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Christine Purdon

Christine Purdon

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
11154
World Ranking
8077
National Ranking
546

Overview

Christine Purdon is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Christine Purdon's recent publications reflect their interest in anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, including the following papers:

  • "Scared of compassion: Fear of compassion in anxiety, mood, and non-clinical groups," 2020, British Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • "Anxiety disorders, COVID-19 fear, and vaccine hesitancy," 2022, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • "How are OCD patients and their families coping with the COVID-19 pandemic? A qualitative study," 2021, Current Psychology
  • "A transdiagnostic perspective of constructs underlying obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: An international Delphi consensus study," 2020, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • "A study of doubt in obsessive-compulsive disorder," 2023, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include Olivia A. Merritt, Karen Rowa, Hannelore Tandt, Lemke Leyman, and Gilbert Lemmens, highlighting collaborative efforts primarily in clinical and anxiety-related psychological research.

Christine Purdon's work is commonly published in several key journals such as:

  • British Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

The scientist's research contributions significantly cover the clinical aspects of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, cognitive processes, and emotional dynamics. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates experimental and cognitive perspectives with social and mental health psychology.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • Psychometric validation of the obsessive belief questionnaire and interpretation of intrusions inventory - Part 2: Factor analyses and testing of a brief version

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • Development and initial validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory.

    M Freeston;G Steketee;R Frost;N Amir

  • Psychometric validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory: Part I

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • Thought suppression and psychopathology

    Christine Purdon

  • Dimensions of perfectionism across the anxiety disorders.

    Martin M. Antony;Christine L. Purdon;Christine L. Purdon;Veronika Huta;Richard P. Swinson

  • Obsessive intrusive thoughts in nonclinical subjects. Part I. Content and relation with depressive, anxious and obsessional symptoms

    Christine Purdon;David A. Clark

  • New Perspectives for a Cognitive Theory of Obsessions

    David A. Clark;Christine Purdon

  • Metacognition and obsessions

    Christine Purdon;David A. Clark

  • Obsessive intrusive thoughts in nonclinical subjects. Part II. Cognitive appraisal, emotional response and thought control strategies.

    Christine Purdon;David A. Clark

  • The longitudinal association of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction in long-term relationships.

    Erin E Fallis;Uzma S Rehman;Erik Z Woody;Christine Purdon

  • Motivation, intentionality, and mind wandering: Implications for assessments of task-unrelated thought.

    Paul Seli;James Allan Cheyne;Mengran Xu;Christine Purdon

  • The assessment of unwanted intrusive thoughts: A review and critique of the literature

    David A. Clark;Christine L. Purdon

  • Psychometric properties of the frost multidimensional perfectionism scale in a clinical anxiety disorders sample.

    Christine Purdon;Martin M. Antony;Richard P. Swinson

  • Suppression of obsession-like thoughts in nonclinical individuals: impact on thought frequency, appraisal and mood state.

    Christine Purdon;David A Clark

  • Consistency between self-report and clinician-administered versions of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale

    Anita Federici;Laura J. Summerfeldt;Jennifer L. Harrington;Randi E. McCabe

  • Thought suppression and its effects on thought frequency, appraisal and mood state in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Christine Purdon;Karen Rowa;Karen Rowa;Karen Rowa;Martin M. Antony;Martin M. Antony

  • Social anxiety in college students.

    Christine Purdon;Martin Antony;Martin Antony;Sandra Monteiro;Richard P Swinson;Richard P Swinson

  • Empirical investigations of thought suppression in OCD.

    Christine Purdon

  • Non-erotic thoughts: content and relation to sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction.

    Christine Purdon;Laura Holdaway

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin M. Antony
Martin M. Antony Toronto Metropolitan University
David A. Clark
David A. Clark University of New Brunswick
Laura J. Summerfeldt
Laura J. Summerfeldt Trent University
Richard P. Swinson
Richard P. Swinson McMaster University
Randi E. McCabe
Randi E. McCabe McMaster University
Daniel Smilek
Daniel Smilek University of Waterloo
Gail Steketee
Gail Steketee Boston University
Martine Bouvard
Martine Bouvard Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Roz Shafran
Roz Shafran University College London
Mark H. Freeston
Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University

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