Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
The aftermath of teenage childbearing : the characteristics of successful adjustment, Sarjo Sanneh Patrick, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Expressive individualism in a midwestern situated youth subculture group, Jeffrey Michael Webb, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
The political geography of a Palestinian state: Main problems of implementation, Saed Jamal Abu-Hijleh, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 1996 Award
Development and Initial Psychometric Properties of the Adolescent Reasons for Living Inventory (ARFL), Tricia M. Besett, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Assessment of Weight Control Strategies Between Athletes and Nonathletes, Linda K. Buehler, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Is the error-reaction time correlation in category verification tasks evidence of fuzzy limits in categories?, Sergio Chaigneau, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis 1996 Award
Britain’s Only Offensive: An Assessment of the Influence of Bomber Command on British Morale, 1939-1942, Brian Keith Gulick, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Germany’s Foreign Policy and the Role of German Minorities: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland 1919-1929, Frederick William Hollister, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
The influence of relative campus prestige between dating partners on dating behaviors, Jennifer Meehan, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
An analysis of racial bias in revocation rates among felony probationers in Black Hawk County, Iowa, Ross Thomas Todd, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Mary Queen of Scots: The Legend Continues, Shari A. Herlein, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Iowa's wolf in populist clothing: Norman Baker, 1925-1936, Eric Scott Juhnke, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 1995 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Acceptance of Persons with Mental Illnesses: Labeling Effects and Sex Differences, Laura J. Anderson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Impact of Employee Pregnancy on Performance Appraisal Ratings and Salary Recommendations, Debra K. Kettner Damge, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
The Egypt-Palestine/Israel boundary: 1841-1992, Thabit Abu-Rass, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis 1993 Award
The Standardization of the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) for an Occupational Health Population, Laura Lynn Diemer, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Inventory of Negative Thoughts in Response to Pain and the Pain Cognition List: Norms and Psychometric Properties of Two Measures of Pain Cognition, Timothy John Haines, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
General and Specific Job Satisfaction, Work Content, and Work Group Size, Heidi Hamilton, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Relationship Termination and the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale: A Comparative Study, Robert Bruce Hensley, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
A review and modification of Wilson and Herrnstein's integrated theory of criminality as it pertains to serial murder and serial rape, Karen Bower Mead, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
A pretension of place: The industrialization of corn belt agriculture, 1940-1965, Philip Jeffrey Nelson, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 1993 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
The Relationship between Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions Regarding Mental Illness with a Focus on Schizophrenia, Kellie Kae Boeckmann, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Sexually Abused and Nonsexually Abused Children’s Conceptions of Sexual Abuse, Michelle R. Brundage, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Effects of Race and Socio-Economic Status on Children’s Food Preferences, Reginald M. Chandler, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Sociological implications of technology: The historical treatment of technology in sociological theory and a proposal for empirical research, Martin E. Hansen, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis 1992 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Sex and Age Differences in the Experience of Stress, Carmen M. Charles, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The federal government and the Industrial Workers of the World, 1917-1918: An attempt to crush a labor union, Michael Torrance Prahl, Department of History, Open Access Thesis 1991 Award
Occupational outcomes of bachelor's degrees earned by nontraditional students, Mary Ellen Ellyson Wacker, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis 1991 Award
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Voices From the Cloister: Oral Perspectives on the Recent History of New Melleray Abbey, Benedict Julian Hussmann, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Short-Term Group Treatment for Women With Anorgasmia: A Comparative Evaluation of the Use of Films Versus the Nonuse of Films, Kris Burling, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Racial discrimination in the Big Ten Athletic Conference sports of football and basketball, Reginald John Green, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Open Access Thesis
Native trees in an urban area: A case study of the Waterloo metropolitan area Black Hawk County, Iowa, Alice Christine Robbins, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
United States Participation in the North Russian Intervention, 1918-1919, Michael Andrew Hudson, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Potential differences in self-concept among adult children of problem drinkers, Thomine Sue Wilson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Bulimia: A Preliminary Analysis of Moods, Self-Efficacy, and Binge-Eating, Kristen Jean Henke, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Effects of Deprivation and Smoking on Smokers’ Performance and Mood During the Operation of a Complex Computer Simulation, Gregory Howarth Cutler, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Cognitive Correlates and Predictors of Verbal Aggression and Anger in the College Population, Douglas Allen Davidson, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Effects of Prenatal Versus Postnatal Maternal Environment on Saline Intake by Crossbred Rats, Mary Elizabeth Deyo, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
The Sex Variable and Reactions to a Peer With an Orthopedic Disability by First- And Second Graders, Virginia Lynn Ruark, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
U.S. Military Small Arms of the World Wars: A Guide for the Small Museum, David C. Conzett, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Public Acceptability of Psychotherapy: The Effects of Sex, Psychotherapeutic Orientation and Mode of Presentation, Mark A. Etscheidt, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Consequences of Conquest upon Roman Political, Social, Economic, Cultural and Architectural Development during and after the Punic Wars, 2nd Century B.C., Deborah Carol Blinka, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Exploratory Data Analysis of Nigeria’s 1963 Age Structures, Julius Oladele Samuel Dada, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
The Kashmir Conflict: A Geographical Perspective, Razia Babar, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
The Ethics of Business and Herbert Hoover’s Internationalism, Robin L. Hamilton, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Dyarchy: An Unavoidable Transitional Stage in the Constitutional Development of India, N. Chiranjeevi, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Henry A. Wallace and China, Linda Eichmeyer Clarkson, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
An Analysis of the Concept of Divine Right of Kings in the Political Works of James I, Kenneth Francis Cox, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
A Pattern of Eolian Deposition in Northeastern Iowa, Lyle L. Davis, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Mechanically Induced Karst Development Along the Silurian Escarpment in Northeastern Iowa, Ardith K. Hansel, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Analysis of the Occupational Status and Choice Patterns of Women, Terry L. Besser, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
NA Tse KE: A Re-Evaluation of Some Major Trends in United States Apache Policy, 1847-1887, D. C. Cole, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Regional variations in the age structure of the United States: 1870-1970, Donald D. Peterson, Department of Geography, Thesis (UNI Access Only)
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
The Radical Pietists: Celibate Communal Societies Established in the United States Before 1820, Delburn Carpenter, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Stilicho: The Man and His Times, David Bliss Hanawalt, Department of History, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
County Seats of Northeast Iowa: A Multivariate Classification, William E. Blake, Department of Geography, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1958
Group Counseling of Junior High School Students With Certain Adjustment Problems, Urma Peterson English, Department of Psychology, Open Access Thesis