Kate Cavanagh

12.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
124 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Kate Cavanagh is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate Cavanagh has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Clinical Psychology, 50 papers in Applied Psychology and 39 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kate Cavanagh's work include Digital Mental Health Interventions (48 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (29 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (23 papers). Kate Cavanagh is often cited by papers focused on Digital Mental Health Interventions (48 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (29 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (23 papers). Kate Cavanagh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Kate Cavanagh's co-authors include Clara Strauss, Jenny Gu, Rod Bond, Russell P. Dobash, R. Emerson Dobash, Isaac Marks, Fergal W. Jones, Ruth Lewis, Billie Lever Taylor and Willem Kuyken and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kate Cavanagh

122 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. How do mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction improve mental health and wellbeing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of mediation studies
    2015 1.2k citations Jenny Gu, Clara Strauss et al. profile →
  2. What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures
    2016 583 citations Clara Strauss, Jenny Gu et al. profile →
  3. Mindfulness-Based Interventions for People Diagnosed with a Current Episode of an Anxiety or Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
    2014 352 citations Clara Strauss, Kate Cavanagh et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  4. Examining the factor structure of the 39-item and 15-item versions of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire before and after mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with recurrent depression.
    2016 299 citations Jenny Gu, Clara Strauss et al. profile →
  5. Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials
    2023 63 citations Clara Strauss, Kate Cavanagh et al. profile →
  6. Defining Mindfulness: A Review of Existing Definitions and Suggested Refinements
    2025 11 citations Kate Cavanagh, Ruth A. Baer et al. Mindfulness profile →

Peers

Kate Cavanagh
Michael E. Addis United States
Randy P. Auerbach United States
Tian P. S. Oei Australia
Nadia Garnefski Netherlands
Gerben J. Westerhof Netherlands
Matthew W. Gallagher United States
David Rosenfield United States
Vivian Kraaij Netherlands
Matthew T. Tull United States
R. Nicholas Carleton Canada
Michael E. Addis United States
Kate Cavanagh
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All Works

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Cavanagh, Kate, et al.. (2025). Defining Mindfulness: A Review of Existing Definitions and Suggested Refinements. Mindfulness. 16(1). 1–20. 11 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miles, Eleanor, Faith Matcham, Clara Strauss, & Kate Cavanagh. (2023). Making Mindfulness Meditation a Healthy Habit. Mindfulness. 14(12). 2988–3005. 3 indexed citations
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Taylor, R., et al.. (2023). Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Digital Interventions for Depressive Symptoms in Working Adults: Multiarm Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research. 7. e41590–e41590. 8 indexed citations
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Taylor, Heather, Kate Cavanagh, Andy P. Field, & Clara Strauss. (2022). Health Care Workers’ Need for Headspace: Findings From a Multisite Definitive Randomized Controlled Trial of an Unguided Digital Mindfulness-Based Self-help App to Reduce Healthcare Worker Stress. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 10(8). e31744–e31744. 49 indexed citations
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Cavanagh, Kate, et al.. (2022). A thematic analysis of barriers and facilitators to participant engagement in group exposure and response prevention therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice. 96(1). 129–147. 6 indexed citations
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Hazell, Cassie M., et al.. (2020). Patient experience of Guided self-help CBT intervention for VoicEs (GiVE) delivered within a pilot randomized controlled trial. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Moulton‐Perkins, Alesia, et al.. (2020). Systematic review of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction via group videoconferencing: Feasibility, acceptability, safety, and efficacy.. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 32(1). 110–130. 30 indexed citations
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Gu, Jenny, Ruth A. Baer, Kate Cavanagh, Willem Kuyken, & Clara Strauss. (2019). Development and Psychometric Properties of the Sussex-Oxford Compassion Scales (SOCS). Assessment. 27(1). 3–20. 122 indexed citations
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Hazell, Cassie M., Mark Hayward, Kate Cavanagh, Anna‐Marie Jones, & Clara Strauss. (2017). Guided self-help cognitive-behaviour Intervention for VoicEs (GiVE): Results from a pilot randomised controlled trial in a transdiagnostic sample. Schizophrenia Research. 195. 441–447. 50 indexed citations
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Hazell, Cassie M., Clara Strauss, Mark Hayward, & Kate Cavanagh. (2017). Understanding clinician attitudes towards implementation of guided self-help cognitive behaviour therapy for those who hear distressing voices: using factor analysis to test normalisation process theory. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 507–507. 9 indexed citations
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Gu, Jenny, Kate Cavanagh, & Clara Strauss. (2017). Investigating the Specific Effects of an Online Mindfulness-Based Self-Help Intervention on Stress and Underlying Mechanisms. Mindfulness. 9(4). 1245–1257. 27 indexed citations
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Gu, Jenny, Kate Cavanagh, Ruth A. Baer, & Clara Strauss. (2017). An empirical examination of the factor structure of compassion. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172471–e0172471. 67 indexed citations
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Hazell, Cassie M., Mark Hayward, Kate Cavanagh, Anna‐Marie Jones, & Clara Strauss. (2016). Guided self-help cognitive behavioral intervention for VoicEs (GiVE): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Trials. 17(1). 351–351. 11 indexed citations
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Orme, Joan, Gillian MacIntyre, Pam Green Lister, et al.. (2007). What (a) Difference a Degree Makes: The Evaluation of the New Social Work Degree in England. The British Journal of Social Work. 39(1). 161–178. 47 indexed citations

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