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2026 and in press

Li, S. M., Zhu, Y., & Chen, M. S. (in press). Comparing indices of mixed emotions: Associations with depression, anxiety, and stress in daily life. Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology.
Xu, J., Liu, S., Zhang, H., Chen, L., Lv, X., Gao, M., Qian, J., Hu, Y., Chen, M. S., & Han, Z. R. (2026). Symptom network reorganization associated with an internet-based emotion regulation program: Evidence from a large real-world cohort. American Psychologist. [PDF]
Bi, K., Wang, E. Y., Chen, X., Cunningham, T. J., Yip, P. S. F., & Chen, M. S. (in press). The role of adverse childhood experiences in the prospective link between sleep–affect spillover and anxiety symptoms: A daily diary study combined with panel data. Clinical Psychological Science. 
Liu, A. Y., Bi, K., Lee, B., & Chen, M. S. (2026). Is the more the merrier? Affective outcomes of emotion polyregulation depend on the idiographic effective strategy ratio across cultures. Affective Science. [PDF]
Qiu, T., Jiang, H., Chen, M. S., & Lin, T. (2026). A prompt-based tutorial for large language model–assisted screening in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 1–31. [PDF]
Hay, D. E., Porat-Butman, S., Chen, M. S., Joormann, J., Klein, Z., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2026). When good news falls short: Prospective role of positive belief updating in predicting post-trauma distress. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 205, 105137. [PDF]
Deng, W., Chong, B., Zhu, Y., Chen, M., Joormann, J., & Cannon, T. (2026). From stress to strength: Temporal links between emotion regulation, perceived control, and positive affect. Affective Science. [PDF]
Pan, X., Chen, M. S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2026). Better together? Polyregulation across interpersonal and intrapersonal strategies in civilian and veteran daily life. Cognition and Emotion, 1–15. [PDF]
Chen, M. S., & Joormann, J. (2026). Emotion regulation flexibility in resilience and psychopathology: Status, challenges, and future directions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 33(3), 275–286. [PDF]
Chen, M. S., Li, S. M., & Bonanno, G. A. (2026). Emotion regulation flexibility and momentary psychopathology symptoms among trauma‐exposed veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress, jts.70078. [PDF]
Deng, W., Zhu, Y., Chen, M. S., Glatt, S., Cannon, T. D., & Joormann, J. (2026). Task-based interpretation flexibility predicts real-world emotion regulation variability. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 11654. [PDF]
Chen, M. S., Bi, K., Deng, W., Zhu, Y., & Joormann, J. (2026). Variability is not flexibility: Emotion regulation switching predicts increased momentary distress when context is stable. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. [PDF]
Capellini, S. J. D., & Chen, M. S. (2026). Situational controllability moderates the link between cognitive reappraisal, but not problem solving, and momentary distress. Journal of Affective Disorders, 403, 121501. [PDF]
Ma, X., Xu, J., Wang, H., Zhao, P., Lin, Q., & Chen, M. S. (2026). When negative emotions stick together: Interconnectedness explains how emotion regulation strategies shape distress. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 55(7), 1911–1928. [PDF]
Pan, X., Bi, K., Ma, R., Chen, M. S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2026). Depressive symptom trajectories in suicide-bereaved individuals: A 24-year study from adolescence to adulthood. Development and Psychopathology, 38(1), 201–210. [PDF]
Zhu, Y., Chen, M. S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2026). Comparing indices of emotion regulation variability across culturally diverse samples: Associations with negative affect. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 50(3), 504–516. [PDF]

