Ting Kin Ng
Biographic Data
| ID | 195719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ting Kin Ng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ting Kin |
| FAMILY NAME | Ng |
| SIGNATURE | NG T K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lingnan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4937-4746 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Validation of the Chinese School Burnout Inventory among Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates
The School Burnout Inventory (SBI) assesses three facets of school burnout, including exhaustion, cynicism, and inadequacy in school settings. Although the SBI has been validated in various cultures, it has not been validated among Chinese students. This study intends to test the psychometric soundness of the Chinese SBI (CSBI). Five hundred twenty-one Chinese undergraduates (61.0% female) from Hong Kong with an average age of 20.65 years ( SD = …
Validation of the 12-item Chinese Depression Anxiety Stress Scales among Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) measure depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. While the 21-item DASS (DASS-21) have been extensively used, the brief 12-item DASS (DASS-12) have recently been validated. Nonetheless, the DASS-12 have not been investigated in the Chinese context. This study intends to validate the Chinese DASS-12 (CDASS-12) and compare it with the Chinese DASS-21 (CDASS-21) among Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates. Sev…
Academic stress, negative affect, and subjective academic performance: The mediating role of academic exhaustion and the moderating role of the growth mindset of intelligence
Previous work has documented the adverse influences of academic stress on emotional and academic outcomes. However, the mechanism through which academic stress heightens negative affect and jeopardizes academic performance and the boundary conditions of the mechanism have yet to be elucidated. This study endeavors to extend the existing research by scrutinizing a moderated mediation model with academic exhaustion as a mediator and the growth mind…
Understanding Covid-19 attributions: The moderating role of global orientations on prosocial and pro-environmental responses across 35 cultures
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented global health crisis, raising important questions about how individuals attribute responsibility to the pandemic and how these attributions shape psychological responses. Drawing on attribution theory, stigma theory, and the globalization orientations framework, the present study examined two moderated mediation models to clarify the associations among attribution (personal attribution and envi…
Full Circle: Historiography, Missiology, and Theology in Lin Yutang’s From Pagan to Christian
Lin Yutang (1895–1976) is renowned for bridging the Chinese and Western worlds through his prolific writings, but the vital role of religion in his intercultural endeavors remains underappreciated. This article situates his seminal work of religious reflection, From Pagan to Christian (1959), within the context of World Christianity, defined as both movement and method. Lin’s departure from the Christianity of his youth into Chinese religions—and…
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Smartphone Use Scale
The Multidimensional Smartphone Use Scale (MSUS) measures four dimensions of smartphone-related problems: nomophobia, ringxiety, textiety, and phubbing. While the MSUS has advantages over other measures of problematic smartphone use, it is not available in Chinese. This preregistered study developed and validated the Chinese version of the MSUS. A total of 415 Hong Kong Chinese undergraduates (70.1% female) aged from 18 to 25 years ( M = 20.60, S…
A Summoned Life: Vocation in the Analects
This article explores the concept of vocation in the Analects . While most treatments of vocation focus on the Christian tradition, and while Confucian thought is often viewed as categorically nontheistic, Robert Merrihew Adams's Finite and Infinite Goods (1999) presents an illuminating comparative framework for tracing out Kongzi's religious ethical vision of how persons think, act, and feel when grasped by a sense of divine calling. I argue tha…
The teacher-student relationship in Chinese secondary school adolescents: A longitudinal validation study
The teacher-student relationship plays a crucial role in adolescents' academic and socioemotional adjustment. This study validated the student version of the Teacher-Student Relationship Inventory (S-TSRI)—the first scale of its kind developed in an Asian setting—through a longitudinal study. A total of 2470 Mainland Chinese middle school students participated in the survey at Time 1 ( M age = 13.86, SD = 0.81, 50.6 % females). Of these participa…
Of Light and Shadows: Buddhism, Cinema, and the Question of Diffused Religion in Modern China
While the scholarship on premodern Chinese Buddhism has explored the tradition’s rich diffusion throughout various realms of sociocultural life, the study of modern Chinese Buddhism leans heavily towards its monastic, institutional, and overtly “religious” forms. This split mirrors the logic of modern secularization, whereby religion should be rationally differentiated from the broader social fabric, institutionalized, and delimited within its ow…
Stress communication, communication satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction: An actor-partner interdependence mediation model
Past research has revealed positive effects of stress communication by oneself and by the partner on relationship satisfaction. However, the mechanisms through which stress communication by oneself and by the partner influence relationship satisfaction have not been well studied. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of one's own and the partner's stress communication on relationship satisfaction and the mediating roles of o…
