- Cultural Differences and Values
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Media and Politics
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Media Influence and Health
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Socioeconomic Development in Asia
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Mental Health Research Topics
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2020-2024
Hong Kong Design Centre
2013
Abstract The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected both physical health and mental well-being around the world. Stress-related reactions, if prolonged, may result in problems. We examined consequences COVID-19 pandemic on a multinational study explored effects government responses to outbreak. sampled 18,171 community adults from 35 countries/societies, stratified by age, gender, region residence. Across societies, 26.6% participants reported moderate extremely severe...
COVID-19 has drastically changed human behaviors and posed a threat to globalism by spurring resurgence of nationalism. Promoting prosocial behavior within across borders is paramount importance for global cooperation combat pandemics. To examine both self-report actual behavior, we conducted the first empirical test consciousness theory in multinational study 35 cultures ( N = 18,171 community adults stratified age, gender, region residence). Global encompassed cosmopolitan orientation,...
Based upon a mixed-methods follow-up exploratory model, we examined the link between trust and coping during early outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic at society level. Qualitative data were collected from supportive messages written by 10,072 community adults across 35 societies. Trust used as two pre-defined themes in conceptual content analysis. Five subthemes emerged theme trust, depicting five distinct trusted targets: God, larger us, country/government, science/healthcare, affected. Six...
Trust plays a crucial role in implementing public health interventions against the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined prospective associations of interpersonal, institutional, and media trust with vaccination rates excess mortality over time two multinational studies. In study 1, we investigated country-level relationships between interpersonal trust, rates, across 54 countries. Interpersonal at country level was calculated by aggregating data 80,317 participants from World Values Survey...
A great deal of investigation has been devoted to studying whether academic achievement is linked adolescents’ life satisfaction, whereas limited studies have focused on conduct achievement, which serves as another common kind in school. To examine the association between and two were conducted using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design with two-phase model. Study 1 (quantitative phase) demonstrated longitudinal evidence for positive effect satisfaction. Critically, lagged was also...
Abstract The cultural theory of naïve dialecticism, denoting Chinese lay beliefs about expectation change and tolerance contradiction, was employed to examine European Americans' representation evaluation their romantic partners relationships across three studies. We found that were more likely than Euro‐Americans spontaneously describe with contradictory attributes (Study 1). While organized evaluative partner knowledge in equally compartmentalized ways, hold complex structures value both...
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic has significantly affected the psychological well‐being of individuals worldwide. Previous research indicated that values and beliefs, particularly social axioms, are associated with responses during crises. However, most studies have focused on specific regions; impact axioms a global scale remains unclear. We conducted multinational study comprising stratified samples 18,171 participants from 35 cultures. Using multilevel modeling, we examined associations...
Objectives: Based upon a mixed methods follow-up explanation model, the present research examined relationships between global orientations and attitudes toward integration policies among both locals (majority group) South Asians (minority in Hong Kong.Methods: In Study 1, quantitative data were collected from community sample of 1,614 adults comprising 1,007 607 three minority groups (Indians, Nepalese, Pakistanis).In 2, phase qualitative investigation was conducted, with 12 in-depth...
This story expands our understanding with regards to the high risk of problem gambling on a policeman’s life.
In view of the growing importance social networking sites (SNS) to adolescents and mixed inconclusive empirical evidence on relationships between SNS use their well-being, present study aimed investigate associations function intensity (SFUI) entertainment (EFUI) with adolescent life satisfaction self-esteem, examine mediating roles that general prosocial behavior school volunteering may play in links. Drawing from findings a self-administered online survey valid sample 3452 (mean age =...