P Nicholas Hamid
Biographic Data
| ID | 158152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Nicholas Hamid |
| GIVEN NAMES | P Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamid |
| SIGNATURE | HAMID P N |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Apology for Duplicate Publication
It has come to my notice that, apart from minor editorial corrections, I have published the same article “Response bias and public and private self-consciousness in Chinese”, in both Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal , and also The Journal of Social Behavior and Personality
Loneliness in Chinese Adolescents
The aim of this study was to investigate some of the parameters of loneliness of Chinese teenagers. First the Chinese Loneliness Scale (CLS) was developed as a reliable measure of the construct and its psychometric properties examined. Second a study was conducted to determine basic criteria for identifying severe loneliness. Based on the criteria the scores of 145 lonely and 397 non-lonely middle to late adolescents aged between 13 and 19 years …
Self-Disclosure and Occupational Stress in Chinese Professionals
The relationship of self-disclosure with occupational stress and symptoms of stress was examined among 243 Hong Kong Chinese adult professionals. Self-disclosure was negatively correlated with both occupational stress and psychological symptoms of stress for disclosures of personal feelings and social relationships when disclosing to a Best Friend, indicating a stress-buffering effect. There was a positive correlation between occupational stress …
Health Beliefs and Optimism as Predictors of Preventive Health Decisions in Hong Kong Chinese
The effects of components of the Health Belief Model and optimism on preventive intention were examined in 144 Hong Kong Chinese. Two variables related to the Health Belief Model, susceptibility and severity, were experimentally manipulated for an imaginary flu outbreak and a hypothetical vaccine. Participants indicated their intention to take the hypothetical vaccine after reading each of the 4 combinations of high versus low susceptibility and …
Locus of Control and Occupational Stress in Chinese Professionals
The relationship between scores on locus of control, occupational stress, and stress symptoms was examined in 189 Hong Kong Chinese professionals. Scores on locus of control were associated with occupational stress and psychological stress symptoms but were unrelated to reporting of physical symptoms. While both sexes reported similar occupational stress, women scored as more External and reported more of both types of symptoms. The implications …
The Development and Validation of an Index of Emotional Disposition and Mood State
A short measure of trait and state negative and positive affect (Chinese Affect Scale) was developed for Chinese-speaking people. From indigenously derived affect markers the characteristic two-factor structure of affect was derived in both a student and an adult sample in Hong Kong. Scores from the resulting negative (NA) and positive (PA) affect scales had reasonable internal and retest reliabilities and high convergent and discriminant validit…
The Validity of an Unobtrusive Measure of Social Identity
A simple method of measuring social and national identity (SIM) is described based on the mapping of social category placements in a defined field. The meaning of placements was investigated using judgments of similarity, attraction, closeness and trust for interpersonal groups and similarity, attraction of life style and trust for national groups. The validity and reliability of the measure of rank ordered distance placements was established. Th…
Self-Esteem, and Self-Concept Clarity in Chinese Students
Critical self-framing factors and salient self-referent attributes were examined for their usefulness in predicting global self-esteem. On twelve attributes 186 Hong Kong Chinese students rated their self-view, the importance of each attribute, and their certainty of possessing each attribute. Self-rating was related to self-esteem in a simple unitary manner. Importance of attribute contributed little to the analysis while certainty was related t…
Assertiveness and Personality Dimensions in Chinese Students
In a Chinese sample of 208 the Big Five personality traits profile was compared for 104 assertive and 104 nonassertive students. While assertiveness was associated with higher scores on Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness, Nonassertiveness was associated with greater scores on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Implications of the findings for cross-cultural counselling were highlighted
Self-Monitoring, Locus of Control, and Social Encounters of Chinese and New Zealand Students
Characteristics of daily encounters were studied as a function of self-monitoring and locus of control in Chinese and European students. Complementary predictions based on both the individualistic versus collectivistic cultural distinction and self-monitoring theory were supported by the results. The Chinese sample showed higher self-monitoring scores, were more external in their locus of control, made fewer daily contacts that were more task ori…
