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Honors Theses from 2024

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Adverse Childhood Experiences on College Student’s Immune Function Status: An Analysis of Socioeconomic Status and COVID-19 Stress, Maya Reddy

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Crushing a cockroach versus a butterfly: The effects of female defendant physical attractiveness and crime type on guilt attributions and punishment harshness, Sarah Lage

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Emotion Regulation Among Children with Incarcerated Parents: Relations to Caregiver Income and Coping Strategies, Samuel Gruber

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Emotion Regulation Choice, Flexibility, and Effectiveness in the Face of Interpersonal Stress, Quanhan Zhou

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Meditation, Education, and Transformation: An Empirical Test of Students’ Experiences in a Meditation and Wellness Course, Kevin A. Aviles

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Omnivorous Women’s Perceptions of Vegan and Vegetarian Men as a function of their Dietary Motivations, Isabel Li

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Perceptions of relational mobility and loneliness among American university students before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, Carina Rosenberg

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Personality, Gaming Motivations, and Internet Gaming Disorder: A Motivational Mediation Model in College Students, Sam Wilson

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Personality Pathways: Depression and Nonsuicidal Self-injury in College Students, Olivia Ritchey

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Shared Nightmares: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Sleep Paralysis and the Role of Cultural Background on Its Expression, Lucia C. Kasper

Honors Theses from 2023

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Associations Among Self-Regulation, Life Stress, and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents: A Developmental Psychopathology Approach, Yifan Yuan

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Cognitive Decline and Contact Sports: The Relationship Between P3 Amplitude and Sub-concussive Head Impact, Elizabeth Kerman

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College Adjustment, Substance Use Beliefs, Coping Motivations, and Problematic Use: A Moderated-Mediation Model among First Year College Students, Rebecca Dunaief

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Do Those Who Come Here Belong Here?: Sense of Belonging and Multicultural Organization Membership in Multiracial and Monoracial Students of Color at a Predominantly White Institution, Hannah Khan

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Effects of Open and Enclosed Space on Brain Activity (EEG): Brain Imaging in Surrounding Space, Elizabeth Moser

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Examining Measures of EEG as Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Shuhan Liang

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Investigating the Relationship Between N2pc and Rapid Saccadic Eye Movements, Kezhen Qi

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Investigating the Stereotype Threat and its Influence on Test Performance and Anxiety, Maheen Saeed

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Longitudinal Relations Between Emotion Regulation and Friendship Quality: A Matter of Type and Time, Rachel Li

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Mental Health Stigmatization: How Imagined Contact Affects In-group & Out-group Bias, Yvette Bivins-Sanchez

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Perceived Descriptive Norms, Academic Stress, and College Students' Sleep Habits, Elizabeth Germain

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Remote Acculturation: The Case of Attribution Styles among American Fans of Japanese Anime and Manga, Thu Pham

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Sleep and Early Childhood Stressors in College Students: Examining Alcohol Use as a Moderator, Sylvain N. Chassagneux

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Stress and Animal Therapy Rewards: The Impacts of Animal Interaction on Neurological Markers of Stress in College Students, Grace Phillips

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The Influence of Relational Mobility and Social Esteem on Experienced Loneliness in Asian International Students Studying in the United States, Xiatian Chu

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The Superpower of Sleep: Poor Sleep Quality Predicts Worse Executive Control Under Conditions of Stress, Lilly M. McClendon

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Training Theory of Mind: The Impact of Discourse and False Belief Experience, Alaina Collings

Honors Theses from 2022

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An Investigation of Self-Regulation as a Mediator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Future Addictive Behaviors, Marina Pantner

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Between the Gay-Straight Binary: Gender and Sexual Identities as Peripheral Cues in Advertising, Matthew Wright

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Bias in Artificial Intelligence: The Morality and Motivation Behind the Algorithm, Avery Freeman

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Connecting Moral Injury and PTSD among Military Veterans: The Role of Problem-Focused Thought Rumination & Social Support, Emma Ackerman

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Cultural Variations in Experiences of Stress in a Diverse Sample of Adults, Anisha Vanka