Aggressive Humor and Social Connectedness: The Moderating Roles of Subjective Social Status and Gender
Aggressive humor has been conceived as a maladaptive humor style that jeopardizes social relationships. However, past studies have yielded inconsistent findings regarding the detrimental effects of aggressive humor on social relationships. This study attempts to advance the existing literature by examining the gender difference in the moderating role of subjective social status in the association between aggressive humor and social connectedness.…
Perceived general similarity and relationship satisfaction: The role of attributional confidence
Even though many studies have examined the link between individuals' perceived general similarity to their romantic partners and their own relationship satisfaction, there are not many studies focusing on the impact of perceived general similarity reported by the partner. The present work uncovers the potential mediating roles of one's and the partner's attributional confidence in the effects of one's and the partner's perceived general similarit…
Psychometric properties of the traditional Chinese version of the Covid Stress Scales in Hong Kong
Introduction: The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) assess six domains of COVID-19-related stress, including (a) COVID danger, (b) COVID socioeconomic consequences, (c) COVID xenophobia, (d) COVID contamination, (e) COVID traumatic stress symptoms, and (f) COVID compulsive checking. Although the CSS have been validated in various cultural contexts, their psychometric properties in Hong Kong have not been examined. This study endeavors to validate the tra…
Longitudinal modifiable risk and protective factors of internet gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Exploring the potential common psychotherapeutic factors: Use of cognitive behavioural therapy, mindful yoga and positive psychology in enhancing the well‐being of students with SENs in Hong Kong
This study examined the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindful yoga and positive psychology interventions and identified common psychotherapeutic elements that exert critical treatment effects on Hong Kong Chinese students with special educational needs (SENs). Forty‐seven participants received CBT intervention while 42 and 41 participants received mindful yoga and positive psychology interventions, respectively (N = 130). Mixed …
Does having multiple identities predict life satisfaction? Holistic thinking as a condition for achieving integrated self-concept
Social support and student outcomes: The mediating roles of psychological capital, study engagement, and problem-focused coping
How does psychological capital lead to better well-being for students? The roles of family support and problem-focused coping
Maladaptive emotion-focused coping and anxiety in children: The moderating role of authoritative parenting
Perfectionism and worry in children: The moderating role of mothers’ parenting styles
Attitudes toward Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage: The Roles of Parental Attitudes, Traditional Gender Role Values, and Filial Piety
Past studies have suggested that people's attitudes toward homosexuality and same-sex marriages are influenced by their parents' attitudes toward homosexuality. The current study intends to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of these associations by proposing a moderated mediation model incorporating traditional gender role values as a mediator and filial piety as a moderator. One hundred and fifteen adults (33.9% male and 66.1% female) a…
Striving to Avoid Inferiority and Procrastination among University Students: The Mediating Roles of Stress and Self-Control
The current study intended to examine whether the relationship between university students' striving to avoid inferiority (SAI) and procrastination was serially mediated by stress and self-control. The sample consisted of 154 Hong Kong university students. Their levels of striving to avoid inferiority, stress, self-control, and procrastination were measured by the Striving to Avoid Inferiority Scale (SAIS) , the stress subscale of the Depression …
Psychological Capital and Family Satisfaction among Employees: Do Occupational Stressors Moderate the Relationship
The COVID-19 pandemic has created more occupational stressors, particularly work-family interface issues. The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating role of occupational stressors in the relationship between a personal resource (psychological capital) and family satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 787 employees (367 males, 420 females) from the Greater Bay Area of China between October and Novem…
Family-to-Work Interface and Workplace Injuries: The Mediating Roles of Burnout, Work Engagement, and Safety Violations
Past research has primarily investigated the role of the negative side (family-to-work conflict; FWC) of the family-to-work interface in workplace safety outcomes and neglected the positive side (family-to-work enrichment; FWE). Moreover, the mechanism underlying the relation between the family-to-work interface and workplace safety has not been well studied. From the perspectives of the job demands-resources model as well as conservation of reso…
Efficacy of Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavior Intervention for Chinese Delinquent Youth
Purpose: Recent literature has pointed out the seriously unmet treatment needs of delinquent youth with mental health problems in Hong Kong. This study pioneers to systematically develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a structured low-intensity cognitive behavioral intervention (LICBI) to concurrently address mental health issues and delinquent behaviors among Hong Kong Chinese youth. Method: A quasi-experimental controlled design was adopted …
Acculturation and cross-cultural adaptation: The moderating role of social support
