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John R. E. Fox is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with significant contributions also in neuroscience. Within these broad fields, their work is especially rooted in clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their research extensively covers topics related to eating disorders and behaviors, autism spectrum disorder, child nutrition and feeding issues, as well as obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Additional topics include humor studies, the impact of technology on adolescents, and aspects of anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

John R. E. Fox has published notable papers including:

  • "For Me, the Anorexia is Just a Symptom, and the Cause is the Autism": Investigating Restrictive Eating Disorders in Autistic Women (2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
  • 'It's not that they don't want to access the support... it's the impact of the autism': The experience of eating disorder services from the perspective of autistic women, parents and healthcare professionals (2021, Autism)
  • Attentional bias in eating disorders: A meta-review (2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • A comparison of the eating disorder service experiences of autistic and non-autistic women in the UK (2022, European Eating Disorders Review)
  • The lived experience of working with people with eating disorders: A meta-ethnography (2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders)

The research has appeared frequently in venues such as:

  • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • Autism
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

John R. E. Fox collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Catherine R. G. Jones
  • Charli Babb
  • Janina Brede
  • Lucy Serpell
  • William Mandy

Best Publications

  • Altered social hedonic processing in eating disorders

    Kate Tchanturia;Helen Davies;Amy Harrison;John R.E. Fox

  • Excessive exercise and weight preoccupation in women

    Caroline Davis;John Fox

  • "For Me, the Anorexia is Just a Symptom, and the Cause is the Autism": Investigating Restrictive Eating Disorders in Autistic Women.

    Janina Brede;Charlotte Babb;Catherine Jones;Mair Elliott

  • Eating disorders and multi‐level models of emotion: An integrated model

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  • Living with the 'Anorexic Voice': A Thematic Analysis

    Stephanie. Tierney;John R. E. Fox

  • Motivations to exercise as a function of personality characteristics, age, and gender

    Caroline Davis;John Fox;Howard Brewer;Dorothy Ratusny

  • “Public” Choice and Cooperation in n-Person Prisoner's Dilemma

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  • Illness perceptions in anorexia nervosa: a qualitative investigation.

    Laurie Higbed;John R. E. Fox

  • Feminist ideology as a predictor of body dissatisfaction in women

    Michelle Dionne;Caroline Davis;John Fox;Maria Gurevich

  • First-time fathers’ experiences of parenting during the first year

    Omar Kowlessar;John R. Fox;Anja Wittkowski

  • The Experience of Caring For or Living with an Individual with an Eating Disorder: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.

    John Re Fox;Madeleine Dean;Anna Whittlesea

  • EFFECTS OF KANGAROO MOTHER CARE ON MATERNAL MOOD AND INTERACTION PATTERNS BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR PRETERM, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

    Eirini Athanasopoulou;John R.E. Fox

  • Experiences of shame and guilt in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: A systematic review.

    Suzanne P. M. Blythin;Hannah L. Nicholson;Vanessa G. Macintyre;Joanne M. Dickson;Joanne M. Dickson

  • Cognitive remediation and emotion skills training for anorexia nervosa: an observational study using neuropsychological outcomes.

    Helen Davies;John Fox;Ulrike Naumann;Janet Treasure

  • Evaluating the use of poetry to improve well-being and emotional resilience in cancer patients

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  • Chronic anorexia nervosa: A Delphi study to explore practitioners' views

    Stephanie Tierney;John R.E. Fox

  • A qualitative exploration of the perception of emotions in anorexia nervosa: A basic emotion and developmental perspective

    John R. E. Fox

  • An exploration of the perceptions and experiences of living with chronic anorexia nervosa while an inpatient on an Eating Disorders Unit: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study

    John R. E. Fox;Pascal Diab

  • 'It's not that they don't want to access the support . . . it's the impact of the autism': The experience of eating disorder services from the perspective of autistic women, parents and healthcare professionals.

    Charli Babb;Janina Brede;Catherine R G Jones;Mair Elliott

  • The functional role of exercise in the development of weight and diet concerns in women.

    Caroline Davis;John Fox;Michael Cowles;Patricia Hastings

  • Perception of threat from emotions and its role in poor emotional expression within eating pathology

    Korina Ioannou;John R E Fox

  • The relation of anger to disgust: the potential role of coupled emotions within eating pathology.

    John R. E. Fox;Amy Harrison

  • Eating disorders: a basic emotion perspective.

    John R E Fox;Kate Froom;Kate Froom

  • The experience of involuntary detention in acute psychiatric care. A review and synthesis of qualitative studies

    Tara Seed;John R.E. Fox;Katherine Berry

Frequent Co-Authors

Anja Wittkowski
Anja Wittkowski University of Manchester
Patricia A. Gooding
Patricia A. Gooding University of Manchester
Kate Tchanturia
Kate Tchanturia King's College London
Katherine Berry
Katherine Berry University of Manchester
Lucy Serpell
Lucy Serpell University College London
Mick Power
Mick Power National University of Singapore
Ulrike Schmidt
Ulrike Schmidt King's College London
Gillian Haddock
Gillian Haddock Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
Richard J. Brown
Richard J. Brown University of Manchester
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London

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