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STEWART JAMES HENRY McCANN, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. synonyms Professor Phone: 902-563-1276 Fax: 902-562-0119 email: mccann@ns.sympatico.ca SELECTED
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Chartered Psychologist, C.Psych. (Registered), College of Alberta Psychologists, Province of Alberta American Psychological Association American Psychological Society Eastern Psychological Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology International Society of Political Psychology Canadian Psychological Association
My research and writing activity has been in several areas including political leadership, educational issues, early achievement and individual life span, classroom dynamics, mass responses to threatening circumstances, and others over the years. More recently, however, my efforts have been channelled into three categories. The first focuses on my own precocity-longevity hypothesis, which essentially states that generally those who strive to reach career peaks early may have a personality and an approach to life that fosters behaviours that have a cumulative negative impact upon health and eventually lead to earlier death. The second centres on the dynamic relationship of widely experienced social, economic, and political threats and stressors to outcome variables in several societal domains. The nature of the links between threat and authoritarian tendencies at the macrosocial-psychological level is of special interest. The third is concerned with the simple and interactive relationships of various personological and situational factors to political leadership variables.
McCann, S. J. H. (in press). The precocity-longevity hypothesis: Earlier achievement peaks predict shorter lives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. McCann, S. J. H. (1997). Threatening times, 'strong' presidential popular vote winners, and the margin of victory (1824-1964). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 160-170. McCann, S. J. H. (1999). Threatening times and annual fluctuations in American church memberships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 325-336. McCann, S. J. H. (1992). Alternative formulas to predict the greatness of U.S. presidents: Personological, situational, and zeitgeist factors. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 469-479. McCann, S. J. H. (1995). Schlesinger's cycles of American history and presidential candidate age (1789-1992): When younger is better. Political Psychology, 16, 749-755. McCann, S. J. H. (1994). [Review of The rational public: fifty years of trends in American policy preferences.] Political Psychology, 15, 589-593. Stewin, L. L., & McCann, S. J. H. (Eds.). (1993). Contemporary educational issues: The Canadian mosaic (2nd ed). Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman (later Addison-Wesley Longman). McCann, S. J. H., Short, R. H., & Stewin, L. L. (1991). Adapting instruction to individual differences: The fading promise of ATI research. In R. H. Short, L. L. Stewin, and S. J. H. McCann, Educational psychology: Canadian perspectives (pp. 101- 119). Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman (later Addison-Wesley Longman). McCann, S. J. H., & Stewin, L. L. (1990). Good and bad years: An index of American social, economic, and political threat (1920-1986). Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 124, 601-617. McCann, S. J. H. (1999). A simple method for predicting U.S. presidential greatness from popular vote victory margin. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 133, 5-14. McCann, S. J. H., & Stewin, L. L. (1984). Environmental threat and parapsychological contributions to the psychological literature. Journal of Social Psychology, 122, 227-235. McCann, S. J. H., & Short, R. H. (1982). Methodological and conceptual problems and issues in attribute x treatment interaction (ATI) research. Canadian Journal of Education, 7, 101-117. McCann, S. J. H. (1998). The extended American social, economic, and political threat index (1788-1992). Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 132, 435-449. McCann, S. J. H., & Stewin, L. L. (1988). Worry, anxiety, and preferred length of sleep. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 149, 413-418. McCann, S. J. H., Stewin, L. L., & Short, R. H. (1991). Teacher directiveness, student personological variables, achievement, and satisfaction: A review of ATI research. Behavioral and Social Sciences Documents, 18. (Ms. No. 2895, 65 p., 168 ref.) McCann, S. J. H., Stewin, L. L., & Short, R. H. (1991). Sex differences, social desirability, masculinity, and the tendency to worry. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 152, 295-301. Neely, D. L., Springston, F. J., & McCann, S. J. H. (1994). Does item order affect performance on multiple-choice exams? Teaching of Psychology, 21, 44-45. McCann, S. J. H., Short, R. H., & Stewin, L. L. (1986). Perceived teacher directiveness, student variables, grades, and satisfaction: Aptitude x treatment interactions? Instructional Science, 15, 131-164. Short, R. H., Stewin, L. L., & McCann, S. J. H. (Eds.). (1991). Educational psychology: Canadian perspectives. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman (later Addison-Wesley Longman). McCann, S. J. H. (1997). Threatening times and the election of charismatic presidents: With and without F. D. R.. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 131, 393-400. McCann, S. J. H. (1996, August). Longevity and the age one becomes national leader. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario. McCann, S. J. H. (1996, August). Predicting presidential greatness from victory margin: a contemporaneous election heuristic. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario. McCann, S. J. H., & Stewin, L. L. (1989, August). An index of American social, economic, and political threat 1920-86. Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. McCann, S. J. H. (1993, August). Threatening times, authoritarianism, and fluctuations in American church memberships (1928-1986). Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario. McCann, S. J. H. (1998, February). The precocity-longevity hypothesis: Does receiving the Ph.D. in psychology early predict a shorter life? Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. McCann, S. J. H. (June, 1988). An annual threat weightings scale for 1920-1986. Presented at the meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, Quebec. McCann, S. J. H. (1995, April). Threat and preference for 'strong' candidates in U.S. presidential elections (1824-1964). Presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. McCann, S. J. H. (1998, February). Lynching rates and national stress: Validating the social, economic, and political threat (SEPT) index. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. McCann, S. J. H. (1998, February). The precocity-longevity hypothesis: Ruling out a selection problem in the early peak-early death link. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. McCann, S. J. H. (1991, April). Alternative equations to predict the greatness of U.S. presidents: personological, situational, and zeitgeist factors. Presented at the meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, New York.
Consulting Editor, Editorial Board: Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied Consulting Editor: Alberta Journal of Educational Research Review Board Member: Journal of Educational Thought Managing Editor: Canadian Counsellor (now known as the Canadian Journal of Counselling Psychology) Manuscript Reviewer: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Teaching of Psychology Leadership Quarterly Political Psychology International Journal of Aging and Human Development Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science Psychological Reports Perceptual and Motor Skills Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon
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