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