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Information technology addiction/Cyberpsychology

 

Chau, C., Tsui, Y. Y., & Cheng, C. (2019). Gamification for Internet gaming disorder prevention: Evaluation of a Wise IT-use (WIT) program for Hong Kong primary students. Frontiers in Psychology - Educational Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02468

Cheng, C., Wang, H., Sigerson, L., & Chau, C. (2019). Do the socially rich get richer? A nuanced perspective on social network site use and online social capital accrual, Psychological Bulletin, 145, 734-764.PDF

Li, A. Y.-L., Chau, C., & Cheng, C. (2019). Development and validation of a parent-based program for preventing gaming disorder: The Game Over Intervention. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1984

Luk, J. W., Gilman, S. E., Sita, K. R., Cheng, C., Haynie, D. L., & Simons-Morton, B. G. (2019). Cyber behaviors among heterosexual and sexual minority youth: Subgroup differences and associations with health indicators. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22, 315-324. 

Sariyska, R., Lachmann, B., Cheng, C., Gnisci, A., Kaliszewska-Czeremska, K., Laconi, S., Zhong, S., Toraman, D. & Montag, C. (2019). The motivation for Facebook use: Is it a matter of bonding or control over others?  Evidence from a cross-cultural study. Journal of Individual Differences, 40, 26-35.

Wang, H., Sigerson, L., & Cheng, C. (2019). Digital nativity and information technology addiction: Age cohort versus individual difference approaches. Computers in Human Behavior, 90, 1-9.

Cheng, C., Cheung, M. W. L., & Wang, H. (2018). Multinational comparison of internet gaming disorder and psychosocial problems versus well-being: Meta-analysis of 20 countries. Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 153-167.

Li, A. Y. L., Lo, B. C. Y., & Cheng, C. (2018). It is the family context that matters: Concurrent and predictive effects of aspects of parent-child interaction on video gaming-related problems. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 21, 374-380. 

Sigerson, L., & Cheng, C. (2018). Scales for measuring user engagement with social network sites: A systematic review of psychometric properties. Computers in Human Behavior, 83, 87-105.

Wang, H., Sigerson, L., Jiang, H., & Cheng, C. (2018). Psychometric properties and factor structures of Chinese Smartphone Addiction Inventory: Test of two models. Frontiers in Psychology - Clinical and Health Psychology, 9, 1411.

Chan, M., Li, T. M. H., Law, Y. W., Wong, P. W. C., Chau, M., Cheng, C., Fu, K. W., Bacon-Shone, J., Cheng, Q. E., & Yip, P. S. F. (2017). Engagement of vulnerable youths using Internet platforms. PloS one, 12, e018902.

Chen, Z., Poon, K. T., & Cheng, C. (2017). Deficits in recognizing disgust facial expressions and Internet addiction: Perceived stress as a mediator. Psychiatry Research, 254, 211-217.

Mak, K.K., Nam, J.K., Kim, D., Aum, N., Choi, J., Cheng, C., Ko, H., & Watanabe, H. (2017). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Korean scale for Internet addiction (K-Scale) in Japanese high school students. Psychiatry Research, 3249, 343-348.

Sigerson, L., Li, A. Y. L., Cheung, M. W. L., & Cheng, C. (2017). Examining common information technology addictions and their relationships with non-technology- related addictions. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 520-526.

Sigerson, L., Li, A. Y. L., Cheung, M. W. L., Luk, J., & Cheng, C. (2017). Psychometric properties of the Chinese Internet Gaming Disorder Scale. Addictive Behaviors, 74, 20-26.

Sung, H., Sigerson, L, & Cheng, C. (2017). Social capital accumulation in location-based mobile game playing: A multiple-process approach. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18, 539-546.

Chan, M. S., & Cheng, C. (2016). Explaining personality and contextual differences in beneficial role of online versus offline social support: A moderated mediation model. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 747-756.

Cheng, C., Sun, P., & Mak, K. (2015). Internet addiction and psychosocial maladjustment: Avoidant coping and coping inflexibility as psychological mechanisms. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18, 539-546.

Lai, C., Mak, K., Cheng, C., Watanabe, H., Nomachi, N., Bahar, N., . . . Griffeth, M. D. (2015). Measurement invariance of the Internet Addiction Test among Hong Kong, Japanese, and Malaysian adolescents. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18, 609-617.

