Viren Swami ORCID iD

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This author is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project because of their contribution to six academic works co-authored with one person identified as autistic.

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Publication overview

Autistic Autism Scholarship Project publications

Number of publications in the project: 6
Number of publications with a cited bibliography: 6
Number of publications with an identified autistic co-author: 6

Collaborations and cited bibliographies

Number of publication co-authors identified as autistic: 6 (distinct: 1)
Number of cited references with an identified autistic author: 78
Number of cited authors identified as autistic: 141 (distinct: 42)

Frequent co-authors

Phaedra Longhurst* 6
Jane E. Aspell 3
Jennifer Todd 3
Adrian Furnham 1
Christopher Modica 1
George Horne 1
Luka C.J. White 1
Martin Voracek 1

Publications by year

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2023
1
2024
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2025
2
2026

Publication types

Article 6

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Phaedra Longhurst* , Christopher Modica, Viren Swami (2026). Prospective associations between body appreciation and indices of psychological well-being in autistic adults from the United Kingdom. Body Image, 58, 102160.

Publication date: 7 Aug 2026 Added to AutiHub: 28 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 11 / 87 (12.6%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 20 / 524 (3.8%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 16 / 485 (3.3%)
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Phaedra Longhurst* , Luka C.J. White, Viren Swami (2026). The body appreciation Scale-2 for Autistic adults (BAS-2A): Psychometric properties in autistic gender diverse and transgender adults from four english-speaking, Western countries. Body Image, 58, 102154.

Publication date: 25 Jul 2026 Added to AutiHub: 28 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 3 (33.3%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 11 / 70 (15.7%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 18 / 504 (3.6%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 14 / 467 (3.0%)
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Phaedra Longhurst* , Jane E. Aspell, Jennifer Todd, Viren Swami (2025). Body appreciation mediates the association between satisfaction with autistic identity and flourishing in autistic adults. Body Image, 53, 101876.

Publication date: 19 Mar 2025 Added to AutiHub: 28 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 4 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 13 / 50 (26.0%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 21 / 169 (12.4%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 15 / 146 (10.3%)
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Viren Swami, Martin Voracek, Adrian Furnham, George Horne, Phaedra Longhurst* , Ulrich S. Tran (2025). Is nature exposure in autistic adults associated with more positive body image? Body Image, 52, 101854.

Publication date: 1 Feb 2025 Added to AutiHub: 28 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 6 (16.7%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 16 / 81 (19.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 26 / 636 (4.1%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 18 / 505 (3.6%)
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Phaedra Longhurst* , Jennifer Todd, Jane E. Aspell, Viren Swami (2024). Psychometric evaluation of a revised version of the body appreciation scale-2 for autistic adults (BAS-2A). Body Image, 49, 101706.

Publication date: 29 Mar 2024 Added to AutiHub: 28 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 4 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 13 / 110 (11.8%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 26 / 591 (4.4%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 15 / 535 (2.8%)
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Phaedra Longhurst* , Jane E. Aspell, Jennifer Todd, Viren Swami (2023). “There’s No Separating My View of My Body from My Autism”: A qualitative study of positive body image in autistic individuals. Body Image, 48, 101655.

Publication date: 2 Dec 2023 Added to AutiHub: 28 Sep 2026 Type: Article Language: English
Publication authors identified as autistic: 1 / 4 (25.0%) Cited references with an identified autistic author: 14 / 122 (11.5%) Cited author occurrences identified as autistic: 30 / 405 (7.4%) Distinct cited authors identified as autistic: 21 / 328 (6.4%)
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