*mentored student author ±shared authorship
2026
*Ain, H., *Garcia, M., & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (in press) Gender Differences in University Community Belongingness and Eating Disorder Pathology Among Muslim Students. Journal of American College Health.
*Sagert, S.J. & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (in press). Internalized Weight Stigma as a Mediator Between Past Weight Stigma and Current Healthcare Avoidance/Comfort in Seeking Medical Care. Journal of Health Psychology.
*Jennings, T.L., Gleason, N., Way, B.M, Christensen Pacella, K.A., Bothe, B., Grubbs, J.B., & Kraus, S.W. (in press). Integrating Research on Sexual Risk Behavior, Compulsive Sexual Behavior, and Internalized Homonegativity Among Sexual Minority Men: A Network Analytic Approach. Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Christensen Pacella, K.A., Bottera, A.R., Averyt, J., Bedard, S.P., De Young, K.P., *Feizi Lighvan, R., Irish, L.A., Johnson, N.K., Kinkel-Ram, S., Klaver, E., Lampe, E., & Olsen, J. (in press). Eat, sleep – How and when to treat: A guide for leveraging behavioral sleep medicine for co-occurring insomnia in eating disorder treatment. Eating Disorders: Journal of Treatment and Prevention.
*Garcia, M., *Nation, M.B., & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (2026). Exploring Eating Disorder Risk in Documented & Undocumented Latinx College Students in the United States. Journal of American College Health. 10.1080/07448481.2026.2653847
±Forbush, K. T., ±Chen, Y., Peng, Z., Morgan, R. W., Christensen Pacella, K., Watson, D., Bottera, A. R., Mitchell, K., Song, Q. C., Thomeczek, M. L., Negi, S., Doan, A. E., Rasheed, S. I., Johnson-Munguia, S., Watts, A. L., Wendler, A., Oehlert, M., Mancini, M., & Mahmud, K. F. (2026). Modeling internalizing symptoms in United States veterans using the HiTOP framework: Gender invariance and longitudinal stability. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. 10.1037/abn0001118
*Ain, H. & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (2026). Eating Disorder Symptom Severity Decreases in Fasting Muslim Women in the United States During Ramadan: A Preliminary Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.70089
Christensen Pacella, K.A., Bottera, A.R., & Wilkerson, A.K. (2026) Considering the Impact and Treatment of Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Eating Disorder Interventions. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2025.08.01
2025
Bottera, A. R., Thomeczek, M. L., Rasheed, S., Christensen Pacella, K. A., Girard, J.M., Chen, Y., Oehlert, M., Wendler, A., & Forbush, K. T. (2025). Examining the Role of Insomnia in Maintaining Binge Eating and Restricting in United States Veterans. European Eating Disorders Review. DOI: 10.1002/erv.70067
Chapa, D.A.N., Thomeczek, M.L., Richson. B.N., Duffy, A., Rienecke, R.D., Blalock, D.V., Gould, S.R., Perko, V.L., Mehler, P.S., Christensen Pacella, K.A., & Forbush, K.T (2025). Greater body dissatisfaction leads to less BMI gain in anorexia nervosa: Predictive validity of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24560
Christensen Pacella, K.A., Bottera, A.R., Forbush, K.T., *Isquith, J., & De Young, K. A. (2026) Feasibility and Acceptability of Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia after Eating Disorder Treatment: The TIRED Study. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24540
*Nation, M., Kraus, S., *Garcia, M., Borgogna, N., & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (2026). Sexual Functioning and Eating Disorders: Examining the Role of Gender and Internalizing Symptoms.International Journal of Sexual Health. DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2025.2553850
*Ain, H., *Isquith, J., Forbush, K.T., & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (in press) Sensitivity and Specificity of Self-Diagnosis of Eating Disorders in University Students with and without Food Insecurity. Eating Behaviors. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.102020
*Ayres, J., Chen, Y., Forbush, K.T., Bottera, A.R., & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (2025) Ecological Momentary Assessment of Between- and Within-Person Sleep Quality as a Predictor of Disordered Eating Behaviors Among Young Women with Disordered Eating. Appetite. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108052
*Sagert, S. & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (2025). Higher Rates of Imposter Syndrome Symptoms Associated with Greater Odds of Eating Disorders in College and University Students.Journal of American College Health. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2501013
