2026 Myra Cooper: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	43	7342	6848	731	697	133	6094

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Overview

Myra Cooper is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Psychology and Medicine, with particular attention to subfields including Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Speech and Hearing.

The scientist's research covers several distinct but related topics. These include:

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Family Support in Illness
Digital Mental Health Interventions
Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Myra Cooper has contributed scholarly papers published in established academic journals. Two recent papers illustrate their research interests and publication history:

Investigating self-blame and trauma symptoms in parents of young people with anorexia nervosa (2023), published in European Eating Disorders Review
An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the adapted PHQ-9 and GAD-7 outcome measures for use with adults with intellectual disability (2025), published in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

The scientist collaborates with several frequent co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation within their field. Notable co-authors include:

Madeleine Irish
Joanna Adams
Hannah Jenkins
Kate Theodore
Jennifer Breen

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

European Eating Disorders Review
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Best Publications

A cognitive model of bulimia nervosa

Myra J. Cooper;Adrian Wells;Gillian Todd

311
Citations
Spontaneously occurring images and early memories in people with body dysmorphic disorder.

Selen Osman;Myra Cooper;Ann Hackmann;David Veale

245
Citations
Cognitive theory in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: progress, development and future directions

Myra J. Cooper

227
Citations
Selective processing of eating-, shape-, and weight-related words in persons with bulimia nervosa.

Myra J. Cooper;Pavlos Anastasiades;Christopher G. Fairburn

213
Citations
Possible risk factors in the development of eating disorders in overweight pre-adolescent girls.

A Burrows;M Cooper

210
Citations
Adolescent inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study exploring young adults' retrospective views of treatment and discharge

Abaigh Offord;Hannah Turner;Myra Cooper

196
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Thoughts about eating, weight and shape in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Myra J. Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

193
Citations
Selective processing of eating, weight and shape related words in patients with eating disorders and dieters.

Myra J. Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

183
Citations
Cognitive Theory in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: A Review

Myra Cooper

179
Citations
Content, origins, and consequences of dysfunctional beliefs in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

Myra J. Cooper;Gillian Todd;Adrian Wells

172
Citations
Selective information processing in bulimia nervosa

G D M Christopher Fairburn;Peter J. Cooper;Myra J. Cooper;Frank P. McKenna

169
Citations
Development and validation of the Supervisory Relationship Questionnaire (SRQ) in UK trainee clinical psychologists.

Marina Palomo;Helen Beinart;Myra J. Cooper

159
Citations
The Eating Disorder Belief Questionnaire: Preliminary development

Myra Cooper;Esther Cohen-Tovée;Gillian Todd;Adrian Wells

157
Citations
Parental bonding and eating disorder symptoms in adolescents: The meditating role of core beliefs

Hannah M. Turner;Kathryn S. Rose;Myra J. Cooper

141
Citations
Schema and parental bonding in overweight and nonoverweight female adolescents.

H M Turner;K S Rose;M J Cooper

131
Citations
Core beliefs and underlying assumptions in bulimia nervosa and depression.

Myra Cooper;Jenny Hunt

129
Citations
Emotional processing in women with anorexia nervosa and in healthy volunteers

Claire Jänsch;Catherine Harmer;Myra J. Cooper

122
Citations
Behavioural experiments: Historical and conceptual underpinnings.

James Bennett-Levy;David Westbrook;Melanie Fennell;Myra Cooper

118
Citations
Beliefs about emotions as a metacognitive construct: initial development of a self-report questionnaire measure and preliminary investigation in relation to emotion regulation.

Rachel Manser;Myra Cooper;Jo Trefusis

105
Citations
Demographic and clinical correlates of selective information processing in patients with bulimia nervosa.

Myra J. Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

104
Citations
Emotional disorders and metacognition: Innovative cognitive therapy.

M Cooper

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Wells University of Manchester

Catherine J. Harmer University of Oxford

Christopher G. Fairburn University of Oxford

Jennifer Y. F. Lau Queen Mary University of London

Ann Hackmann University of Oxford

Emily A. Holmes Uppsala University

Jenny Yiend King's College London

David M. Clark University of Oxford

Cynthia A. Graham University of Southampton

Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University

External Links

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