Sean Mackinnon

Education

BA (Hons) in Psychology (Cape Breton University)
MA in Psychology (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Ph.D. in Psychology (Dalhousie University)

Research Interests

My research program focuses on personality as a risk factor for psychopathology often analyzed using multilevel modelling and/or structural equation modelling. Specifically, I focus on two key areas: (a) Perfectionism as a risk factor for mood problems and well-being; and (b) personality traits and motivations as risk and protective factors for alcohol misuse. My current research focuses on the relationship between perfectionism and anxiety within statistics classrooms.

Selected Publications

• Mackinnon, S. P., Tougas, M. E., Kehayes, I. L., & Stewart, S. H. (accepted). Friendship conflict, drinking to cope, and alcohol-related problems: A longitudinal actor-partner interdependence model. Emerging Adulthood, 10, 595-608. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968211060945
• Mackinnon, S. P. & Kashif, S. (2022). A short history of grading practices at Dalhousie University (1901-2021). Verified by PeerRef. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/fmgv8
• Mackinnon, S. P., Curtis, R. & O'Connor, R. (2022). A Tutorial in Longitudinal Measurement Invariance and Cross-lagged Panel Models Using Lavaan. Metapsychology, 6, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.15626/MP.2020.2595
  
• Mackinnon, S. P., Ray, C. M., Firth, S. M., & O’Connor, R. M. (2018). Perfectionism and drinking to cope: A 21-day diary study. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 177-178. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2018.12.003
• Mackinnon, S. P., Couture, M., Cooper, M. L., Kuntsche, E., O’Connor, R., Stewart, S. H., & Team DRINC. (2017). Cross-cultural comparisons of drinking motives in 10 countries: Data from the DRINC Project. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36, 721-730. doi:10.1111/dar.12464
• Mackinnon, S. P., Kehayes, I., Leonard, K., Fraser, R. & Stewart, S. H. (2017). Perfectionistic concerns, social negativity and subjective well-being: A test of the social disconnection model. Journal of Personality, 85, 326-340. doi:10.1111/jopy.12243
• Mackinnon, S. P., Sherry, S. B., Antony, M. M., Stewart, S. H., Sherry, D. L., & Hartling, N. (2012). Caught in a bad romance: A test of the social disconnection model in romantic relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 215-225. doi:10.1037/a0027402

Teaching

PSYO 2501 Statistical Methods I
PSYO 3502 Statistical Methods II
PSYO 3280 Personality
PSYO 6001 Fundamentals of Statistics and Experimental Design
PSYO 6003 Multivariate Methods