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Lara J. Farrell

Lara J. Farrell

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Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
4935
World Ranking
9262
National Ranking
538

Overview

Lara J. Farrell is primarily affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, particularly within clinical and cognitive neuroscience domains. Their research covers a broad spectrum of psychological topics with focused attention on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, and related mental health concerns.

The main fields of study for Farrell include:

  • Psychology

Subfields of study reflect the specific areas of expertise and publication focus:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Farrell's principal research topics include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Youth Development and Social Support

Frequent publication venues demonstrate a consistent engagement with specialized journals in psychological sciences and child mental health:

  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Selected recent papers by Lara J. Farrell include:

  • "Searching for the HERO in Youth: Does Psychological Capital (PsyCap) Predict Mental Health Symptoms and Subjective Wellbeing in Australian School-Aged Children and Adolescents?" (2020), published in Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • "Tackling Mental Health in Youth Sporting Programs: A Pilot Study of a Holistic Program" (2020), published in Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • "Virtual Reality One-Session Treatment of Child-Specific Phobia of Dogs: A Controlled, Multiple Baseline Case Series" (2020), published in Behavior Therapy
  • "Rejection sensitivity and the development of social anxiety symptoms during adolescence: A five-year longitudinal study" (2021), published in International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • "Exploring the relationship between self-compassion and body dysmorphic symptoms in adolescents" (2020), published in Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Frequent co-authors throughout Farrell's work include:

  • Allison M. Waters
  • Caroline L. Donovan
  • Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
  • Sharna Mathieu
  • Eric A. Storch

Best Publications

  • Long-term outcomes of an Australian universal prevention trial of anxiety and depression symptoms in children and youth: an evaluation of the friends program.

    Paula M. Barrett;Lara J. Farrell;Thomas H. Ollendick;Mark Dadds

  • EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENTS FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

    Paula M Barrett;Lara Jean Farrell;Armando A. Pina;Tara S. Peris

  • Cognitive-behavioral family treatment of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder: long-term follow-up and predictors of outcome.

    Paula Barrett;Lara Farrell;Mark Dadds;Natalie Boulter

  • D-Cycloserine Augmentation of Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data.

    David Mataix-Cols;Lorena Fernández de la Cruz;Benedetta Monzani;David Rosenfield

  • Developmental Differences in Universal Preventive Intervention for Child Anxiety

    Paula Maria Barrett;Sally Lock;Lara Jean Farrell

  • Prevention of Childhood Emotional Disorders: Reducing the Burden of Suffering Associated with Anxiety and Depression

    Lara Jean Farrell;Paula M. Barrett

  • The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Development and First Psychometric Evidence of a New Scale for Assessing Anxiety Disorders Symptoms of Children and Adolescents

    Peter Muris;Peter Muris;Ellin Simon;Hester Lijphart;Arjan Bos

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder across developmental trajectory: cognitive processing of threat in children, adolescents and adults.

    Lara Jean Farrell;Paula Barrett

  • Mindfulness interventions in schools: Integrity and feasibility of implementation:

    Lisa-Marie Emerson;Natalja Nabinger de Diaz;Ashra Sherwood;Allison Waters

  • Parent-child Interactions with Anxious Children and with Their Siblings: An Observational Study

    Paula M. Barrett;Tara Fox;Lara Jean Farrell

  • Comorbidity and treatment response in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study of group cognitive-behavioral treatment

    Lara Jean Farrell;Allison Maree Waters;Ella Lindsey Milliner;Tom Ollendick

  • Young adolescents' appearance anxiety and body dysmorphic symptoms: Social problems, self-perceptions and comorbidities

    Shawna Mastro;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Haley J. Webb;Lara Farrell

  • Difficult-to-treat pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Feasibility and preliminary results of a randomized pilot trial of D-cycloserine-augmented behavior therapy

    Lara Jean Farrell;Allison Maree Waters;Mark Justin Boschen;Laetitia Hattingh

  • Searching for the HERO in Youth: Does Psychological Capital (PsyCap) Predict Mental Health Symptoms and Subjective Wellbeing in Australian School-Aged Children and Adolescents?

    Jules Finch;Lara J Farrell;Allison M Waters

  • Cognitive–behavioral treatment of childhood obsessive–compulsive disorder in community-based clinical practice: clinical significance and benchmarking against efficacy

    Lara Jean Farrell;Barbara Schlup;Mark Justin Boschen

  • The relationships of child and parent factors with children's anxiety symptoms: Parental anxious rearing as a mediator

    Allison Maree Waters;Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck;Lara Jean Farrell

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Across the Developmental Trajectory: Clinical Correlates in Children, Adolescents and Adults

    Lara Jean Farrell;Paula Barrett;John Piacentini

  • Augmenting one-session treatment of children's specific phobias with attention training to positive stimuli

    Allison M. Waters;Lara J. Farrell;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Ella Milliner

  • Girls' and boys' trajectories of appearance anxiety from age 10 to 15 years are associated with earlier maturation and appearance-related teasing.

    Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Haley J. Webb;Lara J. Farrell;Allison M. Waters

  • Brief intensive CBT for pediatric OCD with E-therapy maintenance.

    Lara J. Farrell;Ella L. Oar;Allison M. Waters;Harry McConnell

  • "Pretty Pressure" From Peers, Parents, and the Media: A Longitudinal Study of Appearance-Based Rejection Sensitivity.

    Haley J. Webb;Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck;Allison M. Waters;Lara J. Farrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Allison M. Waters
Allison M. Waters Griffith University
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck Griffith University
Thomas H. Ollendick
Thomas H. Ollendick Virginia Tech
Caroline L. Donovan
Caroline L. Donovan Griffith University
Paula M. Barrett
Paula M. Barrett Edith Cowan University
Eric A. Storch
Eric A. Storch Baylor College of Medicine
Sabine Wilhelm
Sabine Wilhelm Harvard University
Wayne K. Goodman
Wayne K. Goodman Baylor College of Medicine
Susan W. White
Susan W. White University of Alabama
Adam B. Lewin
Adam B. Lewin University of South Florida

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