Sunita Mahtani Stewart
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 74733 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sunita Mahtani Stewart |
| PRENOMES | Sunita Mahtani |
| SOBRENOME | Stewart |
| ASSINATURA | STEWART S M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0642-781X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 84 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Role of Depression and Anxiety in Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Higher Levels of Care for Girls With Anorexia Nervosa
OBJECTIVES: Although the prevalence of affective comorbidities with eating disorders (ED) has been well established, the three-way relation between ED, depression, and anxiety symptoms has not been explored in an intensive adolescent treatment setting. METHODS: This study analyzed data from a sample of teenage girls with anorexia nervosa in higher levels of care (n = 457) to assess the relations between changes in ED symptoms, depression, and anx…
An Explanatory Framework for Understanding Mental Health Needs of Afghan Refugees Resettled in the Global North
Afghans are the second‐largest refugee population in the world, yet their mental health needs are understudied. This qualitative investigation has two aims: (1) to examine the mental health beliefs of Afghan refugees in one ‘Global North’ nation who fled following the 2021 Taliban takeover and (2) to provide an example of how explanatory models might be used to support mental health care in diverse populations. Participants ( N = 21) were Afghan …
Dysfunctional Beliefs About Sleep in Suicidal Adolescents
Deconstructing depression
Examination of measurement invariance of the fearlessness about death scale in youth patients
Cultural values that influence the adaptation of girls who are refugees from sub-Saharan Africa living in the United States
Literature suggests that discrepant family and host culture values complicate the acculturation and integration of immigrant youths. This qualitative study examines the adaptation experience of girls who are refugees from sub-Saharan Africa, a region where cultures are patriarchal and sex-based inequities are large, after resettlement in urban southwest United States, a more gender-equitable host environment. From July 2019 to August 2020, 44 sem…
Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Parents
We conducted a cluster randomised controlled trial of parents in 56 primary schools and community service centres (clusters) to evaluate the effectiveness of a single-session workshop on promoting more fruit and vegetable (FV) intake. A total of 803 parents were randomised to the FV intervention arm (16 clusters, n = 197), the more appreciation control arm (19 clusters, n = 270), or the less criticism control arm (21 clusters, n = 336). The FV in…
They stand in the middle now”
Our findings illustrate the strengths of these youth who manage tremendous challenges to meeting their psychological needs. We highlight how in the process of cultural adaptation they retain ties to their home culture. They choose diversity in their relationships and find agency and purpose by supporting others. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
A Community-Based Lifestyle-Integrated Physical Activity Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity, Positive Family Communication, and Perceived Health in Deprived Families
Background: Zero-time exercise (ZTEx) is an approach integrating simple strength- and stamina-enhancing physical activity into daily life. The study evaluated the effectiveness of a community-based lifestyle-integrated physical activity intervention using ZTEx to enhance participants’ physical activity, family communication, perceived health and happiness, and family harmony. Methods: A parallel group, cluster randomised controlled trial was cond…
A Moderated Mediation Analysis on the Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Physical Symptoms Among Immigrant Women from Mainland China into Hong Kong
Development and feasibility of a brief Zero‐time Exercise intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour and enhance physical activity
A brief intervention using Zero-time Exercise (ZTEx), a foot-in-the-door approach, was developed to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity. ZTEx refers to the integration of simple strength- and stamina-enhancing physical activity into daily life, which can be done anytime, anywhere and by anyone. This paper presents the development, feasibility, and preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of this intervention under the Hong…
Test–retest reliability and validity of a single-item Self-reported Family Happiness Scale in Hong Kong Chinese
Family Meal Practices and Well-Being in Hong Kong
The literature has provided substantial evidence for the positive associations between family meals and well-being. The underlying mechanism of this relationship has not been explicitly examined. The Happy Family Kitchen II project was a cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention. Using data from this project, this article examined the direct and indirect associations among family meal practices, family communica…
The moderation effect of personality on healthcare utilization in Chinese people living with HIV
There is evidence that Type D personality can predict impaired quality of life and health status in various chronic conditions. The evidence is conflicting as to whether Type D is associated with increased healthcare services, and no study has reported on the healthcare utilization of people living with HIV (PLWH) who have a Type D personality. This study investigated the impact of Type D personality on healthcare utilization in a sample of Chine…
