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Lauren J. Breen

Lauren J. Breen

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Psychology

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41
Citations
6922
World Ranking
7913
National Ranking
468

Overview

Lauren J. Breen is a researcher affiliated with Curtin University in Australia, specializing in psychology and medicine. Their work focuses on clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

Their main research topics include grief, bereavement, and mental health; migration, health and trauma; palliative care and end-of-life issues; homelessness and social issues; geriatric care and nursing homes; family support in illness; and posttraumatic stress disorder research.

Lauren J. Breen has published extensively in prominent venues such as Death Studies, OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, Palliative Care and Social Practice, Journal of Palliative Medicine, and British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.

Recent papers include:

  • Grief literacy: A call to action for compassionate communities, 2020, Death Studies
  • Psychological Risk Factors of Functional Impairment After COVID-19 Deaths, 2021, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
  • Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning, 2021, Death Studies
  • Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority, 2024, The Lancet Public Health
  • The impact of bereavement support on wellbeing: a comparative study between Australia and Ireland, 2020, Palliative Care and Social Practice

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated multiple times with Lauren J. Breen include:

  • Vincent O. Mancini
  • Moira O'Connor
  • Georgia Halkett
  • Robert A. Neimeyer
  • Sherman A. Lee

Best Publications

  • The researcher 'in the middle': Negotiating the insider/outsider dichotomy

    Lauren J. Breen

  • Understanding individual resilience in the workplace: the international collaboration of workforce resilience model

    Clare S. Rees;Lauren J. Breen;Lynette Cusack;Desley Hegney

  • Who Needs Bereavement Support? A Population Based Survey of Bereavement Risk and Support Need

    Samar M. Aoun;Lauren J. Breen;Denise A. Howting;Bruce Rumbold

  • The Fundamental Paradox in the Grief Literature: A Critical Reflection:

    Lauren J. Breen;Moira O'Connor

  • Family and social networks after bereavement: experiences of support, change and isolation

    Lauren J. Breen;Moira O'Connor

  • What sources of bereavement support are perceived helpful by bereaved people and why? Empirical evidence for the compassionate communities approach.

    Samar M Aoun;Lauren J Breen;Ishta White;Bruce Rumbold

  • A public health approach to bereavement support services in palliative care.

    Samar M. Aoun;Lauren J. Breen;Moira O'Connor;Bruce Rumbold

  • Bereavement support for family caregivers: The gap between guidelines and practice in palliative care

    Samar M. Aoun;Bruce Rumbold;Denise Howting;Amanda Bolleter

  • Motor Neurone Disease family carers’ experiences of caring, palliative care and bereavement: An exploratory qualitative study:

    Samar M Aoun;Sianne Lee Connors;Lynn Priddis;Lauren J Breen

  • Exploring environmental factors in nursing workplaces that promote psychological resilience: Constructing a unified theoretical model

    Lynette Cusack;Morgan Smith;Desley Hegney;Clare S. Rees

  • Grief literacy: A call to action for compassionate communities.

    Lauren J. Breen;Daisuke Kawashima;Karima Joy;Susan Cadell

  • Moving beyond the enduring dominance of positivism in psychological research: Implications for psychology in Australia

    Lauren J. Breen;Dawn Darlaston-Jones

  • Reducing the incidence of plagiarism in an undergraduate course: the role of education.

    Lauren Breen;Margaret Maassen

  • Australian Community Psychologist

    Lauren Breen

  • Bridging the Gaps in Palliative Care Bereavement Support: An International Perspective

    Lauren J. Breen;Samar M. Aoun;Moira O'Connor;Bruce Rumbold

  • What is the impact of shift work on the psychological functioning and resilience of nurses? An integrative review.

    Mozhdeh Tahghighi;Clare S. Rees;Janie A. Brown;Lauren J. Breen

  • A scoping review of bereavement risk assessment measures: Implications for palliative care

    Margaret Sealey;Lauren J Breen;Moira O’Connor;Samar M Aoun

  • A phenomenological exploration of the childfree choice in a sample of Australian women.

    Joanne Doyle;Julie Ann Pooley;Lauren Breen

  • Psychological Risk Factors of Functional Impairment After COVID-19 Deaths.

    Lauren J. Breen;Sherman A. Lee;Robert A. Neimeyer

  • Risk factors for dysfunctional grief and functional impairment for all causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of meaning.

    Lauren J Breen;Vincent O Mancini;Sherman A Lee;Emily A Pappalardo

  • Young people's perceptions and experiences of leaving high school early: an exploration

    Trish Lee;Lauren Breen

  • Professionals' experiences of grief counseling: implications for bridging the gap between research and practice

    Lauren J. Breen

  • Relationships between quality of life, spiritual well-being, and psychological adjustment styles for people living with leukaemia: An exploratory study

    Moira O’Connor;Andrew Guilfoyle;Lauren Breen;Firdaus Mukhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Clare S. Rees
Clare S. Rees Curtin University
Holly G. Prigerson
Holly G. Prigerson Cornell University
Sherman A. Lee
Sherman A. Lee Christopher Newport University
Robert A. Neimeyer
Robert A. Neimeyer University of Memphis
Penelope Schofield
Penelope Schofield Swinburne University of Technology
Louise Sharpe
Louise Sharpe University of Sydney
Maarten C. Eisma
Maarten C. Eisma University of Groningen
J. Scott Yaruss
J. Scott Yaruss Michigan State University
Donna Cross
Donna Cross Telethon Kids Institute
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales

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