2018
Responsibility/Threat Overestimation Moderates the Relationship Between Contamination-Based Disgust and Obsessive–Compulsive Concerns About Sexual Orientation
Ching THW, Williams MT, Siev J, Olatunji BO. Responsibility/Threat Overestimation Moderates the Relationship Between Contamination-Based Disgust and Obsessive–Compulsive Concerns About Sexual Orientation. Archives Of Sexual Behavior 2018, 47: 1109-1117. PMID: 29476409, DOI: 10.1007/s10508-018-1165-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma Symptoms in African Americans: Negative Affectivity Does Not Explain the Relationship between Microaggressions and Psychopathology
Williams M, Kanter J, Ching T. Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma Symptoms in African Americans: Negative Affectivity Does Not Explain the Relationship between Microaggressions and Psychopathology. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2017, 5: 919-927. PMID: 29098598, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-017-0440-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative affectivityTrauma symptomsEuropean American college studentsSymptoms of psychopathologyMental health outcomesRacial discriminationSelf-reported frequencyAmerican college studentsIndividual differencesExperiences of discriminationAffectivityCollege studentsPsychopathologyRacial microaggressionsPrior researchMicroaggressionsMistreatmentMeasurable anxietyAfrican AmericansAnxietyEuropean AmericansStrong relationshipDiscriminationExperienceHealth outcomesAssociation splitting of the sexual orientation-OCD-relevant semantic network
Ching THW, Williams MT. Association splitting of the sexual orientation-OCD-relevant semantic network. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 2017, 47: 229-245. PMID: 28681684, DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2017.1343380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociation splittingSO-OCDOCD symptomsEmotional valenceSexual obsessionsOverall large effect sizeNew cognitive approachWaitlist control groupSemantic networkSelf-help techniquesLarge effect sizesCognitive mechanismsCue wordsAssociation taskCognitive approachCognitive techniquesCompulsive disorderHeterosexual undergraduatesNeutral associationsAS groupEffect sizeFuture researchLittle researchObsessionValence
2016
Violent obsessions are associated with suicidality in an OCD analog sample of college students
Ching TH, Williams M, Siev J. Violent obsessions are associated with suicidality in an OCD analog sample of college students. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 2016, 46: 129-140. PMID: 27659199, DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2016.1228084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderDepressive symptomsSymptom severityDepressive symptom severityViolent obsessionsSymptom dimensionsSuicide risk assessmentStrong clinical focusComorbid symptomsSymptomsClinical focusSuicidalityProspective designMore representative samplesOC symptom dimensionsObsessive-Compulsive InventorySeverityRepresentative sampleOC symptomsUnique associationGender Differences in Pathways to Compulsive Buying in Chinese College Students in Hong Kong and Macau
Ching T, Tang C, Wu A, Yan E. Gender Differences in Pathways to Compulsive Buying in Chinese College Students in Hong Kong and Macau. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2016, 5: 342-350. PMID: 27156378, PMCID: PMC5387786, DOI: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive pathwaysIrrational cognitionsCompulsive buyingChinese college studentsPsychological distressGender differencesCollege studentsCompulsive buying tendenciesStructural equation modeling approachPotential gender differencesCognitive biasesAvoidance copingExtent of mediationGender invariantFemale Chinese college studentsCognitionMediation effectBuying tendencyMood disturbanceGrouping variableAddictive natureGender-dependent mechanismsCurrent studyCompensation pathwayDistress