Danielle Chapa

- Graduate Student
Contact Info
Biography —
Advisor: Dr. Kelsie Forbush
Research Lab: Center for Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors
Research Interests: The use of technology in eating disorder assessment and treatment; the definition, assessment, and treatment of unhealthy exercise behaviors among persons with eating disorders; quantitative psychology
Education —
Selected Publications —
Chapa, D. A. N., Hagan, K. E., Forbush, K. T., Perko, V. L., Sorokina, D. A., Alasmar, A., . . . Stewart, T. M. The Athletes’ Relationships with Training Scale (ART): A Self-Report Measure of Healthy and Unhealthy Training Practices and Eating Disorder Risk. (2018). International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51(9), 1080-1089.
Forbush, K. T., Chen, P-Y, Hagan, K. E., Chapa, D. A. N., Gould, S. R., Eaton, N. R., & Krueger, R. F. A New Approach to Eating-Disorder Classification: Using Empirical Methods to Delineate Diagnostic Dimensions and Inform Care. (2018). International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51, 710-721.
Chapa, D. A. N., Bohrer, B. K., & Forbush, K. T. Is the Diagnostic Threshold for Bulimia Nervosa Clinically Meaningful? (2018). Eating Behaviors, 28, 16-19.
Hunt, T. K., Forbush, K. T., Hagan, K. E., & Chapa, D. A. N. Do Emotion Regulation Difficulties when Upset Influence the Association between Dietary Restraint and Weight Gain among College Students? (2017).
Appetite, 114, 101-109.
Forbush, K. T., Hilderbrand, L., Bohrer, B. K., & Chapa, D. A. N. Test-retest Reliability of Common Measures of Eating-Disorder Symptoms in Men versus Women. (2017). Assessment, 1-13.
Forbush, K. T., Hagan, K. E., Kite, B. A., Chapa, D. A. N., & Bohrer, B. K. Understanding Eating Disorders Within Internalizing Psychopathology: A Novel Transdiagnostic, Hierarchical-Dimensional Model. (2017). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 79, 40-52.
Forbush, K. T., Gould, S. R., Chapa, D.A.N., Bohrer, B. K., Hagan, K. E., Clark, K. E., … Perko, V. L. New Horizons in Measurement: A Review of Novel and Innovative Approaches to Eating Disorder Assessment. (2017). Current Psychiatry Reports, 19, 76-86.
Awards & Honors —
Summer Research Scholarship, KU Graduate Studies, 2019
RSH Scholarship Recipient, Academy for Eating Disorders, 2019
Graduate Student Writing Incentive Award, KU Research Excellence Initiative, 2019
Graduate Student Travel Grant, KU Research Excellence Initiative, 2018
C. R. Snyder Research Achievement Award, KU Clinical Psychology Program, 2018
Young Investigator Award Honorable Mention, Academy for Eating Disorders, 2018
Outstanding Thesis/Research Project Award Nominee, KU Department of Psychology, 2017-2018
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2017
Young Investigator Award Honorable Mention, Academy for Eating Disorders, 2017
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2016
Clinical Psychology Program Citizenship Award, KU Clinical Psychology Program, 2016
Diversity Fellowship Award, KU, 2015-2016