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Selected Publications


The synergy between stress and self-compassion in building resilience: A 4-year longitudinal study

Journal Article Social and Personality Psychology Compass · July 1, 2024 Featured Publication This 4-year prospective study investigated the dynamic relationship between stress, self-compassion, and resilience among university students, a population with increasing rates of mental health challenges. Drawing on stress theories, the research explored ... Full text Open Access Cite

Feasibility, acceptability, and depression outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens (MSC-T) for adolescents with subsyndromal depression.

Journal Article Journal of adolescence · February 2024 IntroductionAdolescents are experiencing high rates of depressive symptoms, with negative consequences to their long-term health. Group-based, mindful self-compassion programs show promise in mitigating the development of more significant depressi ... Full text Cite

Reducing Suicide Ideation in Transgender Adolescents with Mindful Self-Compassion: An Open Trial

Journal Article Mindfulness · January 1, 2024 Objectives: This open trial aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a modified version of Mindful Self-Compassion for Teens for transgender adolescents and assess changes in suicide ideation and other measures of emotional well-being. As an ... Full text Cite

Intellectual Humility and Responsiveness to Public Health Recommendations.

Journal Article Personality and individual differences · September 2023 We examined the association between intellectual humility (IH)-a willingness to consider credible new information and alternative views and revise one's own views if warranted-and adherence to experts' health behavior recommendations in the U.S. during the ... Full text Cite

A randomized controlled trial of add-on naproxen, simvastatin and their combination for the treatment of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

Journal Article European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · August 2023 This large randomized controlled trial examined the effect of naproxen, simvastatin or both on patients with schizophrenia. This was a large multi-center, twelve-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, four-arm clinical trial administering napr ... Full text Cite

Cannabis Use and Symptomatic Relapse in First Episode Schizophrenia: Trigger or Consequence? Data From the OPTIMISE Study.

Journal Article Schizophrenia bulletin · July 2023 Background and hypothesisThis analysis examined the relationship between cannabis use, compliance with antipsychotics and risk for relapse in patients in remission following a first episode of schizophrenia, schizophreniform, or schizoaffective di ... Full text Cite

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Usage of Blood for Transfusions: A 2-Year Experience from a Tertiary Center in Korea.

Journal Article Vaccines · March 2023 The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak affected the utilization and management of blood products in hospitals. Blood shortages occurred owing to social distancing policies and reduction in blood donors. However, only a few studies examined whether the ... Full text Cite

Biological response of nonhuman primates to controlled levels of acute blood loss.

Journal Article Frontiers in immunology · January 2023 IntroductionThe global shortage of human blood for medical use has prompted the development of alternative blood sources. Nonhuman primates (NHPs) are commonly used owing to their physiological similarities to humans. The objective of the current ... Full text Cite

Dietary fatty acids improve perceived sleep quality, stress, and health in migraine: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Journal Article Frontiers in Pain Research · January 1, 2023 Background: Migraine is a prevalent disabling condition often associated with comorbid physical and psychological symptoms that contribute to impaired quality of life and disability. Studies suggest that increasing dietary omega-3 fatty acid is associated ... Full text Cite

Self-Compassion as a Protective Factor for Adolescents Experiencing Adversity

Chapter · November 24, 2022 This book explores 'why some people experience post-traumatic growth leading to greater wisdom and others do not’ and suggests that a critical variable is how one copes with that trauma: individuals who actively reflect on their ... ... Cite

The effects of JNJ-39393406 a positive allosteric nicotine modulator on mood and cognition in patients with unipolar depression: A double-blind, add-on, placebo-controlled trial.

Journal Article European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · October 2021 Nicotinic agonists have been shown to improve cognition and mood, but this improvement is inconsistent and short-lived, possibly due to receptor desensitization. Positive Allosteric Modulators (PAMs) of the nicotinic alpha-7 nicotinic-acetyl-choline recept ... Full text Cite

Dietary alteration of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids for headache reduction in adults with migraine: randomized controlled trial.

Journal Article BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · June 2021 ObjectiveTo determine whether dietary interventions that increase n-3 fatty acids with and without reduction in n-6 linoleic acid can alter circulating lipid mediators implicated in headache pathogenesis, and decrease headache in adults with migra ... Full text Cite

Self-Compassion and Current Close Interpersonal Relationships: a Scoping Literature Review

Journal Article Mindfulness · May 1, 2021 Objectives: In order to provide a broad overview of the body of peer-reviewed literature on self-compassion and close relationships, this scoping review describes how self-compassion relates to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors within the context of curren ... Full text Cite

Is parents' education level associated with adolescent self-compassion?

Journal Article Explore (New York, N.Y.) · July 2020 Self-compassion has been identified as a trait that correlates with robust mental health; specifically, less anxiety, depression and stress in both adolescents and adults. However, little is known about the parental and family factors that are associated w ... Full text Cite

Adolescent self-compassion moderates the relationship between perceived stress and internalizing symptoms

Journal Article Personality and Individual Differences · June 1, 2019 Introduction: Self-compassion, a trait that involves responding to one's difficulties with care and concern, may offer unique stress coping benefits during the challenges of adolescence. Methods: This cross-sectional study used survey data from a large ado ... Full text Cite

Are prediction models for vaginal birth after cesarean accurate?

Journal Article Am J Obstet Gynecol · May 2019 BACKGROUND: The use of trial of labor after cesarean delivery calculators in the prediction of successful vaginal birth after cesarean delivery gives physicians an evidence-based tool to assist with patient counseling and risk stratification. Before deploy ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Low interpersonal trust increases materialism

Journal Article 한국심리학회지: 사회및성격 · February 2012 Full text Cite

Gene–Culture Interaction

Journal Article Social Psychological and Personality Science · November 2011 Research has demonstrated that certain genotypes are expressed phenotypically in different forms depending on the social environment. To examine sensitivity to cultural norms regarding emotion regulation, we explored the expression of the oxytocin ... Full text Cite