Sonakshi Negi

Sonakshi Negi
  • Graduate Student
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Contact Info

Biography —

Sonakshi is a graduate student in Dr. Kelsie Forbush’s CARE lab who is also pursuing a minor in quantitative psychology. She graduated summa cum laude from George Mason University with a BA in Psychology and concentrations in Clinical and Health Psychology. In her free time, Sonakshi enjoys yoga, painting, and spending time with her friends and family. 

Education —

B.A. in Psychology, George Mason University

Research —

Sonakshi’s research interests include using technology in eating disorder treatment and assessment. She is also interested in using intra-individual network analysis to identify symptom maintenance within persons with eating disorders.

Selected Publications —

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

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., 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

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

Negi, S., Benau, E. M., Strowger, M., Grammer, A. C., & Timko, C. A. (2022). Internalization of Appearance Ideals and Not Religiosity Indirectly Impacts the Relationship Between Acculturation and Disordered Eating Risk in South and Southeast Asian Women Living in the United States. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 843717. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.843717

Trojanowski, P. J., Breithaupt, L., Negi, S., Wonderlich, J., & Fischer, S. (2020). Lack of guilt, shame, and remorse following weight stigma expression: a real-time assessment pilot study. PeerJ, 8, e10294. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10294