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Melissa Hunt
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 37
Citations - 1704
Melissa Hunt is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Anxiety. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 34 publications receiving 1295 citations.
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No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression
TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that limiting social media use to approximately 30 minutes per day may lead to significant improvement in well-being, with significant reductions in loneliness and depression over three weeks compared to the control group.
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Self-report bias and underreporting of depression on the BDI-II
TL;DR: A main effect of condition such that both men and women reported significantly more core depressive symptoms in the covert condition is found, suggesting that surveys of community samples may underestimate the prevalence of depression.
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Effects of a brief mindfulness meditation intervention on student stress and heart rate variability.
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Brief cognitive-behavioral internet therapy for irritable bowel syndrome.
TL;DR: Treatment efficacy was partially mediated by reductions in the tendency to catastrophize the social and occupational implications of symptoms, suggesting that catastrophizing may be an important target for treatment.
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Psychological Sequelae of Pet Loss Following Hurricane Katrina
TL;DR: The authors assessed the psychological effects of pet loss on survivors of Hurricane Katrina and found that pet loss was strongly associated with psychopathology across all measures, even when controlling for displacement from the home (Wilks' Lambda F(4,57) = 5.22, p = 0.001).