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Susan H. Spence

Susan H. Spence

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
77
Citations
25854
World Ranking
1634
National Ranking
78

Susan H. Spence 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 Susan H. Spence sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 264 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan H. Spence 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 Susan H. Spence sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Susan H. Spence is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia. Their research spans several fields including Psychology, Medicine, and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, and Applied Psychology.

Their work concentrates on multiple main topics, notably Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Early Childhood Education and Development, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Infant Development and Preterm Care, and Child Development and Digital Technology.

Frequent publication venues include BMJ Open, the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Digital Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Notable recent papers include the following:

  • Research Review: Recommendations for reporting on treatment trials for child and adolescent anxiety disorders - an international consensus statement (2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
  • Systematic Review: The State of Research Into Youth Helplines (2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
  • Using the 11-item Version of the RCADS to Identify Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Adolescents (2021, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology)
  • Co-designing a digital mental health platform, "Momentum", with young people aged 7-17: A qualitative study (2023, Digital Health)
  • Codesign and development of a primary school based pathway for child anxiety screening and intervention delivery: a protocol, mixed-methods feasibility study (2021, BMJ Open)

Their most frequent co-authors are Cathy Creswell, Tessa Reardon, Caroline L. Donovan, Michael Larkin, and Tamsin Ford, each appearing in multiple collaborations.

Best Publications

  • A measure of anxiety symptoms among children

    Susan H. Spence

  • The etiology of social phobia: empirical evidence and an initial model.

    Ronald M. Rapee;Susan H. Spence

  • Structure of anxiety symptoms among children: A confirmatory factor-analytic study.

    Susan H. Spence

  • A parent-report measure of children's anxiety: psychometric properties and comparison with child-report in a clinic and normal sample.

    Maaike H. Nauta;Agnes Scholing;Ronald M. Rapee;Maree Abbott

  • The treatment of childhood social phobia: the effectiveness of a social skills training-based, cognitive-behavioural intervention, with and without parental involvement.

    Susan H. Spence;Caroline Donovan;Margaret Brechman-Toussaint

  • Social skills training with children and young people: Theory, evidence and practice

    Susan H. Spence

  • Psychometric properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale with young adolescents

    Susan H. Spence;Paula Maria Barrett;Cynthia Michelle Turner

  • The role of parental anxiety in the treatment of childhood anxiety.

    Vanessa E. Cobham;Mark R. Dadds;Susan H. Spence

  • Prevention and Early Intervention for Anxiety disorders: A controlled trial

    Mark R. Dadds;Susan H. Spence;Denise E. Holland;Paula M. Barrett

  • Social skills, social outcomes, and cognitive features of childhood social phobia.

    Susan H. Spence;Caroline Donovan;Margaret Brechman-Toussaint

  • The structure of anxiety symptoms among preschoolers

    Susan H Spence;Ronald Rapee;Casey McDonald;Michelle Ingram

  • The Relative Efficacy and Treatment Distress of EMDR and a Cognitive-Behavior Trauma Treatment Protocol in the Amelioration of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Grant James Devilly;Susan H. Spence

  • Early intervention and prevention of anxiety disorders in children: results at 2-year follow-up.

    Mark R. Dadds;Denise E. Holland;Kristin R. Laurens;Miranda J. Mullins

  • Mothers' mental illness and child behavior problems: cause-effect association or observation bias?

    Jake M. Najman;Gail M. Williams;Jane Nikles;Sue Spence

  • A randomized controlled trial of online versus clinic-based CBT for adolescent anxiety.

    Susan Hilary Spence;Caroline Leanne Donovan;Sonja March;Amanda Gamble

  • Preventing adolescent depression: an evaluation of the problem solving for life program.

    Susan H. Spence;Jeanie K. Sheffield;Caroline L. Donovan

  • Bias influencing maternal reports of child behaviour and emotional state

    J. M. Najman;G.M. Williams;J. Nikles;S. Spence

  • Prevention of childhood anxiety disorders.

    Caroline L Donovan;Susan H Spence

  • The Efficacy of an Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Child Anxiety Disorders

    Sonja March;Susan Hilary Spence;Caroline Leanne Donovan

  • The etiology of social anxiety disorder: An evidence-based model.

    Susan H. Spence;Ronald M. Rapee

  • The feasibility and outcome of clinic plus Internet delivery of cognitive-behavior therapy for childhood anxiety.

    Susan H. Spence;Jane M. Holmes;Sonja March;Ottmar V. Lipp

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline L. Donovan
Caroline L. Donovan Griffith University
Sonja March
Sonja March University of Southern Queensland
Jeanie Sheffield
Jeanie Sheffield University of Queensland
David J. Kavanagh
David J. Kavanagh Queensland University of Technology
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Michael G. Sawyer
Michael G. Sawyer University of Adelaide
Justin Kenardy
Justin Kenardy University of Queensland
Jenny Strong
Jenny Strong University of Queensland
George C. Patton
George C. Patton Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Linda Worrall
Linda Worrall University of Queensland

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