Alvin Kuowei Tay
Biographic Data
| ID | 1182786 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alvin Kuowei Tay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alvin Kuowei |
| FAMILY NAME | Tay |
| SIGNATURE | TAY A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9330-3929 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Community-Led Social and Emotional Well-being Trial Intervention With First Nations Male Parents in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities
Australian First Nations men are a specific and neglected demographic group at substantially higher than average risk for mental disorders, trauma, and suicide. A mixed methods investigation, including a randomised, controlled feasibility trial was undertaken into the effectiveness of a First Nations designed and led men’s parenting and social and emotional well-being (SEWB) intervention. The aim was to test if the intervention group improved on …
Effects of potential traumatic events (PTE) contributing to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) six years after cessation of war among populations in northern Sri Lanka
The study aims were firstly to identify potential traumatic events (PTE) and stressors faced by the population in the districts of Northern Sri Lanka exposed to the decades-long conflict and secondly to predict Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) based on conceptually derived composites of the PTE. https://www.editorialmanager.com/SSMMH/ Data for this study were collected in 2015. The sample consisted of 1526 individuals in northern Sri Lanka w…
Covid-19 stressors and mental health problems amongst women who arrived as refugees and those born in Australia
Women from refugee background residing in high income countries are at greater mental health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic given their higher baseline prevalence of mental disorders, trauma exposures and social adversities. During the COVID-19 pandemic we drew on data from wave-4 of the WATCH cohort study, collected between October 2019 and June 2021. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to compare the prevalence of common mental disorders…
Psychosocial model of burnout among humanitarian aid workers in Bangladesh
Compared to exposure to adversities, workplace stressors primarily influenced occupational stress syndromes. Reducing workplace stressors and enhancing adaptive coping may improve psychological outcomes in humanitarian staff
Risk of perpetrating intimate partner violence amongst men exposed to torture in conflict-affected Timor-Leste
Our data provide the first systematic evidence of an association between torture and IPV in a low-income, post-conflict country, confirming that low socio-economic status, partly related to being a torture survivor, adds to the risk. The high prevalence of IPV in this context suggests that other structural factors, such as persisting patriarchal attitudes, contribute to the risk of IPV. Early detection and prevention programs may assist in reduci…
A wait-list controlled study of a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral treatment for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste
We tested a trauma-focused, cognitive-behavior therapy treatment (TF-CBT-anger) for intermittent explosive disorder (IED) and related dimensions of anger adapted to the local culture in postconflict Timor-Leste. The intention-to-treat sample (n = 78) comprised Timorese nationals (women = 49; men = 29), ages 18 years and older, meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) criteria for IED, with equal numbers (n = 39 each…
Associations between bride price stress and intimate partner violence amongst pregnant women in Timor-Leste
BACKGROUND: Reducing violence against women is a global public health priority, particularly in low-income and conflict-affected societies. However, more needs to be known about the causes of intimate partner violence (IPV) in these settings, including the stress of bride price obligations. METHODS: The representative study of women attending ante-natal clinics in Dili, Timor-Leste was conducted between June, 2013 and September, 2014 with 1672 pr…
The Role of Trauma-Related Injustice in Pathways to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Conjugal Couples
It is widely acknowledged that the survivor’s psychological response to the traumas of mass conflict can affect adversely other family members. Yet, the focus of past epidemiological studies in the field has been confined to the individual survivor’s posttraumatic stress symptom (PTSS) response. We report the first study of its kind in a postconflict country, in which we examine the effects of trauma exposure in one member of conjugal couples on …
Measurement invariance of the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist
Our findings demonstrate the methodological feasibility of applying the alignment method to test the structure and invariance of the HSCL across ethnically diverse populations living in conflict-affected districts in Sri Lanka. Further studies are needed to examine ethnicity and language factors more critically
The Relationship of Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Culturally Distinct, Conflict-Affected Population
The most parsimonious model yielded a single TS factor combining symptom domains of C-PTSD and PTSD in this culturally distinct community exposed to extensive persecution and conflict-related trauma. There may be grounds for expanding the scope of psychological treatments for refugees to encompass this wider TS response. Our findings are consistent with theoretical frameworks focusing on the wider TS reaction of refugees exposed to human rights-r…
Associations of adult separation anxiety disorder with conflict-related trauma, ongoing adversity, and the psychosocial disruptions of mass conflict among West Papuan refugees
Refugees commonly experience traumatic events that threaten the self and close others, suggesting the possibility that they may experience overlapping symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and separation anxiety disorder (SAD). We examine this possibility among West Papua refugees (n = 230) displaced to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. We also examine associations between the combined PTSD-SAD construct and indices of past trauma exposu…
Problem Management Plus (PM+)
Mental disorders are significant contributors to the global burden of disease (1). While they occur across all levels of socio-economic status, the majority of populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have access to effective psychological and pharmacological interventions (2). Key barriers to sustainable delivery of psychological therapies in LMICs include limited mental health funding and infrastructure, chronic shortage o…
