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Kate L. Harkness

Kate L. Harkness

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Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
9389
World Ranking
5694
National Ranking
391

Overview

Kate L. Harkness is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with focused subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, behavioral neuroscience, pharmacology, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of key topics, such as mental health research, stress responses and cortisol, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, treatment of major depression, child abuse and trauma, tryptophan and brain disorders, and a combined area involving anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Major Depression and Its Recurrences: Life Course Matters," 2022, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • "Social Media and Depression Symptoms: a Meta-Analysis," 2021, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • "Predictors of mental health and academic outcomes in first-year university students: Identifying prevention and early-intervention targets," 2020, BJPsych Open
  • "The Future of Women in Psychological Science," 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Mental health need of students at entry to university: Baseline findings from the U-Flourish Student Well-Being and Academic Success Study," 2020, Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors with whom Kate L. Harkness has collaborated include:

  • Sidney H. Kennedy
  • Roumen Milev
  • Raymond W. Lam
  • Benício N. Frey
  • Susan Rotzinger

The researcher frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • BJPsych Open
  • Psychological Assessment

Best Publications

  • Life stress, the "kindling" hypothesis, and the recurrence of depression: considerations from a life stress perspective.

    Scott M. Monroe;Kate L. Harkness

  • Major Depression and Its Recurrences: Life Course Matters

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  • Prevalence of Depressive Disorders in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Meta-Analysis

    Chloe C Hudson;Layla Hall;Kate L Harkness

  • Mental state decoding abilities in clinical depression.

    Lisa Lee;Kate L. Harkness;Mark A. Sabbagh;Jill A. Jacobson

  • Specificity in the Relations among Childhood Adversity, Early Maladaptive Schemas, and Symptom Profiles in Adolescent Depression

    Margaret N. Lumley;Kate L. Harkness

  • The role of childhood abuse and neglect in the sensitization to stressful life events in adolescent depression

    Kate L. Harkness;Alanna E. Bruce;Margaret N. Lumley

  • Major depression and the five-factor model of personality

    R. Michael Bagby;Russell T. Joffe;James D.A. Parker;Valery Kalemba

  • Enhanced accuracy of mental state decoding in dysphoric college students

    Kate L. Harkness;Mark A. Sabbagh;Jill A. Jacobson;Neeta K. Chowdrey

  • Recurrence in Major Depression: A Conceptual Analysis

    Scott M. Monroe;Kate L. Harkness

  • Cortisol reactivity to social stress in adolescents: Role of depression severity and child maltreatment

    Kate L. Harkness;Jeremy G. Stewart;Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards

  • The assessment and measurement of adult life stress: Basic premises, operational principles, and design requirements.

    Kate L. Harkness;Scott M. Monroe

  • Social Media and Depression Symptoms: a Meta-Analysis

    Simone Cunningham;Chloe C Hudson;Kate Harkness

  • Neural Correlates of Mental State Decoding in Human Adults: An Event-related Potential Study

    Mark A. Sabbagh;Margaret C. Moulson;Kate L. Harkness

  • Predictors of mental health and academic outcomes in first-year university students: Identifying prevention and early-intervention targets.

    A Duffy;C Keown-Stoneman;S Goodday;J Horrocks

  • Discovering biomarkers for antidepressant response: protocol from the Canadian biomarker integration network in depression (CAN-BIND) and clinical characteristics of the first patient cohort

    Raymond W. Lam;Roumen Milev;Susan Rotzinger;Susan Rotzinger;Ana C. Andreazza;Ana C. Andreazza

  • The generation of life events in recurrent and non-recurrent depression

    Kate L. Harkness;S. M. Monroe;A. D. Simons;M. Thase

  • Theory of mind in social anxiety disorder, depression, and comorbid conditions.

    Dustin Washburn;Gillian Wilson;Meighen Roes;Katerina Rnic

  • Gender Differences in Life Events Prior to Onset of Major Depressive Disorder: The Moderating Effect of Age

    Kate L. Harkness;Nazanin Alavi;Scott M. Monroe;George M. Slavich

  • Repeated exposure to stress across the childhood-adolescent period alters rats' anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in adulthood: The importance of stressor type and gender.

    Joanna Pohl;Mary C. Olmstead;Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards;Kate Harkness

  • Parental maltreatment, bullying, and adolescent depression: evidence for the mediating role of perceived social support

    Pamela M. Seeds;Kate L. Harkness;Lena C. Quilty

  • Childhood adversity and the endogenous versus nonendogenous distinction in women with major depression.

    Kate L. Harkness;Scott M. Monroe

  • Life stress and the symptoms of major depression.

    Scott M. Monroe;Kate Harkness;Anne D. Simons;Michael E. Thase

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Michael Bagby
R. Michael Bagby University of Toronto
Mark A. Sabbagh
Mark A. Sabbagh Queen's University
Scott M. Monroe
Scott M. Monroe University of Notre Dame
Roumen Milev
Roumen Milev Queen's University
Lena C. Quilty
Lena C. Quilty Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Geoffrey B. Hall
Geoffrey B. Hall McMaster University
Zahinoor Ismail
Zahinoor Ismail University of Calgary
Tom Hollenstein
Tom Hollenstein Queen's University
Anne D. Simons
Anne D. Simons University of Notre Dame
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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