Geoff MacDonald
Department of Psychology
University of Toronto
100 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3
Canada
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Phone: (416) 978-3840
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Dr. MacDonald's research interests include acceptance and rejection, social pain, social threats and rewards, and adult attachment. |
 Journal Articles:
- Dane, S., & MacDonald, G. (in press). The role of perceived heterosexual acceptance and perceived support from sexual minority friends in predicting same-sex attracted youths’ well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
- Gere, J., & MacDonald, G. (in press). An update of the empirical case for the need to belong. Journal of Individual Psychology.
- MacDonald, G. (2008). Use of pain threshold reports to satisfy social needs. Pain Research and Management, 13, 309-319.
- MacDonald, G., & Jessica, M. (2006). Family approval as a constraint in dependency regulation: Evidence from Australia and Indonesia. Personal Relationships, 13, 183-194.
 MacDonald, G., & Leary M. R. (2005). Why does social exclusion hurt? The relationship between social and physical pain. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 202-223.
- MacDonald, G., & Lipp, O. V. (2008). Mortality salience eliminates attentional bias for fear-relevant animals. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 243-250.
- MacDonald, G., Saltzman, J. L., & Leary, M. R. (2003). Social approval and trait self-esteem. Journal of Research in Personality, 37, 23-40.
- MacDonald, G., Zanna, M. P., & Holmes, J. G. (2000). An experimental test of the role of alcohol in relationship conflict. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 182-193.
- Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., MacDonald, G., & Ellsworth, P. (1998). Through the looking glass darkly? When self-doubts turn into relationship insecurities. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 1459-1480.
- Nail, P. R., MacDonald, G., & Levy, D. A. (2000). Proposal of a four-dimensional model of social influence. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 454-470.
- Spielmann, S. S., MacDonald, G., & Wilson, A. E. (2009). On the rebound: Focusing on someone new helps anxiously attached individuals let go of ex-partners. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1382-1394.
Other Publications:
- Leary, M. R., & MacDonald, G. (2003). Individual differences in trait self-esteem: A theoretical integration. In M. Leary and J. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of Self and Identity (pp. 401-418). New York: Guildford Publications.
- MacDonald, G. (2009). Social pain and hurt feelings. In P. Corr & G. Matthews (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personality (pp. 541-555). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- MacDonald, G. (2007). Self-esteem: A human elaboration of prehuman belongingness motivation. In C. Sedikides & S. Spencer (Eds.), The self in social psychology (pp. 412-456). New York: Psychology Press.
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