Kenneth L. Dion
- SPN Mentor
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Dion died of a heart attack on November 16, 2005. Social Psychology Network is maintaining this profile for visitors who wish to learn more about Professor Dion's work.
Please see below for more information:
- Kenneth Lucien Dion (Legacy.com)
- Kenneth L. Dion (University of Toronto, Center for Urban and Community Studies)
- Kenneth Lucien Dion (1944-2004) (Canadian Psychology)
- Editorial: A Special Issue in Honour of Ken Dion (European Journal of Social Psychology)
I am interested in prejudice and discrimination from the viewpoint of the target or victim as well as the bigot and also in why group members, even in ad hoc groups, favour their own group over other ones. In addition to discrimination and intergroup processes, I also have an interest in group processes generally, especially group cohesion. I have a longstanding collaboration with Karen K. Dion, my wife and colleague at the University of Toronto. Together, we have been interested in the correlates of romantic love, including personality, behavioural, and cross-cultural ones, as well as the correlates of attachment styles. We also explore social psychological factors influencing acculturation and facilitating immigration as well as the correlates of ethnicity in a multicultural society. I was awarded the 2001 Donald Hebb Award for distinguished contributions to psychology as a science by the Canadian Psychological Association.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Close Relationships
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Gender Psychology
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
Books:
- Adair, J. G., Belanger, D., & Dion , K. L. (Eds.). (1998). Advances in psychological science: Social, personal, and cultural aspects (Vol. 1). Hove, England: Psychology Press.
- Lasry, J.-C., Adair, J., & Dion, K. L. (Eds.). (1999). Latest contributions to cross-cultural psychology. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.
Journal Articles:
- Dion, K. K., & Dion, K. L. (1996). Cultural perspectives on romantic love. Personal Relationships, 3, 5-17.
- Dion, K. L. (2002). The social psychology of perceived prejudice and discrimination. Canadian Psychology, 43, 1-10.
- Dion, K. L. (2001). Group cohesion: From "field of forces" to multidimensional construct: Erratum. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 5(1), 2.
- Dion, K. L. (2001). Immigrants' perceptions of housing discrimination in Toronto: The Housing New Canadians Project. The Journal of Social Issues, 57, 523-539.
- Dion, K. L. (2000). Group cohesion: From "field of forces" to multdimensional construct. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4, 7-26
- Dion, K. L. (1996). Ethnolinguistic correlates of alexithymia: Toward a cultural perspective. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 41, 531-539.
- Dion, K. L., & Dion, K. K. (1976). The Honi phenomenon revisited: Factors underlying the resistance to perceptual distortion of one's partner. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(2), 170-177.
- Dion, K. L., Dion, K. K., & Pak, A. W. (1992). Personality-based hardiness as a buffer for discrimination-related stress in members of Toronto's Chinese community. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 24(4), 517-536.
- Dion, K. L., & Kawakami, K. (1996). Ethnicity and perceived discrimination in Toronto: Another look at the personal/group discrimination discrepancy. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 28, 203-213.
- Dion, K. L., Miller, N., & Magnan, M. A. (1971). Cohesiveness and social responsibility as determinants of group risk taking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 20(3), 400-406.
- Kawakami, K., Dion, K. L., & Dovidio, J. F. (1999). Implicit stereotyping and prejudice and the primed Stroop task. Swiss Journal of Psychology / Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Revue Suisse de Psychologie, 58(4), 241-250.
- Kawakami, K., Dion, K. L., & Dovidio, J. F. (1998). Racial prejudice and stereotype activation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 407-416.
- Keelan, J. P. R., Dion, K. K., & Dion, K. L. (1998). Attachment style and relationship satisfaction: Test of a self-disclosure explanation. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 30(1), 24-35.
- Keelan, J. P. R., Dion, K. K., & Dion, K. L. (1998). "Attachment style and relationship satisfaction: Test of a self-disclosure explanation": Erratum. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 30(2), 146.
- Rogers, R., Dion, K. L., & Lynett, E. (1992). Diagnostic validity of antisocial personality disorder: A prototypical analysis. Law and Human Behavior, 16(6), 677-689.
Other Publications:
- Dion, K.K., & Dion, K. L. (2001). Gender and relationships. In R. K. Unger (Ed.), Handbook of the psychology of women and gender (Chap. 17, pp. 256-271). New York: John Wiley & Sons
- Dion, K. L. (2003). Prejudice, racism, and discrimination. In T. Millon & M. J. Lerner (Eds.), Personality and social psychology. Vol. 5 of the Comprehensive handbook of psychology (Chap. 21, pp. 507-536). Editor in Chief: I. B. Weiner. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Dion, K. L. (2000). Canada. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed. in Chief), Encyclopedia of psychology, Vol. 2, pp. 5-12. New York: Oxford University Press and Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Courses Taught:
- Core Graduate Seminar in Social Psychology
- Introduction to Social Psychology
- Laboratory in Social Psychology
- Seminar on Research in Social Psychology
- Social Psychology of Attitudes
- Social Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships