Antonia C Lyons
Biographic Data
| ID | 291234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antonia C Lyons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antonia C |
| FAMILY NAME | Lyons |
| SIGNATURE | LYONS A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Psychology Massey University New Zealand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 262 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Is there a right time to die? How patients, families and assisted dying providers decide on and anticipate a date with death
Research has explored why people seek assisted dying (AD), families' bereavement, and AD providers' experiences, yet few studies have investigated decision-making of the time and date for AD. This article elucidates how cancer patients, families and AD providers decide on and experience living with a date and time for AD in New Zealand. We longitudinally interviewed 23 people. Using thematic analysis, we identified four decision-making phases: de…
A little bubble of utopia: Constructions of a Primary Care-Based Pilot Clinic Providing Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
The provision of gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary people is a rapidly developing area of gender affirming healthcare. While research indicates the benefits of providing gender affirming hormone therapy through interdisciplinary primary care-based models, less is known about how service users and providers construct their understandings of affirmative approaches. In this paper, we present findings from a discourse an…
Critical health psychology in New Zealand: Developments, directions and reflections
We examine how critical health psychology developed in New Zealand, taking an historical perspective to document important influences. We discuss how academic appointments created a confluence of critical researchers at Massey University, how interest in health psychology arose and expanded, how the critical turn eventuated and how connections, both local and international, were important in building and sustaining these developments. We discuss …
Pour It Up, Drink It Up, Live It Up, Give It Up: Masculinity and Alcohol in Pop Music Videos
Music videos are popular, frequently aimed at young adult audiences, and easily accessible through online platforms. They often portray specific versions of masculinities and femininities and are increasingly linked to the alcohol industry. This research explored how masculinity, femininity, and alcohol consumption are constructed within four mainstream popular music videos. Critical multimodal discourse analysis was employed to systematically ex…
Youth Drinking Cultures in a Digital World: Alcohol, social media and cultures of intoxication
Facebook and the Fun of Drinking Photos: Reproducing Gendered Regimes of Power
Young adults regularly engage in heavy drinking episodes with friends and share these practices via digital images and ongoing interactions on social media. This study explored the meanings and values that young adults attach to Facebook social media photo-sharing practices around drinking and socializing, and how these practices were gendered, in what ways, and with what effects. We conducted 24 friendship discussion groups (64 females, 41 males…
Staying 'in the zone' but not passing the 'point of no return: Embodiment, Gender and Drinking in Mid-Life
Public health approaches have frequently conceptualised alcohol consumption as an individual behaviour resulting from rational choice. We argue that drinking alcohol needs to be understood as an embodied social practice embedded in gendered social relationships and environments. We draw on data from 14 focus groups with pre-existing groups of friends and work colleagues in which men and women in mid-life discussed their drinking behaviour. Analys…
Everyone can loosen up and get a bit of a buzz on”: Young adults, alcohol and friendship practices
Uncertainty in medicine: Meanings of menopause and hormone replacement therapy in medical textbooks
Maori healers' views on wellbeing: The importance of mind, body, spirit, family and land
Cancer Ward: Patient Perceptions in Oncology
The novel Cancer ward (Solzhenitsyn, 1968) was used to examine the perceptions that cancer patients hold regarding their illness and its treatment, and how these perceptions relate to theoretical models in health psychology. Excerpts were identified, categorized and interpreted using the Self-Regulation Model of illness. The model's dimensions of illness perceptions were apparent throughout Cancer ward. Patients held specific representations abou…
The Doctor, the Breath and Thomas Bernhard: Using Novels in Health Psychology
The use of literature in medical education has increased greatly in recent years, as attested to by growth in the medical humanities field. In this article we argue that literary texts may be beneficial for use in health psychology, illustrated by an analysis of patient-physician interaction in the novel Breath by Thomas Bernhard. Reading novels can impact on people's health-related behaviours. Using novels in our teaching and training can illust…
Alcohol Consumption, Gender Identities and Women’s Changing Social Positions
Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction
This textbook aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks currently available by placing the discipline within the context of the social world and encouraging them to question some of the assumptions and values underlying much current research. A comprehensive survey of the discipline is provided, framed within a lifespan approach, and emphasising social-cultural factors such as gender, ethnicity and social-economic s…
Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction
Hardcore Drinking: Portrayals of Alcohol Consumption in Young Women’s and Men’s Magazines
