A5080911096- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Flow Experience in Various Fields
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Mind wandering and attention
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
University of Strathclyde
2021-2025
Claremont Graduate University
2016-2022
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2020-2022
University of Hong Kong
2021
One way to achieve a high level of well-being is by engaging in and enjoying everyday activities. Research has unveiled seven personal attributes (autotelic personality, collectively) that facilitate such engagement enjoyment. We hypothesized flow experience—a state deep enjoyment—accounts for the positive relationship between autotelic personality well-being. Study 1 participants (N = 393) completed one-time survey measured proneness experiencing flow, (satisfaction with life flourishing)....
Older adults might be less information-seeking in comparison to younger adults. Yet, when a crisis hits, rather than relying on only few information sources, it is important for people gather from variety of different sources. With more are likely obtain realistic perception the situation and engagement health behaviors. This study examined association between age patterns, how patterns influenced worry about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) protective measures taken during pandemic.This...
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis that poses a challenge to humanity. Drawing on the stress and coping literature, we argue people around world alleviate their anxiety induced by through both prosocial 'self-interested' hoarding behaviours. This cross-cultural survey study examined pushing (threat perception) pulling (moral identity) factors predicted acts hoarding, subsequently psychological well-being. Data were collected from 9 April 14 May 2020 251...
Abstract Flow experience is a psychological state characterized by simultaneous absorption, concentration, and enjoyment. Examining the change continuity of flow experience––an optimal that contributes to well-being––is critical understanding lifelong trajectory human flourishing. Nevertheless, date there has been no systematic investigation relationship between age experiences across adulthood. Developmental models suggest hypothesis people are motivated sustain high level as long...
To effectively promote human flourishing, it is important to understand how the different dimensions of flourishing might be related one another in sociocultural contexts. Applying a systems perspective this study uses nationally representative survey cross-sectional data from 22 geographically and culturally diverse countries included Global Flourishing Study (N = 202,898) explore interrelatedness components individual captured by Secure Flourish Measure. A meta-analytic gaussian network...
Flow theory postulates that flow experience is the most intense under high-challenge/high-skill conditions, whereas an excess of challenge aversive. This study explores potential moderators may offset negative impact overly high on state. The literature suggests a situational factor, teamwork, and dispositional proneness, moderate relationship between We tested these with Hong Kong Chinese students whose optimal condition for experiencing was biased toward low-challenge/high-skill. A total...
The current developmental perspective on flow theory focuses mainly the growth of skills. Such perspective, however, may overlook how individuals find in face losses. This paper expands by incorporating contemporary view lifespan human development. first part review is an introduction to and its premises. second identifies describes theories respond excess environmental challenges. third proposes a new that revises original premises covers range cognitive behavioral responses challenge–skill...
Autotelic personality is a constellation of dispositional attributes that facilitate engagement and enjoyment in daily activities. However, there no existing measurement directly capturing the autotelic are identified literature. In three studies reported here (total N = 900), we developed an Personality Questionnaire (APQ) evaluated its reliability validity. Results from provide support for adequate internal consistency, longitudinal invariance, test–retest (Study 1 Study 2). Furthermore,...
Solitude––the absence of social interaction––can bring both positive and negative experiences. Drawing on self-determination theory, we conducted three experience sampling studies to investigate quality dispositions associated with activities varying two dimensions––chosenness (chosen/unchosen) context (solitary/interactive). Participants (total N = 283) completed surveys 6–7 times each day over a 7-day period (total: 8,769 surveys). Multilevel modeling confirmed that participants reported...
The majority of self-perceptions aging (SPA) research uses either a combination the Aging-related Cognitions (AgeCog) scales Ongoing Development and Physical Loss, or Attitudes Towards Own Aging (ATOA) subscale to assess views on aging. Although these are used interchangeably, valence (positive/negative) specificity view (domain-based/general) being assessed not consistent. This study investigates how different measures SPA relate one another whether they differentially predict various types...
Abstract Objective/Background Flow, a psychological state of intense engagement in and enjoyment an activity, can arise during both solitary socially interactive experiences. In the literature, whereas people high extraversion have difficulty achieving flow solitude, those with autotelic personality—a combination traits that make prone to flow—readily experience conditions. this pre‐registered experiment, we investigated whether personality mitigates negative association between...