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Do You Salt Your Soup: Investigating the Effect of Interference Control on the Cognitive Reflection Test, Matthew Lowrie

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Friendship Formation Across Cultures: How Do People Meet Their Friends?, Jacqueline Smith

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Imagined Contact with Autism: The Effects of Labeling and Behaviors on Attitudes Toward Autistic Adults, Annika Allen

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Intergroup Trust: An Examination of Expectations of Ingroup Favoritism in a Trust Game, Zhiwen Yu

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Mindfulness and Avoidant Coping: Examining the Behavioral Correlates of Suicidal Ideation among Sexual Minority College Students, Matt Siroty

Honors Theses from 2021

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Attentional Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: The Effects of Dual Orexin Receptor Blockade on an NMDA Receptor Hypofunction Model, Paige Little

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Children’s Approach-Avoidance Biases to Alcohol: The Role of Gender and Early Exposure, Maddie Moore

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Examining the Effect of Music Journaling, in the Form of Biweekly Music Playlists, on the Vividness and Emotionality of Autobiographical Memory Recall, Emma Shahin

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How Differences in Political Ideology Impact Close Relationships, Erin Murray

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Message Reframing & COVID-19 Safety Precautions, Elise Coberly

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The Effect of Adolescent Nicotine Exposure on Sociability in Adult Rats, Ian Cropley

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The Moderating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty on the Relationship Between Health Anxiety and COVID-related Stress and Precautions, Samantha Sorid

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Understanding Ideal Social Networking Strategies Based on Relational Mobility and Environmental Stability, Angela Vasishta

Honors Theses from 2020

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Attentional Bias to Low-Calorie Foods in Restrained Eaters, Yuxin (Vicky) Liu

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Bilingualism and Emotion: How do Spanish-English Bilinguals Experience the Two Languages Differently?, Caitlyn Whitesell

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Border Control: The Use of Language as it Relates to Compensatory Control Theory, Elizabeth Flatt

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Effect of Spatial Surround and Sound on Individuals, Taylor Noem

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Impact on Personality on Attitudes towards Diversity and Diversity Initiatives, Sana Lall-Trail

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Meet Your Meat: Imagined Intergroup Contact on Implicit and Explicit Responses to Food, Stephanie Cerrato

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Patterns of Relations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Risk-taking Behaviors, and the Influence of Protective Factors on Harm Reduction and Resilience In a University Student Sample Survey, Hope Parker

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Perceptions of Confronters of Racist Remarks Towards Interracial Couples: The Effects of Confronter Race, Assertiveness, Explicit Bias, and Participant Race, Jada Copeland

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Real is What You Make It: An Analysis of Authenticity and Inspiration in Daily Life, Cameron Shifflett

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Synesthesia and its Cognitive Correlates, Bailey Hall

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The Relation of Parental Incarceration to Child Self-Perception and School Programming Impacts, Sierra Walters

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The Self-Reference Effect: How Elaborative Processing and Associability Function Through Self-schemas, Jennifer Fiedler

Honors Theses from 2019

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Deconstructing Resilience: Running, Personality, and Psychopathology, Laila Drury

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Effect of Descriptive Social Norms on Implicit and Explicit Responses to Foods, Giselle Ferguson

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Effects of Action Intention, Binocular Depth Cues, Motion Parallax, Haptic Feedback, and Body Posture on the Perception of the Ebbinghaus Visual Illusion, Ruitao Lin

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Food Neophobia in Children and the Role of Sensory Characteristics of Food, Elizabeth Gallary

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Gender and the Connection between Distress Tolerance and Psychopathology, Megan Serody

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Parental Incarceration as a Unique Risk Factor for Delinquency and Psychopathology: Examining Mentorship as a Buffer, Emma Preston

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Peer Emotion Socialization and the Development of Aggressive Behavior in Adolescence, Sara Franklin-Gillette

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Peer-Mediated Interventions for Middle School Students with High-Functioning Autism, Katelyn Birchfield

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Preserving Relationship Stability and Self-Evaluations despite Individual Emotional Traits: The SEM Model and Specialization within Romantic Relationships, Stephen Smith

