Peter K H Chew
Biographic Data
| ID | 5454592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter K H Chew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter K H |
| FAMILY NAME | Chew |
| SIGNATURE | CHEW P K H |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Cook University Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5243-1481 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Big Five Traits and Facets, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Social Media Addiction
BACKGROUND: While many studies have examined the relationships between the Big Five traits, and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Social Media Addiction (SMA), limited studies have considered the Big Five facets (i.e., narrowly defined traits). AIMS: The current study aims to contribute to the literature by examining the relationships between the Big Five traits and facets, and IGD and SMA among adults in the general population. METHOD: = 8.38).…
The Indirect Associations of Gaming Motivations Between Psychological Distress and Problematic Gaming
Effects of Death Anxiety on Social Media Addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder: Roles of Fear of Missing Out and Self-Esteem
Despite the extensive literature on risk factors for digital addictions, it is surprising that death anxiety (DA) has not been examined as a potential risk factor, given its transdiagnostic nature for various psychological disorders. This study investigated the effect of DA on social media addiction (SMA) and internet gaming disorder (IGD) and examined whether these relationships were mediated by fear of missing out (FOMO) and moderated by self-e…
Being a good citizen in pandemics – compliance to social distancing and prosociality following death reminders
General addiction versus specific addiction: Which is associated with a higher risk of negative consequences
Effects of death anxiety on fear of missing out
Death Anxiety (DA) and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) are two psychological phenomena that have distinct implications for individuals and their overall quality of life. The Terror Management Theory (TMT) is utilized to bridge the gap between these constructs and extends its understanding to everyday behaviors and psychopathology. The present 2-part study examined the effects of DA and Mortality Salience (MS) on FOMO, respectively. Study 1 included ( …
The higher education expectation scale: Development and testing
Excessive educational expectations are risk factors for poor mental health among students in higher education. However, the literature on educational expectations has largely focused on primary and secondary students with paucity among tertiary students. This study describes the development of a multidimensional scale measuring perceived educational expectations by tertiary students. Results show that students perceived expectations from four dis…
Do Pandemics Trigger Death Thoughts
The current article aims to investigate the effects of pandemics of varying severity on death-thought accessibility in two studies while controlling for health anxiety. Study 1 ( n = 203) examined the effect of standard mortality salience (MS), severe pandemic, mild pandemic, and dental conditions on death-thought accessibility as assessed by the death word fragment task (DWFT). Study 1 did not find significant effects of MS and delay on death-th…
Effects of Mortality Salience and Religion on Aggression
The current study aimed to examine the effects of mortality salience (MS) and religion on aggression. Participants were 120 students (58.3% females; 73.3% with religion) from a private university in Singapore. They were randomly assigned to either the MS condition or the control condition, asked to remember a time when they were deeply hurt or offended by a person, and provided an opportunity for revenge by sticking pins into a voodoo doll that r…
Effects of Mortality Salience on Racism in Singapore
This article aims to examine the effects of mortality salience on explicit racism (Studies 1 and 2) and implicit racism (Study 3) in Singapore. There was no significant effect of mortality salience on both explicit racism and implicit racism (Studies 1–3). Furthermore, while social dominance orientation was associated with higher explicit racism, it did not moderate the effects of mortality salience on explicit racism (Study 2). In contrast, whil…
Death anxiety as a gaming motivation: An exploratory study
The gaming motivations literature is limited by a lack of consideration of the role of the unconscious on gaming behavior. Using terror management theory as a theoretical framework, the current study examined the effects of mortality salience on gaming activity. Participants were a convenience sample of 133 (59.4% females) gamers. A 2 (MS: mortality salience vs. dental pain) × 2 (Delay: delay vs. no delay) × 2 (Sex: males vs. females) between-sub…
Evidence of method effects in the authoritarianism-conservatism-traditionalism scales
Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is notoriously complex, multifaceted, and difficult to measure as a psychological construct. Recently, Duckitt et al. developed the ACT scales, offering theoretical refinement of the RWA construct. Although the validity of the ACT scales had been supported by a considerable body of research, shortcomings in previous analyses cannot rule out the existence of possible method effects. In the present research, we sou…
Terror Management: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Desire for Money Among Singaporeans
Terror management theory has been used to explain our penchant for materialism. While materialism includes both the desire for products and the desire for money, research has generally examined the former. Consequently, this article aimed to examine the effects of mortality salience on desire for money in Singapore. Study 1 found that mortality salience did not increase self-reported desire for money but increased the size of a drawn coin. Study …
