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Graduate Student Doctoral Dissertations (N=17)

Nicole LaPlena, Ph.D. (2024)

Self-compassion in relation to severity of childhood emotional abuse and neglect

and adult romantic attachment: A person-centered approach

Selime Salim, Ph.D. (2023)

Sexual violence, antibisexual stigma, perceived burdensomeness, and thwarted

belongingness: A test of suicidal ideation among cisgender bisexual women

 

Prachi H. Bhuptani, Ph.D. (2021)

The role of blame and assault-related shame in distress among rape victims

A. Alex McConnell, Ph.D. (2020

Understanding sexual revictimization risk for bisexual minority women

within a minority stress framework

Julia Kaufman, Ph.D. (2020) 

A person-centered approach to identifying common and unique Impacts of

different psychological maltreatment experiences

 

Natalie Cook Horn, Ph.D. (2019) 

Finding meaning after rape: An examination of meaning-making strategies

and consequences in rape survivors

 

Lee R. Eshelman, Ph.D. (2018) 

Emotion Regulation and PTSD: Modulating Responses to Threat-Relevant Stimuli

among Sexually Victimized Women

 

Julia Kaplinska, Ph.D. (2016)

Predicting Verbal Sexual Coercion Victimization in College Women:

The Role of Adult Romantic Attachment, Sex Motives, and Emotion Dysregulation   

 

August J. Scolio, Ph.D. (2015)

Cognitive Structures Underlying the Relation between Childhood Abuse and Depression:

A Mediation Model

 

Noga Zerubavel, Ph.D. (2013)

Betrayal Blindness? Restricting Awareness in Intimate Partner Violence: The Functions of Splitting, Dissociation, and Un-mindfulness and the Influence of Fear of Abandonment

 

Raven Cuellar, Ph.D. (2013)

Relationships of Multi-Type Childhood Abuse and Parental Bonding to

Borderline Personality Traits in College Women

 

Angela Volz, Ph.D. (2012)

An Exploration of Groups of College Women Based on Drinking Motives and Sex Motives:

A Focus on Behavioral Correlates, Alcohol-Related Problems, and Sexual Victimization

 

David P. Walker, Ph.D. (2011)

How Do We Understand Hookups in College Women?

Sex Motives, Alcohol Use, Cognitive Appraisals, and Victimization

 

Aubrey A. Coates (Beidatsch), Ph.D. (2011)

Understanding the Impact of Specific Subtypes of Psychological Maltreatment:

An Examination of Mechanisms Related to Depression in College Women

 

Kathryn J. Gaffey, Ph.D. (2009)

The Role of Emotion Regulation and Early Maladaptive Schemas in the

Long-Term Impact of Child Maltreatment on Intimate Relationships

 

Rachel Patrick, Ph.D. (2009)

Revictimization in College Women: The Impact of Altered Self-Capacities

 

Kathleen DeNardi, Ph.D. (2008)

Predicting Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Behavior and Risk for Rape among College Women: An Examination of the Relationship between Sexual Conflict, Sexual Confusion and Alcohol Expectancies

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