CMC Student Presentations and Publications

Publications

Zolopa*, C., Leon, M., & Rasmussen, A. (2023). A Systematic Review of Response Styles Among Latinx Populations. Assessment, 10731911231194969. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231194969

Rasmussen, A., Burke, N. L., Cissé*, A., Ahmed*, S., Romero*, S., & Gany, F. (2023). Body mass index mediates the direct association of subjective social status and hypertension in a Fulani West African immigrant sample. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000694. Epub ahead of print.

Rasmussen, A., Leon*, M., & Elklit, A. (2023). Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire: Configural, metric, but not scalar invariance across youth samples from nine countries. Assessment, 30(5):1369-1378. DOI: 10.1177/10731911221101912.

Romero*, S. A., Feng, Y., Martinez-Mallaganes, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2022). Understanding the Disparate PTSD prevalence for U.S. and Mexico via social comparison effect types that inform perception of trauma difficulty. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. DOI: 10.1037/tra0001349.

Romero*, S. A., Rasmussen, A., & Raue, P. J. (2022). Treatment decision-making preferences of older depressed minority primary care patients. Community Mental Health Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s10597-022-01055-0.

Anakwenze*, O., & Rasmussen, A. (2021). The impact of parental trauma, parenting difficulty, and planned family separation on the behavioral health of West African immigrant children in New York City. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(4), 457–466. DOI: 10.1037/tra0001011. 

Cissé*, A., & Rasmussen, A. (2021). Qualitative Methods. In Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00216-8

Cissé*, A., De Haene, L. L., Keatley, E., & Rasmussen, A. (2020). Pre- and post-migration trauma and adversity: Sources of resilience among West African refugee families. In L. De Haene & C. Rousseau (Eds.), Working with refugee families: Coping with trauma and displacement in family relationships. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Rasmussen, A., Romero*, S., Leon*, M., Verkuilen, J., Morales, P., Martinez-Mallaganes, S., & García-Sosa, I. (2020). Measuring trauma exposure: Counts of potentially traumatic events versus variety in a binational sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(6), 973-983. DOI: 10.1002/jts.22563.

Ahmed*, S., Minami, H., & Rasmussen, A. (2020). The use and misuse of khat: A systematic review of treatments for problematic khat use. Substance Use and Misuse, 55(4), 590-601. DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1691595

Ahmed*, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2020). Changes in social status and post-migration mental health among West African immigrants. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90(2), 171-180. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000419

Mootoo*, C. J., Fountain, C., & Rasmussen, A. (2019). Formative psychosocial evaluation using dynamic causal networks: Trauma, stressors, and distress among Darfur refugees living in Chad. Conflict & Health, 13(30). DOI: 10.1186/s13031-019-0212-2.

Ahmed*, S. & Rasmussen, A. (2019). Changes in social status and post-migration mental health among West African immigrants. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000419.  

Rasmussen, A., Cissé*, A., Han, Y., & Roubeni, S. (2018). Migration factors in West African immigrant parents’ perceptions of their children’s neighborhood safety. American Journal of Community Psychology, 61, 321-331. DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12230.

Fernandez, J., Mootoo, C. J., Romero, S., Rasmussen, A. (2018). Role conflict among family childcare providers in the Bronx. Children & Society, 32, 470-480. DOI: 10.1111/chso.12282.

Cissé*, A., Keatley, E., & Rasmussen, A. (in press). Pre- and post-migration trauma and adversity: Sources of resilience among West African refugee families. In L. De Haene & C. Rousseau (Eds.), Working with refugee families: Coping with trauma and displacement in family relationships. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Rasmussen, A., & Romero*, S. (2017). Trauma- and stressor-related disorders: Cultural factors. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. DOI: 10.4135/9781483365817.n1424

Rasmussen, A., & Ahmed*, S. (2017). Torture, psychological effects of. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. DOI: 10.4135/9781483365817.n1424

Jayawickreme, N., Mootoo*, C. J., Fountain, C., Rasmussen, A., Jayawickreme, E., Bertuccio, R. F. (2017). Post-conflict struggles as networks of problems: A network analysis of trauma, daily stressors and psychological distress among Sri Lankan war survivors. Social Science & Medicine, 190: 119-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.027.
 

