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Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

• Predoctoral Internship, Harvard Medical School / McLean Hospital
• PhD, Duke University
• MS, Peking University
• BA, Pepperdine University

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (PSYC187)
• Ethical Issues in Psychology (PSYC189)
• Psychology of Mindfulness (PSYC140)
• Internships in Psychology (PSYC186)
• Psychological Disorders (PSYC181)
• Global Mental Health (PSYC193)
• Peer Counseling (PSYC184)

• Senior DEI Advisor, PBac, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School (2023-2026)
• Instructor, LA County DMH and (2022-present)
• Founding Member, (2021-2025)
• Blais Foundation Grant, Claremont Graduate University (2025)
• Mentor, (2021-present)
• Consultant, Chinese Mental Health Association, DBT committee (2019-present)
• Scholar in Residence, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ (2022-2023)
• Avery Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University (2020-2021)
• Blais Foundation Grant, Claremont Graduate University (2019)
• Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity Award, The Claremont Colleges (2019)
• Founding Member, , McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School (2017-2018)
• James B. Duke International Fellowship, Duke University (2016-2017)
• Travis Research Institute Grant, John Templeton Foundation (2015-2017)
• Harvey Fellowship, Mustard Seed Foundation (2014-2017)
• Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences (2013-2016)
• Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Duke University (2012-2014)
• Samuel DuBois Cook Society Award, Duke University (2015)
• Foreign Student Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Peking University (2012)
• Helen Pepperdine Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, Pepperdine University

• Global mental health: Increasing access to care
• Optimizing treatment adherence in online interventions
• Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Writing children’s books about emotions, wellbeing and diversity/inclusion

Ke, XY, Huang, A, Gan KY, Xu, J, Qian, YX, … Rodriguez, M. A. (in press) Culturally Adapted DBT Parent Coaching for Chinese Families of Adolescents with Mental Disorders: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study. BMC Psychology.

Ren, J., Xiong, N. Liu, Q., Su, H., Rodriguez, M. A. Wang, Y., Fan, T. (2026) Perceived stress and depression in Chinese university students: A parallel mediation analysis examining the roles of insomnia and somatic symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.184791.

Rombaoa, J., Heshmati, S., Owen, T. & Rodriguez, M. A. (2025) Prioritizing Lifestyle Factors for Effective Emotion Regulation: A Daily Study on First-Year College Students’ Well-Being During COVID-19. Emerging Adulthood, 13(4), 1065-1081.

Jiang, Q., Zhu, Y., Rodriguez, M. A., Wen, X., & Qian, M. (2022) Social anxiety does not impair attention inhibition: an emotion anti-saccade task. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 77, 101776.

Yao, N., Yang, Y, Jiang, Y., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2022) Intolerance of uncertainty relates to anxiety and depression through maladaptive coping and worry: Evidence from repeated-measures research. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 15, 42-56.

Rodriguez, M. A., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Weisman, J., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2021) Improving Treatment Engagement in an Online Mindfulness Intervention among Chinese College Students. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 5(10), e25772.

Weisman, J. & Rodriguez, M. A. (2021) A Systematic Review of Medical Students’ and Professionals’ Attitudes and Knowledge regarding Medical Marijuana. Journal of Cannabis Research, 3(1), 47.

Yu, S., Rodriguez, M. A., Deng, X., & Liu, X. (2021). The Toronto Mindfulness Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version. Mindfulness, 12, 1976-1984.

Liu, D., Rodriguez, M. A., Liu, W., & Zhang, J. (2021). The Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Pediatric Patients Following Recovery. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 628707.

Wang, H., Zhao, Q., Mu, W., Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M. & Berger, T. (2020). The effect of shame on patients with social anxiety disorder in internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy: Comparison clinical trial in China. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 7(7): e15797.

Lin, L., Wang, K., Kishimoto, T., Rodriguez, M. A. et al. (2020). An internet-based intervention for individuals with social anxiety and different levels of Taijin Kyofusho in China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 51(1), 387-402.

Chen, H., Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M., Koshimoto, T., Lin, M. & Berger, T. (2020). Predictors of treatment outcomes and adherence in internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety in China. Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(3), 291-303.

Rodriguez, M. A., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Su, K., Xiao, Z. & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2020). Using Non-Specialist Providers to Improve Treatment Engagement in an Online Mindfulness Intervention in China. Behavior Research and Therapy. 130, 103644. DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2020.103644

Yao, N., Rodriguez, M. A., He, M., & Qian, M. (2019). The influence of visual working memory representations on attention bias to threat in individuals with high trait anxiety. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 10(4), 1-15.

