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Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness

The mission of the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness is to build a rigorous and interdisciplinary science of positive health, happiness, and well-being with a focus on health equity, and to translate the science to influence practice and policy.

Location

Kresge Building 6th Floor
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

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Publications

Center scholars and affiliate scientists are continuously investigating the complex interrelationships between physical, social, and mental health and designing and evaluating interventions for the improvement of overall well-being across the globe. Besides the connections between these three realms of health, key areas of focus include health equity, social media, loneliness, resilience, and positive psychology.

Research by Center Scholars and Affiliates 2023-24


Chen, J.A., et al. (2023). COVID-19-related direct and vicarious racial discrimination: Associations with psychological distress among U.S. college students. Journal of Affective Disorders, 325, 747-754  

Choi, K. et al. (2023). Associations of Psychological Resilience to Trauma with Somatic Symptoms and COVID-19 Infection Over Two YearsBiological Psychiatry, 93 (9)  

Choi, K., et al. (2023). Social support and depression during a global crisisNature Mental Health, 1, 428-435  

Duncan, D.T., Kawachi, I., and Morse, S.S. (2024). The Social Epidemiology of the COVID-19 PandemicOxford University Press  

Kawachi, I. (2024). Income Inequality and COVID-19, in Duncan, D., Kawachi, I., and Morse, S. (2024). The Social Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Oxford University Press, USA

Kawachi, I. et al. (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities of Long COVID: a retrospective population-based cohort study in the United KingdomJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1-11  

Lerner, J., and Kawachi, I., et al. (2023). In COVID-19 health messaging, loss framing increases anxiety with little-to-no concomitant benefits: experimental evidence from 84 countriesAffective Science, 3 (3): 577-602  

Michaels, D., Wagner, G.R., and Ryan, L. (2023). Lessons From COVID-19 for Protecting Workers in the Next Pandemic. JAMA Network  

Nishimi, K., Choi, K., et al. (2023). Psychological Resilience to Trauma and Risk for COVID-19 Infection and Somatic Symptoms Over Two Years. Psychosomatic Medicine  

Patel, V., Fancourt, D., Furukawa, T.A., and Kola, L. (2023). Reimagining the journey to recovery: The COVID-19 pandemic and global mental healthPLoS Medicine, 20(4)  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Remote Stepped Care Mental Health Program for Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  

Peter, J., et al. (2023). Associations between greenness and predicted COVID-19–like illness incidence in the United States and the United KingdomEnvironmental Epidemiology, 7(1): 244

Rastogi, R., Cerda, I.H., Ibrahim, A., Chen, J.A., Stevens, C., and Liu, C.H. (2023). Long COVID and psychological distress in young adults: Potential protective effect of a prior mental health diagnosis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 340, 639-648

Chakraborty, S., Gui, M., Gerosa, T., and Marciano, L. (2024). Testing the validity of the smartphone pervasiveness scale for adolescents with self-reported objective smartphone use data. Digital Health, 10: 1-9  

Huffman, J.C., Healy, B.C., Jacobson, L., Harnedy, L.E., Bell, M., Carillo, A., and Celano, C.M. (2023). Development and testing of an adaptive text message intervention to promote psychological well-being and reduce cardiac risk: Methods and process-related outcomes of the Text4Health controlled clinical pilot trialCurrent Psychology  

Koenen, K.C., et al. (2023). Use of serial smartphone-based assessments to characterize diverse neuropsychiatric symptom trajectories in a large trauma survivor cohortTranslational Psychiatry, 13 (4)  

Marciano, L., Vocaj, E., Bekalu, M.A., La Tona, A., Rocchi, G., and Viswanath, K. (2023). The Use of Mobile Assessments for Monitoring Mental Health in Youth: Umbrella ReviewJournal of Medical Internet Research, 25  

Patel, V., et al. (2024). Scaling up the task-sharing of psychological therapies: A formative study of the PEERS smartphone application for supervision and quality assurance in rural IndiaCambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 11(20), 1–11  

