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36
Citations
7840
World Ranking
6405
National Ranking
384

Overview

William R. Avison is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research activities are associated with this institution, contributing to the academic environment there.

Details on recent publications, co-authors, frequent publication venues, book publications, main fields of study, subfields, and specific topics related to their research are not available. Similarly, information about awards or recognitions has not been recorded.

The absence of data on their specific research contributions and topics means the overview focuses primarily on their institutional affiliation. This affiliation indicates involvement in academic research and potentially broader scholarly activities within the university.

Best Publications

  • Status variations in stress exposure: implications for the interpretation of research on race, socioeconomic status, and gender.

    R Jay Turner;William R Avison

  • Stress and mental health: Contemporary issues and prospects for the future.

    William R. Avison;Ian H. Gotlib

  • Stressful life events and depressive symptoms: disaggregating the effects of acute stressors and chronic strains.

    W R Avison;R J Turner

  • Gender differences in symptoms of depression among adolescents.

    William R. Avison;Donna D. Mcalpine

  • Mental health benefits of interactions with nature in children and teenagers: a systematic review.

    Suzanne Tillmann;Danielle C Tobin;William R. Avison;Jason A. Gilliland

  • Asian immigrants and the stress process: a study of Koreans in Canada.

    Samuel Noh;William R. Avison

  • Gender and depression: assessing exposure and vulnerability to life events in a chronically strained population

    R. Jay Turner;William R. Avison

  • Significant life experiences and depression among single and married mothers

    Lorraine Davies;William R. Avison;Donna D. McAlpine

  • Family Structure, Stress, and Psychological Distress: A Demonstration of the Impact of Differential Exposure

    William R. Avison;Jennifer Ali;David Walters

  • Innovations in the measurement of life stress: crisis theory and the significance of event resolution.

    Turner Rj;Avison Wr

  • Depressive symptoms among Korean immigrants: Assessment of a translation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale.

    Samuel Noh;William R. Avison;Violet Kaspar

  • POPULATION DIVERSITY AND CROSS‐NATIONAL HOMICIDE: THE EFFECTS OF INEQUALITY AND HETEROGENEITY*

    William R. Avison;Pamela L. Loring

  • The discharged psychiatric patient: a review of social, social-psychological, and psychiatric correlates of outcome.

    William R. Avison;Kathy N. Speechley

  • Spouses of Discharged Psychiatric Patients: Factors Associated with Their Experience of Burden.

    Samuel Noh;William R. Avison

  • Employment transitions and psychological distress: the contrasting experiences of single and married mothers.

    Jennifer Ali;William R. Avison

  • Socioeconomic status and cumulative disadvantage processes across the life course: implications for health outcomes.

    Jamie A. Seabrook;William R. Avison

  • Mental Health, Social Mirror

    William R. Avison;Jane D. McLeod;Bernice A. Pescosolido

  • Psychiatric Disorders of Children “in Care”: Methodology and Demographic Correlates:

    Eleanor Stein;Naomi Rae-Grant;Susan Ackland;William Avison

  • Assessing Risk Factors for Problem Parenting: The Significance of Social Support.

    R. Jay Turner;William R. Avison

  • 12-month prevalence of depression among single and married mothers in the 1994 National Population Health Survey.

    John Cairney;Cathy Thorpe;John Rietschlin;William R. Avison

  • Advances in the Conceptualization of the Stress Process: Essays in Honor of Leonard I. Pearlin

    William R. Avison;Carol S. Aneshensel;Scott Schieman

  • Advances in the Conceptualization of the Stress Process

    William R. Avison;Carol S. Aneshensel;Scott Schieman;Blair Wheaton

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Noh
Samuel Noh University of Toronto
Mark A. Ferro
Mark A. Ferro University of Waterloo
Carol S. Aneshensel
Carol S. Aneshensel University of California, Los Angeles
Ian H. Gotlib
Ian H. Gotlib Stanford University
Jane D. McLeod
Jane D. McLeod Indiana University
R. Jay Turner
R. Jay Turner Florida State University
John Cairney
John Cairney University of Queensland
Bernice A. Pescosolido
Bernice A. Pescosolido Indiana University
Jason A. Gilliland
Jason A. Gilliland University of Western Ontario
Verinder Sharma
Verinder Sharma University of Western Ontario

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