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5601. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sorghum Derived Flavonoids as a Megaselia Halterata Management Strategy

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Open Access
Author:
Diarra, Fatima
Title:
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sorghum Derived Flavonoids as a Megaselia Halterata Management Strategy
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Flavonoid
Megaselia Halterata
File:
Download Flavonoids_to_control_M._halterata.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Michael S. Wolfin, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor

5602. Safe and Efficient Transportation of Medical Training Devices: Analyzing Risk and Cost Factors

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Open Access
Author:
Mast, Joseph
Title:
Safe and Efficient Transportation of Medical Training Devices: Analyzing Risk and Cost Factors
Area of Honors:
Industrial Engineering
Keywords:
Optimization
Decision Theory
Risk-Based Design
Medical Devices and Equipment
Optimization
Decision Theory
Risk-Based Design
Medical Devices and Equipment
File:
Download SAFE_AND_EFFICIENT_TRANSPORATION_OF_MEDICAL_TRAINING_DEVICES_ANALYZING_RISK_AND_COST_FACTORS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Scarlett Miller, Thesis Supervisor
Catherine Harmonosky, Thesis Honors Advisor

5604. Consumer Protection vs. Overregulation: Costs and Benefits of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Open Access
Author:
Devarakonda, Sanjana
Title:
Consumer Protection vs. Overregulation: Costs and Benefits of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
CFPB
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Federal Agencies
Policy
Cost Benefit
File:
Download Devarakonda_Thesis_2025.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Honors Advisor

5606. Understanding the role of adversity and emotion regulation on preservice teachers’ attitude towards trauma informed education

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Lingyun
Title:
Understanding the role of adversity and emotion regulation on preservice teachers’ attitude towards trauma informed education
Area of Honors:
Education and Public Policy
Keywords:
Educational Psychology
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Emotion Regulation
Trauma-Informed Education
File:
Download Lingyun_Zhou_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Supervisor
Carlomagno Del Carmen Panlilio, Thesis Honors Advisor
Matthew T Mc Crudden, Faculty Reader

5608. A Legal Analysis of Industry Accountability in Safeguarding North American Water Quality from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Contamination

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Open Access
Author:
Alamia, James
Title:
A Legal Analysis of Industry Accountability in Safeguarding North American Water Quality from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Contamination
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Environmental Engineering and Global and International Studies
Keywords:
PFAS
water quality
industry accountability
North America
law and policy
agriculture
bioaccumulation
environment
File:
Download Alamia_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jamison Edward Colburn, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan Eran Abel, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jay Regan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Esther Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor

5609. Porosity Compaction And Mean Effective Stress: Revised Pore Pressure And Fracture Gradient Analysis Through Well Logs

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Restricted (Penn State Only)
Author:
Alsadoon, Shahad
Title:
Porosity Compaction And Mean Effective Stress: Revised Pore Pressure And Fracture Gradient Analysis Through Well Logs
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
PPFG
geopressure
poroelasticity
fracture gradient
pore pressure
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Amin Mehrabian, Thesis Supervisor
Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Honors Advisor

5610. Food Insecurity in the Flagship City: Access to Food in the 16501 Zip Code

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Open Access
Author:
Diplacido, Sophia
Title:
Food Insecurity in the Flagship City: Access to Food in the 16501 Zip Code
Area of Honors:
Psychology (Behrend)
Keywords:
food insecurity
mixed method research
reflexive thematic analysis
food systems
case study
File:
Download Sophia_DiPlacido_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Melanie D. Hetzel-Riggin, Thesis Supervisor
Shariffah Rahah Sheik Dawood, Thesis Honors Advisor
Michael Rutter, Faculty Reader

5612. Colloidal Synthesis and Post-Synthetic Modification of High Entropy Alloy Nanocrystals

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Restricted (Penn State Only)
Author:
Tsai, Aaron
Title:
Colloidal Synthesis and Post-Synthetic Modification of High Entropy Alloy Nanocrystals
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Nanocrystals
High entropy
Cation exchange
Seeded growth
Inorganic synthesis
Colloids
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Supervisor
David D Boehr, Thesis Honors Advisor
Julie L Fenton, Faculty Reader

5613. Influence of Offender and Victim Characteristics on Conformity to the Sentencing Guidelines for Sexual Offenses

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Open Access
Author:
Wilkinson, Gaia
Title:
Influence of Offender and Victim Characteristics on Conformity to the Sentencing Guidelines for Sexual Offenses
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Keywords:
conformity to the sentencing guidelines
sentencing guidelines
judicial discretion
sexual offenses
offender characteristics
crimes against minors
race
gender
age
victim age
File:
Download Wilkinson_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Gary J Adler, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Steven Andrew Haas, Thesis Honors Advisor

