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Recent Doctoral Dissertations

PHD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Recent Doctoral Dissertations


Completed Ph.D. Dissertations, 2023-2025

Student Name

Year of Graduation

Title of Dissertation/ Final Project

Bederman, Natalie

2025

Narcissists In The Feedback Loop: Status Dynamics & Defensive Responses

December, 2024

Citron, Maya

2025

Child Sexual Abuse and Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (ROCD): The Influence of Betrayal Trauma on Mental Contamination

May, 2025

Fraade, Abby

2025

The Roles of Regulated Body Awareness and Empathy in Psychotherapist Empathic Attunement

Gibbs, Rhiannon

2025

Sexual Identity Development in a Culture of Shame:           The Impact of Non- Affirming Religious Upbringing and Internalized Homophobia on Sexual Satisfaction in LGBTQ Adults

December, 2024

Katzman, William

2025

The Nurturing Father: The Role of Fathers¿ Masculine Ideology, Caregiving Beliefs, and Reflective Functioning

Lam, Queenie

2025

I Think You Think I'm a Virus: Metastereotype Awareness in Asian Americans

May, 2024

Lawson, Julianne

2025

Killing Two Birds with One Phone: Exclusion by Technology and Attachment within Couples' Daily Interactions

January, 2025

Nickley, Sean

2025

Good Trips, Bad Trips: Attachment, Connectedness, and Mental Health in Psychedelic Experiences

November, 2024

Power, Theresa

2025

Fearing the Other: The Underlying Mechanisms of Mental Illness                                                                      

Ramirez, Alicia

2025

Insecure Attachment, Social Attitudes, and Prejudice Towards Latine Immigrants

April, 2025

Roseman Alexandra

2025

The Head, The Heart, and The Human: A Developmental Cascade Perspective of Adults with Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries

May, 2025

Runge, William

2025

Attachment Hyperactivation, Emotion Dysregulation, and Sexual Interest Misperception: Moderated Mediation Analyses of Sexual Aggression in a Community Sample of Men

Sbarge Emma

2025

Examining the Role of Religiosity in Dissociation Among Individuals with Complex Posttraumatic Stress
May, 2025

Shapiro, Rakhel

2025

Self-Compassion, Decentering, Trauma, and Internal Family Systems Meditation: Baseline and Intervention Analyses

April, 2025

Veith Serena

2025

Transient Stress and Childhood Maltreatment: Unraveling their Impact on Working Memory and Emotion Dysregulation

December 2024

Bakoyiannis, Nina

2024

Maintaining Well-Being Within A Culture of Ableism: The False Self, Defenses, and The Disability Identity

Cope, Amber

2024

Father-Son Play Interactions and the Influence of Traditional Masculinity Ideology

Friedman, Greg

2024

"Maladaptive Perfectionism and Regulation of Negative Affect After Failure: The Influences of Self-Esteem and Mindfulness"

Kaplan, Emily

2024

From Distress to De-stress:  The Impact Of Humor On Stress Appraisal, Emotion Regulation, and Resilience

Kim, Hyungji

2024

Momentary Suicidal Ideation in the Context of Romantic

Conflict 2024

Miller, Emily

2024

Trauma, Hostile, Attribution Bias, Substance Use, and Aggression, Among Justic Involved Individuals With Severe Mental Illness

Tully, Kathleen

2024

The Role of Narcissistic Personality Traits In The Affective Experience of Using Instagram

Valeri, Artemisia

2024

Looking For Angels: The Impact of Parent's Traumatic and Positive Childhood Experiences On The Parent-Child Relationship

Wong, Johnny

2024

When East Meets West:
Filial Modes And Family Functioning In
Second-Generation Chinese-Americans

2024

Alvarenga, Jorge

2023

"The Effect of Music on Emotion Regulation and Stress in Test Performance"

Anuoluwapo, Kemi Soyeju

2023

"Racial Identity, Appraisal, and Coping: A Moderated Mediation Model of Racism-Related Trauma In Black Americans"

Buxbaum, Rachel Ruth

2023

"Everything Won't Be Okay: The Impact of Therapists' Justification of The Mental Healthcare System on Their Racially Minoritized Patients"

Desai, Preeya Abhijit

2023

"Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting: The Childhood Correlates of Rejection Sensitivity During Pregnancy and Subsequent Effects on Future Parenting"

Flynn, John

2023

"Emotion Regulation, Smartphone Usage, and Integration of Self"

Glisker, Richard

2023

"Schizotypy and Theory of Mind: The Roles of Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Negative Affect"

Kalmenson Pinson

2023

"Integrating Dynamic and Cognitive Perspectives on Postpartum Depression: The Impact of Attachment Style, Personality Traits, and Distorted Beliefs on Mothers During the First Year After Birth"

Lewis, Amy Phoebe

2023

"Betrayal Trauma: Childhood Sexual Abuse, Risk Perception, and Shame"

Mann,  Sasha

2023

"The Avoidance of Shame: A Function of Anxiety in Insecure Attachment"

Meth, Israel

2023

"Aggression, Avoidance, and Narcissism in Fragile Masculinity"

Nadel, Jessica

2023

"Insta-Objectification: The Role of Instagram Use In The Relationship Between Body Preoccupation and Eating Disorder"

Poston, Maria Fides Rayoan

2023

"Impact of Social Participation and Attachment Style on Mentalizing and Emotion regulation"

Reed, Jackie

2023

"Experiences of Discrimination and The Role of Intrapsychic Protective Factors In Black Americans"

Rose, Jenna

2023

"Experiences of Self and Other In The Development of Psychopathy: Examining The Effects of Childhood Maltreatment Through Attachment, Mentalization, Cognitive Empathy, and Dissociation"

Salem, Dara

2023

"No Pain, No Gain? Attachment Anxiety, Sensory Processing Sensitivity, and Empathy In A Therapist Sample"

Seligman, Olivia Rose

2023

"Contributing Factors To Bulimic Symptoms In A Food Insecure Population: An Expansion of the Dual Pathway Model of Bulimic Pathology"

Sitrin, Felicia

2023

"Reacting to Evidence of White Privilege By Clinical Psychologists"



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