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Rapson Gomez 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 Rapson Gomez sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 196 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rapson Gomez 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 Rapson Gomez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rapson Gomez is affiliated with Federation University Australia in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Sociology and Political Science, and Education.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Rapson Gomez has contributed to a number of publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • PLoS ONE
  • Current Psychology
  • Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Their recent papers include:

  • Network analyses of internet gaming disorder symptoms and their links with different types of motivation, 2022, BMC Psychiatry
  • Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modelling of the factor structure of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales-21, 2020, PLoS ONE

Other notable papers associated with their co-authors include:

  • Associations between comorbid stress and Internet Gaming Disorder symptoms: Are there cultural and gender variations?, 2020, Asia-Pacific Psychiatry
  • Conceptualising social media addiction: a longitudinal network analysis of social media addiction symptoms and their relationships with psychological distress in a community sample of adults, 2023, BMC Psychiatry
  • Understanding the relationship between the Proteus effect, immersion, and gender among World of Warcraft players: An empirical survey study, 2020, Behaviour and Information Technology

Rapson Gomez frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Vasileios Stavropoulos
  • Shaun Watson
  • Taylor Brown
  • Daniel Zarate
  • Stephen Houghton

Best Publications

  • Domains of spiritual well-being and development and validation of the Spiritual Well-Being Questionnaire

    Rapson Gomez;John W Fisher

  • DSM-IV AD/HD: Confirmatory Factor Models, Prevalence, and Gender and Age Differences Based on Parent and Teacher Ratings of Australian Primary School Children

    R. Gomez;J. Harvey;C. Quick;I. Scharer

  • Help-seeking by rural residents for mental health problems: the importance of agrarian values

    Fiona K. Judd;Henry J. Jackson;Angela Komiti;Greg Murray

  • Personality traits of the behavioural approach and inhibition systems: associations with processing of emotional stimuli

    André Gomez;Rapson Gomez

  • Susceptibility to positive and negative mood states: test of Eysenck’s, Gray’s and Newman’s theories

    Rapson Gomez;Andrew Cooper;Andre Gomez

  • The Behavioural Inhibition System and Behavioural Approach System (BIS/BAS) Scales: Measurement and structural invariance across adults and adolescents

    Andrew Cooper;Rapson Gomez;Helen Aucote

  • The association of depression and sense of belonging with suicidal ideation among older adults: Applicability of resiliency models

    Suzanne McLaren;Rapson Gomez;Maria Bailey;Renee K. Van Der Horst

  • Neuroticism and extraversion as predictors of negative and positive emotional information processing: comparing Eysenck's, Gray's, and Newman's theories

    Rapson Gomez;Andre Gomez;Andrew Cooper

  • The spiritual well-being questionnaire: Testing for model applicability, measurement and structural equivalencies, and latent mean differences across gender

    Rapson Gomez;John W. Fisher

  • A multitrait-multisource confirmatory factor analytic approach to the construct validity of ADHD rating scales.

    Rapson Gomez;G. Leonard Burns;James A. Walsh;Marcela Alves De Moura

  • The association of avoidance coping style, and perceived mother and father support with anxiety/depression among late adolescents: Applicability of resiliency models

    Rapson Gomez;Suzanne McLaren

  • ADHD and personality: a meta-analytic review

    Rapson Gomez;Philip J. Corr

  • The inter-relations of mother and father attachment, self-esteem and aggression during late adolescence

    Rapson Gomez;Suzanne McLaren

  • Item response theory analysis of the spiritual well-being questionnaire

    Rapson Gomez;John W. Fisher

  • Mother-child interactions and noncompliance in hyperactive boys with and without conduct problems.

    Rapson Gomez;Ann V. Sanson

  • Associations between attention deficit hyperactivity and internet gaming disorder symptoms: is there consistency across types of symptoms, gender and countries?

    Vasilis Stavropoulos;Baxter L.M. Adams;Charlotte L. Beard;Emma Dumble

  • Measurement Invariance of the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) Between Australia, the USA, and the UK

    Stavropoulos;C Beard;Griffiths;T Buleigh

  • Central Auditory Processing Ability in Children with ADHD With and Without Learning Disabilities

    Rapson Gomez;Margaret Condon

  • Locus of control and avoidant coping: direct, interactional and mediational effects on maladjustment in adolescents

    Rapson Gomez

  • Neuroticism and extraversion as predictors of coping styles during early adolescence

    R Gomez;K Holmberg;J Bounds;C Fullarton

  • Help-Seeking by Rural Residents for Mental Health Problems: The Importance of Agrarian Values

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  • The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Support for a Bifactor Model With a Dominant General Factor and a Specific Factor for Positive Affect

    Rapson Gomez;Suzanne McLaren

Frequent Co-Authors

Raimondo Bruno
Raimondo Bruno University of Tasmania
G. Leonard Burns
G. Leonard Burns Washington State University
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Jeffery J. Summers
Jeffery J. Summers Liverpool John Moores University
Kaushik De
Kaushik De The University of Texas at Arlington
Geoffrey C. Fox
Geoffrey C. Fox University of Virginia
Philip J. Corr
Philip J. Corr City, University of London
Andrew C. Parrott
Andrew C. Parrott Swansea University
Susan Schenk
Susan Schenk Victoria University of Wellington
Eleonora Gullone
Eleonora Gullone Monash University

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