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Ruby Charak

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentCPH | Health Behavior & Health Education
Address4301 W Markham
Little Rock AR 72205
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    1. Schmitz RM, Tabler J, Gomez G, Charak R. Communities of caring and coping: An exploration of resilience among LGBTQA2S?+?young adults in resource-deficit regions. J Prev Interv Community. 2025 Aug 19; 1-21. PMID: 40827452.
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    2. Moorthy S, Dazard JE, Chen Z, Charak R, Palanivel S, Deo S, Al-Kindi SG, Rajagopalan S. Non-traditional socio-environmental and geospatial determinants of Alzheimer's disease-related dementia mortality. Sci Total Environ. 2025 Jul 01; 984:179745. PMID: 40424712.
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    3. Gilbar O, Watkins L, Charak R. Short Screener of the Cyber Aggression in Relationships Scale: Construct Validity and Reliability Cross-Cultural Samples. Assessment. 2025 Mar 31; 10731911251320597. PMID: 40163567.
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    4. Olorunlambe W, Adeniyi S, Israel AA, Ford JD, Charak R, Galdamez M, Jud A. Child maltreatment and psychopathology among institutionalized and incarcerated adolescents in Nigeria: A latent class analysis approach. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 May; 163:107425. PMID: 40127583.
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    5. Schmitz RM, Tabler J, Charak R, Gomez G, Cole RE, Schmitz JJ. Navigating Digital Geographies and Trauma Contexts: Conceptions of Online Communities and Experiences Among LGBTQ+ People During COVID-19. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Mar 17; 22(3). PMID: 40238558.
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    6. Schnarrs PW, Dorri AA, Russell ST, Grigsby TJ, Charak R, Dawes H, Stone AL, Yockey RA, Rosenberger JG. Adverse Childhood Experiences, Perceived Discrimination, and Mental Health in Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adults: Comparing Stress Accumulation and Stress Sensitization Models. LGBT Health. 2025 May-Jun; 12(4):286-294. PMID: 39361476.
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    7. Kenemore J, Benham G, Charak R, Hernandez Rodriguez J. Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback as a Treatment for Military PTSD: A Meta-Analysis. Mil Med. 2024 Aug 30; 189(9-10):e1903-e1909. PMID: 38287778.
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    8. Benham G, Charak R, Cano-Gonzalez I, Mena Teran J, Kenemore J. Recent Stressful Life Events and Perceived Stress as Serial Mediators of the Association between Adverse Childhood Events and Insomnia. Behav Med. 2025 Jan-Mar; 51(1):61-72. PMID: 38634227.
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    9. Hsieh C, Charak R, Razo G, Tabler J, Schmitz RM. Associations between Sexual Minority Identities, Heterosexism, Identity Concealment, and Depression in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Emerging Adults: Adjusting for the Effects of General Stressors. South Med J. 2023 12; 116(12):923-929. PMID: 38051164.
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    10. Charak R, Cano-Gonzalez I, Ronzon-Tirado R, Schmitz RM, Tabler J, Karsberg S, Flores A, Ford JD. LGBTQ+ identity-related abuse during childhood and associations with depression and suicide behavior: Role of adulthood cisheterosexism and expressive suppression. Child Abuse Negl. 2023 11; 145:106433. PMID: 37660426.
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    11. Charak R, Cano-Gonzalez I, Ronz?n-Tirado R, Ford JD, Byllesby BM, Shevlin M, Karatzias T, Hyland P, Cloitre M. Factor structure of the international trauma questionnaire in trauma exposed LGBTQ+ adults: Role of cumulative traumatic events and minority stress heterosexist experiences. Psychol Trauma. 2023 May; 15(4):628-636. PMID: 36689378.
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    12. Ronz?n-Tirado R, Charak R, Cano-Gonz?lez I. Daily Heterosexist Experiences in LGBTQ+ Adults from Spain: Measurement, Prevalence, and Clinical Implications. Psychosoc Interv. 2023 01; 32(1):1-10. PMID: 37361633.
