Peer-Reviewed Journals

Kim, S.Y., ×Shigemoto, Y., & *Nguyen, N. (2025). Can social pain be medicated away? A pilot study on everyday discrimination and its exacerbation of opioid misuse risk in people of color with chronic pain. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2025.2454701 

*Wilford, K. F., Mena-Iturriaga, M. J., Wainer-Baracatt, M. P., Vugrin, M., Hooper, T. L., Brooks, T., James, C. R., Kim, S.Y., Seeber, G. H., & Sizer, P. S. (2025). Sociocultural constructs and sensorimotor control: A scoping review examining implications for anterior cruciate injury. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 59(13), 941–951. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-108617 

*Nguyen, N. & Kim, S.Y.  (2025) The moderating role of critical consciousness among racial and ethnic minorities with chronic pain Rehabilitation Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000613 

Kim, S.Y., Yang, W. F. Z., Jiwani, Z., Hamm, E., & Singh, S. (2025). Linguistic Markers of Pain Communication on X (Formerly Twitter) in U.S. States With High and Low Opioid Mortality: Machine Learning and Semantic Network Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27. https://doi.org/10.2196/67506

*Nguyen, N., Kim, S.Y., *Yoo, H., **Tran, S (2025) Work-Family Conflicts and Pain Interference Among Midlife Adults: A Longitudinal Serial Mediation via Family Strain and Loneliness, Psychology and Health

Kim, S.Y., *Iserman, M.,*Nguyen, N. & *Yoo, H. (2024) Diurnal cortisol patterns in chronic pain: Associations with work-family spillover, work, and home stress. Stress, 27 (1), 2402954.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2024.2402954

Kim, S.Y., ×Shigemoto, Y. (2024) The pain injustice experience questionnaire: Measurement invariance across gender and racial/ethnic minority status. Journal of Pain Research, Volume 17, 3087–3091. https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s475808 

Kim, S.Y., *Nguyen, N., & *Yoo, H., & Bartholomew, T. (2024) “I can’t think in English when I hurt so bad”: the phenomenology of racial and linguistic minority chronic pain patients’ experience with pain communication. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2024.2431115 

Manzo, G., Piña-Watson, B., & Kim, S.Y., (2024) Minority stress and academic outcomes among ethnic minority college students: Anxiety as a mediating mechanism. Journal of American College Health, 72(8), 2718–2725. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2128683 

Singh, S., *Dhar, J., *Xu, M., *Wong, P., & Kim, S.Y. (2024) Beyond the Margins of Invisibility: A Critical Review and Conceptual Model of Pain Management in Asian Americans. The Journal of Pain (2024), 25(4), 37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.01.175 

Kim, S.Y., *Xu, M., & *Wong, P. H. (2024). Reducing disparities in pain care for low English proficiency patients: A guideline-oriented critical review. The Journal of Pain, 25(4), 41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.01.192 

*Nguyen, N., Kim, S.Y., *Sanchez, M., & Morales, A. (2024). Internalizing Symptoms among Asian American Language Brokers: The Moderating Role of Values Enculturation. Journal of American College Health, 72(3), 713–721. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2055433 

Suh, H., Liou, P. Y. Jeong, J., & Kim S.Y. (2024) Perfectionism, prolonged stress reactivity, and depression: A two-wave cross-lagged analysis. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 42(1), 54–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-022-00483-x 

 *Gissandaner, T, Littlefield, A, Schmidt, A, Victor, S, Kim, S.Y., Morrow, A., & Borrego, J. (2024). Caregiver Adverse Childhood Experiences and Preschool Externalizing Problems: The Role of Factors that Contribute to Caregiver Resilience. Child Abuse & Neglect, 147, 106526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106526 

Velez, B. L., Kim, S.Y., Cox, R., Manosalvas, K., & Daheim, J. (2023). A test of the Integrative Mediation Model of minority stress with sexual minority adults. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 10(1), 56–69. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000498 

Song, C., Kim, S.Y., Canales, B., Xie, Hui (2023). Differential effects of family and friend support in sexual minority aging adults: Analysis of MIDUS 3. International Healthcare Review (Online). https://doi.org/10.56226/57 

Kim, S.Y., Park, S.Y., *Mathai. B., *Daheim, J., **Delgado, B.,& France, C. (2022) Cultural dimensions of individualism and collectivism and risk of opioid misuse: A test of social cognitive theory. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(11), 2341–2356. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23425 

Kim, S.Y., Lee, J., & *Boone, D. (2022). Protective and risk factors at the intersection of chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and somatic amplification: A latent profile approach. Journal of Pain Research, Volume 15, 1107–1121. https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s340382

Kim, S.Y., Santana, M., & *Daheim, J. (2022) Career development of male counseling psychology doctoral students: A qualitative analysis. Current Psychology, 42(8), 6235–6248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01960-9 

Kim, S.Y., Suh, H., Oh, W., *Daheim, J. (2021). Daily change patterns in mindfulness and psychological health: A pilot intervention. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 496–515. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23043 

