Sarah Johnson-Munguia
- Graduate Student
- Graduate Research Assistant
Contact Info
Biography —
Sarah is a fifth-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Cognitive Science.
Education —
Research —
Sarah's research interests include eating disorders and body image in historically underserved populations, particularly racial and ethnic minoritized populations. Her dissertation studies a culturally-adapted mobile health body image intervention for Latine women. She is also interested in the diagnosis and classification of Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders (OSFED) with a focus on atypical anorexia nervosa.
Selected Publications —
Johnson-Munguia, S., Bottera, A., Vanzhula, I., Forbush, K., Gould, S., Negi, S., Thomeczek, M., L’Insalata, A., Like, E., Sharma, A., Morgan, R.W., & Rasheed, S. (2024). Understanding community provider practices in diagnosing and treating atypical anorexia: A mixed methods study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 57, 892-902. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24125
Thomeczek, M., Forbush, K., Chen, Y., Negi, S., Johnson-Munguia, S., L’Insalata, A., Rasheed, S., Like, E., & McDonald, J. (2024). Associations between weight discrimination, eating-disorder-related impairment, and eating-disorder treatment interest across the weight spectrum. International Journal of Eating Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24277
Cicero, D., Ruggero, C., Balling, C., Cheli, S., Elkrief, L., Forbush, K., Hopwood, C., Jonas, K., Jutras-Aswad, D., Kotov, R., Levin-Aspenson, H., Mullins-Sweatt, S., Johnson-Munguia, S., Narrow, W., Negi, S., Patrick, C., Rodriguez-Seijas, C., Sheth, S., Simms, L., & Thomeczek, M. (2024). State of the science: The hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology (HiTOP). Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.05.001
Chen, Y., Christensen Pacella, K., Forbush, K., Thomeczek, M., Negi, S., Doan, A., Wendler, A., Morgan, R., Rasheed, S., Johnson-Munguia, S., & Sharma, A. (2024). Examining Associations between disordered eating and harmful substance use in a nationally representative sample of veterans. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 57, 1542-1554. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24194
Chapa, D. A. N., Johnson, S. N., Richson, B. N., Bjorlie, K., Won, Y. Q., Nelson, S. V., 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. The International journal of eating disorders, 55(7), 861–885. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23748
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, 101538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101538
Stice, E., Yokum, S., Rohde, P., Shaw, H., Gau, J. M., Johnson, S., & Johns, A. (2019). Randomized trial of a dissonance-based transdiagnostic group treatment for eating disorders: An evaluation of target engagement. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 87(9), 772–786. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000430
Bjorlie, K., Forbush, K. T., Chapa, D. A. N., Richson, B. N., Johnson, S. N., & Fazzino, T. L. (2022). Hyper-palatable food consumption during binge-eating episodes: A comparison of intake during binge eating and restricting. The International journal of eating disorders, 55(5), 688–696. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23692
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, 101540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101540
Richson, B. N., Johnson, S. N., Swanson, T. J., 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, 101541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101541
Johnson, S.N., Engeln, R. Gender Discrepancies in Perceptions of the Bodies of Female Fashion Models. Sex Roles 84, 299–311 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01167-5
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
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
Johnson, S. N., Forbush, K. T., & Swanson, T. J. (2022). The impact of discrimination on binge eating in a nationally representative sample of Latine individuals. The International journal of eating disorders, 55(8), 1120–1129. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23773
Forbush, K. T., Chen, Y., Chen, P.-Y., 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. (2023). Integrating “Lumpers” Versus “Splitters” Perspectives: Toward a Hierarchical Dimensional Taxonomy of Eating Disorders From Clinician Ratings. Clinical Psychological Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026231186803
Munguia, S., & Forbush, K. (2023). 175 Development of an mHealth Functionality Focused Body Image Intervention for Latinx Women. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(S1), 54-54. doi:10.1017/cts.2023.254