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Grant James Devilly

Grant James Devilly

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8240
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Overview

Grant James Devilly is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with specific attention to epidemiology, clinical psychology, and applied psychology, among other subfields.

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

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Corey Allen
  • Lee R. J. Hughes
  • Jacob G. Sorbello
  • Kurt Mark Piron
  • Riley P. O'Donohue

Several publication venues have featured their work, notably:

  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Drugs Education Prevention and Policy
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • Australian Journal of Psychology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Grant James Devilly illustrate the breadth of their study topics. These include:

  • A video is worth a thousand thoughts: comparing a video mood induction procedure to an autobiographical recall technique (2021, Australian Journal of Psychology)
  • Personality and frustration predict aggression and anger following violent media (2021, Psychology Crime and Law)

Other recent publications relevant to their research community, though not directly authored by them, show thematic overlap with their interests:

  • A Proposal for a Taxonomy of Pre-Loading (2021, Substance Use & Misuse)
  • The Relationship between Alcohol Hangover Severity, Sleep and Cognitive Performance; a Naturalistic Study (2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • This is the rhythm of the night: Examining the phases of a night-out on preloading motivations and intentions to backload (2022, Addictive Behaviors)

Best Publications

  • Psychometric properties of the credibility/expectancy questionnaire.

    Grant J. Devilly;Thomas D. Borkovec

  • Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress or Simply Burnout? Effect of Trauma Therapy on Mental Health Professionals

    Grant James Devilly;Renee Wright;Tracey Varker

  • The Relative Efficacy and Treatment Distress of EMDR and a Cognitive-Behavior Trauma Treatment Protocol in the Amelioration of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Grant James Devilly;Susan H. Spence

  • A prospective longitudinal study of the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from childbirth events

    Kristie Lee Alcorn;Analise O'Donovan;J. C. Patrick;Debra Creedy

  • Australian guidelines for the treatment of adults with acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

    David Forbes;Mark C. Creamer;Andrea J. Phelps;Richard Bryant

  • Childbirth and criteria for traumatic events.

    Rhonda Joy Boorman;Grant James Devilly;Jennifer Ann Gamble;Debra Creedy

  • Statistical and reliable change with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Treating trauma within a veteran population

    Grant James Devilly;Susan H. Spence;Ronald M. Rapee

  • Implicit cognitive distortions and sexual offending.

    Stephen Mihailides;Grant James Devilly;Tony Ward

  • A meta-analytic review of overgeneral memory: The role of trauma history, mood, and the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Miyuki Ono;Grant J. Devilly;David H. K. Shum

  • Ready! Fire! Aim! The status of psychological debriefing and therapeutic interventions : in the work place and after disasters

    Grant James Devilly;Richard Gist;Peter Cotton

  • Prison-based peer-education schemes

    Grant James Devilly;Laura Sorbello;Lynne Eccleston;Tony Ward

  • The effect of playing violent video games on adolescents: Should parents be quaking in their boots?

    Gabrielle Unsworth;Grant James Devilly;Tony Ward

  • The role of perceived social support in crime victimization

    Marie Bee Hui Yap;Grant James Devilly

  • Predicting posttraumatic stress disorder after childbirth.

    Analise O'Donovan;Kristie Lee Alcorn;Jeff C. Patrick;Debra K. Creedy

  • Psychological debriefing and the workplace: defining a concept, controversies and guidelines for intervention

    Grant James Devilly;Peter Cotton

  • The content of sexual fantasies for sexual offenders.

    Dion G. Gee;Grant James Devilly;Tony Ward

  • Power Therapies And Possible Threats To The Science Of Psychology and Psychiatry

    Grant James Devilly

  • Post-trauma debriefing: the road too frequently travelled.

    Richard Gist;Grant J Devilly

  • Alters in dissociative identity disorder: Metaphors or genuine entities?

    Harald Merckelbach;Grant J. Devilly;Eric Rassin

  • THE EFFICACY AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF PANIC DISORDER WITH AGORAPHOBIA

    Tian P. S. Oei;Michael Llamas;Grant J. Devilly

  • Australian guidelines for the treatment of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder

    Beverly Raphael;David Forbes;Richard Bryant

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony Ward
Tony Ward Victoria University of Wellington
Jeffrey M. Lohr
Jeffrey M. Lohr University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Mark Creamer
Mark Creamer University of Melbourne
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
David Forbes
David Forbes University of Melbourne
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Susan H. Spence
Susan H. Spence Griffith University
Leanne Hides
Leanne Hides University of Queensland
Bunmi O. Olatunji
Bunmi O. Olatunji Vanderbilt University

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