Patel, V., et al. (2024). Designing an App to Support Measurement-Based Peer Supervision of Frontline Health Workers Delivering Brief Psychosocial Interventions in Texas: Multimethod StudyJMIR Formative Research, 8  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). Developing knowledge-based psychotherapeutic competencies in non-specialist providers: A pre-post study with a nested randomized controlled trial of a coach-supported versus self-guided digital training course for a problem-solving psychological intervention in IndiaCambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 10 (e87): 1-12  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). Digital Interventions for Common Mental Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  

Viswanath, K., et al. (2023). Implementation and scaling-up of an effective mHealth intervention to increase adherence to triage of HPV-positive women (ATICA study): perceptions of health decision-makers and health-care providersBoston Medical Center Health Services Research, 23: 47

Cerda, I.H., Macaranas, A.R., Liu, C.H., Chen, J.A. (2023). Strategies for Naming and Addressing Structural Racism in Immigrant Mental HealthAmerican Journal of Public Health, 13 (S1), S72-S79  

Dawes, D.E., Holden, K.B., and Williams, D.R. (2023). Health Equity: African Americans and Public HealthThe American Public Health Association  

Grodstein, F., et al. (2024). Everyday Discrimination is Associated with Higher Odds of Hospitalizations among Older African Americans. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A  

Kalita, A., Carton-Rossen, N., Joeph, L., Chhetri, D., and Patel, V. (2023). The Barriers to Universal Health Coverage in India and the Strategies to Address Them: A Key Informant StudyAnnals of Global Health, 89 (1)  

Kino, S., Aida, J., Kondo, K., and Kawachi, I. (2023). Do disasters exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities in health among older people? International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Lawrence, J. and Kawachi, I. (2023). Institutional Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Cognitive Function: Instrumental Variable AnalysisInnovation in Aging, 7 (1): 616  

Mateo, C.M., Furtado, K., Plaisime, M.V., and Williams, D.R. (2024). The Sociopolitical Context of the Unequal Treatment Report: Then and Now. Urban Institute  

Mbewu, A., Williams, D.R., Moletsane, R., and Reddy, P. (2024). Striking racial inequities in health persist in South Africa. BMJ, 385, q834

Patel, V. (2023). The right to mental healthThe Lancet, Perspectives: The Art of Medicine, 402 (10411), 1412-1413  

Ramadhan, S., et al. (2023). The role of small, locally-owned businesses in advancing community health and health equity: a qualitative exploration in a historically Black neighborhood in the USA. Critical Public Health  

Peters, S.E., Wagner, G.R., et al. (2024). Adding injury to insult: Unfair treatment at work and occupational injury among hospital patient-care workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Qureshi, F., Denckla, C., and Boehm, J.K. (2024). Positive epidemiology, revisited: The case for centering human rights and economic justice. American Journal of Epidemiology

Ramanadhan, S., et al. (2023). Using Participatory Implementation Science to Advance Health EquityAnnual Review of Public Health, 45  

Singla, D.R., Schleider, J.L., and Patel, V. (2023). Democratizing Access to Psychological Therapies: Innovations and the Role of PsychologistsJournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 91 (11), 623-625  

Williams, D.R., et al. (2023). Addressing health inequities for children in immigrant families: Psychologists as leaders and links across systemsAmerican Psychologist, 78 (2), 173–185  

Williams, D.R., et al. (2024). Addressing Structural Racism Through Public Policy Advocacy: A Policy Statement From the American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association Journal

Cowden, R.G., et al. (2024). Do Forgiveness Campaign Activities Improve Forgiveness, Mental Health, and Flourishing? International Journal of Public Health, 69

Kuo, C.T., and Kawachi, I. (2023). Relative deprivation and human flourishing: how do upward income comparisons affect health, happiness and life satisfaction?Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Berkman, L., Chen, Y., Kim, E., et al. (2023). Are loneliness and social isolation equal threats to health and well-being? An outcome-wide longitudinal approach. SSM—Population Health

Kim, E.S., et al. (2024). The silent epidemic of loneliness: identifying the antecedents of loneliness using a lagged exposure-wide approachPsychological Medicine, 1–14

Smith, R., Holt-Lunstad, J., and Kawachi, I. (2023). Benchmarking social isolation, loneliness and smoking: challenges and opportunities for public healthAmerican Journal of Epidemiology

Yoshida, K., Honda, K., Goto, A., and Kawachi, I. (2024). Collateral Health Effects of Loneliness Care in Japan. Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology

