Bethany Pester

546 total citations
31 papers, 333 citations indexed

About

Bethany Pester is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bethany Pester has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 333 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Pharmacology, 11 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 8 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bethany Pester's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (11 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (7 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (6 papers). Bethany Pester is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (11 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (7 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (6 papers). Bethany Pester collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Bethany Pester's co-authors include Kelly A. Ryan, Melvin G. McInnis, Scott A. Langenecker, David Marshall, Masoud Kamali, Lisa R. Miller‐Matero, Arthur M. Carlin, Mark A. Lumley, Erika F.H. Saunders and Jordan M. Braciszewski and has published in prestigious journals such as Pain, Journal of Affective Disorders and Health Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Bethany Pester

27 papers receiving 330 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bethany Pester United States 10 116 93 80 74 45 31 333
Elyse R. Thakur United States 12 160 1.4× 93 1.0× 84 1.1× 89 1.2× 66 1.5× 29 597
Shannon Stark Taylor United States 10 98 0.8× 39 0.4× 36 0.5× 106 1.4× 27 0.6× 21 311
Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei Iran 11 60 0.5× 145 1.6× 46 0.6× 20 0.3× 21 0.5× 47 326
Shimon Shiri Israel 12 48 0.4× 115 1.2× 31 0.4× 45 0.6× 41 0.9× 21 314
Judith Nicholls United Kingdom 9 41 0.4× 150 1.6× 91 1.1× 41 0.6× 31 0.7× 11 495
Lisette Morris Germany 9 258 2.2× 112 1.2× 70 0.9× 49 0.7× 14 0.3× 13 523
E. A. Walker United States 9 143 1.2× 101 1.1× 52 0.7× 44 0.6× 19 0.4× 10 578
Christine Spadola United States 12 36 0.3× 159 1.7× 97 1.2× 28 0.4× 58 1.3× 41 447
Kathryn A. Sanders United States 11 53 0.5× 105 1.1× 35 0.4× 18 0.2× 24 0.5× 17 447
Ramona Lucas United Kingdom 8 99 0.9× 112 1.2× 29 0.4× 37 0.5× 14 0.3× 10 394

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bethany Pester

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All Works

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Meints, Samantha M., Bethany Pester, Asimina Lazaridou, et al.. (2025). Childhood abuse and health outcomes in patients with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional exploratory study of the moderating effects of pain catastrophizing and mindfulness. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 26(1). 195–195.
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Pester, Bethany, et al.. (2024). Why is low educational attainment linked to worse pain and function in fibromyalgia?. Journal of Pain. 27. 104764–104764. 2 indexed citations
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Paschali, Myrella, et al.. (2023). Electromyography-biofeedback for chronic low back pain: A qualitative cohort study. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 73. 102922–102922. 3 indexed citations
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Pester, Bethany, Shivani Mehta, Jeremy Silverman, et al.. (2023). Change in Pain-Related Anxiety Mediates the Effects of Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy (PSRT) on Pain Disability for Chronic Back Pain: Secondary Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 16. 3871–3880. 2 indexed citations
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Hughes, Abbey J., Claudia M. Campbell, Michael A. Owens, et al.. (2023). Perioperative insomnia trajectories and functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty. Pain. 164(12). 2769–2779. 6 indexed citations
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Wilson, Jenna M., Victoria J. Madden, Bethany Pester, et al.. (2023). Change in Pain During Physical Activity Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: Associations With Improved Physical Function and Decreased Situational Pain Catastrophizing. Innovation in Aging. 7(10). igad045–igad045. 2 indexed citations
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Pester, Bethany, Krista M. Brumley, Annmarie Caño, et al.. (2023). A mixed-methods investigation into the us versus them mentality in Facebook groups for chronic pain.. Health Psychology. 42(7). 460–471. 4 indexed citations
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Pester, Bethany, Jenna M. Wilson, Asimina Lazaridou, et al.. (2022). Brief Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is Associated with Faster Recovery in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Pilot Clinical Trial. Pain Medicine. 24(6). 576–585. 12 indexed citations
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Overstreet, Demario S., Bethany Pester, Jenna M. Wilson, et al.. (2022). The Experience of BIPOC Living with Chronic Pain in the USA: Biopsychosocial Factors that Underlie Racial Disparities in Pain Outcomes, Comorbidities, Inequities, and Barriers to Treatment. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 27(1). 1–10. 21 indexed citations
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Pester, Bethany, et al.. (2021). Adherence to Post-operative Appointments Is Associated with Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery. 31(12). 5494–5496. 5 indexed citations
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Lumley, Mark A., et al.. (2021). Trauma matters: psychological interventions for comorbid psychosocial trauma and chronic pain. Pain. 163(4). 599–603. 34 indexed citations
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Pester, Bethany, et al.. (2020). Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery. 30(6). 2445–2449. 56 indexed citations
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Clark, Shannon, et al.. (2020). Racial Differences in Psychological Symptoms and Eating Behaviors Among Bariatric Surgery Candidates. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 8(1). 94–98. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Julia, Amy T. Peters, Lisanne M. Jenkins, et al.. (2019). Memory differences by sex, but not by previous diagnosis of major depressive disorder. Applied Neuropsychology Adult. 27(2). 134–142.
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Ryan, Kelly A., Shervin Assari, Bethany Pester, et al.. (2016). Similar Trajectory of Executive Functioning Performance over 5 years among individuals with Bipolar Disorder and Unaffected Controls using Latent Growth Modeling. Journal of Affective Disorders. 199. 87–94. 15 indexed citations
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Marshall, David, Alessandra M. Passarotti, Kelly A. Ryan, et al.. (2015). Deficient inhibitory control as an outcome of childhood trauma. Psychiatry Research. 235. 7–12. 54 indexed citations

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