Graduate Student Research
Students may collect & analyze their own data, analyze nationally representative data sets or conduct policy analyses. Both qualitative & quantitative research approaches are encouraged. In addition to publishing the thesis, students are encouraged to present findings at professional conferences and to publish articles from their thesis in professional outlets. Below are some examples of recent graduate thesis research:
| Annette Cox Bradshaw | Understanding Toddler Temperament: Maternal Characteristics and Methodology |
| Ann C. House | Information Collection and Privacy Practices on Internet Health Sites |
| Angela Casady: | Determinants of Parenting and Quality of Attachment |
| Diane Hartford: | Emotion Regulation in Infants: Associations with Temperament and Attachment Quality |
| Courtney Larsen: | The Physical Effects of a New Subdivision in an Older Surrounding Community |
| Kim Shaff: | Family Transformations and Children's Academic Achievement |
| Heather Spencer: | Simultaneous Borrowing and Saving |
| Jean Wylie: | The Role of Spouses in Distress Experienced by BRCA1 Mutation Carriers Over Time |
| Graham Brown: | New Subdivision Residents in a Revitalizing Neighborhood: The Roles of Place Attachment, Confidence, and Enclave Formation |
| Marie Hafey: | New Urbanism Versus Defensible Space: Design Philosophies Related to Neighborhood Satisfaction and Perceived Crime |
| Rhonda Kessler: | High/Low Extraversion and the Quality and Quantity of Adolescent Extraversion |
| Bruce Bayley: | Utah's Juvenile Drug Court: As Assessment of Attrition |
| Jennifer Bowen: | Early Literacy of Low Income Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Families |
| Vivian Cropper: | Sense of Community, Place, Attachment, and Local Attitudes and Activities: New Urbanish and Contemporary Subdivision Case Studies. Published in Journal of American Planning Association. |
| Julie Jordison: | Family Communication and Intrinsic Motivation |
| Susan Kay: | School Readiness of At-Risk Children. Published in Children and Poverty. |
| Robert Nielsen: | Genetic Testing and the Demand for Cancer Insurance: The Role of Genetic Testing and Sociodemographic Characteristics. Published in Journal of Consumer Policy. |
| Rita Penza: | The Impact of Social Support and Ethnicity on Adherence to the Therapeutic Regimen in Type II Diabetics. |
| Patricia Sheffield: | Pregnant Adolescent Females: Perceptions of Intergenerational Social Support. |
| Allison M. Smith: | Representations of Attachments and Sociometric Status Among Preschoolers. |
| Antoinette Stroup: | Psychosocial Effects of BRCA1 Genetic Testing: Changes in Perceived Family Functioning Over Time. |
| Wei Zhang: | Social Interaction and the Well-Being of Persons in Middle and Later Life. |
| Bret Baldwin: | Aggression Among Intimate Couples: Effects of Social Isolation Attitudes, Dependency, and Psychological Health. Published in Journal of Family Issues. |
| Cynthia Taylor: | Teens' Local Ranges and Place Experiences: Neighborhood and Gender Comparisons. Presented to the Salt Lake City Futures Commission. |
| Jennifer West: | Genetic Testing for BRCA1 Gene Mutation, Adult Sibling Relationships, and "Survivor" Guilt. The Familial Context of Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility (article) was published in Cancer Epidemiology. |
| Steve Alder: | The Experience of Home: Gender and Activity Differences in Attachment, Sense of Control and Affect. A student research award by the Environmental Design Research Association & published in Public and Private Places. |
| Nancy McCleod: | Factors that influence non-custodial fathers' compliance with child support orders. Published in Consumer Interests Annual. |