Craske, M.G., Herzalleh, M.M., Nusslock, R., Patel, V. (2023). From neural circuits to communities: an integrative multidisciplinary roadmap for global mental health. Nature Mental Health, 1, 12-24  

Marciano, L., Vocaj, E., Bekalu, M.A., La Tona, A., Rocchi, G., and Viswanath, K. (2023). The Use of Mobile Assessments for Monitoring Mental Health in Youth: Umbrella Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25  

Mathur, S., Michelson, D., Shetty, T., Patel, V., and Field, A.P. (2023). Knowledge Of Problem Solving (KOPS) scale: Design and evaluation of a scalable competency measure for a common practice element in task-shared youth mental health interventions  

Millstein, R.A., Harnedy, L., Thorndike, A.N., Kim, S., Castillo, C., Park, E.R., Healy, B.C., and Huffman, J.C. (2023). Abstract P511: Physical Activity, Medical, and Mental Health Outcomes of a Pilot Multilevel Intervention for People With Metabolic SyndromeCirculation, 147

Nadkarni, A., Hanlon, C., and Patel, V. (2023). Mental Health Care Models in Low-and Middle-Income CountriesTasman’s Psychiatry, 1-47  

Papola, D., Barbui, C., and Patel, V. (2023). Leave no one behind: Rethinking policy and practice at the national level to prevent mental disordersMental Health & Prevention, 33  

Park, E.R., et al. (2023). Treatment-related changes in insomnia, anticipatory pleasure, and depression symptoms: A proof-of-concept study with cancer survivorsSleep Medicine  

Patel, V., et al. (2024). Adolescent engagement in a stepped care, transdiagnostic mental health intervention delivered in Indian schools. Discover Psychology, 4:43

Patel, V., et al. (2024). The Effects of Mental Health Interventions on Labor Market Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. National Bureau of Economic Research

Patel, V., et al. (2024). International Representation in Psychiatric Literature: Has the Trend Changed? Review of 11 Leading Psychiatric Journals. Archives of Psychiatry Research, 60:1

Patel, V., et al. (2023). Transforming mental health systems globally: principles and policy recommendationsThe Lancet, Health Policy, 402 (10402), 656-666  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). Interventions to increase help-seeking for mental health care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. PLOS Global Public Health  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). We are everyone’s ASHAs but who’s there for us?” a qualitative exploration of perceptions of work stress and coping among rural frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh, IndiaSocial Science & Medicine  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). Developing knowledge-based psychotherapeutic competencies in non-specialist providers: A pre-post study with a nested randomized controlled trial of a coach-supported versus self-guided digital training course for a problem-solving psychological intervention in IndiaChild & Adolescent Psychiatry  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). Dismantling and personalising task-sharing psychosocial interventions for common mental disorders: a study protocol for an individual participant data component network meta-analysisBMJ Open  

Patel, V., et al. (2023). ESSENCE: An Implementation Research Program to Scale Up Depression Care in Rural CommunitiesPsychiatry Online  

Sampson, L., Kubzansky, L.D., Koenen, K.C. (2023). The Missing Piece: A Population Health Perspective to Address the U.S. Mental Health CrisisMIT Press Direct, Daedalus, 152 (4): 24-44

Côté, A., Miquelon, P., and Trudel-Fitzgerald, C. (2024). Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Psychosocial Functioning among Adults with Cancer: A Scoping ReviewInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(2), 225

Hernandez, R., et al. (2024). Depressive Symptoms, Antidepressants, and Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings from the CRIC StudyKidney Medicine, 6(4)

Huffman, J., et al. (2023). Association of Depression and Cardiovascular DiseaseThe American Journal of Medicine

Kim, E.S., Wilkinson, R., Okuzono, S.S., Chen, Y., Shiba, K., Cowden, R.G., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2024). Positive affect during adolescence and health and well-being in adulthood: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach. PLOS Medicine

Patel, V., et al. (2023). The relationship between physical and mental health: an update from the WPA Working Group on Managing Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Health. World Psychiatry, 22 (1), 169-70

Schwartz, J., et al. (2023). Psychological stress and epigenetic aging in older men: The VA normative aging studyTranslational Medicine of Aging

