This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Psychology. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
A Multidimensional tool for the evaluation of mental health services, Andrea Christine Neal
Factors contributing to adjustment and quality of life in women diagnosed with cancer, Althea L. Noukki
A longitudinal examination of factors that ameliorate risk among middle school children, Nicole Pray
Reactivity and ecological momentary assessment using a sample of undergraduate problem drinkers, Alan L. Shields
Life changes as possible predictors of secondary conditions, Meg Ann Traci
Applications of cusp catastrophe models to the relapse process, Katie Witkiewitz
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Mechanisms involved in sexual assault revictimization, Heather Brick
The Effect of fatalistic thinking on lifestyle choices : type-2 diabetes in Northern Plains Indian tribes of the United States, Darren Calhoun
Increasing the discriminability of schedules results in both negative and positive behavioral contrast in the running wheel, Lisa M. Fosbender
Battered women's dynamic change process: Examining self-efficacy trauma symptoms anger and coping in relationship status groups, Linda Thomas Kennedy
Risk-sensitive foraging in rats : the effects of response-effort and reward-amount manipulations, Ari Kirshenbaum
Levels of representation in the rhesus macaque: An examination of linear ordering mechanisms, Dustin J. Merritt
Adult attachment communication and desire for intimacy in couple relationships, Molly C. Millwood
The roles of appraisal and coping as mediators between hardiness and self-reported physical and psychological health outcomes, William M. Musser
Adult romantic attachment: Emotion regulation strategies and relationship satisfaction, Edith A. Myers
Transition from mixed-gender residential wards to single-gender wards in a Nebraska regional psychiatric hospital, G. Christopher Nadasi
Influence of print media advertisements on women, Heather N. Paluso
Personal characteristics that increase protection or vulnerability in people with serious mental disorders, Lovinia M. Plimpton
Preadolescent Emotion Language Interview: An assessment of emotion regulation coping, Jennifer Anne Simon-Thomas
Memory and clinical features in college students with high and low dissociative tendencies, Sofia Simotas
Native American mother-infant interactions at nine months: A cross-cultural study of the still-face effect, Linda R. Thomas
Verbal mediation of visual memory on the Continuous Visual Memory Test, Sean P. Whalen
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
The phenomenology of postunification in clients with dissociative identity disorder, Angel Marie Casey
Fat bias among psychologists: Impact of client weight on clinical judgments and treatment planning, Kristen Libra Davis
Does the boot fit? An examination of psychological profiles of inmate participants at the Montana state Swan River Correctional Training Center, Sandra J. MacIntosh
Practice effects and anxiety level differences among the paced auditory serial addition task aural sequential paced arithmetic test and visual sequential paced arithmetic test, Jeannine B. Mielke
Dietary restraint and perfectionism, Pamela J. Morgan
Attachment: A working-model approach to problem behaviors in middle school children, Nicole Pray
Attachment styles in older women: Coping well-being and attitudes about assistance, Pamela S. Ridgway
Assessing foster youth's readiness to prepare for adult community living, Brenda K. Roche
Effects of witnessing parental violence on adult couples relationships, Susan S. Rose
Body dissatisfaction and current dieting status, Linda J. Schrader
Condom use in college students: The effects of personality and relationship variables on readiness for change, Mark A. Simpson
Sex differences in social cognitive development: An exploration of mediating variables, Merna Heinrich Terry
Fundamental frequency in speech directed to deaf or hearing infants by deaf or hearing mothers, Meg Ann Traci
Effortful responding and behavioral contrast, Georgann Zachary
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Changing attitudes about suntans| The effects of persuasive communication on "healthiness" and "attractiveness", Lori Armstrong
Emotions beliefs and genetic influences: Understanding the connection between affect and attitudes with differing heritability estimates, Charles H. Asp
Emotional awareness and couples' relationship satisfaction, Kristin L. Croyle
Assessing readiness for behavior change associated with type II diabetes in a Native American population, Brian Alan Daskivich
The effect of effort and reinforcer magnitude on video foraging in rhesus monkeys, Lisa Fosbender
An Analysis of patient case records: Montana State Hospital 1920 to 1940, Bridget M. Hegeman
Factors affecting student perceptions of child sexual abuse, Mark D. Lessard
The relationship of partners' intimacy behaviors to marital satisfaction and subclinical symptoms of depression in women, Anne Murtagh
Relationship between creativity self-actualization and hypomania, Chris Nadasi
Effects of therapeutic storytelling and behavioral parent training on the problem behaviors of children and on parental stress, Laura T. Painter
The translation and manifestation of feminist principles in feminist therapy, Leanne R. Parker