Forbush, K. T., Chen, Y., Joo, S., Hagan, K. E., Richson, B. N., Chapa, D. A. N., Johnson-Munguia, S., Christensen Pacella, K. A., Bottera, A. R., Thomeczek, M. L., Bohrer, B. K., Perko, V., Negi, S., Sharma, A. R., Like, E. E., Morgan, R. W., Vanzhula, I. A., Tregarthen, J. Palacios, J., & Gould, S. R. (2025). Preliminary development and validation of the Eating Pathology Clinical Outcomes Tracker (EPCOT). Psychological Assessment. DOI: 10.1037/pas0001388
Christensen Pacella, K.A., *Kim, F., Bottera, A.R., Forbush, K.T., & McGinnis, G. (2025). Associations between intraindividual variability in weekday-weekend sleep timing and duration and eating disorder pathology. Eating Behaviors. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2025.101959
2024
Christensen Pacella, K.A., Chen, Y., Bottera, A.R., & Forbush, K.T. (2024). Changes in Insomnia and Binge Eating Symptom Severity Before and After Eating Disorders Treatment in Individuals with Non-Low Weight Binge-Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Sleep Research. DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14378
Hagan, K.E. & Christensen Pacella, K.A. (2024) Balancing Objective Markers and Subjective Experience in Eating Disorder Diagnoses: Commentary on Dang et al. (2024). International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24268
Christensen Pacella, K.A., Forbush, K.T., Chen, Y., *Nation, M.R., Cushing, C.C., & Swinburne Romine, R.E. (2024). Negative Affect as a Mediator between Exposure to Fitspiration and Thinspiration and Disordered Eating Behaviors: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24291
Christensen Pacella, K.A., Richson, B.N., Short, N.A., Bottera, A.R., Irish, L.A., Perko, V., & Forbush, K.T. (2024). Using Item Response Theory to Identify Key Symptoms of Insomnia in a Sample of University Students with Probable Eating Disorders. Eating and Weight Disorders- Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity. DOI: 10.1007/s40519-024-01679-z
Irish, L.A., Bottera, A., Manasse, S.., Christensen Pacella, K., & Schaefer, L. (2024). The integration of sleep research into eating disorders research: Recommendations and best practices. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24241
Irish, L.A., Christensen Pacella, K.A., *Nation, M.B., & Barnes, R.D. (2024). Engagement in Binge Eating and Fasting Associated with Poorer Sleep Quality in an MTurk Sample. Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1186/s40337-024-01028-6
Short, N. A., Christensen Pacella, K. A., Smit, T., Vujanovic, A. A., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2024). Sleep Quality and Hazardous Alcohol Use: Indirect Effects of Coping-Oriented Alcohol Use among Individuals with Probable Posttraumatic Stress and Hazardous Alcohol Use. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-024-10139-y
Christensen Pacella, K.A., *Wossen, L, & Hagan, K.E. (2024) Low Overlap and High Heterogeneity Across Common Measures of Eating Disorder Pathology: A Content Analysis. Assessment. DOI: 10.1177/10731911241238084
Chen, Y., Christensen Pacella, K.A., Forbush, K.T., Thomeczek, M.L., Negi, S., Doan, A.E., Wendler, A.M., Morgan, R.W., Rasheed, S.I., Johnson-Munguia, S., & Sharma, A.R. (in press). Examining associations between disordered eating and harmful substance use in a nationally representative sample of veterans. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24194
Christensen Pacella, K.A. & Forbush, K.T. (2024). Weight Bias Internalization is Positively Associated with Insomnia Symptom Severity in Young Women with Disordered Eating. Sleep Health. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.10.014
2023
Southward, M.W., Howard, K.P., Christensen Pacella, K.A., & Cheavens, J.S. (2023) Resilience factors in borderline personality disorder: A multi-study analysis of conscientiousness, distress tolerance, hope, and self-compassion. Journal of Affective Disorders. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.067
Christensen Pacella, K.A., Chen, Y., Forbush, K.T., Cushing, C.C., & Swinburne Romine, K. (2023). Prospectively predicting naturalistic exposure to fitspiration and thinspiration in young women with disordered eating by leveraging an ecological momentary assessment design. Eating Behaviors. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101767
