Danu Anthony Stinson
I am interested in understanding how diagnostic social situations reveal personality dynamics. My research to date has focused on the interpersonal nature and function of self-esteem and suggests that self-esteem acts as an interpersonal guidance system in risky social situations--situations in which the possibility of achieving belonging is matched by the possibility of rejection. In such situations, self-esteem influences whether people's interpersonal motivations, thoughts, and behaviours focus on approaching connectedness or avoiding rejection. Because these differing self-regulatory styles can have a marked influence on the quality of people's social bonds, my research ultimately examines the consequences of differing self-regulatory strategies for people's psychological, social, and physical well-being.
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Interpersonal Processes
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Self and Identity
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Journal Articles:
- Anthony, D. B., Holmes, J. G., & Wood, J. V. (2007). Social acceptance and self-esteem: Tuning the sociometer to interpersonal value. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1024-1039.
- Anthony, D. B., Wood, J. V., & Holmes, J. G. (2007). Testing sociometer theory: Self-esteem and the importance of acceptance for social decision-making. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 425-432.
- Cameron, J. J., Stinson, D. A., Gaetz, R., & Balchen, S. (2010). Acceptance is in the eye of the beholder: Self-esteem and motivated perceptions of acceptance from the opposite sex. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Cameron, J. J., Stinson, D. A., & Wood, J. V. (2013). The bold and the bashful: Self-esteem, gender, and relationship initiation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 685-691.
- Gaucher, D., Wood, J. V., Stinson, D. A., Forest, A. L., Holmes, J. G., & Logel, C. (2012). Perceived regard explains self-esteem differences in expressivity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1144-1156.
- Logel, C., Stinson, D.A., Gunn, G.R., Wood, J.V., Holmes, J.G., & Cameron, J.J. (in press). A little acceptance is good for your health: Interpersonal messages and weight change over time. Personal Relationships.
- Murray, S. L., Aloni, M., Holmes, J. G., Derrick, J. L., Stinson, D. A., & Leder, S. (2009). Fostering partner dependence as commitment insurance: The implicit contingencies of the exchange principle in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 324- 348.
- Stinson, D. A., Cameron, J. J., Wood, J. V., Gaucher, G., & Holmes, J. G. (2009). Deconstructing the “reign of error:” Interpersonal warmth explains the self-fulfilling prophecy of anticipated acceptance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1165-1168.
- Stinson, D. A., Gaucher, D., Wood, J. V., Reddoch, L. B., Holmes, J. G., & Little, D. C. G. (2012). Sex, ‘‘lies,’’ and videotape: Self-esteem and successful presentation of gender roles. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 3, 503-509.
- Stinson, D. A., Logel, C., Holmes, J. G., Wood, J. V., Forest, A., Gaucher, D., Fitzsimons, G., & Kath, J. (2010). The regulatory function of self-esteem: Testing the acceptance and epistemic signaling systems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 993-1013.
- Stinson, D. A., Logel, C., Shepherd, S., & Zanna, M. P. (2011) Rewriting the self-fulfilling prophecy of social rejection: Self-affirmation improves relational security and social behavior up to 2 months later. Psychological Science, 22, 1145-1149.
- Stinson, D. A., Logel, C., Zanna, M. P., Holmes, J. G., Cameron, J. J., Wood, J. V., & Spencer, S. J. (2008). The cost of lower self-esteem: Testing a self-and-social-bonds model of health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 412-428.
- Stinson, D. A., Wood, J. V., & Doxey, J. R. (2008). In search of clarity: Self-esteem and domains of confidence and confusion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1541-1555.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Interpersonal Relations
- Interpersonal Relations
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Research Methods in Social Psychology
- Social Psychology
Danu Anthony Stinson
Department of Psychology
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3050 STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P5
Canada
- Phone: (250) 721-6281