Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown, PA 17057
Biography
Dr. Deyu Pan received his doctorate in counselor education and supervision (with a minor in applied statistics) and an M.A. in rehabilitation counseling from The University of Iowa, and dual master’s degrees in professional counseling from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. Dr. Pan has worked with people with disabilities in a variety of settings. His clinical and research interests include quality of life and personal recovery for people with psychiatric disabilities.
Research Interests
- Serious mental illness
- Personal recovery
- Quality of life
- Psychiatric rehabilitation
Publications
Pan, D., Qin, S., Zhang, Q., Talluri, S. S., Fu, J., & Zou, X. (in press). The role of self-stigma, optimism, and coping on adaptation to serious mental illness: A parallel mediation analysis through disability centrality lens. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin.
Pan, D., Riegel, K., Reynolds, C., & Williams, K. E. (2026). Sensory Eating Problem Scale – Revised: Scale revision and development of cut-off scores. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2026.2647332
Pan, D., Qin, S., Brown, W. J., Wojtalik, J., Nixon, C., Lee, B., & Umucu, E. (2026). Latent profile analysis of resilience among people with serious mental illness. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.70055
Pan, D. (2026). Personal recovery and its key processes: Validating the Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, Empowerment, and Difficulties (CHIME-D) framework. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 49(1), 46–55, Special Issue on the Past, Present, and Future of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000669
Pan, D., Qin, S., Huang, J., Lee, B., Umucu, E., & Zou, X. (2025). The relationship between societal stigma and general self-efficacy in adults with self-reported mental health conditions: A serial mediation analysis. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 213(6), 117–123. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001829
Pan, D. & Williams, K. E. (2025). The Screening Tool for Eating Problems – Child Version (STEP-C): Development of cut-off scores and examination of validity. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2025.2459168
Pan, D., Babb, Z. A., Brown, W. J., Qin, S., & Sánchez, J. (2024). Unidimensional versus multidimensional: A bifactor factor structure of the self-stigma scale-short (SSS-S) among U.S. Adults with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 47(2), 167–176. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000596
Pan, D., Qin, S., Brown, W. J., & Sánchez, J. (2024). Psychometric evaluation of the SCL-K-9 among U.S. working-age adults with psychiatric disabilities. Rehabilitation Psychology, 69(1), 61–69. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000526
Pan, D., & Sánchez, J. (2022). Testing Kumpfer’s resilience model among people with severe mental illness. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 65(4), 279–293. https://doi.org/10.1177/00343552211006770
Education
Ph.D., The University of Iowa
M.A., The University of Iowa
M.Phil.Ed & M.S.Ed, University of Pennsylvania