5616. Substance Use Disorder within Minority Populations: The Role of Identity in Treatment and Experience

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Open Access
Author:
Onwulata, Jaimie
Title:
Substance Use Disorder within Minority Populations: The Role of Identity in Treatment and Experience
Area of Honors:
Criminal Justice
Keywords:
substance use disorder
addiction
alcohol
minority
sexual orientation
race
asian
african american
white
pacific islander
native american
public health
File:
Download Final_Schreyer_Thesis__1_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Glenn Earl Sterner, III, Thesis Supervisor
Glenn Earl Sterner, III, Thesis Honors Advisor
David Ruth, Faculty Reader
Abigail Olabisi Akande, Thesis Honors Advisor

5617. Preschool Age Children’s Frustration and Parenting Hassles Both Account for Mothers’ and Fathers’ Negative Emotional Experience during a Child Delayed Reward Task

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Open Access
Author:
Leadbeater, Jenna
Title:
Preschool Age Children’s Frustration and Parenting Hassles Both Account for Mothers’ and Fathers’ Negative Emotional Experience during a Child Delayed Reward Task
Area of Honors:
Psychology
Keywords:
parent emotion
child emotion expression
negative emotion
parenting hassles
File:
Download FINAL_THESIS_--_Jenna_Leadbeater.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth N. Levy, Thesis Honors Advisor

5618. Characterizing Antimicrobial Resistance Genes, Virulence Genes, and Plasmids in Isolates of Salmonella Dublin Obtained Via FoodNet

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Restricted (Penn State Only)
Author:
Mackley, Jasmine
Title:
Characterizing Antimicrobial Resistance Genes, Virulence Genes, and Plasmids in Isolates of Salmonella Dublin Obtained Via FoodNet
Area of Honors:
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Keywords:
Salmonella Dublin
Salmonella
FoodNet
antimicrobial resistance
One Health
microbiome
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Erika Ganda, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Paulson, Thesis Honors Advisor

5619. Investigating Use of Machine Learning-Generated Antimicrobial Peptides for Anticancer Therapy

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Open Access
Author:
Gebremichael, Hanna
Title:
Investigating Use of Machine Learning-Generated Antimicrobial Peptides for Anticancer Therapy
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPS)
Machine Learning
Drug-Resistant Tumors
Ovarian Cancer
File:
Download GEBREMICHAELTHESIS_Final2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Scott H Medina, Thesis Supervisor
Meghan Vidt, Thesis Honors Advisor
Justin Lee Brown, Faculty Reader

5620. Utilization of Alfa-Tag System for Studying Zika Virus Life Cycle In Infected Host Cells

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Open Access
Author:
Solares, Juan Rodrigo
Title:
Utilization of Alfa-Tag System for Studying Zika Virus Life Cycle In Infected Host Cells
Area of Honors:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Keywords:
Zika Virus
Alfa-Tag System
Nanobody
Molecular cloning
Confocal fluorescence microscopy
Viral Replication
Transfection
Plaque Assay
NS2A Protein
Capsid Protein
File:
Download Juan-Rodrigo_Solares_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joyce Jose, Thesis Supervisor
Scott E. Lindner, Thesis Honors Advisor

5623. 3D Bioprinting of an Oxygen-Releasing Hard Tissue Ink for Bone Tissue Engineering

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Open Access
Author:
Nam, Uk
Title:
3D Bioprinting of an Oxygen-Releasing Hard Tissue Ink for Bone Tissue Engineering
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
Organ Transplantation
3D Bioprinting
Bioink Optimization
Oxygen-Releasing Nanoparticles
Calcium Peroxide
Polycaprolactone (PCL) Coating
Hard-tissue Ink (HT-ink)
Hydrogel Printability
Cell viability
Tissue engineering
Collagen type-1
Chitosan
Beta-glycerophosphate
Hydroxyapatite
Artificial Organs
Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Cell Culture
Regenerative medicine
File:
Download Yookang_Nam_SHC_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat, Thesis Supervisor
Zhi-Chun Lai, Thesis Honors Advisor
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

5626. Numerical Investigation of Inlet Turbulence in an Airfoil Cascade

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Open Access
Author:
Demirel, Melik
Title:
Numerical Investigation of Inlet Turbulence in an Airfoil Cascade
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Turbulence
Inlet Distortion
Boundary Layer Ingestion
Propulsion Systems
Airbreathing Propulsion
Aerospace Engineering
Navier Stokes
RANS
URANS
Turbulence Modeling
CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
FFT
Inlet Turbulence
Bypass Transition
Airfoil Cascade
Turbomachinery
Turbofan
Compressor
Numerical Analysis
Engine Performance
BLI
BLI Engines
Sustainable Engines
Efficient Engines
Aircraft Engine Concepts
SST k omega
Gamma Re Theta
Unsteady Simulation
Transient Simulation
STAR-CCM+
Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Inlets
Propulsion System Integration
Aerospace
Welch Spectral Density
File:
Download DEMIREL_InletTurbulence.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David K Hall, Thesis Supervisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Honors Advisor
James George Coder, Thesis Supervisor

