Doctoral Dissertations
Authors and Abstracts
2012
Kristen Conklin Flank, PhD
An investigation into masturbation and conversations about masturbation in heterosexual
married individuals
George Willard Turner, Jr., PhD
The social-sexual voice of adults with mild intellectual disabilities: A qualitative
case study
Courtney Elizabeth Weaver, PhD
A study of power motivation as a correlate to unprotected receptive intercourse in
men and women who have sex with men
Kelly J. Wise, PhD
Gender differences in the parent/child relationship
Thomas N. Wood, PhD
The relationship between extrinsic/intrinsic goal-orientation and the experience of
mal sexual dysfunction
2011
Debra E. Bazarsky, PhD
The love that dares speak its name: Identity and behavior of women and gender diverse
people who are sexually intimate with women
Damon M. Constantinides, PhD
Intersections of gender and intimacy in the lives of transgender people with non-binary
gender identities
Meredith L. Kramer-Leach, PhD
Sexuality education in a public school: Examining how the curriculum compares to students'
self-expressed information needs
Travis Sky Ingersoll, PhD
Examining the relationship between fear of intimacy and sexual anxiety among Chinese
college students
Lindsey R. Krenzel, PhD
What do sexuality counselors do? A content analysis of job descriptions to determine
the roles, responsibilities and qualifications of sexuality counselors
Dianna Palimere, PhD
Psychosexual group therapy for adult female survivors of sexual abuse: A case study
Timaree Leigh Schmit, PhD
How body morphology changes affect preference for attractiveness and thinness in a
partner among women attracted to women
2010
Constance M. Bowes, PhD
Integrating sexuality and spirituality: A case study of Shalom mountain retreat and
study center leadership
Latoya Brooks, PhD
Men with sexual compulsivity: Relationship between adult romantic attachment styles
and sexual behavior type
Dianne R. Browne, PhD
Unmarried Black Fathers: Sexual attitudes and beliefs influencing decisions not to
marry
Melanie Davis, PhD
Sexuality education as perceived by physicians and therapists: An assessment of attitudes
about and interest in referring patients to sexuality educators
Jennifer L. Foust, PhD
Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome (VVS): The challenges of connecting to positive sexual
health
Doreen Hardy, PhD
When we dare not speak its name: Anal taboo, anal health, and affect theory
Tameca N. Harris-Jackson, PhD
Keeping the faith: Exploring the relationship between religiosity, sexual self-efficacy,
and high risk sexual behaviors among Black American women
2009
Gretchen Anderton, PhD
Excitement, adventure, indifference: Romance readers' perceptions of how romance reading
impacts their sex lives
Tiffanie Davis-Henry, PhD
Perceptions of sexual desire in postpartum women: A comparative study among stay-at-home
and working mothers
Kimberly Chestnut Dunlap, PhD
Correlates of wellness and sexual health
Linda Hawkins, PhD
Gender identity development among transgender youth: A qualitative analysis of contributing
factors
Debra Sutton, PhD
Exploring the phenomenon of the sexual-spiritual split as mediated through experiences
of women reared in Christian faith traditions: A qualitative study
Yolanda Turner, PhD
An exploratory study of individuals involved in computer-mediated intimate relationships
2008
Beverly Frantz, PhD
Sexual attitudes of staff working with sex offenders and non-sex offenders with intellectual
disabilities in residential programs
Nick Myers, PhD
Black college students attitudes towards romance and mate selection
Elizabeth Schroeder, EdD
Addressing sexual orientation in New Jersey schools: An exploratory study
Justin Sitron, PhD
Sexological worldview in sexologists: Validation of a construct and a model to explain
its development
Mary Ann Sewell, PhD
Ameliorating fat stigma: Resilience as a correlate to self-esteem, body image, and
sexual quality of life for internet-savvy Big Beautiful Women
2007
Raven James, PhD
Sexual self-esteem and women in substance abuse treatment
Karen Scott, PhD
Identifying stressors and coping patterns during the donor insemination process with
lesbian couples: Implications for health care providers
2006
Keith Cetera, PhD
Heterosexual male and female attitudes towards their partner's masturbatory behavior
and its relationship to sexual satisfaction
Andrea Taylor Frostino, PhD
Guilt and jealousy associated with sexual fantasies among heterosexual married individuals
David M. Hall, PhD
The politics of same-sex marriage in the 2004 presidential election
Susan Milstein, PhD
The effects of a human sexuality course on students' confidence to engage in healthy
sexual practices
Joseph Nines, PhD
Sexuality attitudes and the priesthood
Mary Rita Smith, PhD
Providing relationship building blocks for adults with intellectual disability
2005
Carey L. Bayer, EdD
Nurses' perceptions regarding addressing sexuality with patients in a pediatric intensive
care unit
Consuelo Bonillas, PhD
Reproductive tract infection (RIT) maternal diagnosis
Sandra Greenberg, PhD
Low sexual desire in heterosexual committed couples: An education intervention
Marcia Matthews, PhD
Lesbians who engage in public bondage, discipline, dominance, submission and sadomasochism
(BDSM)
