CIFA Dissertations

California Inventory for Family Assessment (CIFA)

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Paul D. Werner, Ph.D. and Robert-Jay Green, Ph.D.

Dissertations and Theses

Neglia, V. (2019). The role of attachment dimensions on intrusiveness and closeness-caregiving in romantic relationships. Unpublished Masters Thesis, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Psychology, Warsaw, Poland.

Block, C. (2018). Family process, coping, cognitive styles and psychological dysfunction: Adults with and without learning disabilities. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Nilsson, T. L. (2016). Being an adult sibling to an individual with a developmental disorder. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw.

Grigorieva, A. (2015). Cohabiting couples' relational flow and separateness: Psychometric properties of a new measure of relational flow. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Ivanov, M. (2012). Perceptual agreement: Reality and illusion in romantic relationships. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Jones, J. A. (2011). Relationship quality and internalized homophobia: The mediating effects of depression and social support for lesbian and gay couples. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Willey, A. L. (2011). Severity of parental alcoholism, trauma, resilience, and adult relationship functioning. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Galloway, S. C. (2011). Mexican American women in couple relationships: A comparison of intra-ethnic and interethnic couples. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Sequerra, E. (2010). Mothers' attachment, couple relationship, maternal self-efficacy in parenting, and child behavior. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco. 

Porebiak, M. (2010). Parental acceptance and functioning in close relationships in adulthood. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Warsaw University, Faculty of Psychology, Warsaw.

White, L. W. (2009). Pushy parents? Parent-child relationships in families with intellectually gifted children. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Kriegelewicz, O. (2008). The generational transmission of differentiation of self and self-esteem and marital satisfaction. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Warsaw University, Faculty of Psychology, Warsaw.

Chin-Ortiz, S.-M. P. (2008). Polyamrous attitudes/lifestyle and interactional qualities of the primary relationship. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Brennan, M. I. (2008). Mother-daughter relationships in emerging adulthood and young adulthood.  Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Hendrix, S. E. (2008). Self esteem and female gender roles in daughters with enmeshed mothers. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Northcentral University, Prescott Valley, AZ.

Joseph, D. M. (2008). PTSD in married police officers: Associations with individual attachment style, couple attachment behaviors, and masculinity. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Giammattei, S. V. (2007). Family relations and emotional intelligence of children raised by lesbian or heterosexual parents. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Anand, A. S. (2007). The effects of second generation Sikh adolescents' perceived closeness to parents and acculturation on anxiety and acculturation stress. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Scherbinski, M. (2007). Parental behavior and the distinction between sexual and nonsexual delinquency. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Leicester, K. J. (2006). Predictors of perfectionism in college students: Parents' perfectionism, parental authority styles, and interactions with parents and students' self-esteem and grade point average. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Caruz, L. (2006). Dyadic relationship and parentification in siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles.

Ackbar, S. (2005). Re-defining fusion in lesbian relationships : Relating attachment, social support, and outness to intrusiveness and closeness-cargiving. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.

Chun, K. M. (2005). Adolescent older siblings of children with Sickle Cell Disease: Parent-child interaction, "parentification," and peer relationships. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco.

Scott, C. C. (2004). The relationship among self-acceptance, ego strength, and perception of marital interaction within African American married couples. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Howard University.

Hobby, M. L. M. (2004). Adult daughters of alcoholic fathers: Differentiation of self in family of origin and couple relationships. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Lucich, J. (2004). Relationships with primary female caregivers and the management of Type 1 diabetes in adolescents. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Salisbury, K. M. (2003). Predictors of relationship satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and sexual frequency in female couples.  Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

O'Brien, S. M. (2003). Intrusiveness, closeness-caregiving, and relationship adjustment in lesbian cohabitating couples. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno Campus.

Pedretti, K. R.(2003). After the son comes out: Relationships with parents and levels of homophobia of disclosed versus undisclosed adult gay men. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Ginsburg, I. F. (2002). Marital satisfaction, patterns of spousal interaction, and individual ways of coping among Russian immigrants. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Mckenzie, E. L. (2002). Perceived interactions in the family of origin of male sexual abuse victims: Relationship to sexual offenses. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Kazansky, M. (2002). Masculine ideology, couple relationships, and recovery from alcoholism. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Bendo, M. E. (2001). Maladaptive cognitive schemas associated with perceptions of family functioning. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Texas Women’s University.

Johnson, J. G. (2001). Anxious attachment in adulthood: The roles of cognitive bias and parental influence. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Carolina.