Abstract Objectives The established link between subjective views of aging (VoA) and well-being shows variations across different cultures. Although VoA show daily fluctuations, little is known about cultural differences in such fluctuations the coupling well-being. We compared Israeli Arabs to Jews negative affect (NA). Methods Community-dwelling older adults (N = 76, Mage 66.71) completed measures age, accelerated aging, ageist attitudes, NA over 14 consecutive days. Results Respondents...
ABSTRACT Background Affect recall is key to psychological assessment and decision‐making. However, self‐concepts (self‐beliefs) may bias retrospective affect reports such that they deviate from lived experiences. Does this experience‐memory gap apply solitude experiences? We hypothesized individuals misremember how feel overall when in solitude, line with of introversion, self‐determined/not‐self‐determined motivations, independent/interdependent self‐construal. A pilot study comparing daily...
Operationalizing social group identification as political partisanship, we examine followers' (i.e., US residents') affective experiences and behavioral responses during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in United States (March to May 2020). In Study 1, conducted content analyses on major news outlets' coverage of (
Abstract Objectives Volunteering is associated with improved physical and psychological well-being; volunteers feeling more respect for their work may have better well-being than counterparts. Methods This study investigated the effects of felt volunteer on volunteering retention, daily affect, (subjective, psychological, social), mortality. The analyzed survey mortality data from a national sample 2,677 Midlife in United States Study over 20-year span. Daily affect were obtained subsample...
Lack of social interaction is associated with a heightened sense loneliness and, in turn, poorer psychological well-being. Despite the prevalence communicating others virtually even when physically alone, whether interaction–loneliness–well-being relationship different between face-to-face and virtual interactions younger older adults relatively understudied. This 21-day diary study examined this question among ( n = 91; M age 22.87) 107; 64.53) Hong Kong participants during early stage...
Loneliness is a risk factor for older adults, one exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although time spent alone associated with both loneliness and greater well-being, experience of solitude may depend on type activity pursued. We examined formal prosocial as facilitator positive solitary experiences. Older adults ( N = 165, M age 71.13, SD 5.70) highly committed to prosocial-program work (e.g., tutoring) filled out surveys at six random times every day week. Using multilevel modeling, we...
How well can social scientists predict societal change, and what processes underlie their predictions? To answer these questions, we ran two forecasting tournaments testing accuracy of predictions change in domains commonly studied the sciences: ideological preferences, political polarization, life satisfaction, sentiment on media, gender-career racial bias. Following provision historical trend data domain, submitted pre-registered monthly forecasts for a year (Tournament 1; N=86 teams/359...
Abstract Objectives Media consumption over time is suggested to be a significant contributor how people develop their self-perceptions of aging (SPA); however, this association has only been investigated with cross-sectional methodologies. The current study used growth curve modeling examine the influence 10 years television, newspaper, radio, and book on positive negative dimensions SPA. Methods Growth 4 waves data from German Aging Survey (N = 2,969), population-based representative survey...
Previous findings demonstrate that people often do not feel how they want to feel, supporting the distinction between "actual affect" and "ideal affect." But are there certain activities reduce discrepancy actual ideal affect? Based on flow theory socioemotional selectivity theory, we examined whether people's positive affect would be smaller during were more conducive (a state of intense absorption concentration), pleasant, familiar. In Study 1, U.S. participants aged 17-79 (
Abstract Daily variations in subjective views of aging and their coupling with psychological concomitants are increasingly explored, yet potential cultural differences these relationships have not been addressed. We, therefore, compared the daily ageist attitudes negative affect (NA) across countries included Subjective AGES (Aging within Global Everyday Ecological Studies) project, encompassing 379 participants from USA, UK, Germany, Israel, Türkiye (ages ranged 50 to 90; specific comprised...
Abstract The subjective experience of aging can vary day-to-day, and depend upon a person’s activities experiences. Activities conducive to flow experiences (energized intense focus enjoyment) are associated with participants feeling younger on the same day, as well increased levels positive affect. Younger age has similarly been found increase affect throughout day. We therefore hypothesized that greater daily would predict both directly indirectly through reducing age. In UK sample,...