Young adults and young women in particular are drinking more alcohol than ever before, with implications for risky behaviours and long-term health. This study explored the ways in which alcohol and drinking were represented in six monthly UK magazines (three targeted at young men, three at young women) across a threemonth period (18 magazines). We identified three main discourses across the texts, namely the drug alcohol; masculinity and machismo…
Well-being in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Effects of Disease Duration and Psychosocial Factors
This study examined the multivariate relationships of psychosocial factors with well-being in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fifty-five patients with early RA ( seven years) completed questionnaires on psychosocial factors and psychological and physical well-being. Illness perceptions related to worse depression and life satisfaction (especially in early RA) and to longer morning stiffness (especially in intermediate RA). Optimism related to lower pa…
Food Allergy in Young Adults: Perceptions and Psychological Effects
Although food allergy can have serious health consequences, little is currently known about people's perceptions of food allergy. The present study examined the differences in awareness and perceptions of food allergy and anxiety between young people with and without a food allergy. Participants completed a questionnaire which asked about their perceptions and knowledge of allergies, perceived health competence and anxiety. Of the 162 participant…
Managing menopause: A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Help Literature for Women at Midlife
Examining Media Representations: Benefits for Health Psychology
Health psychology has tended to undervalue analyses of media representations of health, disease and illness. In this article I argue that critical approaches to media texts and images are valuable for health psychologists because: (1) individuals are socially located and gain their beliefs about health and illness from the discourses and constructions that are available to them; (2) media representations of health, illness and disease produce and…
From Suet Pudding to Superhero: Representations of Men's Health for Women
Men's health has been receiving increasing attention in recent years, both in the media and in academic literature. In February 1998 a British Sunday newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, ran a three-week special feature on 'A woman's guide to men's health'. Linguistic representations of health in popular media are revealing of social concerns regarding both the control of health and health care, therefore we critically analysed these texts using post-s…
Alcohol Consumption, Gender Identities and Women’s Changing Social Positions
Examining Media Representations: Benefits for Health Psychology
Health psychology has tended to undervalue analyses of media representations of health, disease and illness. In this article I argue that critical approaches to media texts and images are valuable for health psychologists because: (1) individuals are socially located and gain their beliefs about health and illness from the discourses and constructions that are available to them; (2) media representations of health, illness and disease produce and…
Maori healers' views on wellbeing: The importance of mind, body, spirit, family and land
Hardcore Drinking: Portrayals of Alcohol Consumption in Young Women’s and Men’s Magazines
Young adults and young women in particular are drinking more alcohol than ever before, with implications for risky behaviours and long-term health. This study explored the ways in which alcohol and drinking were represented in six monthly UK magazines (three targeted at young men, three at young women) across a threemonth period (18 magazines). We identified three main discourses across the texts, namely the drug alcohol; masculinity and machismo…
From Suet Pudding to Superhero: Representations of Men's Health for Women
Men's health has been receiving increasing attention in recent years, both in the media and in academic literature. In February 1998 a British Sunday newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, ran a three-week special feature on 'A woman's guide to men's health'. Linguistic representations of health in popular media are revealing of social concerns regarding both the control of health and health care, therefore we critically analysed these texts using post-s…
Staying 'in the zone' but not passing the 'point of no return: Embodiment, Gender and Drinking in Mid-Life
Public health approaches have frequently conceptualised alcohol consumption as an individual behaviour resulting from rational choice. We argue that drinking alcohol needs to be understood as an embodied social practice embedded in gendered social relationships and environments. We draw on data from 14 focus groups with pre-existing groups of friends and work colleagues in which men and women in mid-life discussed their drinking behaviour. Analys…
Managing menopause: A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Help Literature for Women at Midlife
Uncertainty in medicine: Meanings of menopause and hormone replacement therapy in medical textbooks
The Doctor, the Breath and Thomas Bernhard: Using Novels in Health Psychology
The use of literature in medical education has increased greatly in recent years, as attested to by growth in the medical humanities field. In this article we argue that literary texts may be beneficial for use in health psychology, illustrated by an analysis of patient-physician interaction in the novel Breath by Thomas Bernhard. Reading novels can impact on people's health-related behaviours. Using novels in our teaching and training can illust…
Well-being in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Effects of Disease Duration and Psychosocial Factors
This study examined the multivariate relationships of psychosocial factors with well-being in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fifty-five patients with early RA ( seven years) completed questionnaires on psychosocial factors and psychological and physical well-being. Illness perceptions related to worse depression and life satisfaction (especially in early RA) and to longer morning stiffness (especially in intermediate RA). Optimism related to lower pa…
