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Cheryl Dissanayake

Cheryl Dissanayake

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Psychology

D-Index
63
Citations
13653
World Ranking
3144
National Ranking
156

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Cheryl Dissanayake is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on autism spectrum disorder and related developmental and psychological topics. Their work spans across multiple fields including psychology and neuroscience, with specific attention to clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, education, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to understanding autism spectrum disorder, family and disability support, child nutrition and feeding issues, child development in relation to digital technology, psychosocial and emotional development in children and adolescents, infant development including preterm care, and language development and disorders.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Autism Research, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autism, and Cell. These journals reflect a consistent focus on both clinical and research-oriented aspects of autism and developmental studies.

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Cheryl Dissanayake are:

  • Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations, 2021, Cell
  • Effect of Preemptive Intervention on Developmental Outcomes Among Infants Showing Early Signs of Autism, 2021, JAMA Pediatrics
  • What Is Autistic Burnout? A Thematic Analysis of Posts on Two Online Platforms, 2021, Autism in Adulthood
  • Diagnostic Accuracy of the Social Attention and Communication Surveillance-Revised With Preschool Tool for Early Autism Detection in Very Young Children, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • A conceptual model of risk and protective factors for autistic burnout, 2022, Autism Research

Collaborations are notable in the scientist's career, with frequent coauthors including Josephine Barbaro, Valsamma Eapen, Kristelle Hudry, Anne Masi, and Andrew Whitehouse. These collaborations indicate a network of researchers focused on autism and developmental disorders.

Cheryl Dissanayake's research covers 63 publications in psychology and 55 in neuroscience, with a detailed emphasis on clinical psychology (56 publications) and cognitive neuroscience (53 publications). Psychiatry and mental health appear in 19 publications, education in 15, and pediatrics-related fields in 6 publications.

Their topics of research represent a broad approach to autism and development, including:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Language Development and Disorders

In recognition of their contributions to science, Cheryl Dissanayake was awarded Fellowship in The World Academy of Sciences in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Autism Spectrum Phenotype in Males and Females with Fragile X Full Mutation and Premutation

    Sally Clifford;Cheryl Dissanayake;Quang M. Bui;Quang M. Bui;Richard Huggins;Richard Huggins

  • Annotation: The similarities and differences between autistic disorder and Asperger's disorder: a review of the empirical evidence

    Kathleen E. Macintosh;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Parenting stress and autism: The role of age, autism severity, quality of life and problem behaviour of children and adolescents with autism

    Rebecca L McStay;Cheryl Dissanayake;Anke Scheeren;Hans M Koot

  • Autism spectrum disorders in infancy and toddlerhood: a review of the evidence on early signs, early identification tools, and early diagnosis.

    Josephine Barbaro;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Stress and Family Quality of Life in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Parent Gender and the Double ABCX Model

    Rebecca L. McStay;David Trembath;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations

    Chloe X. Yap;Chloe X. Yap;Anjali K. Henders;Anjali K. Henders;Gail A. Alvares;David L.A. Wood

  • Employment programmes and interventions targeting adults with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review of the literature

    Darren Hedley;Mirko Uljarević;Mirko Uljarević;Lauren Cameron;Santoshi Halder

  • Social Skills and Problem Behaviours in School Aged Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Disorder

    Kathleen Macintosh;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Effectiveness and Feasibility of the Early Start Denver Model Implemented in a Group-Based Community Childcare Setting

    Giacomo Vivanti;Jessica Paynter;Ed Duncan;Hannah Fothergill

  • Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Where we are and where we need to go.

    Ru Ying Cai;Amanda L. Richdale;Amanda L. Richdale;Mirko Uljarević;Mirko Uljarević;Cheryl Dissanayake;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • The early development of joint attention in infants with autistic disorder using home video observations and parental interview.

    Sally M. Clifford;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Predictors of Outcomes in Autism Early Intervention: Why Don’t We Know More?

    Giacomo Vivanti;Margot Prior;Katrina Williams;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Early markers of autism spectrum disorders in infants and toddlers prospectively identified in the Social Attention and Communication Study

    Josephine Barbaro;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Are emotion impairments unique to, universal, or specific in autism spectrum disorder? A comprehensive review.

    Heather J. Nuske;Giacomo Vivanti;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Pretend play, mirror self-recognition and imitation: a longitudinal investigation through the second year

    Mark Nielsen;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Proximity and Sociable Behaviours in Autism: Evidence for Attachment

    Cheryl Dissanayake;Stella A. Crossley

  • Prospective Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infancy and Toddlerhood Using Developmental Surveillance: The Social Attention and Communication Study

    Josephine Barbaro;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Effect of Preemptive Intervention on Developmental Outcomes Among Infants Showing Early Signs of Autism: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Outcomes to Diagnosis

    Andrew J O Whitehouse;Andrew J O Whitehouse;Andrew J O Whitehouse;Kandice J Varcin;Kandice J Varcin;Sarah Pillar;Wesley Billingham

  • Outcome for Children Receiving the Early Start Denver Model Before and After 48 Months

    Giacomo Vivanti;Giacomo Vivanti;Cheryl Dissanayake

  • Understanding depression and thoughts of self-harm in autism: A potential mechanism involving loneliness

    Darren Hedley;Mirko Uljarević;Mirko Uljarević;Mathilda Wilmot;Amanda Richdale;Amanda Richdale

  • Is Affect Aversive to Young Children with Autism? Behavioral and Cardiac Responses to Experimenter Distress

    Rosalie Corona;Cheryl Dissanayake;Shoshana Arbelle;Peter Wellington

  • Parent-mediated early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

    Jacqueline Roberts;Cheryl Dissanayake

Frequent Co-Authors

Mirko Uljarević
Mirko Uljarević University of Melbourne
Amanda L. Richdale
Amanda L. Richdale La Trobe University
Valsamma Eapen
Valsamma Eapen University of New South Wales
Katrina Williams
Katrina Williams University of Melbourne
David Trembath
David Trembath Griffith University
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse
Andrew J. O. Whitehouse Telethon Kids Institute
Kristelle Hudry
Kristelle Hudry La Trobe University
Mark Nielsen
Mark Nielsen University of Queensland
Marian Sigman
Marian Sigman University of California, Los Angeles
Teresa Iacono
Teresa Iacono La Trobe University

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