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    13. Kyne D, Robledo C, Clark LC, Charak R, Salahuddin M, Morrow J. Social Connectedness, Physical Distancing, and Anxiety in Complying with Shelter-In-Place Orders and Advisories during the Once-In-A-Century COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: A Study of Social Media and Internet Users. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 11 18; 19(22). PMID: 36429999.
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    14. Ford JD, Charak R, Karatzias T, Shevlin M, Spinazzola J. Can developmental trauma disorder be distinguished from posttraumatic stress disorder? A symptom-level person-centred empirical approach. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2022; 13(2):2133488. PMID: 36340008.
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    15. Tabler J, Schmitz RM, Charak R, Propst A. Forgone Care among LGBTQ and Non-LGBTQ Americans during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health, Social Support, and Pandemic-Related Stress. South Med J. 2022 10; 115(10):752-759. PMID: 36191911.
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    16. Gilbar O, Charak R, Trujillo O, Cantu JI, Cavazos V, Lavi I. Meta-Analysis of Cyber Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization: Different Types and their Associations with Face-to-Face IPV among Men and Women. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2023 07; 24(3):1948-1965. PMID: 35603442.
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    17. Ford JD, Shevlin M, Karatzias T, Charak R, Spinazzola J. Can Developmental Trauma disorder be distinguished from posttraumatic stress disorder? A confirmatory factor Analytic Test of Four Structural Models. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2022 09; 50(9):1207-1218. PMID: 35438445.
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    18. Schmitz RM, Gomez G, Propst A, Tabler J, Charak R. Queer Politics of a Pandemic: LGBTQ?+?People's Conceptions of COVID-19's Politicization. Sex Res Social Policy. 2023; 20(2):751-765. PMID: 35465237.
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    19. McCarty S, Pacqu? K, Gatto AJ, Hill K, Charak R. Youth-led resilience promotion during disaster recovery: A proposed framework, innovative program, and lessons learned. Psychol Trauma. 2022 Apr; 14(S1):S32-S40. PMID: 34843352.
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    20. Ronz?n-Tirado R, Charak R, Cano-Gonzalez I, Karsberg S, Schnarrs PW. Latent Classes of Bidirectional Face-to-Face and Cyber Intimate Partner Violence Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Emerging Adults: The Role of Minority Stressors. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Nov; 37(21-22):NP21092-NP21118. PMID: 34839733.
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    21. Charak R, De Jong JTVM, Berckmoes LH, Ndayisaba H, Reis R. Intergenerational maltreatment in parent-child dyads from Burundi, Africa: Associations among parental depression and connectedness, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and aggression in children. J Trauma Stress. 2021 10; 34(5):943-954. PMID: 34644415.
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    22. Tabler J, Schmitz RM, Charak R, Dickinson E. Perceived weight gain and eating disorder symptoms among LGBTQ+?adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a convergent mixed-method study. J Eat Disord. 2021 Sep 16; 9(1):115. PMID: 34530927.
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    23. Karsberg S, Hesse M, Pedersen MM, Charak R, Pedersen MU. The impact of poly-traumatization on treatment outcomes in young people with substance use disorders. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 03 08; 21(1):140. PMID: 33685430.
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    24. Cano-Gonzalez I, Charak R, Gilbar O, Vi?as-Racionero R, Strait MK. Witnessing Parental Violence and Cyber IPV Perpetration in Hispanic Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Attitudes Toward IPV. J Interpers Violence. 2022 05; 37(9-10):NP8115-NP8137. PMID: 33246379.
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    25. Hsieh C, Charak R, Cano-Gonzalez I, Gonzalez L, Roley-Roberts ME, Hovey JD. Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness influence the childhood polyvictimization and suicide ideation association among Hispanic undergraduates. Death Stud. 2022; 46(8):1792-1800. PMID: 33215982.
