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Overview

Sarah J. Egan is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and conducts research primarily in the field of psychology, with a concentration on clinical psychology. Their published work spans numerous topics, focusing heavily on perfectionism, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and related psychological processes.

Their research frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Internet Interventions
  • Eating Behaviors
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity

The main fields of study covered by their publications include:

  • Psychology

Egan's work has notable subfield contributions in:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their research topics encompass a range of psychological concerns, highlighting:

  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Selected recent papers authored by Sarah J. Egan demonstrate their focus on mental health and psychological treatment approaches:

  • "A Review of Self-Compassion as an Active Ingredient in the Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Young People" (2021), published in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • "The efficacy of randomised controlled trials of cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021), published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • "The association between eating disorders and perfectionism in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2023), published in Eating Behaviors
  • "Associations between perfectionism and symptoms of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression in young people: a meta-analysis" (2023), published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • "Perfectionism and eating disorders in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2023), published in Appetite

Egan collaborates regularly with multiple scholars in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Roz Shafran
  • Danyelle Greene
  • Tracey Wade
  • Thomas Callaghan
  • Peter M. McEvoy

Best Publications

  • Perfectionism as a transdiagnostic process: A clinical review

    Sarah Egan;Tracey Wade;Rosamund Shafran

  • The relationship between perfectionism and psychopathology: a meta-analysis

    Karina Limburg;Karina Limburg;Hunna J. Watson;Martin S. Hagger;Sarah J. Egan

  • Prevention of eating disorders: A systematic review of randomized, controlled trials

    Hunna J. Watson;Tara Joyce;Elizabeth French;Vivienne Willan

  • The role of dichotomous thinking and rigidity in perfectionism.

    Sarah J. Egan;Jan P. Piek;Murray James Dyck;Clare S. Rees

  • The Relationship between Perfectionism, Stress and Burnout in Clinical Psychologists

    Fiona D'Souza;Sarah J Egan;Clare S Rees

  • A meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled treatment trials for depression and anxiety in Parkinson's disease.

    Lakkhina Troeung;Sarah J. Egan;Natalie Gasson

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Perfectionism

    Sarah Egan;T. Wade;R. Shafran;M. Anthony

  • A randomised controlled trial of face to face versus pure online self-help cognitive behavioural treatment for perfectionism

    Sarah J. Egan;Emily van Noort;Abby Chee;Robert T. Kane

  • A randomised controlled trial of group cognitive behavioural therapy for perfectionism.

    Alicia K. Handley;Sarah J. Egan;Robert T. Kane;Clare S. Rees

  • Family tracing to identify patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia: the second audit of the Department of Health Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Cascade Testing Project.

    S. G. Hadfield;S. Horara;B. J. Starr;S. Yazdgerdi

  • Overcoming perfectionism: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques

    Roz Shafran;Sarah Egan;Tracey Wade

  • A waitlist-controlled trial of group cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety in Parkinson’s disease

    Lakkhina Troeung;Sarah J Egan;Natalie Gasson

  • The Reliability and Validity of the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire in Eating Disorder and Community Samples

    Sarah J. Egan;Roz Shafran;Michelle Lee;Christopher G. Fairburn

  • A Review of Self-Compassion as an Active Ingredient in the Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in Young People

    Sarah J. Egan;Clare S. Rees;Joanna Delalande;Danyelle Greene

  • The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder

    Alicia K Handley;Sarah J Egan;Robert T Kane;Clare S Rees

  • Patients' Perceptions and Experiences of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Cascade Genetic Screening and Treatment

    Sarah J. Hardcastle;Ellen Legge;Chris S. Laundy;Sarah J. Egan

  • Clinical issues in the treatment of anxiety and depression in older adults with Parkinson's disease

    Nancy A Pachana;Sarah J Egan;Kenneth Laidlaw;Nadeeka Dissanayaka

  • The efficacy of randomised controlled trials of cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ricky Galloway;Hunna Watson;Hunna Watson;Hunna Watson;Danyelle Greene;Roz Shafran

  • A randomized controlled trial of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for perfectionism including an investigation of outcome predictors.

    Alexander Rozental;Roz Shafran;Tracey Wade;Sarah Egan

  • The role of perfectionism, dichotomous thinking, shape and weight overvaluation, and conditional goal setting in eating disorders

    Jessica Lethbridge;Hunna J. Watson;Sarah J. Egan;Helen Street

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Parkinson's Disease

    Sarah J. Egan;Ken Laidlaw;Sergio Starkstein

  • The Socratic Method in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Narrative Review

    Gavin I. Clark;Sarah J. Egan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hunna J. Watson
Hunna J. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tracey D. Wade
Tracey D. Wade Flinders University
Roz Shafran
Roz Shafran University College London
Clare S. Rees
Clare S. Rees Curtin University
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Peter M. McEvoy
Peter M. McEvoy Curtin University
Martin S. Hagger
Martin S. Hagger University of California, Merced
Per Carlbring
Per Carlbring Stockholm University
David Forbes
David Forbes University of Melbourne
Jan P. Piek
Jan P. Piek Curtin University

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