*Fordham student author

Conference Presentations

Ahmed, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2019, June). Subjective Social Status and Unmet Post-migration Expectations Among West African Immigrants. In S. Ahmed (Chair), Post-migration Factors that Impact Adjustment and Wellbeing Among West African Immigrants. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, San Diego, CA.

Leon, M., Feuerstahler, L., Romero, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2019, June). Susto, PTSD, and Cultural Identity in Mexico and the U.S. In C. Mootoo (Chair), Intersections between Social Identity and Psychological Distress. Symposium conducted at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, San Diego, California. 

Mootoo, C., Yip, T., & Rasmussen, R. (2019, June). Discrimination, Adolescent Well-Being, and American and Ethnic-Racial Identity, In C. Mootoo (Chair), Intersections between social Identity and psychological functioning. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, San Diego, CA.

Ahmed, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2019, May). Khat use norms and dependence among Somalis in Mogadishu. In S. Ahmed (Chair), Global Mental Health and Substance Use: Considerations Regarding the Prevalence, Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Low­-and­-Middle Income Countries. Symposium conducted at the Association for Psychological Science 31st annual convention, Washington, D.C.

Ahmed, S., Bah, M., & Rasmussen, A. (2017, May). Operationalizing migration-related changes in social status among West African immigrants. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

Ahmed, S., Jain, D., & Rasmussen, A. (2016, September). Community-based sampling for behavioral health: The Union Fouta Community Survey. Paper presentation at the 4th Annual United States Conference on African Immigrant & Refugee Health, New York, NY.

Ahmed, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2017, June). Social status, migration and mental health among West African immigrants. In A. Rasmussen (Chair), Research with West African immigrants: The Union Fouta Research Collaboration. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Albuquerque, NM.

Mootoo, C. (2016, May). Investigating experiences of racialized events in the context of immersion in a graduate course. In F. Wertz (Chair), Best practices in learning and teaching qualitative research methods. Plenary symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, Ramapo, NJ.

Mootoo, C., Romero, S., Fountain, C., & Rasmussen, A. (2016, June). Family Childcare Providers’ Workplace Networks, Job Burnout, and Stress. Paper presentation at the 2016 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Mootoo, C. & Rasmussen, A. (2017, May). A network representation of trauma, stressors, and distress among Darfur refugees in eastern Chad. In A. Rasmussen, (Chair), Network science approaches to studying war affected populations. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.  

Mootoo, C., Romero, S., Ahmed, S., Cissé, A., & Rasmussen, R. (2017, June) Preparatory cognitive interviewing with West African immigrants. In A. Rasmussen (Chair), Research with West African immigrants: The Union Fouta Research Collaboration. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Albuquerque, NM.

Romero, S.A. (2016, May). Understanding the effects of exploitation on psychological wellbeing for an undocumented day laborer: A qualitative approach. Invited paper presentation at the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology, Annual Conference, Mahwah, NJ.

Romero, S.A. (2017, May). The integration of a multicultural approach to understanding psychiatric symptoms in the context of diagnostic uncertainty: The case of M. Invited presentation at the Multicultural Behavioral Medicine, 12th Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

Romero, S.A., Ahmed, S., Mootoo, C., Cissé, A., & Rasmussen, A. (2017, June). Qualitative analysis of cognitive interviews for West African immigrants. In A. Rasmussen (Chair), Research with West African immigrants: The Union Fouta Research Collaboration. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Albuquerque, NM.

CMC lab conference CMC at the 2016 United States Conference on African Immigrant Refugee Health