Counseling and Educational Development

Fall 2008

Wendi K. Schweiger
Special Needs Adoptive Families: A Study of Social Supports and Family Functioning
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Spring 2009

Karen E. Hall
Anxiety and Counseling Self-Efficacy Among Counseling Students: The Moderating Role of Mindfulness and Alexithymia
Chair, Dr. Craig Cashwell

Nathaniel N. Ivers
Mortality Salience and Worldview Defense: The Effect of Death Awareness and Self-Esteem on Multicultural Counseling Competence
Chair, Dr. Jane Myers

Xiaoying Liu
Examining the Impact of International Graduate Students' Acculturation Experiences on Their Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy
Chair, Dr. James Benshoff

Summer 2009

Kerrie N. Kardatzke
Perceived Stress, Adult Attachment, Dyadic Coping, and Marital Satisfaction of Counseling Graduate Students
Chair, Dr. Craig Cashwell

Summer 2008

Amy L. Bigbee
The Relationship Between Religion, Social Interest, and Wellness in Adults
Chair, Dr. Jane Myers

Glenn F. Newsome
A Work Behavior Analysis of Executive Coaches
Co-Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders and Co-Chair, Dr. James Benshoff

Allison L. Smith
An Investigation of Attitudes Towards AdultsWith Mental Illness Among Mental Health Professionals In-Training, Non Mental Health Professionals In-Training, Mental Health Professionals, and Non Mental Health Professionals
Chair, Dr. Craig Cashwell

Spring 2008

Elysia V. Clemens
A Leader-Member Exchange Approach to Understanding School Counselors' Roles, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intentions
Co-Chair, Dr. Craig Cashwell and Co-Chair, Dr. Amy Milsom

Fall 2007

Daniel M. Paredes
Multi/Cross-Cultural Competence: Integrating University and Particular Perspectives
Chair, Dr. Craig S. Cashwell

Summer 2007

D. Paige Bentley
Mindfulness and Counseling Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Attention and Empathy
Chair, Dr. Craig S. Cashwell

Derick A. Williams
An Examination of Athletic Identity, Sport Commitment, Time in Sport, Social Support, Life Satisfaction, and Holistic Wellness in College Student-Athletes
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Spring 2007

Laura Everhart Welfare
Counselor Cognitive Complexity: Instrument Development and Validation
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Summer 2006

Joseph Patrick Jordan, Sr.
An Examination of the Necessary Knowledge and Skills for Juvenile Court Counselors to Intervene with Alcohol and Other Drug Abusing Juvenile Offenders
Chair, Dr. Craig S. Cashwell

Carrie Ashford Wachter
Crisis in the Schools: Crisis, Crisis Intervention Training, and School Counselor Burnout
Chair, Dr. Craig S. Cashwell

Rebecca L. Withrow
Adult Daughters of Divorce: Relationships among Mother-Daughter Dynamics and Daughter Views Toward and Exploration Strategies of Marriage
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Spring 2006

Michael N. Gomila
The Psychological Effects of Death Exposure: A Regression of Risks Associated with Mortuary Services
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Christopher T. Pisarik
The Relationship among Work Possible Selves, Work Role Salience, Socioeconomic Position, and the Psychological Well-being of Individuals in Early Adulthood
Chair, Dr. Marie F. Shoffner

Summer 2005

Casey A. Barrio
Testing the Validity of Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT) as a Theoretical Approach to Treatment Planning: The Relationship among Cognitive Style, Ways of Knowing, Theoretical Position, and Intervention Style in Counselors and Counselors-in-Trainig
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Caroline S. Booth
The Relationship among Career Aspirations, Multiple Role Planning Attitudes, and Wellness among African-American and Caucasian Undergraduate Women
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Melinda M. Gibbons
College-Going Beliefs of Prospective First-Generation College Students: Perceived Barriers, Social Support, Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Melanie C. Harper
Retirement Modeling: An Exploration of the Effects of Retirement Role Model Characteristics on Retirement Self-Efficacy and Life Satisfaction in Midlife Workers
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

