Sarah Horvath, PhD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
• Licensed Psychologist, Children's Hospital Colorado
• Director for the Outpatient Eating Disorders Specialty Program, Children's Hospital Colorado

Recognitions

• Exemplary Scholarship Award for Psychology Fellow Mentorship, Children's Hospital Colorado, Psychology Training Committee (2025)
• Research Abstract Competition Winner, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Conference (2023)

Publications

• Kolp H, Horvath S, Fite PJ, Metrik J, Stuart GL, Lisdahl KM, Shorey RC. Development of the Alcohol and Cannabis Simultaneous Use Scale (ACSUS) in College Students. J Subst Use. 2024;29(4):509-516. PubMed PMID: 39268332
• Horvath SA, Keel PK, Forney KJ. Examining negative urgency as a predictor of eating disorder maintenance in purging syndromes. J Clin Psychol. 2024 Jul;80(7):1607-1617. PubMed PMID: 38554059
• Kolp H, Horvath S, Munoz E, Metrik J, Shorey RC. Simultaneous Alcohol and Cannabis Use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors. Cannabis. 2024;7(2):1-10. PubMed PMID: 38975601
• Horvath S, Cox S, Tabone J, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Aylward L. Binge eating in patients pursuing bariatric surgery: understanding relationships with food insecurity and adverse childhood experiences. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 May;19(5):484-490. PubMed PMID: 36528545
• Forney KJ, Horvath SA, Pucci G, Harris ER. Elevated fullness and bloating as correlates of eating pathology: Implications for screening. Eat Disord. 2023 Jul-Aug;31(4):375-387. PubMed PMID: 36409019
• Horvath S, Cox S, Tabone J, Tabone L, Szoka N, Abunnaja S, Aylward L. Binge eating in patients pursuing bariatric surgery: understanding relationships with food insecurity and adverse childhood experiences. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 May;19(5):484-490. PubMed PMID: 36528545
• Forney KJ, Horvath SA, Pucci G, Harris ER. Elevated fullness and bloating as correlates of eating pathology: Implications for screening. Eat Disord. 2023 Jul-Aug;31(4):375-387. PubMed PMID: 36409019
• Johnson EEH, Wilder SMJ, Andersen CVS, Horvath SA, Kolp HM, Gidycz CA, Shorey RC. Trauma and Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Women: An Examination of the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis of Social Support. J Prim Prev. 2021 Dec;42(6):567-581. PubMed PMID: 34546505
• Johnson, E.E.H., Wilder, S., Andersen, C., Horvath, S. A., Kolp, H., Gidycz, C., & Shorey., R (2021). Trauma and alcohol use among transgender and gender diverse women: An examination of the stress-buffering hypothesis of social support. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 42, 567-581. doi: 10.1007/s10935-021-00646-z
• Horvath, S. A., Kolp, H., Andersen, C. Johnson, E., Racine, S., Borsari, B., Stuart, G., Gidycz, C., & Shorey, R. (2021). Emotion dysregulation moderates the relationship between alcohol use and eating pathology among heavy-drinking college men. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77, 1763-1775. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23157
• Horvath, S. A., Shorey, R. C., & Racine, S. E. (2020). Emotion dysregulation as a correlate of food and alcohol disturbance in undergraduate students. Eating Behaviors, 38, 1-7. 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101409
• Martin, S. J., Saulnier, K. G., Horvath, S. A., & Anderson, T. (2020). Increasing help-seeking for eating pathology among collegiate athletes: An examination of a novel, customized intervention. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 50, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101731
• Anderson, T., Finkelstein, J., & Horvath, S. A. (2020). The facilitative interpersonal skills method: Difficult psychotherapy moments and appropriate therapist responsiveness. Counseling and Psychotherapy Research, 463-469. doi: 10.1002/capr.12302
• Kolp, H., Wilder, S., Andersen, C., Johnson, E., Horvath, S. A., Gidycz, C., & Shorey, R. (2020). Gender minority stress, sleep disturbance, and sexual victimization in transgender adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 76 (4), 688-698. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22880
• Horvath SA, Shorey RC, Racine SE. Emotion dysregulation as a correlate of food and alcohol disturbance in undergraduate students. Eat Behav. 2020 Aug;38:101409. PubMed PMID: 32585563
• Racine, S.E., Horvath, S. A., Brassard, S. L., & Benning, S. D. (2019). Effort expenditure for rewards task modified for food: A novel behavioral measure of willingness to work for food and associations with binge eating. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52 (1), 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22999
• Racine, S. E. & Horvath, S. A. (2018). Emotion dysregulation across the spectrum of pathological eating: Comparisons among women with binge eating, overeating, and loss of control eating. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 26 (1), 13-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2018.1418381
• Racine SE, Horvath SA. Emotion dysregulation across the spectrum of pathological eating: Comparisons among women with binge eating, overeating, and loss of control eating. Eat Disord. 2018 Jan-Feb;26(1):13-25. PubMed PMID: 29384463

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Psychology

• Mental Health and Behavior
• Mental Health and Behavior - Eating Disorders