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Reaching with Light: The Impact of Remote Tool Use on Size and Distance Perception, Sarah Grace Frary

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The Impact of Guided Pretend Play on Preschool Children's Theory of Mind, Valerie P. Bambha

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The Relationship Between Child and Mother-Reported Maternal Behaviors and Children’s Family Drawings: Impact of Child Gender and Age, Rita McInerny

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The Social Ecology of Empathy and Helping: A Comparison of Chinese and American University Students, Zihan Yang

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Using the Prisoner’s Dilemma to Evaluate Personality Indicators of Cooperation, Vansh Bansal

Honors Theses from 2018

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A Flash of Creative Genius: The Effect of Implicit Motives on Inspiration, Xiaoqing Wan

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Are Approach-Avoidance Emotions Represented in the Brain as Approach-Avoidance Actions?, Channing Everidge

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From Bias to Behavior: Predicting Prejudice Towards Autistic Individuals, Caitlin Taylor

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Group Differences in Adolescents’ Reluctance to Express Emotions: Relations to Parent Emotion Socialization and Adolescent Internalizing Symptomatology, Daniel McNeil

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Police Officers and Personality Characteristics, Isabel Marcovici

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Supporting Meaningful Career Paths: Effects of Mentoring and Adulthood Perception on Vocational Outcomes for Emerging Adults, Mary Grutta

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The Effect of Appearance-Related Media on Cognitive Responses to Food, Rachel Plummer

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The Relation Between Trustworthy Behavior and Facial Mimicry: An Examination of Behavior in a Trust Game, Sulleen V. Kauffman

Honors Theses from 2017

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Building the Future from the Past: Evaluating the Relationship between Nostalgia and Imagination, Conor O. Smith

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Can You See It? Facial Expression Leakage in Response to Emotional Intensity, Samuel Ault Jens

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Cultural Variation in Causal Attribution as an Adaptive Strategy: the Role of Relational Mobility, Hannah L. Bunting

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Do Stereotype Consistent Media Profiles of Sexual Outgroup Members affect Perceived Entitativity of and Bias Towards Sexual Outgroups?, Yuchen Wang

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Language Patterns as Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictors of Depression in Adolescence, Connor W. Symons

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Links Between Maternal Emotion Socialization and Adolescents' Social Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Peer Emotion Socialization, Natalee N. Price

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Personality and Fear Conditioning: Effects of Neuroticism, Rachel Maku C. Orleans-Pobee

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The Effect of Conformity to Feminine Norms on Women’s Food Consumption after a Sad Mood Induction, Thomas P. Le

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The Role of Executive Control Deficits in Cognitive Correlates of Dysphoria, Christian A. L. Bean

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Vicarious Fear Learning: The Role of Empathy, Alexander L. Williams

Honors Theses from 2016

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Bittersweet Recollection: An Ecological Study of Nostalgia, Justin Leroy Thibault

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Coming Home: Challenges Related to Reentry and Recidivism for Previously Incarcerated New Mothers, Sarah Ross Perry

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Emotion Regulation and Friendship: The Shield and Sword against Adolescent Depression, Laurel Olivia Brockenberry

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Four-Step Assessment Model in Structural Family Therapy, Edmund Maxwell Lichter

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Fed Up: Do Diet Violations Affect Implicit and Explicit Wanting and Liking in Restrained Eaters?, Gabrielle Brett Mecca

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Mirror Neuron Activation Priming in Novice Versus Expert Ballet Dancers, Vanessa Duffie

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Political Attitudes and the Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Josh Albertson

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The Effect of Diversity Ideology on the Perception of Political Candidates Varying By Race, Karyne Nichelle Williams

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Unpacking the Psychosocial Effects of Institutional Racism, Ebony A. Lambert

Honors Theses from 2015

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Creating Cooperation: The Effects of Synchrony in Group Formation Cross-Culturally, Aleeya L. Ensign

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Does Entitativity Reduce Behavioral Attentional and Evaluative Biases Toward Homosexual Couples?, Nicholas M. Gupta