Big Data Analysis of Terror Management Theory’s Predictions in the Covid-19 Pandemic
The current study aimed to address the limitations of the terror management theory literature by using big data analysis to examine the theory's predictions in the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Google Trends were examined before and after the first COVID-19 case was identified in Singapore. The results showed that there was a significant increase in mortality salience, intergroup conflict, and prosocial behavior, and a significant decrease in …
Mortality salience in an offline and online setting
The current study aims to examine the effects of mortality salience effects on worldview defense in an offline and online setting. Participants were 146 (66 offline and 80 online) Singaporeans. Participants were randomly assigned to either the mortality salience condition or the control condition and after a delay completed a Worldview Defense Assessment. No significant mortality salience effects on worldview defense occurred in either setting. T…
A Guide to Nature Immersion: Psychological and Physiological Benefits
Nature exposure has been renowned for its positive physiological and psychological benefits. Recent years have seen a rise in nature immersion programs that make use of Guided Forest Therapy walks in a standard sequence of sensory awareness activities to expose participants to natural environments in a safe but effective manner. The study aimed to compare the efficacy of guided versus unguided nature immersion, upon three dependent variables of m…
Racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in Singapore: Effects of race on hiring decisions
The aim of the study was to examine racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in Singapore. Specifically, the study examined the effects of race on hiring decisions in a simulated hiring decision task. Participants were 171 (61% males) Singaporean Chinese undergraduates from a private university in Singapore. They were randomly assigned into one of nine groups and asked to review a resume of a job applicant. The study used a 3 (Academic qualifications: s…
Quality of Life in Patients With a Major Mental Disorder in Singapore
Background: There has been a paradigm shift in mental health service delivery, from a focus on reducing symptoms to a more holistic approach, which considers Quality of Life (QoL). Method: This study aimed to explore prediction of Quality of Life (QoL) in Asian patients with a major mental disorder i.e., depression or schizophrenia in Singapore. In the current study, there were 43 patients (65.1% females) with depression. Their ages ranged from 1…
Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients with Leukemia in Singapore: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
There has been a paradigm shift in health service delivery to a more holistic approach, which considers Quality of Life (QoL) and overall functioning. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional construct that encompasses physical functioning as well as psychosocial aspects of emotional and social functioning. This study explored factors related to HRQoL in Asian pediatric patients with leukemia in Singapore. The available variab…
Smartphone Application in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology Training: Trainees’ Perspectives
M-learning refers to the learning that takes advantage of mobile technologies. Although research shows enhanced educational outcomes from m-learning in some Asian countries, the generalizability to postgraduate clinical psychology training in Singapore remains unclear. Current professional standards in clinical psychology training emphasize the importance of attainment of clinical competencies in trainees. Although learning theories indicated pot…
Suicide Precipitants Differ Across the Lifespan but Are Not Significant in Predicting Medically Severe Attempts
An important risk factor for suicide assessment is the suicide precipitant. This study explores suicide attempt precipitants across the lifespan. Three years of medical records related to suicide attempters who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore were subjected to analysis. These cases were divided into three age groups: Adolescence, Early Adulthood, and Middle Adulthood. A total of 540 cases were e…
Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Quality of Life, Depression and Anxiety in Asian Patients
This study explored the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life, depression, and anxiety in Asian patients in Singapore. Out of the 194 patients who were recruited into the study, 139 patients (71.6%) completed both the pre- and post-cardiac rehabilitation questionnaires. Their ages ranged from 28 to 80 (M = 56.66, SD = 8.88), and 103 patients (74.1%) were males and 21 patients (15.1%) were females. As hypothesized, there was a statis…
Prediction of Quality of Life in Asian Patients with Schizophrenia: A Cross-sectional Pilot Study
The findings were discussed in regards to clinical implications for informing interventions to enhance QOL in patients with schizophrenia
Mortality salience in an offline and online setting
The current study aims to examine the effects of mortality salience effects on worldview defense in an offline and online setting. Participants were 146 (66 offline and 80 online) Singaporeans. Participants were randomly assigned to either the mortality salience condition or the control condition and after a delay completed a Worldview Defense Assessment. No significant mortality salience effects on worldview defense occurred in either setting. T…
Do Pandemics Trigger Death Thoughts
