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Paul Christiansen 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 Paul Christiansen sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 140 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Christiansen 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 Paul Christiansen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Christiansen is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions in Clinical Psychology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their scholarly work encompasses areas such as Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Paul Christiansen include:

  • Charlotte A. Hardman
  • Sergio A. Silverio
  • Victoria Fallon
  • E. Boyland
  • Jason C. G. Halford

Their publications have appeared most often in the following venues:

  • Appetite
  • Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • BMC Public Health

Paul Christiansen's recent papers include:

  • "It's Just Addictive People That Make Addictive Videos": Children's Understanding of and Attitudes towards Influencer Marketing of Food and Beverages by YouTube Video Bloggers (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Household Food Insecurity, Diet Quality, and Obesity: An Explanatory Model (2020, Obesity)
  • A validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale 12-item research short-form for use during global crises with five translations (2021, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth)
  • Maternal-infant bonding and perceptions of infant temperament: The mediating role of maternal mental health (2021, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Longitudinal associations with alcohol consumption during the first COVID-19 lockdown: Associations with mood, drinking motives, context of drinking, and mental health (2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)

The scope of their work integrates public health concerns with psychological and sociological frameworks, emphasizing maternal health, nutrition-related behaviors, and the impact of digital media on health perceptions and behaviors in children and adolescents. Their studies also address food insecurity and its relation to obesity and diet quality, as well as validated tools for measuring anxiety in postpartum populations, particularly in the context of widespread crises.

Best Publications

  • Delay discounting and the alcohol Stroop in heavy drinking adolescents.

    Matt Field;Paul Christiansen;Jon Cole;Andrew Goudie

  • Social Media Influencer Marketing and Children’s Food Intake: A Randomized Trial

    Anna E. Coates;Charlotte A. Hardman;Jason C.G. Halford;Paul Christiansen

  • Acute Alcohol Effects on Inhibitory Control and Implicit Cognition: Implications for Loss of Control Over Drinking

    Matt Field;Reinout W. Wiers;Paul Christiansen;Mark T. Fillmore

  • Why Tough Tactics Fail and Rapport Gets Results: Observing Rapport-Based Interpersonal Techniques (ORBIT) to Generate Useful Information From Terrorists

    Laurence J. Alison;Emily Alison;Geraldine Noone;Stamatis Elntib

  • Inhibitory control training for appetitive behaviour change: A meta-analytic investigation of mechanisms of action and moderators of effectiveness

    Andrew Jones;Lisa C.G. Di Lemma;Eric Robinson;Paul Christiansen

  • Multiple behavioural impulsivity tasks predict prospective alcohol involvement in adolescents.

    Gordon Fernie;Margot Peeters;Matthew J. Gullo;Paul Christiansen

  • Less than meets the eye: reappraising the clinical relevance of attentional bias in addiction.

    Paul Christiansen;Tim M. Schoenmakers;Matt Field

  • The efficacy of rapport-based techniques for minimizing counter-interrogation tactics amongst a field sample of terrorists.

    Laurence Alison;Emily Alison;Geraldine Noone;Stamatis Elntib

  • The development and validation of the Addiction-like Eating Behaviour Scale

    H K Ruddock;P Christiansen;J C G Halford;C A Hardman

  • Components of behavioural impulsivity and automatic cue approach predict unique variance in hazardous drinking.

    Paul Christiansen;Jon C. Cole;Andrew J. Goudie;Matt Field

  • Internal reliability of the alcohol-related visual probe task is increased by utilising personalised stimuli and eye-tracking.

    Paul Christiansen;Rosie Mansfield;Jay Duckworth;Matt Field

  • The effect of influencer marketing of food and a "protective" advertising disclosure on children's food intake.

    Anna Elizabeth Coates;Charlotte Alice Hardman;Jason Christian Grovenor Halford;Paul Christiansen

  • Ego depletion increases ad-lib alcohol consumption: investigating cognitive mediators and moderators.

    Paul Christiansen;Jon C. Cole;Matt Field

  • Food and beverage cues featured in YouTube videos of social media influencers popular with children: An exploratory study

    Anna Elizabeth Coates;Charlotte Alice Hardman;Jason Christian Grovenor Halford;Paul Christiansen

  • From Socioeconomic Disadvantage to Obesity: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress and Emotional Eating

    Jade Spinosa;Paul Christiansen;Joanne M. Dickson;Valentina Lorenzetti

  • Fluctuating disinhibition: implications for the understanding and treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders.

    Andrew Jones;Paul Christiansen;Chantal Nederkoorn;Katrijn Houben

  • Commentary on Ataya et al. (2012), 'Internal reliability of measures of substance-related cognitive bias'

    Matt Field;Paul Christiansen

  • “It’s Just Addictive People That Make Addictive Videos”: Children’s Understanding of and Attitudes towards Influencer Marketing of Food and Beverages by YouTube Video Bloggers

    Anna Elizabeth Coates;Charlotte Alice Hardman;Jason Christian Grovenor Halford;Paul Christiansen

  • Electrophysiological responses to alcohol cues are not associated with Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer in social drinkers.

    Jasna Martinovic;Andrew Jones;Paul Christiansen;Abigail K. Rose

  • Household Food Insecurity, Diet Quality, and Obesity: An Explanatory Model

    Gregory S Keenan;Gregory S Keenan;Paul Christiansen;Charlotte A Hardman

  • Whatever you say, say nothing: Individual differences in counter interrogation tactics amongst a field sample of right wing, AQ inspired and paramilitary terrorists

    Laurence Alison;Emily Alison;Geraldine Noone;Stamatis Elntib

  • Alcohol expectancy moderates attentional bias for alcohol cues in light drinkers.

    Matt Field;Lee Hogarth;Daniel Bleasdale;Phoebe Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt Field
Matt Field University of Sheffield
Eric Robinson
Eric Robinson University of Liverpool
Laurence Alison
Laurence Alison University of Liverpool
Emma J. Boyland
Emma J. Boyland University of Liverpool
Jon C. Cole
Jon C. Cole University of Liverpool
Jordi Salas-Salvadó
Jordi Salas-Salvadó Rovira i Virgili University
Lee Hogarth
Lee Hogarth University of Exeter
Mònica Bulló
Mònica Bulló Rovira i Virgili University
Harry Sumnall
Harry Sumnall Liverpool John Moores University
Matthew J. Gullo
Matthew J. Gullo Griffith University

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