Examining the broader psychosocial effects of mass conflict on PTSD symptoms and functional impairment amongst West Papuan refugees resettled in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Problem Management Plus (PM+)
Mental disorders are significant contributors to the global burden of disease (1). While they occur across all levels of socio-economic status, the majority of populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have access to effective psychological and pharmacological interventions (2). Key barriers to sustainable delivery of psychological therapies in LMICs include limited mental health funding and infrastructure, chronic shortage o…
Examining the broader psychosocial effects of mass conflict on PTSD symptoms and functional impairment amongst West Papuan refugees resettled in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Associations of adult separation anxiety disorder with conflict-related trauma, ongoing adversity, and the psychosocial disruptions of mass conflict among West Papuan refugees
Refugees commonly experience traumatic events that threaten the self and close others, suggesting the possibility that they may experience overlapping symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and separation anxiety disorder (SAD). We examine this possibility among West Papua refugees (n = 230) displaced to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. We also examine associations between the combined PTSD-SAD construct and indices of past trauma exposu…
Associations between bride price stress and intimate partner violence amongst pregnant women in Timor-Leste
BACKGROUND: Reducing violence against women is a global public health priority, particularly in low-income and conflict-affected societies. However, more needs to be known about the causes of intimate partner violence (IPV) in these settings, including the stress of bride price obligations. METHODS: The representative study of women attending ante-natal clinics in Dili, Timor-Leste was conducted between June, 2013 and September, 2014 with 1672 pr…
The Role of Trauma-Related Injustice in Pathways to Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Conjugal Couples
It is widely acknowledged that the survivor’s psychological response to the traumas of mass conflict can affect adversely other family members. Yet, the focus of past epidemiological studies in the field has been confined to the individual survivor’s posttraumatic stress symptom (PTSS) response. We report the first study of its kind in a postconflict country, in which we examine the effects of trauma exposure in one member of conjugal couples on …
Measurement invariance of the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist
Our findings demonstrate the methodological feasibility of applying the alignment method to test the structure and invariance of the HSCL across ethnically diverse populations living in conflict-affected districts in Sri Lanka. Further studies are needed to examine ethnicity and language factors more critically
The Relationship of Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Culturally Distinct, Conflict-Affected Population
The most parsimonious model yielded a single TS factor combining symptom domains of C-PTSD and PTSD in this culturally distinct community exposed to extensive persecution and conflict-related trauma. There may be grounds for expanding the scope of psychological treatments for refugees to encompass this wider TS response. Our findings are consistent with theoretical frameworks focusing on the wider TS reaction of refugees exposed to human rights-r…
Risk of perpetrating intimate partner violence amongst men exposed to torture in conflict-affected Timor-Leste
Our data provide the first systematic evidence of an association between torture and IPV in a low-income, post-conflict country, confirming that low socio-economic status, partly related to being a torture survivor, adds to the risk. The high prevalence of IPV in this context suggests that other structural factors, such as persisting patriarchal attitudes, contribute to the risk of IPV. Early detection and prevention programs may assist in reduci…
A wait-list controlled study of a trauma-focused cognitive behavioral treatment for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste
We tested a trauma-focused, cognitive-behavior therapy treatment (TF-CBT-anger) for intermittent explosive disorder (IED) and related dimensions of anger adapted to the local culture in postconflict Timor-Leste. The intention-to-treat sample (n = 78) comprised Timorese nationals (women = 49; men = 29), ages 18 years and older, meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) criteria for IED, with equal numbers (n = 39 each…
Covid-19 stressors and mental health problems amongst women who arrived as refugees and those born in Australia
Women from refugee background residing in high income countries are at greater mental health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic given their higher baseline prevalence of mental disorders, trauma exposures and social adversities. During the COVID-19 pandemic we drew on data from wave-4 of the WATCH cohort study, collected between October 2019 and June 2021. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to compare the prevalence of common mental disorders…
Psychosocial model of burnout among humanitarian aid workers in Bangladesh
Compared to exposure to adversities, workplace stressors primarily influenced occupational stress syndromes. Reducing workplace stressors and enhancing adaptive coping may improve psychological outcomes in humanitarian staff
Effects of potential traumatic events (PTE) contributing to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) six years after cessation of war among populations in northern Sri Lanka
The study aims were firstly to identify potential traumatic events (PTE) and stressors faced by the population in the districts of Northern Sri Lanka exposed to the decades-long conflict and secondly to predict Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) based on conceptually derived composites of the PTE. https://www.editorialmanager.com/SSMMH/ Data for this study were collected in 2015. The sample consisted of 1526 individuals in northern Sri Lanka w…
A Community-Led Social and Emotional Well-being Trial Intervention With First Nations Male Parents in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities
Australian First Nations men are a specific and neglected demographic group at substantially higher than average risk for mental disorders, trauma, and suicide. A mixed methods investigation, including a randomised, controlled feasibility trial was undertaken into the effectiveness of a First Nations designed and led men’s parenting and social and emotional well-being (SEWB) intervention. The aim was to test if the intervention group improved on …
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (6 works) · Psychosocial (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works)