What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Psychiatry
- Internal medicine
- Cancer
Melissa A. Alderfer focuses on Psychiatry, Cancer, Anxiety disorder, Social environment and Traumatic stress.
In her research on the topic of Psychiatry, Concordance and Distress is strongly related with Risk factor.
Her Cancer research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Posttraumatic stress and Pediatrics.
Melissa A. Alderfer has researched Anxiety disorder in several fields, including Affect and Family therapy.
She regularly ties together related areas like Clinical psychology in her Intervention studies.
Her studies link PsycINFO with Psychosocial.
Her most cited work include:
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) in Families of Adolescent Childhood Cancer Survivors (363 citations)
- Posttraumatic Growth in Adolescent Survivors of Cancer and Their Mothers and Fathers (356 citations)
- An Integrative Model of Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress (330 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Melissa A. Alderfer mainly investigates Clinical psychology, Cancer, Psychosocial, Psychiatry and Pediatric cancer.
Her Clinical psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Psychological intervention, Social support, Disease and PsycINFO.
Her Cancer research includes themes of Young adult, Sibling, Traumatic stress and Pediatrics.
Melissa A. Alderfer interconnects Distress and Family medicine in the investigation of issues within Psychosocial.
Her Distress study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Psychometrics and Anxiety.
Many of her research projects under Psychiatry are closely connected to Social environment and Evidence-based practice with Social environment and Evidence-based practice, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.
She most often published in these fields:
- Clinical psychology (48.89%)
- Cancer (42.22%)
- Psychosocial (37.78%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Family medicine (29.63%)
- Clinical psychology (48.89%)
- Sibling (25.93%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Family medicine, Clinical psychology, Sibling, PsycINFO and Cancer.
The concepts of her Family medicine study are interwoven with issues in Intervention, Chronic disease, Family caregivers, Clinical competence and Palliative care.
In general Clinical psychology study, her work on Distress and Psychometrics often relates to the realm of Coronavirus disease 2019 and Factor structure, thereby connecting several areas of interest.
Her studies deal with areas such as Psychological intervention, Traumatic stress and Family conflict as well as PsycINFO.
Her Cancer research incorporates elements of Psychosocial and Anxiety.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Appreciative inquiry and Disease.
Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Introduction to the special issue: Trauma-informed care for children and families. (5 citations)
- Introduction to the special issue: Trauma-informed care for children and families. (5 citations)
- Integrating play in trauma-informed care: Multidisciplinary pediatric healthcare provider perspectives. (4 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Cancer
- Psychiatry
Her main research concerns PsycINFO, Traumatic stress, Information sharing, Information access and Family medicine.
Her PsycINFO research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Psychological intervention, Care setting and Medical education.
Her Traumatic stress research incorporates themes from Cancer, Pediatric oncology, Mild symptoms and Anxiety.
Her Information sharing research includes elements of Treatment decision making and Sibling.
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