Chong Man Chow
Biographic Data
| ID | 142477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chong Man Chow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chong Man |
| FAMILY NAME | Chow |
| SIGNATURE | CHOW C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8943-0848 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Observed support behaviors and depression symptoms in romantic couples
Introduction: The link between social support and psychological adjustment can be complex, and supportive behaviors between partners may, at times, become maladaptive and negatively impact each partner's mental health. Utilizing a dyadic approach, this study examined the effect of social support behaviors on depression symptoms in couples. Methods: Romantic couples (N = 123) recruited from southern United States completed a survey assessing depre…
Body talk in women's friendships: Associations of self-report and behavioral observation with body image issues
Introduction: Women and girls who engage in more body talk, or discussion about body image and weight, suffer from more body image issues. Limited research, however, has focused on an observational method of body talk. This study compared the relative association of self-report versus laboratory-observed body talk on body image variables (body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, cognitive distortions, and restrained eating). Method: A sample of …
Depressive symptoms as a moderator of fat talk and body image outcomes within mother-daughter dyads
Understanding the Intersectionality of Covid-19 Racism, Mental Distress, Alcohol Use, and Firearm Purchase Behavior Among Asian Americans
Emotion dysregulation and eating disorder symptoms in mother-daughter dyads: An actor-partner interdependence modeling approach
Introduction: This study investigates dyadic associations between emotion dysregulation and eating disorder symptoms in mother-daughter dyads. This study employs the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) to test three hypotheses: (1) emotion dysregulation will associate with an individual's own eating disorder risk beyond the effect of their partner's emotional dysregulation (actor effect); (2) emotion dysregulation will associate with a dya…
Adolescent‐perceived parent–child negative body talk and disordered eating: Evidence for behavior‐specific affective mediators
INTRODUCTION: This study examined the mediating role of general negative affect and body-specific negative affect between the association between negative body talk occurring within the mother-daughter relationship and restrained and disinhibited disordered eating. METHODS: = 14.25; 49.5% White) completed self-report measures of general negative affect (depression and anxiety), body-specific negative affect (body dissatisfaction), and perceptions…
Attachment style to body dissatisfaction, restrained eating, and disordered eating in adolescent girls: Differential weight communication mediators
Congruity of observed social support behaviors and couple relationship quality
This study examined the role of congruity in couples' social support behaviors on relational outcomes. Participants ( N = 123 couples, M age = 26.91, SD = 8.46) completed surveys on relationship satisfaction and discord. Positive and negative behaviors were then observed during supportive interactions. Results revealed that the detrimental effect of negative behaviors on satisfaction was buffered by a partner's engagement in fewer negative behavi…
Body talk, weight status, and pathological eating behavior in romantic relationships
Maternal emotional feeding practices and adolescent daughters' emotional eating: Mediating roles of avoidant and preoccupied coping
Retrospective reports of parental feeding practices and emotional eating in adulthood: The role of food preoccupation
Weight status, negative body talk, and body dissatisfaction: A dyadic analysis of male friends
This study examined the associations among weight status, body dissatisfaction, and negative body talk with a sample of young adult male friends ( N = 55 pairs). Actor-Partner Interdependence Model revealed that individuals' body dissatisfaction was positively associated with their own body mass index, but was negatively associated with their friend's body mass index. In addition, having a friend with low body mass index escalated the association…
Reciprocal associations between friendship attachment and relational experiences in adolescence
The current study examined the reciprocal associations between friendship attachment and relational experiences. Data came from a longitudinal study that assessed adolescents ( N = 223, 108 girls) in the 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grades. Cross-lagged models were fitted with structural equation modeling. Results showed that attachment avoidance was consistently predictive of more friendship exclusion, and friendship exclusion was consistently predi…
Romantic relationships and psychological distress among adolescents: Moderating role of friendship closeness
BACKGROUND: The formation of romantic relationships and friendships in adolescence is a defining milestone in the progression toward social maturity. Thus, examining adolescents' friendship and romantic experiences serves a vital role in understanding their psychological adjustment. AIMS: The main purposes of the current study were to examine (a) whether romantic involvement, romantic security, and friendship closeness were independently predicti…
Testing Dyadic Mechanisms the Right Way: A Primer Into Moderated Actor–Partner Interdependence Model With Latent Variable Interactions