2025

Chen, M. S., Zhang, S. X., Capellini, S. J. D., Irani, K., Rhodes, C. A., Cunningham, T. J., & Bonanno, G. A. (2025). Emotion regulation repertoire moderates the association between sleep and depression: A daily diary study. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 50(3), 586–594. [PDF]
Bi, K., Chen, M. S., Zhang, C., Li, T., Liu, Y., Chen, J., Chen, H., Xie, Z., Merrin, G. J., & Yip, P. S. F. (2025). Day-to-day dynamic coupling of affective symptoms in chinese mother–adolescent and father–adolescent dyads. Clinical Psychological Science, 21677026251369840. [PDF]
Li, S. M., Zhang, C., Bi, K., & Chen, M. S. (2025). Longitudinal impacts of adverse childhood experiences on multidimensional health outcomes: Predicting trajectories in mental, physical, and behavioral health. Child Abuse & Neglect, 168, 106543. [PDF]
Chen, M. S., Cai, Q., Omari, D., Sanghvi, D. E., Lyu, S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2025). Emotion regulation and mental health across cultures: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nature Human Behaviour, 9(6), 1176–1200. [PDF]
Li, S. M., Kobrinsky, V., Bi, K., & Chen, M. S. (2025). An initial exploration of mechanisms contributing to higher suicidal ideation in bisexual+ compared to lesbian/gay individuals. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. [PDF]
Zhu, Y., Li, S. M., Liu, Y., Niu, Y. Y., & Chen, M. S. (2025). The associations between cognitive flexibility and suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 49(6), 1103–1122. [PDF]
Bi, K., Merrin, G. J., Li, T., Sun, X., Chai, Y., Lu, Z., & Chen, M. S. (2025). Navigating unmeasured confounding in nonexperimental psychological research: A practical guide to computing and interpreting e-value. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2), 25152459251326571. [PDF]
Haag, A., Nick, E. A., Chen, M. S., Telzer, E. H., Prinstein, M. J., & Bonanno, G. A. (2025). Investigating risk profiles of smartphone activities and psychosocial factors in adolescents during the COVID ‐19 pandemic. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(1), e13045. [PDF]
Pia, T., Sanghvi, E., Chen, M. S., Kim, T., Hoptman, M. J., & Ahmed, A. O. (2025). Circuitry correlates of negative urgency and suicidality in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A LASSO regression study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, 1678555. [PDF]
Ahmed, A. O., Maatouk, O., Chen, S. M., Schneider, R., Bell, J., Ramjas, E., Ceccolini, C., & Mehdi, K. (2025). Psychometric properties and factor structure of the arabic translation of the brief negative symptom scale. Complex Psychiatry, 11(1), 142–154. [PDF]
Barkhorn, A., Chen, M. S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2025). Motivation and regulatory flexibility: Testing the moderating role of optimism and coping self-efficacy. Personality and Individual Differences, 244, 113232. [PDF]
Irani, K., Chen, M. S., Bi, K., Cunningham, T. J., & Bonanno, G. A. (2025). Trajectories of psychopathology and sleep quality during a collective stressful event: The role of sexual minority identity, personality, and emotion regulation. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 187, 311–318. [PDF]
Hart, R. P., Chen, M. S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2025). Trajectories of poststroke depression among older adults. PM&R, 17(8), 927–935. [PDF]

2024

Liu, S., Wang, L.-X., Chen, M. S., Cao, H., Cunningham, T. J., & Joormann, J. (2024). Sleep bad, feel bad: Unpacking the role of exercise and socializing. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 183, 104652. [PDF]
Chen, M. S., & Soto, J. A. (2024). Expanding the scope of diverse contexts in affective science. Affective Science, 5(3), 184–189. [PDF]
Sanghvi, D. E., Chen, M. S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2024). Prospective trajectories of depression predict mortality in cancer patients. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 47(4), 682–691. [PDF]
Nardelli, C., Bonanno, G. A., Chen, S., & Bortolon, C. (2024). Emotion regulation flexibility and psychosis: A longitudinal study disentangling components of flexibility in psychosis‐proneness. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63(1), 54–72. [PDF]
Bi, K., Li, T., Merrin, G. J., Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Xiao, Y., & Chen, M. S. (2024). Are there reciprocal interplays among Chinese adolescents’, fathers’, and mothers’ depression at the within-family level? A family systems perspective. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(2), 140–154. [PDF]
Bonanno, G. A., Chen, S., Bagrodia, R., & Galatzer-Levy, I. R. (2024). Resilience and disaster: Flexible adaptation in the face of uncertain threat. Annual Review of Psychology, 75(1), 573–599. [PDF]
Chen, M. S., Bi, K., Han, X., Sun, P., & Bonanno, G. A. (2024). Emotion regulation flexibility and momentary affect in two cultures. Nature Mental Health, 2(4), 450–459. [PDF]

