Lydon Lab - A Motivated Cognition Approach to Interpersonal Relationships

email:	jlydon \|at\| psych.mcgill.ca
phone:	(514) 398-8319
address:	Stewart Biological Sciences Building Office: W8/30C 1205 Dr. Penfield Ave., H3A 1B1 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

John E. Lydon - Vita

Professor

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.

B.A. - Psychology (1981) - University of Notre Dame
M.A. - Psychology (1984) - University of Waterloo
Ph.D. - Psychology (1987) - University of Waterloo

Selected Publications [All Publications]

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, 39, 1057-1082.

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.E. (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.