Research Interests
My research interests cover a number of areas in clinical and social
psychology:
Clinical Research. My primary interest is to investigate the role
of cognitions in generating anxiety and depression. I have also assisted,
supervised, or been involved in clinical research and treatment studies
in a number of areas including anorexia, bulimia, post-natal depression,
Type A behaviour, everyday hassles for adolescents, ageism, care of the
elderly, smoking in adolescents, headaches, as well as the social processes
associated with psychotherapy.
Nonexperimental Social Research. Notably, the ability of social
theory to provide explanations for the development and treatment of psychopathology
and poor physical health in the community.
Clinical Research Methodology. Interests span from single-case
experimental designs in clinical practice to causal modelling in nonexperimental
social and clinical research.
History and Philosophy of the Scientific Method. In particular,
relevance of the scientific method in defining the role of the clinical
psychologist. Also, the development of causal modelling as a methodological
procedure to evaluate theory in nonexperimental social research.
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Selected Publications
Lynd-Stevenson, R. M. & Rigano, L. M. (1996). Threat expectancy mediates
the relationship between attributional style for negative outcomes and
anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 20, 637-651.
Lynd-Stevenson, R. M. (1997). Generalised and event-specific hopelessness:
Salvaging the mediation hypothesis of the hopelessness theory. British
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 36, 73-83.
Lynd-Stevenson, R. M., & Hearne, C. M. (1999). Perfectionism and depression:
The pros and cons of being a perfectionist. Personality and Individual
Differences, 26, 549-562.
Lynd-Stevenson, R. M. (1999). Expectancy-valence theory and predictors
of future employment status in the young unemployed. Journal of Occupational
and Organizational Psychology, 72, 101-106.
Pattison, C., & Lynd-Stevenson, R.M. (2001). The prevention of depressive
symptoms in children: The immediate and long-term outcomes of a school-based
program. Behaviour Change, 18, 92-102.
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