Philippa Specker

471 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 258 citations indexed

About

Philippa Specker is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippa Specker has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 258 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Clinical Psychology, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Philippa Specker's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (11 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (8 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers). Philippa Specker is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (11 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (8 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers). Philippa Specker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Israel. Philippa Specker's co-authors include Angela Nickerson, Yulisha Byrow, Rosanna Pajak, Belinda J. Liddell, Richard A. Bryant, Gal Sheppes, Joel Hoffman, Frank Neuner, Winnie Lau and Vicki Mau and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Clinical Psychology Review and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Philippa Specker

15 papers receiving 250 citations

Hit Papers

Perceptions of mental health and perceived barriers to me... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

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. Perceptions of mental health and perceived barriers to mental health help-seeking amongst refugees: A systematic review
    2019 193 citations Yulisha Byrow, Rosanna Pajak et al. Clinical Psychology Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philippa Specker Australia 6 230 95 91 62 16 16 258
Tamar Lavi Israel 9 260 1.1× 80 0.8× 49 0.5× 62 1.0× 15 0.9× 10 318
Ulrike von Lersner Germany 10 227 1.0× 111 1.2× 79 0.9× 85 1.4× 8 0.5× 24 280
Sheri Lapatin United States 6 130 0.6× 57 0.6× 95 1.0× 86 1.4× 14 0.9× 8 244
Bita Ghafoori United States 11 273 1.2× 66 0.7× 65 0.7× 61 1.0× 8 0.5× 32 332
Neelam Laxhman United Kingdom 5 197 0.9× 69 0.7× 64 0.7× 99 1.6× 17 1.1× 6 283
Nikolai Kiselev Switzerland 7 236 1.0× 68 0.7× 86 0.9× 77 1.2× 17 1.1× 20 275
Hans Rohlof Netherlands 4 222 1.0× 116 1.2× 105 1.2× 85 1.4× 5 0.3× 9 289
Ashley Roach United States 9 126 0.5× 46 0.5× 38 0.4× 82 1.3× 11 0.7× 16 244
Enya Redican United Kingdom 10 303 1.3× 30 0.3× 59 0.6× 66 1.1× 13 0.8× 36 374
Marx R. Leku United States 5 167 0.7× 32 0.3× 81 0.9× 57 0.9× 31 1.9× 9 204

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippa Specker

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Specker, Philippa, et al.. (2025). The association between one’s social life and symptoms of prolonged grief following a traumatic loss: an ecological momentary assessment study. European journal of psychotraumatology. 16(1). 2515705–2515705. 3 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Angela, Philippa Specker, David Keegan, et al.. (2025). The temporal relationship between non-acceptance of positive and negative emotions and psychological symptoms in refugees. Journal of Affective Disorders. 389. 119490–119490.
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Byrow, Yulisha, Angela Nickerson, Philippa Specker, et al.. (2024). The impact of age‐related differences in emotion dysregulation on refugee mental health and social outcomes. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 37(6). 1035–1046. 1 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Angela, et al.. (2024). An Experimental Investigation of theRelationship Between Emotion Regulation Flexibility, Negative Affect and PosttraumaticStress Disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research. 49(2). 249–261. 1 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Angela, Richard A. Bryant, Meaghan O’Donnell, et al.. (2024). Moral injury appraisals and complex PTSD in refugees: A longitudinal study.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 17(5). 1013–1022. 1 indexed citations
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Specker, Philippa, Belinda J. Liddell, Meaghan O’Donnell, et al.. (2023). The Longitudinal Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Emotion Dysregulation, and Postmigration Stressors Among Refugees. Clinical Psychological Science. 12(1). 37–52. 3 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Angela, Yulisha Byrow, Meaghan O’Donnell, et al.. (2023). The mental health effects of changing from insecure to secure visas for refugees. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 57(11). 1486–1495. 1 indexed citations
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Specker, Philippa, Gal Sheppes, & Angela Nickerson. (2023). Does Emotion Regulation Flexibility Work? Investigating the Effectiveness of Regulatory Selection Flexibility in Managing Negative Affect. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 15(5). 561–569. 5 indexed citations
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Specker, Philippa & Angela Nickerson. (2023). Investigating the effectiveness of instructing emotion regulation flexibility to individuals with low and high anxiety. Anxiety Stress & Coping. 37(1). 143–156. 5 indexed citations
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Specker, Philippa & Angela Nickerson. (2022). An experimental investigation of spontaneous emotion regulation variability, negative affect, and posttraumatic stress disorder among traumatized refugees.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 15(2). 219–226. 6 indexed citations
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Specker, Philippa, Belinda J. Liddell, & Angela Nickerson. (2021). For refugees in Australia, life during COVID lockdowns recalls the trauma of war and persecution. 1 indexed citations
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Byrow, Yulisha, Rosanna Pajak, Philippa Specker, & Angela Nickerson. (2019). Perceptions of mental health and perceived barriers to mental health help-seeking amongst refugees: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review. 75. 101812–101812. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Specker, Philippa & Angela Nickerson. (2019). Investigating the relationship between distinctive patterns of emotion regulation, trauma exposure and psychopathology among refugees resettled in Australia: a latent class analysis. European journal of psychotraumatology. 10(1). 1661814–1661814. 9 indexed citations
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Specker, Philippa, Belinda J. Liddell, Yulisha Byrow, Richard A. Bryant, & Angela Nickerson. (2018). A factor analytic investigation of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms in a culturally diverse sample of refugees resettled in Australia. Conflict and Health. 12(1). 26–26. 18 indexed citations

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