Doctoral Dissertations
Submissions from 2020
Creative Exposure Intervention – Group Version for Social Anxiety: A Mixed Methods Replication Study, Michael Todd Trexler
The Relationship between Parental Stress and Externalizing Behavior: The Mediating Role of Family Functioning on Ethnically Diverse Families in Multisystemic Therapy, Jennifer D. Vinces-Cua
The EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress with Female Survivors of Child Marriage, Trafficking, and Exploitation in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sarah Frances Walsh
Submissions from 2019
The Experience of Meaning and Purpose in Life among Adult Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: A Qualitative Study, Reem Issa Abbasi
Spiritually Focused Mindfulness Meditation: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Effect of Spiritually Focused Mindfulness Meditation on Depression with a Clinical Population, Grace Lynn Bellingham
Attachment and Burnout: Exploring the Predictive Nature of Self-Efficacy in a Sample of Direct-Care Staff Members, Eric Jason Camden
Initial Development and Validation of the Multidimensional Strong Black Woman Scale, Brandi Janee' Chamberlin
Effectiveness of Religious Cognitive Behavior Therapy for the Treatment of Clinical Depression in Religious People: A Single-Case Research Design Analysis, Richard Mark Cozart
Integrating Multicultural Discussions in Counseling Supervision: A Grounded Theory Study, Zoricelis Davila
Developing the Refined Sexual Shame Inventory: Validation Study of the Kyle Inventory of Sexual Shame, Jang Soon Lim
Development and Validation of the Community of Inquiry Program-Level Inventory, Carolyn Elaine Moen
Submissions from 2018
In Covenant: A Grounded Theory Exploration of What Helps Evangelical Marriages Recover after Sexual Infidelity by the Husband, Theresa C. Allen
Validation of the Professional Quality of Life Model Among Correctional Officers, Tiffany Arrows
Religiosity, Moral Disapproval, Shame and Pornography Use: Assessing the Relationship Between Shame and Sexual Behaviors, Ryan Carboneau
Examining the Role of Shame in Somatic Pain and Symptoms, Heather Fritch
Pornography Use: The Lesser of Two Evils for Religious Emerging Adults, Lea A. Garcia
Examining the Effect of Parental Attachment, Emotional Maturity, Spiritual Maturity, and View of Suffering on Sense of Coherence, Alyssa M. Gavulic
The Relationship Between Counselor Educators' Leadership Experience and Competence and Burnout, John Harrichand
Husbands' Experience of Being Trusted by Their Wives: A Heuristic Study, Paul Andrew Johns
When Professional and Personal Values Collide: A Thematic Analysis of Counseling Students' Developmental Journey through an Ethics Course, Patricia Kimball
When Professional and Personal Values Collide: A Thematic Analysis of Counseling Students' Developmental Journey through an Ethics Course, Patricia Kimball
The Effect of a Bible Based Manualized Protocol Targeting Attachment to God in Anxiety and Stress, Sung Kim
Religious Advisors' Mental Illness Stigma: Pentecostal Attributions, Krista Kirk
The Development and Validation of a Measure of Beliefs about Sex and Spirituality, Brittany Lashua
"I Refuse to Die": Exploring the Relationship Between Spirituality and Persistence Among African American PH.D. Students and Graduates, Kerley Perminio Most
Self-Compassion in Pornography Users: A Moderation Analysis, Lucy Phillips
The Influence of Teacher and Institutional Support on Academic Self-Efficacy, Academic Outcome Expectations, and Academic Interest: An Exploration Study, Maureen Quiles Ponce
Exploring the Relationship between Students' Sense of Community, Student Satisfaction, and Doctoral Program Retention, Adam Roberson
Measuring Pornography Use Identity: Validation Study of the Modified Centrality of Event Scale, Michael Takacs
Submissions from 2017
Support with Fathering an Adolescent Daughter: A Heuristic Investigation of Men's Experiences with a Targeted Fathering Intervention, Jeffrey Boatner
Submissions from 2016
Effects of Child-Parent Attachment and God Attachment on Depression in Adolescent Christians, Soloman Aifuwa
Priming and the Activation of the God Attachment System, Kevin Conner
Resiliency among Widows Who Lost Their Husbands to Suicide: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Natalie Ford
Tell Your Story: A Phenomenological Examination of the Experiences of Single, Latina Mothers Experiencing Poverty, Thaeda Franz
An Effectiveness Survey Study of Theophostic Prayer Ministry, Brigitte Ritchey
Til Death Do Us Part: A 10-case Study of Widow Grief Following an Ambivalent Marriage, Rachel Schmitz
A Case Study of an Ethnically-Tailored Community-Based Mental Health Program: Washington Christian Counseling Institute, Gemma Imsook Sohn
Student Perspectives of the Integration of Faith and Learning in an Online Counselor Education Program: A Program Evaluation, Kevin Van Wynsberg
Submissions from 2015
The Experience of Recalling Christian Spiritual Songs on Affect Dysregulation in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Nancy J. Cochran
The Relationship between Transformational Leadership Behavior, Adult Attachment and God Attachment, Deboarah Foulkes
The Moderating Effects of Religious Commitment on the Link Between Pornography Use and Negative Outcomes., Timothy R. King Dr.