P. Clay Rowell
The Relationship between Personal Growth Group Experiences in Multicultural Counseling Courses and Counseling Students' Racial/Ethnic Identity Development
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Julie B. Stephan
School Environment and Counselor Resources: A Predictive Model of School Counselor Burnout
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Amy B. Wood
Labor and Delivery Nurses' Experience of Fetal Demise: Factors Affecting Extent of Distress, Impact of the Event, and Coping Strategies
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Spring 2005

Carman S. Gill
The Relationship among Spirituality, Religiosity, and Wellness for Poor, Rural Women
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Fall 2004

Christine Borzumato-Gainey
An Examination of Factors Affecting Peer Feedback In Group Supervision
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Summer 2004

A. Keith Mobley
The Relationship among Gender Role Conflict, Counselor Training, and Wellness in Professional Male Counselors
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

W. Matthew Shurts
The Relationships among Marital Messages Received, Marital Attitudes, Relationship Self-Efficacy, and Wellness Among Never-Married Traditional-Aged Undergraduate Students
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Spring 2004

Atticia Parmer Bundy
Rural Women in Career Transition: A Look at Schlossberg's 4Ss, Situation, Self, Supports, and Strategies
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Jayamala Madathil
Comparison of Importance of Marital Characteristics and Marital Satisfaction for Asian Indians in Arranged Marriages and Americans in Marriages of Choice
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Stephen Christian Smith
Counselors' Continuing Education: An Explorary Assessment of Activities and Perceived Value
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Summer 2003

William Bryce Hagedorn
The Identification of Sexual Addiction Counseling Competencies: A Study of Professional Addiction Clinicians
Chair, Dr. Gerald A. Juhnke

Randolph H. Watts
Safeguarding Factors for Gender Role Conflict in Adolescent Males
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Spring 2003

Suzanne Elizabeth Degges-White
The Relationship among Transitions, Chronological Age, Subjective Age, Wellness, and Life Satisfaction in Women at Midlife
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Holly Joy Hartwig Moorehead
The Relationship among Individual Factors of Wellness, Family Environment and Delinquency in Adolescent Females
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Daniel L. Sander
The Fit Between the Leisure Activities Finder Items and Holland's Hexagonal Model: A Multi-Dimensional Scaling Analysis
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Joshua Chad Watson
The Effects of Athletic Participation, Expectations about Counseling, and Gender on Attitudes Toward Help Seeking Behavior among College Students
Chair, Dr. Craig S. Cashwell

Fall 2002

Darlene Daneker
Practice Analysis of Clinical Thanatologists
Chair, Dr. Craig S. Cashwell

Summer 2002

Shawn L. Spurgeon
A Comparative Analysis Between
a Historically Black College and University and a Predominately White Institution of the Relationship Among Racial Identity, Self-Esteem and Wellness
for African American Male College Juniors and Seniors
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Spring 2002

Carol E. Dice
The Relationship among Coping Resources, Wellness, and Attachment to Companion Animals in Older People
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Andrea L. Dixon
The Relationship among Ethnic Identity, Acculturation, Mattering, and Wellness in Minority and Non-Minority Adolescents
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Suzan Zuljani-Wasik
Remembering the Forgotten Child: An Investigation of PTSD-Related Symptomaology and Family Communication in Healthy Siblings of Children with Pediatric Cancer
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Fall 2001

Wendy Charkow
Family-Based Death and Grief-Related Counseling: Examining the Personal and Professional Factors That Impact Counselor Competence
Chair, Dr. Gerald A. Juhnke

Thomas A. Dodson
Male Career Compromise Process: Career Traditionality, Male Role Norm Adherence, Gender Role Conflict, and Job Satisfaction
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Janice D. Flezzani
The Role of Self-Monitoring and Pluralistic Ignorance in Understanding Sexual Aggression and Coercion in College Males
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Simone F. Lambert
Preadolescents' Perceptions of Parent-Child Communication and School-Based Aggression
Chair, Dr. Craig S. Cashwell

Robin Guill Liles
Understanding Adolescent Diabetic Control: An Ecological Approach
Chair, Dr. Gerald A. Juhnke

