Assistant Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Zeina Mneimneh is a survey director in Survey Research Operations, Institute for Social Research (ISR)-University of Michigan. Zeina has a Master’s degree in Public Health and in Survey Methodology and is currently a PhD candidate in the Survey Methodology Program at ISR. Zeina has been involved in designing, managing and overseeing a number of large scale surveys including the World Mental Health Surveys in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Poland. She is a collaborator in the World Mental Health initiative and a certified trainer for the Arabic and English Composite International Diagnostic Instrument (CIDI). Zeina has conducted several methodological training sessions for international researchers in the Middle East and East Asia. She has also been involved in a number of consultation activities on survey design and implementation in international settings. Zeina’s operational interests include conducting surveys in areas affected by conflict and disasters, cross-cultural survey design and implementation, and international capacity building. Her substantive methodological interests include social desirability effects and adaptive measurement design.
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- Karam,Georges; Itani,Lynn; Fayyad,John; Karam,Aimee; Mneimneh,Zeina N. and Karam,Elie (2016). Prevalence, Correlates, and Treatment of Mental Disorders among Lebanese Older Adults: A National Study. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(4), 278-286.
- Karam,Elie G.; Itani,Lynn; Fayyad,John; Hantouche,Elie; Karam,Aimee; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Akiskal,Hagop and Rihmer,Zoltán (2015). Temperament and Suicide: A National Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 184, 123-128.
- Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Couper,Mick P.; Pennell,Beth-Ellen; Tourangeau,Roger; Heeringa,Steven G. and Elliott,Michael R. (2015). Cultural Variations in the Effect of Interview Privacy and the Need for Social Conformity on Reporting Sensitive Information. Journal of Official Statistics, 31(4), 673-697.
- Karam,E. G.; Fayyad,J.; Karam,A. N.; Melhem,N.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Dimassi,H. and Tabet,C. C. (2014). Outcome of Depression and Anxiety After War: A Prospective Epidemiologic Study of Children and Adolescents. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 27(2), 192-199.
- Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Heeringa,Steven G.; Tourangeau,Roger and Elliott,Michael R. (2014). Bridging Psychometrics and Survey Methodology: Can Mixed Rasch Models Identify Socially Desirable Reporting Behavior?. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 2(3), 257-282.
- Andrade,L. H.; Alonso,J.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Wells,J. E.; Al-Hamzawi,A.; Borges,G.; Bromet,E.; Bruffaerts,R.; de Girolamo,G.; de Graaf,R.; Florescu,S.; Gureje,O.; Hinkov,H. R.; Hu,C.; Huang,Y.; Hwang,I.; Jin,R.; Karam,E. G.; Kovess-Masfety,V.; Levinson,D. (2014). Barriers to Mental Health Treatment: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 44(6), 1303-1317.
- Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Axinn,William G.; Ghimire,Dirgha J.; Cibelli,K. and Al-Kaisy,M. (2014). Conducting Surveys in Areas of Armed Conflict. 134-156. In Tourangeau,Roger; Edwards,Brad; Johnson,Timothy P.; Wolter,Kirk M. and Bates,Nancy (Ed.), Hard-to-Survey Populations. Cambridge University Press:United Kingdom.
- Karam,E. G.; Salamoun,M. M.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Fayyad,J. A.; Karam,A. N.; Hajjar,R.; Dimassi,H.; Nock,M. K. and Kessler,R. C. (2012). War and First Onset of Suicidality: The Role of Mental Disorders. Psychological Medicine, 42(10), 2109-2118.
- Stein,D. J.; Chiu,W. T.; Hwang,I.; Kessler,R. C.; Sampson,N.; Alonso,J.; Borges,G.; Bromet,E.; Bruffaerts,R.; de Girolamo,G.; Florescu,S.; Gureje,O.; He,Y.; Kovess-Masfety,V.; Levinson,D.; Matschinger,H.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Nakamura,Y.; Ormel,J.; Posada-V (2010). Cross-National Analysis of the Associations between Traumatic Events and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PloS One, 5(5), e10574.
- Karam,E. G.; Salamoun,M. M.; Yeretzian,J. S.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Karam,A. N.; Fayyad,J.; Hantouche,E.; Akiskal,K. and Akiskal,H. S. (2010). The Role of Anxious and Hyperthymic Temperaments in Mental Disorders: A National Epidemiologic Study. World Psychiatry : Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 9(2), 103-110.
- Kessler,R. C.; Green,J. G.; Gruber,M. J.; Sampson,N. A.; Bromet,E.; Cuitan,M.; Furukawa,T. A.; Gureje,O.; Hinkov,H.; Hu,C. Y.; Lara,C.; Lee,S.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Myer,L.; Oakley-Browne,M.; Posada-Villa,J.; Sagar,R.; Viana,M. C. and Zaslavsky,A. M. (2010). Screening for Serious Mental Illness in the General Population with the K6 Screening Scale: Results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 19(S1), 4-22.
- Tanios,C. Y.; Abou-Saleh,M. T.; Karam,A. N.; Salamoun,M. M.; Mneimneh,Zeina N. and Karam,E. G. (2009). The Epidemiology of Anxiety Disorders in the Arab World: A Review. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(4), 409-419.
