Edward C Chang
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 608738 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Edward C Chang |
| NOMBRES | Edward C |
| APELLIDO | Chang |
| FIRMA | CHANG E C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9179-8542 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 87 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 105 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 83 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 4 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
A preliminary attempt to distinguish between amor fati and fatalismo as predictors of mental health in Latinx adults
Acceptance Before Striving
Midlife in dense urban contexts often confronts adults with chronic constraints and role obligations that challenge dignity and well-being. This study examined whether amor fati , an agentic stance of affirming acceptance toward one’s fate, is associated with flourishing, subjective happiness, and suicidal ideation beyond positive and negative affect, and how it compares with culturally familiar Chinese adversity-overcoming beliefs. Community adu…
Examining the role of amor fati in psychological and religious well-being in Indian Hindus
Examining the role of connection and loneliness in understanding how amor fati is associated with mature happiness and depression
An existential passage to health in India
On encountering nietzsche and rogers
Is amor fati associated with loving your body? A positive existential approach to understanding eating disorder symptoms in young adult females
Amor Fati as a Useful Strength-Based Explanatory Variable for Understanding Mental Health Outcomes in Mature Adults
Going beyond the role of coping behaviors in predicting subsequent depression and suicidal ideation
Introduction: This prospective study sought to determine if positive personality variables, namely, amor fati, optimism/pessimism, and hope, were important and unique predictors of subsequent psychological ill-being, namely, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation, even after accounting for coping behaviors. Methods: One hundred and forty-six adults completed measures of amor fati, optimism/pessimism, hope, and coping behaviors at Time 1, and c…
An appraisal of Nietzsche’s philosophical concept of amor fati
The relationship between amor fati and happiness in Chinese adults
Examining the distinct usefulness of amor fati over resilient coping and grit in accounting for psychological adjustment in Spanish adults (¿importa el amor fati?)
On the absurd, the “ultimate question,” and Camus’ expansion of Nietzsche’s concept of amor fati in The Myth of Sisyphus
On affirming life, beyond good and bad
Testing a prediction model of flourishing and languishing in middle-aged adults
Mental Toughness and Sport Motivation
The present study examined the relationship between mental toughness, sport motivation, and sport anxiety in a sample of 106 highly active adult esports players (94 males and 12 females) with ages ranging from 18 to 30 years (M = 22.3, SD = 3.3), who engaged in games such as League of Legends. Participants completed the Mental Toughness Inventory (MTI), the Sport Motivation Scale (SMS), and the Sport Anxiety Scale-2 (SAS-2). The results of the co…
Examining hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in emerging adults from Hong Kong
Assessing Congruence as a Central Aspect of Rogers’ Positive Notion of Authentic Becoming
Although authenticity has been considered from diverse existential and humanistic perspectives, the present study focuses on a positive conceptualization of authenticity based on Rogers’ novel concept of congruence as measured by the Congruity in the Self Scale (CiSS). Specifically, this study examined the extent to which the CiSS represents a distinct and useful measure over an existing measure of authentic personality (viz. authentic living, ac…
Amor Fati , Mindful Coping, and Psychological Adjustment in Adults
The present study examined how amor fati, defined as a positive attitude of joyfully embracing all of one’s life, both the good and the bad, was associated with psychological adjustment through mindful coping behaviors in adults. A sample of 160 (113 female and 47 male) adults from the United States completed measures of amor fati, mindful coping, and psychological adjustment. Components of mindful coping behaviors (viz., awareness, distraction, …
Is Living by Amor Fati , Coping Resiliently, or Being Authentic Most Important for Explaining Mental Health in College Students
In this study, based on emerging research on amor fati as an important positive existential variable, the role of amor fati , compared to resilient coping and authenticity, in accounting for mental health (viz, depressive symptoms and happiness) was examined in a sample of 336 (249 females and 87 males) college students. The results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that both resilient coping and authenticity accounted for significant…
Beyond Dispositional Optimism and Pessimism
Beyond positive psychological processes
Examining optimism and flourishing as protective factors of suicidality across the adult lifespan
We examined optimism and flourishing as unique protective predictors of suicidality ( viz. , suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviors) in a cross-sectional study of young adults (18-35 years), middle-aged adults (36-55 years), and older adults (≥56 years). Young adults were found to have higher levels of suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviors compared to middle-aged and older adults. Controlling for depressive symptoms, the results of conductin…
Amor Fati and the Negation of Life
