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Covid-19-Related
- Woolverton, G.A., Rastogi, R., Brieger, K., Wong S.H.M., Keum, B.T., Hahm, H.C., & Liu, C.H. (2024). Barriers and Risk Factors Associated with Non-Treatment- Seeking for Suicidality Onset During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Adults. Psychiatry Research. Advance Online Publication. PMCID: PMC11371488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116095
- Woolverton, G.A., Stevens. C.J., Hahm, H.C., & Liu, C.H. (2024). Rates and Psychological Stress Predictors of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Racially Diverse Sample of Young Adults. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 1-19. PMCID: PMC11489012 https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2024.2383766
- Zhang, X., Wong, G. T. F., Liu, C. H., Hahm, H. C., & Chen, J. A. (2024). International student stressors and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Journal of American College Health, 72(4), 1027–1033. PMID: 35549622. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2068015.
- Lee, M., Park, I. Y., Park, M., Tran, P. K., Cozier, Y. C., & Hahm, H. C. (2023). COVID-19-Related Racial Discrimination during Lockdown and Its Impact on Asian American Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), Article 16. PMCID: PMC10454441. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166546
- Bridge, J. A., Ruch, D. A., Sheftall, A. H., Hahm, H. C., O’Keefe, V. M., Fontanella, C. A., Brock, G., Campo, J. V., & Horowitz, L. M. (2023). Youth Suicide During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics, 151(3), e2022058375. PMCID: PMC10227859. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-058375
- ElTohamy, A., Hyun, S., Rastogi, R., Finneas Wong, G. T., Kim, G. S., Chae, D. H., Hahm, H. C., & Liu, C. H. (2023). Effect of vicarious discrimination on race-based stress symptoms among Asian American young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy. PMCID: PMC10674031. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001480
- Hahm, H. C., Hsu, K. C., Hyun, S., Kane, K., & Liu, C. H. (2023). Psychological Distress and Heavy Alcohol Consumption Among U.S. Young Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Women’s Health Issues, 33(1): 17–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2022.09.002 PMCID: PMC9485433
- Hyun, S., Chen, S.-E., Levy-Carrick, N. C., Hahm, H. C., & Liu, C. H. (2023). Posttraumatic growth as a moderator between pandemic-related distress and mental health symptoms in U.S. young adults. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy. PMID: 35925695 https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001306
- Zhang, X., Hsu, K. C., Fleming, K. E., Liu, C. H., & Hahm, H. C. (2023). Home away from home: international students’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of US higher education. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1104200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1104200
- Li, J. J., Kamal, K., Hahm, H. C., & Liu, C. H. (2022). Psychiatric Impacts of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic on US Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Young Adults. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(10), S264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.09.389
- Zhang, E., Hyun, S., Yip, T., Hahm, H. C., & Liu, C. H. (2022). Learning about discrimination during childhood: Implications for racial trauma among Asians and Asian Americans during the pandemic. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 77, 103250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103250
- Liu, C. H., Wong, G. T. F., Hyun, S., & Hahm, H. C. (2022). Concerns about the social climate, finances, and COVID-19 risk on depression and anxiety: An analysis on U.S. young adults across two waves. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 148, 286–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.01.048
- Hahm, H. C., Hall, C. D. X., Garcia, K. T.*, Cavallino, A.*, Ha, Y., Cozier, Y.C., & Liu, C. H. (2021) Experiences of COVID-19-related anti-Asian discrimination and affective reactions in a multiple race sample of U.S. young adults. BMC Public Health 21, 1563, 1-11. PMID: 34407792; PMCID: PMC8371291. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11559-1
- Hahm, H.C., Ha, Y.S., Scott, J.C., Wongchai, V, Chen J., & Liu, C.H. (2021) Perceived COVID-19-related anti-Asian discrimination predicts Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms among Asian American young adults. Psychiatry Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114084
- Li, J., Kamal, K., Hahm, H.C., & Liu, C.H. (2021). Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic on sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults: Clinical and advocacy implications for SGM mental health disparities. Psychiatry Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113855.
- Conrad, R., Hahm, H.C., Koire, A., Pinder-Amaker, S., & Liu, C.H. (2021). College student mental health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications of campus relocation. Journal of Psychiatric Research. PMID: 32745794; PMCID: PMC7387248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113345.
- Hyun, S., Hahm, H.C., Zhang, E., Wong, G., Liu, C.H. (2021). Psychological correlates of poor sleep quality among U.S. young adults during COVID-19 pandemic. Sleep Medicine, 78, 51-56. PMID: 33385779; PMCID: PMC7887075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2020.12.009.
- Liu, C.H., Zhang, E., Wong, G.T. F., Hyun, S., & Hahm, H.C. (2020). Health-Related Quality of Life Among U.S. Young Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychiatric Symptoms and Emotional Experiences to Target within Clinical Practice. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry (accepted).
