Publications

Bishop, S., & Zheng, S. (2025). Considering context of use in the development, application, and interpretation of autism symptom measures. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. http://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.16308 (PMID: 40083268)

Libster, N., Adams, R., Bishop, S., Zheng, S., & Taylor, J. L. (2025). Associations between negative social experiences and depressive symptoms in autistic sexual and gender minority youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1461704

Libster, N., Adams, R., Bishop, S., Zheng, S., & Taylor, J. L. (2025). Satisfaction with friendship support protects autistic youth from the negative effects of peer victimization. Autism, 13623613251322923. (PMID: 39996526)

Pezzimenti, F., Durrani, E., Zheng, S., Adams, R., Bishop, S., & Taylor, J.L. (2024). Perspectives on Employer-Initiated Terminations Among Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05884-6 (PMID: 36626010; PMCID: PMC9838300)

Zheng, S., Farmer, C., Taylor, J.L., Adams, R., Olson, L., & Bishop, S. (2024). Patterns and correlates of two-year change in depressive symptoms for autistic adults. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1461704. (PMID: 39691786; PMCID: PMC11650709)

Taylor, J.L., Sullivan, V., Bishop, S., Zheng, S., Adams, R. (2024). Associations between social experiences and psychological health for autistic youth with low IQ. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06378-3 (PMID: 38703252)

*Parenteau, C., Floyd, J., Ankenman, K., Glavin, T., Charalel, J., Lin, C.E., Ence, W., Kim, YS., Bishop, S., Zheng, S. (2024). Brief Report: Efficacy of community-delivered PEERS® for Adolescents: Increases in social skills and decreases in social anxiety and loneliness. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06433-z (PMID: 38884888)

Zheng, S., Mansolf, M., McGrath, M., …, Bishop, S. (2024). Measurement Bias in Caregiver-Report of Early Childhood Behavior Problems across Demographic Factors in an ECHO-wide Diverse Sample. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Advances. DOI:10.1002/jcv2.12198 (PMID: 38486952; PMCID: PMC10933609)

Burrows, C.A., & Zheng, S. (2024). Better Measures Needed to Mitigate Sex Bias in Autism Identification. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00344-9 (PMID: 38360017; PMCID: PMC11095838)

*Parenteau, C., Lampinen, L., Ghods, S., Taylor, J.L., Adams, R., Bishop, S., & Zheng, S. (2023). Self-Reported Mood-Changing Everyday Experiences in Adults with Autism: What makes them Happy and Unhappy? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05892-0 (PMID: 36939993; PMCID: PMC11837148)

Rynkiewicz, A., Zheng, S., & Lacroix, A. (2023). Special considerations for assessing and caring for autism in girls and women. Current Opinion in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000913 (PMID: 38085884)

Adams, R, Lampinen, L, Zheng, S., Sullivan, V., Taylor, J., Bishop, S. (2023). Associations between Social Activities and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents and Young Adults with ASD: Testing the Indirect Effects of Loneliness. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231173859 (PMID: 37212127)

*Piergies, A. M., Hirota, T., Monden, R., & Zheng, S. (2022). Subgrouping school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder based on co-occurring psychopathology. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorder. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2022.101983

Taylor, J., Adams, R., Pezzimenti, F., Zheng, S., & Bishop, S. (2022). Job loss predicts worsening depressive symptoms for young adults with autism: A COVID-19 natural experiment. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2621 (PMID: 34626164; PMCID: PMC8646555)

Zheng, S., Kaat, A., Farmer, C., Thurm, A., Burrows, C., Kanne, S., Georgiades, S., Esler, A., Lord, C., Takahashi, N., Nowell, K.P., Will, E., Roberts, J., & Bishop, S., (2022). Bias in measurement of autism symptoms by language level and nonverbal mental age in minimally verbal children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.927847 (PMID: 35967726; PMCID: PMC9372407)

*Lampinen, L.A., Zheng, S., Taylor, J.L., Adams, R.E., Pezzimenti, F., Asarnow, L., & Bishop, S.L. (2022). Patterns of Sleep disturbances and associations with depressive symptoms in autistic young adults. Autism Research. doi:10.1002/aur.2812 (PMID: 36082844; PMCID: PMC9677950)

Zheng, S., Kim, H., Salzman, E., Ankenman, K., & Bent, S. (2021). Improving social knowledge and skills among adolescents with autism: systematic review and meta-analysis of UCLA PEERS® for Adolescents. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-04885-1 (PMID: 33512626)

Zheng, S., Taylor, J. L., Adams, R. E., Pezzimenti, F., & Bishop, S. L. (2021). Perceived helpfulness of depression treatments among young adults with ASD. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2515 (PMID: 33851513)

Zheng, S., Adams, R., Taylor, J. L., Pezzimenti, F., & Bishop, S. L. (2021). Depression in independent young adults on the autism spectrum: Demographic characteristics, service use, and barriers. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211008276 (PMID: 33908305)

Adams, R. E., Zheng, S., Taylor, J. L., & Bishop, S. L. (2021). Ten weeks in: COVID-19- related distress in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Autism. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211005919 (PMID: 33845620)

Shui, A., Lampinen, L., Zheng, S., Katz, T. (2021). Characteristics associated with parental estimates of sleep duration in children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101698

Zheng, S., Kaat., A., Farmer, C., Kanne, S., Georgiades, S., Lord, A., Esler, A., & Bishop, S. (2020). Extracting latent subdimensions of social communication: a cross-measure factor analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2020.08.444 (PMID: 33027686; PMCID: PMC8019433)

Zheng, S., Hume, K.A., Able, H., Bishop, S.L. and Boyd, B.A. (2020). Exploring Developmental and Behavioral Heterogeneity among Preschoolers with ASD: A Cluster Analysis on Principal Components. Autism Research. doi:10.1002/aur.2263 (PMID: 31912997)

Harrop, C., Jones, D., Zheng, S., Nowell, S., Sasson, N., & Boyd, B. (2018). Sex differences in social attention in autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research. doi: 10.1002/aur.1997. (PMID: 30403327; PMCID: PMC7468514)

Greene, R.K., Zheng, S., Kinard, J.L., Mosner, M.G., Wiesen C.A., Kennedy, D.P. & Dichter, G.S. (2019). Social and Nonsocial Visual Prediction Errors in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research. doi: 10.1002/aur.2090. (PMID: 30802365)