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Kevin M. Fitzpatrick Data-verified
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High Impact
University Professor
faculty
41 h-index
192 pubs
7,030 cited
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick is a University Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a research focus on behavioral and psychological studies, particularly concerning mental health, social factors, and their impact on various populations. His work has investigated the relationships between depression, social support, online self-disclosure, and social media addiction among university students in Jordan, Hungary, and the U.S.
Fitzpatrick's research extends to adolescent health and well-being, examining social support networks and social differences in health behaviors among Jordanian adolescents. He has also explored the intersection of social vulnerabilities, place-level disadvantage, and food insecurity, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. His publications include studies on the barriers to vaccination, the role of social comparison in social media addiction, and the association between impulsivity, cognitive capacity, and sleep-related issues among medical students.
With an h-index of 41 and over 7,000 citations across 193 publications, Fitzpatrick is recognized as a highly cited researcher. He actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Grant Drawve, Michael Niño, Caitlin Tidwell, and Don E. Willis. Fitzpatrick leads a research group and maintains an active lab website, indicating ongoing research activities.
Metrics
- h-index: 41
- Publications: 192
- Citations: 7,030
Selected Publications
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Cultivating change through environmental dynamics: School-based sustainability education as a catalyst for youth agency (2026)
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Race, Place, and Unequal Health (2025)
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Race, Place, and Unequal Health (2025)
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Feeling Good or Doing Good? Stemming the Food Insecurity Tide (2024)
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Association between impulsivity and cognitive capacity decrease is mediated by smartphone addiction, academic procrastination, bedtime procrastination, sleep insufficiency and daytime fatigue among medical students: a path analysis (2023)
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Place Still Matters: Social Vulnerabilities, Place-Level Disadvantage, and Food Insecurity during COVID-19 (2023)
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Context, Proximity, and Individual Risk for Early-Pandemic Fear of Covid-19 Infection: A Multilevel Analysis of American Adults in March 2020 (2022)
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Social and psychological resources and COVID-19 related fear, threat and worry (2022)
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Social Differences in Health Behaviours among Jordanian Adolescents (2022)
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Examining disparities in the early adoption of Covid-19 personal mitigation across family structures (2022)
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Relationships Among Depression, Online Self-Disclosure, Social Media Addiction, and Other Psychological Variables Among Hungarian University Students (2022)
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Problematic alcohol use history among persons experiencing homelessness in Northwest Arkansas (2022)
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Social and behavioral vulnerability, pregnancy, and negative mental health outcomes in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
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Risk of disordered eating in emerging adulthood: Media, body and weight-related correlates among Hungarian female university students (2021)
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A sex-stratified multiple regression on Jordanian adolescents’ life satisfaction using different elements of school climate (2021)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Casey T. Harris
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
9 shared publications
- Social and behavioral vulnerability, pregnancy, and negative mental health outcomes in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic
- The Barrier to Vaccination Is Not Vaccine Hesitancy: Patterns of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance over the Course of the Pandemic in 23 Countries
- Social and psychological resources and COVID-19 related fear, threat and worry
- Place Still Matters: Social Vulnerabilities, Place-Level Disadvantage, and Food Insecurity during COVID-19
- Examining disparities in the early adoption of Covid-19 personal mitigation across family structures
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Bettina Pikó
7 shared publications
- Social support and adolescent mental health and well-being among Jordanian students
- Association between impulsivity and cognitive capacity decrease is mediated by smartphone addiction, academic procrastination, bedtime procrastination, sleep insufficiency and daytime fatigue among medical students: a path analysis
