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Overview

Antonia C. Lyons is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, medicine, and psychology, focusing on topics related to gender studies, clinical psychology, sociology, epidemiology, and public health.

Their work addresses a range of subjects, including gender, feminism, and media; substance abuse treatment and outcomes; sexuality, behavior, and technology; gender roles and identity studies; the impact of technology on adolescents; LGBTQ health, identity, and policy; and homelessness and social issues.

Lyons has published extensively, contributing to prominent journals and research venues such as:

  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Drug and Alcohol Review
  • Health Promotion International
  • Addiction Research & Theory
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Among their recent scholarly publications are the following:

  • 'Limbic platform capitalism: understanding the contemporary marketing of health-demoting products on social media' (2022, Addiction Research & Theory)
  • ''Pretty in Pink' and 'Girl Power': An analysis of the targeting and representation of women in alcohol brand marketing on Facebook and Instagram' (2021, International Journal of Drug Policy)
  • 'Alcohol and drinking within the lives of midlife women: A meta-study systematic review' (2021, International Journal of Drug Policy)
  • 'Providing gender-affirming hormone therapy through primary care: service users' and health professionals' experiences of a pilot clinic' (2020, Journal of Primary Health Care)
  • 'Stigma and disaster risk reduction among vulnerable groups: Considering people receiving opioid substitution treatment' (2020, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include Jessica Young, Kate Kersey, Denise Blake, Ian Goodwin, and Tim McCreanor. These collaborations reflect recurring partnerships across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Alcohol Consumption, Gender Identities and Women’s Changing Social Positions

    Antonia C. Lyons;Sara A. Willott

  • Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction

    Antonia C. Lyons;Kerry Chamberlain

  • Maori healers' views on wellbeing: the importance of mind, body, spirit, family and land.

    Glenis Tabetha Mark;Antonia C. Lyons

  • Qualitative Research in Clinical and Health Psychology

    Poul Rohleder;Antonia C. Lyons

  • Well-being in rheumatoid arthritis: the effects of disease duration and psychosocial factors.

    Gareth J. Treharne;George D. Kitas;Antonia C. Lyons;David A. Booth

  • Youth drinking cultures, social networking and alcohol marketing: implications for public health

    Tim McCreanor;Antonia C. Lyons;Christine Griffin;Ian Goodwin

  • Examining media representations: benefits for health psychology.

    Antonia C. Lyons

  • Psychological well-being across 1 year with rheumatoid arthritis: coping resources as buffers of perceived stress.

    Gareth J. Treharne;Antonia C. Lyons;David A. Booth;George D. Kitas;George D. Kitas

  • "Everyone can loosen up and get a bit of a buzz on": Young adults, alcohol and friendship practices

    Patricia Niland;Antonia C. Lyons;Ian Goodwin;Fiona Hutton

  • Masculinities, Femininities, Behaviour and Health

    Antonia C. Lyons

  • Older and wiser? Men’s and women’s accounts of drinking in early mid‐life

    Carol Emslie;Kate Hunt;Antonia Lyons

  • Medication adherence in rheumatoid arthritis: effects of psychosocial factors

    GJ Treharne;AC Lyons;GD Kitas

  • Transformation and time-out: The role of alcohol in identity construction among Scottish women in early midlife

    Carol Emslie;Kate Hunt;Antonia C Lyons

  • Food allergy in young adults: perceptions and psychological effects.

    Antonia C. Lyons;Emer M. E. Forde

  • Managing menopause: a qualitative analysis of self-help literature for women at midlife.

    Antonia C Lyons;Christine Griffin

  • 'Hardcore drinking': portrayals of alcohol consumption in young women's and men's magazines.

    Antonia C. Lyons;Sue I. Dalton;Anna Hoy

  • The role of alcohol in forging and maintaining friendships amongst Scottish men in midlife.

    Carol Emslie;Kate Hunt;Antonia Lyons

  • “Tragic girls” and “crack whores”: Alcohol, femininity and Facebook:

    Fiona Hutton;Christine Griffin;Antonia Lyons;Patricia Niland

  • Encompassing experience: Meanings and methods in health psychology

    Kerry Chamberlian;Christine Stephens;Antonia C. Lyons

  • ‘Compliance’ is futile but is ‘concordance’ between rheumatology patients and health professionals attainable?

    Gareth Treharne;Antonia Lyons;ED Hale;Kmj Douglas

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry Chamberlain
Kerry Chamberlain Massey University
David A. Booth
David A. Booth University of Sussex
Christine Stephens
Christine Stephens Massey University
Brendan Gough
Brendan Gough Leeds Beckett University
John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London
Arie Nouwen
Arie Nouwen Middlesex University

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