Sam Parsons

2.8k citations

54 papers · 1.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Impact in

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 5%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
Statistics and Probability top 2%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Papers in

Health 10
- Health disparities and outcomes 10
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 11
- Mental Health Research Topics 5
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes 5
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing 4

Co-authors: Elaine Fox Anne‐Wil Kruijt John Bynner Charlotte Booth Johnny van Doorn Alexander Etz Sophia Crüwell Hannah Moshontz
Journals: Journal of Abnormal Psychology (2 papers)Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (2 papers)BMC Psychology (2 papers)BMC Medicine (2 papers)Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Netherlands Australia

In The Last Decade

Sam Parsons

47 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Psychological Science Needs a Standard Practice of Reporting the Reliability of Cognitive-Behavioral Measurements 2019 · 277 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

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1	The effects of life experiences and polygenic risk for depression on the development of positive and negative cognitive biases across adolescence: The CogBIAS hypothesis Development and Psychopathology ·关志国, Sam Parsons, Elaine Fox, Charlotte Booth, E. Michielssen, John P. Vincent	2024	0
2	Same sex-attraction as a predictor of suicide and self-harm behaviours: The role of bullying and social support Journal of Affective Disorders ·道雄杉, Sam Parsons, Simon R. White, Lucy Bowes	2024	0
3	Limitations of two time point data for understanding individual differences in longitudinal modeling — What can difference reveal about change? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience ·Sam Parsons, Ethan M. McCormick	2024	16
4	Longitudinal stability of cortical grey matter measures varies across brain regions, imaging metrics, and testing sites in the ABCD study Imaging Neuroscience ·Sam Parsons, Andreas M. Brandmaier, Ulman Lindenberger, Rogier Kievit	2024	0
5	The OHC penalty in the UK: maternal experience and child development Longitudinal and Life Course Studies ·Emla Fitzsimons, Sam Parsons, Ingrid Schoon	2024	0
6	Relationships between the race implicit association test and other measures of implicit and explicit social cognition Frontiers in Psychology ·Charlotte R. Pennington, Xiaoyan Ma, Longbi Huang, Christina Stoianova, Thayana Cristhina Cavalcante, Sam Parsons, Daniel J. Shaw	2023	2
7	Challenges and Solutions to the Measurement of Neurocognitive Mechanisms in Developmental Settings Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging ·Enver Bajrami, Sam Parsons, Rogier Kievit, Duncan E. Astle, Quentin J. M. Huys, Nikolaus Steinbeis, Essi Viding	2023	8
8	The UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and smoking, alcohol consumption and vaping during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from eight longitudinal population surveys BMC Medicine ·Michael J. Green, Jane Maddock, Giorgio Di Gessa, K. Kraus, Sam Parsons, Gareth J Griffith, Jazz Croft, Anna J. Stevenson, Charlotte F. Huggins, Charlotte Booth, Jacques Wels, Richard J. Silverwood, Praveetha Patalay, Alun D. Hughes, Nish Chaturvedi, Laura D Howe, Emla Fitzsimons, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, George B. Ploubidis	2022	6
9	The UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and diet, physical activity, and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from eight longitudinal population surveys BMC Medicine ·K. Kraus, Jane Maddock, Michael J. Green, Giorgio Di Gessa, Sam Parsons, Gareth J Griffith, Jazz Croft, Anna J. Stevenson, Charlotte Booth, Richard J. Silverwood, David Bann, Praveetha Patalay, Alun D. Hughes, Nish Chaturvedi, Laura D Howe, Emla Fitzsimons, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, George B. Ploubidis	2022	6
10	Looking Back to Move Forward: Reflections on the Strengths and Challenges of the COVID-19 UK Mental Health Research Response Frontiers in Psychiatry ·Ola Demkowicz, Margarita Panayiotou, Sam Parsons, Bassem Marouf, Louise Arseneault, Beth F. Ingram, Praveetha Patalay, Dawn Edge, Matthias Pierce, Cathy Creswell, Christina Victor, Rory C. O’Connor, Pamela Qualter	2021	16
11	Anxiety, stress, and binge eating tendencies in adolescence: a prospective approach Journal of Eating Disorders ·Michele C. Lim, Sam Parsons, 陽一郎青沼, Elaine Fox	2021	23
12	Embedding open and reproducible science into teaching: A bank of lesson plans and resources. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology ·Madeleine Pownall, (unknown), Flávio Azevedo, Alaa Aldoh, Mahmoud Medhat Elsherif, Martin R. Vasilev, Charlotte R. Pennington, Olly Robertson, Cela Petty Susanti, Meng Liu, Matthew C. Makel, Natasha Tonge, David Moreau, Ruth Horry, John J Shaw, Loukia Tzavella, Ronan McGarrigle, Catherine V. Talbot, Sam Parsons	2021	11
13	Anxiety and Depressive Symptom Trajectories in Adolescence and the Co-Occurring Development of Cognitive Biases: Evidence from the CogBIAS Longitudinal Study Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology ·E. Michielssen, Charlotte Booth, Olivia Spiegler, Sam Parsons, Elaine Fox	2020	15
14	Trajectories of anxiety when children start school: The role of behavioral inhibition and attention bias to angry and happy faces. Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Helen F. Dodd, Holly Rayson, MiddelfartMorten, Joanne Barrett, Sam Parsons, Bobby Stuijfzand	2020	10
15	Seven Easy Steps to Open Science Zeitschrift für Psychologie ·Sophia Crüwell, Johnny van Doorn, Alexander Etz, Matthew C. Makel, Hannah Moshontz, Jesse C. Niebaum, Amy Orben, Sam Parsons, Michael Schulte‐Mecklenbeck	2019	77
16	A meta-analysis of bias at baseline in RCTs of attention bias modification: No evidence for dot-probe bias towards threat in clinical anxiety and PTSD. Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Anne‐Wil Kruijt, Sam Parsons, Elaine Fox	2019	75
17	The CogBIAS longitudinal study protocol: cognitive and genetic factors influencing psychological functioning in adolescence BMC Psychology ·Charlotte Booth, E. Michielssen, Sam Parsons, Lauren C. Heathcote, John P. Vincent, Robert Keers, Elaine Fox	2017	11
18	Does an elite education benefit health? Findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study International Journal of Epidemiology ·David Bann, Mark Hamer, Sam Parsons, George B. Ploubidis, Alice Sullivan	2016	19
19	Does Numeracy Matter More? IOE EPrints ·John Bynner, Sam Parsons	2006	200
20	Measuring basic skills for longitudinal study: the design and development of instruments for use with cohort members in the age 34 follow-up in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) IOE EPrints ·John Bynner, Mousavi Setareh, Sam Parsons	2005	13

About Sam Parsons

Sam Parsons is a scholar working on Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology and Management Science and Operations Research, having authored 54 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Health disparities and outcomes (10 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (5 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (5 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (5 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (4 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (357 citations), Statistics and Probability (169 citations), Applied Psychology (100 citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (336 citations) and Clinical Psychology (307 citations). Sam Parsons has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Elaine Fox, Anne‐Wil Kruijt, John Bynner, Charlotte Booth, Johnny van Doorn, Alexander Etz, Sophia Crüwell, Hannah Moshontz, Jesse C. Niebaum and Matthew C. Makel. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, BMC Psychology, BMC Medicine and Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

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