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Paula H. Palmer is affiliated with Claremont Graduate University in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of psychology and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology and public health, environmental and occupational health. Their studies also touch on general health professions, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The primary topics covered in Palmer's research include obesity, physical activity, and diet; eating disorders and behaviors; resilience and mental health; migration, health, and trauma; COVID-19 and mental health; and sleep and related disorders.

Palmer has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications in notable journals. Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Coping strategies and stress among resettled Bhutanese adults in Massachusetts," 2020, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • "Sleep Duration and Chronic Disease Among Older Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders and Asians: Analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System," 2022, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "An Examination of Family Variables as Mediators of the Association of Acculturation With Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Latinx Adolescents," 2020, Family & Community Health
  • "Exploring mediation pathways on the relationship between acculturation and binge eating among Latino adolescents," 2021, Appetite
  • "Lessons From Leading During a Pandemic: An Exploratory Study of Public Health Leadership Insights on Training, Preparation, and Experiences From the Field During COVID-19," 2024, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Palmer include Bin Xie, Christopher Johansen, Kim D. Reynolds, Michelle A. Rainer, and Lolofi Soakai.

Palmer's work has appeared in a range of publication venues, including the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Family & Community Health, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, and Appetite.

Best Publications

  • Evaluating transdisciplinary science.

    Daniel Stokols;Juliana Fuqua;Jennifer Gress;Richard Harvey

  • The AHIMSA Acculturation Scale: A New Measure of Acculturation for Adolescents in a Multicultural Society

    Jennifer B. Unger;Peggy Gallaher;Sohaila Shakib;Anamara Ritt-Olson

  • Perceived stress, depression and food consumption frequency in the college students of China Seven Cities.

    Chunhong Liu;Chunhong Liu;Bin Xie;Chih-Ping Chou;Carol Koprowski

  • Cultural values and substance use in a multiethnic sample of California adolescents.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Anamara Ritt-Olson;Lorena Teran;Terry Huang

  • Utility of the theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behavior for predicting Chinese adolescent smoking.

    Qian Guo;C. Anderson Johnson;Jennifer B. Unger;Liming Lee

  • Weight perception and weight-related sociocultural and behavioral factors in Chinese adolescents.

    Bin Xie;Chih-Ping Chou;Donna Spruijt-Metz;Kim Reynolds

  • Affective decision-making deficits, linked to a dysfunctional ventromedial prefrontal cortex, revealed in 10th grade Chinese adolescent binge drinkers.

    C. Anderson Johnson;Lin Xiao;Paula Palmer;Ping Sun

  • Internet accessibility and usage among urban adolescents in Southern California: implications for web-based health research.

    Ping Sun;Jennifer B. Unger;Paula H. Palmer;Peggy Gallaher

  • Abnormal affective decision making revealed in adolescent binge drinkers using a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Lin Xiao;Antoine Bechara;Qiyong Gong;Xiaoqi Huang

  • Ethnic variation in peer influences on adolescent smoking.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Louise Ann Rohrbach;Tess Boley Cruz;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

  • Prior cigarette smoking initiation predicting current alcohol use: evidence for a gateway drug effect among California adolescents from eleven ethnic groups.

    Xinguang Chen;Jennifer B. Unger;Paula Palmer;Michelle D. Weiner

  • Tobacco use among youth and adults in Mainland China: the China Seven Cities Study.

    C. Anderson Johnson;Paula H. Palmer;Chih-Ping Chou;Zengchang Pang

  • Role of risk and protective factors in risky sexual behavior among high school students in Cambodia

    Siyan Yi;Krishna C Poudel;Junko Yasuoka;Paula H Palmer

  • Exploring the cultural context of tobacco use: a transdisciplinary framework.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Tess Cruz;Sohaila Shakib;Jeremiah Mock

  • Cardiorespiratory events detected by home memory monitoring and one-year neurodevelopmental outcome

    Carl E. Hunt;Michael J. Corwin;Terry Baird;Larry R. Tinsley

  • Affective decision-making predictive of Chinese adolescent drinking behaviors

    Lin Xiao;Antoine Bechara;L. Jerry Grenard;W. Alan Stacy

  • No News is Bad News: Characteristics of Adolescents Who Provide Neither Parental Consent nor Refusal for Participation in School-Based Survey Research.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Peggy Gallaher;Paula H. Palmer;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

  • Weight Perception, Academic Performance, and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents.

    Bin Xie;Chih-Ping Chou;Donna Spruijt-Metz;Kim D. Reynolds

  • Hostility, depressive symptoms, and smoking in early adolescence.

    Jie Wu Weiss;Michele Mouttapa;Chih-Ping Chou;Elahe Nezami

  • Concurrent and Predictive Relationships Between Compulsive Internet Use and Substance Use: Findings from Vocational High School Students in China and the USA

    Ping Sun;Carl Anderson Johnson;Paula Palmer;Thalida E. Arpawong

  • Influences affecting adolescent smoking behavior in China.

    Jerry L. Grenard;Qian Guo;Guneet Kaur Jasuja;Jennifer B. Unger

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Anderson Johnson
C. Anderson Johnson Claremont Graduate University
Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Bin Xie
Bin Xie Claremont Graduate University
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou University of Southern California
Ping Sun
Ping Sun University of Southern California
Peggy Gallaher
Peggy Gallaher University of Southern California
Anamara Ritt-Olson
Anamara Ritt-Olson University of Southern California
Masamine Jimba
Masamine Jimba University of Tokyo
Donna Spruijt-Metz
Donna Spruijt-Metz University of Southern California
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California

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