Previous studies have consistently demonstrated the beneficial impacts of the acculturation strategy of integration and the detrimental impacts of the acculturation strategy of marginalization on adaptation outcomes. This study attempts to extend the existing literature by examining the potential moderating role of social support in the relationships between acculturation strategies and cross-cultural adaptation. Specifically, it was hypothesized…
Value change in response to cultural priming: The role of cultural identity and the impact on subjective well-being
Efficacy of Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavior Intervention for Chinese Delinquent Youth
Purpose: Recent literature has pointed out the seriously unmet treatment needs of delinquent youth with mental health problems in Hong Kong. This study pioneers to systematically develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a structured low-intensity cognitive behavioral intervention (LICBI) to concurrently address mental health issues and delinquent behaviors among Hong Kong Chinese youth. Method: A quasi-experimental controlled design was adopted …
Assimilation and Contrast Effects of Culture Priming Among Hong Kong Chinese: The Moderating Roles of Dual Cultural Selves
Although culture priming research has established consistently that individuals from a bicultural background shift toward one or the other culture that has been primed (assimilation effect), the opposite contrast effect is less clear. We postulated a general explanation covering both effects in terms of the moderation due to the strength of dual cultural selves, and tested it on a sample of Westernized Chinese in Hong Kong ( N = 416), whose Chine…
Parental Demandingness and Executive Functioning in Predicting Anxiety among Children in a Longitudinal Community Study
Now My Eyes Have Seen You”: A Comparative Study of Secret Sunshine and the Book of Job
This essay engages in a comparative study of Lee Chang-Dong's Secret Sunshine (2007) in light of the biblical book of Job, focusing on issues of grief, recovery, and theodicy. Drawing from perspectives in philosophical, mystical, and pastoral theology, three allegorical interpretations of the film's title are suggested. The eponymous “secret sunshine” adumbrates, first, the female protagonist Shin-Ae's hidden journey toward her true self, a self …
Assimilation and Contrast Effects of Culture Priming Among Hong Kong Chinese: The Moderating Roles of Dual Cultural Selves
Although culture priming research has established consistently that individuals from a bicultural background shift toward one or the other culture that has been primed (assimilation effect), the opposite contrast effect is less clear. We postulated a general explanation covering both effects in terms of the moderation due to the strength of dual cultural selves, and tested it on a sample of Westernized Chinese in Hong Kong ( N = 416), whose Chine…
Acculturation and cross-cultural adaptation: The moderating role of social support
Previous studies have consistently demonstrated the beneficial impacts of the acculturation strategy of integration and the detrimental impacts of the acculturation strategy of marginalization on adaptation outcomes. This study attempts to extend the existing literature by examining the potential moderating role of social support in the relationships between acculturation strategies and cross-cultural adaptation. Specifically, it was hypothesized…
Pedestrian Dharma: Slowness and Seeing in Tsai Ming-Liang's Walker
This paper studies the ways that Walker, a short film by the Malaysian-Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-Liang, visualizes the relationship between Buddhism and modernity. Via detailed film analysis as well as attention to sources in premodern Buddhist traditions, this paper argues that its filmic performance of Zen walking meditation serves two functions: To present slowness and simplicity as prophetic counterpoints against the dizzying excesses of the…
Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid for Chinese-Speaking International Students in Melbourne
Purpose: Chinese international students have been widely reported to lack recognition of their psychological problems and to delay treatment until their symptoms become rather disabling. The present study pioneered to evaluate the effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training in improving mental health knowledge among Chinese-speaking international tertiary students. Method: A quasi-experimental design was adopted, whereby 202 Chinese-…
Value change in response to cultural priming: The role of cultural identity and the impact on subjective well-being
Worry and Permissive Parenting in Association with the Development of Internet Addiction in Children
The Internet has experienced a rapid increase in use globally. Specifically, more than 90% of Hong Kong's citizens use the Internet, and 70% of children in the age group of 6-17 years have daily access to it. However, internet addiction could pose serious social and health issues. Therefore, conducting research to investigate its causes and risk factors is fundamental. The current study examined the relationship between worry and Internet addicti…
Effectiveness of a culturally-attuned integrated cognitive behavioural therapy for Chinese young people with drug abuse in Hong Kong
Parental Demandingness and Executive Functioning in Predicting Anxiety among Children in a Longitudinal Community Study
Striving to Avoid Inferiority and Procrastination among University Students: The Mediating Roles of Stress and Self-Control
The current study intended to examine whether the relationship between university students' striving to avoid inferiority (SAI) and procrastination was serially mediated by stress and self-control. The sample consisted of 154 Hong Kong university students. Their levels of striving to avoid inferiority, stress, self-control, and procrastination were measured by the Striving to Avoid Inferiority Scale (SAIS) , the stress subscale of the Depression …