- Karam,E. G.; Tabet,C. C.; Alam,D.; Shamseddeen,W.; Chatila,Y.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Salamoun,M. M. and Hamalian,M. (2009). Bereavement Related and Non-Bereavement Related Depressions: A Comparative Field Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 112(1-3), 102-110.
- Farah,L. G.; Fayyad,J. A.; Eapen,V.; Cassir,Y.; Salamoun,M. M.; Tabet,C. C.; Mneimneh,Zeina N. and Karam,E. G. (2009). ADHD in the Arab World: A Review of Epidemiologic Studies. Journal of Attention Disorders, 13(3), 211-222.
- Karam,E. G.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Dimassi,H.; Fayyad,J. A.; Karam,A. N.; Nasser,S. C.; Chatterji,S. and Kessler,R. C. (2008). Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Lebanon: First Onset, Treatment, and Exposure to War. PLoS Medicine, 5(4), e61.
- Karam,E. G.; Fayyad,J.; Nasser Karam,A.; Cordahi Tabet,C.; Melhem,N.; Mneimneh,Zeina N. and Dimassi,H. (2008). Effectiveness and Specificity of a Classroom-Based Group Intervention in Children and Adolescents Exposed to War in Lebanon. World Psychiatry : Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 7(2), 103-109.
- Scott,K. M.; Von Korff,M.; Alonso,J.; Angermeyer,M.; Bromet,E. J.; Bruffaerts,R.; de Girolamo,G.; de Graaf,R.; Fernandez,A.; Gureje,O.; He,Y.; Kessler,R. C.; Kovess,V.; Levinson,D.; Medina-Mora,M. E.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Oakley Browne,M. A.; Posada-Villa,J (2008). Age Patterns in the Prevalence of DSM-IV depressive/anxiety Disorders with and without Physical Co-Morbidity. Psychological Medicine, 38(11), 1659-1669.
- Pennell,Beth-Ellen; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Bowers,Ashley; Chardoul,Stephanie; Wells,J. E.; Viana,M. C.; Dinkelmann,Karl; Gebler,Nancy; Flourscu,S.; He,Y.; Huang,Y.; Tomov,T. and Vilagut,G. (2008). Implementation of the World Mental Health Surveys. In Kessler,Ronald C. and Ustan,T. B. (Ed.), The WHO World Mental Health Surveys : Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. Cambridge University Press Published in collaboration with the World Health Organization:Cambridge New York Geneva.
- Heeringa,Steven G.; Wells,J. E.; Hubbard,Frost; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Chiu,W. T.; Sampson,N. and Berglund,Patricia A. (2008). Sample Designs and Sampling Procedures for the WHO World Mental Health Initiative Surveys. In Kessler,Ronald C. and Ustün,T. B. (Ed.), The WHO World Mental Health Surveys : Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. Cambridge University Press:Cambridge ; New York; Geneva.
- He,Y.; Zhang,M.; Lin,E. H.; Bruffaerts,R.; Posada-Villa,J.; Angermeyer,M. C.; Levinson,D.; de Girolamo,G.; Uda,H.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Benjet,C.; de Graaf,R.; Scott,K. M.; Gureje,O.; Seedat,S.; Haro,J. M.; Bromet,E. J.; Alonso,J.; von Korff,M. and Kessler, (2008). Mental Disorders among Persons with Arthritis: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological Medicine, 38(11), 1639-1650.
- Alonso,J.; Buron,A.; Bruffaerts,R.; He,Y.; Posada-Villa,J.; Lepine,J. P.; Angermeyer,M. C.; Levinson,D.; de Girolamo,G.; Tachimori,H.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Medina-Mora,M. E.; Ormel,J.; Scott,K. M.; Gureje,O.; Haro,J. M.; Gluzman,S.; Lee,S.; Vilagut,G.; Kess (2008). Association of Perceived Stigma and Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 118(4), 305-314.
- Karam,E. G.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Salamoun,M. M.; Akiskal,H. S. and Akiskal,K. K. (2007). Suitability of the TEMPS-A for Population-Based Studies: Ease of Administration and Stability of Affective Temperaments in its Lebanese Version. Journal of Affective Disorders, 98(1/2), 45-53.
- Scott,K. M.; Bruffaerts,R.; Tsang,A.; Ormel,J.; Alonso,J.; Angermeyer,M. C.; Benjet,C.; Bromet,E.; de Girolamo,G.; de Graaf,R.; Gasquet,I.; Gureje,O.; Haro,J. M.; He,Y.; Kessler,R. C.; Levinson,D.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Oakley Browne,M. A.; Posada-Villa,J.; (2007). Depression-Anxiety Relationships with Chronic Physical Conditions: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Journal of Affective Disorders, 103(3-Jan), 113-120.
- Demyttenaere,K.; Bruffaerts,R.; Lee,S.; Posada-Villa,J.; Kovess,V.; Angermeyer,M. C.; Levinson,D.; de Girolamo,G.; Nakane,H.; Mneimneh,Zeina N.; Lara,C.; de Graaf,R.; Scott,K. M.; Gureje,O.; Stein,D. J.; Haro,J. M.; Bromet,E. J.; Kessler,R. C.; Alonso,J. (2007). Mental Disorders among Persons with Chronic Back Or Neck Pain: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Pain, 129(3), 332-342.