RESEARCH
List of Publications:
* Supervised thesis
Hiscock, B. B., Wilkins, L. K., Harris, N., Pevie, N., Fawcett, E. J., Jordan, D. G., & Fawcett, J. M. (2024). Pressing pause: A network perspective of problematic cannabis use and internet gaming [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
*Morris, Q., Lahey, C., Corran, C., Krause, S., Rash, J., Carter, J., Fawcett, J. M., & Fawcett, E. J. (2024). The prevalence and predictors of aggressive obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analytic review [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
*Bishop, O. C., Hiscock, B., Morris, Q., Lahey, C., Corran, C., Krause, S., Fawcett, J. M. & Fawcett, E. J. (in revision). The prevalence of aggressive obsessions in youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders.
Coles, A. R. L., Perry, J. K., Hiscock, B. B., Fawcett, J. M., Harris, N., & Fawcett, E. J. (in revision). The prevalence of cannabis use disorder in individuals with anxiety or related disorders: A systematic review. Journal of Dual Diagnosis.
Sheehy, M. R., Vora, T., Hiscock, B. B., George, A. C., Swab, M., Fawcett, J. M., & Fawcett, E. J. (in revision). Examining the relationship between social media use and addiction and body dysmorphic disorder symptoms: A meta-analytic review. Media Psychology.
Drakes, D. H., Fawcett, E. J., Yick, J. J. J., Coles, A. R. L., Seim, R. B., Miller, K. E., LaSaga, M. S., & Fawcett, J. J. (2025). Beyond rheumatoid arthritis: A meta-analysis of the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders in RA. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 184, 424-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.03.020
Greeley, K., Rash, J., Tulk, J., Savard, J., Seal, M., Urquhart, R., Thoms, J., Laing, K., Fawcett, E., & Garland, S. (2025). Impact and mechanisms of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia on fatigue among cancer survivors: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. SLEEP. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf014
*McGrath, K. O., Lahey, C. A., Fawcett, E. J., & Fawcett, J. M. (2024). Doubting love: identification and stigma towards relationship obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychologist, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13284207.2024.2400743
*Lahey, C. A., Fawcett, E. J., Garland, S., & Fawcett, J. M. (2024). Professional and student understanding of harm obsessive–compulsive disorder: A vignette study. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000425
Lahey, C. A., Fawcett, E. J., Pevie, N., *Seim, R. B., & Fawcett, J. M. (2024). Obsessive compulsive disorder: A Canadian medical school curriculum and textbook review. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205241242262
Froude, A. M., Fawcett, E., Coles, A., Drakes, D., Harris, N., & Fawcett, J. (2024). The prevalence of cannabis use disorder in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A clinical epidemiological meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.050
*Coles, A. R. L., Lahey, C. A., Fawcett, E. J., & Fawcett, J. M. (2023). Overcoming the forbidden: Identification and stigma towards obsessive-compulsive disorder unacceptable thoughts. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000490
Pevie, N. W., Baldwin, M. M., Fawcett, E. J., Lahey, C. A., & Fawcett, J. M. (2023). Item-method directed forgetting is (usually) impaired in clinical populations: A meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000316
*Drakes, D., Fawcett, E., Rose, J., Carter-Major, J., & Fawcett, J. (2021). Comorbid OCD in individuals with eating disorders: a meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 141, 176-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.06.035
Hall, K. J., Fawcett, E. J., Hourihan, K. L., & Fawcett, J. M. (2021). Emotional memories are (usually) harder to forget: A meta-analysis of the item-method directed forgetting literature. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28, 1313-1326. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-021-01914-z
Moores, L., Button, P., Fawcett, E., & Whelan, B. (2021). Puppies, plants, painting, and popcorn: Evaluation of an integrated outreach program. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 36(4), 410-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/87568225.2021.1881860
Fawcett, E. J., Power, H., & Fawcett, J. M. (2020). Women are at greater risk of OCD than men: A meta-analytic review of OCD prevalence Worldwide. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 81(4), 19r13085. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.19r13085
Fawcett, J. M., Wakeham-Lewis, R., Garland, S. & Fawcett, E. (2020). Obsessive compulsive disorder prevalence may not increase with latitude: A re-analysis and extension of Coles et al. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 25, 100527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100527
Fawcett, E., Neary, M., Ginsburg, R., & Cornish, P. (2020). Comparing the effectiveness of individual and group therapy for students with symptoms of anxiety and depression: A randomized pilot study. Journal of American College Health, 68(4), 430-437. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1577862
Fawcett, E. J., Fairbrother, N., Cox, M., White, I., & Fawcett, J. M. (2019). The prevalence of anxiety disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A multivariate Bayesian meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 80(4), 18r12527. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.18r12527
Fawcett, J. M., Fairbrother, N., Fawcett, E. J., & White, I. R. (2018). A Bayesian multivariate approach to estimating the prevalence of a superordinate category of disorders. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 27(4), e1742. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1742
Cornish, P. A., Berry, G., Benton, S., Barros-Gomes, P., Johnson, D., Ginsburg, R., Whelan, B., Fawcett, E., & Romano, V. (2017). Meeting the mental health needs of today's college student: Reinventing services through Stepped Care 2.0. Psychological Services, 14(4), 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000158
Fawcett, E. J., Fawcett, J. M., & Mazmanian, D. (2016). A meta-analysis of the worldwide prevalence of pica during pregnancy and the postpartum period. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 133, 277–283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.10.012
Russell, E. J., Fawcett, J. M., & Mazmanian, D. (2013). Risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder in pregnant and postpartum women: A meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 74, 377–385. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.12r07917
Fawcett, J., Russell, E., Peace, K., & Christie, J. (2013). Of guns and geese: A meta-analytic review of the ‘weapon focus’ literature. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 19, 35-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2011.599325
Mehta, R., & Russell, E. (2009). Effects of pretraining on acquisition of novel configural discriminations in human predictive learning. Learning & Behavior, 37, 311-324. https://doi.org/10.3758/LB.37.4.311