Self-Monitoring and Ethnic Group Membership
In support of theorising about differences in cultural conditioning with regards to self-presentation in social situations, the self-monitoring scores of 105 Chinese and 124 New Zealand students were compared. As predicted, Chinese reported significantly higher self-monitoring than New Zealanders and the effect was independent of sex and socioeconomic status
Optimism and the Reporting of Flu Episodes
This study examined the differences between dispositional optimists and pessimists in their reporting of ill health and health promoting behaviors for a stress-related illness, namely influenza. The results revealed clear and consistent attentional biases of the dispositions as measured by the Life Orientation Test. While optimists and pessimists did not differ in stress levels or the number of incidences of flu, pessimists reported the duration …
Self-Monitoring and Locus of Control as Determinants of Social Interaction
Research on the relationship between self-monitoring and locus of control has consistently shown low correlations. This study examined social cognitive orientations of high and low self-monitors having either an external or infernal locus of control through analysis of their social interaction patterns. The low correlation between self-monitoring and locus of control was upheld while consistent differences emerged between the four groups. High se…
Exposure Frequency and Stimulus Preference
Three experiments were carried out to determine the effect of exposure frequency on preferences for random shapes. Other variables investigated were sex, instructional set, initial stimulus meaning, duration of exposure, and the subject's orientation towards stimulation. Exposure frequency was found to increase significantly stimulus preference in all three experiments. While there were no sex or set differences, low meaning and short exposures w…
Academic Success and Self Concept
To test a suggestion that academic success is related to self concept, product-moment correlations between ‘final’ exam marks and Bills Index of Adjustment scores were obtained. The IAV did not differentiate between superior, average, and failing students
Self-Monitoring, Locus of Control, and Social Encounters of Chinese and New Zealand Students
Characteristics of daily encounters were studied as a function of self-monitoring and locus of control in Chinese and European students. Complementary predictions based on both the individualistic versus collectivistic cultural distinction and self-monitoring theory were supported by the results. The Chinese sample showed higher self-monitoring scores, were more external in their locus of control, made fewer daily contacts that were more task ori…
Academic Success and Self Concept
To test a suggestion that academic success is related to self concept, product-moment correlations between ‘final’ exam marks and Bills Index of Adjustment scores were obtained. The IAV did not differentiate between superior, average, and failing students
Exposure Frequency and Stimulus Preference
Three experiments were carried out to determine the effect of exposure frequency on preferences for random shapes. Other variables investigated were sex, instructional set, initial stimulus meaning, duration of exposure, and the subject's orientation towards stimulation. Exposure frequency was found to increase significantly stimulus preference in all three experiments. While there were no sex or set differences, low meaning and short exposures w…
Self-Monitoring and Locus of Control as Determinants of Social Interaction
Research on the relationship between self-monitoring and locus of control has consistently shown low correlations. This study examined social cognitive orientations of high and low self-monitors having either an external or infernal locus of control through analysis of their social interaction patterns. The low correlation between self-monitoring and locus of control was upheld while consistent differences emerged between the four groups. High se…
Optimism and the Reporting of Flu Episodes
This study examined the differences between dispositional optimists and pessimists in their reporting of ill health and health promoting behaviors for a stress-related illness, namely influenza. The results revealed clear and consistent attentional biases of the dispositions as measured by the Life Orientation Test. While optimists and pessimists did not differ in stress levels or the number of incidences of flu, pessimists reported the duration …
Self-Monitoring and Ethnic Group Membership
In support of theorising about differences in cultural conditioning with regards to self-presentation in social situations, the self-monitoring scores of 105 Chinese and 124 New Zealand students were compared. As predicted, Chinese reported significantly higher self-monitoring than New Zealanders and the effect was independent of sex and socioeconomic status
Assertiveness and Personality Dimensions in Chinese Students