*Nguyen, N., Kim, S.Y., *Daheim, J., & *Neduvelil, A. (2021). Prescription Pain Medication Use among Midlife and Older Adults with Chronic Pain: The Roles of Generativity and Perceived Family Support. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(2), 248–258. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000579  

Kim, S.Y., Shigemoto, Y., *Neduvelil, A., & Grzywacz, J. (2021). Longitudinal Stability of Work-Family Enrichment Over and Above Well-Being and Personality Traits. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(6), 907–939. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000211015909 

*Nguyen, N., Kim, S.Y., *Daheim, J., & *Neduvelil, A., (2020). Social Contribution and Psychological Well-Being Among Mid-life Adults With Chronic Pain: A Longitudinal Approach. Journal of Aging and Health, 32(10), 1591–1601. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320947293 

Kim, H.J., Kim, S.Y., Duffy, R., *Nguyen, N., Wang, D. (2020). A cross-cultural comparison of the Psychology of Working Theory among U.S. and Korean college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(5), 568–579. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000408 

Suh, H., Kim, S.Y., & McCabe, E. A. (2020). Profiles of mindfulness and difficulties in emotion regulation and links to work-family-school conflict. Journal of American College Health, 70(2), 420–427. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1752696

Kim, S.Y., Shigemoto, Y., & *Neduvelil, A. (2019). Survive or Thrive? Longitudinal Relation Between Chronic Pain and Well-Being. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(5), 486–498. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-019-09805-3

*Daheim, J., Kim, S.Y., *Neduvelil, A., & *Nguyen, N. (2019). Men, chronic pain, and prescription pain medication use: The role of gender role beliefs in a longitudinal moderated mediation model. Pain Medicine, 21(12), 3603–3614. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz200 

Kim, S.Y., Lee, J., Wester, S. R., & Fouad, N. (2019). Do “manly” men believe other men are happier? Social comparison, masculine norms, and positive work–family spillover. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/men0000226.

Nam, J.S., & Kim, S.Y. (2019). Decent work in South Korea: Context, conceptualization, and assessment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.05.006 

*Boone, D., & Kim, S.Y. (2019). Family Strain, Depression, and Somatic Amplification in Adults with Chronic Pain. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(4), 427–436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-019-09799-y 

Kim, S.Y., Velez, B. L., *Daheim, J., & Lei, N (2018). Validation of the Work Family Conflict Scale for Sexual Minority Employees. Journal of Career Assessment, 27(4), 594–609. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072718788329 

Kim, S.Y., Fouad, N.A, & Lee, J.(2018). The roles of work and family in men’s lives: Testing the social cognitive model of career self-management. Journal Vocational Behavior, 106, 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.01.008.

Fouad, N., Ghosh, A., Santana, M., Kim, S.Y., Young, G., & Oplet, B. (2017). First to Second Year of College Persistence: A Review and Recommendations. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Student Retention.

Kim, S.Y., Fouad, N., Maeda, H., Xie, H., Nazan, N. (2017) Mid-life Work and Psychological Well-being: A Test of the Psychology of Working Theory. Journal of Career Assessment, 26(3), 413–424. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072717714538 

Kim, S.Y., Ahn, T.Y., & Fouad, N.A. (2016). Family Influence on Korean Students’ Career Decisions: A Social Cognitive Perspective. Journal of Career Assessment. 1-14, 24(3), 513–526. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072715599403 

Fouad, N.A., Kim, S.Y., Ghosh, A., Chang, W., & Figueiredo, C. (2015) Family Influence on Career Decision Making: Validation in India and the US. Journal of Career Assessment, 24(1), 197–212. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072714565782 

Ahn, T., & Kim, S.Y. (2013). The structural relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy, career indecision, career preparation behavior, career satisfaction, and life satisfaction: Centering around college students in Busan. The Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1- 22, 32, 6.

IN REVIEW

*Lam, S. Goldberg, S., *Xie, Q., Kim, S.Y., Hsu, W., & Hui, X. (Revision Under Review). Two Sides of One Coin: Reconceptualizing the Challenges of International Student Therapists in the United States from a Dialectical Perspective. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mhqu9_v1 

Kim, S.Y., ×Yang, W., *Singh, S., *Jiwani, Z, & *Hamm, E. (Under Review) Linguistic markers of high vs. low opioids deaths: Machine Learning analysis of pain-related tweets

Kim, S.Y., Lee, J., *Nguyen, N., & *Mathai, B. (Under Review) The change of work-family social support interface among workers with chronic pain: a latent transition analysis

Kim, S.Y., *Wong, P., & *Xu, M, *Dhar, J. (Under Review) Beyond the margins of invisibility: a critical  review and conceptual model of pain management in Asian Americans. 

 *Daheim, J., *Nguyen, N., & Kim, S.Y. (Under Review). Comparative benefits of  physical activity and mindfulness on the effects of negative work-family spillover on life dissatisfaction

*Daheim, J. Nguyen, N., & Kim, S.Y. (Under Review). Men, chronic pain, and risk of  opioid abuse: The role of conformity to masculine norms

 *Sanchez, Pina-Watson, & Kim, S.Y. (Under Review) Minority-status stress and mental health among Latinx college students: Self-compassion as a potential moderating mechanism