Publications
Articles in Preparation
Batra, R., Ong, A. & Ferrer, E. (Planned Submission, 2026) When is a psychological process continuous? A timescale framework for psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science
Batra, R., Chen, M. & Ferrer, E. Modeling timescales coupling for dynamic processes using differential equations.
Büchner, A., Hecht, M., Batra, R. & Horstmann, K. (Planned Submission, 2026) Determining the number of attractors in intensive longitudinal data.
Schuurman, N.K., Batra, R., Jacobsen, PO., Gudrun, V.E., Vogelsmeier, L.V.D.E., Razum, J. & Maciejewski, D. (Planned Submission, 2027) Formalizing measurement theory in EMA study designs.
Articles Under Review
• Emotion regulation as an idiographic dynamic system.
Springstein, T., Batra, R. & Beck, E. (Under Review) Emotion regulation as an idiographic dynamic system: Individual differences in success of goal-directed regulation in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences
Preprint• Translating psychological verbal theories into formal models of change with differential equations.
Batra, R.*, Chen, M.*, Beck, E. & Ferrer, E. (Under Review) Translating psychological verbal theories into formal models of change with differential equations. Multivariate Behavioral Research
Published
• SimDE App: Simulating and visualizing formal theories using differential equations.
Batra, R., Beck, E., Chen, M. & Ferrer, E. (2025) SimDE App: Simulating and visualizing formal theories using differential equations. Psychological Methods
GitHub Repository
SimDE App• Consequences of sampling frequency on the estimated dynamics of AR processes using continuous time models.
Batra, R.*, Johal, S. K.*, Chen, M., & Ferrer, E. (2023). Consequences of sampling frequency on the estimated dynamics of AR processes using continuous-time models. Psychological Methods, 30(4), 843–865. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000595
• Contexualized and decontextualized questions on bilinguals’ heritage language learning and reading engagement.
Sun, H., Batra, R. Contextualized and decontextualized questions on bilinguals’ heritage language learning and reading engagement. Reading Writing 37, 973–1009 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10332-z
• Modeling retest effects in developmental processes using latent change score models.
Batra, R., Bunge, S. A., & Ferrer, E. (2021). Modeling retest effects in developmental processes using latent change score models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2021.1946807
• Collecting longitudinal data: Present issues and future challenges
Johal, S. K.*, Batra, R.*, & Ferrer, E. (2023). Collecting longitudinal data: Present issues and future challenges. In H. Cooper, M. N. Coutanche, L. M. McMullen, A. T. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. J. Sher (Eds.), APA handbook of research methods in psychology: Research designs: Quantitative, qualitative, neuropsychological, and biological (2nd ed., pp. 385–408). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000319-018
*: Denotes Joint First-Authorship