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Caroline Davis

Caroline Davis

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Psychology

D-Index
71
Citations
16097
World Ranking
2194
National Ranking
130

Overview

Caroline Davis is affiliated with York University in Canada and specializes primarily in the fields of Psychology and Medicine. Their work predominantly focuses on Clinical Psychology, with additional contributions in Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Gender Studies, and Speech and Hearing.

The main topics covered by Davis's research include Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, School Health and Nursing Education, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Davis has contributed publications to various academic journals. Frequent venues for their work are:

  • Appetite
  • Current Addiction Reports
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • NASN School Nurse
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Davis are:

  • The Efficacy of eHealth Interventions for the Treatment of Adults Diagnosed With Full or Subthreshold Binge Eating Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2021), Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • The Role of School Connectedness in Supporting the Health and Well-Being of Youth: Recommendations for School Nurses (2021), NASN School Nurse
  • The feasibility of a personality targeted intervention for addictive overeating: FoodFix (2020), Appetite
  • Associations Between Food Addiction and Substance-Use Disorders: A Critical Overview of their Overlapping Patterns of Consumption (2022), Current Addiction Reports
  • Exploring women's experiences of treatment for binge eating disorder: Methylphenidate vs. cognitive behavioural therapy (2021), Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Davis frequently collaborates with a number of researchers in related fields. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Elnaz Moghimi
  • Revi Bonder
  • Michael Rotondi
  • Ellen McCabe
  • Lauryn Mandy

Best Publications

  • Evidence that 'food addiction' is a valid phenotype of obesity

    Caroline Davis;Claire Curtis;Robert D. Levitan;Jacqueline C. Carter

  • Compulsive overeating as an addiction disorder. A review of theory and evidence.

    Caroline Davis;Jacqueline C. Carter

  • Sensitivity to reward: implications for overeating and overweight.

    Caroline Davis;Shaelyn Strachan;Marni Berkson

  • From motivation to behaviour: a model of reward sensitivity, overeating, and food preferences in the risk profile for obesity.

    Caroline Davis;Karen Patte;Robert Levitan;Caroline Reid

  • The prevalence of high-level exercise in the eating disorders: Etiological implications☆

    C Davis;D K Katzman;S Kaptein;C Kirsh

  • On the Origins of the .05 Level of Statistical Significance

    Michael Cowles;Caroline Davis

  • The role of physical activity in the development and maintenance of eating disorders.

    Caroline Davis;S. H. Kennedy;E. Ravelski;M. Dionne

  • Immediate pleasures and future consequences. A neuropsychological study of binge eating and obesity.

    Caroline Davis;Karen Patte;Claire Curtis;Caroline Reid

  • Dopamine for "wanting" and opioids for "liking": a comparison of obese adults with and without binge eating.

    Caroline A. Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Caroline Reid;Caroline Reid;Jacqueline C. Carter

  • The addiction potential of hyperpalatable foods.

    Ashley N. Gearhardt;Caroline Davis;Rachel Kuschner;Kelly D. Brownell

  • The eating disorders as addiction: a psychobiological perspective.

    Caroline Davis;Gordon Claridge

  • Body Image and Exercise: A Study of Relationships and Comparisons Between Physically Active Men and Women

    Caroline Davis;Michael Cowles

  • Behavioral frequency and psychological commitment: Necessary concepts in the study of excessive exercising

    Caroline Davis;Howard Brewer;Dorothy Ratusny

  • Decision-making deficits and overeating: a risk model for obesity.

    Caroline Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Pierandrea Muglia;Carmen Bewell

  • Associations among overeating, overweight, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a structural equation modelling approach.

    Caroline Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Megan Smith;Stacey Tweed

  • Sensitivity to the rewarding effects of food and exercise in the eating disorders.

    Caroline Davis;D.Blake Woodside

  • Sensitivity to reward and body mass index (BMI): Evidence for a non-linear relationship

    Caroline Davis;John Fox

  • Reward sensitivity and the D2 dopamine receptor gene: A case-control study of binge eating disorder

    Caroline Davis;Robert D. Levitan;Allan S. Kaplan;Allan S. Kaplan;Jacqueline Carter

  • A comparison of weight and diet concerns and personality factors among female athletes and non-athletes.

    Caroline Davis;Michael Cowles

  • Normal and neurotic perfectionism in eating disorders: an interactive model.

    Caroline Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Jacqueline C. Carter
Jacqueline C. Carter Memorial University of Newfoundland
Gordon Claridge
Gordon Claridge University of Oxford
Natalie J. Loxton
Natalie J. Loxton Griffith University
Lena C. Quilty
Lena C. Quilty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Donald R. McCreary
Donald R. McCreary Brock University
Oliver Mason
Oliver Mason University of Surrey
Arun V. Ravindran
Arun V. Ravindran University of Toronto
Pierandrea Muglia
Pierandrea Muglia UCB Pharma (Belgium)

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