Liu, J., Yao, N., Perlman, G., Klein, D. N., Kotov, R., & Mu, W.* (2026).
Prospective Prediction of First-Onset Generalized and Social Anxiety Disorders in Adolescent Girls.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 103153.
Publications
Selected publications from TCP Lab spanning clinical psychology, mental health, risk prediction, and evidence-based intervention research.
Gong, B., Yao, N., Xie, H., Huang, C., Tomoko, K., Berenbaum, H., & Mu, W.* (2026).
Efficacy, User Engagement, and Acceptability of CBT-oriented Psychological Chatbots for Adults With Depressive and/or Anxiety Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Gao, X., Pu, J., Zhao, X., Zhao, Y., Mu, W., Lui, S. S., ... & Chan, R. C. (2026).
Reward Motivation Adaptation Deficits Are Specific to Co-Occurring Subclinical Depression and Anhedonia.
Behavioral Sciences, 16(3), 464.
Mu, W.*, Zhang, B., Kishimoto, T.*, Fan, K., He, Z., & Berenbaum, H. (2026).
What is common may be as important as what is different: Examining the general factor shared by dispositional shame and guilt using bi-factor models.
European Journal of Personality, 40(2), 309-330.
Huang, C., Zhou, Y., Yue, Y., Yu, Y., Wang, Z., Huang, C., ... & Mu, W.* (2025).
Predicting first onset of suicide attempt among children with suicidal ideation or non-suicidal self-injury using machine learning: a prospective population-based cohort study.
American Journal of Epidemiology, kwaf242.
Huang, C., Yue, Y., Wang, Z., Liu, Y. J., Yao, N.*, & Mu, W.* (2025).
Prediction of first attempt of suicide in early adolescence using machine learning.
Journal of Affective Disorders, 382, 1-9.
Yue, Y., Tyler, J., Zhu, Y., Bredemeier, K., Yao, N.*, & Mu, W.* (2025).
Generality or specificity? Examining the mechanism of the transdiagnostic associations between different aspects of emotion dysregulation and various anxiety-related disorders.
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(4), 905-921.
Liu, Y.*, Yang, X., Du Xinxin, J. I., Zang, Y., Guan, R., Song, S., ... & Mu, W.* (2025).
Neurophysiological mechanisms and interventions of subthreshold depression by using machine learning techniques.
Advances in Psychological Science, 33(6), 887. (in Chinese).
Yu, Y., Schoenleber, M., Huang, C., Yue, Y., Wang, Z., Yao, N.*, & Mu, W.* (2025).
Prospective Prediction of the Initiation of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents With and Without Depressive Disorders: A US Population-Based Study.
Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Liu, N., Liu, F., Du, X., Shu, Y., Liu, X., Wang, L., ... & Liu, Y. J. (2025).
Temporal-noise-aware neural networks for suicidal ideation prediction using physiological data.
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 12(5), 2973-2985.
Chen, D., Yang, X., Liang, Y., Huang, C., Zhang, S., Li, Y., ... & Ma, L. (2025).
A free association semantic task for fNIRS-based perinatal depression assessment.
Frontiers in Neurology, 15, 1491923.
Chirica, M. G.#, Zhu, Y.#, Mu, W.*, Zhou, H., Gong, J., Chan, R. C., ... & Berenbaum, H. (2024).
Exploring phenotypic overlap across schizotypy and autism spectrum conditions in American and Chinese young adults.
Schizophrenia Research, 267, 359-366.
Mu, W.*, Huang, C., Yao, N., Miao, J., Perlman, G., Watson, D., ... Kotov, R. (2024).
Developmental pathway for first onset of depressive disorders in females: from adolescence to emerging adulthood.
Psychological Medicine, 54(4), 753-762.
Mu, W.*, Li, K., Tian, Y., Perlman, G., Michelini, G., Watson, D., ... & Kotov, R.* (2023).
Dynamic risk for first onset of depressive disorders in adolescence: does change matter?.
Psychological Medicine, 1-9.
Zhu, Y.*, Mu, W.*, Chirica, M., Berenbaum, H. (2022).
Testing a theory-driven factor structure of the autism-spectrum quotient.
Autism Research.
Bredemeier, K., Mu, W., Mayinja, L., & Brown, L. A. (2022).
Emotional clarity and awareness predict obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms during exposure and response prevention in a naturalistic treatment sample.
Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 32(4), 262-270.
Brown, L. A.*, Narine, K., Asnaani, A., Bredemeier, K., & Mu, W. (2022).
Affect, physical activity, physical health, and sleep in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety: A pilot study.
Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.
Kaczkurkin, A. N.*, Mu, W., Gallagher, T., Lieblich, S., Tyler, J., & Foa, E. B. (2021).
The association of obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder with impairment related to eating pathology.
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 31, 100685.
Brown, L. A.*, Majeed, I., Mu, W., McCann, J., Durborow, S., Chen, S., & Blank, M. B. (2021).
Suicide risk among persons living with HIV.
AIDS Care, 1-7.
Tyler, J.*, Mu, W.*, McCann, J., Belli, G., & Asnaani, A. (2021).
The unique contribution of perfectionistic cognitions to anxiety disorder symptoms in a treatment-seeking sample.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy, 1-17.
Brown, L. A.*, Mu, W., McCann, J., Durborow, S., & Blank, M. B. (2020).
Under-documentation of psychiatric diagnoses among persons living with HIV in electronic medical records.
AIDS Care, 1-5.
Mu, W.*, Narine, K., Farris, S., Lieblich, S., Zang, Y., Bredemeier, K., ... & Foa, E. (2020).
Trauma-related cognitions predict treatment response in smokers with PTSD: evidence from cross-lagged panel analyses.
Addictive Behaviors, 108, 106376.
Brown, L. A.*, Benhamou, K., May, A. M., Mu, W., & Berk, R. (2020).
Machine learning algorithms in suicide prevention: clinician interpretations as barriers to implementation.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 81(3), e12970-e12970.
Wang, H., Zhao, Q., Mu, W., Qian, M.*, & Berger, T. (2020).
Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for Chinese social anxiety: the role of shame-proneness.
Journal of Medical Internet Research: Mental Health.
Mu, W.*, Luo, J., Rieger, S., Trautwein, U., & Roberts, B. (2019).
The relationship between self-esteem and depression when controlling for neuroticism.
Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 11.
Mu, W.* & Berenbaum, H. (2019).
Negative self-conscious emotions: appraisals, action tendencies, and labels.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38(2), 113-S7.
Mu, W.*, Schoenleber, M., Castro, A. & Berenbaum, H. (2019).
Automatic body image regulation and cued activation of social rejection or acceptance.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38(5), 393-406.
Levallius, J., Mu, W., Norring, C., Clinton, D., & Roberts, B. (2017).
Some stay the same: Personality change after treatment for eating disorder.
European Psychiatry, 41, S555.
Mu, W.*, Luo, J., Nickel, L., & Roberts, B. W. (2016).
Generality or specificity? Examining the relation between personality traits and mental health outcomes using a bivariate bi-factor latent change model.
European Journal of Personality, 30(5), 467-483.
Manjrekar, E.*, Schoenleber, M., & Mu, W. (2013).
Shame aversion and maladaptive eating-related attitudes and behaviors.
Eating Behaviors, 14(4), 456-459.
Li, S., Mu, W., Xu, K., Wang, Y., & Qian, M.* (2010).
Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms among Wen-chuan Earthquake survivors from different communities three months after the disaster.
Chinese Mental Health Journal, 24(9), 652-656. (in Chinese).