Xiao, Z., Rodriguez, M. A., Fang, C., Rosenthal, M. Z., Robins, C. & Gao, J. (2019). The effect of patient education on Chinese adolescent and parental opinions about confidentiality. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 46(2), 340-352.

McKlintock, A., Rodriguez, M. A., & Zerubavel, N. (2019). Mindfulness retreats: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mindfulness, 10, 1443-1454.

Neacsiu, A., Fang, C., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2018). Suicidal behavior and problems with emotion regulation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, 48(1), 52-74.

Xu, W., Liu, X. H., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2017). Mindfulness, self-acceptance and psychological symptoms in advanced gastrointestinal cancer patients in China. Journal of Psych-oncology, 26(12), 2157-2161.

Huang, S., Zhang, Y., Yao, N., Rodriguez, M. A., & Fan, F. (2017). Attentional training for social anxiety in college students. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 25(5), 986-990. [In Chinese]

Rodriguez, M. A., Fang, C., Gao, J., Robins, C., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2016). Perceptions of the limitations of confidentiality among Chinese mental health practitioners, adolescents and their parents. Ethics and Behavior, 26(4), 344-356.

Zhang, N., Fan, F., Huang, S., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2016). Mindfulness training for loneliness among Chinese college students: A pilot randomized controlled study. International Journal of Psychology, 53(5), 373-378.

Rodriguez, M. A., Xu, W., Wang, X., & Liu X. H. (2015). Self-acceptance mediates the relationship between mindfulness and stress. Psychological Reports, 16(2), 513-522.

Turner, B., Dixon-Gordon, K., Austin, S., Rodriguez, M. A., Rosenthal, M. Z., & Chapman, A. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury with and without Borderline Personality Disorder: Differences in self-injury and diagnostic comorbidity. Psychiatry Research, 230(1), 28-35.

Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Peters, J. R., Chamberlain, K., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2015). Weekly fluctuations in nonjudging predict borderline personality disorder symptom expression in women. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38(1), 149-157.

Xu, W., Rodriguez, M. A., Zhang, Q., & Liu X. H. (2015). The mediating effect of self-acceptance in the relationship between mindfulness and peace of mind. Mindfulness, 6(4), 797-802.

Neacsiu, A., Herr, N., Fang, C., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2015). Identity disturbance and problems with emotion regulation are related constructs across diagnoses. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71(4), 346-361.

Gan, Y. Q., Wen, Y., Wang, J. Y., Rodriguez, M. A., Gong, X. L., & Xie, X. F. (2014). Is expressive suppression an effective coping strategy? A study of Chinese rescue medical staff following an earthquake. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 17(4), 264-276.

Gan, Y. Q., Xie, X. F., Wang, T., Rodriguez, M. A., & Tang, C. S. (2013). Thriving in the shadow of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: Two studies on resilience in Adolescents. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(9), 1232-1241.

Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M., & Jia, K. (2012). White Bear Suppression Inventory: Structure, reliability and validity of the Chinese version. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2, 143-147. [In Chinese]

Rodriguez, M. A., Gao, J., Qian, M. Y., & Xiao, Z. (2012). A comparison of the effects of suppression and acceptance on affect outcomes and attributions of responsibility. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 3, 356-359. [In Chinese]

Deng, Y. Q., Liu, X. H., Rodriguez, M. A., & Xia, C. Y. (2011). Five facet mindfulness questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the Chinese version. Mindfulness, 2(2), 123-128.

Rodriguez, M. A., Lin, J. Y., Qian, M. Y., & Yang, X. Y. (2011). When should confidentiality be breached to report adolescent risk-taking behavior? A comparison between parents and psychologists in China. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 25(9), 655-657. [In Chinese]

Rodriguez, M. A., Qian, M. Y., Gao, J., & Xiao, Z. (2010). Validation of the Thought-Action Fusion Scale among Chinese college students. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 24(11), 859-863. [In Chinese]

Qian, M. Y., Gao. J., Yao P., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2009). Professional ethical issues and the development of professional ethical standards in counseling and clinical psychology in China. Ethics and Behavior, 19, 290–309.

