Ronald M Rapee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3457253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald M Rapee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald M |
| FAMILY NAME | Rapee |
| SIGNATURE | RAPEE R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1724-1076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 57 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 57 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Parent‐led CBT delivered via online and telephone support alongside usual school practice versus usual school practice only for young children identified as at risk for anxiety disorders through scree…
BACKGROUND: Providing accessible CBT for young children identified as at risk for anxiety disorders through screening in schools could reduce later problems. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of parent-led CBT delivered via online and telephone call support alongside usual school provision, compared to usual school provision only for young children identified through screening as having at least one risk. METHODS: We conducted a prag…
Prospective relationships between appearance-based social media use and adolescent mental health
Growing evidence links adolescent social media use to mental health difficulties, yet most research is cross-sectional, assumes all social media activities are equally harmful, and rarely examines multiple forms of psychopathology. This longitudinal study tested reciprocal relations between mental health symptoms (social anxiety, body dissatisfaction, depression) and appearance-based social media behaviours (upward appearance comparisons and appe…
Examining the reliability and validity of the Japanese translation of the Brief Emotional Distress Scale for Youth
Brief measures are crucial to assess and identify emotional distress in youth. However, although the assessment of emotional distress in Japan has been demonstrated through measures such as the Japanese version of the negative affect subscale of the Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children, there remains a need for a brief, stand-alone, screening measure of emotional distress in community and school settings. The purpose of this study was …
Stakeholder Attitudes Toward the Implementation of School-Based, Universal, Mental Health Screening
This paper reports on data from two trials about stakeholders' attitudes to school-based mental health screening. Study 1 reports data from 6228 students from grades 4 to 12 while Study 2 reports data from 267 caregivers and 34 educators from a larger trial. All three groups of stakeholders reported broadly positive attitudes toward school-based screening. Few students reported distress from questions and most agreed that schools should screen. C…
Temporal associations of emotional and social loneliness and psychosocial functioning in emerging adulthood
Emerging adulthood is an important developmental phase often accompanied by peaks in loneliness, social anxiety, and depression. However, knowledge is lacking on how the relationships between emotional loneliness, social loneliness, social isolation, social anxiety and depression evolve over time. Gaining insight in these temporal relations is crucial for our understanding of how these problems arise and maintain each other across time. Young adu…
Patterns of sub‐optimal change following CBT for childhood anxiety
BACKGROUND: Children and adolescents demonstrate diverse patterns of symptom change and disorder remission following cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders. To better understand children who respond sub-optimally to CBT, this study investigated youths (N = 1,483) who continued to meet criteria for one or more clinical anxiety diagnosis immediately following treatment or at any point during the 12 months following treatment. MET…
Psychometric Properties of the Japanese Translation of the Parent Overprotection Measure for Mother and Father Reports
The Parent Overprotection Measure (POM) is a promising scale to measure parent overprotection toward a child from the parent's perspective. However, no Japanese translation of the scale has been developed, and whether the POM can be applied to a Japanese population is unknown. This study translated the POM into Japanese and examined its psychometric properties. Parents of 380 children aged 4 to 7 years (including 190 mothers and 190 fathers) comp…
Psychometric Properties of a Self-Report Measure of Overprotective Parenting
Cross-cultural measurement of social withdrawal motivations across 10 countries using multiple-group factor analysis alignment
The goal of this study was to evaluate the measurement invariance of an adapted assessment of motivations for social withdrawal ( Social Preference Scale–Revised; SPS-R) across cultural contexts and explore associations with loneliness. Participants were a large sample of university students ( N = 4,397; M age = 20.08 years, SD = 2.96; 66% females) from 10 countries (Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, India, Italy, South Korea, Norway, Turkey, …
Appearance Satisfaction Among Adolescent Girls in Australia, China, India, and Iran
The current study examined the associations between perceived actual-ideal discrepancies in facial and bodily attributes and adolescent girls’ appearance satisfaction and whether these relationships were moderated by the importance associated with the attributes and/or the country of the participants. A multilingual survey was completed by 900 girls aged 12–18 years old living in Australia, China, India, and Iran. Girls in India and Iran were mos…
