Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A qualitative investigation of religion, gender role beliefs, and culture in the lives of a select group of Muslim men, Elham Bagheri
The relationship between the outcomes for children placed in teaching family homes and the race/ethnicity of their caregivers, Candyce Rose Briggs
The adolescent with cancer's school re-entry experience : exploration of predictors and successful outcomes, Chasity Brimeyer
Comparing trend and gap statistics across tests: distributional change using ordinal methods and bayesian inference, John Nickolas Denbleyker
Early numeracy: technical adequacy of select kindergarten and first grade screening measures, Gregory Michael Feldmann
Age-related social, emotional, and behavioral differences in children and adolescents manifesting the symptom presentation of nonverbal learning disabilities, Joyce Elberta Goins
Academic achievement following childhood onset brain injury, Amanda Jo Grafft
Education practitioners' interpretation and use of assessment results, Karoline Ann Jarr
College bound: examining the adequacy of high school transition planning for youth with internalizing disorders, Hollie Alexis McClintick-Greene
Evaluation of choices by bilingual children with disabilities across social contexts: the role of stimulus and language preference, Yaniz Cristina Padilla Dalmau
Perceived stigma in persons with early stage dementia and its impact on anxiety levels, Rebecca Jane Riley
An investigation of perceptions of two therapeutic responses for persons with a terminal illness experiencing death anxiety, Joleen Carol Schoulte
An investigation into the psychometric properties of the proportional reduction of mean squared error and augmented scores, Christopher Neil Stephens
Validity decay versus validity stability in stem and non-stem fields, Paul Andrew Westrick
An examination of the impact of a veterans only college course, Tamara Sue Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Assessing first- and second-order equity for the common-item nonequivalent groups design using multidimensional IRT, Benjamin James Andrews
Unpacking student growth percentiles: statistical properties of regression-based approaches with implications for student and school classifications, Katherine Elizabeth Castellano
Factors related to school violence victimization: the role of extracurricular activities, Sharon Llewellyn Clark
Using rational emotive behavior therapy to initiate and maintain regular exercise in college-age men: a qualitative investigation, Jay Matthew Greenfeld
Evaluating equating properties for mixed-format tests, Yi He
Homeschooling in Iowa: an investigation of curricular choices made by homeschooling parents, Tina Marie Jorgenson
Social emotional differences of students who have a nonverbal learning disability or Dysphasia, Carrie Ann Kimpton Heald
The impact of psychosocial factors on achievement gains between eighth and tenth grade, Yi-Lung Kuo
Neural substrates of intrinsic motivation: fMRI studies, Woogul Lee
An examination of the psychosocial profile of individuals with complex regional pain syndrome, Jessica Ann Lohnberg
An investigation of outcomes assessment utilization in the context of teacher education program accreditation, Georgetta Ann Daisy Myhlhousen-Leak
Posttraumatic growth in Huntington disease: measuring the effects of genetic testing and disease on positive psychological change, Justin John Francis O'Rourke
Brief treatment analysis for elopement in an outpatient clinic setting, LaKaren Deann Rickman
Does forgiveness matter? A study of spiritual transformation among survivors of significant interpersonal offenses, Jessica Marie Schultz
Pathways toward progress: examining the relationships among racial identity, academic intrinsic motivation, and perceived suppport on African American students' academic achievement, Antonia Maria Kennedy Szymanski
Anticipating posttraumatic growth from cancer: a patient and collateral perspective, Benjamin Ashley Tallman
A descriptive analysis of alexithymia among patients with chronic back pain, Derek Geoffrey Turesky
Augmented testing and effects on item and proficiency estimates in different calibration designs, Nathan Lane Wall
Differential item functioning procedures for polytomous items when examinee sample sizes are small, Scott William Wood
The relationship between social support, optimism, and cognition in breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors, Torricia Helena Yamada
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
An evaluation of motivating operations in the treatment of food refusal, Melanie Hope Bachmeyer