Lai, C. M., Mak, K. K., Watanabe, H., Jeong, J., Kim, D., Bahar, N., . . . Cheng, C.(2015). The mediating role of Internet addiction in depression, social anxiety, andpsychosocial well-being among adolescents in six Asian countries: A structural equation modelling approach. Public Health, 129, 1224-1236.

Cheng, C., & Li, A. Y. (2014). Internet addiction prevalence and quality of (real) life: A meta-analytic review of 31 nations across seven world regions. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17, 755-76. PDF

Ho, R., Zhang, M., Tsang, T., Toh, A., Pan, F., Lu, Y., Cheng, C., Yip, P., Lam, L., Lai, C., Watanabe, H., & Mak, K.K. (2014). The association between Internet addiction and psychiatric co-morbidity: A meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 183.

Mak, K. K., Lai, C. M., Watanabe, H., Kim, D. I., Bahar, N., Ramos, M., Young, K. S. Ho, R. C. M., Aum, N., and Cheng, C. (2014). Epidemiology of Internet behaviors and addiction among adolescents in six Asian countries. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17, 720-728.
 

 

Stress and coping

 

Cheng, C., & Chau, C. (2019). When to approach and when to avoid? Functional flexibility is the key. Psychological Inquiry, 30, 125-129.

Lau, B. H.-P., & Cheng, C. (2015). Gratitude and coping among familial caregivers of persons with dementia. Aging & Mental Health, 1-9. PDF

Cheng, C., Lau, B. H., & Chan, M. S. (2014). Coping flexibility and psychological adjustment to stressful life changes: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 140, 1582-1607.

Cheng, C., Chan, T.N., Chio, J.H., Chan, P., Chan, A.O., & Hui, W. (2012). Being active or flexible?: Role of control coping on quality of life among patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 21, 211-218.

Cheng, C., Kogan, A., & Chio, J. H. (2012). The effectiveness of a new, coping flexibility intervention as compared with a cognitive-behavioural intervention in managing work stress. Work & Stress, 26, 272-288.

Cheng, C., Wang, F., & Golden, D.L. (2011). Unpackaging cultural differences in interpersonal flexibility: Role of culture-related personality and situational factors. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 425-444.

Cheng, C. (2009). Dialectical thinking and coping flexibility: A multimethod approach. Journal of Personality, 77, 471-493.

Cheng, C., Yang, F., Jun, S., & Hutton, J.M. (2007). Flexible coping psychotherapy for functional dyspeptic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 81-88. PDF

Chan, A.O., Cheng, C., Hui, W.M., Hu, W.H., Wong, N.Y., Lam, E., Wong, W.M., Lai, K.C., Lam, S.K., Wong, B.C. (2005). Differing coping mechanisms, stress level and anorectal physiology in patients with functional constipation. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 11, 5362-5366. PDF

Cheng, C. (2005). Processes underlying gender-role flexibility: Do androgynous individuals know more or know how to cope? Journal of Personality, 73, 645-674. PDF

Cheng, C. (2005). Psychological androgyny and coping flexibility: Do androgynous individuals cope with life changes more flexibly? In J.W. Lee (Ed.), Focus on gender identity (p. 143-182). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.

Cheng, C., & Cheung, M.W.L. (2005). Cognitive processes underlying coping flexibility: Differentiation and integration. Journal of Personality, 73, 859-886. PDF

Cheng, C. (2003). Cognitive and motivational processes underlying coping flexibility: A dual-process model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 425-438. PDF

Cheng, C. (2003). Discriminative facility: Cognitive mechanisms of coping. In R. Roth, L. Lowenstein, & D. Trent (Eds), Catching the future: Women and men in global psychology (p. 81-89). Lengerich, Germany: Pabst.

Cheng, C. (2001). Assessing coping flexibility in real-life and laboratory settings: A multimethod approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 814-833. PDF

Cheng, C. (1997). Assessment of major life events for Hong Kong adolescents: The Chinese Adolescent Life Event Scale. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25,17-33. PDF
 

 

Cross-cultural psychology

 

Wong, K. F. E., & Cheng, C. (in press). The turnover intention–behavior link: A culture-moderated meta-analysis. Journal of Management Studies. doi: 10.1111/joms.12520

Sariyska, R., Lachmann, B., Cheng, C., Gnisci, A., Kaliszewska-Czeremska, K., Laconi, S., Zhong, S., Toraman, D. & Montag, C. (2019). The motivation for Facebook use: Is it a matter of bonding or control over others?  Evidence from a cross-cultural study. Journal of Individual Differences, 40, 26-35.

