Yee To Ng
Biographic Data
| ID | 4467500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yee To Ng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yee To |
| FAMILY NAME | Ng |
| SIGNATURE | NG Y T |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6757-6835 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Daily Support to Close Friends and Mood Among Older Men and Women
Support provision may enhance older adults’ well-being. Yet support for friends, a voluntary and socially engaging behavior, remains relatively understudied. This study examines daily support to close friends and its within-person links to mood, focusing on gender differences. Older adults ( n = 180, Mean age = 74.02, 57% female) completed 5–6 days of ecological momentary assessments, reporting on their positive and negative mood every 3 hours an…
Friendship and momentary loneliness in dementia caregiving
Objectives Dementia caregivers are particularly vulnerable to loneliness. Grounded in the social convoy and stress process models, this study examined whether (a) dementia caregivers with fewer close friends experience higher levels of momentary loneliness; (b) daily friend interactions are linked to reduced momentary loneliness, and whether the quality and closeness of these interactions matter; and (c) whether the link between friend interactio…
Everyday Language and Cognitive Functioning in Late Life
Objectives Language deterioration is a marker of cognitive decline in late life. An emerging literature has examined features of language associated with executive functioning and working memory when older adults are cognitively healthy. This study aims to identify linguistic features that predict cognitive functioning in a sample of cognitively healthy individuals. Method Participants from the Daily Experiences and Well-being Study (DEWS; aged 6…
Beyond Caregiving
Objectives Limited research has explored caregivers’ activities beyond caregiving duties, which may offer positive experiences and counterbalance caregiving stress. This study aimed to (a) identify the most pleasant non-caregiving activities, (b) assess time allocation based on activity categories and pleasantness, and (c) investigate the association between activity pleasantness and duration, considering differences between caregivers to older a…
Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging
Findings provide insight into life-course neighborhood contextual influences on cognitive aging. Our results emphasize the need for more research to understand the life-course dynamics between neighborhood environments and cognitive aging
Who Has Active Lifestyles? Sociodemographic and Personality Correlates of Activity Diversity in Two Samples of Adults
Findings were discussed in terms of age-specific associations between sociodemographic and personality characteristics and activity diversity
Black and White Young Adults’ Support to Midlife Parents
Consistent with support patterns evident in older adulthood, Black young adults gave more tangible and intangible support to their midlife parents compared to White young adults. Within-race support patterns were explained by different factors informed by the Multidimensional Intergenerational Support Model. Findings suggest psychological factors contribute to between- and within-racial patterns of exchanges
Functional Limitations, Social Integration, and Daily Activities in Late Life
This study provided a modest indication that functional limitations in community-dwelling older adults are associated with patterns of activity that may lead to further limitations, disability, or loss of autonomy. Findings warrant longitudinal follow-up to establish subsequent patterns of decline or stability
Older Adult’s Marital Status, Conversation Frequency, and Well-Being in Everyday Life
Findings highlight the role of marital status in older adults' daily conversational experiences and compensatory processes that may occur. Widowed and divorced older adults differed from married older adults in distinct ways. Divorced older adults may compensate for lack of spouse with friends, whereas widowed older adults may benefit emotionally from engaging in conversations
Positive Encounters as a Buffer
Objectives: To test whether older adults' pain was bidirectionally associated with nighttime sleep disturbances and whether daily positive encounters attenuated these associations. Methods: Participants ( N = 292, mean = 73.71 years old) from the Daily Experiences and Well-being Study indicated pain and positive encounters with close partners (e.g., family and friends) and nonclose partners (e.g., acquaintances and service providers) every 3 hour…
Living Alone During Covid-19
Findings suggest older adults who live alone may be more reactive to social contact during the COVID-19 outbreak than older adults who reside with others. In-person contact may confer distinct benefits not available via telephone contact, suggesting that possible interventions during the pandemic may work best with safe forms of in-person contact, possibly with nonfamily members
Friendships in Old Age
Findings are discussed in terms of functionalist theory, socioemotional selectivity theory, relationship ambivalence, and the benefits of less close ties. This work facilitates the understanding of how daily contact with friends can promote older adults' emotional well-being
Living Alone During Covid-19
Findings suggest older adults who live alone may be more reactive to social contact during the COVID-19 outbreak than older adults who reside with others. In-person contact may confer distinct benefits not available via telephone contact, suggesting that possible interventions during the pandemic may work best with safe forms of in-person contact, possibly with nonfamily members
Friendships in Old Age
Findings are discussed in terms of functionalist theory, socioemotional selectivity theory, relationship ambivalence, and the benefits of less close ties. This work facilitates the understanding of how daily contact with friends can promote older adults' emotional well-being
Older Adult’s Marital Status, Conversation Frequency, and Well-Being in Everyday Life
Findings highlight the role of marital status in older adults' daily conversational experiences and compensatory processes that may occur. Widowed and divorced older adults differed from married older adults in distinct ways. Divorced older adults may compensate for lack of spouse with friends, whereas widowed older adults may benefit emotionally from engaging in conversations
Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging
