Poverty

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2020

Dylan Hanley

Childhood Adversity, Promotive Processes, and Rural African American Men’s Positive Development During Emerging Adulthood

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring 2020

Alycia DeGraff

Money, Mental Health, & Relationship Health: A Dyadic Analysis of Resources, Perceptions, & Contexts of Stress in Military Couples

Ph.D. Dissertation 

University of Georgia

Fall 2019

Ashley Walsdorf

The Influence of Socio-Political Climate and Precarious Contexts on Latinx Immigrant Parenting and Child Development

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Fall 2019

Dian Yu

Social Determinants of Early Self-Regulation Development in Low-Income African American and Latino Families

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Summer 2019

Kimberly Osborne

Vicarious Racism and Child Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Preparation For Bias In African American Dyads

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring

2019

Stephanie Armes

Re-examining the Cost of Caring: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Secondary Trauama In Marriage and Family Therapists

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Geogia

Spring

2019

Victoria Anne King

Antecedents and Consequences of Retirement Quality: An Investigation of Husbands and Wives in Enduring Marriages Ph.D. Dissertation

Spring

2019

Erinn Duprey

Child Maltreatment and Preadolescent Psychopathology: Indirect Effects via Physiological Stress Reactivity

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2019

Megan Oed

Concordance of Attachment Relationships and Family Outcomes

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Fall

2018

Mathew Carlson

Paths from Child Maltreatment to Sexual Revictimization: The Role of Family and Community Contexts

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Fall

2018

Jenée C. Duncan

Examining the Interplay of Individual Vulnerability and Relational Strengths on the Relationships of Married and Unmarried Parents

Ph. D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Fall

2018

Kyle Bower

Generativity Among LGBT Older Adults

Ph.D Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2018

Shaquinta Richardson

I Am My Sister's Keeper: A Critical Analysis of Sisterhood, Black Womanhood, and Asperger's Syndrome in A Black Family

Ph.D Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2018

Lorien Samille Jordan

Negotiated Spaces: Intersections of Culture, Justice, and Healing in the New Zealand's Mental Health System

Ph. D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2018

Kate Morrissey Stahl

Women's Experience of Sexual Expressions As They Age: A Qualitative Exploration

Ph. D Dissertation

University of Georiga

Fall

2017

Dian Yu

Mother-Child Verbal Communication and Self-Regulation in Four-Year-Olds

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring

2017

Sihong Liu

Alcohol Use, Depressive Symptoms, and Parental Alcohol Use Problems Among A Nationally Respresentative Sample of Youth Investigated For Maltreatment

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring

2017

Donald Bruce Ross

Examining the Impact of Family Economic Strain On the Work-Family Conflict, Marital Support, Marital Quality, and Marital Stability During the Middle Years

Ph.D Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2017

Evin W. Richardson

The Influence of Context On the Couple and Co-Parenting Relationships of Foster Caregivers

Ph. D Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2017

Megan Hicks

Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Sexual Behaviors Among Black Young Males

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georga

Spring

2017

Josephine Kwon

The Influence Of Socioeconomic Adversity, Race and Immigrant Generation on the Trajectories and Pathways of Health Behaviors.

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2017

Seonhwa Lee

The Marriage and Health Over the Middle Years Linking Economic Hardship to Health Outcomes Through Marital Processes

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2017

Muruthi, James

The Effects of Acculturation Factors on Self-Reported Mental and Physical Health of Aging Latino and Asian American Immigrates: Investigating the Role Social Capital

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2017

Bae, Dayoung

Heterogeneity in Patterns of Romantic Relationship Dissolution in Young Adulthood: Developmental Precursors and Health Consequences

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Fall

2016

Waser, Katie

Understanding the Role of Caregivers of Hospitalized Children: Perceptions of Child Life Specialists and the Development of a Guide for Caregivers

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Fall

2016

Heintzman, Callie

Navigating Diabetes: A Resource for Adolescence with Diabetes

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Summer

2016

McMillan, Laurann

Welcome to Victory Junction: A Resource Guide to Prepare Your Camper for Camp

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Summer

2016

Carrick, Lindsay Dawn

Infantile Neglect Severity and the Development of Problem Behaviors in Early Childhood: The Role of Cortisol Regulation

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Summer

2016

Dockter, Taylor Paige Adams

The Impact of Sex and Relationship Education Programming with Foster Youth

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Summer

2016

Mallette, Jacquelyn

Promoting Resilience Among Vulnerable Families: An Examination of the Relationship Between Coparenting, Father Involvement,and Maternal Functioning

Ph.D. Dissertaion

University of Georgia

Summer

2016

McCoy, Megan

Financial Ambiguity in Military Couples

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2016

Muruthi, Bertranna

Afro-Caribbean Mother-Daughter Relationship and its Association to Aculturation, Transnational Behavior, Generational Status, Risk Communication and Risk Behavior

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2016

Spivey, Savannah Elizabeth

Conflict and care: Mixed-methods research of Isaeli healthcare providers and Syrian patients and their caregivers

Ph.D. Dissertation

University of Georgia

Spring

2016

Shipley, Madeline

Father-child attachment stability: Moderating effects of paternal depressive symptoms and stresful life experiences

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring

2016

Waser, Katie

Understanding the role of caregivers of hospitalized children: Perceptions of Child Life Specialists and the development of a guide for caregivers

MS Thesis

University of Georgia

Spring

2016

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