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Patricia L. Obst publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia L. Obst sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 109 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Patricia L. Obst D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricia L. Obst sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patricia L. Obst is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a particular emphasis on clinical psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, health, and pharmacy.

The scientist's work covers several key topics including:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Frequently published venues for their work include:

  • Performance Enhancement & Health
  • Australian Psychologist
  • Health & Social Care in the Community
  • Psychology of Popular Media
  • Journal of Community Psychology

Patricia L. Obst has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Katherine M. White
  • Timothy Piatkowski (4 publications)
  • Leanne Hides (4 publications)
  • Matthew Dunn (2 publications)
  • Thomas Juillerat (2 publications)

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Understanding harm reduction perspectives of performance and image enhancing drug consumers and health care providers, 2022, Performance Enhancement & Health
  • Unsatisfied needs as a predictor of obsessive passion for videogame play, 2021, Psychology of Popular Media
  • The impact of social media on self-evaluations of men striving for a muscular ideal, 2020, Journal of Community Psychology
  • The relationship between psychosocial variables and drive for muscularity among male bodybuilding supplement users, 2022, Australian Psychologist
  • Exploring the harms arising from polysubstance use among performance and image enhancing drug users among young Australian men, 2021, Performance Enhancement & Health

Best Publications

  • An exploration of sense of community, Part 3: Dimensions and predictors of psychological sense of community in geographical communities

    Patricia Obst;Sandy G. Smith;Lucy Zinkiewicz

  • Sense of community in science fiction fandom, Part 1: Understanding sense of community in an international community of interest

    Patricia L. Obst;Lucy Zinkiewicz;Sandy G. Smith

  • The development of the 2-Way Social Support Scale: a measure of giving and receiving emotional and instrumental support.

    Jane Shakespeare-Finch;Patricia L Obst

  • Revisiting the Sense of Community Index: A confirmatory factor analysis

    Patricia L. Obst;Katherine M. White

  • The Effect of Social Support Derived from World of Warcraft on Negative Psychological Symptoms

    Huon Longman;Erin L. O'Connor;Patricia Obst

  • An exploration of the interplay between psychological sense of community, social identification and salience

    Patricia L. Obst;Katherine M. White

  • Online we are all able bodied: Online psychological sense of community and social support found through membership of disability‐specific websites promotes well‐being for people living with a physical disability

    Patricia Obst;Jana Stafurik

  • Sense of community in science fiction fandom, Part 2: Comparing neighborhood and interest group sense of community

    Patricia Obst;Lucy Zinkiewicz;Sandy G. Smith

  • Sense of Community, Social Identity and Social Support Among Players of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs): A Qualitative Analysis

    Erin L. O'Connor;Huon Longman;Katherine M. White;Patricia L. Obst

  • Using a theory of planned behaviour framework to explore hand hygiene beliefs at the ‘5 critical moments’ among Australian hospital-based nurses

    Katherine M White;Nerina L Jimmieson;Patricia L Obst;Nicholas Graves

  • Demographic and workplace characteristics which add to the prediction of stress and job satisfaction within the police workplace

    Jeremy D. Davey;Patricia L. Obst;Mary C. Sheehan

  • Three-Dimensional Strength of Identification Across Group Memberships: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

    Patricia L. Obst;Katherine M. White

  • Choosing to belong: The influence of choice on social identification and psychological sense of community

    Patricia L. Obst;Katherine M. White

  • It Goes with the Job: officers' insights into the impact of stress and culture on alcohol consumption within the policing occupation

    Jeremy D. Davey;Patricia L. Obst;Mary C. Sheehan

  • General Belongingness, Workplace Belongingness, and Depressive Symptoms

    Wendell David Cockshaw;Ian M. Shochet;Patricia L. Obst

  • Developing a profile of alcohol consumption patterns of police officers in a large scale sample of an Australian police service.

    Jeremy D. Davey;Patricia L. Obst;Mary C. Sheehan

  • Trauma, coping resources, and family functioning in emergency services personnel: A comparative study

    Jane Shakespeare-Finch;Sandra Smith;Patricia Obst

  • The use of AUDIT as a screening tool for alcohol use in the police work‐place

    Jeremy D. Davey;Patricia L. Obst;Mary C. Sheehan

  • Facebook False Self-Presentation Behaviors and Negative Mental Health.

    Elizabeth J. Wright;Katherine M. White;Patricia L. Obst

  • Australia's Adonis: Understanding what motivates young men's lifestyle choices for enhancing their appearance

    Timothy M. Piatkowski;Katherine M. White;Leanne M. Hides;Leanne M. Hides;Patricia L. Obst

  • Exploring the process of meaning making in healing and growth after childhood sexual assault: A case study approach

    Sheryle Vilenica;Jane E. Shakespeare-Finch;Patricia L. Obst

  • Sense of community in science fiction fandom, Part Two :comparing neighborhood and interest group sense of community

    Patricia L. Obst;Lucy Zinkiewicz;Sandra G. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Katherine M. White
Katherine M. White Queensland University of Technology
Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Jane Shakespeare-Finch Queensland University of Technology
Karen Thorpe
Karen Thorpe University of Queensland
Leanne Hides
Leanne Hides University of Queensland
Siegfried Kasper
Siegfried Kasper Medical University of Vienna
Roselind Lieb
Roselind Lieb University of Basel
Ian M. Shochet
Ian M. Shochet Queensland University of Technology
Michael Fitzgerald
Michael Fitzgerald Trinity College Dublin
Michael Krausz
Michael Krausz University of British Columbia

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