Observed score and true score equating procedures for multidimensional item response theory, Bradley Grant Brossman
A case study exploration of placement in a therapeutic day school as an educational intervention package for children and adolescents with bipolar disorders, Wesley Arnold Clevenger
Comparison of cognitive, psychosocial, and adaptive behavior profiles among gifted children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alissa F. Doobay
The effects of skill training on preference for individuals with severe to profound multiple disabilities, Anuradha Salil Kumar Dutt
Client-rated helpfulness of two approaches for addressing religious concerns in therapy, Alice Fridman
Factors associated with VA versus non-VA substance use treatment among women veterans, Margarita Ana Graeber
The impact of equating method and format representation of common items on the adequacy of mixed-format test equating using nonequivalent groups, Sarah Lynn Hagge
An examination of relations among Taiwanese elementary-aged children's effortful control, social relationships, and adjustment at school, Chin-Fang Huang
Sleep disorders and cognition in older adults with cardiovascular disease, Clare Thomson Humphreys
Self-regulatory training for helping students with special needs to learn mathematics, Yanrong Kang
Performance of patients with ventromedial prefrontal, dorsolateral prefrontal, and non-frontal lesions on the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System, Ekaterina Keifer
Comparison of test directions for ability tests: impact on young English-language learner and non-ELL students, Joni Marie Lakin
Sociocultural, sociohistorical, and sociopolitical effects on African American women's sense of self, Leslie Carol Leathers
Mental health practices of school psychologists, Dana Leann Miller
Estimating standard errors of estimated variance components in generalizability theory using bootstrap procedures, Joann Lynn Moore
Impact of matched samples equating methods on equating accuracy and the adequacy of equating assumptions, Sonya Jean Powers
The impact of recognition on talent award winners: a follow-up study of Davidson Fellows Scholarship winners, Samuel Joseph Shepard
Critical incidents that lead to homelessness: recommendations for counselors, Ren Francis Stinson
An evaluation of variables affecting response allocation among concurrently available mand topographies, Kelly Marie Vinquist
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Community colleges as a path to baccalaureate degree attainment and social mobility : are community colleges fulfilling this role?, Christopher John Button
Gender and infidelity: a study of the relationship between conformity to masculine norms and extrarelational involvement, Christopher Daniel Chuick
An investigation of body image dissatisfaction among Jewish American females: an application of the tripartite influence model, Stefanie Teri Greenberg
Stuttering, emotional expression, and masculinity: fighting out words, fighting back tears, James Thomas Haley
The experiences of mental health professionals providing services to persons who are dying: a phenomenological study, Jennifer Marie Hill
Pattern and content of neuropsychological referral questions across 25 years of outpatient visits in a hospital-based clinic., Joshua Hopps
The Impact of twice-exceptionality on self-perceptions, Jennifer Keely Kauder
Health locus of control, self-efficacy, and multidisciplinary intervention for chronic back pain, Nicole Hochhausen Keedy
Interim assessment use in Iowa elementary schools, Emily Rose Lai
Using concurrent operants to evaluate perseverative conversation in children and adolescents diagnosed with Asperger's disorder, Matthew J. O'Brien
Interparental conflict and child adjustment: the role of child optimism, Julia Howe Robinson
Using collateral information in the estimation of sub-scores --- a fully Bayesian approach, Shuqin Tao
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
An Investigation of vertical scaling with item response theory using a multistage testing framework, Jonathan James Beard
Exploration of factors associated with eating disorders in gay men, Catherine Do Jackson
Investigation of the impact of various factors on the validity of customized norms, Xiaohui Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
An investigation of a Bayesian decision-theoretic procedure in the context of mastery tests, Ming-Chuan Hsieh
A comparison of calibration methods and proficiency estimators for creating IRT vertical scales, Jungnam Kim
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
An investigation of the validity of the Iowa Early Learning Inventory, Sigurgrímur Skúlason