- Liu, C. H, Pinder-Amaker, S., Hahm, H.C., & Chen, J. A., (2020). Priorities for Addressing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Student Mental Health, American Journal of College Health, in press. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1803882
- Liu, C. H., Zhang, E., Wong, G. T. F., Hyun, S., & Hahm, H.C. (2020). Factors Associated with Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Clinical Implications for U.S. Young Adult Mental Health. Psychiatry Research. 290, 113172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113172 PMID: 32512357; PMCID: PMC7263263.
- Liu, C.H., Stevens, C., Conrad, R.C., & Hahm, H.C. (2020). Evidence for elevated psychiatric distress, poor sleep, and quality of life concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. young adults with suspected and reported psychiatric diagnoses. Psychiatry Research, 292, 113345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113345 PMID: 32745794; PMCID: PMC7387248.
- Hyun, S., Wong, G.T., Levy-Carrick, N.C., Charmaraman, L., Cozier, Y., Yip, T., Hahm, H.C., Liu, C.H. Psychosocial correlates of posttraumatic growth among U.S. young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. 114035. Psychiatry Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114035
- Liu, C.H., Zhang, E., Wong, G., Hyun, S., & Hahm, H.C. COVID-19 related psychological experiences are associated with health-related quality of life among U.S. young adults. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, in press.
Mental / Sexual Health
- Hahm, H C., Oh, S., Keum, B.T., Liu, L.H., Kitchen, M. , Starrett, J. & Joiner, T.E. (2025). National Trends of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors (STBs) among Asian American Emerging Adults Between 2008-2019: The Intersection of Sex and Sexual Identity. Journal of Adolescent Health. Accepted
- Cheung, D. H., Xavier Hall, C. D., Wang, L., Hahm, H. C., Queiroz, A., Okada, L., … Wong, F. Y. (2025). Risk and Resilience Trajectories from Adverse Childhood Experience Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV. Behavioral Medicine, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2025.2480562
- Hahm, H.C.& Keum B.T. (2025). Asian American Children’s Psychological Well-Being and Health Behaviors- Advancing a Culturally Informed Perspective on the Role of Parenting. JAMA Network Open, 8(1), e2454521. https://doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54521
- Woolverton, G.A., Rastogi, R., Yip, T., Hahm, H.C., & Liu, C.H. (2025). Differential Associations in Major, Daily, and Vicarious Racial Discrimination on Racial Trauma among Young Adults of Color. Journal of Traumatic Stress. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23130
- Hahm, H.C., Petersen, J., John, R., Rivera, A., Ahuja, N***., Cha, D., & Chen, J. (2023). HIV Knowledge, Risk Behaviors, and Testing Among Chinese-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-American Women. Journal of Health Science and Education, 7(5). PMCID: PMC10977081. https://doi.org/10.61545/JHSE-1-243
- Hong, J. S., Valido, A., Hahm, H. C., VanHook, C. R., Espelage, D. L., & Voisin, D. R. (2023). Would Caring Teachers Buffer the Link Between Violence Victimization and Early Sexual Initiation? Comparing Heterosexual and Non-Heterosexual African American Youth. Archives of Sexual Behavior. PMID: 36810635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02557-y
- Lee, H.Y., Luo, Y., Neese, J., Daniel, C., & Hahm, H.C. (2021). The Role of English Proficiency in HPV and HPV Vaccine Awareness: A Cross-Sectional Study Across Race/Ethnicity, 22 (2), Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33639647/
- Choi, J., Ryou, B., Kim, K.*, Choi, Y. & Hahm, H.C. (2020). 청소년 자살위험의 유형화와 심리사회적 특성연구 (Latent subtypes and psychosocial characteristics of suicidality among South Korean youth). 사회복지연구, Journal of Korean Social Welfare Studies, 51(2). 57-96. https://doi.org/10.16999/kasws.2020.51.2.57
- Hahm, H.C., Hsi J.H.***, Petersen J.M.***, Xu, J.**, Lee, E.A., Chen, S. H., & Liu, C.H., (2020). Preliminary Efficacy of AWARE in College Health Service Centers: A Group Psychotherapy Intervention for Asian-American Women. American Journal of College Health, in press. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1777135
- Hahm, H.C., Liu C.H., & Tompson, M.C., (2020). Cultural and Developmental Principles for Asian American Women’s Mental Health: Lessons from AWARE on College Campuses. Psychiatric Services, 71:11, 1199-1202. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900593
Substance Use / Abuse
- Saraiya, T. C., Hien, D. A., Singal, S., & Hahm, H.C. (2024). The Invisibility of Asian American, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in Substance Use Research: A Call to Action, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD).
- Kim, D.H., Hong, J.S., Wei, H.S., *Lee, J.M., Espelage, D., Hahm, H.C. (Oct 6, 2018). Pathways from Bullying Victimization to Alcohol and Tobacco Use in South Korean Adolescents: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 9(3): 395-411. doi:10.1086/699187
- Kim, D.H., Hong, J.S., Wei, H.S., *Lee, J.M., Espelage, D., Hahm, H.C., Pathways from Bullying Victimization to Alcohol and Tobacco Use in South Korean Adolescents: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample (in press). Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.
