Angus James Mclachlan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4611941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angus James Mclachlan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angus James |
| FAMILY NAME | Mclachlan |
| SIGNATURE | MCLACHLAN A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Federation University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8384-3454 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Laughter as a Part of Speech
In reviewing the considerable amount of empirical research devoted to the factors influencing the frequency and acoustic properties of laughter, it is suggested that traditional accounts of laughter are not easily extended to explain a person laughing when not otherwise evincing a positive emotional state. An alternative account, grounded in conversational and discourse analyses of everyday interaction, will be offered in which laughter is taken …
The relationship between familiarity, gender, disagreement, and status and bouts of solitary and joint laughter
The current research treated laughter as an indexical with two closely allied properties: to designate talk as non-serious and to serve as a mode of address signalling a preference for solidarity. These properties gave rise to four discrete forms of laughter bout, solitary speaker, solitary listener, speaker-initiated joint, and listener-initiated joint laughter, which were examined using 55 same-gender pairs discussing three choice dilemma items…
Role of Laughter in Establishing Solidarity and Status
Drawing on a range of American, Australian, British and Scandinavian research into laughter, the current paper will use the form of pragmatic analysis typically found in qualitative research and apply it to data produced by the quantitative methodology common in the author’s own discipline of psychology. Laughter will be examined as an indexical that serves both a discourse deictic function, designating the utterance in which it occurs as non-ser…
That whole macho male persona thing”: The role of insults in young Australian male friendships
Same-sex friendship can increase an individual's health, happiness, and sense of social connectedness. To date, few studies have explored young men's accounts of their friendships and the communication strategies within close male friendships. The present qualitative study explored the ways in which 7 young, White, heterosexual, working/middle-class men from rural Victoria construct their understanding of their friendships and the discursive stra…
Sense of Belonging to Specific Communities and Depressive Symptoms Among Australian Gay Men
Sense of belonging to the general and broader gay communities has been shown to be beneficial for gay men's mental health. This research investigated the interrelations between sense of belonging to three forms of gay community (the broader gay community, gay groups, and gay friends), sense of belonging to the general community, and depressive symptoms by examining a path model. A community sample of 177 gay men, aged 18 to 79 years, completed th…
Cognitive Specificity in Trait Anger in Relation to Depression and Anxiety in a Community Sample
The current research explored 16 of Young's schemas in relation to trait anger and to anxiety and depression symptoms among 262 non-clinical Australian adults with low-level symptomatology and average anger levels. The study partially replicated previous work with a sample of Spanish students that investigated the relationship between anger, depression, and anxiety and Young's schemas. Predictions derived from Beck's notion of cognitive specifici…
The Attitudes of Australian Heterosexuals Toward Same-Sex Parents
This is the first study of attitudes of Australian heterosexuals toward heterosexual, gay male, and lesbian parents and the children raised by these parents. A sample of Australian heterosexual males and females read one of six vignettes describing a family situation. Participants assessed the parents' emotional stability, responsibility, and competence; how loving, sensitive, and nurturing they were; the amount of quality time they spent with th…
Research Note: The Effects of Agreement, Disagreement, Gender and Familiarity on Patterns of Dyadic Interaction
Sense of Belonging to Specific Communities and Depressive Symptoms Among Australian Gay Men
Sense of belonging to the general and broader gay communities has been shown to be beneficial for gay men's mental health. This research investigated the interrelations between sense of belonging to three forms of gay community (the broader gay community, gay groups, and gay friends), sense of belonging to the general community, and depressive symptoms by examining a path model. A community sample of 177 gay men, aged 18 to 79 years, completed th…
Role of Laughter in Establishing Solidarity and Status
Drawing on a range of American, Australian, British and Scandinavian research into laughter, the current paper will use the form of pragmatic analysis typically found in qualitative research and apply it to data produced by the quantitative methodology common in the author’s own discipline of psychology. Laughter will be examined as an indexical that serves both a discourse deictic function, designating the utterance in which it occurs as non-ser…
That whole macho male persona thing”: The role of insults in young Australian male friendships
Same-sex friendship can increase an individual's health, happiness, and sense of social connectedness. To date, few studies have explored young men's accounts of their friendships and the communication strategies within close male friendships. The present qualitative study explored the ways in which 7 young, White, heterosexual, working/middle-class men from rural Victoria construct their understanding of their friendships and the discursive stra…
Research Note: The Effects of Agreement, Disagreement, Gender and Familiarity on Patterns of Dyadic Interaction
Research Note: The Effects of Agreement, Disagreement, Gender and Familiarity on Patterns of Dyadic Interaction
The Attitudes of Australian Heterosexuals Toward Same-Sex Parents
This is the first study of attitudes of Australian heterosexuals toward heterosexual, gay male, and lesbian parents and the children raised by these parents. A sample of Australian heterosexual males and females read one of six vignettes describing a family situation. Participants assessed the parents' emotional stability, responsibility, and competence; how loving, sensitive, and nurturing they were; the amount of quality time they spent with th…
Cognitive Specificity in Trait Anger in Relation to Depression and Anxiety in a Community Sample
The current research explored 16 of Young's schemas in relation to trait anger and to anxiety and depression symptoms among 262 non-clinical Australian adults with low-level symptomatology and average anger levels. The study partially replicated previous work with a sample of Spanish students that investigated the relationship between anger, depression, and anxiety and Young's schemas. Predictions derived from Beck's notion of cognitive specifici…
Sense of Belonging to Specific Communities and Depressive Symptoms Among Australian Gay Men
Sense of belonging to the general and broader gay communities has been shown to be beneficial for gay men's mental health. This research investigated the interrelations between sense of belonging to three forms of gay community (the broader gay community, gay groups, and gay friends), sense of belonging to the general community, and depressive symptoms by examining a path model. A community sample of 177 gay men, aged 18 to 79 years, completed th…
That whole macho male persona thing”: The role of insults in young Australian male friendships
Same-sex friendship can increase an individual's health, happiness, and sense of social connectedness. To date, few studies have explored young men's accounts of their friendships and the communication strategies within close male friendships. The present qualitative study explored the ways in which 7 young, White, heterosexual, working/middle-class men from rural Victoria construct their understanding of their friendships and the discursive stra…
Role of Laughter in Establishing Solidarity and Status
Drawing on a range of American, Australian, British and Scandinavian research into laughter, the current paper will use the form of pragmatic analysis typically found in qualitative research and apply it to data produced by the quantitative methodology common in the author’s own discipline of psychology. Laughter will be examined as an indexical that serves both a discourse deictic function, designating the utterance in which it occurs as non-ser…
The relationship between familiarity, gender, disagreement, and status and bouts of solitary and joint laughter
The current research treated laughter as an indexical with two closely allied properties: to designate talk as non-serious and to serve as a mode of address signalling a preference for solidarity. These properties gave rise to four discrete forms of laughter bout, solitary speaker, solitary listener, speaker-initiated joint, and listener-initiated joint laughter, which were examined using 55 same-gender pairs discussing three choice dilemma items…
Laughter as a Part of Speech
In reviewing the considerable amount of empirical research devoted to the factors influencing the frequency and acoustic properties of laughter, it is suggested that traditional accounts of laughter are not easily extended to explain a person laughing when not otherwise evincing a positive emotional state. An alternative account, grounded in conversational and discourse analyses of everyday interaction, will be offered in which laughter is taken …
Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Laughter (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Solidarity (3 works) · Acknowledgement (2 works) · Anxiety (2 works)