5627. Synthesis of polyacrylic acid-coated zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 nanoparticles with a hydrogen sulfide donor

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Open Access
Author:
Fetzer, Isabelle
Title:
Synthesis of polyacrylic acid-coated zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 nanoparticles with a hydrogen sulfide donor
Area of Honors:
Biomedical Engineering
Keywords:
zeolitic imidazolate framework-8
ZIF-8
hydrogen sulfide
H2S
polyacrylic acid
anethole dithiolethione
ADT
hydrogen sulfide donor
drug delivery system
metal-organic framework
MOF
DLS
nanoparticles
File:
Download Fetzer_Isabelle_Synthesis_of_PAA-Coated_ZIF-8_NPs_with_an_H2S_Donor.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Urara Hasegawa, Thesis Supervisor
Justin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor

5628. Leveraging Computer Vision for Nutritional Monitoring: Development of an AI Food Recognition System for Kenyan School Meals

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Open Access
Author:
Gayman, Thea
Title:
Leveraging Computer Vision for Nutritional Monitoring: Development of an AI Food Recognition System for Kenyan School Meals
Area of Honors:
Biology
Keywords:
Artifical Intelligence
Dietary Assessment
File:
Download TG_HonorsThesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
David Hughes, Thesis Supervisor
James Harold Marden, Thesis Honors Advisor

5632. The Frontlines of Recovery: A Risk Analysis of Psychedelic Treatment for PTSD in Combat Veterans

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Open Access
Author:
Purchase, Victoria
Title:
The Frontlines of Recovery: A Risk Analysis of Psychedelic Treatment for PTSD in Combat Veterans
Area of Honors:
Security and Risk Analysis
Keywords:
PTSD
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Veterans
Military
Veteran mental health
TBI
traumatic brain injury
Psychedelics
psychedelic-assisted therapy
psilocybin
LSD
Ayahuasca
MDMA
DMT
Ibogaine
Ketamine
novel drug treatments
mental health
veteran suicide
SSRI
SNRI
Combat PTSD
military mental health
File:
Download Final_Thesis.2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Nick Andrew Diehl, Thesis Supervisor
Michael Keith Hills, Thesis Honors Advisor

5633. Treatment Options and Ways to Improve Functional Communication/Quality of Life For Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

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Open Access
Author:
Kalish, Madelyn
Title:
Treatment Options and Ways to Improve Functional Communication/Quality of Life For Individuals With Parkinson's Disease
Area of Honors:
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords:
Parkinson's Disease
Communication disorders
LSVT LOUD
Speak Out!
hypokinetic dysarthria
treatment options
quality of life
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Anne J Olmstead, Thesis Supervisor
Chaleece Sandberg (She/Her), Thesis Honors Advisor

5634. Towards controlled alignment and actuation behavior of 3D-printed magnetoactive polymer composites

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Open Access
Author:
Strobel, Daniel
Title:
Towards controlled alignment and actuation behavior of 3D-printed magnetoactive polymer composites
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Magnetoactive Polymer Composites
Additive Manufacturing
Direct Ink Writing
Smart Materials
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Strobel.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Supervisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor

5638. Extracting Induced and Wave Drag from CFD Solutions using Partial-Pressure Fields: A Case Study on the ONERA M6 Wing

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Open Access
Author:
Vogel, Anja
Title:
Extracting Induced and Wave Drag from CFD Solutions using Partial-Pressure Fields: A Case Study on the ONERA M6 Wing
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
drag decomposition
aerodynamics
Partial-Pressure Field Theory
near-field analysis
induced drag
wave drag
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
lifting-line theory
Biot-Savart
File:
Download Vogel_Anja_Extracting_Induced_and_Wave_Drag_from_CFD_Solutions_using_Partial_Pressure_Fields__A_Case_Study_on_the_ONERA_M6_Wing.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Supervisor
Robert G. Melton, Thesis Honors Advisor

5639. Electric Resistance Monitoring for CO2 Leakage Detection in a CO2 Sequestration Project

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Open Access
Author:
Alzahid, Mohammed
Title:
Electric Resistance Monitoring for CO2 Leakage Detection in a CO2 Sequestration Project
Area of Honors:
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:
CO2
Resistivity
Sequestration
Monitoring
File:
Download Mohammed_Alzahid_Honors_Thesis_-_Final_draft.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Supervisor
Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Gregory R King, Faculty Reader

