Assistant Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Dr. Mneimneh is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Survey Methodology Program within the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan. She is also an affiliated Assistant Research Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Mneimneh is the director of the World Mental Health Data Collection Coordinating Center that supports the design and implementation of national mental health surveys in more than 35 countries. She is also the chair of the executive committee for the International Comparative Survey Design Initiative, an annual workshop that provides a forum for international researchers involved in research relevant to comparative survey methods. Mneimneh has published more than 35 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Her research investigates factors affecting the reporting of sensitive information including interviewer, respondent, and question characteristics, and contextual factors related to the interview setting. Her recent work examines the use of paradata to monitor interviewer behavior and the use of social media data for social science research.
Projects
Capacity building workshops with NAC Analytica, Kazakhstan
Improving Survey Quality in Qatar: Evaluating interviewers’ role in establishing interview privacy and its effect on survey response
Improving Survey Quality in Qatar: Evaluating Interviewers’ Role in Establishing Privacy & Its Effect on Survey Response
Funded Research
Publications
- Alonso, Jordi; Saha, Sukanta; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Degenhardt, Louisa; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Esan, Oluyomi; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep M.; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Elie G.; Karam, Georges; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Lee, Sing; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Posada-Villa, Jose; Sampson, Nancy A.; Scott, Kate M.; Stagnaro, Juan Carlos; Have, Margreet ten; Viana, Maria Carmen; Kessler, Ronald C.; McGrath, John J. (2018). The association between psychotic experiences and health-related quality of life: a cross-national analysis based on World Mental Health Surveys. Schizophrenia research, 201, 46-53.
- Degenhardt, Louisa; Bharat, Chrianna; Bruno, Raimondo; Glantz, Meyer D.; Sampson, Nancy A.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Bunting, Brendan; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose Miguel; Cia, Alfredo H.; Gureje, Oye; Karam, Elie G.; Khalaf, Mohammad; McGrath, John; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Lee, Sing; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Sasu, Carmen C.; Scott, Kate; Torres, Yolanda; Poznyak, Vladimir; Chatterji, Somnath; Kessler, Ronald C. (2018). Concordance between the diagnostic guidelines for alcohol and cannabis use disorders in the draft ICD-11 and other classification systems: Analysis of data from the WHO’s World Mental Health Surveys. Addiction.
- Degenhardt, Louisa; Saha, Sukanta; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura H.; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, Jose M.; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep M.; Karam, Elie G.; Karam, Georges; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Makanjuola, Victor; Medina-Mora, Maria; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, Jos; Sampson, Nancy A.; Scott, Kate M.; Stagnaro, Juan C.; Have, Margreet Ten; Kendler, Kenneth S.; Kessler, Ronald C.; McGrath, John J.; on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health, Survey Collaborators (2018). The associations between psychotic experiences, and substance use and substance use disorders: Findings from the World Health Organisation World Mental Health Surveys. Addiction, 113(5), 924-934.
- Scott, Kate M.; Saha, Sukanta; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Caldas-de-Almeida, José Miguel; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Jonge, Peter de; Degenhardt, Louisa; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep M.; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Elie G.; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, Jos; Sampson, Nancy A.; Stagnaro, Juan Carlos; Kessler, Ronald C.; McGrath, John J. (2018). Psychotic experiences and general medical conditions: a cross-national analysis based on 28 002 respondents from 16 countries in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological medicine, 48(16), 2730-2739.
- Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Elliott, Michael R.; Tourangeau, Roger; Heeringa, Steven G. (2018). Cultural and Interviewer Effects on Interview Privacy: Individualism and National Wealth. Cross-Cultural Research, 52(5), 496-523.
- Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Hibben, Kristen Cibelli; Bilal, Lisa; Hyder, Sanaa; Shahab, Mona; Binmuammar, Abdulrahman; Altwaijri, Yasmin (2018). Probing for sensitivity in translated survey questions: Differences in respondent feedback across cognitive probe types. Translation & Interpreting, 10(2), 73-88.
