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Michael Lyvers

Michael Lyvers

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Psychology

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35
Citations
4525
World Ranking
9936
National Ranking
568

Overview

Michael Lyvers is a researcher affiliated with Bond University in Australia, focusing primarily on psychology and medicine. Their work spans various subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research covers several topics with emphasis on psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, personality disorders and psychopathology, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, eating disorders and behaviors, the impact of technology on adolescents, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Michael Lyvers has published multiple recent papers, including:

  • Alexithymia, narcissism and social anxiety in relation to social media and internet addiction symptoms (2022, International Journal of Psychology)
  • Self-compassion in Relation to Alexithymia, Empathy, and Negative Mood in Young Adults (2020, Mindfulness)
  • Alexithymia, Fear of Intimacy, and Relationship Satisfaction (2021, Journal of Family Issues)
  • Alexithymia and Alcohol Use: Evaluating the Role of Interoceptive Sensibility with the Revised Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (2023, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment)
  • Alexithymia, impulsivity and negative mood in relation to internet addiction symptoms in female university students (2021, Australian Journal of Psychology)

Their frequent co-authors include Fred Arne Thorberg, Natasha Ryan, Peta Stapleton, Alessandra Salviani, and Stephanie Costan. This collaboration reflects a range of joint contributions to their fields of study.

Michael Lyvers has several publications in prominent venues, with the most frequent being the International Journal of Psychology and the Australian Journal of Psychology. Other publication venues include Current Psychology, Mindfulness, and the Journal of Family Issues.

Best Publications

  • Alexithymia and alcohol use disorders: A critical review

    Fred Arne Thorberg;Ross McD. Young;Karen A. Sullivan;Michael Lyvers

  • "Loss of control" in alcoholism and drug addiction: a neuroscientific interpretation.

    Michael Lyvers

  • The relationship between coping strategies, alcohol expectancies, drinking motives and drinking behaviour.

    Penelope A. Hasking;Michael Lyvers;Cassandra Carlopio

  • Attachment, fear of intimacy and differentiation of self among clients in substance disorder treatment facilities.

    Fred Arne Thorberg;Michael Lyvers

  • Drinking motives, drinking restraint and drinking behaviour among young adults.

    Michael Lyvers;Penelope Hasking;Riana Hani;Madolyn Rhodes

  • Alexithymia, craving and attachment in a heavy drinking population.

    Fred Arne Thorberg;Ross McD. Young;Ross McD. Young;Karen A. Sullivan;Michael Lyvers

  • Trait mindfulness in relation to emotional self-regulation and executive function

    Michael Lyvers;Chloe Makin;Evan Toms;Fred Arne Thorberg

  • Negative Mood Regulation (NMR) expectancies, mood, and affect intensity among clients in substance disorder treatment facilities.

    Fred Arne Thorberg;Michael Lyvers

  • Attachment in relation to affect regulation and interpersonal functioning among substance use disorder inpatients

    Fred Arne Thorberg;Michael Lyvers

  • Parental bonding and alexithymia: A meta-analysis

    F. A. Thorberg;F. A. Thorberg;R. McD. Young;K. A. Sullivan;Michael Lyvers

  • Neuropsychological correlates of opioid dependence and withdrawal

    Michael Lyvers;Michael Yakimoff

  • Values and Beliefs of Psychedelic Drug Users: A Cross-Cultural Study

    Michael Lerner;Michael Lyvers

  • Illicit use of LSD or psilocybin, but not MDMA or nonpsychedelic drugs, is associated with mystical experiences in a dose-dependent manner.

    Michael Lyvers;Molly Meester

  • Selective effects of alcohol on Wisconsin card sorting test performance

    Michael F. Lyvers;Irving Maltzman

  • Cognitive trait anxiety, situational stress, and mental effort predict shifting efficiency: Implications for attentional control theory.

    Elizabeth J. Edwards;Mark S. Edwards;Michael Lyvers

  • A psychometric comparison of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Observer Alexithymia Scale (OAS) in an alcohol-dependent sample

    Fred Arne Thorberg;Ross McD. Young;Ross McD. Young;Karen A. Sullivan;Michael Lyvers

  • Effects of acute alcohol consumption on executive cognitive functioning in naturalistic settings.

    Michael Lyvers;Juliette Tobias-Webb

  • Rash impulsiveness and reward sensitivity in relation to risky drinking by university students: Potential roles of frontal systems

    Michael Lyvers;Helen Duff;Vanessa Basch;Mark S. Edwards

  • Disinhibition and reward sensitivity in relation to alcohol consumption by university undergraduates

    Michael Lyvers;Cameron Czerczyk;Anna Follent;Phoebe Lodge

  • Drug addiction as a “physical disease:” The role of physical dependence and other chronic drug-induced neurophysiological changes in compulsive drug self-administration

    Michael Lyvers

  • A Meta-analysis of Theory of Mind in Alcohol Use Disorders.

    Roy C. Onuoha;Daniel S. Quintana;Michael Lyvers;Adam J. Guastella

  • Cognitive trait anxiety, situational stress and mental effort predict shifting efficiency

    Elizabeth Edwards;Mark Edwards;Mike Lyvers

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason P. Connor
Jason P. Connor University of Queensland
Ross McD. Young
Ross McD. Young University of the Sunshine Coast
Edythe D. London
Edythe D. London University of California, Los Angeles
Penelope Hasking
Penelope Hasking Curtin University
Adam J. Guastella
Adam J. Guastella University of Sydney
Daniel Quintana
Daniel Quintana University of Oslo

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