Dr. Yiyang Chen

Yiyang Chen
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher
  • Statistician

Contact Info

Biography —

Dr. Yiyang Chen is a postdoctoral researcher and statistician at the CARE lab. She completed her undergraduate degrees in Statistics and Psychology at Peking University. She completed her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology at the Ohio State University under the supervision and mentorship of Dr. Trisha Van Zandt. Dr. Chen has expertise in Bayesian modeling and hierarchical structures.

 

Education —

Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology, Ohio State University

Research —

Dr. Chen’s research focuses on developing, testing, and applying statistical methods for psychopathology studies. She uses hierarchical and longitudinal approaches to investigate the associations between eating disorder symptoms, the link of eating disorders to other psychopathological conditions, and the dynamics underlying eating disorder development. She is also interested in using quantitative methods to improve the assessment, classification, and treatment of eating disorders

 

Selected Publications —

Forbush, K. T., Swanson, T. J., Chen, Y., Siew, C. S. Q., Hagan, K. E., Chapa, D. A. N., Tregarthen, J., Wildes, J. E., & Christensen, K. A. (2022). Generalized network psychometrics of eating-disorder psychopathology. The International journal of eating disorders, 55(11), 1603–1613. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23801

Thomeczek, M. L., Negi, S., Chen, Y., & Forbush, K. T. (2023). The impact of trauma-related symptoms and neuroticism on compensatory behaviors in a sample of adults with eating disorders. Eating behaviors, 51, 101819. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101819

Johnson-Munguia, S., Negi, S., Chen, Y., Thomeczek, M. L., & Forbush, K. T. (2023). Eating disorder psychopathology, psychiatric impairment, and symptom frequency of atypical anorexia nervosa versus anorexia nervosa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The International journal of eating disorders, 10.1002/eat.23989. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23989

Christensen Pacella, K. A., Chen, Y., Forbush, K. T., Cushing, C. C., & Swinburne Romine, R. (2023). Prospectively predicting naturalistic exposure to fitspiration and thinspiration in young women with disordered eating by leveraging an ecological momentary assessment design. Eating behaviors, 50, 101767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101767

Bohrer, B. K., Chen, Y., Christensen, K. A., Forbush, K. T., Thomeczek, M. L., Richson, B. N., Chapa, D. A. N., Jarmolowicz, D. P., Gould, S. R., Negi, S., Perko, V. L., & Morgan, R. W. (2023). A pilot multiple-baseline study of a mobile cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of eating disorders in university students. The International journal of eating disorders, 56(8), 1623–1636. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23987

Forbush, K. T., Christensen Pacella, K. A., Thomeczek, M. L., Gould, S. R., A N Chapa, D., Richson, B. N., Perko, V. L., Ayres, J., Chen, Y., & Negi, S. (2023). The Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students Mobile App to Treat Eating Disorders: User-Centered Research Design and Feasibility Study. JMIR formative research, 7, e43504. https://doi.org/10.2196/43504

Forbush, K. T., Swanson, T. J., Gaddy, M., Oehlert, M., Doan, A., Morgan, R. W., O'Brien, C., Chen, Y., Christian, K., Song, Q. C., Watson, D., & Wiese, J. (2023). Design and methods of the Longitudinal Eating Disorders Assessment Project research consortium for veterans. International journal of methods in psychiatric research, 32(2), e1941. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1941

Forbush, K. T., Richson, B. N., Swanson, T. J., 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 across genders in college students: Initial validation of the brief assessment of stress and eating. The International journal of eating disorders, 55(11), 1553–1564. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23815