Forbush, K. T., Chen, Y., Chen, P., Bohrer, B. K., Hagan, K. E., Chapa, D. A. N., Christensen Pacella, K. A., Perko, V., Richson, B. N., Johnson-Munguia, S. N., Thomeczek, M. L., Nelson, S. V., Christian, K., Swanson, T. J., & Wildes, J. E. (in press). Integrating “lumpers” versus “splitters” perspectives: Toward a hierarchical dimensional taxonomy of eating disorders from clinician ratings. Clinical Psychological Science. DOI: 10.1177/21677026231186803
Forbush, K.T., Christensen Pacella, K.A., Thomeczek, M., Gould, S.R., Chapa, D.A.N., Richson, B., Ayres, J, & Perko, V. (2023). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Cognitive-Behavioral Mobile-Health Therapist Companion App to Treat Eating Disorders in College Students: Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students (BEST-U). Journal of Medical Internet Research. DOI: 10.2196/43504
Richson, B.N., Hazzard, V., Christensen, K.A., & Hagan, K.E. (2023) Do the SCOFF items function differently by food-security status in U.S. college students?: Statistically, but not practically, significant differences. Eating Behaviors. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101743
Bohrer, B. K., Chen, Y., Christensen, K. A. Forbush, K. T., Thomeczek, M. L, Richson, B., Chapa, D.A.N., Jarmolowicz, D.P, Gould, S.R., Negi, S., Perko. V.M., & Morgan, R.W. (2023). A multiple-baseline study of a mobile Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the treatment of eating disorders in college students. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23987
Christensen, K.A., Seager van Dyk, I., & *Klaver, E. (2023). Elevated Insomnia Symptom Severity in University Students: The Role of Sexual Orientation and Internalizing Symptoms. Journal of American College Health. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2145897
2022
Forbush, K.T., Swanson, T.J., Richson, B.N., Thomeczek, M.L., Negi, S., Johnson, S.N., Chapa, D.A.N., Morgan, R.W., O’Brien, C.J., Gould, S.R., Christensen, K.A., & Chen, Y. (2022). Screening for Eating Disorders in College Students: Initial Validation of the Brief Assessment of Stress and Eating (BASE). International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55 (11), 1553-1564. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23815
Forbush, K.T., Swanson, T.J., Siew, C.S.Q., Hagen, K.E., Chapa, D.A.N., Tregarthen, J., Christensen, K.A., & Wildes, J. (2022). Generalized Network Psychometrics of Eating-Disorder Psychopathology. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55 (11), 1603-1613. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23801
Christensen, K.A., Feeling, N.R.,& Rienecke, R.D. (2022). Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Resting-State High Frequency Heart Rate Variability in Binge-Eating Disorder. Journal of Psychophysiology, 37(1), 50-63. DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000307
Christensen, K.A., Hazzard, V., Richson, B.N., & Hagan, K.E. (2022) A Call for Increased Psychometric Validation of Measures Used in Populations with Food Insecurity.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 122 (10),1833-1836. DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2022.05.017 ***Invited Editorial
Chapa, D.A.N., Johnson, S.N., Richson, B., Bjorlie, K., Won, Y., Nelson, S., Ayres, J., Jun, D., Forbush, K.T., Christensen, K.A., & Perko, V.L. (2022). Eating Disorder Psychopathology in Female Athletes and Non-athletes: A Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55 (7), 861-885. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23748
*Won, Y.Q., Christensen, K.A., & Forbush, K.F. (2022). Habitual Adaptive Emotion Regulation Moderates the Association Between Maladaptive Emotion Regulation and Eating Disorder Symptoms, but Not Clinical Impairment. Eating and Weight Disorders- Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity, 27 (7), 2629-2639. DOI: 10.1007/s40519-022-01399-2
±Christensen, K.A., ±Hagan, K.E, & Forbush, K.T. (2022). Clinical Science Can Address Rising Eating Disorder Psychopathology during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comment on Gruber et al., 2020. American Psychologist, 77 (1), 140-142. DOI: 10.1037/amp0000765
2021
Richson, B.N., Johnson, S.N., Swanson, T., Christensen, K.A., Forbush, K.T., & Wildes, J.E. (2021) Predicting Probable Eating Disorder Case-Status in Men Using the Clinical Impairment Assessment: Evidence for a Gender-Specific Threshold. Eating Behaviors, 42. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101541