Necessary but not sufficient
Objective This study examined the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and physical distancing requirements on engagement with and sense of connectedness to social activities among older adults.Method Community-dwelling cognitively healthy older adults (N = 126) completed self-report questionnaires post-lock down (November 2020 to February 2021) assessing participation format (face-to-face with restrictions, online), frequency of attendance, and connecte…
Examining the Prospective Bidirectional Associations between Subjective and Objective Attractiveness and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms and Life Satisfaction
Research has consistently shown that more physically attractive individuals are perceived by others to be happier and better psychologically adjusted than those perceived as less attractive. However, due to the lack of longitudinal research in adolescents, it is still unclear whether poor mental health predicts or is predicted by either objective or subjective attractiveness during this critical developmental period. The purpose of the current st…
Follow‐up of the Cool Little Kids translational trial into middle childhood
BACKGROUND: Public health advocates have highlighted internalising problems as a leading cause of global burden of disease. Internalising problems (anxiety/depression) affect up to 20% of school-age children and can impact peer relations, school engagement and later employment and mortality. This translational trial aimed to determine whether a selective/indicated parenting group programme to prevent internalising distress in shy/inhibited presch…
Sources of weight stigma and adolescent mental health
The Cool Kids as a School-Based Universal Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Anxiety
The efficacy of the Cool Kids program has been consistently demonstrated both within Australia and internationally, but limited data are available on the use of Cool Kids as a universal program. The purpose of the study is to evaluate Cool Kids as a universal program for preventing childhood anxiety in the school context. There were 73 Italian children (35 boys and 36 girls, ages 10-13 years) attending the last year of primary school and the firs…
Acceptability and Outcomes of the Cool Little Kids Parenting Group Program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families Within an Australian Population-Based Study
Investigating longitudinal and bidirectional relationships between parental factors and time spent on social media during early adolescence
This three-wave panel study examined the prospective and bidirectional relationships between parental control of social media use, and parents’ and adolescents’ perceived time spent on social media over a 2-year period. Adolescents (52% males, T1: M age = 12.19, SD = 0.52) and one of their parents (96% mothers, T1: M age = 45.26, SD = 4.28) completed annual surveys (T1: N = 498, T2: N = 477 and T3: N = 440). Data were analysed using cross-lagged …
The bidirectional relationships between peer victimization and internalizing problems in school-aged children
Research Review
Background: Anxiety disorders in children and young people are common and bring significant personal and societal costs. Over the last two decades, there has been a substantial increase in research evaluating psychological and pharmacological treatments for anxiety disorders in children and young people and exciting and novel research has continued as the field strives to improve efficacy and effectiveness, and accessibility of interventions. Thi…
The Effect of Spirituality on Mood
Assessing Functional Impairment in Youth
Acceptability and Feasibility of Stepped-Care for Anxious Adolescents in Community Mental Health Services
The Role of Distorted Cognitions in Mediating Treatment Outcome in Children with Social Anxiety Disorder
This study examined whether distorted cognition changes during cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in children (N = 61; aged 7-12) with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and whether changes in distorted cognition from pre- to post-treatment predict SAD at 6-month follow-up. Baseline distorted cognition was also examined as a predictor of post-treatment outcome. Multiple informant SAD-measures were obtained pre-treatment, post-treatment and at 6-month…
Risk and Protective Factors for Prospective Changes in Adolescent Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Longitudinal Associations between Coping Strategies and Psychopathology in Pre-adolescence
Risk and Protective Factors for Prospective Changes in Adolescent Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Depression, Anxiety, and Peer Victimization
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Exposure to fitspiration content via social media can influence women’s body satisfaction and exercise inspiration, but fitspiration exposure has not been investigated in men. This study examined links between the frequency of viewing fitspiration content on Instagram, and men’s body satisfaction, appearance-based exercise motivation and health-based exercise motivation, and whether those relationships were mediated by muscular-ideal internalisat…
