Being in a romantic relationship confers better psychological wellbeing and physical health than being single; however, relationship dissolution can be psychologically st[...]

Psychological research on forgiveness has become increasingly prevalent over the past several years. However, there remain significant gaps in the theory guiding this res[...]

Using Pietromonaco and colleagues’ (2013) model as a guiding framework, I designed an empirically testable model that integrates theory and constructs from relationship s[...]

Although black-white interracial marriage has been legal across the United States since 1967, its rate of growth has historically been slow, accounting for less than eigh[...]

Conservation of Resources Theory (COR) argues that both psychological and external factors serve as resources to buffer the effects of stress, which in turn influence peo[...]

Although the multiracial population is currently the fastest growing racial group in the United States, little remains known about their identity and mental wellness. The[...]

Researchers working in the work-family conflict (WFC) literature have a long history of focusing on how conflict between the work and family domains influences employees [...]

This dissertation contains three chapters. In the first chapter, we empirically examine how diversification influences the relation between corporate governance and capit[...]

ABSTRACTMentoring programs are viewed as effective recruiting and retention tools that orient faculty members into the professoriate and provide opportunities to integrat[...]

Despite many school reform initiatives designed to ensure reading proficiency for all students, recent reports from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)[...]