Department of Psychology

Research Overview

My research interests broadly focus on the mechanisms underlying mind-body interactions in psychopathology and psychotherapy, particularly regarding contemplative practices and interoceptive disturbances in emotional disorders.

Selected Publications

• Park, E.-J., Kim, S.-Y., Kim, Y., Sung, D., Kim, B., Hyun, Y.,…& Park, M.-H. (2021). The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and sleep problems among adolescent students: mediation by depression or anxiety. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(1), 236. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010236
• Sung, D., Park, B., Kim, S.-Y., Kim, B.-N., Park, S., Jung, K.-I., Kim, J., & Park, M.-H. (2020). Structural Alterations in Large-scale Brain Networks and Their Relationship with Sleep Disturbances in the Adolescent Population. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 3853. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60692-1
• Park, K.-M., Kim, S.-Y., Sung, D., Kim, H., Kim, B.-N., Park, S., Jung, K.-I., & Park, M.-H. (2019). The relationship between risk of obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep problems, depression, and anxietyin adolescents from a community sample. Psychiatry Research, 280, 112504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112504
• Kim, S.-Y., Park, M.-H., & Jung, K.-I. (2019). Chronic schizophrenia with the absence of the septum pellucidum: A case report. Schizophrenia Research, 204, 430–431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2018.08.029
• Jung, K.-I., Park, M.-H., Park, B., Kim, S.-Y., Kim, Y. O., Kim, B.-N., Park, S., & Song, C.-H. (2019). Cerebellar Gray Matter Volume, Executive Function, and Insomnia: Gender Differences in Adolescents. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 855. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37154-w

Selected Presentations

• Kim, S.-Y., Kim, H.-S., Kim, H.-S., & Lee, K.-U. (2015, October). Do highly anxious panic patients avoid risk-taking behavior? Poster presented at the meeting of the Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders, Seoul, South Korea

Honors

• 2022 – 2023: Valera grant, the Mind & Life Institute ($20,000), Building compassion and interconnectedness during a pandemic: Disentangling the immediate, daily, and long-term benefits of brief online loving kindness and concentration meditations. Role: PI (Collaborators: Ronald Rogge, Ph.D., Jeremy Jamieson, Ph.D.)
• 2019 – present: Fulbright Foreign Student Program, the United States Department of State, the United States and the Republic of Korea governments ($70,000)
• 2014 – 2017: Honors Scholarship, Sogang University (approximately $20,000)
• 2010 – 2011: High Honors, Sogang University

Additional Information

2017: MA, Psychology (Clinical), Sogang University, South Korea

2014: BS, BA, Life Sciences, Psychology, Sogang University, South Korea, summa cum laude