Cheng, C., Cheung, M. W. L., & Wang, H. (2018). Multinational comparison of internet gaming disorder and psychosocial problems versus well-being: Meta-analysis of 20 countries. Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 153-167.

Cheng, C., Cheung, M. W. L., Montasem, A., & Members of the International Network of Well-Being Studies. (2016). Explaining differences in subjective well-being across 33 nations using multilevel models: Universal personality, cultural relativity, and national income. Journal of Personality, 84, 46-58.

Cheng, C., Cheung, M. W. L., & Lo, B. C. Y. (2016). Relationship of health locus of control with specific health behaviours and global health appraisal: A meta-analysis and effects of moderators. Health Psychology Review, 10, 460-477.PDF

Kim, H., Schimmack, U., Cheng, C., Webster, G. D., & Spectre, A. (2016). The role of positive self-evaluation on cross-cultural differences in well-being. Cross-Cultural Research, 50, 85-99.

Cheng, C., & Li, A. Y. (2014). Internet addiction prevalence and quality of (real) life: A meta-analytic review of 31 nations across seven world regions. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17, 755-760.PDF

Mak, K. K., Lai, C. M., Watanabe, H., Kim, D. I., Bahar, N., Ramos, M., Young, K. S. Ho, R. C. M., Aum, N., and Cheng, C. (2014). Epidemiology of Internet behaviors and addiction among adolescents in six Asian countries. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17, 720-728.

Cheng, C., Cheung, S., Chio, J. H., & Chan, M. S. (2013). Cultural meaning of perceived control: A meta-analysis of locus of control and psychological symptoms across 18 cultural regions. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 152-188.

Kogan, A., Sasaki, J., Zou, C., Kim, H., & Cheng, C. (2013). Uncertainty avoidance moderates the link between faith and mental well-being around the world. Journal of Positive Psychology, 8, 242-248.

Cheng, C., Jose, P. E., Sheldon, K. M., Singelis, T.M., Cheung, M. W. L., Tiliouine, H., Alao, A. A., Chio, J. H. M., Lui, J. Y. M., Chun, W. Y., de Zavala, A .G., Hakuzimana, A., Hertel, J., Liu, J., Onyewadume, M., & Sims, C. (2011). Socio-cultural differences in self-construal and subjective well-being: A test of four cultural models. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 832-855.

Cheng, C., Wang, F., & Golden, D. L. (2011). Unpackaging cultural differences in interpersonal flexibility: Role of culture-related personality and situational factors. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 425-444.

Sheldon, K., Cheng, C., & Hilpert, J. (2011). Understanding well-being and optimal functioning: Applying the Multilevel Personality in Context (MPIC) model. Psychological Inquiry, 22, 1-16.PDF
 

 

Social and emotional competence

 

Wong, K. F. E., & Cheng, C. (in press). The turnover intention–behavior link: A culture-moderated meta-analysis. Journal of Management Studies. doi: 10.1111/joms.12520

Kogan, A., Oveis, C., Carr, E., Gruber, J., Mauss. I. B., Shallcross, A., Impett, E., van der lowe, I., Hui, B., Cheng, C., & Keltner, D. (2014). Vagal activity is quadratically related to prosocial traits, prosocial emotions, and observer perceptions of prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.PDF

Le, B. M., Impett, E. A., Kogan, A., Webster, G. D., & Cheng, C. (2013). The personal and interpersonal rewards of communal orientation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30, 694-710.

Sheldon, K., Cheng, C., & Hilpert, J. (2011). Understanding well-being and optimal functioning: Applying the Multilevel Personality in Context (MPIC) model. Psychological Inquiry, 22, 1-16.PDF

Cheng, C., Chen, Z. S., & LuoKogan, A. (2008). Social support and money as double-edged swords: Primary soothers and precipitants of pain. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 153-160.PDF

Cheng, C., & Chiu, C. (2002). Differences in automatic social information processing between nondepressed and subclinically depressed individuals. Journal of Personality, 70, 145-176.PDF

Cheng, C. (2001). Perceived variability in social relations and psychological distress: Toward a variability approach to subclinical depression. International Journal of Group Tensions, 30, 117-133.