Resilience and vulnerability
Spousal bereavement is closely linked to prolonged grief, that is, significant adjustment symptoms that last for more than six months after the loss. This article focused on potential risk and protective factors that may influence bereavement outcomes. Participants in this study were surviving spouses of individuals who died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These participants were themselves living with human immunodeficiency syndro…
Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-Risc) and the abbreviated version (CD-Risc2) among the general population in Hong Kong
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong
Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong
This work has public health significance because of the global importance of parent-child relationships as a risk-factor for many outcomes in adulthood, the need to develop interventions with strong evidence of effectiveness to populations outside the West, the potential application of our interventions to universal populations, and characteristics of the interventions that promote dissemination, including minimal additional costs for delivery by…
Bringing scientific rigor to community-developed programs in Hong Kong
The four pilot studies under the FAMILY Project demonstrated that nuanced design adaptations, such as wait list controls and shorter assessments, better served the needs of the community and led to the successful development and vigorous evaluation of a series of preventive, family-oriented interventions in the Chinese culture of Hong Kong
Repeat suicide attempts in Hong Kong community adolescents
Diabetes, depression, and metabolic control in Latinas
Diabetes is steadily becoming an epidemic among Latinos, and depression has been found to complicate diabetes management. This study examined depressive symptoms and metabolic control in Latinas with diabetes in a community clinic setting. The association of depressive symptoms with metabolic control was supported in this study. Social support (but not acculturation) was found to be associated with depressive symptoms. Finally, age and metabolic …
Teacher's Corner
The overarching intent of this article is to exemplify strategies associated with tests for measurement invariance that are uncommonly applied and reported in the extant literature. Designed within a pedagogical framework, the primary purposes are 3-fold and illustrate (a) tests for measurement invariance based on the analysis of means and covariance structures (MACS), (b) use of the MACS approach in testing for an invariant higher order factor s…
Autonomy as a Psychological Need
In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 mothers of adolescents in Pakistan to explore the meaning of “autonomy” in this collective, highly gender-differentiated culture. Middle class mothers did not spontaneously mention autonomy as a basic human need; positive relationships were, however, readily emphasised. Nevertheless, on specific questioning, all mothers indicated that autonomy was a basic need for both sexes. Autonomy was seen as potenti…
Cognitions and depressive symptoms among ethnic minority adolescents
Cognitive models have guided effective intervention strategies in the treatment of depression. However, little is known about the cognitive model's relevance in different cultural ethnic groups in the United States. This study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations among cognitive variables and depressive symptoms among African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic adolescents in the United States. Community adolescents (N = 450) …
Adolescent suicide attempters in Hong Kong and the United States
Intergenerational Patterns of Values and Autonomy Expectations in Cultures of Relatedness and Separateness
This study assessed the assumption that socialization practices relevant to value priorities and autonomy expectations differ between collectivist and individualist cultures. The authors investigated value priorities and autonomy expectations in 58 pairs of Caucasian and 66 pairs of Asian teenagers and their mothers. This pairing enabled them to address similarities on values and autonomy expectations within families, which has not been done prev…
Timing of Pubertal Maturation and Heterosexual Behavior Among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents
The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Relationship Harmony on Depression Across Cultures
Cross-cultural theories of individualism and collectivism have stimulated the development of the personal constructs of independence and interdependence to help us understand the working out of their cultural dynamics. To delineate the contributions of both personal or independent and interpersonal or interdependent predictors of depressive symptomatology, this study assessed self-efficacy and relationship harmony (peer and family) among adolesce…
Exposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents
Cultural Influences on Sharer and Recipient Behavior
Seventy-two 4-year-old Chinese and Indian children were paired with a friend and with an acquaintance in their class. One child (sharer) was given 10 pieces each of his or her preferred and nonpreferred foods, whereas the partner (recipient) was given one piece of each of the same foods. Sharing incidents were classified to indicate whether they were initiated by the sharer (spontaneous sharing) or due to the recipients' behavior (elicited and pa…
Cognitions and depressive symptoms among ethnic minority adolescents
