Research

Peer-reviewed publications Additional publications Under review In progress

Peer-reviewed publications

2026

Identifying as autistic without a formal diagnosis: Who self-identifies and why?

Ahuvia, I., Gurbuz, E., Cuda, J., Kapp, S., Houck, A., Gates, J., Schleider, J., & Gurba, A. Autism in Adulthood. DOI · Preprint
Project Relate: A randomized clinical trial of a digital single-session romantic competence intervention

Manvelian, A., Sotomayor, I., Ahuvia, I., Bibby, E., Davila, J., & Schleider, J. L. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 50(4), 508–519. DOI · Preprint

2025

The Mental Illness Self-Labeling Model: A conceptual model for studying the effects of mental illness self-labeling on clinical outcomes

Ahuvia, I., & Link, B. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(6), 1031–1050. DOI · Preprint
Anxiety identity centrality is associated with avoidant coping in anxious adults

Ahuvia, I., Eberle, J., Schleider, J., & Teachman, B. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 44(1), 60–74. DOI · Preprint
How dyadic patterns in intimate relationships can maintain and exacerbate relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms

Ahuvia, I., Beatty, C., Davila, J., & Vivian, D. The Behavior Therapist, 48(7), 733–745. Article · Preprint
Help-seeking at the intersection of age and race: Perceived need and treatment access for depression in the United States

Kwong, K., Ahuvia, I., & Schleider, J. Journal of Affective Disorders, 386, 119428. DOI · Preprint
Randomized trial of a digital single-session intervention for body image and mood concerns among LGBTQ+ adolescents

Smith, A., Ahuvia, I., Zapata, J., Cohen, K., Graham, A., & Schleider, J. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 193, 104809. DOI · Preprint
“My family won’t let me”: Adolescent-reported barriers to accessing mental health care

Roulston, C., Ahuvia, I., Leong, S., Fassler, J., Fox, K., & Schleider, J. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35, e70013. DOI · Preprint
Single-session interventions for mental health problems and service engagement: Umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Schleider, J. L., Zapata, J. P., Rapoport, A., Wescott, A., Ghosh, A., Kaveladze, B., Szkody, E., & Ahuvia, I. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 21. DOI · Preprint

2024

Depression self-labeling in U.S. college students: Associations with perceived control and coping strategies

Ahuvia, I., Schleider, J., Kneeland, E., Moser, J., & Schroder, H. Journal of Affective Disorders, 351, 202–210. DOI · Preprint
Causal beliefs about mental illness: A scoping review

Ahuvia, I., Sotomayor, I., Kwong, K., Lam, F., Mirza, A., & Schleider, J. Social Science and Medicine, 345, 116670. DOI · Preprint
A mixed-methods investigation of adolescents’ beliefs about the causes of depression

Ahuvia, I., Chen, S., Gordon, L., Fox, K., & Schleider, J. Journal of Adolescent Research, 41(1), 122–150. DOI · Preprint
Refining the prevalence inflation hypothesis: Disentangling overinterpretation from self-fulfilling prophecies

Ahuvia, I. New Ideas in Psychology, 75, 101106. DOI · Preprint
Beliefs about depression relate to active and avoidant coping in high-symptom adolescents

Pinder, J., Ahuvia, I., Chen, S., & Schleider, J. Journal of Affective Disorders, 346, 299–302. DOI · Preprint
State parental consent law and treatment use among adolescents with depression

Schleider, J., Smock, A., Ahuvia, I., Walubita, T., Rapoport, A., Hill, S., & Purtle, J. JAMA Pediatrics, 179(2), 209–212. DOI
Brief school-based interventions targeting student mental health or wellbeing: A systematic review

Cohen, K., Ito, S., Ahuvia, I., Clayton, C., Zhang, Y., Renshaw, T., Larson, M., & Schleider, J. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 27, 732–806. DOI · Preprint
Population mental health science: Guiding principles and initial agenda

Dodge, K., Prinstein, M., Evans, A., Ahuvia, I., Alvarez, K., Beidas, R., Brown, A., Cuijpers, P., Denton, E., Hoagwood, K., Johnson, C., Kazdin, A., McDanal, R., Metzger, I., Rowley, S., Schleider, J., & Shaw, D. American Psychologist, 79(6), 805–823. DOI

2023

Evaluating a treatment selection approach for online single-session interventions for adolescent depression

Ahuvia, I., Mullarkey, M., Sung, J., Fox, K., & Schleider, J. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(12), 1679–1688. DOI · Preprint
Adolescents’ beliefs about what symptoms constitute depression: Are more expansive definitions helpful or harmful?

Ahuvia, I., Fox, K., & Schleider, J. SSM – Mental Health, 4, 100259. DOI · Preprint
Potential harms from emphasizing individual factors over structural factors in cognitive behavioral therapy with stigmatized groups

Ahuvia, I., & Schleider, J. The Behavior Therapist, 46(7), 248–254. Article · Preprint
Loss of mental health support among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ahuvia, I., Dobias, M., Cohen, K., Nelson, B., Richmond, L., London, B., & Schleider, J. Journal of American College Health, 73(3), 1198–1204. DOI · Preprint
A mixed-methods evaluation of a novel single-session intervention for body dissatisfaction and depression in adolescents

Smith, A., Ahuvia, I., Ito, S., & Schleider, J. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(8), 1554–1569. DOI · Preprint
Realizing the untapped promise of single-session interventions for eating disorders

