2026 Sherry H. Stewart: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	99	653	573	28	25	511	36365

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Sherry H. Stewart is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has a substantial body of research contributions in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including clinical psychology, epidemiology, experimental and cognitive psychology, general health professions, and applied psychology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, with significant focus on substance abuse treatment and outcomes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, behavioral health and interventions, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and COVID-19 and mental health.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Frontiers in Psychology
Addictive Behaviors
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Frontiers in Psychiatry

Steward has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Simon Sherry, Patricia Conrod, Matthew T. Keough, Philip G. Tibbo, and Kara Thompson.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Sherry H. Stewart include:

"Drinking to cope with the pandemic: The unique associations of COVID-19-related perceived threat and psychological distress to drinking behaviors in American men and women" (2020, Addictive Behaviors)
"Suicide behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis of 54 studies" (2021, Psychiatry Research)
"Self-Isolation: A Significant Contributor to Cannabis use during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020, Substance Abuse)
"Alcohol use and death by suicide: A meta-analysis of 33 studies" (2022, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
"Evaluating cannabidiol (CBD) expectancy effects on acute stress and anxiety in healthy adults: a randomized crossover study" (2021, Psychopharmacology)

In addition to journal publications, Stewart has contributed to book publications including "Prescribing Psychotropics: Misuse, Abuse, Dependence, Withdrawal and Addiction" published by Frontiers Media in 2021.

Stewart has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018, affiliated with the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model

Steven C. Hayes;Kirk Strosahl;Kelly G. Wilson;Richard T. Bissett

3128
Citations
Robust dimensions of anxiety sensitivity: Development and initial validation of the anxiety sensitivity index-3

Steven Taylor;Michael J. Zvolensky;Brian J. Cox;Brett Deacon

2244
Citations
Alcohol abuse in individuals exposed to trauma: A critical review.

Sherry H. Stewart

884
Citations
The substance use risk profile scale: A scale measuring traits linked to reinforcement-specific substance use profiles

Patricia A. Woicik;Sherry H. Stewart;Robert O. Pihl;Patricia J. Conrod

753
Citations
The relations of trait anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, and sensation seeking to adolescents' motivations for alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use

Nancy Comeau;Sherry H Stewart;Pamela Loba

686
Citations
Mental disorder symptoms among public safety personnel in Canada.

R. Nicholas Carleton;Tracie O. Afifi;Sarah Turner;Tamara Taillieu

605
Citations
Drugs of abuse and the elicitation of human aggressive behavior.

Peter N.S. Hoaken;Sherry H. Stewart

591
Citations
Psychometric evaluation of the five-factor Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire--Revised in undergraduates.

Valerie V. Grant;Sherry H. Stewart;Roisin M. O'Connor;Ekin Blackwell

549
Citations
Therapist‐supported Internet cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in adults

Janine V Olthuis;Margo C Watt;Kristen Bailey;Jill A Hayden

518
Citations
Gender differences in dimensions of anxiety sensitivity

Sherry H. Stewart;Steven Taylor;Jan M. Baker

465
Citations
Mutual influences on maternal depression and child adjustment problems

Frank J Elgar;Patrick J McGrath;Daniel A Waschbusch;Sherry H Stewart

444
Citations
Development and psychometric evaluation of a three-dimensional Gambling Motives Questionnaire.

Sherry H. Stewart;Martin Zack;Martin Zack

428
Citations
Functional associations among trauma, PTSD, and substance-related disorders.

Sherry H. Stewart;Robert O. Pihl;Patricia J. Conrod;Maurice Dongier

406
Citations
Drinking to cope with the pandemic: The unique associations of COVID-19-related perceived threat and psychological distress to drinking behaviors in American men and women.

Lindsey M. Rodriguez;Dana M. Litt;Sherry H. Stewart

405
Citations
Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral interventions targeting personality risk factors for youth alcohol misuse.

Patricia J. Conrod;Sherry H. Stewart;Nancy Comeau;A. Michael Maclean

395
Citations
Cognitive and sedative effects of benzodiazepine use.

S E Buffett-Jerrott;S H Stewart

393
Citations
The relationship between social anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorders: A critical review

Eric P. Morris;Sherry H. Stewart;Lindsay S. Ham

379
Citations
Anxiety Sensitivity and PTSD Symptom Severity Are Reciprocally Related: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study of Physical Trauma Survivors

Grant N. Marshall;Jeremy N. V. Miles;Sherry H. Stewart

357
Citations
The validity of the brief version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale

Kerry A. Collins;Henny A. Westra;David J.A. Dozois;Sherry H. Stewart

355
Citations
Anxiety sensitivity and self-reported reasons for drug use

Sherry H. Stewart;Julie Karp;Robert O. Pihl;Rolf A. Peterson

344
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal

Robert O. Pihl McGill University

Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston

Abby L. Goldstein University of Toronto

Keith S. Dobson University of Calgary

Christine Wekerle McMaster University

Raymond M. Klein Dalhousie University

Steven Taylor University of British Columbia

Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam

Martin M. Antony Toronto Metropolitan University

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