Natasha A. Mitchell
The Relationship among Acculturation, Wellness, and Academic Self-Concept in Caribbean American Adolescents
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Sandra Helen Ritter
Working with Students Affected by Alcohol or Other Drug Use: Knowledge and Abilities Needed by Entry Level School Counselors
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Summer 2001

Michele K. Briggs
Spiritual Wellness and Depression in Older Adolescents and Midlife Adults: A Comparative Study
Chair, Dr. Marie F. Shoffner

Linda S. Makinson
The Relationship of Moral Identity, Social Interest, Gender, and Wellness Among Adolescents
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Stacey L. Sinclair
Objectification Experiences, Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance, Objectified Body Consciousness, and Wellness in Heterosexual Caucasian College Women
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Fall 2000

Xuri Maurice Allen
Family Functioning and the Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of African American Male Freshman and Sophomore College Students
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Leslie F. Armeniox
Level of Supervisee Disclosure in the Clinical Supervision of Counselors-In-Training
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Robin L. Daniel
Emotional Caretaking in Male Batterers: Instrument Development and Testing
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Summer 2000

Russell C. Curtis
Coping with Prostate Cancer: The Effects of Family Strength, Sense of Coherence, and Spiritual Resources
Chair, Dr. Gerald Juhnke

M. Quinn Lontz
The Male Gender and Gender Role Conflict in Relationship to Well-Being in Older Adult Men
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Spring 2000

Jennifer R. Adams
An Examination of Teacher Initiated Contact with the School Counselor by Family Structure, Gender, and African American or European American Race
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Kathleen M. Connolly
The Relationship between Wellness, Mattering, and Job Satisfaction
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Brian J. Dew
The Relationship among Internalized Homophobia, Self-disclosure, Self-disclosure to Parents, and Wellness in Adult Gay Males
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Teresa B. Fletcher
The Effects of a Low-element Challenge Program on the Cohesion of a Women's Collegiate Volleyball Team: Implications for Adventure-based Counseling
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

Donna M. Gibson
The Effect of Social Coping Sources and Growth Fostering Relationships on Infertility Stress in Women
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Fall 1999

Keith Martin Davis
An Analysis of Counseling Work Behaviors by School Counselors
Chair, Dr. James Benshoff

Shirley Baker Huffman
Midlife American Women's Attitudes Toward Menopause and the Relationship between Attitudes and Menopausal Symptom Reporting
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Deborah Ruth Newsome
Parental and School Influences on Adolescent Academic Achievement
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Summer 1999

Katherine Howard Glenn
Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors: The Diagnosis of Substance-Related Disorders, Dual Diagnosis and the Multidisciplinary Approach
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

Jon Guttorm Toverud
The Theory of Planned Behavior as a Predictor of EAP Supervisory Referrals
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Spring 1999

Ellyn Joan Essic
The Multiple Mentor Model: Getting the Mentors You Need-An Investigation of the Effects of a Skills-Based Program for Women on Perceptions of Mentor Relationships and Self-Efficacy
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Joseph Scott Glass
The Relationship of Participation in a Low-Element Challenge Course to Adolescent's Self-Reported Perceptions of Group Cohesion
Chair, Dr. James Benshoff

Fall 1998

Patrick E. Prince
Binge Drinking among College Students
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

Summer 1998

Kathryn K. Rhodes
An Investigation of Patterns in Interdisciplinary Affiliation of Professional Counselors
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Spring 1998

Catharina Y. Chang
The Role of Distinctiveness in Acculturation, Ethnic Identity, and Wellness in Korean American Adolescents and Young Adults
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

J. Kelly Coker
A Context for Use: Examining the Environmental and Social Factors that Impact Adolescent Problem Drinking
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders
Funding from 1998 AERA Dissertation Grants Program

Gerhard M. Kroiss
Measuring Counselors' Critical and Evaluative Thinking
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Patricia J. Polanski
Alternative Pathways among Dropouts: An Ecodevelopmental Model of Educational Persistence
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

Mark B. Scholl
College Students' Preferences for Counselor Role: Differences as a Function of Selected Young Adult Identity Development Factors
Chair, Dr. James Benshoff

