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Overview

David Mellor is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and General Health Professions.

Their scholarly work covers a variety of topics that include Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Obesity and Health Practices, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, and Treatment of Major Depression.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David Mellor have included:

  • Marita P. McCabe
  • Bettina Pikó
  • Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
  • Jacinthe Dion
  • Charlotte N. Markey

David Mellor has published multiple papers in several key venues, notably:

  • Animals
  • Body Image
  • Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • Australian Psychologist

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by David Mellor include:

  • The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human-Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare, 2020, Animals
  • Mouth Pain in Horses: Physiological Foundations, Behavioural Indices, Welfare Implications, and a Suggested Solution, 2020, Animals

Other recent work in their network of research includes papers on related themes, though not directly authored by Mellor, such as assessments of body image across countries and studies on emotional and intuitive eating, demonstrating the broader context of interdisciplinary collaboration in related fields.

David Mellor's publications reflect consistent contributions to understanding animal welfare and clinical psychological conditions, intersecting with public health and sociological perspectives.

Best Publications

  • How can managers reduce employee intention to quit

    Lucy Firth;David J. Mellor;Kathleen A. Moore;Claude Loquet

  • Updating Animal Welfare Thinking: Moving beyond the “Five Freedoms” towards “A Life Worth Living”

    David J. Mellor

  • Need for belonging, relationship satisfaction, loneliness, and life satisfaction

    David Mellor;Mark Stokes;Lucy Firth;Yoko Hayashi

  • The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human-Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare.

    David J Mellor;Ngaio J Beausoleil;Katherine E Littlewood;Andrew N McLean

  • Sexting prevalence and correlates: A systematic literature review

    Bianca Klettke;David John Hallford;David J. Mellor

  • Acculturation and obesity among migrant populations in high income countries - a systematic review

    Maryam Delavari;Anders Larrabee Sonderlund;Boyd Anthony Swinburn;Boyd Anthony Swinburn;David John Mellor

  • Operational Details of the Five Domains Model and Its Key Applications to the Assessment and Management of Animal Welfare

    David J. Mellor

  • Dehorning and disbudding distress and its alleviation in calves.

    K.J. Stafford;D.J. Mellor

  • Normative data for the strengths and difficulties questionnaire in Australia

    David Mellor

  • The Use of Likert Scales With Children

    David Mellor;Kathleen A. Moore

  • Extending ideas about animal welfare assessment to include 'quality of life' and related concepts.

    T C Green;D J Mellor

  • The importance of ‘awareness’ for understanding fetal pain

    David J. Mellor;Tamara J. Diesch;Alistair J. Gunn;Laura Bennet

  • Scientific assessment of animal welfare

    PH Hemsworth;DJ Mellor;GM Cronin;AJ Tilbrook

  • Body image and self-esteem across age and gender: A short-term longitudinal study.

    David Mellor;Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz;Marita P. McCabe;Lina A. Ricciardelli

  • The relationship between family functioning and child and adolescent overweight and obesity: a systematic review

    Jennifer Halliday;Cassandra L Palma;David John Mellor;Julie Bernadette Green

  • The adjustment of children of Australian Vietnam veterans: is there evidence for the transgenerational transmission of the effects of war-related trauma?

    Ann C. Davidson;David J. Mellor

  • Body dissatisfaction, engagement in body change behaviors and sociocultural influences on body image among Chinese adolescents.

    Xiaoyan Xu;David Mellor;Melanie Kiehne;Lina A. Ricciardelli

  • Quantifying some responses to pain as a stressor.

    D. J. Mellor;C. J. Cook;K. J. Stafford

  • Concepts of animal well-being and predicting the impact of procedures on experimental animals

    D. J. Mellor;C. S. W. Reid

  • Effects of local anaesthesia or local anaesthesia plus a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug on the acute cortisol response of calves to five different methods of castration.

    K.J Stafford;D.J Mellor;S.E Todd;R.A Bruce

  • Parenting, family functioning and lifestyle in a new culture: the case of African migrants in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    André M. N. Renzaho;Julie Green;David Mellor;Boyd Swinburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Marita P. McCabe
Marita P. McCabe Swinburne University of Technology
Lina A. Ricciardelli
Lina A. Ricciardelli Deakin University
Robert A. Cummins
Robert A. Cummins Deakin University
Rachel F. Rodgers
Rachel F. Rodgers Northeastern University
Gianluca Lo Coco
Gianluca Lo Coco University of Palermo
Paul H. Hemsworth
Paul H. Hemsworth University of Melbourne
Helen Skouteris
Helen Skouteris Monash University
Giada Pietrabissa
Giada Pietrabissa Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gian Mauro Manzoni
Gian Mauro Manzoni Università degli Studi eCampus

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