The current article aims to investigate the effects of pandemics of varying severity on death-thought accessibility in two studies while controlling for health anxiety. Study 1 ( n = 203) examined the effect of standard mortality salience (MS), severe pandemic, mild pandemic, and dental conditions on death-thought accessibility as assessed by the death word fragment task (DWFT). Study 1 did not find significant effects of MS and delay on death-th…
Terror Management: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Desire for Money Among Singaporeans
Terror management theory has been used to explain our penchant for materialism. While materialism includes both the desire for products and the desire for money, research has generally examined the former. Consequently, this article aimed to examine the effects of mortality salience on desire for money in Singapore. Study 1 found that mortality salience did not increase self-reported desire for money but increased the size of a drawn coin. Study …
Prediction of Quality of Life in Asian Patients with Schizophrenia: A Cross-sectional Pilot Study
The findings were discussed in regards to clinical implications for informing interventions to enhance QOL in patients with schizophrenia
Suicide Precipitants Differ Across the Lifespan but Are Not Significant in Predicting Medically Severe Attempts
An important risk factor for suicide assessment is the suicide precipitant. This study explores suicide attempt precipitants across the lifespan. Three years of medical records related to suicide attempters who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore were subjected to analysis. These cases were divided into three age groups: Adolescence, Early Adulthood, and Middle Adulthood. A total of 540 cases were e…
Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Quality of Life, Depression and Anxiety in Asian Patients
This study explored the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life, depression, and anxiety in Asian patients in Singapore. Out of the 194 patients who were recruited into the study, 139 patients (71.6%) completed both the pre- and post-cardiac rehabilitation questionnaires. Their ages ranged from 28 to 80 (M = 56.66, SD = 8.88), and 103 patients (74.1%) were males and 21 patients (15.1%) were females. As hypothesized, there was a statis…
Racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in Singapore: Effects of race on hiring decisions
The aim of the study was to examine racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in Singapore. Specifically, the study examined the effects of race on hiring decisions in a simulated hiring decision task. Participants were 171 (61% males) Singaporean Chinese undergraduates from a private university in Singapore. They were randomly assigned into one of nine groups and asked to review a resume of a job applicant. The study used a 3 (Academic qualifications: s…
Quality of Life in Patients With a Major Mental Disorder in Singapore
Background: There has been a paradigm shift in mental health service delivery, from a focus on reducing symptoms to a more holistic approach, which considers Quality of Life (QoL). Method: This study aimed to explore prediction of Quality of Life (QoL) in Asian patients with a major mental disorder i.e., depression or schizophrenia in Singapore. In the current study, there were 43 patients (65.1% females) with depression. Their ages ranged from 1…
Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients with Leukemia in Singapore: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study
There has been a paradigm shift in health service delivery to a more holistic approach, which considers Quality of Life (QoL) and overall functioning. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional construct that encompasses physical functioning as well as psychosocial aspects of emotional and social functioning. This study explored factors related to HRQoL in Asian pediatric patients with leukemia in Singapore. The available variab…
Smartphone Application in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology Training: Trainees’ Perspectives
M-learning refers to the learning that takes advantage of mobile technologies. Although research shows enhanced educational outcomes from m-learning in some Asian countries, the generalizability to postgraduate clinical psychology training in Singapore remains unclear. Current professional standards in clinical psychology training emphasize the importance of attainment of clinical competencies in trainees. Although learning theories indicated pot…
A Guide to Nature Immersion: Psychological and Physiological Benefits
Nature exposure has been renowned for its positive physiological and psychological benefits. Recent years have seen a rise in nature immersion programs that make use of Guided Forest Therapy walks in a standard sequence of sensory awareness activities to expose participants to natural environments in a safe but effective manner. The study aimed to compare the efficacy of guided versus unguided nature immersion, upon three dependent variables of m…
Mortality salience in an offline and online setting
The current study aims to examine the effects of mortality salience effects on worldview defense in an offline and online setting. Participants were 146 (66 offline and 80 online) Singaporeans. Participants were randomly assigned to either the mortality salience condition or the control condition and after a delay completed a Worldview Defense Assessment. No significant mortality salience effects on worldview defense occurred in either setting. T…
Big Data Analysis of Terror Management Theory’s Predictions in the Covid-19 Pandemic
The current study aimed to address the limitations of the terror management theory literature by using big data analysis to examine the theory's predictions in the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Google Trends were examined before and after the first COVID-19 case was identified in Singapore. The results showed that there was a significant increase in mortality salience, intergroup conflict, and prosocial behavior, and a significant decrease in …
