Recent Publications


Community-minded, adolescent-driven: addressing behavioral health disparities through youth participatory research designs


J. M. Hernandez, Tessa Palafu, Summer Pascual, Zoe Primack, Gustavo Madrigal, Mikio Okamoto, Hye Jung Kim Tano, Paloma Almanza, Coco Besson, Mizuko Ito, A. Ciao, Ijeoma Opara, Kelsie H. Okamura

Frontiers in Public Health, 2026


The impacts of a justice-focused body image program for early adolescents


A. Ciao, Kevin Delucio, Alex Park, Lily Ngo

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2026


Developing a justice-focused body image program for U.S. middle schoolers: a school-based community-engaged research process.


Summer Pascual, Alyssa Martini, Jessica Gambito, Casper Gemar, Emilee Bell, Kevin Delucio, A. Ciao

Eating Disorders, 2024


Future directions for equity-centered body image and eating disorders prevention work


A. Ciao, Tiffany A. Brown, Michael P. Levine

Eating Disorders, 2024


Inclusive dissonance-based body image interventions for college students: Two randomized-controlled trials of the EVERYbody Project.


A. Ciao, B. Munson, Kevin D Pringle, Savannah R. Roberts, Indira A Lalgee, Kendall A Lawley, Janae Brewster

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2021


A qualitative examination of adolescent and parent perspectives on early identification and early response to eating disorders


A. Ciao, J. Lebow, Erin VandenLangenberg, Olivia C Ohls, Kelly C Berg

Eating Disorders, 2020


Should body image programs be inclusive? A focus group study of college students


A. Ciao, Olivia C Ohls, Kevin D Pringle

International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2018