Books and Book Chapters

Yang, K. & Rodriguez, M. A. (2023) Understanding and Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Sichuan Science and Technology Press. [In Chinese]

Rosenthal, M. Z., & Rodriguez, M. A. (2017). Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. In B.J. Shadock, V. A. Shadock, & P. Ruiz, (Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Selected Publications

Kamal, F. & Rodriguez, M.A. (October 2022). Antiracist group therapy principles and strategies. Workshop at LA County Psychological Association (LACPA). [Virtual]

Lim, H., Li, Y., Mann, S., Petit, D., & Rodriguez, M.A. (November 2022) Self compassion and self-esteem mediate the relationship between parental validation and stress. ABCT Annual Convention, New York, NY.

Mann, S., Li, Y., Lim, H., Petit, D., & Rodriguez, M. A. (October 2022). Self Esteem Mediates the Relationship Between Parental Validation and Depression. Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA), Los Angeles, CA.

Ledbetter, J., Moore, D. & Rodriguez, M.A. (May 2022) The Effect of Visualization on Sports-Related Anxiety and Overall Well-Being in Collegiate Athletes. APS Annual Convention.

Li, Y., Cary, A., & Rodriguez, M.A. (May 2022) A One-Week Self-Guided Self-Compassion Intervention for College Students in the U.S. and China. APS Annual Convention.

Li, Y., Zhang, J., Cary, A., & Rodriguez, M.A. (February 2022) The effect of a Self-Compassion training on Chinese College Students: A randomized controlled experiment. Society for Cross-Cultural Research: APA Division 52 Conference [Virtual].

Williams, C., Buehrer, N., Ho, J., Ma, J., & Rodriguez, M. A. (August 2021). Psychometrics of the Parental Validation Scale. APA Conference [Virtual].

Zuniga, J., Kreppel, E., Ledbetter, J., Chin, K., & Rodriguez, M. A. (August 2021). Meta-Analysis of Peer-Counseling on Youth Mental Health. APA Conference [Virtual].

Horseman, R., Challman, K., Rodriguez, M. A., & Chu, J. (August 2021) Psychophysiological mechanisms of social cognition and functioning in psychotic-like experiences. APA Conference [Virtual].

Ho, J., Buehrer, N., Ledbetter, J., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rodriguez, N. (August 2021). The Relationship Between Ways of Coping, Validation, and Mental Health Outcomes. APA Annual Convention [virtual].

Buehrer, N., Chin, K., Hwang, J., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rodriguez, N. (August 2021). Social Reaction to Trauma Disclosure: Validation and Invalidation as Predictors of Survivors Outcomes. APA Annual Convention [virtual].

Paolo-Rombaoa, J., Heshmati, S., Rodriguez, M. A., et al. (July 2021). Daily well-being and ABC PLEASE skills during COVID-19. International Positive Psychology Association World Congress [virtual].

Ledbetter, J. & Rodriguez, M. A. (May 2021). The Effects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy PLEASE skills on the Mood and Disordered Eating. APS Annual Convention [virtual].

Buehrer, N., Keller, M., Rodriguez, M. A., & Rodriguez, N. (May 2021). Invalidation as a Predictor of Help-Seeking Behaviors and Mental Health Outcomes Among Survivors of Sexual Violence. APS Annual Convention [virtual].

Rodriguez, M.A. (November 2020). Research and Social Justice. Panel at the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship West Coast Regional Conference.

Li, Y. & Rodriguez, M. A. (November 2020). The effects of a one-week DBT skills and peer-counseling training course on depression stress and anxiety among college students in China. ISITDBT annual conference [virtual].

Li, Y. & Rodriguez, M. A. (November 2020). The effect of peer-counseling training based on DBT: A one-year follow-up study. ISITDBT annual conference [virtual].

Weisman, J., Liu, D., Wen, J., & Rodriguez, M.A. (October 2020). The Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Pediatric Patients Following Recovery. New England Psychological Association, Northeast Conference. [Virtual]

Weisman, J., Yu, S., Deng, Y., Liu, X., & Rodriguez, M.A. (October 2020). The Toronto Mindfulness Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version. New England Psychological Association, Northeast Conference. [Virtual]

Weisman, J., Rodriguez, M.A, & Gilman S. (February 2020). A systematic review of medical professionals’ attitudes and knowledge about medical cannabis: Comparing across six countries. Society for Cross-Cultural Research: Division 52 Conference, Seattle, WA.
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