Findings provide insight into life-course neighborhood contextual influences on cognitive aging. Our results emphasize the need for more research to understand the life-course dynamics between neighborhood environments and cognitive aging
Functional Limitations, Social Integration, and Daily Activities in Late Life
This study provided a modest indication that functional limitations in community-dwelling older adults are associated with patterns of activity that may lead to further limitations, disability, or loss of autonomy. Findings warrant longitudinal follow-up to establish subsequent patterns of decline or stability
Everyday Language and Cognitive Functioning in Late Life
Objectives Language deterioration is a marker of cognitive decline in late life. An emerging literature has examined features of language associated with executive functioning and working memory when older adults are cognitively healthy. This study aims to identify linguistic features that predict cognitive functioning in a sample of cognitively healthy individuals. Method Participants from the Daily Experiences and Well-being Study (DEWS; aged 6…
Black and White Young Adults’ Support to Midlife Parents
Consistent with support patterns evident in older adulthood, Black young adults gave more tangible and intangible support to their midlife parents compared to White young adults. Within-race support patterns were explained by different factors informed by the Multidimensional Intergenerational Support Model. Findings suggest psychological factors contribute to between- and within-racial patterns of exchanges
Positive Encounters as a Buffer
Objectives: To test whether older adults' pain was bidirectionally associated with nighttime sleep disturbances and whether daily positive encounters attenuated these associations. Methods: Participants ( N = 292, mean = 73.71 years old) from the Daily Experiences and Well-being Study indicated pain and positive encounters with close partners (e.g., family and friends) and nonclose partners (e.g., acquaintances and service providers) every 3 hour…
Living Alone During Covid-19
Findings suggest older adults who live alone may be more reactive to social contact during the COVID-19 outbreak than older adults who reside with others. In-person contact may confer distinct benefits not available via telephone contact, suggesting that possible interventions during the pandemic may work best with safe forms of in-person contact, possibly with nonfamily members
Friendships in Old Age
Findings are discussed in terms of functionalist theory, socioemotional selectivity theory, relationship ambivalence, and the benefits of less close ties. This work facilitates the understanding of how daily contact with friends can promote older adults' emotional well-being
Black and White Young Adults’ Support to Midlife Parents
Consistent with support patterns evident in older adulthood, Black young adults gave more tangible and intangible support to their midlife parents compared to White young adults. Within-race support patterns were explained by different factors informed by the Multidimensional Intergenerational Support Model. Findings suggest psychological factors contribute to between- and within-racial patterns of exchanges
Functional Limitations, Social Integration, and Daily Activities in Late Life
This study provided a modest indication that functional limitations in community-dwelling older adults are associated with patterns of activity that may lead to further limitations, disability, or loss of autonomy. Findings warrant longitudinal follow-up to establish subsequent patterns of decline or stability
Older Adult’s Marital Status, Conversation Frequency, and Well-Being in Everyday Life
Findings highlight the role of marital status in older adults' daily conversational experiences and compensatory processes that may occur. Widowed and divorced older adults differed from married older adults in distinct ways. Divorced older adults may compensate for lack of spouse with friends, whereas widowed older adults may benefit emotionally from engaging in conversations
Who Has Active Lifestyles? Sociodemographic and Personality Correlates of Activity Diversity in Two Samples of Adults
Findings were discussed in terms of age-specific associations between sociodemographic and personality characteristics and activity diversity
Neighborhood Cohesion Across the Life Course and Effects on Cognitive Aging
Findings provide insight into life-course neighborhood contextual influences on cognitive aging. Our results emphasize the need for more research to understand the life-course dynamics between neighborhood environments and cognitive aging
Beyond Caregiving
Objectives Limited research has explored caregivers’ activities beyond caregiving duties, which may offer positive experiences and counterbalance caregiving stress. This study aimed to (a) identify the most pleasant non-caregiving activities, (b) assess time allocation based on activity categories and pleasantness, and (c) investigate the association between activity pleasantness and duration, considering differences between caregivers to older a…
Daily Support to Close Friends and Mood Among Older Men and Women
Support provision may enhance older adults’ well-being. Yet support for friends, a voluntary and socially engaging behavior, remains relatively understudied. This study examines daily support to close friends and its within-person links to mood, focusing on gender differences. Older adults ( n = 180, Mean age = 74.02, 57% female) completed 5–6 days of ecological momentary assessments, reporting on their positive and negative mood every 3 hours an…
Friendship and momentary loneliness in dementia caregiving
Objectives Dementia caregivers are particularly vulnerable to loneliness. Grounded in the social convoy and stress process models, this study examined whether (a) dementia caregivers with fewer close friends experience higher levels of momentary loneliness; (b) daily friend interactions are linked to reduced momentary loneliness, and whether the quality and closeness of these interactions matter; and (c) whether the link between friend interactio…
Everyday Language and Cognitive Functioning in Late Life
Objectives Language deterioration is a marker of cognitive decline in late life. An emerging literature has examined features of language associated with executive functioning and working memory when older adults are cognitively healthy. This study aims to identify linguistic features that predict cognitive functioning in a sample of cognitively healthy individuals. Method Participants from the Daily Experiences and Well-being Study (DEWS; aged 6…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Activities of daily living (2 works)