Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2023

Chloé Georgeaux-Healy  (March 2023)

General

Functional Assessment of Disordered Eating in the Context of Trauma and Sexual Assault

Jill Hooley, Emily Mellen

Rebecca Shingleton

General

Project SOLVE and Rangatahi in Aotearoa: A School-Based Pilot Test of a Digital Single-Session Mental Health Intervention for Adolescents in New Zealand

John Weisz, Olivia Fitzpatrick

Jill Hooley

General

A Mixed Methods Analysis of Stigma and Social Identity in Adolescents with Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders

Jill Hooley, Emily Hennessy

Mayron Piccolo

General

Examining Physical Activity as a Potential Moderator of the Association Between Stress and Internalizing Symptoms

Katie McLaughlin, Constanza Vidal Bustamante

Richard McNally

General

How Individuals High in Perfectionism Experience and Cope with Specific Negative Emotions

Jill Hooley, Chelsea Boccagno

Rebecca Shingleton

General

Political Frameworks: Differences in the Way Liberals and Conservatives View Issues

Michael Norton, Liz Johnson

Mina Cikara

CNEP

Individualized Functional Brain Mapping of the Frontoparietal Control System in Major Depressive Disorder

Diego Pizzagalli, Matthew Sacchet

Talia Konkle

General

Examining Children's Facial Recognition of Emotion as a Mechanism Linking Maternal Depression and Child Internalizing Symptoms

Charles Nelson, Kelsey Quigley

Katie McLaughlin

General

A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Stigma Related to Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Scale Development and Psychosocial Correlates

Mark Hatzenbuehler, Emily Mellen

Mina Cikara

CNEP

Should We Practice Together?: The Impact of Communal Music-Making on Mental Wellbeing

Jill Hooley, Mayron Piccolo

Jason Mitchell

General

Feeling the Truth: The Divergent Effects of Sadness and Anger on Misinformation Detection

Jennifer Lerner

Mina Cikara

General

What Not to Know: The Role of Strategic Ignorance in Avoiding Punishment

Dan Gilbert, Bethany Burum

Fiery Cushman

General

Theory Drives Data, Drives Theory: Cognitive Models Enhanced by Data-Driven Machine Learning Methods Provide Theoretical Advances to Models of Social Behavior

Fiery Cushman

Talia Konkle

CNEP

Through the Looking Glass: An Examination of the Relationship Between Introspective Accuracy into Choice Processes and Psychopathology

Fiery Cushman, Adam Morris

Katie McLaughlin

CNEP

Associations of Acculturation and Discrimination with Mental Health in Hispanic/Latinx, East Asian, and Southeast Asian Pre-Adolescents

Katie McLaughlin, David Weissman

Leslie Rith-Najarian

General

Investigating Intellectual Safetyism: What are the Consequences of Shielding Students from Emotional Discomfort?

Richard McNally, Ben Bellet

Jill Hooley

General

How Do We Learn?: Understanding Differences in Social and Individual Learning Between Urban and Rural Populations

Fiery Cushman

Mina Cikara

CNEP

Mapping the Brain onto Behavior: An Exploration of Functional Connectivity in Infancy Underlying Cognitive Outcomes at Three Years

Charles Nelson

Mahzarin Banaji

MBB

Examining Intellectual Safetyism: Developing a Safetyism Scale and Characterizing its Associations in a Sample of College Students

Richard McNally, Ben Bellet

Shelley Carson

CNEP

Reactivation and Cognitive Restructuring of Negative Autobiographical Memories

Elizabeth Phelps, Xandra Kredlow

Daniel Schacter

General

Exploring the Effects of Documentation Status on Immigrant Representation and Immigration Policy Preferences

Mina Cikara, Joel Martinez

Mahzarin Banaji

General

Find Sound: A Game-based Intervention to Improve Children’s Reading Skills

Elizabeth Spelke, Akshita Srinivasan

Jesse Snedeker