- Mneimneh, Zeina N.; De Jong, Julie; Cibelli Hibben, Kristen; Moaddel, Mansoor (2018). Do I Look and Sound Religious? Interviewer Religious Appearance and Attitude Effects on Respondents’ Answers. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.
- Kovess-Masfety, V.; Saha, S.; Lim, C. C. W.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.; Al-Hamzawi, A.; Alonso, J.; Borges, G.; Girolamo, G. de; Jonge, P. de; Demyttenaere, K.; Florescu, S.; Haro, J. M.; Hu, C.; Karam, E. G.; Kawakami, N.; Lee, S.; Lepine, J. P.; Navarro-Mateu, F.; Stagnaro, J. C.; Have, M. ten; Viana, M. C.; Kessler, R. C.; McGrath, J. J.; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; the WHO World Mental Health, Survey Collaborators (2018). Psychotic experiences and religiosity: data from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 137(4), 306-315.
- Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Lyberg, Lars; Sharma, Sharan; Vyas, Mahesh; Sathe, Dhananjay Bal; Malter, Frederic; Altwaijri, Yasmin (2018). Case Studies on Monitoring Interviewer Behavior in International and Multinational Surveys. 731-770. In Johnson, Timothy P.; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Stoop, Ineke A. L.; Dorer, Brita (Ed.), Advances in Comparative Survey Methods: Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC).
- Degenhardt, Louisa; Glantz, Meyer; Evans-Lacko, Sara; Sadikova, Ekaterina; Sampson, Nancy; Thornicroft, Graham; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Andrade, Laura Helena; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Bunting, Brendan; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Caldas, de Almeida Miguel; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Huang, Yueqin; Karam, Aimee; Karam, Elie G.; Kiejna, Andrzej; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Levinson, Daphna; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Nakamura, Yosikazu; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Posada-Villa, Jos; Scott, Kate; Stein, Dan J.; Have, Margreet ten; Torres, Yolanda; Zarkov, Zahari; Chatterji, Somnath; Kessler, Ronald C.; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; on behalf of the World Health Organization's World Mental Health, Surveys collaborators (2017). Estimating treatment coverage for people with substance use disorders: an analysis of data from the World Mental Health Surveys. World Psychiatry, 16(3), 299-307.
- McGrath, J. J.; McLaughlin, K. A.; Saha, S.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.; Al-Hamzawi, A.; Alonso, J.; Bruffaerts, R.; Girolamo, G. de; Jonge, P. de; Esan, O.; Florescu, S.; Gureje, O.; Haro, J. M.; Hu, C.; Karam, E. G.; Kovess-Masfety, V.; Lee, S.; Lepine, J. P.; Lim, C. C.; Medina-Mora, M. E.; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Pennell, B. E.; Piazza, M.; Posada-Villa, J.; Sampson, N.; Viana, M. C.; Xavier, M.; Bromet, E. J.; Kendler, K. S.; Kessler, R. C. (2017). The association between childhood adversities and subsequent first onset of psychotic experiences: a cross-national analysis of 23 998 respondents from 17 countries. Psychological medicine, 47(7), 1230-1245.
- Ruscio, A.; Hallion, L. S.; Lim, C. W.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.; Al-Hamzawi, A.; Alonso, J.; Andrade, L. H.; Borges, G.; Bromet, E. J.; Bunting, B.; Almeida, J. M. Caldas de; Demyttenaere, K.; Florescu, S.; Girolamo, G. de; Gureje, O.; Haro, J. M.; He, Y.; Hinkov, H.; Hu, C.; Jonge, P. de; Karam, E. G.; Lee, S.; Lepine, J.; Levinson, D.; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Navarro-Mateu, F.; Posada-Villa, J.; Slade, T.; Stein, D. J.; Torres, Y.; Uda, H.; Wojtyniak, B.; Kessler, R. C.; Chatterji, S.; Scott, K. M. (2017). Cross-sectional comparison of the epidemiology of dsm-5 generalized anxiety disorder across the globe. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(5), 465-475.