Jane R. Rosen-Grandon
The Relationship between Marital Characteristics, Marital Interaction Processes, and Marital Satisfaction
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Sarah H Thiessen
The Relationship among Environmental Features and Childhood Sexual Abuse of College-Age Women
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Summer 1997

Stephen G. Shumate
The Effect of a Committed Relationship Training Program on Marital Expectations and Communication Styles of Young Adults
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Spring 1997

Kimberly L. Dillihunt
The Relationship between Counselor Training and Confidence in Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Issues
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Douglas E. Guilbert
Marital Instability: The Relationship of Gender Role Beliefs, Negativity, and Distancing
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Linda J. McNeal
Occupational Stress, Hope, and Perceived Social Support among Oncology Nurses
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

Sondra L. Smith
The Relationship of Social Bond and Reputation Enhancement to Girls' Self-Reported Delinquent Involvement
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Fall 1996

David John Bergen
Gender Role Conflict and Coping: A Preliminary Investigation of College Males
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Pamelia E. Brott
Interactions with Principals as Defining Experiences in the Development of a Professional School Counselor Identity
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Gerald A. Hutchinson, Jr.
The Relationship of Wellness Factors to Work Performance and Job Satisfaction among Managers
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Kenneth W. Simington
The Use of Brief Family Counseling with Middle School Students Experiencing Discipline Problems
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Larry C. Willett
Using Instructional Videotape to Teach Couples Communication, Conflict-resolution, and Problem-solving
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Summer 1996

Lynda Kay Black
How Do Firefighters Cope? An Investigation of Coping Strategies and Distress within the Context of Daily Stressors
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

J. Scott Young
The Impact of a Supervisor-Generated Metaphor on the Clinical Hypothesis Formation Skills of Counselors in Training
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Spring 1996

Frankie Carroll Browning
Male Caregivers with Cancer Diagnosed Partners: An Exploratory Study
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

John Robert Culbreth, Jr.
Perceptions of the Supervisory Relationship: Recovering and Non-Recovering Substance Abuse Counselors
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Beverly Ann Fulbright
The Use of Humor and Its Mediation of Depression in Cancer Patients and Primary Caregivers
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Michael T. Garrett
Cultural Values and Wellness of Native American High School Students
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Rose Marie Hoffman
Beyond the Bem Sex-Role Inventory: A Reconceptualization of the Constructs of "Masculinity" and "Femininity" and a Reexamination of Their Measurement
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders
1997 Honorable Mention, Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender, Association for Women in Psychology and Division 35 (Psychology of Women) of the American Psychological Association

Cheryl Colethia Holcomb
The Relationship between Counselor Training and Multicultural Competence
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers
1998 Chi Sigma Iota Outstanding Research Award

Patricia Galatas Von Steen
Extent and Structure of Treatment of Substance Abusers in Multiservice Mental-Health Agencies: A Work-Behavior Analysis
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Fall 1995

David John Lundberg
A Comparison of Career Maturity and Personality Preferences between Mexican-American and Anglo-American Adolescents
Chair, Dr. W. Larry Osbourne

James A. Wachsmuth
Factors Affecting Mothers' and Adolescent Sons' Preference for Family Counseling Approaches
Chair, Dr. James Benshoff

Summer 1995

Lori Leigh Brown Crutchfield
The Impact of Two Clinical Peer Supervision Models on School Counselors' Job Satisfaction, Counseling Self-efficacy and Counseling Effectiveness
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders
1996 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision

Spring 1995

Kim K. Bloss-Snyder
School-Based Family Interventions: Current and Preferred Practices of School Counselors
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Susan S. Crawford
Intensity and Frequency of Children's Fears
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Darryl A. Hyers
A Structural Analysis of Relationships among Stress, Social Support, Dysfunctional Attitudes, and Depression in Older Adults
Chair, Dr. William Purkey

Leslie M. Rainey
Influential Factors in Career Orientation and Career Aspiration of Early Adolescent Females
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders
1995 Graduate Research Award, National Career Development Association

Chester R. Robinson
The Effects of a Career Course on the Career Maturity of Undergraduates
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Fall 1994