Schleider, J., Smith, A., & Ahuvia, I. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(5), 853–863. DOI · Preprint
Neighborhood resources, discrimination, and mental health treatment access for youth engaging in self-injury

Fan, K., Dobias, M., Ahuvia, I., Fox, K., & Schleider, J. Stigma and Health, 10(1), 114–121. DOI · Preprint
Development and validation of the Illness Perceptions Questionnaire for Youth Anxiety and Depression

Bear, H., Moon, Z., Wasil, A., Ahuvia, I., Edbrooke-Childs, J., & Wolpert, M. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, 37(3), 441–469. DOI
Predictive utility of irritability “in context”: Proof-of-principle for an early childhood mental health risk calculator

Wakschlag, L., MacNeill, L., Pool, L., Smith, J., Adam, H., Barch, D., Norton, E., Rogers, C., Ahuvia, I., Smyser, C., Luby, J., & Allen, N. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 53(2), 231–245. DOI

2022

Secondary effects of body dissatisfaction interventions on depression: A meta-analysis

Ahuvia, I., Jans, L., & Schleider, J. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55(2), 231–246. DOI · Preprint
College student interest in teletherapy and self-guided mental health supports during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ahuvia, I., Sung, J., Dobias, M., Nelson, B., Richmond, L., London, B., & Schleider, J. Journal of American College Health, 72(3), 940–946. DOI · Preprint
Web-based single session intervention for perceived control over anxiety during COVID-19: Randomized controlled trial

Mullarkey, M., Dobias, M., Sung, J., Ahuvia, I., Shumake, J., Beevers, C., & Schleider, J. JMIR Mental Health, 9(4), e33473. DOI · Preprint
Physical functional impairment and the risk of incident mild cognitive impairment in an observational study of World Trade Center responders

Pellecchia, A., Kritikos, M., Guralnik, J., Ahuvia, I., Santiago-Michels, S., Carr, M., Kotov, R., Bromet, E., Clouston, S., & Luft, B. Neurology: Clinical Practice, 12(6), e162–e171. DOI

2020

Investigating child self-report capacity: A systematic review and utility analysis

Bevans, K., Ahuvia, I., Hallock, T., Mendonca, R., Roth, S., Forrest, C., Blackwell, C., Kramer, J., & Wakschlag, L. Quality of Life Research, 29, 1147–1158. DOI

Additional publications

Book chapters

New ideas: Single sessions

Ahuvia, I., & Schleider, J. L. (2022). In Bennett, S., Myles-Hooton, P., Schleider, J., & Shafran, R. (Eds.), Oxford Guide to Brief and Low Intensity Interventions for Children and Young People. Oxford University Press. DOI

Reports

Depression beliefs among high-symptom adolescents: Correlates, parent-child agreement, and stability over time

Ahuvia, I., Fox, K., & Schleider, J. (2023). Preprint
Elevate learning brief: Focus on fidelity to deepen improvements in learning conditions

Ahuvia, I., & Gripshover, S. (2023). PERTS. Report
Learning conditions are an actionable, early indicator of math learning

Gripshover, S., Londerèe, A., Ahuvia, I., Shyjka, A., Krohsinsky, F., Ryan, N., Farrington, C., & Paunesku, D. (2022). PERTS. Report
Where COVID-19 testing lags community need in Illinois

Ahuvia, I., Bartik, A., Bertrand, M., Gottlieb, J., Hallberg, K., Notowidigdo, M., Pollack, H., & van Dijk, W. (2020). University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab. Report

Letters

Letter to the editor: Are young people overpathologising their own mental health? We need empirical research

Ahuvia, I. (2025). Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 31(3). DOI

Under review

NIH Diversity Supplement uptake and receipt among psychologists: How can we improve utilization?

Ahuvia, I., Ilagan, G., Jonassaint, C., & Hughes, C.
Measurement invariance of the CDI-2-SF among adolescents across sexual orientation and gender identity

Pinder, J., Ahuvia, I., Rodriguez-Seijas, C., Fox, K., & Schleider, J. OSF
Unique and shared effects of single-session intervention proximal outcomes on 3-month depression symptoms in adolescents: A commonality analysis

Jans, L., Smith, A., Ahuvia, I., Schleider, J., & Eberle, J. Preprint
Matching individuals to digital single-session interventions for depression: A machine-learning analysis of treatment-effect heterogeneity

Jiwani, Z., Webb, C., Xie, Q., Kaveladze, B., Petukhova, M., Liu, H., Mair, P., Ahuvia, I., Protzko, J., Lorenzo-Luaces, L., Schueller, S., Schleider, J., Goldberg, S., & Kessler, R.

In progress

Exploring the psychological consequences of online depression screening: Effects of receiving symptom feedback with and without a brief psychoeducational intervention

Ahuvia, I., & Schleider, J. OSF
Depression concept breadth and self-labeling in a diverse sample of U.S. college students

Ahuvia, I., Tse, J., Pinder, J., & Schleider, J. OSF
Depression self-labeling in U.S. college students: Replication and extension

Ahuvia, I., & Schleider, J. OSF
Using idiographic symptom networks to predict change in adolescent depression symptoms

Eberle, J., Ahuvia, I., Chang, Y., Chen, S., Shroff, A., Bringmann, L., Mullarkey, M., & Schleider, J. OSF
A single arm pre-post evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a digital single-session intervention for adolescent body image in the U.K.: Project Body Neutrality U.K.

Targett, A., Smith, A., Perry, G., Ahuvia, I., Schleider, L., & Loades, M.