Death anxiety as a gaming motivation: An exploratory study
The gaming motivations literature is limited by a lack of consideration of the role of the unconscious on gaming behavior. Using terror management theory as a theoretical framework, the current study examined the effects of mortality salience on gaming activity. Participants were a convenience sample of 133 (59.4% females) gamers. A 2 (MS: mortality salience vs. dental pain) × 2 (Delay: delay vs. no delay) × 2 (Sex: males vs. females) between-sub…
Evidence of method effects in the authoritarianism-conservatism-traditionalism scales
Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is notoriously complex, multifaceted, and difficult to measure as a psychological construct. Recently, Duckitt et al. developed the ACT scales, offering theoretical refinement of the RWA construct. Although the validity of the ACT scales had been supported by a considerable body of research, shortcomings in previous analyses cannot rule out the existence of possible method effects. In the present research, we sou…
Terror Management: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Desire for Money Among Singaporeans
Terror management theory has been used to explain our penchant for materialism. While materialism includes both the desire for products and the desire for money, research has generally examined the former. Consequently, this article aimed to examine the effects of mortality salience on desire for money in Singapore. Study 1 found that mortality salience did not increase self-reported desire for money but increased the size of a drawn coin. Study …
Being a good citizen in pandemics – compliance to social distancing and prosociality following death reminders
General addiction versus specific addiction: Which is associated with a higher risk of negative consequences
Effects of death anxiety on fear of missing out
Death Anxiety (DA) and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) are two psychological phenomena that have distinct implications for individuals and their overall quality of life. The Terror Management Theory (TMT) is utilized to bridge the gap between these constructs and extends its understanding to everyday behaviors and psychopathology. The present 2-part study examined the effects of DA and Mortality Salience (MS) on FOMO, respectively. Study 1 included ( …
The higher education expectation scale: Development and testing
Excessive educational expectations are risk factors for poor mental health among students in higher education. However, the literature on educational expectations has largely focused on primary and secondary students with paucity among tertiary students. This study describes the development of a multidimensional scale measuring perceived educational expectations by tertiary students. Results show that students perceived expectations from four dis…
Do Pandemics Trigger Death Thoughts
The current article aims to investigate the effects of pandemics of varying severity on death-thought accessibility in two studies while controlling for health anxiety. Study 1 ( n = 203) examined the effect of standard mortality salience (MS), severe pandemic, mild pandemic, and dental conditions on death-thought accessibility as assessed by the death word fragment task (DWFT). Study 1 did not find significant effects of MS and delay on death-th…
Effects of Mortality Salience and Religion on Aggression
The current study aimed to examine the effects of mortality salience (MS) and religion on aggression. Participants were 120 students (58.3% females; 73.3% with religion) from a private university in Singapore. They were randomly assigned to either the MS condition or the control condition, asked to remember a time when they were deeply hurt or offended by a person, and provided an opportunity for revenge by sticking pins into a voodoo doll that r…
Effects of Mortality Salience on Racism in Singapore
This article aims to examine the effects of mortality salience on explicit racism (Studies 1 and 2) and implicit racism (Study 3) in Singapore. There was no significant effect of mortality salience on both explicit racism and implicit racism (Studies 1–3). Furthermore, while social dominance orientation was associated with higher explicit racism, it did not moderate the effects of mortality salience on explicit racism (Study 2). In contrast, whil…
Big Five Traits and Facets, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Social Media Addiction
BACKGROUND: While many studies have examined the relationships between the Big Five traits, and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Social Media Addiction (SMA), limited studies have considered the Big Five facets (i.e., narrowly defined traits). AIMS: The current study aims to contribute to the literature by examining the relationships between the Big Five traits and facets, and IGD and SMA among adults in the general population. METHOD: = 8.38).…
The Indirect Associations of Gaming Motivations Between Psychological Distress and Problematic Gaming
Effects of Death Anxiety on Social Media Addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder: Roles of Fear of Missing Out and Self-Esteem
Despite the extensive literature on risk factors for digital addictions, it is surprising that death anxiety (DA) has not been examined as a potential risk factor, given its transdiagnostic nature for various psychological disorders. This study investigated the effect of DA on social media addiction (SMA) and internet gaming disorder (IGD) and examined whether these relationships were mediated by fear of missing out (FOMO) and moderated by self-e…
Psychology (19 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Anxiety (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Mortality salience (7 works)