- Shahab, Mona; Al-Tuwaijri, Feda; Bilal, Lisa; Hyder, Sanaa; Al-Habeeb, Abdulhameed; Al-Subaie, Abdullah; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Sampson, Nancy; Kessler, Ronald C.; Altwaijri, Yasmin (2017). The Saudi National Mental Health Survey: Methodological and logistical challenges from the pilot study. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 26(3), e1565.
- Atwoli, Lukoye; Stein, Dan J.; King, Andrew; Petukhova, Maria; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alonso, Jordi; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Demyttenaere, Koen; Florescu, Silvia; Haro, Josep Maria; Karam, Elie G.; Kawakami, Norito; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; O'Neill, Siobhan; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, Jose; Sampson, Nancy A.; Have, Margreet ten; Zaslavsky, Alan M.; Kessler, Ronald C.; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health, Survey Collaborators (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder associated with unexpected death of a loved one: Cross-national findings from the world mental health surveys. Depression and anxiety, 34(4), 315-326.
- Bromet, E. J.; Atwoli, L.; Kawakami, N.; Navarro-Mateu, F.; Piotrowski, P.; King, A. J.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S.; Alonso, J.; Bunting, B.; Demyttenaere, K.; Florescu, S.; Girolamo, G. de; Gluzman, S.; Haro, J. M.; Jonge, P. de; Karam, E. G.; Lee, S.; Kovess-Masfety, V.; Medina-Mora, M. E.; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Pennell, B. E.; Posada-Villa, J.; Salmeron, D.; Takeshima, T.; Kessler, R. C. (2017). Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with natural and human-made disasters in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychological medicine, 47(2), 227-241.
- Bromet, Evelyn J.; Nock, Matthew K.; Saha, Sukanta; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Borges, Guilherme; Bruffaerts, Ronny; Degenhardt, Louisa; Girolamo, Giovanni de; Jonge, Peter de; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep M.; He, Yanling; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Elie G.; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Ojagbemi, Akin; Posada-Villa, José; Sampson, Nancy A.; Scott, Kate M.; Stagnaro, Juan C.; Viana, Maria C.; Xavier, Miguel; Kessler, Ronald C.; McGrath, John J. (2017). Association between psychotic experiences and subsequent suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A cross-national analysis from the world health organization world mental health surveys. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(11), 1136-1144.
- Karam, Elie G.; Itani, Lynn; Fayyad, John; Hantouche, Elie; Karam, Aimee; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Akiskal, Hagop; Rihmer, Zoltán (2016). Temperament and suicide: A national study. Journal of affective disorders, 184, 123-128.
- Karam, Georges; Itani, Lynn; Fayyad, John; Karam, Aimee; Mneimneh, Zeina N.; 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.
- Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Kelley, Jennifer; Hibben, Kristen Cibelli (2016). Surveys in Societies in Turmoil. 178-189. In Wolf, Christof; Joye, Dominique; Smith, Tom E. C.; Smith, Tom W.; Fu, Yang-chih (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology. Sage:Thousand Oaks, CA.
- Mneimneh, Zeina N.; Couper, Mick P.; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Tourangeau, Roger; Heeringa, Steven G.; Elliott, Michael R. (2016). 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, 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.; Matschinger, H.; O'Neill, S.; Posada-Villa, J.; Sagar, R.; Sampson, N. A.; Sasu, C.; Stein, D. J.; Takeshima, T.; Viana, M. C.; Xavier, M. and Kessler, R. C. (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-Villa, J.; Sagar, R.; Scott, K. M.; Tomov, T.; Viana, M. C.; Williams, D. R. and Nock, M. K. (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.; Tachimori, H. and Williams, D. (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, R. (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.; Kessler, R. C.; Von Korff, M. and World Mental Health Consortium (2008). Association of Perceived Stigma and Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 118(4), 305-314.