Kate Hefferon

2.3k total citations
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kate Hefferon is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kate Hefferon has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Social Psychology, 13 papers in Clinical Psychology and 7 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Kate Hefferon's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (10 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (6 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (6 papers). Kate Hefferon is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (10 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (6 papers) and Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (6 papers). Kate Hefferon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia. Kate Hefferon's co-authors include Nanette Mutrie, Madeleine Grealy, Ilona Boniwell, Itai Ivtzan, Tim Lomas, Stewart Ollis, Daiva Daukantaité, Sverker Sikström, Anna Campbell and Oscar Kjell and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Indicators Research and Journal of Happiness Studies.

In The Last Decade

Kate Hefferon

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kate Hefferon United Kingdom 20 533 484 256 229 218 36 1.4k
Erin L. Merz United States 17 484 0.9× 399 0.8× 150 0.6× 140 0.6× 295 1.4× 36 1.4k
Login S. George United States 17 653 1.2× 592 1.2× 334 1.3× 103 0.4× 276 1.3× 33 1.6k
Julie Boiché France 19 277 0.5× 644 1.3× 435 1.7× 131 0.6× 181 0.8× 41 1.3k
Tasneem L. Talib United States 12 289 0.5× 377 0.8× 163 0.6× 228 1.0× 114 0.5× 19 980
Allison A. Vaughn United States 18 347 0.7× 356 0.7× 210 0.8× 111 0.5× 223 1.0× 35 1000
Celia C. Y. Wong United States 17 716 1.3× 345 0.7× 163 0.6× 106 0.5× 242 1.1× 30 1.2k
Marc S. Schulz United States 22 891 1.7× 788 1.6× 89 0.3× 202 0.9× 565 2.6× 47 1.8k
Ladislav Valach Switzerland 29 951 1.8× 608 1.3× 77 0.3× 133 0.6× 397 1.8× 85 2.2k
Vaughn G. Sinclair United States 16 801 1.5× 338 0.7× 197 0.8× 166 0.7× 142 0.7× 28 1.5k
Véronique Christophe France 19 274 0.5× 297 0.6× 65 0.3× 271 1.2× 374 1.7× 85 1.1k

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All Works

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Hefferon, Kate, et al.. (2020). ‘Find a sport and carry on’: Posttraumatic growth and achievement in British Paralympic athletes. International Journal of Wellbeing. 10(1). 67–92. 6 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, et al.. (2019). ‘Strength becomes her’ – resistance training as a route to positive body image in women. Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health. 12(3). 446–464. 15 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, et al.. (2019). ‘It’s like... it’s me’: Exploring the lived experience of clothing attachment during wear. Explore Bristol Research. 6(1). 41–62. 14 indexed citations
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McDermott, Mark R., et al.. (2018). Modelling Everyday Understandings of Mortality: A Qualitative Enquiry. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 62(5). 627–652. 3 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, et al.. (2017). “I feel I can live every minute if I choose to”: participants’ experience of a positive mindfulness programme. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 14(4). 482–504. 3 indexed citations
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Ivtzan, Itai, et al.. (2015). Second Wave Positive Psychology. 71 indexed citations
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Lomas, Tim, Kate Hefferon, & Itai Ivtzan. (2014). The LIFE Model: A Meta-Theoretical Conceptual Map for Applied Positive Psychology. Journal of Happiness Studies. 16(5). 1347–1364. 47 indexed citations
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Kjell, Oscar, Daiva Daukantaité, Kate Hefferon, & Sverker Sikström. (2014). Harmony in Life Scale Complements the Satisfaction with Life Scale Expanding the Conceptualization and Measurement of the Cognitive Component of Subjective Well-Being. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 2 indexed citations
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Joseph, Stephen & Kate Hefferon. (2013). Post-Traumatic Growth: Eudaimonic Happiness in the Aftermath of Adversity. Oxford University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate. (2013). Positive psychology and the body : the somato-psychic side to flourishing. Open University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, et al.. (2013). Understanding barriers to exercise implementation 5-year post-breast cancer diagnosis: a large-scale qualitative study. Health Education Research. 28(5). 843–856. 96 indexed citations
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Mutrie, Nanette, Anna Campbell, Sarah Barry, et al.. (2012). Five-year follow-up of participants in a randomised controlled trial showing benefits from exercise for breast cancer survivors during adjuvant treatment. Are there lasting effects?. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 6(4). 420–430. 67 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, et al.. (2011). Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Psychologist. 22 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, Madeleine Grealy, & Nanette Mutrie. (2009). Transforming From Cocoon to Butterfly: The Potential Role of the Body in the Process of Posttraumatic Growth. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 50(2). 224–247. 43 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, Madeleine Grealy, & Nanette Mutrie. (2008). Post‐traumatic growth and life threatening physical illness: A systematic review of the qualitative literature. British Journal of Health Psychology. 14(2). 343–378. 241 indexed citations
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Hefferon, Kate, Madeleine Grealy, & Nanette Mutrie. (2008). The perceived influence of an exercise class intervention on the process and outcomes of post-traumatic growth. Mental health and physical activity. 1(1). 32–39. 29 indexed citations

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