Dissertation Defenses

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Lori Palen

"Free-Time Activities and Substance Use Among Adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa"

Date: May 19, 2008
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Place: S102 Henderson
Committee: Edward Smith and Linda Caldwell (co-chairs), J. Douglas Coatsworth, John Graham.

Karen Auerbach

"Alcohol and Marijuana use across the Transition to Marriage: Group Differences and Psychosocial Factors"

Date: May 14, 2008
Time: 11:00 to 1:00
Place: S211 Henderson
Committee: Jennifer Maggs and D. Wayne Osgood (co-chairs), Linda Collins, Joseph Schafer, Stephanie Lanza.

Alison Ventura

"New Perspectives for Understanding the Developmental Trajectory of Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity"

Date: April 28, 2008
Time: 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Location: 128 Noll Lab
Committee: Leann Birch and Eric Loken (co-chairs), Susan McHale, Elizabeth Susman, Penny Kris-Etherton

Megan Patrick

"A Motivational Perspective on Alcohol Use and Sexual Behavior Among College Students"

Date: April 24, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: S102 Henderson Building
Committee: Jennifer Maggs (Chair), Doug Coatsworth, Ed Smith, Wayne Osgood

 

Tammy Root
"Latent Class Analysis with Informative Priors"
August 31, 2007, 10-12,Conference Room, Methodology Center, Calder Way. Committee: Linda Collins (Chair), Leann Birch, Rhonda Belue, Runze Li.
Bethany Bray
"Addressing Research Questions About Developmental Variables Using Loglinear Models with Latent Variables:  A General Framework and Empirical Studies"

June 29, 2007, 10-12, Conference Room, Methodology Center, Calder Way.
Committee: Linda Collins (Chair), Ed Smith, Jennifer Maggs, Joseph Schafer, Stephanie Lanza.
Larissa Duncan
"Assessment of mindful parenting among parents of early adolescents: Development and validation of the interpersonal mindfulness in parenting scale"

June 7, 2007, 2-4 p.m., S102 Henderson
Committee: Mark Greenberg (Chair), Doug Coatsworth, David Almeida, Michelle Newman.
Marni Kan
"The Family Contexts of Romantic Relationships in Adolescence and Adulthood"
June 6, 2007, 2-4 p.m., 105 White Bldg. Committee: Susan McHale (Chair), Ann Crouter, Chalandra Bryant, Alan Booth, Mark Feinberg.
Cindy L. Shearer
“Gender Socialization in the Family"
April 26, 2007, 9:00 - 11:00, 105 White
Committee: Ann Crouter (Chair), Susan McHale, Eva Lefkowitz, Michael Rovine, Michael Johnson.
Kelly Cichy
Dissertation (.doc)
“Within and Between Family Associations in Attitudes, Behaviors, and Perceptions in the Parent-Adult Offspring Relationship”
Dec. 19, 2006, 10:00 - 12:00, S211 Henderson
Committee: Eva Lefkowitz (Chair), Steven Zarit, David Almeida, Eric Loken, Jon Nussbaum.
Suzanne Robertson
Dissertation (.doc)
“The Relationship between Positive and Negative Affect among Dementia Caregivers”
Dec. 14, 2006, 3:00-5:00, S109 Henderson
Committee: Steven Zarit (Chair), David Almeida, Melissa Hardy, Linda Wray.
Soyeon Cho
Dissertation (.doc)
“Mobilization of Social Support in Caregivers of Demintia Patients”
Oct. 2, 2006, 1:00 - 3:00, 211 S. Henderson
Committee: Steven Zarit (Chair), Chalandra Bryant, David Almeida, Linda Wray.
Sarah Meyer Chilenski
Dissertation (.doc)
“Community Risks and Resources in Rural America: What Maters?”
Sept. 29, 2006, 10:30-12:30, 102 S. Henderson
Committee: Mark Greenberg (Chair), Doug Coatsworth, Emilie Smith, Edward Smith, Wayne Osgood.
Meghan M. Gillen
Dissertation (.doc)
“Body Image Development in Emerging Adulthood.”
Sept. 5, 2006, 1:00 - 3:00, 102 S. Henderson
Committee: Eva Lefkowitz (Chair), Leann Birch, Linda Caldwell, Eric Loken, Susan McHale.
Aryn Dotterer
Dissertation (.doc)
“The Ecology of Children and Adolescent's Academic Adjustment.”
September 1, 2006, 9:00 - 11:00, 211 Henderson
Committee: Susan McHale (Chair), Nan Crouter, Linda Burton, Alan Booth.
Zhiqun Tang
Dissertation (.doc)
“Modeling Reciprocal Relations in Longitudinal Developmental Data.”
March 1, 2006. Committee: Linda Collins (Chair), Michael Rovine, Edward Smith, Richard Li, Douglas Teti.