Publications
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2026
Kim, N., Funkhouser, C. J., Trivedi, E., Li, L. Y., Letkiewicz, A. M., Sritharan, A., Sarkas, S. E., McGregor, M. M., Durham, K., Pagliaccio, D., Allen, N. B., Shankman, S. A., & Auerbach, R. P. (in press). Emotion-processing biases and neural connectivity in remitted major depressive disorder among adolescents. Clinical Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026261447830. PDF
2025
Kim, N., Li, L. Y., Funkhouser, C. J., Letkiewicz, A. M., Trivedi, E., Sritharan, A., Sarkas, S. E., McGregor, M. M., Durham, K., Pagliaccio, D., Tang, A., Allen, N. B., Shankman, S. A., & Auerbach, R. P. (2025). EEG-based brain connectivity and sentiment analysis from smartphone social communication: Insights into remitted major depressive disorder among adolescents. NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 3(23). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44277-025-00044-x. PDF
Kaveladze, B. T., Ghosh, A., Funkhouser, C. J., Schueller, S. M., & Schleider, J. L. (2025). Longer single-session interventions may not be better: Evidence from two randomized controlled trials with online workers facing mental health struggles. Clinical Psychological Science, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026251358836. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Weiner, L. S., Crowley, R. N., Davis, J. F., Koegler, F. H., Allen, N. B., & Auerbach, R. P. (2025). Early changes in passively sensed homestay predict depression symptom improvement during digital behavioral activation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 193, 104815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104815. PDF
Tse, T. C., Weiner, L. S., Funkhouser, C. J., deLuise, D., Cullen, C. C., Blumkin, Z. K., O’Brien, C. T., Auerbach, R. P., & Allen, N. B. (2025). Acceptability and usability of a digital behavioral health platform for youth at risk of suicide: User-centered design study with patients, practitioners, and business gatekeepers. JMIR Formative Research, 9, e65418. https://doi.org/10.2196/65418. PDF
2024
Weiner, L. S., Crowley, R. N., Sheeber, L. B., Koegler, F. H., Davis, J. F., Wells, M., Funkhouser, C. J., Auerbach, R. P., & Allen, N. B. (2024). Engagement, acceptability, and effectiveness of the self-care and coach-supported versions of the Vira digital behavior change platform among young adults at risk for depression and obesity: Pilot randomized controlled trial. JMIR Mental Health, 11, e51366. https://doi.org/10.2196/51366. PDF
Zhang, L., Yixiao, X., Funkhouser, C. J., Monteleone, A. M., & Xianglian, Y. (2024). Childhood trauma, emotion regulation, peer attachment, and family functioning: A longitudinal network analysis. Children and Youth Services Review, 166, 107900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107900. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Tse, T. C., Weiner, L. S., deLuise, D., Pagliaccio, D., Durham, K., Cullen, C. C., Blumkin, Z. K., O’Brien, C. T., Allen, N. B., & Auerbach, R. P. (2024). Study Preregistration: Testing a digital suicide risk reduction platform for adolescents: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 63(8), 845–847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.03.012. PDF
Bitran, A. M., Sritharan, A., Trivedi, E., Helgren, F., Buchannan, S. N., Durham, K., Li, L. Y., Funkhouser, C. J., Allen, N. B., Shankman, S. A., Auerbach, R. P., & Pagliaccio, D. (2024). The effects of family support and smartphone-derived home stay on daily mood and depression among sexual and gender minority adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(5), 358–367. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000917. PDF
Letkiewicz, A. M., Funkhouser, C. J., Umemoto, A., Trivedi, E., Sritharan, A., Zhang, E., Buchanan, S. N., Helgren, F., Allison, G. O., Kayser, J., Shankman, S. A., & Auerbach, R.P. (2024). Neurophysiological responses to emotional faces predict dynamic fluctuations in affect in adolescents. Psychophysiology, 61(4), e14476. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14476. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Trivedi, E., Li, L. Y., Helgren, F., Zhang, E., Sritharan, A., Cherner, R. A., Pagliaccio, D., Durham, K., Kyler, M., Tse, T. C., Buchanan, S. N., Allen, N. B., Shankman, S. A., & Auerbach, R. P. (2024). Detecting adolescent depression through passive monitoring of linguistic markers in smartphone communication. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(7), 932–941. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13931. PDF
2023
Funkhouser, C. J. (2023). Stressed out: Testing COVID-19's impact on the brain and depression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 8(9), 880881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.07.005. PDF
Li, L. Y., Glazer, J. E., Helgren, F., Funkhouser, C. J., Auerbach, R. P., & Shankman, S. A. (2023). Electrophysiological evidence of mal-adaptation to error in remitted depression. Biological Psychology, 179, 108555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108555. PDF
Ashaie, S. A.⬩, Funkhouser, C. J.⬩, Jabbarinejada, R., Cherney, L. R., & Shankman, S. A. (2023). Longitudinal trajectories of post-stroke depression symptom subgroups. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 37(1), 46–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683221143464. PDF
Stevens, E. S., Funkhouser, C. J., Auerbach, R. P., Talati, A., Gameroff, M. G., Posner, J. E., Weissman, M. M., & Shankman, S. A. (2023). Inhibition predicts the course of internalizing symptoms: The moderating role of familial risk. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 211(2), 100–107. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001584. PDF
2022
Funkhouser, C. J., Katz, A. C., Meissel, E. E. E., Stevens, E. S., Weinberg, A., Nabb, C. B., & Shankman, S. A. (2022). Associations between repetitive negative thinking and habituation of defensive responding within and between sessions. Affective Science, 3, 616–627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00121-w. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Ashaie, S. A., Gameroff, M. J., Talati, A., Posner, J., Weissman, M. M., & Shankman, S. A. (2022). Prospectively predicting adult depressive symptoms from adolescent peer dysfunction: A sibling comparison study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 1081–1093. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-009064. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Klemballa, D. M., & Shankman, S. A. (2022). Using what we know about threat reactivity models to understand mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 153, 104082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104082. PDF
