Mee Young Um

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

+Corresponding author (equal contribution as first author); *ASU student mentee

Maleku, A., Kim, Y. K., Chun, J., Um, M. Y., Canfield, J. P., David, I. J., Moon, S. S., & Yu, M. (2024). Constellations of depressive symptoms, substance use, and risky sexual behavior among higher education students: A moderated mediation analysis of mask-wearing practice during COVID-19. Journal of Prevention. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-024-00815-w

Androff, D., Schlinkert, D., Um, M. Y., Hatch, E.,* Olsen-Medina, K., & Mathis, C. (2024). Refugees’ experiences accessing and receiving health care in the Southwestern U.S. Social Work in Public Health, 40(2), 45-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2024.2434272

Um, M. Y., Kim, H. J., & Kim, H. J. (2024). Patterns of trauma exposure and depression in North Korean refugees resettled in South Korea: A latent class analysis. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241291491

Lim, C., Um, M. Y., Schott, E., Arkadie, N., Hernandez, M., & Barrio, C. (2024). Treatment outcomes for Asian Americans diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Community Mental Health Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01340-0

Moon, S. S., Zhao, Q., Pooler, D., Kim, Y. K., Maleku, A., Um, M. Y., Yu, M., & Anderson, L. (2024). Marijuana use among college students after the COVID-19 pandemic: A classification and regression tree approach. Journal of Addiction and Addictive Disorders, 11:172. https://doi.org/10.24966/AAD-7276/100172

Moon, S. S., Um, M. Y., Kim, Y. K., Yu, M., Maleku, A., & Anderson, L. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide-related risk among college students: A cross-sectional analysis. Death Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2386068

Um, M. Y., Manikonda, L., Eapen, D. J., Ferguson, K. M., Santa Maria, D. M., Narendorf, S. C., Petering, R., Barman-Adhikari, A., & Hsu, H. T. (2024). Predicting intimate partner violence perpetration among youth experiencing homelessness in seven U.S. cities using interpretable machine learning. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/088626052412635

Um, M. Y., Maleku, A., Haran, H., Kim, Y. K., Yu, M., & Moon, S. S. (2024). Mask wearing and self-harming thoughts among international students in the United States during COVID-19: The moderating role of discrimination. Journal of American College Health, 72(7), 2104-2110. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2103378

Um, M. Y., Hatch, E.,* Maleku, A., & Arroyo Portillo, M.* (2023). Can technology break the invisible wall? Exploring mobile application needs and preferences among North Korean refugees in South Korea. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 32(3), 401–425. https://doi.org/10.1177/01171968231211348

Kim, Y. K., Yu, M., Moon, S. S., Maleku, A., Um, M. Y., & Tefera, G. M. (2022). Sociodemographic characteristics, preventive behaviors, and the mental health status of Social Work Students in the US during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Work in Mental Health, 20(5), 578–603. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2022.2047870

Um, M. Y., Rice, E., Lee, J. O., Kim, H. J., & Palinkas, L. A. (2022). Suicidal ideation among North Korean refugees in South Korea: Exploring the influence of social network characteristics by gender. Transcultural Psychiatry, 59(1), 52–62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461520935314

Maleku, A., Kim, Y. K., Kirsch, J., Um, M. Y., Haran, H., Yu, M., & Moon, S. S. (2022). The hidden minority: Discrimination and mental health among international students in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2419–e2432. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13683

Kim, Y. K., Moon, S. S., Yu, M., Um, M. Y., Maleku, A., Kehinde, O., & Pooler, D. (2022). The perfect storm? COVID-19 and substance use among social work students in the United States. British Journal of Social Work, 52(5), 2854–2874. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab192

Um, M. Y., Maleku, A., Rios-Richardson, R.,* & Rice, E. (2021). A multidimensional examination of psychological distress among Latina mothers with and without HIV. Social Work in Public Health, 36(7-8), 806–819. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2021.1958117

Maleku, A., Phillips, R., Um, M.Y., Kagotho, N., Lee, G., & Coxe, K. (2021). The phenomenon of spiritual homelessness in transnational spaces among international students in the United States. Population, Space and Place, 28(2), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2470

Oh, H., Um, M. Y., & Garbe, R. (2021). Social networks and chronic illness management among low-income tenants in publicly subsidized housing: Findings from a pilot study. Social Work in Public Health, 36(3), 405–418. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2021.1900012

Um, M. Y., Lee, J. O., Kim, H. J., Rice, E., & Palinkas, L. A. (2021). Testing the pathway from pre-migration sexual violence to suicide-related risk among North Korean refugee women living in South Korea: Do social networks matter? Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(3), 485–495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01977-8

Jeong, C. H., Um, M. Y.,+ Yoo, J. P., & Palinkas L. A. (2020). Social networks and health-promoting behaviors among North Korean refugees in South Korea. Social Work in Health Care, 59, 738–750. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2020.1859043

Um, M. Y., Rice, E., Palinkas, L. A., & Kim, H. J. (2020). Migration-related stressors and suicidal ideation of North Korean refugee women: Moderating effects of network composition. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(6), 939–949. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22549 

Palinkas, L. A., Um, M. Y., Aarons, G. A., Rafful, C., Chavarin, C. V., Mendoza, D. V., … Patterson, T. L. (2019). Implementing evidence-based HIV prevention for female sex workers in Mexico: Provider assessments of feasibility and acceptability. Global Social Welfare, 6, 57–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-018-0113-0

Um, M. Y., Kim, H. J., & Palinkas, L. A. (2018). Correlates of domestic violence victimization among North Korean refugee women in South Korea. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(13), 2037–2058. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515622297

Palinkas, L. A., Um, M. Y., Jeong, C. H., Chor, K. H. B., Olin, S., Horwitz, S. M., & Hoagwood, K. E. (2017). Adoption of innovative and evidence-based practices for children and adolescents in state-supported mental health clinics: A qualitative study. Health Research Policy and Systems, 15, 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-017-0190-z

Um, M. Y., Rice, E., Rhoades, H., Winetrobe, H., & Bracken, N. (2016). Influence of “traveling” youth and substance use behaviors in the social networks of homeless youth. Network Science, 4, 28–47. https://doi.org/10.1017/nws.2015.32

Um, M. Y., Chi, I., Kim, H. J., Palinkas, L. A., & Kim, J. Y. (2015). Correlates of depressive symptoms among North Korean refugees adapting to South Korean society: The moderating role of perceived discrimination. Social Science & Medicine, 131, 107–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.039

Palinkas, L. A., Chavarin, C. V., Rafful, C. M., Um, M. Y., Mendoza, D. V., Staines, H., … Patterson, T. L. (2015). Sustainability of evidence-based practices for HIV prevention among female sex workers in Mexico. PLOS One, 10, e0141508. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141508

Palinkas, L. A., Olin, S., Chor, B., Um, M. Y., Jeong, C. H., O’Connor, B., … Hoagwood, K. (2015). Influence of organizational role, consensus and innovation status on perceived facilitators and barriers to adoption of innovative and evidence-based practices in state-supported mental health clinics. Implementation Science, 10, A41. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-10-S1-A41

Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

Manikonda, L., Um, M. Y., & Fan, R. (2022). Shift of user attitudes about anti-Asian hate on Reddit before and during COVID-19. 14th Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Web Science in 2022, 364–369. https://doi.org/10.1145/3501247.3531569