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33
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6270
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10418
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5467

Overview

Mark H. Thelen was affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research contributions primarily spanned the field of Medicine, with particular involvement in multiple subfields including Developmental and Educational Psychology, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Epidemiology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Thelen's work focused on a range of topics, notably in the domains of children's physical and motor development, muscle physiology and disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, inflammatory myopathies and dermatomyositis, systemic sclerosis and related diseases, as well as peripheral neuropathies and disorders.

Thelen authored research papers published in recognized academic venues. These include:

  • Motor function testing rates and outcomes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy with comorbid autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, 2025, Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Recruitment rate comparison between a virtual tele-research cohort and a traditional centre-based cohort in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, 2025, Lara D. Veeken

Throughout their career, Thelen frequently collaborated with other researchers. Among the noted coauthors were Joe Kelley, Eleni Tiniakou, Kenneth Crager, Jemima Albayda, and Dennis Keselman, all of whom contributed to Thelen's research output through multiple joint publications.

Publication venues that featured Thelen's work included Neuromuscular Disorders and Lara D. Veeken journals.

Best Publications

  • A revision of the bulimia test : the BULIT-R

    Mark H. Thelen;Janet Farmer;Stephen Wonderlich;Marcia Smith

  • Development and validation of a test for bulimia.

    Marcia C. Smith;Mark H. Thelen

  • Development and Validation of a Fear-of-Intimacy Scale

    Carol J. Descutner;Mark H. Thelen

  • Children's perceptions of peer influence on eating concerns

    Krista K. Oliver;Mark H. Thelen

  • The Bulimia Test--Revised: Validation with "DSM-IV" Criteria for Bulimia Nervosa.

    Mark H. Thelen;Laurie B. Mintz;Jillon S. Vander Wal

  • Children's expected interpersonal consequences of communicating their affective state and reported likelihood of expression.

    Dayna Fuchs;Mark H. Thelen

  • Distress and Professional Impairment Among Psychologists in Clinical Practice

    Michelle D. Sherman;Mark H. Thelen

  • Desire to be thinner and weight control among children and their parents

    Mark H. Thelen;Jane F. Cormier

  • Eating and body image concerns among obese and average-weight children.

    J S Vander Wal;M H Thelen

  • Predictors of body image dissatisfaction in elementary-age school girls.

    Jillon S Vander Wal;Mark H Thelen

  • The Fear-of-Intimacy Scale: Replication and extension.

    Susan C. Doi;Mark H. Thelen

  • Eating and Body Image Concern Among Children

    Mark H. Thelen;Anne L. Powell;Christine Lawrence;Mark E. Kuhnert

  • Body image, dieting, and self-concept: Their relation in African-American and Caucasian children

    Christine M. Lawrence;Mark H. Thelen

  • Therapeutic videotape and film modeling: a review.

    Mark H. Thelen;Richard A. Fry;Peter A. Fehrenbach;Nanette M. Frautschi

  • Parental factors related to bulimia nervosa.

    Addys Moreno;Mark H. Thelen

  • A Preliminary Prevention Program for Eating Disorders in a Junior High School Population.

    Addys B. Moreno;Mark H. Thelen

  • Fear of Intimacy among Dating Couples

    M. H. Thelen;J. S. Vander Wal;Amanda McCombs Thomas;R. Harmon

  • Knowledge and beliefs about confidentiality in psychotherapy

    David J. Miller;Mark H. Thelen

  • Overjustification and children's intrinsic motivation: Comparative effects of four rewards.

    Stephen J. Dollinger;Mark H. Thelen

  • Roles, functions, and training in clinical psychology: a survey of academic clinicians.

    Mark H. Thelen;Douglas R. Ewing

  • Emotions and cognitions associated with bingeing and weight control behavior in bulimia

    Anne L. Powell;Mark H. Thelen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Dollinger
Stephen J. Dollinger Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Michael C. Roberts
Michael C. Roberts University of Kansas
Michelle D. Sherman
Michelle D. Sherman University of Minnesota
Monroe A. Bruch
Monroe A. Bruch State University of New York

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