This study examined how amor fati, a positive psychological construct, was associated with suicidal ideation in a sample of 215 young adults. Specifically, components of existential meaning in life (viz., comprehension, purpose, and mattering) and regret were evaluated as potential mediators of the association between amor fati and suicidal ideation. Results of conducting bootstrapped mediation testing with multiple mediators indicated that amor …
The role of problem-solving ability, beyond academic motivation, in college students’ psychological adjustment
In the changing and demanding university context, various situations are experienced wherein abilities to maintain motivation and activate problem solving could be relevant in students’ adjustment. Beyond the widely analyzed role of academic motivation, this study focused on the added value of social problem-solving ability in student adjustment in the academic context. Analyses based on the responses obtained from 253 students (197 women and 56 …
Cultural variations in optimistic and pessimistic bias
The authors compared levels of optimistic and pessimistic bias in the prediction of positive and negative life events between European Americans and Japanese. Study 1 showed that European Americans compared with Japanese were more likely to predict positive events to occur to self than to others. The opposite pattern emerged in the prediction of negative events. Study 2 replicated these cultural differences. Furthermore, positive associations eme…
The color and texture of hope
To clarify and extend Snyder's (1994, 2002) hope theory to a more diverse population, this study examined variations in agentic and pathways thinking, and their relations with social problem solving, affect, and with life satisfaction across a college student sample of 46 European Americans, 30 African Americans, 33 Latinos, and 46 Asian Americans. Although comparative results indicated variations in levels of hope components across the 4 racial/…
Dispositional optimism and primary and secondary appraisal of a stressor
Cultural variations on optimistic and pessimistic bias for self versus a sibling
A culturally relevant framework was used to examine variations on optimistic and pessimistic bias in Westerners and Easterners. Study 1 showed that 136 European Americans compared with 159 Japanese were more likely to predict typical positive events to occur to self than to a sibling. The opposite pattern emerged in the prediction of typical negative events. Study 2 replicated these findings on the basis of predictions for atypical events in 175 …
Ethnic Variables and Negative Life Events as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Behaviors in Latino College Students
In the present study, we examined ethnic variables (viz., multigroup ethnic identity and other group orientation) along with negative life events as predictors of depressive symptoms and suicidal behaviors in a sample of 156 (38 male and 118 female) Latino college students. Results of conducting hierarchical regression analyses indicated that the set of ethnic variables accounted for significant variance in both depressive symptoms and suicidal b…
Experiences with microaggressions and discrimination in racially diverse and homogeneously white contexts
Living in a racially diverse context may have positive benefits for racial minorities, and White individuals do not necessarily experience greater instances of discrimination or microaggressions in diverse contexts. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved
Amor Fati and the Negation of Life
This study examined how amor fati, a positive psychological construct, was associated with suicidal ideation in a sample of 215 young adults. Specifically, components of existential meaning in life (viz., comprehension, purpose, and mattering) and regret were evaluated as potential mediators of the association between amor fati and suicidal ideation. Results of conducting bootstrapped mediation testing with multiple mediators indicated that amor …
Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health
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Trauma and Suicide Risk in College Students
The present study sought to examine trauma history and hope as predictors of suicide risk in a sample of 561 college students. Furthermore, authors aimed to understand whether the lack of hope agency and hope pathways contributed to further risk for suicide, above and beyond trauma history. Results suggested that trauma history and hope agency were significant and unique predictors of suicide risk among college students. More specifically, hope a…
Relationship between Future Orientation and Pain Severity in Fibromyalgia Patients
The present study examined the relationship between future orientation and fibromyalgia-related pain severity in a sample of 287 adults with fibromyalgia. Specifically, authors examined dimensions of self-compassion (for example, self-kindness, isolation, mindfulness) as possible mechanisms through which future orientation might be associated with pain severity. Results of conducting a multiple mediator test with 10,000 bootstraps indicated that …
Amor Fati , Mindful Coping, and Psychological Adjustment in Adults
The present study examined how amor fati, defined as a positive attitude of joyfully embracing all of one’s life, both the good and the bad, was associated with psychological adjustment through mindful coping behaviors in adults. A sample of 160 (113 female and 47 male) adults from the United States completed measures of amor fati, mindful coping, and psychological adjustment. Components of mindful coping behaviors (viz., awareness, distraction, …