Allende, S., Cramer, H., Wayne, P., and Lauche, R. (2023). Investigating Inter- and Intra-individual Differences in Tai Chi Practice Time, Pain, and Mood Among Participants with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled TrialJournal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine  

Hernandez, R., et al. (2023). Feasibility and impact of a remote moderate-intensity yoga intervention on stress and executive functioning in working adults: a randomized controlled trialJournal of Behavioral Medicine  

Hoeppner, B., et al. (2023). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Community-Delivered Heated Hatha Yoga for Moderate-to-Severe DepressionThe Journal of Clinical Psychiatry  

Perez, G.K., Park, E.R., et al. (2024). Development and feasibility of a virtual, synchronous mind-body resiliency intervention for fathers of children and youth with special healthcare needs. Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative, 5  

Loewenthal, J., Berning, M.J., Wayne, P.M., Eckstrom, E., and Orkaby, A.R. (2023). Holistic frailty prevention: The promise of movement-based mind-body therapiesAging Cell  

Wayne, P.M., Yeh, G.Y., et al. (2023). Understanding the dynamics of inflammatory mediators in response to mind-body movement therapies (MBMTs): A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in healthy subjects. Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrative, 2  

Wayne, P.M., et al. (2023). Long-term Tai Chi practice in older adults is associated with “younger” functional abilitiesAging Cell  

Wayne, P.M., et al. (2023). The impact of yoga on aging physiology: A reviewThe Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging  

You, T., Leveille, S., Yeh, G., and Wayne, P. (2023). Is Tai Chi beneficial for multisite pain syndrome in older adults? Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Berryman, K., Lazar, S.W., and Hohwy, J. (2023). Do contemplative practices make us more moral? Trends in Cognitive Sciences  

Joss, D., Teicher, M.H., and Lazar, S.W. (2024). Beneficial effects of mindfulness-based intervention on hippocampal volumes and episodic memory for childhood adversity survivorsJournal of Affective Disorders Reports, 16  

Lazar, S.W., et al. (2024). ENIGMA-Meditation: Worldwide consortium for neuroscientific investigations of meditation practices

Lazar, S., et al. (2023). Attenuation of Anxiety-Potentiated Startle After Treatment with Escitalopram or Mindfulness Meditation in Anxiety DisordersBiological Psychiatry  

Lu, C., Dijk, S.W., Pandit, A., Kranenburg, L., Luik, A.I., Hunink, M.G. (2023). The effect of mindfulness-based interventions on reducing stress in future health professionals: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsApplied Psychology, Health and Well Being  

Wayne, P.M., Yeh, G.Y., and Mehta, D.H. (2024). Through the Looking Glass: Psychedelics As a Window into Mindfulness and Mind–Body HealthJournal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 30: 1

Boehm, J.K., Qureshi, F., Chen, Y., Soo, J., Umukoro, P., Hernandez, R., Lloyd-Jones, D., and Kubzansky, L.D. (2023). Optimism and Cardiovascular Health: Longitudinal Findings From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults StudyPsychosomatic Medicine, 82(8): 774–781

Huffman, J.C., et al. (2024). Gratitude, optimism, and satisfaction with life and patient-reported outcomes in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantationPsycho-Oncology, 33 (2)

Koga, H.K., Grodstein, F., Williams, D.R., et al. Longitudinal Associations Between Optimism and Objective Measures of Physical Functioning in WomenJAMA Psychiatry

Shimomura, K., Morita, K., Huffman, J.C., and Millstein, R.A. (2023). Intraindividual Fluctuation in Optimism Under Daily Life Circumstances: A Longitudinal StudyAffective Science

Shimomura, K., Morita, K., Nishiguchi, Y., Huffman, J.C., Millstein, R.A. (2023). Intraindividual fluctuation in optimism: Development and validation of the Japanese version of the State Optimism Measure. PsyArXiv Preprints

Celano, C., Huffman, J.C., et al. (2023). Positive Psychological Well-Being in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation SurvivorsAmerican Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Hernandez, R., et al. (2023). Positive Psychological Intervention Delivered Using Virtual Reality in Patients on Hemodialysis with Comorbid Depression: Protocol and Design for the Joviality Randomized Controlled TrialJMIR Research Protocols, 12  