Cheng, C., Chiu, C., Hong, Y., & Cheung, J.S. (2001). Discriminative facility and its role in the perceived quality of interactional experiences. Journal of Personality, 69, 765-786.PDF

Chiu, C., Hong, Y., Cheng, C., Ho, P. (1998). ????:IQ?????/ Multiple competencies: Abilities beyond IQ in Chinese. Taipei, Taiwan ROC: Psychological Publishing. Available in the HKU library (FPS llibrary [?] BF431 .T628 1998 )
 

 

Psychosomatic disorders

 

Cheng, C., Yang, F., Jun, S., & Hutton, J.M. (2007). Flexible coping psychotherapy for functional dyspeptic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 81-88.PDF

Chan, A.O., Cheng, C., Hui, W.M., Hu, W.H., Wong, N.Y., Lam, E., Wong, W.M., Lai, K.C., Lam, S.K., Wong, B.C. (2005). Differing coping mechanisms, stress level and anorectal physiology in patients with functional constipation. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 11, 5362-5366.PDF

Cheng, C., Hui, W., & Lam, S. (2004). Psychosocial factors and perceived severity of functional dyspeptic symptoms: A psychosocial interactionist model. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 85-91.PDF

Wong, W., Cheng, C., & Wong, B.C. (2004). Constipation. Medical Progress, 31, 201-207.

Wong, W. M., Lam, K. F., Cheng, C., Hui, W. M., Xia, H. H., Lai, K. C., Hu, W. H., Huang, J. Q.,Lam, C. L., Chan, C. K., Chan, A. O. O., Lam, S. K., Wong, B. C. Y. (2004). Population based study of noncardiac chest pain in southern Chinese: Prevalence, psychosocial factors and health care utilization. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 10, 707-712.PDF

Cheng, C., Chan, A. O., Hui, W., & Lam, S. (2003). Coping strategies, illness perception, anxiety, and depression of patients with idiopathic constipation: A population-based study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 18, 319-326.

Cheng, C., Wong, W., Lai, K., Wong, B.C., Hu, W. H. C., Hui, W., & Lam, S. (2003). Psychosocial factors in patients with noncardiac chest pain. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 443-449.PDF

Hui, W., & Cheng, C. (2003). Quality of social relationship and social behavior of Chinese patients with functional dyspepsia: A comprehensive analysis. Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 4, 181-201.PDF

Wong, W., Cheng, C., Hui, W., & Lam, S. (2003). Non-cardiac chest pain. Medical Progress, 30, 15-21.

Wong, W., Cheng, C., Hui, W., & Wong, B. C. (2003). Irritable bowel syndrome. Medical Progress, 30, 50-56.

Wong, W., Cheng, C., Wong B. C., & Hui, W. (2003). Functional dyspepsia. Medical Progress, 30, 112-119.

Cheng, C., Hui, W., & Lam, S. (2002). Coping with first-time endoscopy for a select sample of Chinese patients with functional dyspepsia and duodenal ulcer: An observation study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64, 867-873.PDF

Cheng, C. (2000). Seeking medical consultation: Perceptual and behavioral characteristics distinguishing consulters and nonconsulters with functional dyspepsia. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 844-852.PDF

Cheng, C., Hui, W., & Lam, S. (2000). Perceptual style and behavioral pattern of individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders. Health Psychology, 19, 146-154.

Cheng, C., Hui, W., & Lam, S. (1999). Coping style of individuals with functional dyspepsia. Psychosomatic Medicine, 61, 789-795.PDF

 

Psychology of SARS

 

Cheng, C., & Ng, A. (2006). Psychosocial factors predicting SARS-preventive behaviors in four major affected regions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 222-247.PDF

Cheng, C., Wong, W., & Tsang, K. W. (2006). Perception of benefits and costs during SARS outbreak: An 18-month prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 870-879. PDF

Cheng, C., & Cheung, M. W. L. (2005). Psychological responses to outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome: A prospective, multiple time-point study. Journal of Personality, 73, 261-285.PDF

Cheng, C. (2004). To be paranoid is the standard? Panic responses to SARS outbreak in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Asian Perspectives, 28, 67-98.PDF

Cheng, C., & Tang, C. S. (2004). The psychology behind the masks: Psychological responses to the SARS outbreak in different cultures. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 7, 3-7.PDF

 

Interpersonal relations

 

Wong, K. F. E., & Cheng, C. (in press). The turnover intention–behavior link: A culture-moderated meta-analysis. Journal of Management Studies. doi: 10.1111/joms.12520

Cheng, C., Wang, H., Sigerson, L., & Chau, C. (2019). Do the socially rich get richer? A nuanced perspective on social network site use and online social capital accrual, Psychological Bulletin, 145, 734-764.

