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Randy O. Frost

Randy O. Frost

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Psychology

D-Index
91
Citations
40780
World Ranking
909
National Ranking
578

Overview

Randy O. Frost is affiliated with Smith College in the United States and is primarily active in the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans a range of subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and even Insect Science.

The principal areas of study for Frost center on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, with 16 related publications. Additional research topics include Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies, as well as the Impact of Technology on Adolescents and broader Mental Health Research Topics.

Frost has contributed to several venues, with multiple publications appearing in the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. Other frequent publication venues include Behaviour Research and Therapy, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, and the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frost include:

  • Hoarding mysteries Jack would appreciate, 2022, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
  • How well do hoarding research samples represent cases that rise to community attention?, 2020, Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • A network analysis of hoarding symptoms, Saving and acquiring motives, and comorbidity, 2020, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Hoarding Disorder: A Meta-Analysis, 2021, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
  • Hoarding disorder: Questions and controversies, 2023, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Collaborations feature prominent coauthors such as Gail Steketee, Peter van Roessel, Carolyn I. Rodríguez, David F. Tolin, and Paula Andrea Muñoz Rodríguez, with several joint publications spanning multiple years.

Best Publications

  • The dimensions of perfectionism.

    Randy O. Frost;Patricia Marten;Cathleen Lahart;Robin Rosenblate

  • A comparison of two measures of perfectionism.

    Randy O. Frost;Richard G. Heimberg;Craig S. Holt;Jill I. Mattia

  • Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Randy Frost;Gail Steketee;Nader Amir;Martine Bouvard

  • A cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding.

    Randy O. Frost;Tamara L. Hartl

  • Measurement of compulsive hoarding: saving inventory-revised

    Randy O. Frost;Gail Steketee;Jessica Grisham

  • Perfectionism and eating disorders: current status and future directions.

    Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Randy O. Frost;Cynthia M. Bulik

  • The hoarding of possessions

    Randy O. Frost;Rachel C. Gross

  • Comorbidity in hoarding disorder

    Randy O. Frost;Gail Steketee;David F. Tolin

  • Psychometric validation of the obsessive belief questionnaire and interpretation of intrusions inventory - Part 2: Factor analyses and testing of a brief version

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • Development and initial validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory.

    M Freeston;G Steketee;R Frost;N Amir

  • Psychometric validation of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory: Part I

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Sunil Bhar;Martine Bouvard

  • Compulsive hoarding: Current status of the research

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost

  • Hoarding disorder: a new diagnosis for DSM-V?

    David Mataix-Cols;Randy O. Frost;Alberto Pertusa;Lee Anna Clark

  • The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: interview versus self-report.

    Gail Steketee;Randy Frost;Karen Bogart

  • The nature and measurement of compulsive indecisiveness

    Randy O. Frost;Deanna L. Shows

  • “Not just right experiences”: perfectionism, obsessive–compulsive features and general psychopathology

    Meredith E. Coles;Randy O. Frost;Richard G. Heimberg;Josée Rhéaume

  • Perfectionism in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients

    Randy O. Frost;Gail Steketee

  • The economic and social burden of compulsive hoarding.

    David F. Tolin;David F. Tolin;Randy O. Frost;Gail Steketee;Krista D. Gray

  • The development of perfectionism: A study of daughters and their parents

    Randy O. Frost;Cathleen M. Lahart;Robin Rosenblate

  • Perfectionism and Reactions to Athletic Competition

    Randy O. Frost;Katherine J. Henderson

  • Cognitive approaches to obsessions and compulsions : theory, assessment, and treatment

    Randy O. Frost;Gail Steketee

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail Steketee
Gail Steketee Boston University
David F. Tolin
David F. Tolin Yale University
Michael Kyrios
Michael Kyrios Flinders University
Richard G. Heimberg
Richard G. Heimberg Temple University
Martina de Zwaan
Martina de Zwaan Hannover Medical School
Sabine Wilhelm
Sabine Wilhelm Harvard University
Heide Glaesmer
Heide Glaesmer Leipzig University
Kenneth J. Sher
Kenneth J. Sher University of Missouri
Jessica R. Grisham
Jessica R. Grisham University of New South Wales
Frank H. Wilhelm
Frank H. Wilhelm University of Salzburg

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