Cognitive models have guided effective intervention strategies in the treatment of depression. However, little is known about the cognitive model's relevance in different cultural ethnic groups in the United States. This study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations among cognitive variables and depressive symptoms among African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic adolescents in the United States. Community adolescents (N = 450) …
Symptom Patterns in Depression and "Subthreshold" Depression among Adolescents in Hong Kong and the United States
This study compared the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) diagnostic interview information from a representative, stratified sample of 85 (selected from 2,212) Hong Kong and 1,706 age- and sex-matched U.S. adolescents. Current prevalence rates (Hong Kong: 2.2%, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.3% to 3.1%; United States: 2.2%, 95% CI = 1.6% to 3.0%) were similar in the two cultures. Mor…
Depressive Symptoms Among Hong Kong Adolescents
Influences on Children's Sharing in a Multicultural Setting
The authors examined contributors to sharing in Western and Asian children in relation to hypotheses derived from the cross-cultural framework. Parenting practices emphasizing training and awareness of others, and children's moral reasoning were associated with larger donations. Asian girls shared more when their donations were identified rather than anonymous and shared more than Asian boys. Western boys and girls shared equally in all condition…
They stand in the middle now”
Our findings illustrate the strengths of these youth who manage tremendous challenges to meeting their psychological needs. We highlight how in the process of cultural adaptation they retain ties to their home culture. They choose diversity in their relationships and find agency and purpose by supporting others. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Family Meal Practices and Well-Being in Hong Kong
The literature has provided substantial evidence for the positive associations between family meals and well-being. The underlying mechanism of this relationship has not been explicitly examined. The Happy Family Kitchen II project was a cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention. Using data from this project, this article examined the direct and indirect associations among family meal practices, family communica…
Repeat suicide attempts in Hong Kong community adolescents
Adolescent suicide attempters in Hong Kong and the United States
Intergenerational Patterns of Values and Autonomy Expectations in Cultures of Relatedness and Separateness
This study assessed the assumption that socialization practices relevant to value priorities and autonomy expectations differ between collectivist and individualist cultures. The authors investigated value priorities and autonomy expectations in 58 pairs of Caucasian and 66 pairs of Asian teenagers and their mothers. This pairing enabled them to address similarities on values and autonomy expectations within families, which has not been done prev…
Cultural Influences on Sharer and Recipient Behavior
Seventy-two 4-year-old Chinese and Indian children were paired with a friend and with an acquaintance in their class. One child (sharer) was given 10 pieces each of his or her preferred and nonpreferred foods, whereas the partner (recipient) was given one piece of each of the same foods. Sharing incidents were classified to indicate whether they were initiated by the sharer (spontaneous sharing) or due to the recipients' behavior (elicited and pa…
Influences on Children's Sharing in a Multicultural Setting
The authors examined contributors to sharing in Western and Asian children in relation to hypotheses derived from the cross-cultural framework. Parenting practices emphasizing training and awareness of others, and children's moral reasoning were associated with larger donations. Asian girls shared more when their donations were identified rather than anonymous and shared more than Asian boys. Western boys and girls shared equally in all condition…
Timing of Pubertal Maturation and Heterosexual Behavior Among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Symptom Patterns in Depression and "Subthreshold" Depression among Adolescents in Hong Kong and the United States
This study compared the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) diagnostic interview information from a representative, stratified sample of 85 (selected from 2,212) Hong Kong and 1,706 age- and sex-matched U.S. adolescents. Current prevalence rates (Hong Kong: 2.2%, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.3% to 3.1%; United States: 2.2%, 95% CI = 1.6% to 3.0%) were similar in the two cultures. Mor…
Autonomy from Parents and Psychological Adjustment in an Interdependent Culture
Psychological separation from parents is considered an important task in the development of the autonomous self. However, theorising about the importance of autonomy from parents for normal development has originated from individualistic cultures that socialise for independence. Urban, Pakistani middle-class, early and late adolescents completed measures related to behavioural autonomy (BA), emotional autonomy (EA) and detachment, and completed m…
Depressive Symptoms Among Hong Kong Adolescents
Suicidality and cultural values among Hong Kong adolescents
Exposure to suicide and suicidal behaviors among Hong Kong adolescents
Teacher's Corner
The overarching intent of this article is to exemplify strategies associated with tests for measurement invariance that are uncommonly applied and reported in the extant literature. Designed within a pedagogical framework, the primary purposes are 3-fold and illustrate (a) tests for measurement invariance based on the analysis of means and covariance structures (MACS), (b) use of the MACS approach in testing for an invariant higher order factor s…