- Hahm, H.C., Augsberger, A., Feranil, M., Jang, J., & Tagerman, M. (2016). The associations between forced and severe mental health, substance use, and HIV risk behaviors among Asian-American women. Violence Against Women, 1-21. Doi:1077801216647797.
- Quinn, A.E., Fernandez, C., Rubinsky, A., Hahm, H.C., & Samet, J. (2016). A research agenda to advance the coordination of medical and substance use disorder care. Psychiatric Services, 1-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201600070
- Hahm, H.C., Chang, S.T.H., Tong, H.Q., Meneses, M.A., Yuzbasioglu, R.F., Hien, D. (2014). Intersection of suicidality and substance abuse among Asian American young women: Implications for developing interventions in young adulthood. Advances in Dual Diagnosis. 7 (2): 90-104.
- Hahm, H.C., Jang, J., Vu, C., Alexander, L.M, Driscoll, K.E., & Lundgren, L.. (2013). Drug use and suicidality among Asian-American women who are children of immigrants. Substance Use and Misuse, in press.
- Hahm, H.C., Kolaczyk, E., Jang, J., Swenson, T., Bhindarwala., A.M. (2012). Binge drinking trajectories from adolescence to young adulthood: the effects of peer social network. Substance Use and Misuse. 47(6):745-56. PMCID: PMC3391312
- Yu, M., Hahm, H.C., Vaughn, M. (2010). Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Determinants of Smoking Status among Asian American Adolescents: Findings from a National Sample, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 12, 8, 801-809
- Hahm, H.C., Wong, F. Y., Huang, Z. J., Ozonoff, A., & *Lee, J. (2008). Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Sexual Minority Adolescents’ Longitudinal Patterns of Substance use and abuse: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Journal of Adolescent Health, 42, 275-283.
- Hahm, H.C., Lahiff, M., & Guterman, N. (2004). Asian American adolescents’ acculturation, binge drinking, and alcohol and tobacco using peers. Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 3, 295-308.
- Hahm, H.C., Lahiff, M. & Guterman, N. B. (2003). Acculturation and parental attachment in Asian American adolescents’ alcohol use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 33, 119-129.
Health Care Utilization
- Hahm, H.C., Lee, J., Cook,. B., Chiao*, C., Valentine, A. (2016). Use of mental health care and unmet needs for health care among lesbian and bisexual Chinese-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-American women. Psychiatric Services, 67(7) doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201500356, PMCID: PMC 5133151
- Augsberger, A., Hahm, H.C., Yeung, A., *Dougher, M. (2015). Factors influencing the underutilization of mental health services among Asian-American women with a history of depression and suicide, BMC Health Services, 15(542). doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1191-7. PMCID: PMC4673784
- Augsberger, A., Hahm, H.C., Yeung, A., & *Dougher, M. (2015). Barriers to substance use and mental health utilization among Asian-American women: exploring the conflict between emotional distress and cultural stigma. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 10(Suppl 1), A2. doi:10.1186/1940-0640-10-S1-A2. PMCID: PMC4347481
- Hahm, H.C., Cook, B., Ault, A., & Alegria, M. (2015). The intersection of race/ethnicity and gender in depression care: receipt of screening, access to care, and minimally adequate treatment. Psychiatric Services, 66(3), 258-264. PMCID: PMC4408551
- Hahm, H.C., Ozonoff, A., *Gaumond, J., & Sue, S. (2010). Perceived discrimination and health outcomes: A gender comparison among Asian-Americans nationwide. Womens Health Issues,22 (1), 35-43. PMCID: PMC2948757
- Hahm, H.C., Song, I. H., Ozonoff, A., & *Sassani, J. (2009). Racial Disparities in HIV Testing Behaviors among Sexually Experienced Young Women: Association with Routine Medical/Gynecological Care (RMGC). Women’s Health Issues, 19, 279-288.
- Hahm, H.C., Lahiff, M. *Baretto, R. M., Shin, S., & Chen, W. (2008). Health care disparities and language use at home among Latino, Asian American, and American Indian adolescents: Findings from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 1, 20-34.
- Hahm, H.C., & Segal, S. P. (2005). Failure to receive medical health care among the mentally ill. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 75, 1, 54-62
- Guterman, N. B., Hahm, H.C., & Cameron, M. (2002). Adolescent victimization and subsequent use of mental health counseling services. Journal of Adolescent Health, 30, 336-345.
- Guterman, N. B. & Hahm, H.C.,(2000). Empowering parents in home visitation to prevent maltreatment, in N. B. Guterman. Stopping child maltreatment before it starts: Emerging horizons in early home visitation services, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication.