Sarah Hian May Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4624890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Hian May Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah Hian May |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN S H M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Singapore University of Technology and Design |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0804-8239 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Private cooling, urban heat, and the limits of collective climate action in tropical cities
Urban heat increasingly shapes energy demand, everyday behaviour, and the feasibility of collective climate action in cities. A common assumption is that direct exposure to heat strengthens public support for mitigation and adaptation. Yet in many cities, this relationship may be altered by widespread reliance on private cooling. Using data from Singapore—a dense tropical city with near-universal access to air-conditioning (AC)—this study examine…
Urban-Themed Mobile Phone Wallpapers Reduce Connectedness with Nature Compared with Nature-Themed Wallpapers
Mobile phone wallpapers, despite their seemingly small presence, may have significant psychological consequences due to the pervasive and recurrent exposure experienced by millions of people during their phone usage. We conducted two-field experiments, each spanning a duration of 2 weeks (Study 1: n = 81; Study 2: n = 166), to evaluate the influence of phone wallpaper image on individuals’ implicit connectedness with nature. Results consistently …
CEOs’ online personality and their company’s business strategy
As a personality trait, openness to experience plays a central role in driving behaviors associated with exploration and innovation. Despite decades of extensive research, the expression of openness to experience in business strategy remains understudied. The current study addresses this gap by revealing that the openness in experience perceived from American and Chinese CEOs’ social media predicted their firm’s initiation of diversifying M&As, e…
Understanding experiences in metaverse
Unemployment rate predicts anger in popular music lyrics
Popular music has been shown to reflect cultural characteristics and psychological change in a society. However, little is known about how popular songs are related to the socioeconomic conditions. In this research, we analyzed the annual top 10 songs from United States and Germany between 1980 and 2017, and found that the unemployment rate predicted the amount of anger but not anxiety or sadness in lyrics in both countries. Our research contribu…
Vertical greenery buffers against stress
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Unemployment rate predicts anger in popular music lyrics
Popular music has been shown to reflect cultural characteristics and psychological change in a society. However, little is known about how popular songs are related to the socioeconomic conditions. In this research, we analyzed the annual top 10 songs from United States and Germany between 1980 and 2017, and found that the unemployment rate predicted the amount of anger but not anxiety or sadness in lyrics in both countries. Our research contribu…
Vertical greenery buffers against stress
Understanding experiences in metaverse
Urban-Themed Mobile Phone Wallpapers Reduce Connectedness with Nature Compared with Nature-Themed Wallpapers
Mobile phone wallpapers, despite their seemingly small presence, may have significant psychological consequences due to the pervasive and recurrent exposure experienced by millions of people during their phone usage. We conducted two-field experiments, each spanning a duration of 2 weeks (Study 1: n = 81; Study 2: n = 166), to evaluate the influence of phone wallpaper image on individuals’ implicit connectedness with nature. Results consistently …
CEOs’ online personality and their company’s business strategy
As a personality trait, openness to experience plays a central role in driving behaviors associated with exploration and innovation. Despite decades of extensive research, the expression of openness to experience in business strategy remains understudied. The current study addresses this gap by revealing that the openness in experience perceived from American and Chinese CEOs’ social media predicted their firm’s initiation of diversifying M&As, e…
Private cooling, urban heat, and the limits of collective climate action in tropical cities
Urban heat increasingly shapes energy demand, everyday behaviour, and the feasibility of collective climate action in cities. A common assumption is that direct exposure to heat strengthens public support for mitigation and adaptation. Yet in many cities, this relationship may be altered by widespread reliance on private cooling. Using data from Singapore—a dense tropical city with near-universal access to air-conditioning (AC)—this study examine…
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (3 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (2 works) · Communication (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Social connectedness (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Anger (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work)