Daniel L. Bernard
The Role of Student Development Professionals in Reducing the Prevalence of Sexual Assault on College Campuses in Accordance with Section 485(f) of Title IV Higher Education Reauthorization Amendments of 1992
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Sylvia C. Nassar
Volunteers in Mental Health Service Programs: A Work Behavior Analysis
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Alfred W. Smith
Separation-Individuation and Coping: Contributions to Freshman College Adjustment
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Spring 1994

Craig Scott Cashwell
Familial Influences on Adolescent Behavior
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Suzanne Cole Freeman Hidore
A Construct Validity Investigation of Career Maturity
Chair, Dr. W. Larry Osborne

James O'Leary Fuller
Predictors of Reentry Shock in American Adolescents Who Have Lived Overseas
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Henry Albert Lewis
Factors Related to Women Returning to School
Chair, Dr. James M. Benshoff

Martha L. Sayles
At-Risk Behavior of Ethnically Diverse Adolescents
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Pamela Oldham Werstlein
Process Variables in Group Supervision
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders
1995 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
1997 Journal for Specialists in Group Work Outstanding Article Award

Summer 1993

Jo Ann Chavis Lowery
An Investigation of Self-Concept as Learner of Native American Middle Level Learners
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Spring 1993

Virginia Ann Ruocco Kelly
Parental Alcoholism and Coping: A Comparison of Female Children of Alcoholics
Chair, Dr. Jane E. Myers

Vivien E. Radonsky
Factors Influencing Lesbians' Direct Disclosure of Their Sexual Orientation
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

Michael E. Wells
A Psychooncology Intervention for Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patients in a Hospital Outpatient Clinic
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

Fall 1992

Andrea Marie Bellamy Sumerel
Addressing Counselors' Personal Issues in Supervision: Perceived Impact of Experience Level on Various Aspects of the Supervisory Relationship
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders
1993 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision

Claire H. Usher
The Ability of Career Maturity Indicators to Predict Interest Score Differentiation, Consistency, and Elevation among Undergraduate Students Enrolled in a Career/Life Planning Course
Chair, Dr. W. Larry Osborne

Spring 1992

Virginia G. Lewis
Life Satisfaction of Single, Middle-Aged, Professional Women
Chair, Dr. L. DiAnne Borders

John Dwaine Phifer
Family Stress, Antisocial Behavior and the Behaviorally/Emotionally Disturbed Girl
Chair, Dr. J. Scott Hinkle

1991

Nancy Fleming Courts
Stress Inoculation Education and Counseling with Patients on Hemodialysis: Effects on Psychosocial Stressors and Adherence
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Laura A. Dean
Supervision of Resident Assistant Paraprofessionals in Higher Education: Perceptions of Supervisory Roles
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Harriet Leigh Enzor
Career Development Assessment of At-Risk Students: Implications for a Dropout Prevention Model
Chair, Dr. W. Larry Osborne

Michelle Prince Lukse
Assessing Grief, Depression, and Coping Behaviors of Women Participating in In Vitro Fertilization Embryo Transfer
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Susan Quick Phelps
Programs of Study in Student Development in Higher Education: Job Relevancy of the CACREP Accreditation Standards
Chair, Dr. Jack I. Bardon

Rhonda Rosser-Hogan
Dissociation and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Khmer Refugees Resettled in the United States
Chair, Dr. Jack I. Bardon

Paula Helen Stanley
Asymmetry in Internal Dialogue, Core Assumptions, Valence of Self Statements and Counselor Trainee Effectiveness
Chair, Dr. William W. Purkey

Herbert Ray Wooten Jr.
Cognitive Complexity and Selected Aspects of Leader's Self Reported Cognitions
Chair, Drs. Jack I. Bardon and L. DiAnne Borders

1990

Susan B. Devaney
Comparative Effects of Exercise Reduction and Relaxation Training on Type A Behavior and Dysphoric Mood States in Habitual Aerobic Exercisers
Chair, Dr. W. Larry Osborne

Nil Aptekin Moore
Comparison of Three Treatments for Stress Reduction
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc

Patricia Elaine Robertson
An Investigation of Personality Characteristics and Demographic Profiles of Women and Men in Management Positions
Chair, Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc