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Dr. Ruby Charak
UTRGV ACT Lab
Department of Psychological Science
ELABN 314/325
1201 W. University Dr. Edinburg TX 78539
Email: ruby.charak@utrgv.edu

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Conference Presentations

Dr. Charak, in collaboration with her students, has over 50 presentations in the form of symposium, oral, and poster presentations at various regional, national, and international conferences.
  • 2018-present
  • 2016-2017
  • 2014-2015
  • 2006-2013

*undergraduate student at the time of submission; +graduate student at the time of submission

  1. Charak, R., de Jong, J.T.V.M., Berckmoes, L. H., & Reis, R. (2020, November). Intergenerational transmission of maltreatment and association with posttraumatic stress and aggression in children: Findings from parent-child dyads in Burundi, Africa. In P. Kerig (Chair), Innovations in Research, Assessment, and Intervention with Youth and Families from Underserved Communities: Insight from the field.  Symposium presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), online due to Covid-19 restrictions.
  2. +Cano-Gonzalez, I., +Flores, A., & Charak, R., (2020, November). The mediating role of attitude towards violence in the association between witnessing parental violence and cyber intimate partner perpetration in Hispanic emerging adults. R. Charak (Chair), Exploring Cyber IPV as a Potential Source of Trauma Exposure and Related Posttraumatic Reactions Symposium presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), online due to Covid-19 restrictions.
  3. +Cano-Gonzalez, I., Charak, R., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., Karatzias, T., & Hyland, P. (2020, November). Dimensional structure of adjustment disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder and complex posttraumatic stress disorder in Africa. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), online due to Covid-19 restrictions.
  4. +Flores, A., Charak, R., +Cano-Gonzalez, I., & Chen J. Use of machine learning in estimating the predictability of proximal and distal risk and protective factors of cyber sexual perpetration in intimate partner relationships. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), online due to Covid-19 restrictions.
  5. +Flores, A., +Cano-Gonzalez, I., & Charak, R. The mediating role of anger and depression in the association between intimate partner cyber sexual victimization and alcohol use. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), online due to Covid-19 restrictions.
  6. *Tubraiz, M., *Trujillo, O., *Razo, G., +Cano-Gonzalez, I., *Hsieh, C., & Charak, R. (2020, November). Anxiety sensitivity as a mediator between PTSD and suicidal behavior in Hispanic young adults. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), online due to Covid-19 restrictions.
  7. Del Campo, C., Vinas-Racionero, R., Sori-Verde, M. A., Scalora, M., & Charak, R. (2020, February). Estrategias de regulacion emocional en perpetradores de ORI y Cyber-ORI. Oral talk presented at the XII Congreso (Inter)Nacional de Psicologia Juridica y Forense, Madrid, Spain.
  8. +Garcia, H., +Cano-Gonzalez, I., Strait, M., *Razo, G., & Charak, R. (2019, November). The mediating effect of emotion dysregulation in the association between witnessing parental violence and cyberperpetration in adulthood. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  9. +Gonzalez, V., +Cavazos, V., *De La Fuente, A., Byllesby, B., & Charak, R. (2019, November). The mediating effect of proactive sibling aggression on witnessing parental domestic violence and peer attachment. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  10. *Hsieh, C., *Maciel, J., Claycomb-Erwin, M., & R. (2019, November). The mediating role of rumination in the association between PTSD and suicidal behavior in a predominantly Hispanic sample. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  11. *Trujillo, O., *Villarreal, L., Christ, N. M., & Charak, R. (2019, November). Childhood maltreatment, daily heterosexist experiences, and their association with intimate partner cyber-perpetration among lesbian, gay, and bisexual emerging adults: The mediating role of anger. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  12. +Cano-Gonzalez, I., +Cantu, J. I., *Hsieh, C., *Trujillo, O., Racionero-Viñas, R., & Charak, R. (2019, November). Mediating effect of attitude towards abuse on the association between childhood sexual abuse and adulthood sexual violence in intimate partners: Differences across gender. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  13. *Trujillo, O., *Villarreal, L., Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2019, November). The mediating role of anger in the association between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner cyberperpetration in Hispanic young adults. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  14. *Maciel, J., *Hsieh, C., & Charak, R. (2019, November). The association between childhood maltreatment and alcohol use in lesbian, gay, bisexual-people of color compared to their White Non-Hispanic counterparts; The mediating role of emotion dysregulation. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  15. +Cavazos, V., +Gonzalez, V., & Charak, R. (2019, November). The mediating effect of emotion dysregulation on the association between witnessing domestic violence and depression. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  16. Martinez, M., +Gonzalez, V., +Cavazos, V., & Charak, R. (2019, November). The mediating effect distress tolerance has on the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms and interpersonal theory of suicide constructs. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  17. Christ, N., Meadows, E., Charak, R., Armour, C., & Elhai, J. D. (2019, November). The mediating effect of PTSD symptom severity on the relationship between childhood polyvictimization and other adverse early life experiences and anger: a path analysis. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston, MA.
  18. *Hsieh, C., *Trujillo, O., +Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2019, November). The effect of childhood victimization and anger on suicidal behavior among a predominantly Hispanic sample of emerging adults. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, GA.
  19. *Trujillo, O., *Hsieh, C., & Charak, R. (2019, November). Mexican identity and its association with suicidal behavior among Mexican-descent emerging adults. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, GA.
  20. Christ, N. M., Meadows, E., Charak, R., & Elhai, J. D. (2019, November). Sexual victimization in childhood and current PTSD symptoms impact on dissociative experiences. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, GA.
  21. +Cano-Gonzalez, I., +Cantu, J. I., *Hsieh, C., *Trjullio, O., Racionero-Viñas, R., & Charak, R. (2019, July). Mediating effect of attitude towards violence on the association between witnessing parental violence and adulthood physical perpetration in intimate partners: Differences across gender. Paper presented at the 2019 Annual Conference on the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  22. +Cano-Gonzalez, I., Racionero-Viñas, R., Charak, R., Soria-Verde, M., Scalora, M., del Campo Bernal, C. (2019, July). Validation of the obsessive relational intrusion victimization short form in Spanish college population. Poster presented at the 2019 Annual Conference on the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
  23. +Cano-Gonzalez, Charak, R., +Cantu, J. I., & Racionero-Viñas, R. (2019, June). Mediation effect of attitude towards intimate partner abuse in the relation between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner cybervictimization among emerging adults. Poster presented at the 16th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  24. *Villarreal, L., *Hsieh, C., & Charak, R. (2019, April). Association between outness, heterosexism, emotion dysregulation, and alcohol use in LGB emerging adults. Poster presented at the 2019 UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, Edinburg, TX. Awarded the Distinguished scholar award for poster presentation.
  25. *Trujillo, O., *Villarreal, L., +Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2019, April). The association between online sexual victimization and alcohol use among lesbian, gay and bisexual emerging adults. Poster presented at the 2019 UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, Edinburg, TX. Awarded Honorable mention for poster presentation.
  26. Charak, R., Filsoofi, R., Altema-McNeely, N., Strait, M., Arriaga-Salinas, A., & Tovar, M. (2019, March). Interpersonal trauma and its prevalence. In R. Charak (Chair), Interpersonal trauma: from risk to resilience. Panel discussion presented at the 2019 Conference on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma, Edinburg, TX.
  27. *Maciel, J., +Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2019, March). Childhood maltreatment and microaggression faced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color compared to their white non-hispanic counterparts. Poster presented at the 2019 Conference on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma, Edinburg, TX.
  28. *Hsieh, C., *Maciel, J., *Trujillo, O., *Villarreal, L., & Charak, R. (2019, March). Emotion dysregulation as a mediating factor on the association between childhood interpersonal victimization and alcohol use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations. Poster presented at the 2019 Conference on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma, Edinburg, TX.
  29. *Trujillo, O., *Villarreal, L., +Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2019, April). Cybersexual victimization and its association with alcohol use among lesbian, gay and bisexual emerging adults. Poster presented at the 2019 Conference on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma, Edinburg, TX. Awarded second prize in the student poster category
  30. *Maciel, J., & Charak, R. (2019, March). Mental health problems faced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual people of color compared to their white non-hispanic counterparts. Poster presented at the 2019 Conference on Interpersonal Violence and Trauma, Edinburg, TX. Awarded third prize in the student poster category
  31. Racionero-Viñas, R., Scalora, M., Cano-Gonzalez, I., Soria, M., Charak, R., Tibbs, J. (2019, March). One size does not fit all: experiences of stalking among Spanish and American students. Oral paper TO BE PRESENTED at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Portland, OR.