5641. Implementing an Acoustic Propagation and Scattering Model for Simulating Synthetic Aperture Sonar Data

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Brownstead, John
Title:
Implementing an Acoustic Propagation and Scattering Model for Simulating Synthetic Aperture Sonar Data
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
synthetic aperture sonar
scattering
model
File:
Download JRB_Compiled_BS_Thesis_Final_Submission_to_Schreyer_4.23.2025.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Daniel C. Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L. Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Supervisor

5642. Exploring the Connection Between Sea Level Rise, Groundwater Level, and Liquefaction in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Louw, Gabriel
Title:
Exploring the Connection Between Sea Level Rise, Groundwater Level, and Liquefaction in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Area of Honors:
Civil Engineering
Keywords:
Climate Change
Sea Level Rise
Liquefaction
Earthquake
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Saltwater Intrusion
Groundwater Modeling
FEFLOW
DPCH
File:
Download Louw_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kaleigh Yost, Thesis Supervisor
Jay Regan, Thesis Honors Advisor

5643. Design of a Frequency Tuning System for a Wind Tunnel Model Tiltrotor Wing Extension for Whirl Flutter Stability Augmentation

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Hoover, Nathaniel
Title:
Design of a Frequency Tuning System for a Wind Tunnel Model Tiltrotor Wing Extension for Whirl Flutter Stability Augmentation
Area of Honors:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Whirl Flutter
Tiltrotor
Tiltrotor Wing Extension
File:
Download THESIS_NathanielHoover_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Supervisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Honors Advisor

5644. Study of Light Propagation in Scattering Media using Born Series and Modified Born Series Methods

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Chen, Andy
Title:
Study of Light Propagation in Scattering Media using Born Series and Modified Born Series Methods
Area of Honors:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Helmholtz Equation
Born Series
Modified Born Series
Absorbing Boundaries
Optical Tomography
Green's Function
File:
Download Thesis_Paper.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Zhiwen Liu, Thesis Supervisor
Tim Kane, Thesis Honors Advisor

5646. Has ChatGPT Become Dumb? Assessing The Prevalence of Misinformation and AI Hallucinations in AI Responses

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Kizhner, Alexandra
Title:
Has ChatGPT Become Dumb? Assessing The Prevalence of Misinformation and AI Hallucinations in AI Responses
Area of Honors:
Accounting
Keywords:
Large Language Models (LLMs)
AI Hallucinations
Misinformation
Disinformation
Ethical Consideration
Anthropomorphism
Model Collapse
Construct Validity
Item Response Theory (IRT)
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
File:
Download Alexandra_Kizhner_Thesis_4.08.25.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jennifer Lynn Eury, Thesis Supervisor
Samuel Burton Bonsall, IV, Thesis Honors Advisor

5647. An Examination of the Strategic, Financial, and Regulatory Dimensions of the Capital One–Discover Acquisition

open_access
Open Access
Author:
Chin, Elizabeth
Title:
An Examination of the Strategic, Financial, and Regulatory Dimensions of the Capital One–Discover Acquisition
Area of Honors:
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions
Financial Services
Antitrust Regulation
Market Concentration
Financial Analysis
Payment Networks
File:
Download Chin_Thesis_2025.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
Kevin Linderman, Thesis Honors Advisor

5648. Freezing Defined Benefit Pensions: The Impact on Equity Beta and the Role of Funding Status

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Hannah
Title:
Freezing Defined Benefit Pensions: The Impact on Equity Beta and the Role of Funding Status
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
defined benefit pension
pension freeze
defined contribution
equity beta
firm risk
corporate risk
pension funding ratio
two-way fixed effects
regression
finance
economics
File:
Download Thesis_Hannah_Lee.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stefan M Lewellen, Thesis Supervisor
Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

5649. Maternal Feeding Practices & The Effect on Children’s Eating Behaviors

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Open Access
Author:
Davila Menendez, Viviana
Title:
Maternal Feeding Practices & The Effect on Children’s Eating Behaviors
Area of Honors:
Nutritional Sciences
Keywords:
childhood obesity
parental feeding practices
susceptibility to obesity
middle childhood
eating rate
children's eating rate
child appetitive traits
maternal restrictive feeding practices
restriction
maternal restriction
energy intake
appetitive traits
child emotional overeating
emotional overeating
overeating
Child Feeding Questionnaire
Children’s Eating Behavior Questionnaire
obesity risk
high food approach
food approach
File:
Download FINAL_Thesis_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Supervisor
Alison D Gernand, Thesis Honors Advisor