Louie, M. L. (2001). Gender bias in the Chinese American family: Its effects on Chinese American women’s self-concept. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

McGraw, S. L. (2001). Masculinity ideologies, men's relationship behavior, and relationship satisfaction in heterosexual couple relationships. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Fisk, A. W. (2001). Can marital interaction predict women's relapse after dieting? Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

De Villiers, E. A. (2001). Stepmother marital adjustment and her perceptions of the relationship between her husband and his former wife. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego.

Buysse, T. M. (2000). The mother-daughter relationship and the development of daughter’s feminist consciousness. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, The Wright Institute.

Ono, L. (2000). Parental relationships and ethnic identity of biracial European/Japanese American young adults. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Spradling, G. M. (2000). The moderating effect of hardiness on the relationship between marital stress and satisfaction in older adults. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco Bay Campus.

Desmond, D. P. (2000). Relationship quality and the decision to have a second child in lesbian-headed households. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Glezerman, A. (2000). Family interaction and adolescents' coping and defensive processes. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Campbell, K. M. (2000). Relationship characteristics, social support, masculine ideologies and psychological functioning of gay men in couples. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Hoffman, D. (2000). Responses of female therapists to angry female clients: Countertransference considerations. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego.

Gutzwiller-Jurman, K. (1999). Relationship between eating disorder symptomatology and perceptions of closeness-caregiving and intrusiveness in the mother-daughter and father-daughter relationship. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego.

Finch, T. M. (1999). Relationship satisfaction among lesbian couples—The effects of fusion and love styles. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Miami Institute of Psychology.

Dilán, E., Jr. (1999). The relationship of gay Latinos to their fathers: A comparison to Euro-Caucasian gays. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Marson, G. M. (1999). Touch and the development of body image disturbances among female college students. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Cannon, B. (1999). Marriage and cohabitation: A comparison of adult attachment style and quality between the two types of relationships. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Gersho, B. F. (1999). Recalled parental authority and marital quality. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Cosulich, D. M. (1999). Family interaction, acculturation and antisocial behavior in Mexican-American adolescent boys. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Ehrlich, W. J. (1998). Suicidal ideation, depression, family relations, and peer support in adolescents. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Murphy, C. A. (1998). Condom use and qualities of women's dating and family relationships: HIV and pregnancy prevention. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Hunter, T. J. (1997). Naturalistic inquiry of alcoholic families from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego.

Krechman, J. E. (1997). The relationship between family functioning and psychological adjustment in adolescent mothers. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Hankin, D. C. (1997). Families and illness: Coping with the death of a child from cancer. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Roper, K. D. (1997). Lesbian couple dynamics and the individual's psychological adjustment. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Brown, D. H. (1997). Older brother-younger sister incest: Dyadic and family processes. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Brown, D. D. (1997). Adolescent externalizing behavior problems and family interaction. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Hazan, A. (1996). Differential perceptions of family functioning in eating disordered females and their sisters. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego.

Greenberg, J. (1996). Interfaith, intrafaith and conversion marriages between Jews and non-Jews: The relationships of religiosity and cohesion to marital satisfaction. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

McKenna, P. E. (1996). Dyadic adjustment in couples subsequent to a death in the family. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, The Wright Institute.

Bisno, M. H. (1996). Memories of parental attitudes and child-rearing behaviors among the intellectually gifted and creative. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Browne, T. L. (1995). Dyadic relations and symptom severity among Vietnam combat veterans and their female partners. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Cuddeback, C. C. (1995). Male batterers: Family of origin functioning and attitudes toward women. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Frucht, S. L. (1995). Family interaction, ethnic identity, and ego identity: A study of Mexican-American adolescents. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Rettig-Zucchi, M. A. (1995). Affective response to paid employment and quality of family life among parents of young children. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Education, University of California, Berkeley.

Zander, T. J. H. (1995). Adult daughters of divorce and their marital satisfaction. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego.

Pasquinelli, L. (1994). Parents' effect on adolescents' self-efficacy for health risk behaviors. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Armfield, L. L. (1993). Deployment separation and patterns of attachment. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Berg, J. L. (1993). Males' violence toward their female partners: Family of origin and current relationship correlates. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Bullis, D. P. (1993). Marital relations and functional status among automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients and their wives. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Lewinsohn, M. A. (1993). Modernization and marital relations in Taiwan Chinese individuals: A comparison of native Taiwan Chinese and Taiwan Chinese in America. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

Simmons, R. (1993). Family characteristics of African-American substance abusers. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

O'Connor, M. (1992). Perceived quality of relationship to mother, self-concept, and resiliency to alcoholism of adult daughters of alcoholic fathers. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda.

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