Johnson, S.N., Forbush, K.T., Swanson, T.J., & Christensen, K.A (2021). An Empirical Evaluation of the Diagnostic Threshold between Full-threshold and Sub-threshold Bulimia Nervosa. Eating Behaviors, 42. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101540
Richson, B.N., Forbush, K.T., Chapa, D.A.N., Gould, S.R., Perko, V.L., Johnson, S.N., Christensen, K.A., Swanson, T.J., Tregarthen, J. (2021) Measurement Invariance of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) in Adolescents and Adults. Eating Behaviors, 42. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101538
Christensen, K.A., Seager van Dyk, I., Southward, M.W., & Vasey, M.W. (2021). Evaluating intrapersonal emotion regulation through the interpersonal context of female friends. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78 (2), 266-282. DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23214
Perko, V. L., Forbush, K.T., Christensen, K.A., Richson, B.N., Chapa, D.A., Bohrer, B.K., & Griffiths, S. (2021). Validation of the Factor Structure of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory in an International Sample of Sexual Minority Men. Eating Behaviors, 42. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101511
Christensen, K.A., Forbush, K.T., Cushing, C.C., Lejuez, C.W., Fleming, K.K., & Swinburne Romine, R.E. (2021). Evaluating associations between Instagram use and disordered-eating behaviors using ecological momentary assessment: A registered report. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52 (7),1307-1315. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23518
Christensen, K.A., Forbush, K.T., *Richson, B.N., *Thomeczek, M., *Perko, V.L., *Bjorlie, K., *Christian, K., *Ayres, J., Wildes, J., & *Mildrum Chana, S. (2021) Food insecurity associated with elevated eating disorder symptoms, impairment, and eating disorder diagnoses in an American university student sample before and during beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52 (7). 1213-1223. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/eat.23517
Christensen, K.A. & Short, N.A.(2021). The Case for Investigating a Bidirectional Association between Insomnia and Eating Pathology. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54 (5),701-707. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23498
Christensen, K.A. & Southward, M.W. (2021). Habitual, but not momentary, avoidance strategy use moderates the association between disgust sensitivity and affective response to a disgust-inducing film clip. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 53 (3),254-262.DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000244
2020
Christensen, K.A., Forbush, K.T., *Elliott, B.T., & Jarmolowicz, D.P. (2020).A single-case multiple baseline design for treating insomnia in eating disorders: The TIRED Study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54 (4),652-549. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23450
Christensen, K.A. & Hagan, K.E. (2020). Taking a bite out of eating disorders: Facts and myths. Frontiers for Young Minds (8). DOI: 10.3389/frym.2020.545034
Forbush, K.T., Bohrer, B.K., Hagan, K.E., Chapa, D.A.N., Perko, V., Richson, B., Christian, K., Christensen, K., & Wildes, J.E. (2020). Development and initial validation of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory- Clinician Rated Version (EPSI-CRV). Psychological Assessment, 32 (10), 943-955. DOI: 10.1037/pas0000820
Christensen, K.A., French, M., & Chen, E.Y. (2020). Multimethod assessment of palatable food exposure in women with and without eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review, 28 (5),594-602. DOI: 10.1002/erv.2746
Christensen, K.A., Seager van Dyk, I., *Nelson, S.V., & Vasey, M.W. (2020). Using multilevel modeling to characterize interpersonal emotion regulation strategies and psychopathology in female friends. Personality and Individual Differences, 165. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110156
Hagan, K.E., Christensen, K.A., & Forbush, K.F. (2020). A preliminary systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials of Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa. Eating Behaviors, 37. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101391
Christensen, K.A., & Haynos, A.F. (2020). A theoretical review of interpersonal emotion regulation in eating disorders: Enhancing knowledge by bridging interpersonal and affective dysfunction. Journal of Eating Disorders, 8 (1), 1-10. DOI: 10.1186/s40337-020-00298-0