  32. *Hsieh, C., *Villarreal, L., & Charak, R. (2018, November). Effect of micro-aggression faced by gay, lesbian, and bisexual people of color on alcohol-use: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington DC.
  33. *Villarreal, L., *Hsieh, C., +Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2018, November). Sexual orientation outness and its association with anxiety among gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals: Serial mediation of daily heterosexism and emotion dysregulation. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington DC.
  34. +Cantu, J. I., Charak, R., *Hsieh, C., +Arellano, S., *Dominguez, G., & Seligman, L. (2018, November). Additive and interactive effects of cybervictimization types on depression among Hispanic emerging adults. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington DC.
  35. +Gonzalez, L., *Hsieh, C., Roley-Roberts, M. E., Hovey, J. D., & Charak, R. (2018, November). Association between childhood victimization types on suicide ideation and attempts in a sample of predominantly latinx young adults: The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington DC.
  36. *Trujillo, O., *Villarreal, L., +Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2018, November). Technology-mediated sexual victimization and its association with alcohol use among lesbian, gay and bisexual emerging adults. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington DC.
  37. Christ, N. M., Meadows, E., Rozgonjuk, D., Charak, R., Armour, C., & Elhai, J. (2018, November). The mediating effect of PTSD symptom severity on the relationship between childhood poly-victimization and other adverse early life experiences and anger: A path analysis. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington DC.
  38. Meadows, E., Christ, N. M., Charak, R., & Elhai, R. (2018, November). Perceptions of early life experiences and polyvictimization in childhood among trauma-exposed adults. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington DC
  39. Charak, R. (2018, November). Intergenerational transmission of violence: research at the South Texas-Mexico border. In H. Kudler (Chair), Lessons from the field: conducting culturally competent research with American Indian, US-Mexico border residents, and veterans. Panel discussion presented the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Washington DC.
  40. Charak, R., *Villarreal, L., +Cantu, J. I., & Erwin, M. C. (2018, November). Three-step latent classes of childhood maltreatment, and intimate partner aggression: Differences in emotion dysgregulation, anxiety, and depression. In A. McConnell (Chair), Sexual and gender minorities elevated vulnerability for interpersonal trauma: Patterns, risk factors, and outcomes. Symposium presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Washington DC.
  41. *Villarreal, L., *Hsieh, C., +Cantu, J. I., & Charak, R. (2018, November). Association between polyvictimization and alcohol use in gay, lesbian, and bisexual people: The mediating role of domains of emotion dysregulation. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Washington DC.
  42. *Villarreal, L., *Hsieh, C., & Charak, R. (2018, November). Serial mediation between sexual orientation outness, daily heterosexism, emotion dysregulation, and alcohol-use in gay, lesbian, and bisexual individual. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Washington DC.
  43. Erwin, M. C., Charak, R., Byllesby, B., & Elhai, J. D. (2018, November). Assessing relations between a 7-factor hybrid model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms and anxiety sensitivity’s cognitive concerns dimension. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Washington DC
  44. +Cantu, J. I., Charak, R., *Villarreal, L. (2018, November). Three-step latent classes of childhood maltreatment and intimate partner aggression among hispanic emerging adults: differences across risk and protective factors. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Washington DC.
  45. Charak, R., & *Villarreal, L. (2018, November). Lifetime interpersonal victimization, emotion dysregulation, and alcohol use among gay, lesbian and bisexual people: A 3-step latent class approach. In A. Cantos (Chair), Intimate partner violence. Symposium presented at the 11th International Congress of Legal and Forensic Psychology, Granada, Spain.
  46. Cano-Gonzalez, I., +Cantu, J. I., Viñas, R., & Charak, R. (2018, November). Intimate partner aggression in college population: prevalence and related factors. Poster session presented at the 11th International Congress of Legal and Forensic Psychology, Granada, Spain.