Critical health psychology in New Zealand: Developments, directions and reflections
We examine how critical health psychology developed in New Zealand, taking an historical perspective to document important influences. We discuss how academic appointments created a confluence of critical researchers at Massey University, how interest in health psychology arose and expanded, how the critical turn eventuated and how connections, both local and international, were important in building and sustaining these developments. We discuss …
Pour It Up, Drink It Up, Live It Up, Give It Up: Masculinity and Alcohol in Pop Music Videos
Music videos are popular, frequently aimed at young adult audiences, and easily accessible through online platforms. They often portray specific versions of masculinities and femininities and are increasingly linked to the alcohol industry. This research explored how masculinity, femininity, and alcohol consumption are constructed within four mainstream popular music videos. Critical multimodal discourse analysis was employed to systematically ex…
Cancer Ward: Patient Perceptions in Oncology
The novel Cancer ward (Solzhenitsyn, 1968) was used to examine the perceptions that cancer patients hold regarding their illness and its treatment, and how these perceptions relate to theoretical models in health psychology. Excerpts were identified, categorized and interpreted using the Self-Regulation Model of illness. The model's dimensions of illness perceptions were apparent throughout Cancer ward. Patients held specific representations abou…
A little bubble of utopia: Constructions of a Primary Care-Based Pilot Clinic Providing Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
The provision of gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary people is a rapidly developing area of gender affirming healthcare. While research indicates the benefits of providing gender affirming hormone therapy through interdisciplinary primary care-based models, less is known about how service users and providers construct their understandings of affirmative approaches. In this paper, we present findings from a discourse an…
Food Allergy in Young Adults: Perceptions and Psychological Effects
Although food allergy can have serious health consequences, little is currently known about people's perceptions of food allergy. The present study examined the differences in awareness and perceptions of food allergy and anxiety between young people with and without a food allergy. Participants completed a questionnaire which asked about their perceptions and knowledge of allergies, perceived health competence and anxiety. Of the 162 participant…
Is there a right time to die? How patients, families and assisted dying providers decide on and anticipate a date with death
Research has explored why people seek assisted dying (AD), families' bereavement, and AD providers' experiences, yet few studies have investigated decision-making of the time and date for AD. This article elucidates how cancer patients, families and AD providers decide on and experience living with a date and time for AD in New Zealand. We longitudinally interviewed 23 people. Using thematic analysis, we identified four decision-making phases: de…
Facebook and the Fun of Drinking Photos: Reproducing Gendered Regimes of Power
Young adults regularly engage in heavy drinking episodes with friends and share these practices via digital images and ongoing interactions on social media. This study explored the meanings and values that young adults attach to Facebook social media photo-sharing practices around drinking and socializing, and how these practices were gendered, in what ways, and with what effects. We conducted 24 friendship discussion groups (64 females, 41 males…
From Suet Pudding to Superhero: Representations of Men's Health for Women
Men's health has been receiving increasing attention in recent years, both in the media and in academic literature. In February 1998 a British Sunday newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, ran a three-week special feature on 'A woman's guide to men's health'. Linguistic representations of health in popular media are revealing of social concerns regarding both the control of health and health care, therefore we critically analysed these texts using post-s…
Examining Media Representations: Benefits for Health Psychology
Health psychology has tended to undervalue analyses of media representations of health, disease and illness. In this article I argue that critical approaches to media texts and images are valuable for health psychologists because: (1) individuals are socially located and gain their beliefs about health and illness from the discourses and constructions that are available to them; (2) media representations of health, illness and disease produce and…
Managing menopause: A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Help Literature for Women at Midlife
Food Allergy in Young Adults: Perceptions and Psychological Effects
Although food allergy can have serious health consequences, little is currently known about people's perceptions of food allergy. The present study examined the differences in awareness and perceptions of food allergy and anxiety between young people with and without a food allergy. Participants completed a questionnaire which asked about their perceptions and knowledge of allergies, perceived health competence and anxiety. Of the 162 participant…
Well-being in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Effects of Disease Duration and Psychosocial Factors
This study examined the multivariate relationships of psychosocial factors with well-being in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fifty-five patients with early RA ( seven years) completed questionnaires on psychosocial factors and psychological and physical well-being. Illness perceptions related to worse depression and life satisfaction (especially in early RA) and to longer morning stiffness (especially in intermediate RA). Optimism related to lower pa…
Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction
This textbook aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks currently available by placing the discipline within the context of the social world and encouraging them to question some of the assumptions and values underlying much current research. A comprehensive survey of the discipline is provided, framed within a lifespan approach, and emphasising social-cultural factors such as gender, ethnicity and social-economic s…
Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction
Hardcore Drinking: Portrayals of Alcohol Consumption in Young Women’s and Men’s Magazines
Young adults and young women in particular are drinking more alcohol than ever before, with implications for risky behaviours and long-term health. This study explored the ways in which alcohol and drinking were represented in six monthly UK magazines (three targeted at young men, three at young women) across a threemonth period (18 magazines). We identified three main discourses across the texts, namely the drug alcohol; masculinity and machismo…
Alcohol Consumption, Gender Identities and Women’s Changing Social Positions
The Doctor, the Breath and Thomas Bernhard: Using Novels in Health Psychology
The use of literature in medical education has increased greatly in recent years, as attested to by growth in the medical humanities field. In this article we argue that literary texts may be beneficial for use in health psychology, illustrated by an analysis of patient-physician interaction in the novel Breath by Thomas Bernhard. Reading novels can impact on people's health-related behaviours. Using novels in our teaching and training can illust…
Maori healers' views on wellbeing: The importance of mind, body, spirit, family and land
Cancer Ward: Patient Perceptions in Oncology
The novel Cancer ward (Solzhenitsyn, 1968) was used to examine the perceptions that cancer patients hold regarding their illness and its treatment, and how these perceptions relate to theoretical models in health psychology. Excerpts were identified, categorized and interpreted using the Self-Regulation Model of illness. The model's dimensions of illness perceptions were apparent throughout Cancer ward. Patients held specific representations abou…
Uncertainty in medicine: Meanings of menopause and hormone replacement therapy in medical textbooks
Everyone can loosen up and get a bit of a buzz on”: Young adults, alcohol and friendship practices
Staying 'in the zone' but not passing the 'point of no return: Embodiment, Gender and Drinking in Mid-Life
Public health approaches have frequently conceptualised alcohol consumption as an individual behaviour resulting from rational choice. We argue that drinking alcohol needs to be understood as an embodied social practice embedded in gendered social relationships and environments. We draw on data from 14 focus groups with pre-existing groups of friends and work colleagues in which men and women in mid-life discussed their drinking behaviour. Analys…
Facebook and the Fun of Drinking Photos: Reproducing Gendered Regimes of Power
Young adults regularly engage in heavy drinking episodes with friends and share these practices via digital images and ongoing interactions on social media. This study explored the meanings and values that young adults attach to Facebook social media photo-sharing practices around drinking and socializing, and how these practices were gendered, in what ways, and with what effects. We conducted 24 friendship discussion groups (64 females, 41 males…
Youth Drinking Cultures in a Digital World: Alcohol, social media and cultures of intoxication
Critical health psychology in New Zealand: Developments, directions and reflections
We examine how critical health psychology developed in New Zealand, taking an historical perspective to document important influences. We discuss how academic appointments created a confluence of critical researchers at Massey University, how interest in health psychology arose and expanded, how the critical turn eventuated and how connections, both local and international, were important in building and sustaining these developments. We discuss …
Pour It Up, Drink It Up, Live It Up, Give It Up: Masculinity and Alcohol in Pop Music Videos
Music videos are popular, frequently aimed at young adult audiences, and easily accessible through online platforms. They often portray specific versions of masculinities and femininities and are increasingly linked to the alcohol industry. This research explored how masculinity, femininity, and alcohol consumption are constructed within four mainstream popular music videos. Critical multimodal discourse analysis was employed to systematically ex…
A little bubble of utopia: Constructions of a Primary Care-Based Pilot Clinic Providing Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy
The provision of gender affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary people is a rapidly developing area of gender affirming healthcare. While research indicates the benefits of providing gender affirming hormone therapy through interdisciplinary primary care-based models, less is known about how service users and providers construct their understandings of affirmative approaches. In this paper, we present findings from a discourse an…
Is there a right time to die? How patients, families and assisted dying providers decide on and anticipate a date with death
Research has explored why people seek assisted dying (AD), families' bereavement, and AD providers' experiences, yet few studies have investigated decision-making of the time and date for AD. This article elucidates how cancer patients, families and AD providers decide on and experience living with a date and time for AD in New Zealand. We longitudinally interviewed 23 people. Using thematic analysis, we identified four decision-making phases: de…
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works)