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Ben Edwards
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 109
Citations - 2775
Ben Edwards is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Population. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 99 publications receiving 2105 citations. Previous affiliations of Ben Edwards include Deakin University & Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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The psychological impact of a cancer diagnosis on families: the influence of family functioning and patients' illness characteristics on depression and anxiety.
Ben Edwards,Valerie A. Clarke +1 more
TL;DR: The results from the current study suggest that researchers and clinicians need to be family‐focused as cancer affects the whole family, not just the patient.
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance: Correlates in a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the Australian population.
TL;DR: In this paper, a representative longitudinal online survey of over 3000 adults from Australia that examines the demographic, attitudinal, political and social attitudes and COVID-19 health behavior correlates of vaccine hesitance and resistance to a COVID19 vaccine was conducted.
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance: Correlates in a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the Australian population
TL;DR: The findings suggest that vaccine hesitancy can be addressed by public health messaging but that for a significant minority of the population with strongly held beliefs, alternative policy measures may well be needed to achieve sufficient vaccination coverage to end the pandemic.
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The effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on refugees' parenting and their children's mental health: a cohort study.
Richard A. Bryant,Ben Edwards,Mark Creamer,Meaghan O'Donnell,David Forbes,Kim L Felmingham,Derrick Silove,Zachary Steel,Angela Nickerson,Alexander C. McFarlane,Miranda Van Hooff,Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic +11 more
TL;DR: Caregiver PTSD in refugees is associated with harsh parenting styles, leading to adverse effects on their children's mental health, and path analyses revealed that caregivers' trauma history and postmigration difficulties were associated with greater subsequent PTSD, which in turn was associated withgreat harsh parenting and in turn, higher levels of child conduct problems.
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Internal consistency and validity of the Stroke Impact Scale 2.0 (SIS 2.0) and SIS-16 in an Australian sample.
Ben Edwards,Bev O'Connell +1 more
TL;DR: The SIS 2.0 and SIS-16 had good psychometric properties with support for the internal consistency and validity of both measures in an Australian sample of stroke patients.