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    26. Karsberg S, Charak R, Elklit A. Association Between Dating Violence and Behavioral and Health Outcomes Among Early Adolescents From Denmark: The Role of Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment. Violence Vict. 2020 10 01; 35(5):690-711. PMID: 33060251.
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    27. Trujillo O, Cantu JI, Charak R. Unique and Cumulative Effects of Intimate Partner Cybervictimization Types on Alcohol Use in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Emerging Adults. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2020 Nov; 23(11):743-751. PMID: 32799548.
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    28. Schmitz RM, Charak R. "I Went into This as One Person, and Then Came Out a Totally Different Person": Native LGBTQ2S+ Young Adults' Conceptions of Trauma. J Interpers Violence. 2022 03; 37(5-6):NP3293-NP3319. PMID: 32779508.
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    29. Ontiveros G, Cantos A, Chen PY, Charak R, O'Leary KD. Is All Dating Violence Equal? Gender and Severity Differences in Predictors of Perpetration. Behav Sci (Basel). 2020 Jul 20; 10(7). PMID: 32698435.
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    30. Charak R, Vang ML, Shevlin M, Ben-Ezra M, Karatzias T, Hyland P. Lifetime Interpersonal Victimization Profiles and Mental Health Problems in a Nationally Representative Panel of Trauma-Exposed Adults From the United Kingdom. J Trauma Stress. 2020 10; 33(5):654-664. PMID: 32516511.
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    31. Cantu JI, Charak R. Unique, Additive, and Interactive Effects of Types of Intimate Partner Cybervictimization on Depression in Hispanic Emerging Adults. J Interpers Violence. 2022 01; 37(1-2):NP375-NP399. PMID: 32370646.
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    32. Hirai M, Charak R, Seligman LD, Hovey JD, Ruiz JM, Smith TW. An Association Between Perceived Social Support and Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Severity Among Women With Lifetime Sexual Victimization: The Serial Mediating Role of Resilience and Coping. Violence Against Women. 2020 12; 26(15-16):1966-1986. PMID: 31918620.
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    33. Charak R, Byllesby BM, Fowler JC, Sharp C, Elhai JD, Frueh BC. Assessment of the revised Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scales among adolescents and adults with severe mental illness. Psychiatry Res. 2019 09; 279:278-283. PMID: 30975439.
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    34. Charak R, Ford JD, Modrowski CA, Kerig PK. Polyvictimization, Emotion Dysregulation, Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Behavioral Health Problems among Justice-Involved Youth: a Latent Class Analysis. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2019 02; 47(2):287-298. PMID: 29654539.
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    35. Charak R, Villarreal L, Schmitz RM, Hirai M, Ford JD. Patterns of childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence, emotion dysregulation, and mental health symptoms among lesbian, gay, and bisexual emerging adults: A three-step latent class approach. Child Abuse Negl. 2019 03; 89:99-110. PMID: 30654290.
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    36. Charak R, Tromp NB, Koot HM. Associations of specific and multiple types of childhood abuse and neglect with personality pathology among adolescents referred for mental health services. Psychiatry Res. 2018 12; 270:906-914. PMID: 30551343.
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    37. Benham G, Charak R. Stress and sleep remain significant predictors of health after controlling for negative affect. Stress Health. 2019 Feb; 35(1):59-68. PMID: 30289608.
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    38. Ford JD, Charak R, Modrowski CA, Kerig PK. PTSD and dissociation symptoms as mediators of the relationship between polyvictimization and psychosocial and behavioral problems among justice-involved adolescents. J Trauma Dissociation. 2018 May-Jun; 19(3):325-346. PMID: 29547076.
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    39. Lagdon S, Ross J, Robinson M, Contractor AA, Charak R, Armour C. Assessing the Mediating Role of Social Support in Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology Among College Students in Northern Ireland. J Interpers Violence. 2021 02; 36(3-4):NP2112-2136NP. PMID: 29448910.
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    40. Erwin MC, Mitchell MA, Contractor AA, Dranger P, Charak R, Elhai JD. The relationship between distress tolerance regulation, counterfactual rumination, and PTSD symptom clusters. Compr Psychiatry. 2018 04; 82:133-140. PMID: 29477706.
