Women's Health & Aging :: Department of Psychological Services

Doctoral alumni with dissertation titles:

Nika R. George, Ph.D.

Medication Non-Adherence in Community Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: An Educational Intervention for Family Caregivers

Lauren Decaporale, Ph.D.

Understanding forgiveness through the application and extension of the Enright Forgiveness Scale

Lauren Mensie, Ph.D.
The Stress Process Model and in-home respite for caregivers of cognitively and physically impaired older adults.

Lauren Williams, Ph.D.
Psychosocial protection following exposure to sexual assault: Predictive value and malleability of multiple psychosocial protective factors.

Kristopher Clounch, Ph.D.
Sex offender assessment: Clinical utility and predictive validity.

W. Michael Palmer, Ph.D.
Structural Models of Comorbid Anxiety and Depression in a Primary-Care Older Adult Sample.

Christina Gilliam, Ph.D.
The effects of rumination on problem-solving self-efficacy and self-efficacy for controlling upsetting thoughts in the context of depressive symptoms.

Jessica Lauren, Ph.D.
Is rumination general or specific to negative mood states? The relationship between rumination and distraction and depressed, anxious, and angry moods in women.

Kristin R. Korbini Mangum, Ph.D.
Depressive symptoms and excessive reassurance seeking in dating couples: An observational study.

Ilana Krakauer, Ph.D.
Physical appearance as a manifestation of lesbian identity.

Christy Steimer Jackson, Ph.D.
Support groups for dementia caregivers: Predicting facilitator behavior within an ecological model.

Susanne Wickie, Ph.D.
Cognitive flexibility and empathy in individuals with multiple sclerosis.

Matthew Jorgensen, Ph.D.
Gender schematic processing in memory for sex role stereotyped information and mental rotation.

E. Ryann Watson, Ph.D.
Memory effects of temporal lobectomy: Patterns of change and stability during the year post-surgery.

Lynn Hyland, Ph.D.
The relationship between religious orientation and coping strategies: Differentiating between intrinsic, extrinsic and quest orientations.

Steven Berger, Ph.D.
AIDS caregivers: Psychological risk factors in informal caregivers.

Past Collaborators:
Judith R. Gant, Ph.D. (retired).Assistant Research Professor.

Past lab assistants:
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