2007 Graduation Date Dissertation Title Committee Members Hoffman, Ellie 1/07 Assessing the relationship between childhood bilingualism and social-emotional understanding Gary Kose, David Castro-Blanco, Nick Papouchis Kaluk, Jean 5/07 Referential activity and the referential process: The therapist’s contribution to the early working alliance Lisa Samstag, David Castro-Blanco, Christopher Christian Lora, Rosan 1/07 Conflicts and competencies in middle-aged professional Latinas: A study of adult development Lisa Samstag, Joan Duncan, Elizabeth Kudajie-Gyamfi Nuñez, Ysa 5/07 Assessing the relationship between childhood bilingualism and social-emotional understanding Gary Kose, David Castro-Blanco, Nick Papouchis Paterniti, Anthea 5/07 A pilot study comparing the efficacy of a mindfulness meditation program to a skills-training program in the treatment of test anxiety David Castro-Blanco, Phil Wong, Paul Ramirez Peralta, Digan 7/07 Puerto Rican children’s coherence and cohesion for culturally relevant narratives Gary Kose, Joan Duncan, Rhianon Allen Smith, Jennifer 8/07 Issues in PTSD assessment: Exploring intolerance of uncertainty and field dependence among PTSD veterans Rhianon Allen, David Castro-Blanco, Lisa Samstag Wagrech, Michelle 5/07 Neuropsychological and behavioral correlates of prenatal cocaine exposure in boys with severe psychopathology Paul Ramirez, Rhianon Allen, Barry Ritzler 2006 Graduation Date Dissertation Title Committee Members Axelrod, Shari 1/06 Childhood trauma, dissociation, and clinical outcome in purely substance abusing, mentally ill substance abusing, and purely mentally ill populations Gary Kose, Marvin Hurvich, Lisa Samstag Brown, Corrina, 5/06 Social skills, emotion regulation, and emotion socialization in children with ADHD David Castro-Blanco, Carol Magai, Joan Duncan Chiechi, Joseph, 8/06 A looming maladaptive styles and annihilation anxiety: Clinical implications and cognitive vulnerability in test anxious college students David Castro-Blanco, Rhianon Allen, Marvin Hurvich D’Angelo, Karen 8/06 The role of reflective functioning as a protective factor in survivors of trauma Nick Papouchis, Lisa Samstag, Phil Wong Klein, Michael 8/06 Stereotype threat and coping: Does ego-strength moderate the effects of anxiety and worry in African American college students? Gary Kose, Nick Papouchis, Barry Ritzler, Miller, Rebecca 5/06 The relationship of the resolution of therapeutic alliance ruptures and the construct of referential activity of change process in psychotherapy Lisa Samstag, Nick Papouchis, David Castro-Blanco Miller, Zach 5/06 The effects of experience, trait ambiguity, and trait value on use of the self-serving bias Gary Kose, Howard McGuire, David Castro-Blanco Rahim, Hamid 8/06 The relationship between automatic information processing, aggression priming, trait aggression, and conceptualization of aggressive ambiguous experience Nick Papouchis, Howard McGuire, Gary Kose Ricketts, Patricia 8/06 Culture and self-concept as mediators of preference for dialectical reasoning Gary Kose, Rhianon Allen, Howard McGuire Schwalbe, Evan 8/06 The role of affect regulation in the threatened egotism hypothesis David Castro-Blanco, Nick Papouchis, Barry Ritzler Stevens, Brian 1/06 Self-reported versus implicit predictors of high-risk sexual behavior among men who have sex with men Barry Ritzler, Gary Kose, Joan Duncan 2005  Graduation Date  Dissertation Title  Committee Members Al-Mutawa, Naif 1/05 The influence of religion upon the development of posttraumatic stress disorder among Kuwaiti prisoners of war Paul Ramirez, Joan Duncan, Gary Kose Catay, Zeynep 5/05 Cultural models of the self reflected in maternal regulation strategies and socialization goals in the United States and Turkey Lisa Samstag, Rhianon Allen, Joan Duncan Dahlke, Lane 5/05 Selective attention deficits in depressive and anxious symptomatology Rhianon Allen, Gary Kose, Howard McGuire, Vincent Brown, PhD Girsh, Lea 8/05 Positive and negative symptoms differences related to social withdrawal and quality of life in elderly individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia Paul Ramirez, Rhianon Allen, Barry Ritzler Glass, Aviva 1/05 Sensory fluency: A test of common code and multiple code theories Howard McGuire, Rhianon Allen, Christopher Christian, Barry Ritzler Kim, Julia 8/05 Internal object representations of God and religious people Barry Ritzler, Howard McGuire, Joan Duncan Leavitt-La Duca, Jennifer 5/05 Estimating outcomes: The effect of imagery on accessing the law of large numbers Gary Kose, Howard McGuire, David Castro-Blanco McEwan, Jennifer 4/05 Repairing therapeutic alliance ruptures: An evaluation of observer-rated rupture and repair processes, patient and therapist