Psychological Capital and Family Satisfaction among Employees: Do Occupational Stressors Moderate the Relationship
The COVID-19 pandemic has created more occupational stressors, particularly work-family interface issues. The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating role of occupational stressors in the relationship between a personal resource (psychological capital) and family satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 787 employees (367 males, 420 females) from the Greater Bay Area of China between October and Novem…
Family-to-Work Interface and Workplace Injuries: The Mediating Roles of Burnout, Work Engagement, and Safety Violations
Past research has primarily investigated the role of the negative side (family-to-work conflict; FWC) of the family-to-work interface in workplace safety outcomes and neglected the positive side (family-to-work enrichment; FWE). Moreover, the mechanism underlying the relation between the family-to-work interface and workplace safety has not been well studied. From the perspectives of the job demands-resources model as well as conservation of reso…
Efficacy of Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavior Intervention for Chinese Delinquent Youth
Purpose: Recent literature has pointed out the seriously unmet treatment needs of delinquent youth with mental health problems in Hong Kong. This study pioneers to systematically develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a structured low-intensity cognitive behavioral intervention (LICBI) to concurrently address mental health issues and delinquent behaviors among Hong Kong Chinese youth. Method: A quasi-experimental controlled design was adopted …
Psychometric properties of the traditional Chinese version of the Covid Stress Scales in Hong Kong
Introduction: The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) assess six domains of COVID-19-related stress, including (a) COVID danger, (b) COVID socioeconomic consequences, (c) COVID xenophobia, (d) COVID contamination, (e) COVID traumatic stress symptoms, and (f) COVID compulsive checking. Although the CSS have been validated in various cultural contexts, their psychometric properties in Hong Kong have not been examined. This study endeavors to validate the tra…
Longitudinal modifiable risk and protective factors of internet gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Exploring the potential common psychotherapeutic factors: Use of cognitive behavioural therapy, mindful yoga and positive psychology in enhancing the well‐being of students with SENs in Hong Kong
This study examined the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindful yoga and positive psychology interventions and identified common psychotherapeutic elements that exert critical treatment effects on Hong Kong Chinese students with special educational needs (SENs). Forty‐seven participants received CBT intervention while 42 and 41 participants received mindful yoga and positive psychology interventions, respectively (N = 130). Mixed …
Does having multiple identities predict life satisfaction? Holistic thinking as a condition for achieving integrated self-concept
Social support and student outcomes: The mediating roles of psychological capital, study engagement, and problem-focused coping
How does psychological capital lead to better well-being for students? The roles of family support and problem-focused coping
Maladaptive emotion-focused coping and anxiety in children: The moderating role of authoritative parenting
Perfectionism and worry in children: The moderating role of mothers’ parenting styles
Attitudes toward Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage: The Roles of Parental Attitudes, Traditional Gender Role Values, and Filial Piety
Past studies have suggested that people's attitudes toward homosexuality and same-sex marriages are influenced by their parents' attitudes toward homosexuality. The current study intends to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of these associations by proposing a moderated mediation model incorporating traditional gender role values as a mediator and filial piety as a moderator. One hundred and fifteen adults (33.9% male and 66.1% female) a…
Of Light and Shadows: Buddhism, Cinema, and the Question of Diffused Religion in Modern China
While the scholarship on premodern Chinese Buddhism has explored the tradition’s rich diffusion throughout various realms of sociocultural life, the study of modern Chinese Buddhism leans heavily towards its monastic, institutional, and overtly “religious” forms. This split mirrors the logic of modern secularization, whereby religion should be rationally differentiated from the broader social fabric, institutionalized, and delimited within its ow…
Stress communication, communication satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction: An actor-partner interdependence mediation model
Past research has revealed positive effects of stress communication by oneself and by the partner on relationship satisfaction. However, the mechanisms through which stress communication by oneself and by the partner influence relationship satisfaction have not been well studied. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of one's own and the partner's stress communication on relationship satisfaction and the mediating roles of o…
Aggressive Humor and Social Connectedness: The Moderating Roles of Subjective Social Status and Gender
Aggressive humor has been conceived as a maladaptive humor style that jeopardizes social relationships. However, past studies have yielded inconsistent findings regarding the detrimental effects of aggressive humor on social relationships. This study attempts to advance the existing literature by examining the gender difference in the moderating role of subjective social status in the association between aggressive humor and social connectedness.…
Psychology (24 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Mediation (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works)