Publications

Kaat, A. J., Thurm, A., Farmer, C., Zheng, S., Ghods, S., Georgiades, S., ... & Bishop, S. L. (2025). The Developmental Assessment of Social Communication Ability (DASCA): initial creation and psychometric description. Molecular Autism, 16(1), 52.

Moser, C., Adams, R., Zheng, S., Bishop, S., Taylor, J.L. (In Press). Brief Report: The Vocational and Educational Activities of Transition-Aged Autistic Youth with Low IQ. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research.

Libster, N., Taylor, J. L., Zheng, S., Bishop, S., & Adams, R. (2025). Examining Associations Between Social Experiences and Loneliness Among Autistic Youth. Autism Research.

Burrows, C.A., Sung, S., Zheng, S., Young, G.S., Charman, T., Klaiman, C., Klin, A., Marrus, N., Ozonoff, S., Piven, J., Robins, D.L., Schmidt, R.J., Schwichtenberg, A., Webb, S.J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Carver, L.J., Chawarska, K., Curtin, S., Jeste, S.S., Iverson, J.M., Landa, R.J., Messinger, D.S., Roberts, J.E., Stone, W.L., Tager-Flusberg, H., Esler, A.E., Miller, M., Bishop, S.L., & Elison, J.T. (2025). Sex-related measurement bias in autism symptoms in the Baby Siblings Research Consortium. JAMA Network Open, 8(8), e2525887. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.25887

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)