Huffman, J.C., et al. (2024). Gratitude, optimism, and satisfaction with life and patient-reported outcomes in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantationPsycho-Oncology, 33 (2)  

Huffman, J.C., et al. (2023). A Positive Psychology Intervention in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Survivors (PATH) to Promote Well-Being: Randomized Controlled Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy TrialBlood, 142, (1): 2203  

Huffman, J.C., Celano, C.M., et al. (2023). Positive psychological well-being: A novel concept for improving symptoms, quality of life, and health behaviors in irritable bowel syndrome. Neurogastroenterology and motility: the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society  

Koga, H.K., Grodstein, F., Williams, D.R., et al. Longitudinal Associations Between Optimism and Objective Measures of Physical Functioning in WomenJAMA Psychiatry  

Krentzman, A., Hoeppner, S., Hoeppner, B., Barnett, N.P. (2024). A randomized feasibility study of a positive psychology journaling intervention to support recovery from substance-use disorders. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment

Millstein, R., Huffman, J.C., Celano, C.M., et al. (2023). Positive psychological well-being and clinical characteristics in IBS: A systematic review. General Hospital Psychiatry, 81, 1-14  

Millstein, R.A., Huffman, J.C., et al. (2023). Using Positive Psychology to Address Emotional Barriers to Physical Activity After Bariatric Surgery: Proof-of-Concept Trial of the Gaining Optimism After Weight Loss Surgery (GOALS) ProjectCognitive and Behavioral Practice  

Waldinger, R.J., et al. (2024). More organized white matter is associated with positivity bias in older adultsBrain Imaging and Behavior

Denckla, C., et al. (2023). Resilient phenotypes among bereaved youth: a comparison of trajectory, relative, and cross-domain approachesChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17(23)  

Koenen, K., et al. (2024). Defining the r factor for post-trauma resilience and its neural predictors. Nature Mental Health  

Koenen, K.C., Williams, D.R., et al. (2023). Trauma, risk, and resilience: A qualitative study of mental health in post-conflict LiberiaTranscultural Psychiatry  

Kubzansky, L.D., Koenen, K.C., et al. (2023). Abstract MP42: Associations Between Psychological Resilience and Lifestyle Behaviors Among Adults in Puerto Rico Affected by Repeated Adverse EventsCirculation, 147  

Park, E., et al. (2024). A resiliency intervention adapted for older women with HIV: Results from a pilot randomized controlled trial in the northeastern US. Journal of Health Psychology  

Scoglio, A., Nishimi, K., Choi, K., Koenen, K., Sampson, L., Jha, S., and Kubzansky, L. (2024). Prior resilience to trauma & coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS One  

Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Boucher, G., Morin, C., Mondragon, P., Guimond, A-J., Nishimi, K., Choi, K.W., Denckla, C. (2023). Coping and emotion regulation: A conceptual and measurement scoping review. Canadian Psychology. Advance online publication  

Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Lee, L.O., Guimond, A-J., Chen, R., James, P., Koga, H.K., Lee, H.H., Okuzono, S.S., Grodstein, F., Rich-Edwards, J., and Kubzansky, L.D. (2023). A long and resilient life: the role of coping strategies and variability in their use in lifespan among womenAnxiety, Stress, & Coping: An International Journal  

Williams, D.R., et al. (2023). Variations in risk, resilience, and protective factors for cognitive and socioemotional development among 3- to 4-year-old children in Nigeria: A multilevel modeling. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 64, 162-173  

Yeh, G.Y., Park, E.R., et al. (2023). A pilot randomized controlled trial of a mind-body resiliency program for fear of cancer recurrence: Qualitative findingsJCO Oncology Practice, 19 (11)

Kawachi, I., et al. (2023). Sense of Coherence and Incident Dementia in Older Japanese Adults: The Japan Gerontological Evaluation StudyJournal of the American Medical Directors Association

Kim, E.S., Nakamura, J.S., Strecher, V.J., Cole, S.W. (2023). Reduced Epigenetic Age in Older Adults with High Sense of Purpose in LifeThe Journals of Gerontology, Series A

Koga, H.K., Grodstein, F., Williams, D.R., Buchman, A.S., and Kubzansky, L.D. (2024). Purpose in life and its association to ParkinsonismThe Journals of Gerontology: Series B Padgett, N.R., Hanson, J.,

