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Kerry S. O'Brien

Kerry S. O'Brien

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Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
7047
World Ranking
7569
National Ranking
442

Overview

Kerry S. O'Brien is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, pharmacy, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

The main topics of O'Brien's research include:

  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

O'Brien has frequently published in these venues:

  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMC Psychology
  • Addiction

Among recent papers, O'Brien has co-authored studies including:

  • Definitions of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD): A Literature Review of Epidemiological Research in Australia, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Relationship Between Children's Problematic Internet-related Behaviors and Psychological Distress During the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study, 2021, Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Psychological distress and internet-related behaviors between schoolchildren with and without overweight during the COVID-19 outbreak, 2021, International Journal of Obesity
  • The relationship between gambling advertising and gambling attitudes, intentions and behaviours: a critical and meta-analytic review, 2020, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • Problematic Use of Internet-Related Activities and Perceived Weight Stigma in Schoolchildren: A Longitudinal Study Across Different Epidemic Periods of COVID-19 in China, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frequently collaborating co-authors of O'Brien include:

  • Chung-Ying Lin
  • Janet D. Latner
  • Jung-Sheng Chen
  • Nadia Bevan
  • Mark D. Griffiths

O'Brien has contributed a significant volume of research work with 52 publications classified mainly in psychology and 40 in medicine. Their research covers a broad interdisciplinary scope addressing clinical psychological issues and public health concerns, particularly focused on eating disorders, obesity, technological impacts on youth, and behavioral addictions.

Best Publications

  • Anti-Fat Prejudice Reduction: A Review of Published Studies

    Sigrén Daníelsdóttir;Kerry S. O'Brien;Anna Ciao

  • The relationship between weight stigma and eating behavior is explained by weight bias internalization and psychological distress.

    Kerry Steven O'Brien;Janet Latner;Rebecca M Puhl;Lenny R Vartanian

  • Implicit anti-fat bias in physical educators: physical attributes, ideology and socialization.

    Kerry O'Brien;John Hunter;M Banks

  • Upward and downward physical appearance comparisons: development of scales and examination of predictive qualities.

    Kerry S O'Brien;Peter Caputi;Rona Minto;Gregory E Peoples

  • Weighing obesity stigma: the relative strength of different forms of bias

    Janet Latner;Kerry O'Brien;L.E. Durso;L.A. Brinkman

  • A multinational examination of weight bias: Predictors of anti-fat attitudes across four countries

    Rebecca M Puhl;Janet Latner;Kerry Steven O'Brien;Jeorg Luedicke

  • Reducing Anti-Fat Prejudice in Preservice Health Students: A Randomized Trial

    Kerry S. O'Brien;Rebecca M. Puhl;Janet D. Latner;Azeem S. Mir

  • Obesity discrimination: the role of physical appearance, personal ideology, and anti-fat prejudice

    Kerry Steven O'Brien;Kerry Steven O'Brien;Janet Latner;Daria Ebneter;Jackie Hunter

  • The association between sports participation, alcohol use and aggression and violence: A systematic review

    Anders Larrabee Sonderlund;Kerry Steven O'Brien;Peter J Kremer;Bosco C Rowland

  • Weight and health-related quality of life: The moderating role of weight discrimination and internalized weight bias

    Janet D Latner;John P Barile;Laura E Durso;Kerry S O'Brien

  • Replication of “Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth” by Williams and Bargh (2008).

    Dermot Lynott;Katherine S. Corker;Jessica Wortman;Louise Connell

  • Situational awareness ability and cognitive skills training in a complex real-world task

    K. S. O'Brien;David P. O'Hare

  • Food addiction as a causal model of obesity. Effects on stigma, blame, and perceived psychopathology

    Janet D Latner;Rebecca M Puhl;Jessica M Murakami;Kerry S O'Brien

  • Racism, gun ownership and gun control: biased attitudes in US whites may influence policy decisions.

    Kerry Steven O'Brien;Walter Brian Forrest;Dermot Lynott;Michael Daly

  • Body image and explicit and implicit anti-fat attitudes: the mediating role of physical appearance comparisons.

    Kerry S. O’Brien;John A. Hunter;Jamin Halberstadt;Jeremy Anderson

  • Just world beliefs, causal beliefs, and acquaintance: Associations with stigma toward eating disorders and obesity

    Daria S. Ebneter;Janet D. Latner;Kerry S. O’Brien;Kerry S. O’Brien

  • Alcohol industry sponsorship and hazardous drinking among sportspeople

    Kerry S. O'Brien;Kypros Kypri

  • Cross‐national perspectives about weight‐based bullying in youth: nature, extent and remedies

    R. M. Puhl;J. D. Latner;K. O'Brien;J. Luedicke

  • Reasons for wanting to lose weight: Different strokes for different folks

    Kerry O'Brien;Bernard J Venn;Tracy Perry;Tim J Green

  • Do antifat attitudes predict antifat behaviors

    Kerry S. O'Brien;Janet D. Latner;Jamin Halberstadt;John A. Hunter

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet D. Latner
Janet D. Latner University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ted Ruffman
Ted Ruffman University of Otago
Chung Ying Lin
Chung Ying Lin National Cheng Kung University
Matthew P. Martens
Matthew P. Martens University of Missouri
Peter Caputi
Peter Caputi University of Wollongong
Sophia Jowett
Sophia Jowett Loughborough University
Jamin Halberstadt
Jamin Halberstadt University of Otago
M. Brent Donnellan
M. Brent Donnellan Michigan State University
Richard E. Lucas
Richard E. Lucas Michigan State University
Sheila M. Williams
Sheila M. Williams University of Otago

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