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Nancy J. Thompson

Nancy J. Thompson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
43
Citations
5723
World Ranking
4517
National Ranking
2142

Overview

Nancy J. Thompson is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within medicine and psychology, with significant emphasis on psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and social psychology. They also engage in work related to general health professions, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their scholarly contributions span multiple topics such as:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Mindfulness and compassion interventions
  • Mental health treatment and access
  • Diabetes management and education
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes
  • Maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum

Thompson's publications have appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health
  • Nursing Education Perspectives
  • American Journal of Medicine Open
  • Emerging Adulthood

Selected recent papers include:

  • A Group Videoconference Intervention for Reducing Perinatal Depressive Symptoms: A Telehealth Pilot Study, 2021, Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health
  • Mindfulness Meditation and Anxiety in Nursing Students, 2020, Nursing Education Perspectives
  • Epilepsy self-management behaviors among African Americans with epilepsy, 2020, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • Resilience Among Unemployed and Underemployed Emerging Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of How Stress and Coping Relate to Depressive Symptoms, 2020, Emerging Adulthood
  • Factors that facilitate patient activation in the self-management of diabetes and depression among participants enrolled in an integrated chronic care model in India, 2020, Social Science & Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thompson include:

  • Robin E. McGee
  • Cam Escoffery
  • Leslie Johnson
  • Rakale C. Quarells
  • Demetrius Geiger

Best Publications

  • Social environment factors associated with suicide attempt among low-income African Americans: the protective role of family relationships and social support.

    Michael T. Compton;Michael T. Compton;Nancy J. Thompson;Nadine J. Kaslow

  • Intention or Experience? Predictors of Continued Breastfeeding

    Ann DiGirolamo;Nancy Thompson;Reynaldo Martorell;Sara Fein

  • Purpose in life as a mediator of adjustment after spinal cord injury.

    Nancy J. Thompson;Jennifer Coker;James S. Krause;Else Henry

  • Intention to breastfeed in low-income pregnant women: the role of social support and previous experience

    Amy S. Humphreys;Nancy J. Thompson;Kathleen R. Miner

  • Stigma and treatment delay in first-episode psychosis: a grounded theory study

    Lauren Franz;Tandrea Carter;Amy S. Leiner;Erin Bergner

  • Distance delivery of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: Project UPLIFT

    Nancy J. Thompson;Elizabeth Reisinger Walker;Natasha Obolensky;Ashley Winning

  • The Police-Based Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Model: II. Effects on Level of Force and Resolution, Referral, and Arrest

    Michael T. Compton;Roger Bakeman;Beth Broussard;Dana Hankerson-Dyson

  • Expanding the Efficacy of Project UPLIFT: Distance Delivery of Mindfulness-based Depression Prevention to People with Epilepsy

    Nancy J. Thompson;Archna H. Patel;Linda M. Selwa;Shelley C. Stoll

  • The relationship of sexual abuse and HIV risk behaviors among heterosexual adult female STD patients

    Nancy J. Thompson;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Catherine A. Sanderson;Edward W. Maibach

  • Health risk behaviors of adolescent participants in organized sports.

    Paul W Baumert;John M Henderson;Nancy J Thompson

  • Partner abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder as risk factors for suicide attempts in a sample of low-income, inner-city women.

    Martie P. Thompson;Nadine J. Kaslow;J. B. Kingree;Robin Puett

  • Body Mass Index and Percentage of Body Fat as Indicators for Obesity in an Adolescent Athletic Population

    William C. Etchison;Elizabeth A. Bloodgood;Cholly P. Minton;Nancy J. Thompson

  • Unemployment and depression among emerging adults in 12 states, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2010

    Robin E. McGee;Nancy J. Thompson

  • The Police-Based Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Model: I. Effects on Officers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills

    Michael T. Compton;Roger Bakeman;Beth Broussard;Dana Hankerson-Dyson

  • The effect of spirituality and gender on the quality of life of spousal caregivers of cancer survivors

    Leigh Anna Allen Colgrove;Youngmee Kim;Nancy Thompson

  • Social Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Attempts in Low Income African American Men and Women

    Nadine J. Kaslow;Alissa Sherry;Kafi Bethea;Sarah Wyckoff

  • Sports Participation and Problem Alcohol Use: A Multi-Wave National Sample of Adolescents

    Darren Mays;Lara DePadilla;Nancy J. Thompson;Howard I. Kushner

  • Healthcare non-adherence decisions and internet health information

    James B. Weaver;Nancy J. Thompson;Stephanie Sargent Weaver;Gary L. Hopkins

  • A 3-year follow-up of the intellectual and academic functioning of children receiving central nervous system prophylactic chemotherapy for leukemia.

    Ronald T. Brown;Michael B. Sawyer;Georgia Antoniou;Ian Toogood

  • The period of untreated psychosis before treatment initiation: a qualitative study of family members' perspectives.

    Erin Bergner;Amy S. Leiner;Tandrea Carter;Lauren Franz

  • Intent to breast-feed: the impact of attitudes, norms, parity, and experience.

    Amy S Kloeblen-Tarver;Nancy J Thompson;Kathleen R Miner

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Windle
Michael Windle Emory University
Nadine J. Kaslow
Nadine J. Kaslow Emory University
Roger Bakeman
Roger Bakeman Georgia State University
Claire E. Sterk
Claire E. Sterk Emory University
W. Curt LaFrance
W. Curt LaFrance Brown University
Edward Maibach
Edward Maibach George Mason University
Barbara C. Jobst
Barbara C. Jobst Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Amy C. Watson
Amy C. Watson University of Illinois at Chicago
Ronald T. Brown
Ronald T. Brown University of Nevada, Las Vegas
David A. Sleet
David A. Sleet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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