The impact of victims' responses on teacher reactions to bullying
Parental Control of the Time Preadolescents Spend on Social Media
Investigating longitudinal and bidirectional relationships between parental factors and time spent on social media during early adolescence
This three-wave panel study examined the prospective and bidirectional relationships between parental control of social media use, and parents’ and adolescents’ perceived time spent on social media over a 2-year period. Adolescents (52% males, T1: M age = 12.19, SD = 0.52) and one of their parents (96% mothers, T1: M age = 45.26, SD = 4.28) completed annual surveys (T1: N = 498, T2: N = 477 and T3: N = 440). Data were analysed using cross-lagged …
Longitudinal Associations between Coping Strategies and Psychopathology in Pre-adolescence
Combining whole‐school and targeted programs for the reduction of bullying victimization
Despite the extensive evaluation of school‐based interventions for bullying, victimization remains a significant problem in schools. Bullying victimization is significantly predicted by contextual (school‐related) factors. As a consequence whole‐school programs have been commonly used to prevent and reduce bullying victimization. Evidence also points to individual risk factors (such as emotional distress) in predicting victimization, yet programs…
Evidence that Different Types of Peer Victimization have Equivalent Associations with Transdiagnostic Psychopathology in Adolescence
Caregiving Representations of Mothers of Behaviorally Inhibited and Uninhibited Preschool Children
This study examined differences in the caregiving representations of mothers of 3- to 4-year-old behaviorally inhibited and uninhibited children with secure or insecure attachments. Mothers of inhibited children perceived their children as more vulnerable than did mothers of uninhibited children, and they acknowledged difficulties associated with their children's inhibited temperament. However, mothers of insecure inhibited children were less lik…
Appearance Satisfaction Among Adolescent Girls in Australia, China, India, and Iran
The current study examined the associations between perceived actual-ideal discrepancies in facial and bodily attributes and adolescent girls’ appearance satisfaction and whether these relationships were moderated by the importance associated with the attributes and/or the country of the participants. A multilingual survey was completed by 900 girls aged 12–18 years old living in Australia, China, India, and Iran. Girls in India and Iran were mos…
Teachers' perspectives on effective responses to overt bullying
School communities worldwide are tackling the pervasive problem of school bullying. Teachers hold an important responsibility to prevent and manage bullying problems in the school environment and often play a key role in advising students about how to respond to bullying. This study examined teachers' perspectives on the most effective ways to respond to overt bullying. Australian primary and secondary school teachers ( N = 289; Mean age = 41.22 …
Mental Health and Wellbeing of Older Workers in Australia
Population ageing has catalyzed worldwide social and political reform to encourage continued work and delayed retirement. These changes necessitate an understanding of the impact of working later in life on mental health and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of age and work force status (working full time, part time, or retired) with mental health and wellbeing in Australian men and women past the average retirement…
Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disturbances in Early Adolescence
This study tested five proposed models of the relationship of negative affect and peer factors in early adolescent body dissatisfaction, dieting, and bulimic behaviors. A large community sample of girls in early adolescence was assessed via questionnaire ( X age = 12.3 years). Structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that negative affect mediated the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimic behaviors. Body dissatisfaction also co…
Recent advances in the treatment of social phobia
Social phobia is one of the less studied of the anxiety disorders. While early conceptualisations stressed a lack of social skills as the basic causal mechanism, more-recent research seems to indicate that these individuals do possess adequate skills. Rather, recent conceptualisations of social phobia stress the importance of distortions in the way such individuals process information related to their own performance and others' evaluations. Base…
Family enhancement of cognitive style in anxious and aggressive children
A cognitive-behavioral model of anxiety in social phobia
Potential role of childrearing practices in the development of anxiety and depression
The structure of anxiety symptoms among preschoolers
Parent–child interactions and anxiety disorders
The etiology of social phobia
A parent-report measure of children’s anxiety
Caregiving Representations of Mothers of Behaviorally Inhibited and Uninhibited Preschool Children
This study examined differences in the caregiving representations of mothers of 3- to 4-year-old behaviorally inhibited and uninhibited children with secure or insecure attachments. Mothers of inhibited children perceived their children as more vulnerable than did mothers of uninhibited children, and they acknowledged difficulties associated with their children's inhibited temperament. However, mothers of insecure inhibited children were less lik…