  47. *De La Fuente, A., +Cantu, J. I., +Arellano, S., & Charak, R. (2018, September). Relation between sexual perpetration by an intimate partner, and related guilt and shame proneness in Hispanic emerging adults. Poster session presented at the Rio Grande Valley Mental Health Coalition Conference, Edinburg, Texas
  48. Jozefiak, T., Charak, R., & Koot, H. M. (2018, February). Family functioning, sibling special needs and psychopathology as three-year predictors of quality of life change in adolescents referred for psychiatric services. Poster session presented at the World Psychiatric Association’s Thematic Congress (WPA), Melbourne, Australia.


*undergraduate student at the time of submission; +graduate student at the time of submission

  1. Charak, R., Byllesby, B. M., Claycomb, M., Roley-Roberts, M. E., Koot, H. M., & Elhai, J. D. (2017, November). Unique association between childhood emotional abuse and conduct problems among adolescents from India: role of difficulties in emotion regulation. Poster session presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Chicago, Illinois.
  2. Claycomb, M., Charak, R., Christ, N., Lv, X., Byllesby, B, & Elhai, J. D. (2017, November). The relationship between anxiety sensitivity’s cognitive concerns, rumination’s problem-focus thoughts, and DSM-5 PTSD symptoms. Poster session presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Chicago, Illinois.
  3. Byllesby, B., Lv, X., Claycomb, M., Christ, N., Charak, R., & Elhai, J. D. (2017, November). The latent relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and emotion regulation strategies. Poster session presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Chicago, Illinois.
  4.  +Cantu, J. I., +Gonzalez, L., *Villarreal, L., *Hsieh, C., *Ortiz, R., & Charak, R. (2017, November). Recent exposure to cybervictimization types perpetrated by an intimate partner, and their accumulating effect on depression among young adults. Poster session presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Chicago, Illinois.
  5. Roley-Roberts, M. E., Charak, R., Jeffs, A. J., Elhai, J. D., & Hovey, J. D. (2017, November). The mediating role of emotion dysregulation between childhood sexual abuse and self-injury and suicide ideation. Poster session SUBMITTED TO the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Chicago, Illinois.
  6. Charak, R., Hirai, M., Smith, T. W., Ruiz, J., Dietch, J. R., & Taylor, D. (2017, November). Assessing the dimensionality of Posttraumatic stress disorder and its association with insomnia. Poster session presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), San Diego, California.
  7. *Chacon, K., Charak, R., Hirai, M., Hovey, J., & Seligman, L. (2017, November). The moderating effect of emotional eating on the relationship between anxiety and childhood obesity. Poster session presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), San Diego, California.
  8. Charak, R., de Jong, J.T.V.M., Berckmoes, L. H., Ndayisaba, H., & Reis, R. (2017, June). Assessing the factor structure of the childhood trauma questionnaire, and multiple types of abuse and neglect among adolescents in conflict affected Burundi. Paper session TO BE presented at the 15th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Odense, Denmark.
  9. Charak, R., Kerig, P. K., & Modrowski, C. A. (2017, June). Polytraumatization among juvenile justice-involved adolescents: Association with difficulties in emotion regulation and mental health symptoms. Poster session TO BE presented at the 15th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Odense, Denmark.
  10. Hovey, J. D., Seligman, L., & Charak, R. (2017, June). Acculturation stress, PTSD symptoms, and suicide behavior in Central American refugesss living in the United States. Poster session TO BE presented at the 15th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), Odense, Denmark.
  11. Charak, R., DiLillo, D., Messman-Moore, T., & Gratz, K. (2017, April). Latent classes of types and severity of childhood maltreatment: Relations to sexual revictimization and mental health. In B. Zvara (Chair), The consequences of childhood maltreatment on physical and mental health during late adolescence and emerging adulthood. Paper session presented at the 2017 Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Austin, Texas.
  12. Charak, R., Kerig, P. K., Chaplo, S. D., Bennett, D. C., Armour, C., Modrowski, C. A., & McGee, A. B. (2016, November). Validation of the factor structure of the adolescent-dissociative experiences scale in a sample of trauma-exposed detained youth. Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Dallas, Texas.
