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Selected Dissertations

Catherine E. Reisenberg
June 2008

  The Development of the Illness Knowledge Questionnaire
for Preschoolers


Elisabeth D. Howard
April 2008

  Women’s Decisional Conflict, Anxiety, and Coping Strategies
Following Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormality


Terrah L. Foster
March 2008

  A Mixed Method Study of Continuing Bonds:
Maintaining Connections after the Death of a Child


Dawn Garrett
March 2008

  Parental Perceptions of Body Weight in Toddlers
and Preschool Children


Haley M. Hoy
March 2008

  Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life After
Lung Transplantation


Sharon M. Karp
March 2008

  The Effects of Maternal Psychosocial Factors on Maternal Competence for Infant Feeding
Cynthia O'Neal
March 2007

  The Development of the Normalization Assessment Measures

Jo Anne P. Davis
March 2007

  Midwives and Normalcy, Experience and Meaning: A Hermeneutical-Phenomenological Study of Midwives' Concept of Normalcy in Childbirth

Karen Caines
December 2006

  Girls Who Swim: An Ethnographic Exploration of Sociocultural Protective Factors Buffering Excessive Weight Concerns in Early Adolescent Girls

Hongxia Liu
March 2006

  Coping and Health-related Quality of Life in Renal
Transplant Patients


Laura C. Hein
March 2006

  Survival Among Male Homeless Adolescents

Elizabeth Moore
November 2004

  Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and Breastfeeding Success

Thomas L. Christenbery
March 2004

  Dyspnea Mental Representations as Determinants of Coping Interventions and Appraisal for Individuals with COPD

Lois Wagner
March 2004

  Moderating Effects of Cognitive Adaptability on Expressive Writing Outcomes Among Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Mary-Beth Coty
December 2003

  Multiple Roles, Role Stress, and Role Strain in Healthy and Chronically Ill Women

Jo-Ann Kamencik
December 2003

  Significance of a Transformational Leadership Style in Practice Environments: Perceptions of Nurse Executives and Mid-Level Nurse Managers

Sheila H. Ridner
December 2003

  Symptom Clusters Occuring with Lymphedema after Breast Cancer

Linda P. Riley
November 2003

  Factors Associated with Parental Transition Outcomes

Michael Vollman
March 2003

  Personal and Situational Factors Influencing Coping and Depression in Adults with Heart Failure

Sarah Fogel
September 2001

  Predictors of Disclosure of Sexual Identity to Health Care Providers

Sharon Dowdy
December 1999

  Synchronous Support Congruent Coping, or a Good Marriage:  Which is more important in reduction of the pain by spouses with rheumatoid arthritis?

Donna Blackburn
August 1999

  Mothers And Adolescents: A Dyadic Perspective on Family Functioning with Maternal Chronic Illness

Rolanda Johnson
August 1998

  The Differences Within: The Relationships Between Racial Identity, Sociodemographic Factors, Health Beliefs, and Health-Promoting Behaviors in African Americans

Kuei-Ru Chou
August 1997

  Testing A Theoretical Model of Caregiver Burden In A Chinese Population. May 1997



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