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Sunita M. Stewart is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology.

The subfields of study in which Stewart has contributed include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Stewart's work addresses several key topics within psychology, notably:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Recent publications by Stewart include:

  • Body Dissatisfaction and Mental Health Outcomes of Youth on Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • Fearlessness about death predicts adolescent suicide attempt: A preliminary analysis, 2020, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • The Beck Depression Inventory-II as a screening tool of depression in the Chinese adolescent population in Hong Kong: A validation study using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview as the gold standard, 2020, Asian Journal of Psychiatry
  • A Community-Based Lifestyle-Integrated Physical Activity Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity, Positive Family Communication, and Perceived Health in Deprived Families: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Implementing the interpersonal theory of suicide to improve outcomes in suicidal adolescents: A pilot trial, 2021, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

The most frequent publication venues for Stewart's research are:

  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Behavior Therapy

Stewart has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Graham J. Emslie
  • Savannah M. Krantz
  • Betsy D. Kennard
  • Jeffrey D. Shahidullah
  • Karen Dineen Wagner

Best Publications

  • Validity of the international physical activity questionnaire short form (IPAQ-SF): A systematic review

    Paul H. Lee;Duncan J. Macfarlane;TH H. Lam;Sunita M. Stewart;Sunita M. Stewart

  • Dexamethasone therapy for bacterial meningitis

    M. H. Lebel;B. J. Freij;G. A. Syrogiannopoulos;D. F. Chrane

  • Teacher's Corner: The MACS Approach to Testing for Multigroup Invariance of a Second-Order Structure--A Walk through the Process.

    Barbara M. Byrne;Sunita M. Stewart

  • A prospective analysis of stress and academic performance in the first two years of medical school

    Sunita M. Stewart;T. H. Lam;C. L. Betson;C. M. Wong

  • The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong.

    Xiaonan Yu;Wilson W.S. Tam;Paul T.K. Wong;Tai Hing Lam

  • Life satisfaction, self-concept, and family relations in Chinese adolescents and children

    Lei Chang;Catherine Mcbride-Chang;Sunita M. Stewart;Ernest Au

  • Predicting stress in first year medical students: a longitudinal study.

    Sunita M. Stewart;C. Betson;T. H. Lam;I. B. Marshall

  • Nonadherence in Adolescent Oncology Patients: Preliminary Data on Psychological Risk Factors and Relationships to Outcome

    Beth D. Kennard;Sunita M. Stewart;Rebecca Olvera;Rebecca Olvera;Roger E. Bawdon

  • Depressive symptoms predict hospitalization for adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

    Sunita M. Stewart;Uma Rao;Graham J. Emslie;Diane Klein

  • Body Dissatisfaction and Mental Health Outcomes of Youth on Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy.

    Laura E. Kuper;Sunita Stewart;Stephanie Preston;May Lau

  • A critical look at parenting research from the mainstream: Problems uncovered while adapting Western research to non-Western cultures

    Sunita Mahtani Stewart;Michael Harris Bond

  • The Validity of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Adolescence: A Review

    Sunita M. Stewart;Michael Eaddy;Sarah E. Horton;Jennifer Hughes

  • Validating the Beck Depression Inventory-II for Hong Kong Community Adolescents

    Barbara M. Byrne;Sunita M. Stewart;Peter W. H. Lee

  • Chinese Dimensions of Parenting: Broadening Western Predictors and Outcomes

    Sunita Mahtani Stewart;Nirmala Rao;Michael H. Bond;Catherine McBride-Chang

  • Stress and vulnerability in medical students

    S M Stewart;C Betson;I Marshall;C M Wong

  • Mental and motor development, social competence, and growth one year after successful pediatric liver transplantation+

    Sunita M. Stewart;Ricardo Uauy;David A. Waller;Betsy D. Kennard

  • Hopelessness and suicidal ideation among adolescents in two cultures.

    Sunita Mahtani Stewart;Betsy D. Kennard;Peter W.H. Lee;Taryn Mayes

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy to prevent relapse in pediatric responders to pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder.

    Betsy D. Kennard;Graham J. Emslie;Taryn L. Mayes;Jeanne Nightingale-Teresi

  • A cross-cultural investigation of cognitions and depressive symptoms in adolescents.

    Sunita Mahtani Stewart;Betsy D. Kennard;Peter W. H. Lee;Carroll W. Hughes

  • Screening for depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) among the general population in Hong Kong

    Xiaonan Yu;Sunita M. Stewart;Paul T.K. Wong;Tai Hing Lam

  • Intergenerational Patterns of Values and Autonomy Expectations in Cultures of Relatedness and Separateness

    Sunita Mahtani Stewart;Michael Harris Bond;Osvelia Deeds;Siu Fung Chung

Frequent Co-Authors

Betsy D. Kennard
Betsy D. Kennard The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Michael Bond
Michael Bond Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Carroll W. Hughes
Carroll W. Hughes The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ruth H. Striegel-Moore
Ruth H. Striegel-Moore Wesleyan University
Catherine McBride-Chang
Catherine McBride-Chang Purdue University West Lafayette
Nirmala Rao
Nirmala Rao University of Hong Kong
Barbara M. Byrne
Barbara M. Byrne University of Ottawa
Murray Alpert
Murray Alpert New York University
Cecilia L. W. Chan
Cecilia L. W. Chan University of Hong Kong
Deborah J. Wiebe
Deborah J. Wiebe University of Pennsylvania

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