Successfully managing and navigating romantic relationships is a key developmental task of emerging adulthood. While researchers increasingly use statistical analyses to accommodate the interdependent nature of romantic relationship data, there are very few applications and primers for comprehensively investigating moderation effects, especially in the structural equation modeling framework. The current article illustrates the application and ext…
Interdependence of depressive symptoms, school involvement, and academic performance between adolescent friends: A dyadic analysis
BackgroundFriendships play an important role in the development of school involvement and academic performance during adolescence. This study examined the interdependence of depressive symptoms, school involvement, and academic performance between adolescent same-sex friends.AimsUsing cross-sectional data, we examined whether the link between depressive symptoms and academic performance would be mediated by school involvement at the intrapersonal…
Interpersonal coping styles and couple relationship quality: Similarity versus complementarity hypotheses
This study employs a dyadic approach and examines how two partners' interpersonal coping styles may independently and jointly predict their relationship quality. Hypotheses were derived on the basis of dyadic coping theory focusing on how similar versus complementary styles of interpersonal coping may be useful in explaining couples' relationship quality. On the basis of attachment theory and self‐determination theory, three interpersonal coping …
Weight status and depression: Moderating role of fat talk between female friends
This study examined whether engagement in fat talk would moderate the association between weight status (body mass index) and depression between female friends. Individuals' body mass index was significantly related to their own (actor effect) and friend's (partner effect) depression. For low-fat-talk friends, higher actor's body mass index was associated with higher actor's depression, but not for high-fat-talk friends. For high-fat-talk friends…
Support-Seeking and Closeness Across Social Relationships: Relationship-General and Relationship-Specific Levels Analysis
The current study examined whether interpersonal behaviors and perceptions could be conceptualized and measured as relationship-general versus relationship-specific tendencies. To address this goal, we examined (1) the similarities (or concordance) in support-seeking across individualsâ€TM social relationships and (2) how support-seeking may be related to relationship closeness at the relationship-general and relationship-specific levels. Partici…
Interdependent patterns of coping and support among close friends
We introduced a 3 × 3 Coping-Support Interdependent Matrix for conceptualizing and investigating dyadic coping and support-giving among friends. By integrating attachment theory with the literatures on coping and support, we identified three prototypic patterns of coping (distance, utilize support, overwhelmed) and three prototypic patterns of support-giving (disengage, responsive, overinvolved). A sample of 113 pairs of college friends completed…
Retrospective reports of parental feeding practices and emotional eating in adulthood: The role of food preoccupation
Interdependent patterns of coping and support among close friends
We introduced a 3 × 3 Coping-Support Interdependent Matrix for conceptualizing and investigating dyadic coping and support-giving among friends. By integrating attachment theory with the literatures on coping and support, we identified three prototypic patterns of coping (distance, utilize support, overwhelmed) and three prototypic patterns of support-giving (disengage, responsive, overinvolved). A sample of 113 pairs of college friends completed…
Weight status and depression: Moderating role of fat talk between female friends
This study examined whether engagement in fat talk would moderate the association between weight status (body mass index) and depression between female friends. Individuals' body mass index was significantly related to their own (actor effect) and friend's (partner effect) depression. For low-fat-talk friends, higher actor's body mass index was associated with higher actor's depression, but not for high-fat-talk friends. For high-fat-talk friends…
Reciprocal associations between friendship attachment and relational experiences in adolescence
The current study examined the reciprocal associations between friendship attachment and relational experiences. Data came from a longitudinal study that assessed adolescents ( N = 223, 108 girls) in the 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grades. Cross-lagged models were fitted with structural equation modeling. Results showed that attachment avoidance was consistently predictive of more friendship exclusion, and friendship exclusion was consistently predi…
Weight status, negative body talk, and body dissatisfaction: A dyadic analysis of male friends
This study examined the associations among weight status, body dissatisfaction, and negative body talk with a sample of young adult male friends ( N = 55 pairs). Actor-Partner Interdependence Model revealed that individuals' body dissatisfaction was positively associated with their own body mass index, but was negatively associated with their friend's body mass index. In addition, having a friend with low body mass index escalated the association…
Interpersonal coping styles and couple relationship quality: Similarity versus complementarity hypotheses
