Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Troop-Gordon, Wendy"

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Context-Specific Aggression: Prevalence and Outcomes of Aggression in the Home and at School in Childhood and Early Adolescence

VanDenBerg, Carlynn (2021-05-04)

Consistently elevated levels of aggression in childhood are problematic; however, the unique effects of aggression that occurs primarily at home or at school (i.e., context-specific aggression) are not well understood. The ...

Harsh Parenting and Trajectories of Adjustment across Late Adolescence: Autonomic Nervous System Activity as a Moderator of Risk

Saini, Ekjyot K. (2022-04-14)

Adjustment problems including internalizing symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing behaviors (e.g., rule-breaking, aggression, hostility) increase across earlier adolescence but little is known about their ...

A Longitudinal Examination of Empathy, Defender Self-Efficacy, and Moral Disengagement for Aggression as Predictors of Peer Defending

Corbitt-Hall, Darcy J. (2020-07-13) ETD File Embargoed

Empathy, defender self-efficacy (DSE), and moral disengagement are known correlates of defending in response to bullying, but how they systematically foster defending is unclear. My thesis tests the proposition that, at ...

A Longitudinal Examination of Popularity and Friendship Quality as Predictors of Depression in School Children from Fall to Spring

Fawley, Maya (2021-07-16)

Although researchers have established the significant role children’s peer relationships have on their socioemotional functioning, missing from the literature is an understanding of the subsequent effects popularity has ...

A Longitudinal Study of Defender Identity, Defending Behavior, and Peer Victimization in Childhood

Winter, Madison (2023-07-27) ETD File Embargoed

Research has shown the importance and benefit of children being willing to defend peers who are the target of peer victimization. Currently, little is known about the influence of having a defender identity on defending ...

Multi-Family Group Intervention: Affect Regulation to Improve Attachment for Adolescents Adjudicated of a Sex Offense and their Maternal Caregivers

Lindsay, Takoma (2021-07-21)

Research suggests that insecure attachment and deficits in affect regulation are common characteristics in youth who have been adjudicated for a sexual offense. Family therapies are not a focus in adolescent treatment, but ...

Parent and Peer Social-Emotional Support as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in the Transition into and out of College

Dawson, Mary Dorothy Rose (2020-07-02)

Depression is common in the college student population. Parent and peer socio-emotional support have long been shown to be associated with greater well-being and less depressive symptoms, including a smoother transition ...

Teachers’ Perceptions of Student Defenders of Bullied Peers: Associations with Defenders’ Race and Gender, and the Classroom Racial Composition

Christensen, Karl (2022-07-25) ETD File Embargoed

This thesis examined whether children’s defending of bullied peers predicts changes in teachers' reports of students' prosocial and aggressive behavior and whether those associations are moderated by children’s gender and ...

Variations in Activity Involvement: How Breadth, Commitment, and Depth Predict Adjustment

McConnell, Leanna (2020-07-09)

The present study examined the independent and shared contributions of three dimensions of organized activity involvement (breadth, commitment, and depth) in relation to four adjustment outcomes (academic competence, social ...