Browsing by Author "Lucier-Greer, Mallory"

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Accepting Influence in Military Couples: Implications for Couple- and Family-Level Outcomes

Peterson, Clairee (2019-07-10)

Accepting influence is a salient couple-level phenomenon, first observed by Coan, Gottman, and colleagues (1997), that is well-known to impact outcomes amongst couples. While accepting influence has been discussed as vital ...

Couples and Childhood Adversity: A Prevention Science Approach to Exploring Resilience with Variable-Centered and Person-Centered Methods

Cooper, Erin (2023-08-02) ETD File Embargoed

Contemporary research on couple relationship education (CRE) goes beyond testing the effectiveness of CRE for the average participant and assuming a “one size fits all” approach. Scholars acknowledge the complexity of the ...

Does Couple Wellbeing Mediate the Relationship Between Military Stressors/Supports and Psychological Outcomes in Military Wives?

Campbell, Debbie (2020-07-14)

This study examined the relationships between military stressors and supports, couple wellbeing, and the psychological outcomes of military wives. Systems focused theories, specifically the ABCX Model of Family Stress and ...

A Dyadic Mediation Model Examining Associations Between Ineffective Arguing, Emotional Distress, and Violence Perpetration/Victimization in Couples Before Therapy

Lowery, Dylann Faith (2022-07-28)

Previous research has studied the associations between ineffective arguing and emotional distress without the context of violence (Bowles, 2018; Overall & McNulty, 2017), as well as the associations between violence ...

Examining Impacts of Cumulative Risk on Military-Connected Youth and the Role of Coping

Cave, Carlie (2018-12-19)

Youth in military families are confronted with stressors that are normative (e.g., racial or ethnic minority status, non-married family structure, social isolation) and stressors that are context-specific and emerge in ...

Examining the Dimensionality of the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DRRI) and Examining if Religion/Spirituality/Religious Attendance Buffers the Impact Combat Exposure has on Mental Health Symptomatology

Sherman, Haley (2020-10-28)

Through the lens of religious coping theory, the aims of this study were multifaceted. First, the dimensionality of the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DRRI; RQ1; King et al., 2006), the combat exposure measure ...

Experiences in Youth Relationship Education for Adoptive and Nonadoptive Youth in Alabama

Braddock, Addison (2022-07-29)

While recent studies have explored effects of youth relationship education (YRE) (e.g., Adler-Baeder et al., 2007; McElwain et al., 2017; Simpson et al., 2018; Huntington et al., 2021), and differences between subgroups ...

Gender role attitudes: An examination of within-individual malleability and the value of dyadic congruence

Lucier-Greer, Mallory (2012-05-17)

Suggestions from structural symbolic interactionism and recent empirical studies are that gender role attitudes are malleable – able to change and be redefined – at the individual-level in relation to significant experiences. ...

The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Age on Individual Mental Health and Couple Functioning in Couple Relationship Education Participants

Youell, Taylor (2021-08-03)

Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, are negative events experienced throughout childhood and are consistently linked with poorer physical and mental health in adulthood. Recent literature also finds robust links between ...

Investigations into religious coping among United States veterans: A lens on measurement and implications for psychological wellbeing

Sherman, Haley (2024-04-05) ETD File Embargoed

Pew Research Institute estimates that in 2020 approximately 70% of individuals in the United States (U.S.) identified as religious with some ties to a religious community or belief system (e.g., Christian, Jewish, Muslim, ...

Multiple Investigations into Gaming and Psychosocial Functioning in a Community Sample of Adult Gamers

Burke, Benjamin (2021-07-19)

As one of the world’s most popular pastimes, video games have been a focus of study for several decades. Yet, there are still necessary areas of investigation, particularly those informed by human developmental perspectives ...

Pivoting to Meaningfully Connect with Youth: Youth Relationship Educators’ Perceptions of Success During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Almond, Lindsey (2022-08-03) ETD File Embargoed

This study considered the experiences of youth-focused relationship educators as they transitioned to online education due to the coronavirus pandemic. The aim was to understand the process and impact of these experiences ...

Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Examination of the Effects of Work and Family Factors on Active-duty and National Guard and Reserve Service Members’ Military Career Intentions

Tidwell, Allison (2022-11-21)

The Department of Defense (DoD) prioritizes the retention of military personnel to maintain a ready defense force and earn return on their investment of training highly skilled Service members. Prior research has examined ...

Skin conductance reactivity moderates the association between parental behavioral control and adolescent externalizing behavior

Fixelle, Courtney (2018-07-18)

The present study examined whether skin conductance level reactivity (SCLR) moderated the concurrent and longitudinal association between parental behavioral control and early adolescents’ externalizing behaviors. Data ...

Title: A Theoretical Update and Empirical Analysis of the Multiple Family Group Intervention

Livingston, Raven (2023-07-31)

The Multiple Family Group Intervention (MFGI) is a family therapy intervention within a larger treatment program (the Accountability Based Sex Offense Prevention (ABSOP) Program) for the treatment of illegal sexual behavior ...

Translating and Applying Recent Research on Military Family Life: A Preliminary Examination of the Efficacy of Mobile-Application-Based Professional Development for Military Human and Family Service Professionals

Quichocho, Davina (2022-08-09) ETD File Embargoed

A new mobile application (app) was developed by the Military REACH team. It delivered research-backed professional development content to practicing human and family service providers over the course of eight weeks. The ...