Cheng, C., Cheung, M. W. L., & Wang, H. (2018). Multinational comparison of internet gaming disorder and psychosocial problems versus well-being: Meta-analysis of 20 countries. Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 153-167.

Li, A. Y. L., Lo, B. C. Y., & Cheng, C. (2018). It is the family context that matters: Concurrent and predictive effects of aspects of parent-child interaction on video gaming-related problems. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 21, 374-380. 

Sigerson, L., & Cheng, C. (2018). Scales for measuring user engagement with social network sites: A systematic review of psychometric properties. Computers in Human Behavior, 83, 87-105.

Chan, M., Li, T.M.H., Law, Y.W., Wong, P.W.C., Chau, M., Cheng, C., Fu, K.W., Bacon-Shone, J., Cheng, Q.E., & Yip, P.S.F. (2017). Engagement of vulnerable youths using Internet platforms. PloS one, 12, e018902.

Sung, H., Sigerson, L, & Cheng, C.* (2017). Social capital accumulation in location-based mobile game playing: A multiple-process approach. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18, 539-546.

Cheng, C., Chen, Z. S., & LuoKogan, A. (2008). Social support and money as double-edged swords: Primary soothers and precipitants of pain. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 153-160.PDF

Cheng, C. & Chun, W. (2008). Cultural differences and similarities in request rejection: A situational approach. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 745-764. PDF

Cheng, C. (1998). Getting the right kind of support: Functional differences in the types of social support on depression for Chinese adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 54, 845-849.PDF

Cheng, C. (1998). Psychometric properties of the social-conflict scales for Chinese adolescents. Journal of Social Psychology, 138, 211-216.PDF

Cheng, C. (1997). Role of perceived social support on depression of Chinese adolescents: A prospective study examining the buffering model. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 800-820.PDF

Cheng, C., Bond, M. H., & Chan, S. C. (1995). Perception of ideal best friends by Chinese adolescents. International Journal of Psychology, 30, 91-108.

 

 

Gender-role

 

Luk, J. W., Gilman, S. E., Sita, K. R., Cheng, C., Haynie, D. L., & Simons-Morton, B. G. (2019). Cyber behaviors among heterosexual and sexual minority youth: Subgroup differences and associations with health indicators. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22, 315-324. 

Cheng, C. (2005). Processes underlying gender-role flexibility: Do androgynous individuals know more or know how to cope? Journal of Personality, 73, 645-674.PDF

Cheng, C. (2005). Psychological androgyny and coping flexibility: Do androgynous individuals cope with life changes more flexibly? In J.W. Lee (Ed.), Focus on gender identity (p. 143-182). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.

Cheng, C. (1999). Gender-role differences in susceptibility to the influence of support availability on depression. Journal of Personality, 67, 439-467.PDF

 

 

Depression

 

Cheng, C., & Chiu, C. (2002). Differences in automatic social information processing between nondepressed and subclinically depressed individuals. Journal of Personality, 70, 145-176.PDF

Cheng, C. (2001). Perceived variability in social relations and psychological distress: Toward a variability approach to subclinical depression. International Journal of Group Tensions, 30, 117-133.

Cheng, C. (1999). Gender-role differences in susceptibility to the influence of support availability on depression. Journal of Personality, 67, 439-467.PDF

Cheng, C. (1997). Role of perceived social support on depression of Chinese adolescents: A prospective study examining the buffering model. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27, 800-820.PDF

 

 

Chinese cognitive style

 

Cheng, C. (2003). Toward a cognitive-affective-social interactionist theory of mental and physical health: The Chinese case. Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 4, 153-159.PDF

Cheng, C., Lee, S., & Chiu, C. (1999). Dialectic thinking in daily life. Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, 15, 1-25.