Autonomy as a Psychological Need
In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 mothers of adolescents in Pakistan to explore the meaning of “autonomy” in this collective, highly gender-differentiated culture. Middle class mothers did not spontaneously mention autonomy as a basic human need; positive relationships were, however, readily emphasised. Nevertheless, on specific questioning, all mothers indicated that autonomy was a basic need for both sexes. Autonomy was seen as potenti…
Cognitions and depressive symptoms among ethnic minority adolescents
Cognitive models have guided effective intervention strategies in the treatment of depression. However, little is known about the cognitive model's relevance in different cultural ethnic groups in the United States. This study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations among cognitive variables and depressive symptoms among African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic adolescents in the United States. Community adolescents (N = 450) …
Adolescent suicide attempters in Hong Kong and the United States
The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Relationship Harmony on Depression Across Cultures
Cross-cultural theories of individualism and collectivism have stimulated the development of the personal constructs of independence and interdependence to help us understand the working out of their cultural dynamics. To delineate the contributions of both personal or independent and interpersonal or interdependent predictors of depressive symptomatology, this study assessed self-efficacy and relationship harmony (peer and family) among adolesce…
Diabetes, depression, and metabolic control in Latinas
Diabetes is steadily becoming an epidemic among Latinos, and depression has been found to complicate diabetes management. This study examined depressive symptoms and metabolic control in Latinas with diabetes in a community clinic setting. The association of depressive symptoms with metabolic control was supported in this study. Social support (but not acculturation) was found to be associated with depressive symptoms. Finally, age and metabolic …
Repeat suicide attempts in Hong Kong community adolescents
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong
Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong
This work has public health significance because of the global importance of parent-child relationships as a risk-factor for many outcomes in adulthood, the need to develop interventions with strong evidence of effectiveness to populations outside the West, the potential application of our interventions to universal populations, and characteristics of the interventions that promote dissemination, including minimal additional costs for delivery by…
Bringing scientific rigor to community-developed programs in Hong Kong
The four pilot studies under the FAMILY Project demonstrated that nuanced design adaptations, such as wait list controls and shorter assessments, better served the needs of the community and led to the successful development and vigorous evaluation of a series of preventive, family-oriented interventions in the Chinese culture of Hong Kong
Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-Risc) and the abbreviated version (CD-Risc2) among the general population in Hong Kong
Resilience and vulnerability
Spousal bereavement is closely linked to prolonged grief, that is, significant adjustment symptoms that last for more than six months after the loss. This article focused on potential risk and protective factors that may influence bereavement outcomes. Participants in this study were surviving spouses of individuals who died of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These participants were themselves living with human immunodeficiency syndro…
The moderation effect of personality on healthcare utilization in Chinese people living with HIV
There is evidence that Type D personality can predict impaired quality of life and health status in various chronic conditions. The evidence is conflicting as to whether Type D is associated with increased healthcare services, and no study has reported on the healthcare utilization of people living with HIV (PLWH) who have a Type D personality. This study investigated the impact of Type D personality on healthcare utilization in a sample of Chine…
Test–retest reliability and validity of a single-item Self-reported Family Happiness Scale in Hong Kong Chinese
Family Meal Practices and Well-Being in Hong Kong
The literature has provided substantial evidence for the positive associations between family meals and well-being. The underlying mechanism of this relationship has not been explicitly examined. The Happy Family Kitchen II project was a cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention. Using data from this project, this article examined the direct and indirect associations among family meal practices, family communica…
Development and feasibility of a brief Zero‐time Exercise intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour and enhance physical activity
A brief intervention using Zero-time Exercise (ZTEx), a foot-in-the-door approach, was developed to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity. ZTEx refers to the integration of simple strength- and stamina-enhancing physical activity into daily life, which can be done anytime, anywhere and by anyone. This paper presents the development, feasibility, and preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of this intervention under the Hong…
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