Correa, K. A., Carrillo, V. L., Funkhouser, C. J., Shenberger, E. R., & Shankman, S. A. (2022). Ethnic differences in behavioral and physiological indicators of sensitivity to threat. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 85, 102508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102508. PDF
2021
Funkhouser, C. J., Correa, K. A., Letkiewicz, A. M., Cozza, E. M., Estabrook, R., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Evaluating the criterion validity of hierarchical psychopathology dimensions across models: Familial aggregation and associations with Research Domain Criteria (sub)constructs. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130(6), 575–586. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000687. PDF
Shenberger, E. R., Funkhouser, C. J., Boley, R., Zalta, A. K., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). The impact of aversive context on early threat detection in trauma exposed individuals and associations with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 6, 100193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100193. PDF
Letkiewicz, A. M., Funkhouser, C. J., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Childhood maltreatment predicts poorer executive functioning beyond symptoms of internalizing psychopathology in adulthood. Child Abuse & Neglect, 118, 105140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105140. PDF
Liu, H., Funkhouser, C. J., Langenecker, S. A., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Set shifting and inhibition deficits as potential endophenotypes for depression. Psychiatry Research, 300, 113931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113931. PDF
Ashaie, S. A.⬩, Hung, J.⬩, Funkhouser, C. J., Shankman, S. A., & Cherney, L. R. (2021). Depression in persons with stroke over time: A network analysis approach. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 4, 100131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100131. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Kaiser, A. J. E., Alqueza, K. L., Carrillo, V. L., Hoffman, L. M. K., Nabb, C. B., Auerbach, R. P., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Depression risk factors and affect dynamics: An experience sampling study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 135, 68–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.007. PDF
Crane, N. A., Funkhouser, C. J., Burkhouse, K. L., Klumpp, H., Phan, K. L., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Occasional cannabis users demonstrate enhanced neural reactivity to reward: An event-related potential and time-frequency EEG study. Addictive Behaviors, 113, 106669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106669. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Chacko, A. A.*, Correa, K. A., Kaiser, A. J. E., & Shankman, S. A. (2021). Unique longitudinal relationships between symptoms of psychopathology in youth: A cross-lagged panel network analysis in the ABCD study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62, 2, 184–194. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13256. PDF. Code
2020
Kaiser, A. J. E., Funkhouser, C. J., Mittal, V., Walther, S., & Shankman, S. A. (2020). Test-retest & familial concordance of MDD symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 292, 113313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113313. PDF
Lieberman, L., Funkhouser, C. J., Gorka, S. M., Liu, H., Correa, K. A., Berenz, E. C., Phan, K. L., & Shankman, S. A. (2020). The relation between posttraumatic stress symptom severity and startle potentiation to predictable and unpredictable threat. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 208(5), 397–402. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001138. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Correa, K. A., Gorka, S. M., Nelson, B. D., Phan, K. L., & Shankman, S. A. (2020). The replicability and generalizability of internalizing symptom networks across five samples. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(2), 191–203. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000496. PDF. Code. Data
Funkhouser, C. J., Auerbach, R. P., Kujawa, A., Morelli, S. A., Phan, K. L., & Shankman, S. A. (2020). Social feedback valence differentially modulates the reward positivity, P300, and late positive potential. Journal of Psychophysiology, 34(4), 255–267. https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000253. PDF
2019
Funkhouser, C. J., Correa, K. A., Carrillo, V. L., Klemballa, D. M., & Shankman, S. A. (2019). The time course of responding to aversiveness in females with a history of nonsuicidal self-injury. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 141, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.04.008. PDF
Stevens, E. S., Lieberman, L., Funkhouser, C. J., Correa, K. A. & Shankman, S. A. (2019). Startle during threat longitudinally predicts functional impairment independent of DSM diagnoses. Psychiatry Research, 279, 207–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.072. PDF
2018
Shankman, S. A., Funkhouser, C. J., Klein, D. N., Davila, J., Lerner, D., & Hee, D. E. (2018). Reliability and validity of severity dimensions of psychopathology assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27(1), e1590. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1590. PDF
2017
Lieberman, L., Stevens, E. S., Funkhouser, C. J., Weinberg. A., Sarapas, C., Huggins, A. A., & Shankman, S. A. (2017). How many blinks are necessary for a reliable startle response? A test using the NPU-threat task. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 114, 24–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2017.01.012. PDF
Lieberman, L., Gorka, S. M., Funkhouser, C. J., Shankman, S. A., & Phan, K. L. (2017). Impact of posttraumatic stress symptom dimensions on psychophysiological reactivity to threat and reward. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 92, 55–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.04.002. PDF
Funkhouser, C. J., Zakriski, A. L., & Spoltore, J. D. (2017). Evaluating peer-peer depression outreach: College students helping peers approach and respond to students in crisis. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 22(1), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN22.1.19. PDF