Publications
Paine, E., Abad, M., Barucco, R., Chang, Y. W., Navalta, T., Vance, T., Ehrhardt, A., Bockting, W. (2025)
"Too Much Trouble": Transgender and Nonbinary People's Experiences of Stigmatization and Stigma Avoidance in the Workplace
Transgender and nonbinary workers encounter pervasive stigmatization that leads many to avoid workplace contexts altogether, revealing how structural workplace norms perpetuate exclusion.
Chang, Y. W., Sotomayor, I., Szkody, E., Fox, K., Schleider, J. (2025)
Effectiveness of an Online Single-Session Minority Stress Intervention: No Evidence for Variation by Structural Stigma, Internalized Stigma, or Social Support
An online single-session minority stress intervention reduced depression and anxiety among sexual minority youth, with no evidence that effectiveness varied by structural stigma, internalized stigma, or social support.
Sotomayor, I., Chang, Y. W., Szkody, E., Fox, K., Schleider, J. (2025)
A Digital, Minority Stress-Focused Single-Session Intervention Benefits Multiply-Minoritized Sexual Minority Adolescents
A digital minority stress-focused single-session intervention produced meaningful benefits for multiply-minoritized sexual minority adolescents, including those facing intersecting racial and socioeconomic disparities.
Brown, V., Gujral, S., Chang, Y. W., Galfalvy, H., Szanto, K., Dombrovski, A. Y. (2025)
Brain Volume Reductions and Relationship with Depression and Cognitive Functioning in Suicide in Older Adults
Older adults who died by suicide showed significant brain volume reductions in frontal and temporal regions, which were associated with depression severity and cognitive decline.
Chang, Y. W.*, Schumacher, E.*, Martino, R., Maheux, A., Choukas-Bradley, S., Salk, R., Thoma, B. (2024)
Structural Homophobia and Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents
State-level structural homophobia is associated with elevated suicidal ideation and behavior among sexual and gender minority adolescents, even after controlling for individual-level risk factors.
Chang, Y. W., Buerke, M., Galfalvy, H., Szanto, K. (2023)
Childhood Trauma is Associated with Early-Onset but not Late-Onset Suicidal Behavior in Late-Life Depression
Childhood trauma is linked to early-onset but not late-onset suicidal behavior in older adults with depression, suggesting distinct developmental pathways to late-life suicide risk.
Szkody, E., Chang, Y. W., Schleider, J. L. (2023)
Serving the Underserved? Uptake, Effectiveness, and Acceptability of Digital SSIs for Rural American Adolescents
Digital single-session interventions show comparable uptake and effectiveness for rural adolescents as for non-rural peers, supporting their scalability to underserved populations.
Galfalvy, H., Szücs, A., Chang, Y. W., Buerke, M., Szanto, K. (2023)
Long-Term Suicidal Ideation Profiles in Late-Life Depression and Their Association with Suicide Attempt or Death by Suicide
Latent profile analysis identified distinct long-term suicidal ideation trajectories in late-life depression, with chronic high-ideation profiles carrying elevated risk of suicide attempt or death.