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Overview

Daniel F. Perkins is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, health professions, and social sciences, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology as a subfield.

Their work addresses a variety of topics, notably posttraumatic stress disorder research, child abuse and trauma, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, employment and welfare studies, resilience and mental health, migration, health and trauma, and education and military integration.

Daniel F. Perkins has contributed to several recent papers related to veterans' health and mental well-being. Noteworthy publications include:

  • U.S. Military Veterans' Health and Well-Being in the First Year After Service, 2020, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Gender differences in prevalence and outcomes of exposure to potentially morally injurious events among post-9/11 veterans, 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and combat exposure on mental health conditions among new post-9/11 veterans, 2020, Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • Trajectories of functioning in a population-based sample of veterans: contributions of moral injury, PTSD, and depression, 2020, Psychological Medicine
  • Identifying factors that contribute to military veterans' post-military well-being, 2021, Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being

Collaborations with other researchers form a part of their work, with frequent co-authors including Keith R. Aronson, Nicole R. Morgan, Dawne Vogt, Erin P. Finley, and Laurel A. Copeland.

Publications by Daniel F. Perkins often appear in venues specialized in trauma and veterans' studies. They have published multiple papers in Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, Research Square, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Journal of Veterans Studies, and Military Behavioral Health.

Best Publications

  • Risk Behaviors and Resiliency within Physically Abused Adolescents.

    Daniel F. Perkins;Kenneth R. Jones

  • Childhood and Adolescent Sports Participation as Predictors of Participation in Sports and Physical Fitness Activities During Young Adulthood

    Daniel F. Perkins;Janis E. Jacobs;Bonnie L. Barber;Jacquelynne S. Eccles;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • An Ecological, Risk-Factor Examination of Adolescents' Sexual Activity in Three Ethnic Groups

    Daniel F. Perkins;Tom Luster;Francisco A. Villarruel;Stephen Small

  • An ecological risk-factor examination of suicide ideation and behavior of adolescents

    Daniel F. Perkins;Glen Hartless

  • Characteristics of sports‐based youth development programs

    Daniel F. Perkins;Gil G. Noam

  • Community Youth Development: Programs, Policies, and Practices

    Francisco A. Villarruel;Daniel F. Perkins;Lynne M. Borden;Joanne G. Keith

  • Participation in Structured Youth Programs Why Ethnic Minority Urban Youth Choose to Participate—or Not to Participate

    Daniel F. Perkins;Lynne M. Borden;Francisco A. Villarruel;Annelise Carlton-Hug

  • After randomised trials: issues related to dissemination of evidence‐based interventions

    Brian K Bumbarger;Daniel F Perkins

  • Handbook of Implementation Science for Psychology in Education

    Barbara Kelly;Daniel F. Perkins

  • Moving Beyond Youth Voice

    Joyce Serido;Lynne M. Borden;Daniel F. Perkins

  • Assessing Your Collaboration: A Self Evaluation Tool.

    Lynne M. Borden;Daniel F. Perkins

  • Challenges and Opportunities to Latino Youth Development: Increasing Meaningful Participation in Youth Development Programs.

    Lynne M. Borden;Daniel F. Perkins;Francisco A. Villarruel;Annelise Carleton-Hug

  • Dear Diary: Teens Reflect on Their Weekly Online Risk Experiences

    Pamela Wisniewski;Heng Xu;Mary Beth Rosson;Daniel F. Perkins

  • Sustaining evidence-based interventions under real-world conditions: results from a large-scale diffusion project.

    Melissa K. Tibbits;Brian K. Bumbarger;Sandee J. Kyler;Daniel F. Perkins

  • The boundaries between: Parental involvement in a teen's online world

    Lee B. Erickson;Pamela Wisniewski;Heng Xu;John M. Carroll

  • Youth and Adult Perceptions of Their Relationships Within Community-Based Youth Programs

    Kenneth R. Jones;Daniel F. Perkins

  • Delinquent-oriented attitudes mediate the relation between parental inconsistent discipline and early adolescent behavior.

    Linda C. Halgunseth;Daniel F. Perkins;Melissa Ann Lippold;Robert L. Nix

  • To participate or not to participate: that is the question.

    Lynne M. Borden;Daniel F. Perkins;Francisco A. Villarruel;Margaret R. Stone

  • Positive Behaviors, Problem Behaviors, and Resiliency in Adolescence

    Daniel F. Perkins;Lynne M. Borden

  • An overview of how sports, out-of-school time, and youth well-being can and do intersect.

    Suzanne Le Menestrel;Daniel F. Perkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Dawne Vogt
Dawne Vogt Boston University
Richard Spoth
Richard Spoth Iowa State University
Mark T. Greenberg
Mark T. Greenberg Pennsylvania State University
Mark E. Feinberg
Mark E. Feinberg Pennsylvania State University
Tom Luster
Tom Luster Michigan State University
Lesa Hoffman
Lesa Hoffman University of Iowa
Cleve Redmond
Cleve Redmond Iowa State University
Linda L. Caldwell
Linda L. Caldwell Pennsylvania State University
Richard E. Heyman
Richard E. Heyman New York University
Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Jacquelynne S. Eccles University of California, Irvine

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