Shian‐Ling Keng
A5058861056- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
Sunway University
2024-2025
Monash University Malaysia
2022-2025
Yale-NUS College
2017-2023
Maqsut Narikbayev University
2022
Monash University
2022
National University of Singapore
2015-2021
Sartorius (United States)
2021
Duke University
2009-2013
Abstract Objectives: Mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) has been found to reduce psychological distress and improve adjustment in medical, psychiatric, nonclinical samples. We examined its effects on several processes, attitudes, behavior patterns related emotion regulation. Design: Fifty‐six adults were randomly assigned MBSR or a waiting list (WL). Results: Compared with WL completers ( n = 21), 20) reported significantly greater increases trait mindfulness decreases...
During the initial phase of COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. conservative politicians and media downplayed risk both contracting effectiveness recommended health behaviors. Health behavior theories suggest perceived vulnerability to a threat health-protective behaviors determine motivation follow recommendations. Accordingly, we predicted that-as result politicization pandemic-politically Americans would be less likely enact In two longitudinal studies residents, political conservatism was inversely...
Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is important to inform policy decisions and plan vaccination campaigns. The aims this research were to: (1) explore individual- country-level intentions be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, (2) examine worldwide variation in intentions. This cross-sectional online survey was conducted during first wave pandemic, involving 6697 respondents across 20 countries. Results showed that 72.9% participants reported positive COVID-19, whereas...
Abstract The present paper examines longitudinally how subjective perceptions about COVID-19, one’s community, and the government predict adherence to public health measures reduce spread of virus. Using an international survey ( N = 3040), we test infection risk perception, trust in governmental response communications conspiracy beliefs, social norms on distancing, tightness culture, community punishment various containment-related attitudes behavior. Autoregressive analyses indicate that,...
Abstract Objectives Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) may be at greater risk of suffering from psychological distress compared to general population. This study aimed investigate effects mindfulness practice as delivered using Headspace on and cognitive outcomes among HCWs in Singapore. Methods A total 80 were recruited randomly assigned engage either 3 weeks (10 min/day) or an active control condition ( Lumosity ; involving playing games). Participants administered...
Little research has examined ways in which mindfulness is associated with affect dynamics, referring to patterns of fluctuations daily life. Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), the present study associations between trait and several types namely variability, inertia, switch, instability. Three hundred ninety undergraduate students from Singapore reported their current emotions coping styles up 19 times per day across 2 days. Results showed that correlated negatively instability,...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents threats, such as severe disease and economic hardship, to people of different ages. These threats can also be experienced asymmetrically across age groups, which could lead generational differences in behavioral responses reduce the spread disease. We report a survey conducted 56 societies (N = 58,641), tested pre-registered hypotheses about how relates (a) perceived personal costs during pandemic, (b) prosocial (e.g., social distancing), (c) support for...
This paper examines whether compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or the economy (or both), and which implications this carries fight pandemic. National representative samples were collected from 24 countries (N = 25,435). The main predictors (1) perceived risk contract coronavirus, (2) suffer economic losses due (3) their interaction effect. Individual country-level variables added as covariates in multilevel regression models. We examined...
Abstract Psychological research on the predictors of conspiracy theorizing—explaining important social and political events or circumstances as secret plots by malevolent groups—has flourished in recent years. However, has typically examined only a small number one, of, national contexts. Such approaches make it difficult to examine relative importance predictors, risk overlooking some potentially relevant variables altogether. To overcome this limitation, present study used machine learning...
Mood disorders are characterized by impaired emotion regulation abilities, reflected in alterations frontolimbic brain functioning during regulation. However, little is known about differences function when comparing regulatory strategies. Reappraisal and emotional acceptance effective downregulating negative affect, components of depression psychotherapies. Investigating neural mechanisms reappraisal vs remitted major depressive disorder (rMDD) may yield novel mechanistic insights into risk...
Before vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) became available, a set of infection-prevention behaviors constituted the primary means to mitigate virus spread. Our study aimed identify important predictors this behaviors. Whereas social and health psychological theories suggest limited predictors, machine-learning analyses can correlates from larger pool candidate predictors. We used random forests rank 115 behavior in 56,072 participants across 28 countries, administered March May...
This study examined the construct validity of McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) in a consecutive sample adult psychiatric patients (n = 128) and separate undergraduate students 289) Singapore. Participants were administered MSI-BPD other measures assessing related symptoms BPD. Patients also semistructured interview by interviewers blind to their scores. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed unique three-factor solution, consisting affect...
Tightening social norms is thought to be adaptive for dealing with collective threat yet it may have negative consequences increasing prejudice. The present research investigated the role of desire cultural tightness, triggered by COVID-19 pandemic, in attitudes towards immigrants. We used participant-level data from 41 countries (
Some public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective health behaviors (e.g., national/regional "lockdown") may result in behavioral fatigue ultimately renders such ineffective.Boredom, specifically, has been singled out as one potential risk factor for noncompliance.We examined whether there was empirical evidence to support this during the COVID-19 pandemic a large cross-national sample of 63,336 community respondents from 116 countries.Although boredom higher...
ABSTRACT Objectives Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are at greater risk of mental health problems relative to cisgender heterosexual people. While various evidence‐based interventions exist address the needs LGBT individuals, there is an urgent need adapt these stressors unique individual in Global South, where identity remains highly stigmatised. This study developed evaluated a six‐session affirmative dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills group depressive...