John E. Lydon

Professor

 

Stewart Biological Sciences Bldg.
Room W8/30C, 398-8319
jlydon at psych.mcgill.ca
http://ego.psych.mcgill.ca/perpg/fac/lydon/index.html

Research Areas

Social-Personality, Health

Research Summary

Professor Lydon’s research focuses on intimate social bonds and has examined (1) how attachment bonds regulate stress and well-being; (2) how relationship commitment motivates an individual to expend effort to overcome relationship adversities, and (3) how the social environment impacts on maternal well-being in ways that affect the maternal-infant bond and child development.

Selected References

Kramer, M.S., Lydon, J., Séguin, L., Goulet, L., Kahn, S.R., McNamara, H., Genest, J., Dassa, C., Fong Chen, M., Sharma, S., Meaney, M.J., Thomson, S., Van Uum, S., Koren, G., Dahhou, M., Lamoureux, J., & Platt, R.W. (2009). Stress Pathways to Spontaneous Preterm Birth: The Role of Stressors, Psychological Distress, and Stress Hormones. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169, 1319 - 1326.

Lydon, J., Menzies-Toman, D., & Burton , K. (2008). If-Then Contingencies and the Differential Effects of the Availability of Attractive Alternatives on Relationship Maintenance for Men and Women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 50-65. 

Usborne, E., Lydon, J., & Taylor, D. (2008). Personal Projects and Social Relationships: Windows into the Motivation and Well-Being of Street Kids. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, in press.

Bartz, J. & Lydon, J. (2006). Navigating the interdependence dilemma: Attachment goals and the use of communal norms with potential close others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 77-96.

Gagné, F., & Lydon, J. (2004) Bias and accuracy in close relationships : An integrative review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 8, 322-388.

Pierce, T., & Lydon, J. (2001). Global and specific relational models in the experience of social interactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 613- 631.

Pierce, T., & Lydon, J. (1998). Perceived available support as a relational schema: Testing the buffering effects of activated and chronic interpersonal expectations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 1441-1448.

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