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Stefano Occhipinti

Stefano Occhipinti

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Psychology

D-Index
33
Citations
4355
World Ranking
10583
National Ranking
607

Overview

Stefano Occhipinti is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and conducts research primarily in the field of psychology. Their work covers various subfields, including social psychology, general health professions, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and sociology and political science.

Their research topics include mental health treatment and access, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, health literacy and information accessibility, EFL/ESL teaching and learning, suicide and self-harm studies, and family support in illness.

Frequent publication venues for Stefano Occhipinti are:

  • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • PLoS ONE
  • Patient Education and Counseling
  • Social Psychology

The recent papers authored by or involving Stefano Occhipinti include:

  • An investigation of the link between prenatal alcohol exposure and sleep problems across childhood, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • The stigmatization of mental illness by mental health professionals: Scoping review and bibliometric analysis, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • eHealth literacy in prostate cancer: A systematic review, 2024, Patient Education and Counseling
  • The Factorial Structure of Stigma and Its Targets, 2022, Social Psychology
  • Mainland Chinese students' psychological adaptation to Hong Kong: an intergroup communication perspective, 2023, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stefano Occhipinti include:

  • Megan Oaten
  • Caley Tapp
  • Michael Jauch
  • Analise O'Donovan
  • Liz Jones

Best Publications

  • The relationship between sociocultural pressure to be thin and body dissatisfaction in preadolescent girls

    Lucy C Blowers;Natalie J Loxton;Megan Grady-Flesser;Stefano Occhipinti

  • The supportive care needs of men with prostate cancer (2000)

    S.K. Steginga;S. Occhipinti;J. Dunn;R.A. Gardiner

  • A systematic review of the impact of stigma and nihilism on lung cancer outcomes

    Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Jeffrey Dunn;Jeffrey Dunn;Stefano Occhipinti;Suzanne Hughes

  • Predictors of change in unmet supportive care needs in cancer

    M.E. McDowell;S. Occhipinti;M. Ferguson;Jeffrey Dunn;Jeffrey Dunn;Jeffrey Dunn

  • Does working at your marriage help? Couple relationship self-regulation and satisfaction in the first 4 years of marriage.

    Kim Halford;Alfred Joseph Lizzio;Keithia Lynne Wilson;Stefano Occhipinti

  • Prospective study of men's psychological and decision-related adjustment after treatment for localized prostate cancer.

    Suzanne K Steginga;Stefano Occhipinti;R.A.(Frank) Gardiner;John Yaxley

  • Psychological distress and quality of life in lung cancer: the role of health‐related stigma, illness appraisals and social constraints

    Suzanne K Chambers;Peter Baade;Peter Baade;Peter Baade;Philippa Youl;Philippa Youl;Philippa Youl;Joanne F Aitken

  • Psychological distress and unmet supportive care needs in cancer patients and carers who contact cancer helplines

    Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;A. Girgis;Stefano Occhipinti;S. Hutchison

  • Compliance to exercise-oncology guidelines in prostate cancer survivors and associations with psychological distress, unmet supportive care needs, and quality of life.

    Daniel A. Galvão;Robert U. Newton;Robert A. Gardiner;Robert A. Gardiner;Robert A. Gardiner;Afaf Girgis

  • A randomised controlled trial of a couples-based sexuality intervention for men with localised prostate cancer and their female partners.

    Suzanne K. Chambers;Stefano Occhipinti;Leslie R Schover;Lisa Nielsen

  • Benefit Finding After Cancer The Role of Optimism, Intrusive Thinking and Social Environment

    Jeffrey Dunn;Stefano Occhipinti;Alistair Campbell;Megan Ferguson

  • Evaluation of a peer support program for women with breast cancer—lessons for practitioners

    Jeffrey Dunn;Suzanne K. Steginga;Stefano Occhipinti;Keithia Wilson

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in advanced prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial

    Suzanne K. Chambers;Stefano Occhipinti;Elizabeth Foley;Samantha Clutton

  • Intervening to improve psychological outcomes for men with prostate cancer

    Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Megan Ferguson;R .A. Gardiner;R .A. Gardiner;Joanne Aitken;Joanne Aitken

  • The application of the heuristic-systematic processing model to treatment decision making about prostate cancer.

    Suzanne K. Steginga;Stefano Occhipinti

  • ProsCan for Couples: Randomised controlled trial of a couples-based sexuality intervention for men with localised prostate cancer who receive radical prostatectomy

    Suzanne K. Chambers;Leslie Schover;Kim Halford;Samantha Clutton

  • Couple distress after localised prostate cancer

    Suzanne K. Chambers;Leslie Schover;Lisa Nielsen;Kim Halford

  • A Randomized Trial Comparing Two Low-Intensity Psychological Interventions for Distressed Patients With Cancer and Their Caregivers

    Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Araf Girgis;Stefano Occhipinti;Sandy Hutchison

  • Dispositional optimism as a predictor of men's decision-related distress after localized prostate cancer.

    Suzanne Kathleen Steginga;Stefano Occhipinti

  • Social skills, expectancies, and drinking in adolescents

    Lisa Rosenthal Gaffney;Karen Thorpe;Ross Young;Robyn Collett

  • Prospective predictors of psychosocial support service use after cancer

    Michelle Elizabeth McDowell;Michelle Elizabeth McDowell;Stefano Occhipinti;Megan Ferguson;Suzanne Kathleen Chambers;Suzanne Kathleen Chambers

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland
Stephen J. Lepore
Stephen J. Lepore Temple University
Afaf Girgis
Afaf Girgis University of New South Wales
Melissa K. Hyde
Melissa K. Hyde University of Queensland
Cathrine Mihalopoulos
Cathrine Mihalopoulos Deakin University
Jane Turner
Jane Turner University of Queensland
Caroline L. Donovan
Caroline L. Donovan Griffith University
Michael Siegal
Michael Siegal University of Sheffield
Sharon Dawe
Sharon Dawe Griffith University

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