Perceived Parental Factors as Predictors of Spiritual Maturity in Emerging Adults, Lizabeth L. Matthews
The Relationship of Prayer and Forgiveness to God Attachment, Romantic Attachment, and Relationship Satisfaction in Christian Married Adults: A Mediation Study, Joshua Michael Myers
The Relationship between Autonomy, Partner Understanding, and Intimacy in a Sample of Heterosexual Marital Relationships, Timothy Williams
Submissions from 2014
An Exploration of Early Childhood Attachment in a Sample of Christian Men Experiencing Same-Sex Attraction, Ann Gillies
Female Relational Aggression: A Case Study Investigation of the Transitioning Out Process, Lynne Lunsford
Examining the Relationship between Mindfulness, Religious Coping Strategies and Emotion Regulation, Mark Myers
Submissions from 2013
The Victorious Christian Life: Overcoming Alcohol Dependence through the Phenomenon of Christian Spirituality, Michael Byrne
Christian Spirituality and Marital Health: A Phenomenological Study of Long-Term Marriages, David Dixon
Stigma and the Acceptability of Depression Treatments among African American Clergy, Connie Gardner
Conservative Holiness Pastors' Ability to Assess Depression and their Willingness to Refer to Mental Health Professionals, Andrew Graham
Treatment of Psychiatric Inpatients with Relationship Dysfunction Using a Short Term Cognitive Interpersonal Intervention: A Pilot Study, Tamra Rasberry
A Study of the Utilization of Brief and Biblically Integrated Child Parent Relationship Therapy with Mothers from Christian Families and Their 11-14 Year Old Children, Valerie Waruszewski
Submissions from 2012
Finishing Well: A Phenomenological Investigation of Spiritual Transformation in Retirement-Age Evangelical Men, Johnny Justin Baker
Examining the Relationship Between Emotional Schemas, Emotional Intelligence, and Relationship Satisfaction, Gregory Mears
Adult Perceptions of the Experience of Being Identified "Talented and Gifted" as Children: A Phenomenological Study, Bradford Summers
Submissions from 2011
Single Parenting and Faith: Does It Have an Influence on their College-Aged Children's Life Outcomes?, Starla Kay Quinn
The Effect of a Manualized Group Treatment Protocol on God Image and Attachment to God, Jacqueline Diane Rasar
Investigating the Role of God Attachment, Adult Attachment and Emotion Regulation in Binge Eating, Angela Charpia Weaver
The Psychometric Study of the Attachment to God Inventory and the Brief Religious Coping Scale in the Taiwanese Christian Sample, Ju-Ping Chiao Yeo
Insecure Attachment, Self-Discrepancy, Suicidal Tendency in a Sample of Korean and Korean-American: A Path Model of Suicide, Joongkeun Joseph Yoo
Submissions from 2010
The Experiences of Teen Text Messaging in the Context of Family Communication, Relatedness, and Connection: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Jackie Thayer Craft
Sober and Alone: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Loneliness Experienced by Recovering Alcoholics, Timothy John Evans
The Development of a New Performance-Based Test for Measuring Emotional Intelligence: Humility-Empathy-Assertiveness-Respect Test, Hitomi Makino
Factors Influencing Korean Immigrant Fathers' Involvement with Adolescent Children: The Mediating Effect of Father Identity, Chan Young John Park
The Relationship between Stress, Work Hours and Depressive Symptoms among Migrant Factory Workers in China, Anthony Ping-Kam So
Submissions from 2009
To Thine Own Self Be True: A Phenomenological Investigation into the Role of Self in a Moral Dilemma, Patricia McCarthy Broderick
The Influence of Acculturation, Religiosity, and Forgiveness Style on the General Health of Korean Americans, Woohyun Daniel Chong
God’s Shield: The Relationship between God Attachment, Relationship Satisfaction, and Adult Child of an Alcoholic (ACOA) Status in a Sample of Evangelical Graduate Counseling Students, Karin McPeak Dumont
Computer/Video Games as a Play Therapy Tool in Reducing Emotional Disturbances in Children, Kevin Boyd Hull
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Adolescent Psychological Adjustment and Adaptation in Southeast Louisiana, William Stephen Kelly
Anger, Empathy, and Romantic Styles of Attachment in Court Ordered Domestic Violence Offenders, Luanne Faye Bender Long
Scripture as a Source of Hopefulness for Adult Christian Men and Women, Max Grayson Mills
God Attachment, Romantic Attachment, and Relationship Satisfaction in a Sample of Evangelical College Students, Joshua Straub
Submissions from 2008
Fire/Emergency Medical Services and Coping Methods: Mitigating Traumatic Stress Symptomatology, William Mark Holland
Personality Characteristics of Counseling Students at a Midwest Evangelical Seminary as Correlates of Success, Satisfaction, and Self-Perceived Effectiveness, Keith Edward Marlett
Separate Threads or a Single Woven Piece? A Phenomenology of the Integration of Faith and Learning, Elizabeth Canby Sites
The Cell Keys are Turning: Spiritual Integration in the Treatment of Christian Women with Anorexia Nervosa, Lisa Sosin
The Relationships Between Cognitive Deficits and Spiritual Development, Charles Nolan Thomas
Submissions from 2007
Alone in a Crowd: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Loneliness as Experienced by Pastors' Wives, Jama L. Davis
Understanding the Influences of Parenting a Child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder on the Marital Relationship: A Phenomenological Study, Jimmy Kyle Myers
Submissions from 2006
Distance Counseling: Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages among Christian Counselors, Anthony J. Centore