This study employs a dyadic approach and examines how two partners' interpersonal coping styles may independently and jointly predict their relationship quality. Hypotheses were derived on the basis of dyadic coping theory focusing on how similar versus complementary styles of interpersonal coping may be useful in explaining couples' relationship quality. On the basis of attachment theory and self‐determination theory, three interpersonal coping …
Congruity of observed social support behaviors and couple relationship quality
This study examined the role of congruity in couples' social support behaviors on relational outcomes. Participants ( N = 123 couples, M age = 26.91, SD = 8.46) completed surveys on relationship satisfaction and discord. Positive and negative behaviors were then observed during supportive interactions. Results revealed that the detrimental effect of negative behaviors on satisfaction was buffered by a partner's engagement in fewer negative behavi…
Attachment style to body dissatisfaction, restrained eating, and disordered eating in adolescent girls: Differential weight communication mediators
Body talk, weight status, and pathological eating behavior in romantic relationships
Maternal emotional feeding practices and adolescent daughters' emotional eating: Mediating roles of avoidant and preoccupied coping
Interdependence of depressive symptoms, school involvement, and academic performance between adolescent friends: A dyadic analysis
BackgroundFriendships play an important role in the development of school involvement and academic performance during adolescence. This study examined the interdependence of depressive symptoms, school involvement, and academic performance between adolescent same-sex friends.AimsUsing cross-sectional data, we examined whether the link between depressive symptoms and academic performance would be mediated by school involvement at the intrapersonal…
Support-Seeking and Closeness Across Social Relationships: Relationship-General and Relationship-Specific Levels Analysis
The current study examined whether interpersonal behaviors and perceptions could be conceptualized and measured as relationship-general versus relationship-specific tendencies. To address this goal, we examined (1) the similarities (or concordance) in support-seeking across individualsâ€TM social relationships and (2) how support-seeking may be related to relationship closeness at the relationship-general and relationship-specific levels. Partici…
Interdependent patterns of coping and support among close friends
We introduced a 3 × 3 Coping-Support Interdependent Matrix for conceptualizing and investigating dyadic coping and support-giving among friends. By integrating attachment theory with the literatures on coping and support, we identified three prototypic patterns of coping (distance, utilize support, overwhelmed) and three prototypic patterns of support-giving (disengage, responsive, overinvolved). A sample of 113 pairs of college friends completed…
Support-Seeking and Closeness Across Social Relationships: Relationship-General and Relationship-Specific Levels Analysis
The current study examined whether interpersonal behaviors and perceptions could be conceptualized and measured as relationship-general versus relationship-specific tendencies. To address this goal, we examined (1) the similarities (or concordance) in support-seeking across individualsâ€TM social relationships and (2) how support-seeking may be related to relationship closeness at the relationship-general and relationship-specific levels. Partici…
Interpersonal coping styles and couple relationship quality: Similarity versus complementarity hypotheses
This study employs a dyadic approach and examines how two partners' interpersonal coping styles may independently and jointly predict their relationship quality. Hypotheses were derived on the basis of dyadic coping theory focusing on how similar versus complementary styles of interpersonal coping may be useful in explaining couples' relationship quality. On the basis of attachment theory and self‐determination theory, three interpersonal coping …
Weight status and depression: Moderating role of fat talk between female friends
This study examined whether engagement in fat talk would moderate the association between weight status (body mass index) and depression between female friends. Individuals' body mass index was significantly related to their own (actor effect) and friend's (partner effect) depression. For low-fat-talk friends, higher actor's body mass index was associated with higher actor's depression, but not for high-fat-talk friends. For high-fat-talk friends…
Romantic relationships and psychological distress among adolescents: Moderating role of friendship closeness
BACKGROUND: The formation of romantic relationships and friendships in adolescence is a defining milestone in the progression toward social maturity. Thus, examining adolescents' friendship and romantic experiences serves a vital role in understanding their psychological adjustment. AIMS: The main purposes of the current study were to examine (a) whether romantic involvement, romantic security, and friendship closeness were independently predicti…
Testing Dyadic Mechanisms the Right Way: A Primer Into Moderated Actor–Partner Interdependence Model With Latent Variable Interactions
