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Creator:: Thielke, Lauren E.
Abstract:: The present study explored the effects of intranasal oxytocin (OT), a naturally occurring hormone, on the behavior of pet dogs in an attachment test. Each dog participated in two testing sessions. On one visit saline was administered nasally and on another OT was administered nasally. Condition order was counterbalanced. Following...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: you to Dr. Giovanna Rosenlicht and Dr. Sarina Saturn for all of your help and support with this

Creator:: Beardsley, Dedrie
Abstract:: The art of software engineering inherently requires high-level problem solving and perseverance, as programmers and designers wrestle with complex design and implementation challenges in the process of turning loose concepts and ideas into working code. In the current developer ecosystem, engineers are commonly incentivized extrinsically by monetary rewards, approval or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Gopinath. I would like to thank my committee members Mei Lien, Sarina Saturn and Michele Swift for

Creator:: Proulx, Jeffrey A.
Abstract:: We examined the effect of daily stress, age, and emotional stability/neuroticism on stress reactivity, using cortisol diurnal rhythms. We used data from the Normative Aging Study (Spiro & Bosse, 2001). The 72 men in this study ranged from 67-93 (M =79.29, SD =4.88). Multilevel modeling showed that higher daily stress...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Mitchell, Erin E.
Abstract:: Individuals who have been traumatized have the opportunity to experience posttraumatic growth, conceptualized as positive changes that result from navigating highly challenging life circumstances (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004). The current model of posttraumatic growth (Calhoun, Cann, & Tedeschi, 2010) is based solely on cognitive-emotional processing yet by examining the role...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members, Dr. Brad Cardinal, Dr. Elizabeth Root, Dr. Sarina Saturn, and Dr. Kristen Macuga, each of you

Creator:: Romo, Daniel L.
Abstract:: A primary aim of bereavement research is to alleviate suffering and promote well-being at the junction of life and death for the survivor in an attachment relationship. Bereavement research in the last decade has focused primarily on examining grief recovery within the context of intrapersonal processes. This emphasis has often...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Thomas, Nicholas O.
Abstract:: Over the past century, life expectancy in the United States has dramatically increased leading to an increasingly aging population with people reaching, and spending more years in ‘old age’. While this unprecedented shift in population demographics represents great strides for humanity, it is not without cost. One consequence of longer...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee members, Viviana Perez, Sarina Saturn, Dave Williams, Nancy Kerkvliet, and Tony Wilcox

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