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    41. Charak R, DiLillo D, Messman-Moore TL, Gratz KL. Latent Classes of Lifetime Sexual Victimization Characteristics in Women in Emerging Adulthood: Differential Relations with Emotion Dysregulation. Psychol Violence. 2018 Sep; 8(5):570-579. PMID: 30546924.
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    42. Charak R, de Jong JTVM, Berckmoes LH, Ndayisaba H, Reis R. Assessing the factor structure of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and cumulative effect of abuse and neglect on mental health among adolescents in conflict-affected Burundi. Child Abuse Negl. 2017 Oct; 72:383-392. PMID: 28917188.
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    43. Claycomb Erwin M, Charak R, Durham TA, Armour C, Lv X, Southwick SM, Elhai JD, Pietrzak RH. The 7-factor hybrid model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms and alcohol consumption and consequences in a national sample of trauma-exposed veterans. J Anxiety Disord. 2017 Oct; 51:14-21. PMID: 28843574.
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    44. Charak R, Byllesby BM, Roley ME, Claycomb MA, Durham TA, Ross J, Armour C, Elhai JD. Latent classes of childhood poly-victimization and associations with suicidal behavior among adult trauma victims: Moderating role of anger. Child Abuse Negl. 2016 Dec; 62:19-28. PMID: 27780110.
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    45. Claycomb MA, Charak R, Kaplow J, Layne CM, Pynoos R, Elhai JD. Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder Symptom Domains Relate Differentially to PTSD and Depression: A Study of War-Exposed Bosnian Adolescents. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2016 10; 44(7):1361-73. PMID: 26695010.
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    46. Kerig PK, Charak R, Chaplo SD, Bennett DC, Armour C, Modrowski CA, McGee AB. Validation of the factor structure of the adolescent dissociative experiences scale in a sample of trauma-exposed detained youth. Psychol Trauma. 2016 09; 8(5):592-600. PMID: 27100173.
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    47. Charak R, Koot HM, Dvorak RD, Elklit A, Elhai JD. Unique versus cumulative effects of physical and sexual assault on patterns of adolescent substance use. Psychiatry Res. 2015 Dec 30; 230(3):763-9. PMID: 26596366.
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    48. Charak R, Koot HM. Severity of maltreatment and personality pathology in adolescents of Jammu, India: A latent class approach. Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Dec; 50:56-66. PMID: 26056057.
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    49. Armour C, Tsai J, Durham TA, Charak R, Biehn TL, Elhai JD, Pietrzak RH. Dimensional structure of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress symptoms: support for a hybrid Anhedonia and Externalizing Behaviors model. J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Feb; 61:106-13. PMID: 25479765.
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    50. Charak R, Armour C, Elklit A, Angmo D, Elhai JD, Koot HM. Factor structure of PTSD, and relation with gender in trauma survivors from India. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2014; 5:25547. PMID: 25413575.
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    51. Fowler JC, Charak R, Elhai JD, Allen JG, Frueh BC, Oldham JM. Construct validity and factor structure of the difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale among adults with severe mental illness. J Psychiatr Res. 2014 Nov; 58:175-80. PMID: 25171941.
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    52. Contractor AA, Mehta P, Tiamiyu MF, Hovey JD, Geers AL, Charak R, Tamburrino MB, Elhai JD. Relations between PTSD and distress dimensions in an Indian child/adolescent sample following the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2014 Aug; 42(6):925-35. PMID: 24390471.
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    53. Charak R, Koot HM. Abuse and neglect in adolescents of Jammu, India: the role of gender, family structure, and parental education. J Anxiety Disord. 2014 Aug; 28(6):590-8. PMID: 25004808.
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    54. Sharma P, Charak R, Sharma V. Contemporary perspectives on spirituality and mental health. Indian J Psychol Med. 2009 Jan; 31(1):16-23. PMID: 21938086.
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