  13. Charak, R., Byllesby, B. M., Durham, T. A., Claycomb, M. A., Armour, C., & Elhai, J. D. (2016, November). Latent classes of juvenile poly-victimization and their association with suicide behavior among adults with lifetime traumatic experiences: The moderating role of anger reactivity. Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Dallas, Texas.
  14. Charak, R., Claycomb, M. A., Durham, T. A., Byllesby, B. M., Contractor, A., & Gupta, S. (2016, November). Latent profiles of posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms in Indian Army personnel deployed in the conflict zone of Jammu region. Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Dallas, Texas.
  15. Claycomb, M. A., Charak, R., Byllesby, B. M., Durham, T. A., Lv, X., & Elhai, J. D. (2016, November). Dimensions of anxiety sensitivity and rumination occurring in PTSD: A latent profile analysis. Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Dallas, Texas.
  16. Lv, X., Byllesby, B. M., Durham, T.A., Claycomb, M.A., Charak, R., & Elhai, J. D. (2016, November). Relationship between trauma number and dissociation symptoms controlling for demographics. Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Dallas, Texas.
  17. Claycomb, M. A., Lv, X., Byllesby, B. M., Durham, T. A., Charak, R., & Elhai, J. D. (2016, November). Assessing differences in anxiety sensitivity’s cognitions between individuals exposed to one versus multiple traumas. Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Dallas, Texas.
  18. Durham, T. A., Byllesby, B. M., Charak, R., Claycomb, M.A., Lv, X., & Elhai, J. D. (2016, November). The underlying role of anger in posttraumatic stress disorder. Poster session presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Dallas, Texas.
  19. Durham, T. A., Byllesby, B. M., Lv, X., Claycomb, M. A., Charak, R., & Elhai, J. D. (2016, November). The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, anger, and dissociative symptoms. Poster session
    presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Dallas, Texas.
  20. Charak, R., Messman-Moore, T., McConnell, A., Cook, N., Eshelman, L. R., Gratz, K. L., & DiLillo, D. (2016, October). Revictimization and cumulative trauma impact on emotion regulation capacity and psychopathology among women with histories of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. Poster session presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New York City, New York.
  21. Charak, R., Tromp, N. B., & Koot, H. M. (2016, October). Unique versus cumulative effects of types and severity of childhood abuse and neglect on personality pathology in a clinical sample of adolescents. Poster session presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New York City, New York.
  22. Jaffe, A. E., Steel, A. L., Charak, R., & DiLillo, D. (2016, June). Repeat experiences of incapacitated sexual assault: Is increased drinking a contributor? Poster session presented at the 39th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting (RSA), New Orleans, Louisiana. 


*undergraduate student at the time of submission; +graduate student at the time of submission

  1. Gohil, E., Sharma, P., Charak, R., & Rashid, H. (2015, December). Gender differences in quality of life and depression among patients with type I diabetes. Paper session presented at the 1st International Conference of Indian Academy of Health Psychology, Jammu, India.
  2. Charak, R., Messman-Moore, T., Gratz, K., & DiLillo, D. (2015, November). Typologies of lifetime sexual victimization in female emerging adults: Differential relations with emotion dysregulation. Poster session presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Chicago, Illinois.
  3. Charak, R., Steel A., Messman-Moore, T., Gratz, K., & DiLillo, D (2015, November). Differential association between childhood emotional abuse and difficulties in emotion regulation among female emerging adults. Poster session presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT, Chicago, Illinois.
  4. Hein, C. L., Charak, R., & DiLillo, D. (2015, November). Factor structure of PTSD symptoms in women with a history of sexual victimization. Poster session presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Chicago, Illinois.
  5. Claycomb, M., Durham, T., Charak, R., Elhai, J. D., & Pietrzak, R. (2015, November). Assessing the relations between a novel seven-factor model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms and alcohol consumption and consequences. Poster session presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Chicago, Illinois.
  6. Byllesby, B.M., Durham, T. A., Claycomb, M. A., Charak, R., & Elhai, J. D. (2015, November). The latent relationships between generalized anxiety and distress tolerance. Poster session presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Chicago, Illinois.
