Anu Asnaani
Biographic Data
| ID | 107899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anu Asnaani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anu |
| FAMILY NAME | Asnaani |
| SIGNATURE | ASNAANI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9467-3318 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Traumatic stress intervention research for the South Asian American diaspora
Using our work in this community as an example, we highlight the strengths of the methodological approach taken and areas that would be important to address in future work with SAAs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
A Person-Specific Emotion Regulation Flexibility Framework
Despite advances in understanding emotion regulation (ER) flexibility (e.g., flexibly using ER strategies to meet situational demands), there is heterogeneity in conceptualizations. To address this, we provide a unifying operationalization for ER flexibility and a person-specific ER flexibility framework. We define ER flexibility as the ability to continuously monitor the effectiveness of chosen ER strategies to meet one's goals for a situation a…
Asian Indians in the United States and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Interventions
Topic. Limited research has examined trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Asian Indians in the U.S. Thus, we (1) synthesize literature on trauma, PTSD, disparities in treatment for PTSD, the burden of untreated PTSD, and culturally-adapted (CA) PTSD interventions; and (2) discuss recommendations for clinicians/researchers working with this population. Method. We searched two databases using keywords related to Asian Indians, PTSD…
Impact of a Brief Training on Mental Health Stakeholders’ Implementation of Evidence-Based Strategies for Trauma in the Caribbean Within the Context of Covid-19
Objective: Lack of governmental funding/infrastructure for mental health has created urgent need for effective training in evidence-based treatments for trauma in the Caribbean for under-resourced providers. Furthermore, impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis on providers’ implementation of skills in this region are currently unknown. Method: We examined impacts of a one-day training workshop for stakeholders in the Caribbean providing psychoeduca…
Ensuring interdisciplinary partnerships and commitment to Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) principles among diverse scholars who serve diverse communities
The relationship between interdependent and independent self-construals and social anxiety symptom severity in a clinical sample of treatment-seeking patients
Differences in cultural orientations, such as interdependent and independent self-construals, may influence social anxiety disorder (SAD) symptom presentations. However, prior research on the association between interdependent/independent self-construals and SAD was limited to non-clinical samples. Using a treatment-seeking population with clinical levels of anxiety, the current study extends prior research by examining whether the relationship b…
An Innovative Mobile Game for Screening of Pediatric PTSD
Trauma Education and Stigma Reduction in Global Settings
The independent island nation of Saint Lucia and surrounding Caribbean countries have fairly well-documented high reported rates of trauma, but limited training infrastructure for trauma-related mental health support and treatment services. This study addresses this disparity between high trauma exposure and sparse trauma-related resources by studying how a one-day training workshop impacted self-rated knowledge about trauma and stigma towards tr…
The association between cognitive coping strategies and treatment outcomes in smokers with PTSD
These findings suggest that maladaptive cognitive coping strategies are not necessarily a contraindication for overall outcomes in integrated PTSD and smoking treatment, although they may influence improvement in hyperarousal symptoms. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Gender differences in social anxiety disorder
Ethnoracial differences in PTSD symptoms and trauma-related cognitions in treatment-seeking active duty military personnel for PTSD
These findings suggest ethnoracial variation in PTSD symptom burden and posttraumatic cognitions among treatment-seeking service members with PTSD. Attending to cultural factors related to differences in PTSD presentation and cognitive coping strategies during the assessment and treatment process could increase rapport and lead to more comprehensive trauma processing. (PsycINFO Database Record
The structure of feared social situations among race-ethnic minorities and Whites with social anxiety disorder in the United States
We investigated feared social situations in individuals with social anxiety disorder from different racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The sample included 247 African Americans, 158 Latinos, and 533 non-Latino Whites diagnosed with social anxiety disorder within the past 12 months from the integrated Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies data set. After randomly splitting the full sample, we conducted an exploratory factor an…
Emotion Dysregulation Model of Mood and Anxiety Disorders
In this review, we present a transdiagnostic emotion dysregulation model of mood and anxiety disorders. This model posits that a triggering event, in conjunction with an existing diathesis, leads to negative or positive affect, depending on the person's affective style. Mood and anxiety disorders are the result of emotion dysregulation of negative affect, coupled with deficiencies in positive affect. The theoretical background of the model is dis…
The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Gender differences in anxiety disorders
Perception of racial discrimination and psychopathology across three U.S. ethnic minority groups
To examine the association between the perception of racial discrimination and the lifetime prevalence rates of psychological disorders in the three most common ethnic minorities in the United States, we analyzed data from a sample consisting of 793 Asian Americans, 951 Hispanic Americans, and 2,795 African Americans who received the Composite International Diagnostic Interview through the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies. The perce…
A Cross-Ethnic Comparison of Lifetime Prevalence Rates of Anxiety Disorders
To examine race-ethnic differences in the lifetime prevalence rates of common anxiety disorders, we examined data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies. The samples included 6870 White Americans, 4598 African Americans, 3615 Hispanic Americans, and 1628 Asian Americans. White Americans were more likely to be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder than African Americans, Hispanic …
How to handle anxiety
Perception of racial discrimination and psychopathology across three U.S. ethnic minority groups
