This series contains undergraduate honors theses based on the thesis professor’s department.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
College-Related Stress and Substance Use: Experiences of Honors and Non-Honors Students, Melanie Fischer
The Mediation of Mental Health between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risky Sexual Behavior, Kayla Marie Mandrigues, Julia Claire Dodd, and Stacey Lynne Williams
Parents’ adverse childhood experiences in relation to parent-child emotion socialization, Emily Thompson
Nonmedical Stimulant Use in an Undergraduate College Student Sample: Demographics, Academics, Stress, and Other Substance Use, Ashley Skye Vanover, Meredith K. Ginley, and Shelby Whalan
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Search for Truth: Legal Storytelling from the Psychological Perspective, Chloe Graves
Investigating the Misrepresentation of Statistical Significance in Empirical Articles, Blythe Lybrand, Ginette Blackhart, Amanda Parish, and Hannah Lowe
The Moderating Role of Social Support in Stigma and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression, Taylor Phillips
Client Predictors of Therapeutic Alliance in Court-Mandated Substance Use Treatment, Yasmine Punceles
Trauma Informed Care Training Initiative: Implementation Study in Appalachia, Mattie V. Raza
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Views of addiction etiology predict religious individuals’ willingness to help., Emily Brady, Joseph Barnet, Valerie Hoots, and Andrea Clements
tidyTouch: An Interactive Visualization Tool for Data Science Education, Jonah E. DeVaney
Maternal Stress and Child Internalizing Symptoms: Parent-Child Co-Regulation as a Proposed Mediator, Tatum Harvey
Employer Perceptions about Addiction Recovery and Hiring Decisions, Haley Henderson, Joseph Barnet, Valerie Hoots, and Andrea Clements
Can Spiritual Experiences Promote Empathy in the Context of Past Adverse Childhood Experiences?, Alison Ickes
How Resilience-Building Interventions Impact Parenting Stress and Cortisol Reactivity in Mothers with Adverse Childhood Experiences, Victoria Jones
Polysubstance Exposure and its Relationship to Pharmacological Treatment Characteristics, Parker Miller
An Analysis of Substance Use in College: Identifying Possible Risk and Protective Factors, Stephanie Penpek
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Temperament in Children Aged 14 to 36-months, Elysabeth Sexton
Creative Gender Expression Performativity As a Coping Mechanism for Minority Stress, Emerson A. Todd
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Self-Rated Health, Healthcare Satisfaction, Healthcare Adherence, and Medical Mistrust: The Moderating Role of Rurality, Stephanie Alu
Coercive and Deceptive Predictors of Sexual Risk: The Moderating Role of Self-esteem, Morgan Barker
Trauma-Informed Care: Implementation Efforts in Northeast Tennessee, Kaelyn E. Bishop, Andrea D. Clements, and Valerie Hoots
Investigating the EEG Error-Related Negativity in College Students with ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression, Mariacristina Canini
Mindfulness and Religiosity/Spirituality as Protecting Factors for Internalizing Symptoms Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Moderated Moderation Model, Kayla Heineken and Diana Morelen
PYSCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING AND EFFORTS TO QUIT SMOKING IN PREGNANT WOMEN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL APPALACHIA, Brittney Stubbs
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
An Overview of Suicide and the Impact of Interacting Factors on Current Suicide Trends, Shawna Burrow
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Study Looking at How Youth’s Self- Perception is Affected by Their Temperament, Emily K. Anderson
The Effect of Stigma on Intimate Partner Violence Reporting Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Wesley Eugene Harris
Chronic Illness Stigma: The Experiences of Emerging Adults, Kaitlyn M. McKee
The Development of Sexually Abusive Behavior in Adolescent Males who have been Sexually Victimized, Brittany S. Sharma
The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Intrinsic Religiosity in Southern Appalachia, Celina V. Unzueta Ms. and Andrea Clements Dr.
A Correlation Study between Religiosity and Empathy toward Victims of Crime, Amy Wilson and Andera D. Clements Dr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Effects of Deception and Manipulation of Motivation to Deceive on Event Related Potentials, Ethan C. Ashworth
Arrest or Hospitalization? An Examination of the Relationship Between Psychiatric Symptoms, Traumatic Childhood Experiences, and Socio-Ecological Factors in Forensic Mental Health System Responses to Offender Behavior, Stephanie Mersch, Jill D. Stinson, and Megan Quinn
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on High Risk Inpatients Criminal Behavior, Alexis L. Booth and Jill D. Stinson PhD
Emotional Responses to Varying Sources of Interpersonal Rejection, Molly K. Cleek
Explaining the Negative Effects of Stigma through Sense of Mastery, Parker A. Dreves
An Examination into the Relationship between Self-Compassion and Parenting Styles, Jesi L. Hall
The Synergistic Effects of Methylphenidate on the Behavioral Effects of Nicotine, Kristen K. Leedy
To Whom It May Concern: Support-Seeking within Letters of Stigmatized College Students in the Southeast U.S., Anna E. Nolte
Life in the LGBTQ+ Community: Protective Factors Against Depression in the Community and in Everyday Life, Kristen Paris
Perceived Stress and Suicidal Behaviors in College Students: Conditional Indirect Effects of Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health Stigma, Esther Reynolds
Executive Function Predictors of Children's Talk, Jacqlyne D. Weber
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Does nicotine alter what is learned about non-drug incentives?, Tarra L. Baker
Examining General versus Condition-Specific Health Related Quality of Life across Weight Categories in an Adolescent Sample, Autumn G. Dalton
Neuromodulation Therapy Mitigates Heart Failure Induced Hippocampal Damage, Timothy P. DiPeri
TRADITIONAL MASCULINITY & ADVERTISING IMAGE APPROVAL, Danielle W. Kailing and Peggy Cantrell PhD
RURAL PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE PATTERNS AS A RESULT OF AN ON-SITE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS, Kayla D. McCarter
The effects of environmental enrichment on nicotine sensitization in a rodent model of schizophrenia, Marjorie A. Schlitt, Elizabeth D. Cummins, Daniel J. Peterson, and Russell W. Brown
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Analysis of the role of D2 receptors in methylphenidate-induced conditioned place preference., Chase M. Duty
Effortful Control as a Mediator of Long-Term Declarative Recall in Toddlers., Cassandra Valerio
Comparison between Two Methodological Paradigms of Conditioned Place Preference with Methlyphenidate., Bryce D. Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Random inter stimulus interval increases signal-to-noise ratio., Juliane Armstrong
Family Context and Weight Status among 18-Month-Old Infants in Southern Appalachia: The Role of Temperament, Parenting Style, and Maternal Feeding Practices., Vincent A. Carroll
Spirituality and Anxiety: Forgiveness as a Mediator., Charli N. Caulkins
Intragroup Attitudes of the LGBT Community: Assessment and Correlates., David W. Hutsell
Forgiveness, Mental Health, and Adult Children of Alcoholics., Khia L. Sams
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Training Pediatric Residents to Manage Treatment for ADHD: A Feasibility Study., Jonathan Calloway
Assessing the Accuracy of Manipulation Checks: Follow-up., Travis Clark
Effects of Imagined Social Rejection and Acceptance across Varying Relationships., Candace L. Hawkes
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in D2 Receptor Primed Adolescent Rats Given Twice Daily Nicotine Administrations., Josie Minnigh
Nicotine Sensitization and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Content in Adolescent Rats Neonatally Treated with Quinpirole., Addie Roberts