  7. Charak, R., Messman-Moore, T., Gratz, K., & DiLillo, D. (2015, November). Typologies of lifetime sexual victimization in female emerging adults: Differential relations with emotion dysregulation. Poster session presented at the Fall Research Fair of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  8. Charak, R., DiLillo, D., Byllesby, B. M., Claycomb, M., Elhai, J. D., & Koot, H. M. (2015, November). Severity of abuse and neglect, and difficulties in emotion regulation in adolescents from Jammu, India: A latent class approach. Paper session presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, Louisiana.
  9. Charak, R., Claycomb, M., Elhai, J. D., & Pietrzak, R. (2015, November). Posttraumatic stress symptoms and alcohol use problems in combat veterans: The role of moral injury. Poster session presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, Louisiana.
  10.  Byllesby, B. M., Charak, R., Elhai, J. D. (2015, November). Negative affect and its underlying relationship with PTSD, Depression, and anxiety. In J. Elhai (Chair), PTSD symptoms clusters are differentially related to psychopathology. Paper session presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, Louisiana.
  11.  Claycomb, M., Charak, R., Elhai, J. D., & Pietrzak, R. (2015, November). A comparison of DSM-5 PTSD symptom structure in veterans with assaultive versus non assaultive trauma histories. Poster session presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, Louisiana.
  12.  Claycomb, M., Charak, R., Elhai, J. D., & Pietrzak, R. (2015, November). Co-occurring PTSD symptoms and alcohol use, and social functioning in trauma-exposed veterans: A latent profile analysis. Poster session presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, Louisiana.
  13.  Byllesby, B., Durham, T. A., Claycomb, M. A., Charak, R., & Elhai, J. D. (2015, November). The latent relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder and distress tolerance. Poster session presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), New Orleans, Louisiana.
  14.  *Mann, A. M., DiLillo, D., & Charak, R. (2015, August). Psychological symptoms associated with sexual victimization: Exploring clustering and nesting patterns using exploratory network analysis. Poster session presented at the Minority Health Initiative Conference at Lincoln, Nebraska.
  15. Charak, R., & Koot, H. M. (2014, November): Abuse and neglect in adolescents from Jammu, India: Role of gender, family structure, and parental education. Paper presentation at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), Miami, Florida.
  16. Charak, R., & Koot, H. M. (2014, November). Severity of maltreatment and personality pathology in adolescents of Jammu, India: A latent class approach. Poster session presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), Miami, Florida.
  17. Charak, R., Armour, C., Elklit, A., Koot, H. M., & Elhai, J. D. (2014, November). Assessing the latent factor association between the Dysphoria model of PTSD, and positive and negative affect in trauma victims from India. Poster session presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), Miami, Florida.
  18. Charak, R., Claycomb, M., & Elhai, J. D. (2014, November). Typology of substance-use, interpersonal problems, and risk behaviour among maltreated adolescents. Poster session presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), Miami, Florida.
  19.  Claycomb, M., Charak, R., Kaplow, J., Layne, C., & Elhai, J. D. (2014, November). A latent profile analysis of Persistent complex bereavement disorder symptoms and PTSD symptoms in Bosnian adolescents: Association with overall functioning. In M. Claycomb (Chair), Bereavement, Grief, and Trauma Assessment. Paper session presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), Miami, Florida.
  20. Claycomb, M., Charak, R., Kaplow, J., Layne, C., & Elhai, J. D. (2014, November). Relations between Persistent complex bereavement disorder and PTSD’s emotional numbing model factors in a Bosnian adolescent sample. Poster session presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress and Studies (ISTSS), Miami, Florida.
  21. Charak, R., Armour, C., Elklit, A., Angmo, D., Elhai, J. D., & Koot, H. M. (2014, March). A confirmatory factor analytic study of PTSD’s latent structure in Indian trauma survivors: role of gender. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), Chicago, Illinois.
  22. Charak, R., Dvorak, R. D., Elklit, A., Koot, H. M., & Elhai, J. D. (2014, March). Association between severity of physical and sexual assault, and typology of lifetime substance-use among adolescents. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), Chicago, Illinois.
  23. Elhai, J. D., Charak, R., Fowler, C. J., & Frueh, C. B. (2014, March). Difficulties in emotion regulation scale: Psychometrics and factor structure in psychiatric patients. Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), Chicago, Illinois.
