Thomas A. Fergus

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
116 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

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Thomas A. Fergus is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Fergus has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 74 papers in Clinical Psychology and 31 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Fergus's work include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (80 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (41 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (30 papers). Thomas A. Fergus is often cited by papers focused on Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (80 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (41 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (30 papers). Thomas A. Fergus collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Thomas A. Fergus's co-authors include Joseph R. Bardeen, David P. Valentiner, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, Michelle M. Paluszek, Dean McKay, Steven Taylor, Caeleigh A. Landry, Holly K. Orcutt, Kevin D. Wu and Patrick B. McGrath and has published in prestigious journals such as Behaviour Research and Therapy, Personality and Individual Differences and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Fergus

113 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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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.

Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales

2020 791 citations Thomas A. Fergus et al. Journal of Anxiety Disorders profile →
COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates

2020 488 citations Thomas A. Fergus et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas A. Fergus United States	35	3.3k	2.0k	1.0k	1.0k	576	116	4.8k
Maria Karekla Cyprus	30	2.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	530 0.5×	964 1.0×	873 1.5×	119	4.6k
Fuschia M. Sirois United Kingdom	39	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	466 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	558 1.0×	145	5.4k
Aja Louise Murray United Kingdom	33	2.7k 0.8×	945 0.5×	669 0.7×	856 0.9×	369 0.6×	247	4.8k
Scott N. Compton United States	43	5.7k 1.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	390 0.7×	150	7.5k
Jonathan S. Comer United States	44	4.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	772 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	815 1.4×	175	6.1k
Derek R. Hopko United States	44	3.0k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	803 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	1.5k 2.7×	88	6.5k
Eduardo Fonseca‐Pedrero Spain	34	2.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	207 0.4×	254	4.5k
Michael E. Levin United States	42	5.3k 1.6×	2.2k 1.1×	588 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	1.5k 2.6×	248	7.6k
Jeffrey A. Ciesla United States	36	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	465 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	245 0.4×	79	4.4k
Adele M. Hayes United States	34	4.3k 1.3×	2.2k 1.1×	407 0.4×	1.6k 1.6×	549 1.0×	74	5.8k

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Bardeen, Joseph R., et al.. (2022). Factor Structure and Incremental Utility of the Multidimensional Cognitive Attentional Syndrome Scale (MCASS): A Bifactor Analysis. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 44(3). 836–843. 2 indexed citations

Fergus, Thomas A., et al.. (2021). Development and validation of the Multidimensional Cognitive Attentional Syndrome Scale (MCASS).. Psychological Assessment. 33(6). 489–498. 4 indexed citations

Fergus, Thomas A., et al.. (2021). Associations between self-absorption and working memory capacity: A preliminary examination of a transdiagnostic process spanning across emotional disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 83. 102457–102457.

Bardeen, Joseph R., et al.. (2020). The closed response style and posttraumatic stress: Examining the interaction between experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion among women experiencing sexual trauma.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 12(6). 627–634. 7 indexed citations

Bardeen, Joseph R., et al.. (2019). The Interactive Effect of Happiness Emotion Goals and Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy on Anxiety and Depression. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. 33(2). 97–105. 3 indexed citations

Benfer, Natasha, et al.. (2018). Factor Structure and Incremental Validity of the Original and Modified Versions of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment. 101(6). 598–608. 26 indexed citations

Fergus, Thomas A., Lance P. Kelley, & Jackson O. Griggs. (2018). The combination of health anxiety and somatic symptoms: a prospective predictor of healthcare usage in primary care. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 42(2). 217–223. 6 indexed citations

Fergus, Thomas A., et al.. (2018). The attention training technique causally reduces self-focus following worry provocation and reduces cognitive anxiety among self-focused individuals. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 61. 66–71. 22 indexed citations

Fergus, Thomas A., Christine A. Limbers, Jackson O. Griggs, & Lance P. Kelley. (2017). Somatic symptom severity among primary care patients who are obese: examining the unique contributions of anxiety sensitivity, discomfort intolerance, and health anxiety. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 41(1). 43–51. 17 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., Lance P. Kelley, & Jackson O. Griggs. (2016). Examining the ethnoracial invariance of a bifactor model of anxiety sensitivity and the incremental validity of the physical domain-specific factor in a primary-care patient sample.. Psychological Assessment. 29(10). 1290–1295. 6 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., et al.. (2016). Does cyberchondria overlap with health anxiety and obsessive–compulsive symptoms? An examination of latent structure and scale interrelations. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 38. 88–94. 78 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., Lance P. Kelley, & Jackson O. Griggs. (2016). The combination of health anxiety and somatic symptoms: Specificity to anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns among patients in primary care. Psychiatry Research. 239. 117–121. 11 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., Joseph R. Bardeen, & Holly K. Orcutt. (2015). Examining the Specific Facets of Distress Tolerance That Are Relevant to Health Anxiety. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. 29(1). 32–44. 18 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., Joseph R. Bardeen, Kim L. Gratz, Jessica Fulton, & Matthew T. Tull. (2014). The Contribution of Health Anxiety to Retrospectively-Recalled Emergency Department Visits within a Sample of Patients in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 44(1). 1–8. 13 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A.. (2014). The Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS): An examination of structure and relations with health anxiety in a community sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 28(6). 504–510. 114 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., David P. Valentiner, & Jacob B. Holzman. (2014). The Combination of Health Anxiety and Somatic Symptoms: Examining Associations With Health-Related Beliefs and Gender Differences. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. 28(4). 274–286. 2 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., et al.. (2012). Short Forms of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment. 94(3). 310–320. 67 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., Mandy M. Rabenhorst, Holly K. Orcutt, & David P. Valentiner. (2011). Reactions to trauma research among women recently exposed to a campus shooting. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 24(5). 596–600. 6 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., David P. Valentiner, Regina Hiraoka, et al.. (2011). Assessing psychological inflexibility: The psychometric properties of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth in two adult samples.. Psychological Assessment. 24(2). 402–408. 53 indexed citations

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Fergus, Thomas A., et al.. (2009). The Fear of Positive Evaluation Scale: Psychometric properties in a clinical sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 23(8). 1177–1183. 78 indexed citations

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