Sunny Collings

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Sunny Collings is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunny Collings has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Clinical Psychology, 36 papers in Social Psychology and 31 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sunny Collings's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (28 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (26 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (16 papers). Sunny Collings is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (28 papers), Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (26 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (16 papers). Sunny Collings collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. Sunny Collings's co-authors include Gabrielle Jenkin, Sarah McKenzie, Tony Blakely, James Stanley, Jo River, John Bushnell, Debbie Peterson, Christopher G. Kemp, Kristie N. Carter and Vivienne Ivory and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sunny Collings

87 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Masculinity, Social Connectedness, and Mental Health: Men’s Diverse Patterns of Practice

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Application of the One-Parameter Item Response Model to the Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale (SCBCS) 2025 ·Mindfulness ·(unknown), (unknown), Naved Iqbal, (unknown), Sunny Collings, Clive Aspin, (unknown), Colin R Simpson	0
2	Cross-country assessment of the unique contributions of psychological factors to vaccination: Perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic 2024 ·Journal of Health Psychology ·(unknown), (unknown), Naved Iqbal, (unknown), Sunny Collings, Clive Aspin, Oleg N. Medvedev, Colin R Simpson	1
3	Psychometric properties of the motors of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance scale in New Zealand: Insights from confirmatory factor analysis 2024 ·Current Psychology ·(unknown), (unknown), Sunny Collings, Clive Aspin, Oleg N. Medvedev, Colin R Simpson	3
4	Enhancing the Precision of the Self-Compassion Scale Short Form (SCS-SF) with Rasch Methodology 2024 ·Mindfulness ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Naved Iqbal, (unknown), Tomas Jurcik, Sunny Collings, Clive Aspin, (unknown), Colin R Simpson	1
5	Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the Motors of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Scale (MoVac-COVID19S) in German 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sunny Collings, Clive Aspin, Oleg N. Medvedev, Colin R Simpson	4
6	Understanding Aotearoa New Zealand University Students Intentions to Seek Help If Experiencing Mental Distress: A Comparison of Naturalistic and Interventional Findings 2022 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Andre Mason, (unknown), Benjamin C. Riordan, (unknown), Charlene Rapsey, Gareth J. Treharne, (unknown), Sunny Collings, Damian Scarf	0
7	Learning from clinicians’ positive inclination to suicidal patients: A grounded theory model 2020 ·Death Studies ·(unknown), William Levack, Gabrielle Jenkin, Sunny Collings, (unknown)	5
8	Suicide reports in the news – impact of Chief Coroner's call to open up suicide reporting 2018 ·Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online ·Sunny Collings, (unknown), James Stanley, Gabrielle Jenkin	1
9	Co-creation Improves Pre-exam Motivation and Self-Efficacy for Medical Students 2017 ·Medical Science Educator ·(unknown), Wei Dai, (unknown), (unknown), Sunny Collings, Rebecca Grainger	4
10	Men’s Perspectives of Common Mental Health Problems: A Metasynthesis of Qualitative Research 2016 ·International Journal of Men s Health ·Sarah McKenzie, Gabrielle Jenkin, Sunny Collings	15
11	Motivational interviewing to enhance adolescent mental health treatment engagement: a randomized clinical trial 2016 ·Psychological Medicine ·(unknown), Eileen Britt, (unknown), James Stanley, Sunny Collings	43
12	Clinical effectiveness of an ultra-brief intervention for common mental health syndromes in primary care: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial 2015 ·Trials ·Sunny Collings, Fiona Mathieson, Anthony Dowell, James Stanley, Simon Hatcher, Felicity Goodyear‐Smith, (unknown), (unknown)	4
13	Cancer survival in the context of mental illness: a national cohort study 2015 ·General Hospital Psychiatry ·Ruth Cunningham, Diana Sarfati, James Stanley, Debbie Peterson, Sunny Collings	84
14	The ACCESS study: Zelen randomised controlled trial of a package of care for people presenting to hospital after self-harm 2015 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Simon Hatcher, Cynthia Sharon, Allan House, Nicola Collins, Sunny Collings, Avinesh Pillai	17
15	Premature mortality in adults using New Zealand psychiatric services. 2014 ·PubMed ·Ruth Cunningham, Diana Sarfati, Debbie Peterson, James Stanley, Sunny Collings	43
16	Gender differences in the mental health of single parents: New Zealand evidence from a household panel survey 2013 ·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·Sunny Collings, Gabrielle Jenkin, Kristie Carter, Louise Signal	26
17	The SoFIE-Health study: Are the results comparable to the New Zealand population? 2011 ·Kristie N. Carter, Caroline Shaw, Sunny Collings, Tony Blakely, Ken Richardson	3
18	Acceptability of a guided self-help mental health intervention in general practice 2011 ·Family Practice ·Sunny Collings, Fiona Mathieson, Anthony Dowell, James Stanley, Gabrielle Jenkin, Felicity Goodyear‐Smith, Simon Hatcher	9
19	Gender and the association between mental disorders and disability 2010 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·Kate M. Scott, Sunny Collings	29
20	Disability and the detection of mental disorder in primary care 2005 ·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·Sunny Collings	22

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