  24. Gupta, S., & Charak, R. (2014, February). Posttraumatic stress disorder among military personnel in Jammu region: Role of age, education level, and span of deployment. Poster session presented at the 1st International and 3rd Indian Psychological Science Congress, Chandigarh, India.


*undergraduate student at the time of submission; +graduate student at the time of submission

  1. Charak, R., & Koot, H. M. (2013, April).Child abuse and neglect and personality pathology in Asian and European context. In H. Koot (Chair) and T. Yates (Discussant), Child Abuse and Neglect: Prevalence and Associated Psychopathology in Multicultural Contexts. Paper session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, Washington. 
  2. Charak, R., & Koot, H. M. (2013, April). Abuse and neglect in adolescents of Jammu, India: Prevalence, gender differences, family correlates and perpetrators. Poster session presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, Washington.
  3. Charak, R., Vaid, J., Gohil, E., & Gupta, S. (2011, November). Association between stigmatization and self-esteem in people recovering from mental illness. Paper session presented at the 1st International Online Conference of the Indian Association of Health Research, and Welfare, Chandigarh, India.
  4. *Kaur, N., & Charak, R. (2011, November). Relationship between emotion regulation and attachment with parent and peer among adolescents. Paper session presented at the 1st International Online Conference of the Indian Association of Health Research, and Welfare, Chandigarh, India.
  5. Charak, R., *Gupta, K., *Jasrotia, D., & *Kaur, P. (2011, November). Age, psychological well-being and social support as factors associated with mental health of Kashmiri migrants. Paper session presented at the 1st International Online Conference of the Indian Association of Health Research, and Welfare, Chandigarh, India.
  6. Charak, R., & *Spalzes, L. (2011, October). Exposure to cloudburst in Leh: Posttraumatic stress disorder and associated factors. Paper session presented at the 1st Indian Psychological Science Congress, Chandigarh, India.
  7. Charak, R., & *Manhas, M. (2011, June). Factors predicting PTSD: A study of Indian villagers residing along Line of Control. Paper session presented at the 12th Meeting of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Vienna, Austria.
  8. *Manhas, M. & Charak, R. (2010, November). Post-traumatic stress, general health status and resilience in females and males residing on the Line of Control area. Paper session presented at the 1st Meeting of the Asian Association of Applied Psychology, Chandigarh, India.
  9. *Lata, V., & Charak R. (2010, November). Patterns of maltreatment, and strength and difficulties among school-going Kashmiri migrants and non-migrants from Jammu City. Poster session presented at the 1st Meeting of the Asian Association of Applied Psychology, Chandigarh, India. Consolation prize/honourable mention in the Best student poster category.
  10. *Sharma, A., *Sharma, U., & Charak, R. (2010, February). Elucidation of drawings, strengths, and difficulties of adolescents from conflict zones of Jammu and Kashmir. Paper session presented at the 45th National & 14th International Meeting the Indian Association of Applied Psychology, Vishakhapatnam, India.
  11. Charak, R., & Sinha, U. K. (2009, March). Effect of brief self-administered intervention in reducing the impact of burnout among HIV/AIDS counselors. Paper session presented at National Conference on Well-being in the Workplace: Search for Synergy, Chandigarh, India.
  12. Charak, R., & Sinha, U. K. (2009, January). A study of emotional and behavioural problems, and maltreatment in shelter home children. Paper session presented at the 35th National Annual Meeting of the Indian Association for Clinical Psychologist Hyderabad, India.
  13. Sharma, P., Charak, R., & Sharma, V. (2008, February). Spirituality and mental health: A contemporary perspective. Paper session presented at National Seminar on Positive Perspectives of Health and Behaviour, Rohtak, India.
  14. Charak, R., & Bhandari, A. (2007, February). A study of friendship and loneliness patterns in adolescent female students. Paper session presented at the 11th International and 42nd National Meeting of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, New Delhi, India.
  15. Charak, R., & Bhandari, A. (2006, March). Migration and well-being: A study of Kashmiri Hindus from the valley. Paper session presented at the National Seminar on Psychophysiology of Well-Being, Rohtak, India.



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