Author

Vicki Bitsika

Professor in Biomedical Science, University of New England - Cited by 3,731 - autism - anxiety - depression - challenging behaviour - prostate cancer

Biography

Dr. Vicki Bitsika, Centre for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bond University, Australia. Dr. Vicki Bitsika has published numerous research papers and articles in reputed journals and has various other achievements in the related studies and has extended valuable service towards the scientific community with extensive research work.
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Year
Is bullying associated with emerging school refusal in autistic boys?
V Bitsika, DA Heyne, CF SharpleyJournal of autism and developmental disorders 51, 1081-1092, 202
21
2021
Pet ownership and symptoms of depression: A prospective study of older adults
C Sharpley, N Veronese, L Smith, GF López-Sánchez, V Bitsika, ...Journal of Affective Disorders 264, 35-39, 2020202
18
2020
The physical and mental health effects of housing homeless people: A systematic review
H Onapa, CF Sharpley, V Bitsika, ME McMillan, K MacLure, L Smith, ...Health & Social Care in the Community 30 (2), 448-468, 2022202
17
2022
Depression and prostate cancer: implications for urologists and oncologists
CF Sharpley, DRH Christie, V BitsikaNature Reviews Urology 17 (10), 571-585, 2020202
16
2020
Effects of diagnostic severity upon sex differences in behavioural profiles of young males and females with autism spectrum disorder
V Bitsika, CF SharpleyJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 49, 4429-4440, 2019201
14
2019
The role of sensory features in mediating associations between autism symptoms and anxiety in boys with autism spectrum disorder
V Bitsika, WA Arnold, CF SharpleyJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 50, 2464-2474, 2020202
12
2020
Comparing different EEG connectivity methods in young males with ASD
K Sarmukadam, V Bitsika, CF Sharpley, MME McMillan, LL AgnewBehavioural Brain Research 383, 112482, 2020202
10
2020
Risk for school refusal among autistic boys bullied at school: Investigating associations with social phobia and separation anxiety
V Bitsika, C Sharpley, D HeyneInternational Journal of Disability, Development and Education 6 (1), 10-203, 2022202
9
2022
The association between cortisol: C-reactive protein ratio and depressive fatigue is a function of CRP rather than cortisol
CF Sharpley, V Bitsika, ME McMillan, E Jesulola, LL AgnewNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2467-2475, 20120
9
2019
The inverse association between psychological resilience and emerging school refusal among bullied autistic youth
V Bitsika, DA Heyne, CF SharpleyResearch in developmental disabilities 120, 104121, 2022202
7
2022
Default mode network activity in depression subtypes
BJ Borserio, CF Sharpley, V Bitsika, K Sarmukadam, PJ Fourie, LL AgnewReviews in the Neurosciences 32 (6), 59-613, 2021202
7
2021
A review of the use of EEG connectivity to measure the neurological characteristics of the sensory features in young people with autism
K Sarmukadam, CF Sharpley, V Bitsika, MME McMillan, LL AgnewReviews in the Neurosciences 30 (5), 49-510, 2019201
7
2019
Self-vs parent reports of generalised anxiety disorder symptomatology in mildly impaired girls with an autism spectrum disorder
V Bitsika, CF SharpleyJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 50 (3), 1045-1055, 2020202
6
2020
Dyadic coping and the cortisol: CRP ratio: How marital stress influences physiological state
CF Sharpley, V Bitsika, ME McMillan, E Jesulola, LL AgnewPhysiology & behavior 211, 112669, 2019201
4
2019
4
2021
Symptom profiles and correlates of anxiety and depression among parents of autistic girls and boys
V Bitsika, CF SharpleyResearch in Developmental Disabilities 111, 10874, 2021202
3
2021
The effects of ‘preferedness of task’on stress, emotion, and behaviour responses to forced activity transitions in boys with ASD
V Bitsika, CF SharpleyInternational Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 75, 36-43, 01901
2
2019
An exploration of recent life stress, psychological resilience, purpose in life, and optimism as correlates of depression in social housing residents in rural Australia
CF Sharpley, N Murcell, M Anderson, V Bitsika, PJ Fourie, LL AgnewInternational Journal of Mental Health 50 (3), 34-49, 010
2
2021
Girls’ cortisol concentrations, mothers’ anxiety, and self-versus parent-ratings of autistic girls’ anxiety
V Bitsika, CF Sharpley, W Mandy, ME McMillan, LL AgnewResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders 81, 101718, 010
2
2021