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Janis Whitlock is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on psychology and social sciences, with specific emphasis on clinical psychology, applied psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics covered in Whitlock's research include:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Whitlock has contributed to various academic journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • JMIR Formative Research
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Computers & Education
  • Journal of American College Health
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Whitlock are:

  • "Climate change anxiety in young people," 2023, Nature Mental Health
  • "Use of a Mobile Peer Support App Among Young People With Nonsuicidal Self-injury: Small-scale Randomized Controlled Trial," 2022, JMIR Formative Research
  • "Educational stakeholders' attitudes and knowledge about nonsuicidal self-injury among university students: A cross-national study," 2021, Journal of American College Health
  • "Media guidelines for the responsible reporting and depicting of non-suicidal self-injury," 2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Examining learners' engagement patterns and knowledge outcome in an experiential learning intervention for youth's social media literacy," 2024, Computers & Education

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Kaylee Payne Kruzan
  • Natalya N. Bazarova
  • Elizabeth E. Lloyd-Richardson
  • Wenting Zou
  • Amanda Purington

Best Publications

  • Self-injurious behaviors in a college population.

    Janis Whitlock;John Eckenrode;Daniel Silverman

  • The virtual cutting edge : The internet and adolescent self-injury

    Janis L. Whitlock;Jane L. Powers;John Eckenrode

  • Nonsuicidal Self-Injury as a Gateway to Suicide in Young Adults

    Janis Whitlock;Jennifer Muehlenkamp;John Eckenrode;Amanda Purington

  • Nonsuicidal Self-injury in a College Population: General Trends and Sex Differences

    Janis Whitlock;Jennifer Muehlenkamp;Amanda Purington;John Eckenrode

  • Youth Perceptions of Life at School: Contextual Correlates of School Connectedness in Adolescence

    Janis L. Whitlock

  • The role of adults, public space, and power in adolescent community connectedness

    Janis Whitlock

  • The Relationship Between Self-injurious Behavior and Suicide in a Young Adult Population

    Janis Whitlock;Kerry L. Knox

  • Interpersonal Features and Functions of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury.

    Jennifer Muehlenkamp;Amy Brausch;Katherine Quigley;Janis Whitlock

  • Variation in nonsuicidal self-injury: identification and features of latent classes in a college population of emerging adults.

    Janis Whitlock;Jennifer Muehlenkamp;John Eckenrode

  • A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure

    Penelope Hasking;Janis Whitlock;David Voon;Alyssa Rose

  • Connectedness and Suicide Prevention in Adolescents: Pathways and Implications

    Janis Whitlock;Peter A. Wyman;Sarah R. Moore

  • Social Sharing of Emotions on Facebook: Channel Differences, Satisfaction, and Replies

    Natalya N. Bazarova;Yoon Hyung Choi;Victoria Schwanda Sosik;Dan Cosley

  • The internet and self‐injury: What psychotherapists should know

    Janis Whitlock;Wendy Lader;Karen Conterio

  • Frequency and functions of non-suicidal self-injury: associations with suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

    Elise Paul;Aliona Tsypes;Laura Eidlitz;Carrie Ernhout

  • Peer effects on risky behaviors: New evidence from college roommate assignments

    Daniel Eisenberg;Ezra Golberstein;Janis L. Whitlock

  • Predictors of self-injury cessation and subsequent psychological growth: results of a probability sample survey of students in eight universities and colleges

    Janis Whitlock;Kemar Prussien;Celeste Pietrusza

  • Assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury: development and initial validation of the Non-Suicidal Self-Injury-Assessment Tool (NSSI-AT).

    Janis Whitlock;Deinera Exner-Cortens;Amanda Purington

  • Self-injurious behavior in adolescents.

    Janis Whitlock

  • SOCIAL CONTAGION OF MENTAL HEALTH: EVIDENCE FROM COLLEGE ROOMMATES

    Daniel Eisenberg;Ezra Golberstein;Janis L. Whitlock;Marilyn F. Downs

  • Media, the Internet, and nonsuicidal self-injury.

    Janis Whitlock;Amanda Purington;Marina Gershkovich

Frequent Co-Authors

Penelope Hasking
Penelope Hasking Curtin University
John Eckenrode
John Eckenrode Cornell University
Elizabeth E. Lloyd-Richardson
Elizabeth E. Lloyd-Richardson University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Stephen P. Lewis
Stephen P. Lewis University of Guelph
Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp
Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Nancy L. Heath
Nancy L. Heath McGill University
Paul L. Plener
Paul L. Plener Medical University of Vienna
Peter A. Wyman
Peter A. Wyman University of Rochester
Glenn Alexander Melvin
Glenn Alexander Melvin Deakin University
Marc S. Wilson
Marc S. Wilson Victoria University of Wellington

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