alliance, and outcome Lisa Samstag, Nick Papouchis, David Castro-Blanco McPherson-Salandy, Renee 1/05 Ethnic differences in self-disclosure and their psycho- physiological correlates. Carol Magai, Lisa Samstag, Paul Ramirez Sagon-Thorpe, Bevlyn 1/05 Cognitive development and mild mental retardation: a test of Piagetian Concepts. Gary Kose, Rhianon Allen, Joan Duncan Schamber, Alissa Mara 5/05 Interpersonal roles and countertransference reactions in female therapists when patients pose identity threats: An adult development Lisa Samstag, Carol Magai, Elizabeth Kudajie-Gyamfi Seward, Sarah 5/05 The role of the therapist’s creativity in the building of the therapeutic alliance Lisa Samstag, Nick Papouchis, Spyros Orfanos Smarz, Karen 1/05 Psychological understanding of aesthetic perception Gary Kose. Howard McGuire, Elizabeth Kudajie-Gyamfi Vinocur, Danielle 5/05 Mental representations, interpersonal functioning and childhood trauma in personality disorders Rhianon Allen, Nick Papouchis, Lisa Samstag Woods, Mary Elizabeth 8/05 The influence of patterns of family interaction identity development in adolescent girls Gary Kose, Nick Papouchis, Barry Ritzler 2004  Graduation Date  Dissertation Title  Committee Members Clary, Megan J. 5/04 Emotional expression in children’s drawings. Gary Kose, David Castro-Blanco, Howard McGuire Felsner, Renate H. 5/04 The effect of religious beliefs on a syllogistic reasoning task. Gary Kose, Paul Ramirez, Rhianon Allen Manz, Alysen 5/04 Examining cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic treatments with conduct disordered adolescent males. Rhianon Allen, Carol Magai, David Castro-Blanco Marston, Kristin Shael 5/04 Cognitive Performance and Symptom Profiles in Relation to the Continuum Hypothesis Linking Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, and Bipolar Disorder. Paul Ramirez, Barry Ritzler, Gary Kose, Lewis Opler Matteo, Anthony 5/04 Supervisory Criteria for Evaluating Psychotherapy Trainees: The Impact of the Supervisor’s Theoretical Orientation and the Severity of the Patient’s Diagnosis. Howard McGuire, Nick Papouchis, Linda Penn, Lisa Samstag Pabon, Thomas Mark 5/04 The self-medication theory of addictive disorders: motivational aspects of drug addiction. Gary Kose, Joan Duncan, Paul Ramirez Patel, Nina 1/04 The impact of social-cognitive skills on social competence in persons with mental retardation Howard McGuire, Rhianon Allen, Carol Magai, David Castro-Blanco Stern-Gurevitz, Galit 8/04 Emerging adulthood: a developmental stage. A study of identity development in emerging adulthood. Rhianon Allen, Lisa Samstag, Gary Kose Ungar, Tracey 8/04 The Pervasiveness of Emotion Bias and Its Relationship to Autobiographical Memory Recall. Carol Magai, Nick Papouchis, Rhianon Allen Willheim, Erica 5/04 Mutative Factors Governing Change in Attachment Styles. Rhianon Allen, Carol Magai, Nick Papouchis 2003  Graduation Date  Dissertation Title  Committee Members Borg, David 1/03 An investigation of the relationship between the levels of formal decrement, ego functioning and annihilation anxiety in Rorschach protocols. Barry Ritzler, Rhianon Allen, Marvin Hurvich Cassidy-Charron, Deborah 5/03 The relations between stimulus receptivity, organizational ability and annihilation anxieties. Marvin Hurvich, Rhianon Allen, Barry Ritzler Eder, Leslie 5/03 The impact of the mother’s attitudes and her relationship with her child’s therapist on the development of the working alliance and successful outcome with the adolescent client. Lisa Samstag, Nick Papouchis, David Castro-Blanco Garno, Jessica L. 5/03 Traumatic Experiences and the clinical course of bipolar disorder. Paul Ramirez, Barry Ritzler, Gary Kose, JG Heinze, Peter 5/03 The relation between psychopathy and ethics among MBA students. Barry Ritzler, Gary Kose, Paul Ramirez Hoffman-Stachelberg, Alexandra 5/03 The relationship between prototypicality and preference on aesthetic judgments. Gary Kose, Paul Ramirez, Barry Ritzler Kimhy, David 8/03 The relationship between mental representations, premorbid adjustment, and symptom patterns in Schizophrenia. Barry Ritzler, Gary Kose, Paul Ramirez Mougios, Vivian Marina 5/03 The startle-reflex paradigm: psychological and psychophysiological correlates of aesthetic judgment. Paul Ramirez, Gary Kose, Barry Ritzler Nelson, Christian J. 5/03 The impact of religiosity and spirituality in PSA Levels in Men with Prostate Cancer Gary Kose, Barry Ritzler, Paul Ramirez Romei, Jennifer 9/03 Internalization and clinical development in psychotherapy supervision: a study of psychologists-in-training Howard McGuire, Lisa Samstag, Nick Papouchis, David Castro-Blanco Rozenblatt, Shahal 5/03 In defense of the self: The relationship of self-esteem and narcissism