Plate, A., Dunn, E.J., Christensen, K.A., & Aldao, A. (2020). When are worry and rumination negatively related to respiratory sinus arrhythmia? The moderating role of cognitive reappraisal. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 44, 874-884. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-020-10099-z
2019
Coniglio, K., Christensen, K.A., Haynos, A., Rienecke, R., & Selby, E. (2019). The posited effect of positive affect in anorexia nervosa: Advocating for a forgotten piece of a puzzling disease. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52 (9), 971-976. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23147
Christensen, K.A. (2019). Emotional feeding as interpersonal emotion regulation: A developmental risk factor for binge-eating behaviors. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52 (5), 515-519. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23044
Cerit, H., Christensen, K., Moondra, P., Klibanski, A., Goldstein, J.M., & Holsen, L.M. (2019). Divergent associations between ghrelin and neural responsivity to palatable food in hyperphagic and hypophagic recurrent depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 242, 29-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.088
2018 and earlier
Yiu, A., Christensen, K.A., Arlt, J.M., & Chen, E.Y. (2018). Distress tolerance across self-report, behavioral and psychophysiological domains in women with eating disorders and healthy controls. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 61, 24-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.05.006
Christensen, K.A., Aldao, A., Sheridan, M.A., & McLaughlin, K.A (2017). Habitual cognitive reappraisal in context: Peer victimization moderates its association with physiological reactivity to social stress. Cognition & Emotion, 31(2), 384-394. DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1103701
Christensen, K. & Aldao, A. (2017). Interpersonal emotion regulation: Implications for practice. Advances in Cognitive Therapy, 17 (1), 6-11. DOI: 10.1186/s40337-020-00298-0
Aldao, A., & Christensen, K. (2015). Linking the expanded process model of emotion regulation to psychopathology by focusing on behavioral outcomes of regulation. Psychological Inquiry, 26(1), 27-36. DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2015.962399
Christensen, K. & Aldao, A.(2015). Tipping points for adaptation: Connecting emotion regulation, motivated behavior, and psychopathology. Current Opinion in Psychology, 3, 70-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.12.015
Dixon-Gordon, K.L., Bernecker, S., & Christensen, K. (2015). Recent innovations in the field of interpersonal emotion regulation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 3, 36-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.02.001
±Holsen, L.M., ±Lawson, E.A., Christensen, K.A., Makris, N., Klibanski, A., & Goldstein, J.M. (2014). Abnormal relationships between the neural response to high- and low-calorie foods and endogenous acylated ghrelin in women with active and weight-recovered anorexia nervosa. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 223 (2), 94-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.04.015
Southward, M., Christensen, K., Fettich, K., Weissman, J., Berona, J., & Chen, E.Y. (2014). Loneliness mediates the relationship between emotional dysregulation and bulimia nervosa/ binge eating disorder psychopathology in a clinical sample. Eating and Weight Disorders- Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity, 19 (4), 509-513. DOI: 10.1007/s40519-013-0083-2
Chen, E., Fettich, K., Tierney, M., Cummings, H., Berona, J., Weissman, J., Ward A., Christensen, K., Southward, M., Gordon, K., Mitchell, J., & Coccaro, E. (2012). Factors associated with suicidal ideation in severely obese bariatric surgery-seeking individuals. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 42 (5), 541-549. DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00110.x
BOOK CHAPTERS
Richson, B.R., Forbush, K.T., Bottera, A.R., Hagan, K.E., & Christensen Pacella, K.A. The Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI). In: Ramseyer Winter, V., Tylka, T., & Landor, A. (Eds). Handbook of Body Image Related Measures.
Forbush, K.T., Bohrer, B.K., Thomeczek, M., Negi, S., Chapa, D.A.N., Christensen Pacella, K.A., Sharma, A.R, Exum, A., Richson, B., &.Voss, M. Eating Disorders. In: Segal, D. (ed). Diagnostic Interviewing, Fifth Edition. Springer.
Christensen, K.A., *Klaver, E., & Short, N.A. (2022). Insomnia in Eating Disorders. In: Patel, V., Preedy, V. (eds) Eating Disorders. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-67929-3_10-1
