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Ulrich S. Tran

Ulrich S. Tran

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
7326
World Ranking
7005
National Ranking
33

Overview

Ulrich S. Tran is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a substantial focus on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. The scope of Tran's work also extends to Sociology and Political Science as well as Applied Psychology.

The scientist's publication record includes recent papers in a variety of reputable journals. Notable publications include:

  • "A Consensus-Based Checklist for Reporting of Survey Studies (CROSS)" (2021), Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • "Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020), BMJ
  • "Charting the landscape of graphical displays for meta-analysis and systematic reviews: a comprehensive review, taxonomy, and feature analysis" (2020), BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • "The Cross-cultural Validity of the Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire Across 16 Countries" (2020), Mindfulness
  • "Association of Logic's hip hop song "1-800-273-8255" with Lifeline calls and suicides in the United States: interrupted time series analysis" (2021), BMJ

Tran's frequent co-authors include Martin Voracek, Viren Swami, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Benedikt Till, and Stefan Stieger. This collaboration network highlights an interdisciplinary approach and consistent partnership within the psychological sciences.

The scientist publishes often in specific venues, notably:

  • Mindfulness
  • Body Image
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Tran's research topics cover several key areas with multiple publications, including:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Best Publications

  • Analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories

    Viren Swami;Martin Voracek;Stefan Stieger;Ulrich S. Tran

  • Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Thomas Niederkrotenthaler;Marlies Braun;Jane Pirkis;Benedikt Till

  • Suicidal Behavior and Psychological Distress in University Students: A 12-nation Study.

    Mehmet Eskin;Jian Min Sun;Jamila Abuidhail;Kouichi Yoshimasu

  • Suicide mortality in the United States following the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.

    Mark Sinyor;Mark Sinyor;Ulrich S Tran;David Garcia;David Garcia;Benedikt Till

  • Investigating the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ): Construction of a Short Form and Evidence of a Two‐Factor Higher Order Structure of Mindfulness

    Ulrich S. Tran;Tobias M. Glück;Ingo W. Nader

  • Declining Autopsy Rates and Suicide Misclassification A Cross-national Analysis of 35 Countries

    Nestor D. Kapusta;Ulrich S. Tran;Ian Richard Hildreth Rockett;Diego De Leo

  • Association of Increased Youth Suicides in the United States With the Release of 13 Reasons Why

    Thomas Niederkrotenthaler;Steven Stack;Benedikt Till;Mark Sinyor;Mark Sinyor

  • Lunar Lies: The Impact of Informational Framing and Individual Differences in Shaping Conspiracist Beliefs About the Moon Landings

    Viren Swami;Viren Swami;Jakob Pietschnig;Ulrich S. Tran;Ingo W. Nader

  • The association of posttraumatic stress disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder from a network analytical perspective.

    Matthias Knefel;Ulrich S. Tran;Brigitte Lueger-Schuster

  • Associations Between Women’s Body Image and Happiness: Results of the YouBeauty.com Body Image Survey (YBIS)

    Viren Swami;Viren Swami;Ulrich S. Tran;Stefan Stieger;Martin Voracek

  • A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ke Wang;Amit Goldenberg;Charles A. Dorison;Jeremy K. Miller

  • "A joke a day keeps the doctor away?" Meta-analytical evidence of differential associations of habitual humor styles with mental health.

    Martha Schneider;Martin Voracek;Ulrich S. Tran

  • Registered replication report on Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008)

    Bruno Verschuere;Ewout H. Meijer;Ariane Jim;Katherine Hoogesteyn

  • Evidence for general right-, mixed-, and left-sidedness in self-reported handedness, footedness, eyedness, and earedness, and a primacy of footedness in a large-sample latent variable analysis

    Ulrich S. Tran;Stefan Stieger;Martin Voracek

  • The Serenity of the Meditating Mind: A Cross-Cultural Psychometric Study on a Two-Factor Higher Order Structure of Mindfulness, Its Effects, and Mechanisms Related to Mental Health among Experienced Meditators

    Ulrich S. Tran;Ausiàs Cebolla;Tobias M. Glück;Joaquim Soler

  • Low validity of Google Trends for behavioral forecasting of national suicide rates

    Ulrich S. Tran;Rita Andel;Thomas Niederkrotenthaler;Benedikt Till

  • More or less than the sum of its parts? Mapping the Dark Triad of personality onto a single Dark Core

    Bianca Bertl;Bianca Bertl;Jakob Pietschnig;Ulrich S. Tran;Stefan Stieger;Stefan Stieger

  • Body image and personality: Associations between the Big Five Personality Factors, actual-ideal weight discrepancy, and body appreciation

    Viren Swami;Ulrich S. Tran;Louise Hoffmann Brooks;Laura Kanaan

  • Association of Logic’s hip hop song “1-800-273-8255” with Lifeline calls and suicides in the United States: interrupted time series analysis

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  • Humor styles and personality: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the relations between humor styles and the Big Five personality traits

    Constantin Y. Plessen;Fabian R. Franken;Christoph Ster;Rebecca R. Schmid

  • Digit ratio (2D:4D) and sensation seeking: New data and meta-analysis

    Martin Voracek;Ulrich S. Tran;Stefan G. Dressler

  • Personality and individual difference correlates of attitudes toward human rights and civil liberties

    Viren Swami;Viren Swami;Ingo W. Nader;Jakob Pietschnig;Stefan Stieger

  • Girl in the Cellar: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Investigation of Belief in Conspiracy Theories about the Kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch

    Stefan Stieger;Nora Gumhalter;Ulrich S. Tran;Martin Voracek

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek University of Vienna
Stefan Stieger
Stefan Stieger Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
Viren Swami
Viren Swami Anglia Ruskin University
Maryanne L. Fisher
Maryanne L. Fisher Saint Mary's University
Tobias Greitemeyer
Tobias Greitemeyer University of Innsbruck
Ilona Papousek
Ilona Papousek University of Graz
Steven Stack
Steven Stack Wayne State University
Claus Lamm
Claus Lamm University of Vienna
Bruno Verschuere
Bruno Verschuere University of Amsterdam
Matthias Gamer
Matthias Gamer University of Würzburg

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