Sonakshi Negi


Sonakshi Negi
  • Graduate Student
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Education

B.A. in Psychology, George Mason University, 2018
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas

Research

Advisor: Kelsie Forbush, PhD

Research Lab: Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors (CARE); Center for Overcoming Problem Eating (COPE)

Sonakshi’s research interests include classification, assessment, and treatment of eating disorders. She is also interested leveraging technology to making eating disorder treatment more accessible.

Selected Publications

Negi S, Thomeczek MT, Chen Y, Sharma AR, Forbush KT. 2023. Compensatory eating disorder and full threshold DSM eating disorders: A comparison of eating-disorder-related psychiatric impairment and symptomatology. Eating Behaviors. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101823.

Negi S, Benau E, Strowger M, Grammer AC, Timko CA. 2022. Internalization of the thin ideal mediates the role of acculturation in disordered eating in South and South East Asian women. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.843717

Johnson SN, Negi S, Chen Y, Thomeczek ML, Forbush KT. 2023. Severity, Impairment, and Symptom Frequency of Atypical Anorexia Nervosa versus Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23989

Thomeczek ML, Chen Y, Negi S, Johnson-Munguia S, L’Insalata A, Rasheed S, Like E, McDonald J, Forbush KT. 2024. Associations between weight discrimination, eating-disorder-related impairment, and eating-disorder treatment interest. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.24277

Forbush KT, Christensen KA, Thomeczek ML, Gould SR, Chapa DAN, Richson BN, Perko VL, Ayres J, Chen Y, Negi S. 2023. The Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University Students (BEST-U) Mobile App to Treat Eating Disorders in University Students: User-Centered Research Design and Feasibility Study. JMIR Formative Research. DOI: 10.2196/43504

Bohrer BK, Chen Y, Christensen KA, Forbush KT, Thomeczek ML, Richson BN, Chapa DAN, Jarmolowicz DP, Gould SR, Negi S, Perko VL, Morgan RM. 2023. A Pilot Multiple-Baseline Study of a Mobile Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders in University Students. International Journal of Eating Disorders. DOI: 10.1002/eat.23987

Awards & Honors

Student/Trainee/Early Career Top Poster Abstract, Academy for Eating Disorders (2024)

RSH Scholarship, Academy for Eating Disorders (2023)

American Psychological Association Graduate Student/Psi Chi Junior Scientist Fellowship (2022)

Memberships

Graduate Intern - Body Balance Coalition, Kansas City

Student Member, Academy for Eating Disorders

Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society

Psi Chi National Honor Society for Psychology