Northern Illinois University
Families and Development in Context Lab
Department of Psychology

• Jill Caradec, M.S.
  • Thesis Title: The Mediating Role of Perceived Autonomy on the Relation between Parenting and Anxiety in Emerging Adults (completed elsewhere) 
• Chynna Dubuclet
• Kristina Kochanova, M.A.
  • Title of Dissertation: Longitudinal Associations between Parenting Stress, Adolescent Temperament, and Externalizing Behaviors (proposed)
  • Thesis Title: Parenting Stress, Parenting, and Adolescent Externalizing Problems: Exploring the Associations among Parents of Adolescents (completed)
• Kara Kaur
• Lauren Hauck, M.A.
  • Title of Dissertation: Academic achievement and socioemotional development in homeschooled and conventionally schooled children: Difference in parenting as an explanatory mechanism (in progress)
  • Thesis Title: Development of Adolescent Romantic Competencies: The Interaction of Parental Management, Observation, and Attachment
• Lauren McNeela, M.A.
  • Thesis Title: The Impact of Attributional Style on Adolescent Stress and Mental Health: Exploring Domain-Specific Stressors (completed)
• Jackie Pabis, M.A.
  • Thesis Title: Links between Parenting Behaviors and Anxiety among Early Adolescents (completed) 
• Sophie Zolinski
  • Thesis Title: The Mediating Roles of Maternal Mental Health and Parenting on the Association between Domestic Violence and Child Psychopathology (in development)