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Thomas H. Ollendick

Thomas H. Ollendick

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Psychology

D-Index
109
Citations
48412
World Ranking
412
National Ranking
261

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Thomas H. Ollendick is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Psychology, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Education, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Thomas H. Ollendick has authored papers published in key venues such as Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Behavior Therapy, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, and Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The publication counts in these venues highlight significant contributions to these journals, particularly in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review and Behavior Therapy.

Some recent notable papers include:

  • International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Selective Mutism and Its Relations to Social Anxiety Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder (2021, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review)
  • Editorial Statement About JCCAP's 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research (2023, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology)
  • Parental and Familial Predictors and Moderators of Parent Management Treatment Programs for Conduct Problems in Youth (2020, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review)
  • Virtual Reality One-Session Treatment of Child-Specific Phobia of Dogs: A Controlled, Multiple Baseline Case Series (2020, Behavior Therapy)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including Corinne N. Carlton, Peter Muris, Sarah Radtke, Lara J. Farrell, and Tyler C. McFayden, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research projects.

Thomas H. Ollendick was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Empirically Supported Psychological Interventions: Controversies and Evidence

    Dianne L. Chambless;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • Anxiety in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

    Susan W. White;Donald Oswald;Thomas Ollendick;Lawrence Scahill

  • Reliability and validity of the revised fear survey schedule for children (FSSC-R)

    Thomas H. Ollendick

  • DSM-IV field trials for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents.

    Benjamin B. Lahey;Brooks Applegate;Keith McBurnett;Joseph Biederman

  • Evidence-Based Assessment of Anxiety and Its Disorders in Children and Adolescents

    Wendy K. Silverman;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • The Role of Temperament in the Etiology of Child Psychopathology

    Peter Muris;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • Three traditional and three new childhood anxiety questionnaires: their reliability and validity in a normal adolescent sample

    Peter Muris;Harald Merckelbach;Thomas Ollendick;Neville King

  • Validity of the age-of-onset criterion for ADHD: a report from the DSM-IV field trials.

    Brooks Applegate;Benjamin B. Lahey;Elizabeth L. Hart;Joseph Biederman

  • Sociometric status and academic, behavioral, and psychological adjustment : a five-year longitudinal study

    T. H. Ollendick;Mark D. Weist;M. C. Borden;R. W. Greene

  • Empirically supported treatments for children with phobic and anxiety disorders: Current status

    Thomas H. Ollendick;Neville J. King

  • Multiple Informant Agreement and the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Parents and Children

    Amie E. Grills;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • The Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety

    Michael W. Vasey;Guy Bosmans;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • Treating Sexually Abused Children With Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Neville J King;Bruce J Tonge;Paul E Mullen;Nicole Myerson

  • Fears in children and adolescents: reliability and generalizability across gender, age and nationality.

    Thomas H. Ollendick;Neville J. King;Robert B. Frary

  • The developmental psychopathology of social anxiety disorder.

    Thomas H Ollendick;Dina R Hirshfeld-Becker

  • Peer victimization, global self-worth, and anxiety in middle school children.

    Amie E. Grills;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • Negative Body Image and Disordered Eating Behavior in Children and Adolescents: What Places Youth at Risk and How Can These Problems be Prevented?

    Heather L. Littleton;Thomas Ollendick

  • Issues in parent-child agreement: the case of structured diagnostic interviews.

    Armie E Grills;Thomas H Ollendick

  • Long-term outcomes of an Australian universal prevention trial of anxiety and depression symptoms in children and youth: an evaluation of the friends program.

    Paula M. Barrett;Lara J. Farrell;Thomas H. Ollendick;Mark Dadds

  • The Comorbidity of Conduct Problems and Depression in Childhood and Adolescence

    Jennifer C. Wolff;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • Concurrent Validity and Informant Agreement of the ADHD Module of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV

    Matthew A. Jarrett;Jennifer C. Wolff;Thomas H. Ollendick

  • INTERVENTIONS: Controversies and Evidence

    Dianne L. Chambless;Thomas H. Ollendick

Frequent Co-Authors

Neville J. King
Neville J. King Monash University
Susan W. White
Susan W. White University of Alabama
Peter Muris
Peter Muris Maastricht University
Bruce J Tonge
Bruce J Tonge Monash University
Lara J. Farrell
Lara J. Farrell Griffith University
Johnny L. Matson
Johnny L. Matson Louisiana State University
Eleonora Gullone
Eleonora Gullone Monash University
David Heyne
David Heyne Leiden University
Cecilia A. Essau
Cecilia A. Essau University of Roehampton
Allison M. Waters
Allison M. Waters Griffith University

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