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Kenneth I. Pakenham

Kenneth I. Pakenham

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
60
Citations
10772
World Ranking
3594
National Ranking
193

Kenneth I. Pakenham publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth I. Pakenham sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 195 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Kenneth I. Pakenham D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth I. Pakenham sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kenneth I. Pakenham is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Psychology, Medicine, and Social Sciences. Within these areas, the subfields of Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology have been central to their scholarly output.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Kenneth I. Pakenham has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals with a notable focus on:

  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • PLoS ONE

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Pakenham include:

  • Giulia Landi
  • Silvana Grandi
  • Eliana Tossani
  • Ambra Mara Giovannetti
  • Alessandra Solari

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Pakenham include:

  • "The moderating roles of psychological flexibility and inflexibility on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Italy," 2020, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • "Health Anxiety and Mental Health Outcome During COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Flexibility," 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "The trajectories of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and the protective role of psychological flexibility: A four-wave longitudinal study," 2022, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "A resilience group training program for people with multiple sclerosis: Results of a pilot single-blind randomized controlled trial and nested qualitative study," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "The Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory (MPFI): Discriminant validity of psychological flexibility with distress," 2021, Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science

Best Publications

  • Adjustment to multiple sclerosis: Application of a stress and coping model

    Kenneth I. Pakenham

  • Feasibility and effectiveness of psychosocial resilience training: A pilot study of the READY program

    Nicola W Burton;Ken I Pakenham;Wendy J Brown

  • Social support and postpartum depressive symptomatology: The mediating role of maternal self-efficacy.

    Divna M. Haslam;Kenneth I. Pakenham;Amanda Smith

  • Finding meaning in parenting a child with Asperger syndrome: correlates of sense making and benefit finding

    Kenneth I Pakenham;Kate Sofronoff;Christina Samios

  • Effects of a Telephone-Delivered Multiple Health Behavior Change Intervention (CanChange) on Health and Behavioral Outcomes in Survivors of Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Anna L. Hawkes;Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Kenneth I Pakenham;Tanya A. Patrao

  • Altered cognitive function in men treated for prostate cancer with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogues and cyproterone acetate: a randomized controlled trial.

    Heather J Green;K. I. Pakenham;B. C. Headley;J. Yaxley

  • Adjustment in mothers of children with Asperger syndrome An application of the double ABCX model of family adjustment

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Christina Samios;Kate Sofronoff

  • Relationships between adjustment to HIV and both social support and coping.

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Mark R. Dadds;Deborah J. Terry

  • The psychosocial impact of caregiving on young people who have a parent with an illness or disability: Comparisons between young caregivers and noncaregivers.

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Samantha Bursnall;Jessica Chiu;Toni Cannon

  • The role of illness, resources, appraisal, and coping strategies in adjustment to HIV/AIDS: The direct and buffering effects

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Machelle Rinaldis

  • Benefit Finding in multiple sclerosis and associations with positive and negative outcomes

    Kenneth I. Pakenham

  • Relations between Social Support, Appraisal and Coping and Both Positive and Negative Outcomes in Young Carers

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Jessica Chiu;Samantha Bursnall;Toni Cannon

  • The moderating roles of psychological flexibility and inflexibility on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Italy

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Giulia Landi;Giada Boccolini;Annalisa Furlani

  • The effectiveness of an ACT informed intervention for managing stress and improving therapist qualities in clinical psychology trainees.

    Johanna Stafford-Brown;Kenneth I. Pakenham

  • Application of a stress and coping model to caregiving in multiple sclerosis

    Kenneth I. Pakenham

  • Dimensions of quality of life and psychosocial variables most salient to colorectal cancer patients

    Jeff Dunn;Brigid Lynch;Machelle Rinaldis;Kenneth Pakenham

  • Stress in Clinical Psychology Trainees: Current Research Status and Future Directions

    Kenneth I Pakenham;Jeanie Stafford-Brown

  • Describing and predicting psychological distress after colorectal cancer.

    Brigid M. Lynch;Suzanne Kathleen Steginga;Suzanne Kathleen Steginga;Anna L. Hawkes;Anna L. Hawkes;Ken I. Pakenham

  • Quality of life compared during pharmacological treatments and clinical monitoring for non-localized prostate cancer: A randomized controlled trial

    Heather J Green;K. I. Pakenham;B. C. Headley;J. Yaxley

  • Couple coping and adjustment to multiple sclerosis in care receiver carer dyads

    Kenneth I. Pakenham

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne F. Aitken
Joanne F. Aitken Cancer Council Queensland
Beth Newman
Beth Newman Queensland University of Technology
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland
Barbara A. Leggett
Barbara A. Leggett University of Queensland
Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Kate Sofronoff
Kate Sofronoff University of Queensland
Neville Owen
Neville Owen Swinburne University of Technology
Mark R. Dadds
Mark R. Dadds University of Sydney
Wendy J. Brown
Wendy J. Brown University of Queensland
Silvana Grandi
Silvana Grandi University of Bologna

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