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Peter M. McEvoy

Peter M. McEvoy

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Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
13680
World Ranking
4749
National Ranking
267

Overview

Peter M. McEvoy is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of psychology.

Their research focuses significantly on clinical psychology, with notable contributions in experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as topics intersecting general health professions, sociology, political science, and social psychology.

Main research topics covered include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Peter M. McEvoy has contributed numerous papers, including:

  • "The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Relations with Affective Symptoms in a United States General Community Sample," 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Positive outcomes from integrating telehealth into routine clinical practice for eating disorders during COVID-19," 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Assessing the validity of self-report social media use: Evidence of No relationship with objective smartphone use," 2022, Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Prospective risk and protective factors for psychopathology and wellbeing in civilian emergency services personnel: a systematic review," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Change, connection and community: A qualitative exploration of farmers' mental health," 2023, Journal of Rural Studies

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • David M. Erceg-Hurn
  • Sarah J. Egan
  • Andrew R. Johnson
  • Kate E. Tonta
  • Penelope Hasking

Their publications often appear in journals such as:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

Best Publications

  • Computer Therapy for the Anxiety and Depressive Disorders Is Effective, Acceptable and Practical Health Care: A Meta-Analysis

    Gavin Andrews;Pim Cuijpers;Michelle G. Craske;Peter McEvoy

  • Computer therapy for the anxiety and depression disorders is effective, acceptable and practical health care: An updated meta-analysis

    G. Andrews;A. Basu;P. Cuijpers;M.G. Craske

  • To be sure, to be sure: intolerance of uncertainty mediates symptoms of various anxiety disorders and depression.

    Peter M. McEvoy;Alison E.J. Mahoney

  • The relationship between worry, rumination, and comorbidity: evidence for repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic construct.

    Peter M. McEvoy;Hunna Watson;Edward R. Watkins;Edward R. Watkins;Paula Nathan

  • Efficacy of transdiagnostic treatments: A review of published outcome studies and future research directions

    Peter M. McEvoy;Paula MPsych Nathan;Peter J. Norton

  • Achieving certainty about the structure of intolerance of uncertainty in a treatment-seeking sample with anxiety and depression

    Peter M. McEvoy;Alison E.J. Mahoney

  • Are worry, rumination, and post-event processing one and the same? Development of the repetitive thinking questionnaire

    Peter M McEvoy;Alison E J Mahoney;Michelle L Moulds

  • Transdiagnostic internet treatment for anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Genevieve Schwencke;Gavin Andrews

  • Improving Adherence and Clinical Outcomes in Self-Guided Internet Treatment for Anxiety and Depression: Randomised Controlled Trial

    Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Luke Johnston;Carolyn Lorian

  • Epidemiology of anxiety disorders in the Australian general population: findings of the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

    Peter M. McEvoy;Rachel Grove;Tim Slade

  • A transdiagnostic examination of intolerance of uncertainty across anxiety and depressive disorders

    Alison E J Mahoney;Peter M McEvoy

  • Intolerance of uncertainty in emotional disorders: What uncertainties remain?

    Sarah Shihata;Peter M. McEvoy;Barbara Ann Mullan;R. Nicholas Carleton

  • The impact of methodological and measurement factors on transdiagnostic associations with intolerance of uncertainty: A meta-analysis

    Peter M. McEvoy;Matthew P. Hyett;Sarah Shihata;Jordan E. Price

  • Transdiagnostic versus disorder-specific and clinician-guided versus self-guided internet-delivered treatment for generalized anxiety disorder and comorbid disorders: A randomized controlled trial

    B.F. Dear;L.G. Staples;M.D. Terides;E. Karin

  • Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for diagnostically heterogeneous groups: a benchmarking study.

    Peter M. McEvoy;Paula Nathan

  • Disorder-specific versus transdiagnostic and clinician-guided versus self-guided treatment for major depressive disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders: A randomized controlled trial.

    N. Titov;B.F. Dear;L.G. Staples;M.D. Terides

  • Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural group therapy for social phobia in a community clinic: a benchmarking study.

    Peter M. McEvoy

  • The search for universal transdiagnostic and trans-therapy change processes: Evidence for intolerance of uncertainty.

    Peter M. McEvoy;David M. Erceg-Hurn

  • Comparison of three models of alcohol craving in young adults: a cross-validation.

    Peter M. Mcevoy;Werner G. K. Stritzke;Davina J. French;Alan R. Lang

  • The post-event processing questionnaire in a clinical sample with social phobia

    Peter M. McEvoy;Patrick Kingsep

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah J. Egan
Sarah J. Egan Curtin University
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Nickolai Titov
Nickolai Titov Macquarie University
Michelle L. Moulds
Michelle L. Moulds University of New South Wales
Clare S. Rees
Clare S. Rees Curtin University
Penelope Hasking
Penelope Hasking Curtin University
Blake F. Dear
Blake F. Dear Macquarie University
Susan M. Byrne
Susan M. Byrne University of Western Australia
Gavin Andrews
Gavin Andrews University of New South Wales
R. Nicholas Carleton
R. Nicholas Carleton University of Regina

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