About

Area of Specialization – Child Clinical Psychology

Research Advisor/Mentor – Dr. Arin Connell

Research Interests – My clinical interest is in the treatment of child and adolescent internalizing disorders. My current research focuses on the associations between peer rejection, inhibitory control, and anxiety and depression. Specifically, I am interested in identifying and leveraging culturally specific mechanisms that underlie the development of internalizing disorders to inform more individualized, accessible, and effective interventions for youth and their families.

Selected Recent Publications & Presentations:

Chu, P. V., Przeworski, A., (April 2024) The association between the model minority myth, experience of racial microaggressions, parent ethnic-racial socialization, and child internalizing symptoms. Poster presented at Anxiety & Depression Association of America Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

Freitag, G.F., Salem, H., Conroy, K., Busto, C., Adrian, M., Borba, C.P.C., Brandt, A., Chu, P.V., Dantowitz, A., Farley, A., Fortuna, L., Furr, J.M., Lejeune, J., Miller, L., Platt, R., Porche, M., Read, K.L., Rivero-Conil, S., Sanchez Hernandez, R.D., Shumway, P., Sikov, J., Spencer, A., Syeda, H., McLellan, L.F., Rapee, R.M., McMakin, D., Pincus, D.B., Comer, J.S. (2023). The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric and parent-proxy short forms for anxiety: Psychometric properties in the Kids FACE FEARS Sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.

Dawson, G. C., Adrian, M., Chu, P.V., McCauley, E., & Vander Stoep, A. (2022). Associations between sex, rumination, and depressive symptoms in late adolescence: A four-year longitudinal investigation. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.2019049

Adrian, M., Blossom, J. B., Chu, P. V., Jobes, D. A., McCauley, E. (2021). Collaborative assessment and management of suicidality for teens: A promising frontline intervention for addressing adolescent suicidality. Practice Innovations

Chu, P. V., Le, V., Sun, M., Lau A.S. (2020). Multilingualism versus monolingualism and the following of sociocultural rules. Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 27, 34-38

Blossom, J. B., Read, K. L., Chu, P. V., Sullivan, G., & Voelpel, A. (November 2020). Implementing stepped care services to enhance access to evidence-based pediatric anxiety treatment. Symposium presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Ben-Zeev, D., Buck, B., Chu, P. V., Razzano, L., Pashka, N., & Hallgren, K. A. (2019). Transdiagnostic mobile health: Smartphone intervention reduces depressive symptoms in people with mood and psychotic disorders. JMIR Mental Health, 6(4), e13202. https://doi.org/10.2196/13202