2023

Bi, K., Yeoh, D., Jiang, Q., Wienk, M. N. A., & Chen, S. (2023). Psychological distress and everyday discrimination among Chinese international students one year into COVID-19: A preregistered comparative study. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 36(6), 727–742. [PDF]
Bonanno, G. A., Chen, S., & Galatzer-Levy, I. R. (2023). Resilience to potential trauma and adversity through regulatory flexibility. Nature Reviews Psychology, 2(11), 663–675. [PDF]
Roberts, C., Sahakian, B. J., Chen, S., Sallie, S. N., Walker, C., White, S. R., Weber, J., Skandali, N., Robbins, T. W., & Murray, G. K. (2023). Impact and centrality of attention dysregulation on cognition, anxiety, and low mood in adolescents. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9106. [PDF]
Bortolon, C., Chen, S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2023). Components of emotion regulation flexibility and psychosis: The association between psychosis‐proneness and context sensitivity. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(1), 82–95. [PDF]
Haag, A.-C., Bonanno, G. A., Chen, S., Herd, T., Strong-Jones, S., S., S., & Noll, J. G. (2023). Understanding posttraumatic stress trajectories in adolescent females: A strength-based machine learning approach examining risk and protective factors including online behaviors. Development and Psychopathology, 35(4), 1794–1807. [PDF]

2022

Chen, S., Bi, K., Lyu, S., Sun, P., & Bonanno, G. A. (2022). Depression and PTSD in the aftermath of strict COVID-19 lockdowns: A cross-sectional and longitudinal network analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), 2115635. [PDF]
Bi, K., Chen, S., Yip, P. S. F., & Sun, P. (2022). Domains of life satisfaction and perceived health and incidence of chronic illnesses and hospitalization: Evidence from a large population-based Chinese cohort. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1703. [PDF]
Chen, S., Bi, K., Sun, P., & Bonanno, G. A. (2022). Psychopathology and resilience following strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Hubei, China: Examining person- and context-level predictors for longitudinal trajectories. American Psychologist, 77(2), 262–275. [PDF]
Bi, K., & Chen, S. (2022). Sleep profiles as a longitudinal predictor for depression magnitude and variability following the onset of COVID-19. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 147, 159–165. [PDF]

2021

Han, X., Chen, S., Bi, K., Yang, Z., & Sun, P. (2021). Depression following covid-19 lockdown in severely, moderately, and mildly impacted areas in china. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 596872. [PDF]
Lyu, Y., Yu, Y., Chen, S., Lu, S., & Ni, S. (2021). Positive functioning at work during COVID‐19: Posttraumatic growth, resilience, and emotional exhaustion in Chinese frontline healthcare workers. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 13(4), 871–886. [PDF]
Chen, S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2021). Components of emotion regulation flexibility: Linking latent profiles to depressive and anxious symptoms. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(2), 236–251. [PDF]

2020

Chen, S., Bagrodia, R., Pfeffer, C. C., Meli, L., & Bonanno, G. A. (2020). Anxiety and resilience in the face of natural disasters associated with climate change: A review and methodological critique. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 76, 102297. [PDF]
Chen, S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2020). Psychological adjustment during the global outbreak of COVID-19: A resilience perspective. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S51–S54. [PDF]
Chen, S., Burton, C. L., & Bonanno, G. A. (2020). The suppression paradox: A cross-cultural comparison of suppression frequency, suppression ability, and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, 183–189. [PDF]

2018

Chen, S., Chen, T., & Bonanno, G. A. (2018). Expressive flexibility: Enhancement and suppression abilities differentially predict life satisfaction and psychopathology symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 126, 78–84. [PDF]
Chen, S., Kong, J., Yu, F., & Peng, K. (2018). Psychopathological symptoms under smog: The role of emotion regulation. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2274. [PDF]