to aggressive behavior. Nick Papouchis, Barry Ritzler, Barry Ritzler Sanchez-Sachs, Isabel 1/03 The mediating effects of prototype learning, experience and case typicality on clinical judgments. Gary Kose, Paul Ramirez, Joan Duncan Singer, Meredith 5/03 Aggression between dating partners: an analysis of causative factors in Puerto-Rican and Caucasian women. Lisa Samstag, Gary Kose, Paul Ramirez Sturiano, Christopher 5/03 The role of negative affect intensity in substance abuse and recovery. Paul Ramirez, Carol Magai, Barry Ritzler Vail, Lucia 5/03 Narrative coherence in brief psychotherapy. Lisa Samstag, Nick Papouchis, Jerry Gold, Venza, James 8/03 A cross-cultural examination of attitudes toward seeking psychological help: the relationship of psychological distress, attachment dimensions, and acculturation. Nick Papouchis, Lisa Samstag, Joan Duncan 2002  Graduation Date  Dissertation Title  Committee Members De Santis, Deborah 5/02 The effects of duration of untreated psychosis on clinical symptomatology and cognitive functioning in schizophrenia. Paul Ramirez, Barry Ritzler, Nick Papouchis, Lewis Opler Goldman, Heather 5/02 Psychotherapeutic process in psychodynamic psychotherapy for panic disorder and co-morbid depression. Rhianon Allen, Linda Penn, JG Hess, Lutz 5/02 Predictors of life satisfaction and symptoms of depression in dysthymic disorder. Rhianon Allen, Howard McGuire, Lisa Samstag Jarvis, Julie 5/02 If we build it will they come? The impact of attitudes, subjective social norms, and perceived behavioral control on help-seeking intentions. Gary Kose, Howard McGuire, Paul Ramirez Kahn, Caroline 8/02 Cross-cultural variation in the relationship between late adolescent separation-individuation and psychosocial adjustment. Rhianon Allen, Nick Papouchis, Joan Duncan Landau-Feinstein, Kim 4/02 Exposure to violence and pro-violence attitudes and behaviors: the role of self-concept and ethnic identity in the cycle of violence. Gary Kose, Joan Duncan, Paul Ramirez Risher, Elise Ann 5/02 Time perception in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Gary Kose, Rhianon Allen, Joan Duncan Silvestri, Heather 5/02 Belief bias in conditional reasoning: exploring the role of content in the mental models theory. Gary Kose, Nick Papouchis, Jerry Gold Stewart, Robert 1/02 Increasing perceived susceptibility to tobacco-related illness through imagery and social comparison. Gary Kose, Howard McGuire, Paul Ramirez Walker, William 1/02 Constructing dreams: coherence and emotional changes over time. Gary Kose, Paul Ramirez, Marvin Hurvich 2001  Graduation Date  Dissertation Title  Committee Members Brown-Campbell, Erika 5/01 Assessing object relations projectively: a comparison of TAT and Rorschach indices. Barry Ritzler, Nick Papouchis, Jill Howard Colley, Amy 5/01 Adult survivors of childhood physical abuse: a study of object relations. Nick Papouchis, Joan Duncan, Gary Kose Iskowitz, Gila M. 1/01 Changing perspectives: two complementary paths towards identity development in adolescent boys and girls. Nick Papouchis, Carol Magai, Barry Ritzler Koffman, Michael A. 8/01 An investigation into cognitive mediators of the high self-monitor’s memorial advantage: theoretical considerations and practical implications. Rhianon Allen, Howard McGuire, Paul Ramirez Litke, David 1/01 Implicit learning and development. Rhianon Allen, Howard McGuire,  Arthur Reiber Marrocco, Frank 5/01 Gender role conflict in young adult males as a function of paternal/filial mutual identification and paternal warmth and empathy. Nick Papouchis, Rhianon Allen, Carol Magai Perkins, Stephanie 5/01 Paranormal beliefs: developmental antecedents, perceived control, and defensive coping. Rhianon Allen, Jerry Gold, Marvin Hurvich Phillippe, Jimmy 5/01 The relations between emotion, socialization, attachment style, and acculturative stress in a sample of Haitian and Dominican Immigrants. Carol Magai, Barry Ritzler, Paul Ramirez Rozov, Elissa 5/01 Therapist attachment style and emotional trait biases: a study of therapist contribution to the working alliance. Nick Papouchis, Carol Magai, Linda Penn Sherman, Rosalyn M. 5/01 Religious orientation and identity formulation. A study of adolescent girls. Gary Kose, Nick Papouchis, Barry Ritzler Shmerler, David L. 5/01 Homosexuality in adolescence: coming out and ego-identity development. Gary Kose, Rhianon Allen, Nick Papouchis Weiss, Peter 5/01 Self-esteem: a study of methods of measurements. Howard McGuire, Barry Ritzler, Gary Kose Woods, Erica 5/01 Socialization of academic achievement: the role of mothers’ achievement attitudes on children’s achievement attitudes and behavior. Howard McGuire, Gary Kose, Joan Duncan

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