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Examining hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in emerging adults from Hong Kong
Examining optimism and flourishing as protective factors of suicidality across the adult lifespan
We examined optimism and flourishing as unique protective predictors of suicidality ( viz. , suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviors) in a cross-sectional study of young adults (18-35 years), middle-aged adults (36-55 years), and older adults (≥56 years). Young adults were found to have higher levels of suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviors compared to middle-aged and older adults. Controlling for depressive symptoms, the results of conductin…
Perfectionism and Social Problem Solving as Predictors of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Ethnoracially Diverse College Students
The present study was designed to examine the extent to which perfectionism and social problem solving add to the prediction model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), independent of suicide risk, in a sample of 386 ethnoracially diverse college students. Moreover, the authors were interested in whether social problem solving, beyond perfectionism, would account for additional variance in their prediction model. Results indicated that social proble…
Future orientation, depression, suicidality, and interpersonal needs in primary care outpatients
Based on past research findings with college students, we tested whether perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness represent important mediators of the association between future orientation and suicide risk (namely, depression and suicidality) in primary care patients. We conducted a multiple mediator test in a sample of 97 primary care patients. Our results indicated that perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness accounted f…
Depression, Loneliness, and Suicide Risk among Latino College Students
This study tested a psychosocial model of suicide risk in a sample of 156 Latino college students. Specifically, depression and loneliness were hypothesized to be important predictors of suicide risk (namely, hopelessness and suicidal behaviors) in Latino students. Results of conducting regression analyses indicated that, independent of age and gender, depression and loneliness were significant predictors of both indices of suicide risk examined …
The Relationship Between Domestic Partner Violence and Suicidal Behaviors in an Adult Community Sample
We examined an additive and interactive model involving domestic partner violence (DPV) and hope in accounting for suicidal behaviors in a sample of 98 community adults. Results showed that DPV accounted for a significant amount of variance in suicidal behaviors. Hope further augmented the prediction model and accounted for suicidal behaviors beyond DPV. Finally, we found that DPV significantly interacted with both dimensions of hope to further a…
Ethnic Identity and Loneliness in Predicting Suicide Risk in Latino College Students
This study examined the role of ethnic identity and loneliness as predictors of suicide risk, namely, hopelessness and suicidal behaviors, in Latino college students. One hundred sixty Latino students completed a survey assessing for the aforementioned constructs. Results of conducting regression analyses indicated that ethnic identity was a significant predictor of suicide risk. When loneliness was added into the regression model, it was found t…
Optimism/pessimism and future orientation as predictors of suicidal ideation
Our findings indicate that optimism/pessimism and future orientation are important positive cognitions involved with suicidal ideation for African-American and Latino-American college students. Further research is needed to better understand the cultural underpinnings of how these positive cognitions work to predict suicide-related outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record
The past is not what it used to be
Cultural differences in optimism, pessimism, and coping
Cultural differences were examined between 111 Asian American and 111 Caucasian American students matched on age and sex in a prospective design study. Using separate optimism and pessimism scores, Asian Americans were found to be more pessimistic than Caucasian Americans. Asian Americans were also found to use more problem avoidance and social withdrawal coping strategies than Caucasian Americans. When health outcomes were assessed 6 weeks later…
Preliminary Study of Health Value as a Moderator of the Link between Age and Life Satisfaction
In the present study of the influence of health value as a potential moderator of age and life satisfaction, 157 undergraduate students ( M = 20.8 yr.) completed a battery in which they provided demographic information and completed a number of different self-report measures, including the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Health Value Scale. A 2 (younger vs older) × 2 (high vs low health value) analysis of variance with life satisfaction as t…
How the Value of Health Moderates the Link between Age and Depressive Symptoms
To extend earlier findings, this pilot study explored the role of self-reported value of health as a moderator between age and scores on the Beck Depression Inventory. 157 undergraduate students completed the Health Value Scale and the Beck inventory. There was no significant main effect for age with scores on the Beck inventory; however, scores on the Health Value Scale and their interaction with age were significant contributors to scores on th…
Locus of Control and the Fundamental Dimensions of Moods