Cultural differences in perceived social norms and social anxiety
Do friends share similar body image and eating problems? The role of social networks and peer influences in early adolescence
Anxiety Disorders During Childhood and Adolescence
The present review summarizes our current knowledge of the development and management of anxiety in children and adolescents. Consideration is given to limitations of this knowledge and directions for future research. The review begins with coverage of the development and demographic correlates of anxiety in young people and then moves to systematic discussion of some of the key etiological factors, including genetics, temperament, parenting, and…
Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disturbances in Early Adolescence
This study tested five proposed models of the relationship of negative affect and peer factors in early adolescent body dissatisfaction, dieting, and bulimic behaviors. A large community sample of girls in early adolescence was assessed via questionnaire ( X age = 12.3 years). Structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that negative affect mediated the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimic behaviors. Body dissatisfaction also co…
Conceptual relations between anxiety disorder and fearful temperament
Fearful temperaments have been identified as a major risk factor for anxiety disorders. However, descriptions of fearful temperament and several forms of anxiety disorder show strong similarities. This raises the question whether these terms may simply refer to different aspects of the same underlying construct. The current review examines evidence for the overlap and distinction between these constructs. Although strong conclusions cannot be dra…
The Cool Little Kids randomised controlled trial
This trial addresses gaps for internalising problems identified in the 2004 World Health Organization Prevention of Mental Disorders report. If effective and cost-effective, the intervention could readily be applied at a population level. Governments consider mental health to be a priority, enhancing the likelihood that an effective early prevention program would be adopted in Australia and internationally. RCH HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS APPROVAL: 301…
Development of a short form Social Interaction Anxiety (Sias) and Social Phobia Scale (SPS) using nonparametric item response theory
Shortened forms of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and the Social Phobia Scale (SPS) were developed using nonparametric item response theory methods. Using data from socially phobic participants enrolled in 5 treatment trials (N = 456), 2 six-item scales (the SIAS-6 and the SPS-6) were developed. The validity of the scores on the SIAS-6 and the SPS-6 was then tested using traditional methods for their convergent validity in an indepen…
Psychometric Properties of the Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale (Cats) in Chinese Adolescents
Mental Health and Wellbeing of Older Workers in Australia
Population ageing has catalyzed worldwide social and political reform to encourage continued work and delayed retirement. These changes necessitate an understanding of the impact of working later in life on mental health and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of age and work force status (working full time, part time, or retired) with mental health and wellbeing in Australian men and women past the average retirement…
The etiology of social anxiety disorder
The impact of victims' responses on teacher reactions to bullying
Teachers' perspectives on effective responses to overt bullying
School communities worldwide are tackling the pervasive problem of school bullying. Teachers hold an important responsibility to prevent and manage bullying problems in the school environment and often play a key role in advising students about how to respond to bullying. This study examined teachers' perspectives on the most effective ways to respond to overt bullying. Australian primary and secondary school teachers ( N = 289; Mean age = 41.22 …
The Role of Self-reports and Behavioral Measures of Interpretation Biases in Children with Varying Levels of Anxiety
We investigated the role of self-reports and behavioral measures of interpretation biases and their content-specificity in children with varying levels of spider fear and/or social anxiety. In total, 141 selected children from a community sample completed an interpretation bias task with scenarios that were related to either spider threat or social threat. Specific interpretation biases were found; only spider-related interpretation bias and self…
Parental Control of the Time Preadolescents Spend on Social Media
Adolescent development and risk for the onset of social-emotional disorders
The Moderating Role of Sleep in the Relationship Between Social Isolation and Internalising Problems in Early Adolescence
Psychology (52 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (39 works) · Clinical Psychology (39 works) · Anxiety (38 works) · Developmental psychology (38 works) · Psychiatry (37 works) · Medicine (24 works) · Social Psychology (23 works) · Clinical Psychology (22 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (21 works)