To examine the association between the perception of racial discrimination and the lifetime prevalence rates of psychological disorders in the three most common ethnic minorities in the United States, we analyzed data from a sample consisting of 793 Asian Americans, 951 Hispanic Americans, and 2,795 African Americans who received the Composite International Diagnostic Interview through the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies. The perce…
How to handle anxiety
A Cross-Ethnic Comparison of Lifetime Prevalence Rates of Anxiety Disorders
To examine race-ethnic differences in the lifetime prevalence rates of common anxiety disorders, we examined data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies. The samples included 6870 White Americans, 4598 African Americans, 3615 Hispanic Americans, and 1628 Asian Americans. White Americans were more likely to be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder than African Americans, Hispanic …
Gender differences in anxiety disorders
Perception of racial discrimination and psychopathology across three U.S. ethnic minority groups
To examine the association between the perception of racial discrimination and the lifetime prevalence rates of psychological disorders in the three most common ethnic minorities in the United States, we analyzed data from a sample consisting of 793 Asian Americans, 951 Hispanic Americans, and 2,795 African Americans who received the Composite International Diagnostic Interview through the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies. The perce…
Emotion Dysregulation Model of Mood and Anxiety Disorders
In this review, we present a transdiagnostic emotion dysregulation model of mood and anxiety disorders. This model posits that a triggering event, in conjunction with an existing diathesis, leads to negative or positive affect, depending on the person's affective style. Mood and anxiety disorders are the result of emotion dysregulation of negative affect, coupled with deficiencies in positive affect. The theoretical background of the model is dis…
The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The structure of feared social situations among race-ethnic minorities and Whites with social anxiety disorder in the United States
We investigated feared social situations in individuals with social anxiety disorder from different racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The sample included 247 African Americans, 158 Latinos, and 533 non-Latino Whites diagnosed with social anxiety disorder within the past 12 months from the integrated Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies data set. After randomly splitting the full sample, we conducted an exploratory factor an…
Gender differences in social anxiety disorder
Ethnoracial differences in PTSD symptoms and trauma-related cognitions in treatment-seeking active duty military personnel for PTSD
These findings suggest ethnoracial variation in PTSD symptom burden and posttraumatic cognitions among treatment-seeking service members with PTSD. Attending to cultural factors related to differences in PTSD presentation and cognitive coping strategies during the assessment and treatment process could increase rapport and lead to more comprehensive trauma processing. (PsycINFO Database Record
The association between cognitive coping strategies and treatment outcomes in smokers with PTSD
These findings suggest that maladaptive cognitive coping strategies are not necessarily a contraindication for overall outcomes in integrated PTSD and smoking treatment, although they may influence improvement in hyperarousal symptoms. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
An Innovative Mobile Game for Screening of Pediatric PTSD
Trauma Education and Stigma Reduction in Global Settings
The independent island nation of Saint Lucia and surrounding Caribbean countries have fairly well-documented high reported rates of trauma, but limited training infrastructure for trauma-related mental health support and treatment services. This study addresses this disparity between high trauma exposure and sparse trauma-related resources by studying how a one-day training workshop impacted self-rated knowledge about trauma and stigma towards tr…
Ensuring interdisciplinary partnerships and commitment to Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) principles among diverse scholars who serve diverse communities
The relationship between interdependent and independent self-construals and social anxiety symptom severity in a clinical sample of treatment-seeking patients
Differences in cultural orientations, such as interdependent and independent self-construals, may influence social anxiety disorder (SAD) symptom presentations. However, prior research on the association between interdependent/independent self-construals and SAD was limited to non-clinical samples. Using a treatment-seeking population with clinical levels of anxiety, the current study extends prior research by examining whether the relationship b…
Asian Indians in the United States and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Interventions
Topic. Limited research has examined trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Asian Indians in the U.S. Thus, we (1) synthesize literature on trauma, PTSD, disparities in treatment for PTSD, the burden of untreated PTSD, and culturally-adapted (CA) PTSD interventions; and (2) discuss recommendations for clinicians/researchers working with this population. Method. We searched two databases using keywords related to Asian Indians, PTSD…
Impact of a Brief Training on Mental Health Stakeholders’ Implementation of Evidence-Based Strategies for Trauma in the Caribbean Within the Context of Covid-19
Objective: Lack of governmental funding/infrastructure for mental health has created urgent need for effective training in evidence-based treatments for trauma in the Caribbean for under-resourced providers. Furthermore, impacts of the COVID-19 health crisis on providers’ implementation of skills in this region are currently unknown. Method: We examined impacts of a one-day training workshop for stakeholders in the Caribbean providing psychoeduca…
A Person-Specific Emotion Regulation Flexibility Framework
Despite advances in understanding emotion regulation (ER) flexibility (e.g., flexibly using ER strategies to meet situational demands), there is heterogeneity in conceptualizations. To address this, we provide a unifying operationalization for ER flexibility and a person-specific ER flexibility framework. We define ER flexibility as the ability to continuously monitor the effectiveness of chosen ER strategies to meet one's goals for a situation a…
Traumatic stress intervention research for the South Asian American diaspora
Using our work in this community as an example, we highlight the strengths of the methodological approach taken and areas that would be important to address in future work with SAAs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Psychology (15 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Anxiety (7 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Mental health (5 works)