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Overview

Lucy Johnston is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and psychology, focusing particularly on clinical and social psychology aspects related to health and wellbeing.

Their publications cover a range of topics, including pediatric gastrointestinal conditions, social exclusion, and care home staff wellbeing. Recent papers include:

  • Sedation and Analgesia for Reduction of Pediatric Ileocolic Intussusception (2023) published in JAMA Network Open
  • Social exclusion enhances affiliative signaling (2020) published in The Journal of Social Psychology
  • Supporting the Wellbeing of Care Home Staff: Lessons from the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023) published in Journal of Long-Term Care
  • Opioid Administration and Reduction of Pediatric Ileocolic Intussusception (2025) published in JAMA Network Open

Johnston's frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel M. Cohen
  • Doug MacDowell
  • Simon Craig
  • Samina Ali
  • Naveen Poonai

The main publication venues are:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • The Journal of Social Psychology
  • Journal of Long-Term Care

They have contributed extensively to the fields of:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, Johnston's work is specialized in subfields such as:

  • Surgery
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Best Publications

  • Cognitive distortions in sex offenders: An integrative review

    Tony Ward;Stephen M. Hudson;Lucy Johnston;William L. Marshall

  • COGNITIVE MODELS OF STEREOTYPE CHANGE .3. SUBTYPING AND THE PERCEIVED TYPICALITY OF DISCONFIRMING GROUP MEMBERS

    Lucy Johnston;Miles Hewstone

  • HELP, I NEED SOMEBODY: AUTOMATIC ACTION AND INACTION

    C. Neil Macrae;Lucy Johnston

  • Screening Job Applicants: The Impact of Physical Attractiveness and Application Quality

    Lucy M. Watkins;Lucy Johnston

  • Implicit Behavioral Mimicry: Investigating the Impact of Group Membership

    Yanelia Yabar;Lucy Johnston;Lynden Miles;Victoria Peace

  • An investigation of road crossing in a virtual environment.

    Grahame Simpson;Lisa Johnston;Michael Richardson

  • Assessing contributions to group assignments

    Lucy Johnston;Lynden Miles

  • Social categorization and person memory: The pervasiveness of race as an organizing principle

    Miles Hewstone;Alexander Hantzi;Lucy Johnston

  • Resisting change: Information-seeking and stereotype change.

    Lucy Johnston

  • Why are you smiling at me? Social functions of enjoyment and non-enjoyment smiles

    Lucy Johnston;Lynden Miles;C. Neil Macrae

  • Behavioral Mimicry and Stigmatization

    Lucy Johnston

  • Toward a radically embodied, embedded social psychology

    Kerry L. Marsh;Lucy Johnston;Michael J. Richardson;R. C. Schmidt

  • Changing social stereotypes: The case of the information seeker

    Lucy C. Johnston;C. Neil Macrae

  • Cognitive models of stereotype change: (2) Perceptions of homogeneous and heterogeneous groups

    Miles Hewstone;Lucy Johnston;Peter Aird

  • VICTIM SELECTION AND KINEMATICS: A POINT-LIGHT INVESTIGATION OF VULNERABILITY TO ATTACK

    Rebekah E. Gunns;Lucy Johnston;Stephen M. Hudson

  • Demographic differences in public attitudes towards sex offenders

    Gwenda M. Willis;Sanna Malinen;Lucy Johnston

  • Sensitivity to genuine versus posed emotion specified in facial displays

    Tracey McLellan;Lucy Johnston;John Dalrymple-Alford;Richard Porter

  • Detecting Happiness: Perceiver Sensitivity to Enjoyment and Non-Enjoyment Smiles

    Lynden Miles;Lucy Johnston

  • An application of escape theory to binge eating

    Sonja Blackburn;Lucy Johnston;Neville Blampied;Danielle Popp

  • The relationship between organizational climate, occupational type and workaholism.

    Anna Johnstone;Lucy Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Neil Macrae
C. Neil Macrae University of Aberdeen
Richard J Porter
Richard J Porter University of Otago
Tony Ward
Tony Ward Victoria University of Wellington
Stephen M. Hudson
Stephen M. Hudson University of Canterbury
Kerry L. Marsh
Kerry L. Marsh University of Connecticut
Michael J. Richardson
Michael J. Richardson Macquarie University
Miles Hewstone
Miles Hewstone University of Oxford
Kerry S. O'Brien
Kerry S. O'Brien Monash University
Janet D. Carter
Janet D. Carter University of Canterbury
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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