- Relationships Among Depression, Online Self-Disclosure, Social Media Addiction, and Other Psychological Variables Among Hungarian University Students
- The Role of Social Comparison and Online Social Support in Social Media Addiction Mediated by Self-Esteem and Loneliness
- Social Differences in Health Behaviours among Jordanian Adolescents
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Grant Drawve
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 shared publications
In database
- Place Still Matters: Social Vulnerabilities, Place-Level Disadvantage, and Food Insecurity during COVID-19
- Examining disparities in the early adoption of Covid-19 personal mitigation across family structures
- Context, Proximity, and Individual Risk for Early-Pandemic Fear of Covid-19 Infection: A Multilevel Analysis of American Adults in March 2020
- Forum 1: Social Inequality, Justice, and Vaccine Intent and Distribution in the United States
- Individual, Context, and Space: Using Spatial Approaches for Understanding Unequal Social and Psychological Fallout of COVID-19
Hedvig Kiss
4 shared publications
- Association between impulsivity and cognitive capacity decrease is mediated by smartphone addiction, academic procrastination, bedtime procrastination, sleep insufficiency and daytime fatigue among medical students: a path analysis
- Relationships Among Depression, Online Self-Disclosure, Social Media Addiction, and Other Psychological Variables Among Hungarian University Students
- The Role of Social Comparison and Online Social Support in Social Media Addiction Mediated by Self-Esteem and Loneliness
- Risk of disordered eating in emerging adulthood: Media, body and weight-related correlates among Hungarian female university students
Don E. Willis
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4 shared publications
In database
- Place Still Matters: Social Vulnerabilities, Place-Level Disadvantage, and Food Insecurity during COVID-19
- Feeling Good or Doing Good? Stemming the Food Insecurity Tide
- Race, Place, and Unequal Health
- Race, Place, and Unequal Health
Abdullah S. Alshammari
University of Szeged (HU)
3 shared publications
- Social support and adolescent mental health and well-being among Jordanian students
- Social Differences in Health Behaviours among Jordanian Adolescents
- A sex-stratified multiple regression on Jordanian adolescents’ life satisfaction using different elements of school climate
Michael Niño
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Social and psychological resources and COVID-19 related fear, threat and worry
- Examining disparities in the early adoption of Covid-19 personal mitigation across family structures
- Problematic alcohol use history among persons experiencing homelessness in Northwest Arkansas
Ammina Kothari
Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
2 shared publications
- Social and behavioral vulnerability, pregnancy, and negative mental health outcomes in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic
- The Barrier to Vaccination Is Not Vaccine Hesitancy: Patterns of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance over the Course of the Pandemic in 23 Countries
Caitlin Tidwell
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2 shared publications
In database
- The Barrier to Vaccination Is Not Vaccine Hesitancy: Patterns of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance over the Course of the Pandemic in 23 Countries
- Context, Proximity, and Individual Risk for Early-Pandemic Fear of Covid-19 Infection: A Multilevel Analysis of American Adults in March 2020
Stephanie A. Godleski
Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
2 shared publications
- Social and behavioral vulnerability, pregnancy, and negative mental health outcomes in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic
- The Barrier to Vaccination Is Not Vaccine Hesitancy: Patterns of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance over the Course of the Pandemic in 23 Countries
Amber Obermaier
Colorado State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Place Still Matters: Social Vulnerabilities, Place-Level Disadvantage, and Food Insecurity during COVID-19
- Feeling Good or Doing Good? Stemming the Food Insecurity Tide
Csaba Hamvai
2 shared publications
- Association between impulsivity and cognitive capacity decrease is mediated by smartphone addiction, academic procrastination, bedtime procrastination, sleep insufficiency and daytime fatigue among medical students: a path analysis
- The Role of Social Comparison and Online Social Support in Social Media Addiction Mediated by Self-Esteem and Loneliness
Gerit Pfuhl
UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO)
1 shared publication
- The Barrier to Vaccination Is Not Vaccine Hesitancy: Patterns of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance over the Course of the Pandemic in 23 Countries
David Schieferdecker
1 shared publication
- The Barrier to Vaccination Is Not Vaccine Hesitancy: Patterns of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance over the Course of the Pandemic in 23 Countries
Saurabh Sanjay
Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
1 shared publication
- The Barrier to Vaccination Is Not Vaccine Hesitancy: Patterns of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance over the Course of the Pandemic in 23 Countries
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