Successfully managing and navigating romantic relationships is a key developmental task of emerging adulthood. While researchers increasingly use statistical analyses to accommodate the interdependent nature of romantic relationship data, there are very few applications and primers for comprehensively investigating moderation effects, especially in the structural equation modeling framework. The current article illustrates the application and ext…
Interdependence of depressive symptoms, school involvement, and academic performance between adolescent friends: A dyadic analysis
BackgroundFriendships play an important role in the development of school involvement and academic performance during adolescence. This study examined the interdependence of depressive symptoms, school involvement, and academic performance between adolescent same-sex friends.AimsUsing cross-sectional data, we examined whether the link between depressive symptoms and academic performance would be mediated by school involvement at the intrapersonal…
Retrospective reports of parental feeding practices and emotional eating in adulthood: The role of food preoccupation
Weight status, negative body talk, and body dissatisfaction: A dyadic analysis of male friends
This study examined the associations among weight status, body dissatisfaction, and negative body talk with a sample of young adult male friends ( N = 55 pairs). Actor-Partner Interdependence Model revealed that individuals' body dissatisfaction was positively associated with their own body mass index, but was negatively associated with their friend's body mass index. In addition, having a friend with low body mass index escalated the association…
Reciprocal associations between friendship attachment and relational experiences in adolescence
The current study examined the reciprocal associations between friendship attachment and relational experiences. Data came from a longitudinal study that assessed adolescents ( N = 223, 108 girls) in the 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grades. Cross-lagged models were fitted with structural equation modeling. Results showed that attachment avoidance was consistently predictive of more friendship exclusion, and friendship exclusion was consistently predi…
Body talk, weight status, and pathological eating behavior in romantic relationships
Maternal emotional feeding practices and adolescent daughters' emotional eating: Mediating roles of avoidant and preoccupied coping
Congruity of observed social support behaviors and couple relationship quality
This study examined the role of congruity in couples' social support behaviors on relational outcomes. Participants ( N = 123 couples, M age = 26.91, SD = 8.46) completed surveys on relationship satisfaction and discord. Positive and negative behaviors were then observed during supportive interactions. Results revealed that the detrimental effect of negative behaviors on satisfaction was buffered by a partner's engagement in fewer negative behavi…
Emotion dysregulation and eating disorder symptoms in mother-daughter dyads: An actor-partner interdependence modeling approach
Introduction: This study investigates dyadic associations between emotion dysregulation and eating disorder symptoms in mother-daughter dyads. This study employs the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) to test three hypotheses: (1) emotion dysregulation will associate with an individual's own eating disorder risk beyond the effect of their partner's emotional dysregulation (actor effect); (2) emotion dysregulation will associate with a dya…
Adolescent‐perceived parent–child negative body talk and disordered eating: Evidence for behavior‐specific affective mediators
INTRODUCTION: This study examined the mediating role of general negative affect and body-specific negative affect between the association between negative body talk occurring within the mother-daughter relationship and restrained and disinhibited disordered eating. METHODS: = 14.25; 49.5% White) completed self-report measures of general negative affect (depression and anxiety), body-specific negative affect (body dissatisfaction), and perceptions…
Attachment style to body dissatisfaction, restrained eating, and disordered eating in adolescent girls: Differential weight communication mediators
Body talk in women's friendships: Associations of self-report and behavioral observation with body image issues
Introduction: Women and girls who engage in more body talk, or discussion about body image and weight, suffer from more body image issues. Limited research, however, has focused on an observational method of body talk. This study compared the relative association of self-report versus laboratory-observed body talk on body image variables (body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, cognitive distortions, and restrained eating). Method: A sample of …
Depressive symptoms as a moderator of fat talk and body image outcomes within mother-daughter dyads
Understanding the Intersectionality of Covid-19 Racism, Mental Distress, Alcohol Use, and Firearm Purchase Behavior Among Asian Americans
Observed support behaviors and depression symptoms in romantic couples
Introduction: The link between social support and psychological adjustment can be complex, and supportive behaviors between partners may, at times, become maladaptive and negatively impact each partner's mental health. Utilizing a dyadic approach, this study examined the effect of social support behaviors on depression symptoms in couples. Methods: Romantic couples (N = 123) recruited from southern United States completed a survey assessing depre…
Psychology (17 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (10 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works) · Partner effects (5 works)