The present study examined the association between locus of control and positive and negative moods in 253 college students. Using the PANAS-X, designed by Watson and Clark, individuals scoring high on internal locus of control also scored higher across different dimensions of positive mood. Conversely, individuals scoring high on external locus of control had higher scores across different dimensions of negative mood
Dispositional optimism and primary and secondary appraisal of a stressor
Optimism & pessimism
Prevailing beliefs and attitudes, particularly in the West, encourage researchers and lay people alike to think almost exclusively in terms of the costs of pessimism and the benefits of optimism. This volume provides a forum in which leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners involved with the study of optimism and pessimism are given the opportunity to express their beliefs. The result is a critical survey that enables readers to recognize…
Cultural variations in optimistic and pessimistic bias
The authors compared levels of optimistic and pessimistic bias in the prediction of positive and negative life events between European Americans and Japanese. Study 1 showed that European Americans compared with Japanese were more likely to predict positive events to occur to self than to others. The opposite pattern emerged in the prediction of negative events. Study 2 replicated these cultural differences. Furthermore, positive associations eme…
The past is not what it used to be
Cultural variations on optimistic and pessimistic bias for self versus a sibling
A culturally relevant framework was used to examine variations on optimistic and pessimistic bias in Westerners and Easterners. Study 1 showed that 136 European Americans compared with 159 Japanese were more likely to predict typical positive events to occur to self than to a sibling. The opposite pattern emerged in the prediction of typical negative events. Study 2 replicated these findings on the basis of predictions for atypical events in 175 …
The color and texture of hope
To clarify and extend Snyder's (1994, 2002) hope theory to a more diverse population, this study examined variations in agentic and pathways thinking, and their relations with social problem solving, affect, and with life satisfaction across a college student sample of 46 European Americans, 30 African Americans, 33 Latinos, and 46 Asian Americans. Although comparative results indicated variations in levels of hope components across the 4 racial/…
Self-Criticism and Self-Enhancement
Self-criticism and self-enhancement
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Examining the relations between rumination and adjustment
Past studies have pointed to the dysfunctional nature of rumination in adults. However, past research has not examined ethnic variations. Accordingly, this study examined ethnic differences in rumination in 184 Asian American and 238 European American college students. Consistent with expectations, Asian Americans were found to ruminate more than European Americans. However, rumination was found to have a weaker association with measures of adjus…
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Optimistic and Pessimistic Bias in European Americans and Asian Americans
The present research examined optimistic and pessimistic bias in the prediction of positive and negative physical and psychological health outcomes between European American and Asian American college students. Results of between-group and within-group analyses indicated both similarities and differences in predictions for health outcomes. Sex differences were also found. Taken together, these findings point to a need to consider both culture and…
An examination of happiness as a buffer of the rumination–adjustment link
Handbook of Race and Development in Mental Health
An examination of ethnic variations in perfectionism and interpersonal influences as predictors of eating disturbances
This study assessed ethnic variations in perfectionism, interpersonal influences, and eating disturbances, namely, drive for thinness and bulimic symptoms, among 139 Asian American and 159 European American females (Mage 19.55 years). Results of comparative analyses indicated significant normative differences in perfectionism. Specifically, Asian American females, compared with European American females, reported greater parental expectations and…
Predictors of eating disturbances in South Asian American females and males
In the present study, we looked at sex differences in negative affectivity and contingencies of self-worth as predictors of eating disturbances (viz., drive for thinness, bulimic symptoms, and body dissatisfaction) in a South Asian American sample of 97 females and 83 males. Females, compared with males, were found to report greater self-worth involving others’ approval, appearance, academic competition, and greater drive for thinness and body di…
Spiritual well-being and depressive symptoms in female African American suicide attempters
Spiritual well-being is a well-established predictor of mental health, yet the potential mechanisms of this association are relatively unexplored. We examined the influence of spirituality, including religious and existential well-being, on depressive symptoms, and the potential mediating effect of optimism and pessimism, in a sample of 66 African American female suicide attempters. Participants were recruited from a large, urban hospital and com…
Ethnic variations between Asian and European Americans in interpersonal sources of socially prescribed perfectionism
Future orientation and health quality of life in primary care
Depressive symptoms in South Asian, East Asian, and European Americans
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