In a Chinese sample of 208 the Big Five personality traits profile was compared for 104 assertive and 104 nonassertive students. While assertiveness was associated with higher scores on Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness, Nonassertiveness was associated with greater scores on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Implications of the findings for cross-cultural counselling were highlighted
Self-Monitoring, Locus of Control, and Social Encounters of Chinese and New Zealand Students
Characteristics of daily encounters were studied as a function of self-monitoring and locus of control in Chinese and European students. Complementary predictions based on both the individualistic versus collectivistic cultural distinction and self-monitoring theory were supported by the results. The Chinese sample showed higher self-monitoring scores, were more external in their locus of control, made fewer daily contacts that were more task ori…
Self-Esteem, and Self-Concept Clarity in Chinese Students
Critical self-framing factors and salient self-referent attributes were examined for their usefulness in predicting global self-esteem. On twelve attributes 186 Hong Kong Chinese students rated their self-view, the importance of each attribute, and their certainty of possessing each attribute. Self-rating was related to self-esteem in a simple unitary manner. Importance of attribute contributed little to the analysis while certainty was related t…
The Development and Validation of an Index of Emotional Disposition and Mood State
A short measure of trait and state negative and positive affect (Chinese Affect Scale) was developed for Chinese-speaking people. From indigenously derived affect markers the characteristic two-factor structure of affect was derived in both a student and an adult sample in Hong Kong. Scores from the resulting negative (NA) and positive (PA) affect scales had reasonable internal and retest reliabilities and high convergent and discriminant validit…
The Validity of an Unobtrusive Measure of Social Identity
A simple method of measuring social and national identity (SIM) is described based on the mapping of social category placements in a defined field. The meaning of placements was investigated using judgments of similarity, attraction, closeness and trust for interpersonal groups and similarity, attraction of life style and trust for national groups. The validity and reliability of the measure of rank ordered distance placements was established. Th…
Locus of Control and Occupational Stress in Chinese Professionals
The relationship between scores on locus of control, occupational stress, and stress symptoms was examined in 189 Hong Kong Chinese professionals. Scores on locus of control were associated with occupational stress and psychological stress symptoms but were unrelated to reporting of physical symptoms. While both sexes reported similar occupational stress, women scored as more External and reported more of both types of symptoms. The implications …
Loneliness in Chinese Adolescents
The aim of this study was to investigate some of the parameters of loneliness of Chinese teenagers. First the Chinese Loneliness Scale (CLS) was developed as a reliable measure of the construct and its psychometric properties examined. Second a study was conducted to determine basic criteria for identifying severe loneliness. Based on the criteria the scores of 145 lonely and 397 non-lonely middle to late adolescents aged between 13 and 19 years …
Self-Disclosure and Occupational Stress in Chinese Professionals
The relationship of self-disclosure with occupational stress and symptoms of stress was examined among 243 Hong Kong Chinese adult professionals. Self-disclosure was negatively correlated with both occupational stress and psychological symptoms of stress for disclosures of personal feelings and social relationships when disclosing to a Best Friend, indicating a stress-buffering effect. There was a positive correlation between occupational stress …
Health Beliefs and Optimism as Predictors of Preventive Health Decisions in Hong Kong Chinese
The effects of components of the Health Belief Model and optimism on preventive intention were examined in 144 Hong Kong Chinese. Two variables related to the Health Belief Model, susceptibility and severity, were experimentally manipulated for an imaginary flu outbreak and a hypothetical vaccine. Participants indicated their intention to take the hypothetical vaccine after reading each of the 4 combinations of high versus low susceptibility and …
Apology for Duplicate Publication
It has come to my notice that, apart from minor editorial corrections, I have published the same article “Response bias and public and private self-consciousness in Chinese”, in both Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal , and also The Journal of Social Behavior and Personality
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (5 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 works) · Locus of control (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works)