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Gordon J.G. Asmundson

Gordon J.G. Asmundson

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Psychology

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112
Citations
48611
World Ranking
367
National Ranking
14

Medicine

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112
Citations
47989
World Ranking
5132
National Ranking
202

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Gordon J.G. Asmundson is affiliated with the University of Regina in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a particular emphasis on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Frequent co-authors include:

  • R. Nicholas Carleton
  • Steven Taylor
  • Tracie O. Afifi
  • Jitender Sareen
  • Taylor A. Teckchandani

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • PLoS ONE
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Recent papers include:

  • Coronaphobia: Fear and the 2019-nCoV outbreak, 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • How health anxiety influences responses to viral outbreaks like COVID-19: What all decision-makers, health authorities, and health care professionals need to know, 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Do pre-existing anxiety-related and mood disorders differentially impact COVID-19 stress responses and coping?, 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Other notable recent papers where they are not the primary author include:

  • Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales, 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates, 2020, Depression and Anxiety

Gordon J.G. Asmundson has been recognized with awards including the CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association in 2014, and was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009 under the Academy of Social Sciences category.

Best Publications

  • Fearing the unknown: A short version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale

    R. Nicholas Carleton;M.A. Peter J. Norton;Gordon J.G. Asmundson

  • Anxiety disorders and comorbid medical illness

    Peter P. Roy-Byrne;Karina W. Davidson;Ronald C. Kessler;Gordon J.G. Asmundson

  • Coronaphobia: Fear and the 2019-nCoV outbreak.

    Gordon J.G. Asmundson;Steven Taylor

  • Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales.

    Steven Taylor;Caeleigh A. Landry;Michelle M. Paluszek;Thomas A. Fergus

  • Anxiety Disorders and Risk for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts A Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Adults

    Jitender Sareen;Brian J. Cox;Tracie O. Afifi;Ron de Graaf

  • Acceptance and mindfulness-based therapy: new wave or old hat?

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Gordon J.G. Asmundson

  • Understanding the co-occurrence of anxiety disorders and chronic pain: state-of-the-art.

    Gordon J.G. Asmundson;Joel Katz

  • Increasingly certain about uncertainty: Intolerance of uncertainty across anxiety and depression.

    R. Nicholas Carleton;Myriah K. Mulvogue;Michel A. Thibodeau;Randi E. McCabe

  • The childhood trauma questionnaire in a community sample: psychometric properties and normative data.

    Christine D. Scher;Murray B. Stein;Gordon J. G. Asmundson;Donald R. McCreary

  • PTSD and the Experience of Pain: Research and Clinical Implications of Shared Vulnerability and Mutual Maintenance Models:

    Gordon J G Asmundson;Michael J Coons;Steven Taylor;Joel Katz

  • How health anxiety influences responses to viral outbreaks like COVID-19: What all decision-makers, health authorities, and health care professionals need to know.

    Gordon J.G. Asmundson;Steven Taylor

  • Virtual reality exposure therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    Emily Carl;Aliza T Stein;Andrew Levihn-Coon;Jamie R Pogue

  • Relationship Between Household Income and Mental Disorders: Findings From a Population-Based Longitudinal Study

    Jitender Sareen;Tracie O. Afifi;Katherine A. McMillan;Gordon J. G. Asmundson

  • Physical and mental comorbidity, disability, and suicidal behavior associated with posttraumatic stress disorder in a large community sample.

    Jitender Sareen;Brian J. Cox;Murray B. Stein;Tracie O. Afifi

  • Population Attributable Fractions of Psychiatric Disorders and Suicide Ideation and Attempts Associated With Adverse Childhood Experiences

    Tracie O. Afifi;Murray W. Enns;Brian J. Cox;Gordon J.G. Asmundson

  • COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates.

    Steven Taylor;Caeleigh A. Landry;Michelle M. Paluszek;Thomas A. Fergus

  • Beyond pain: The role of fear and avoidance in chronicity

    Gordon J.G Asmundson;Peter J Norton;G.Ron Norton

  • Mental disorder symptoms among public safety personnel in Canada.

    R. Nicholas Carleton;Tracie O. Afifi;Sarah Turner;Tamara Taillieu

  • The center for epidemiologic studies depression scale: a review with a theoretical and empirical examination of item content and factor structure.

    R. Nicholas Carleton;Michel A. Thibodeau;Michelle J. N. Teale;Patrick G. Welch

  • LET'S GET PHYSICAL: A CONTEMPORARY REVIEW OF THE ANXIOLYTIC EFFECTS OF EXERCISE FOR ANXIETY AND ITS DISORDERS

    Gordon J. G. Asmundson;Mathew G. Fetzner;Lindsey B. DeBoer;Mark B. Powers

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Nicholas Carleton
R. Nicholas Carleton University of Regina
Steven Taylor
Steven Taylor University of British Columbia
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Jitender Sareen
Jitender Sareen University of Manitoba
Tracie O. Afifi
Tracie O. Afifi University of Manitoba
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos
Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos University of Regina
G. Ron Norton
G. Ron Norton University of Winnipeg
Brian J. Cox
Brian J. Cox University of Manitoba
Martin M. Antony
Martin M. Antony Toronto Metropolitan University

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