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  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Adrian Wells is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of psychology and medicine, with a total of 67 publications in psychology and 61 in medicine. The work spans several subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, general health professions, and social psychology.

The scientist's research addresses a variety of topics, notably cardiac health and mental health, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes. Additional areas of study include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health research topics, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, music therapy and health, and stress and burnout among healthcare professionals.

Adrian Wells has published research extensively in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include Frontiers in Psychiatry, BMJ Open, Frontiers in Psychology, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and PLoS ONE.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Metacognitive beliefs and their relationship with anxiety and depression in physical illnesses: A systematic review" (2020), PLoS ONE
  • "Improving the Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions for Depression and Anxiety in Cardiac Rehabilitation: PATHWAY-A Single-Blind, Parallel, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Group Metacognitive Therapy" (2021), Circulation
  • "Metacognitive Therapy versus Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Adults with Major Depression: A Parallel Single-Blind Randomised Trial" (2020), Scientific Reports
  • "Metacognitive therapy versus cognitive-behavioral therapy in adults with generalized anxiety disorder: A 9-year follow-up study" (2021), Brain and Behavior
  • "Validation of a Chinese version of the short form of Metacognitions Questionnaire (MCQ-30)" (2020), Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Lora Capobianco
  • David Reeves
  • Calvin Heal
  • Patrick Doherty
  • Gemma Shields

Their body of work integrates various approaches to psychological interventions, particularly in relation to depression, anxiety, and their effects on physical illnesses and cardiac rehabilitation. The combination of expertise in both psychological and medical fields supports multidisciplinary investigations within healthcare and therapeutic contexts.

Best Publications

  • A cognitive model of social phobia

    A Wells

  • Attention and Emotion (Classic Edition) : A clinical perspective

    Adrian Wells;Gerald Matthews

  • Emotional Disorders and Metacognition: Innovative Cognitive Therapy

    Adrian Wells

  • Metacognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression

    Adrian Wells

  • Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: A Practice Manual and Conceptual Guide

    Adrian Wells;Robert L. Leahy

  • A short form of the metacognitions questionnaire: properties of the MCQ-30

    Adrian Wells;Sam Cartwright-Hatton

  • Modelling cognition in emotional disorder: the S-REF model.

    Adrian Wells;Gerald Matthews

  • Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: A Practice Manual and Conceptual Guide

    Adrian Wells

  • Beliefs about Worry and Intrusions: The Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire and its Correlates

    Sam Cartwright-Hatton;Adrian Wells

  • Meta-cognition and worry: A cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder.

    Adrian Wells

  • Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective

    Wells A;Matthews Gerald.

  • The Thought Control Questionnaire: a measure of individual differences in the control of unwanted thoughts.

    Adrian Wells;Mark I. Davies

  • An empirical test of a clinical metacognitive model of rumination and depression.

    Costas Papageorgiou;Costas Papageorgiou;Adrian Wells;Adrian Wells

  • Social Phobia: The Role of In-Situation Safety Behaviors in Maintaining Anxiety and Negative Beliefs

    Adrian Wells;David M. Clark;Paul Salkovskis;John Ludgate

  • Metacognitive beliefs about rumination in recurrent major depression

    Costas Papageorgiou;Adrian Wells

  • Further tests of a cognitive model of generalized anxiety disorder: Metacognitions and worry in GAD, panic disorder, social phobia, depression, and nonpatients

    Adrian Wells;Karin Carter

  • Relationships between worry, obsessive-compulsive symptoms and meta-cognitive beliefs

    Adrian Wells;Costas Papageorgiou

  • How effective are cognitive and behavioral treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder? A clinical significance analysis.

    Peter L. Fisher;Adrian Wells

  • Panic disorder in association with relaxation induced anxiety: An attentional training approach to treatment

    Adrian Wells

  • An experimental investigation of the role of safety-seeking behaviours in the maintenance of panic disorder with agoraphobia

    Paul M. Salkovskis;David M. Clark;Ann Hackmann;Adrian Wells

  • Depressive rumination : nature, theory and treatment

    Costas Papageorgiou;Adrian Wells

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony P. Morrison
Anthony P. Morrison University of Manchester
Marcantonio M. Spada
Marcantonio M. Spada London South Bank University
Gerald Matthews
Gerald Matthews George Mason University
Myra Cooper
Myra Cooper University of Oxford
Odin Hjemdal
Odin Hjemdal Norwegian University of Science and Technology
David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Paul M. Salkovskis
Paul M. Salkovskis University of Oxford
Ana V. Nikčević
Ana V. Nikčević Kingston University
Gabriele Caselli
Gabriele Caselli London South Bank University
Michael J. Uren
Michael J. Uren University of Bristol

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