The effects of effort requirements on the behavioral impulsiveness of rats: A running wheel preparation, Andrew J. Velkey
An outcome study of integrative couples therapy delivered in a group format, John David Wimberly
Health promotion for older adults: Evaluation of a cognitive-behavioral intervention, Quincy-Robyn Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Development of a neuropsychological assessment device: The Visual Sequential Paced Arithmetic Test (VSPAT), Guy Dean Bateman
Rhesus monkey cognition: Can they use transitive inference to evaluate relationships?, Lisa R. Brooks
An empirical test of the compensatory hypothesis of sexual fantasy, Stephen E. Cannon
Preinteraction expectancy effects and stereotypes: Impacts in a clinical context, Angel Marie Casey
Environmental pressures personality factors and their relationship to eating disorders in elite female athletes, Lisa Mitchell Franseen
Self-efficacy and coping : Readiness for change in battered women, Linda Thomas Kennedy
Weight suppression and its effects on the management of eating behaviors, Pamela J. Morgan
Emotion regulation in couple relationships, Edith A. Myers
Foraging choice in rhesus monkeys: Competition and patch distribution, Shannon L. Pinkston
The interaction of self-presentation and self-verification in interpersonal communication, Michelle Ceynar Rosell
Effects of age and gender on perceptual and conceptual implicit memory, Sofia Simotas
Effort shifts and contrast in the running wheel, Georgann Zachary
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
The course of bulimia: A longitudinal study of bulimic and bulimic-prone women, Diana L. Bjorgen
Effects of signal control gender and self-efficacy on perceived control signal utility and biofeedback-mediated relaxation levels, David E. Brown
Alcohol personality characteristics and undergraduate condom use, Brian Alan Daskivich
Stereotypic and idiosyncratic approaches to gender role measurement and the relationship to an individual's self-concept and self-esteem, Robin J. Lipke
Study of losses and psychological symptomatology in survivors of Hurricane Andrew, Sandra J. MacIntosh
Immunological responses to stress: The effects of action and state orientation, Colleen Murphy-Southwick
Dietary restraint and body dissatisfaction, Linda J. Schrader
Women's perceptions of sexual abuse treatment: A study of female survivors' preferences and opinions, Anne Christine Stermock
Effects of effort requirements on video icon choice, Andrew J. Velkey
Evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention designed to encourage the adoption of optimistic explanatory styles by individuals with disabilities, Quincy-Robyn Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
A sample of Montana's Native American tribal college students' perceptions of the mental health field: Utilization and career interests, John Fitzgerald Arnold
Influence of prejudicial attitude formation on the persuasion of negative impressions, Charles H. Asp
The influence of judicial instructions on jury decision-making: The case of acquaintance rape, Thomas Breitenbucher
Effects of force and response cost on wheel running in rats, Lisa R. Brooks
Function by context of sexual fantasy in adults, Stephen E. Cannon
Implications of descriptive and evaluative social labels for targets and labelers, Michelle L. Ceynar
Influence of language power on self-perception, Kristen L. Davis
Classification and prediction of smoking relapse: An exploratory study of the relationship between metamotivational modes and the abstinence violation effect, Andrew B. Forsyth
Family characteristics as perceived by hypothetically agoraphobic-prone college students, Thomas C. Hamburgen
Application of the interactive schedule in the running wheel, Andrea M. Karkowski
Expectancies about psychotherapy: The effects of psychologist gender amount of information provided subject gender past therapy experience and distress level, Sandra Carol Lotshaw
Role of self-schema in the foot-in-the-door technique, Patricia J. McKeral
Measuring feminism and feminist frameworks: An evaluation of extant and supplementary measures, Leanne R. Parker
A confirmatory factor analytic study of the major sources of variance in the MMPI-2, Bryan David Peltier
Attitudes and experience of social support in post college adults, Lovinia M. Plimpton
Attributions of purpose and meaningful activity: A study of positive development following loss, Craig Ravesloot
Disinhibition of restraint : a comparison of the Restraint Scale and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire, Pamela S. Ridgway
Malingered performance on four measures of neuropsychological malingering the California Verbal Learning Test and the effects of coaching, Fredric E. Rose
Future self-concept and preventative health behavior, John David Wimberly
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Locus of control of reinforcement and the learning of personal superstitions, Guy Dean Bateman
Prediction accuracy perceived discrepancy of desires actual discrepancy of desires and predicted desire for partner discrepancy in distressed and nondistressed married couples, Robert H. Bodholdt
Social factors reconsidered in the development of behavioral disorders in Attention-deficit Hyperactivity disordered children, Kevin R. Cesar