Nakamure, J.S., Ritchie-Dunham, J.L., Kim, E.S., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2023). Psychometric properties of the comprehensive measure of meaningMeasure Meaning in Life

Dev, S., Griffith, J., Patel, V., and Lincoln, A. (2023). Social support and user engagement with task-shared psychological treatments in the real world: Findings from the PRIME India studySSM- Mental Health, 4

Huffman, J., Celano, C., et al. (2023). Peer support interventions in patients with kidney failure: A systematic reviewJournal of Psychosomatic Research, 171

Kawachi, I. et al. (2023). Retirement and cardiovascular disease: a longitudinal study in 35 countriesInternational Journal of Epidemiology

Kim, E.S., et al. (2024). A national cohort study of community belonging and its influence on premature mortality. Journal of Epidemiology & Health

Lee, H., Okuzono, S., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., James, P., Koga, H., Sims, M., Grodstein, F., and Kubzansky, L. (2023). Social integration and risk of mortality among African-Americans: the Jackson heart studySocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Nakamura, J.S., Shiba, K., Jensen, S.M., VanderWeele, T.J., and Kim, E.S. (2023). Who Benefits From Helping? Moderators of the Association Between Informal Helping and MortalityAnnals of Behavioral Medicine

Bekalu, M.A., Sato, T., and Viswanath, K.  (2023). Conceptualizing and Measuring Social Media Use in Health and Well-being Studies: Systematic ReviewJournal of Medical Internet Research, 25  

Bizzotto, N., Marciano, L., de Brujin, G., and Schulz, P.J. (2023). The Empowering Role of Web-Based Help Seeking on Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-analysisJournal of Medical Internet Research, 25  

Camerini, A-L., Morlino, S., and Marciano, L. (2023). Boredom and digital media use: A systematic review and meta-analysisComputers in Human Behavior, 11  

Choi, K., et al. (2023). Shared Genetic Risk in the Association of Screen Time With Psychiatric Problems in ChildrenJAMA Network Open  

Huffman, J.C., et al. (2023). Association between social media use and health promotion among individuals with depression and anxiety: Insights from the 2017–2020 Health Information National Trends SurveyJournal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, 1  

Marciano, L., et al. (2024). Safeguarding young users on social media through academic oversight. Nature Reviews Psychology

Marciano L, Saboor S. (2023). Reinventing mental health care in youth through mobile approaches: Current status and future stepsFront Psychology  

Marciano, L., and Viswanath, K. (2023). Social media use and adolescents’ well-being: A note on flourishing. Frontiers in Psychology, 14

Marciano., L., Albanese, E., Viswanath, K., Camerini, A-L. (2023). The Protective Role of Social-Oriented Digital Media Use in Children’s and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Latent Growth Curve Model. European Journal of Health Communication, 4(1), Article 1  

Montag, C., Marciano, L., Schulz, P.J., and Becker, B. (2023). Unlocking the brain secrets of social media through neuroscienceTrends in Cognitive Sciences

Chen, Y., Cowden, R., et al. (2023). Differences in Multi-Dimensional Well-Being Among Factory Workers: Evidence from Six CountriesApplied Research in Quality of Life

Chen, Y., Mathur, M.B., Case, B. W., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2023). Marital transitions during earlier adulthood and subsequent health and well-being in mid- to late-life among female nurses: An outcome-wide analysisGlobal Epidemiology, 5

Davison, K., et al. (2023). Maternal and Paternal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Offspring Health and Wellbeing: A Scoping ReviewMaternal and Child Health Journal

Long, K., Wilkinson, R., Cowden, R.G., Chen, Y., and VanderWeele, T.J. (2024). Hope in adolescence and subsequent health and well-being in adulthood: An outcome-wide longitudinal studySocial Science & Medicine, 347

Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Lee, M.T., Bialowolski, P., McNeely, E., Chen, Y., Cowden, R.G., VanderWeele, T.J. (2023). Associations between the Importance of Well-Being Domains and the Subsequent Experience of Well-Being. Sustainability, 15 (1)

Yang, D., Kelly, E.L., Kubzansky, L.D., Berkman, L. (2023). Working from Home and Worker Well-being: New Evidence from GermanyIndustrial and Labor Relations Review