Keong Yap
Biographic Data
| ID | 6222000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keong Yap |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keong |
| FAMILY NAME | Yap |
| SIGNATURE | YAP K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Catholic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7008-4903 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Development and content validation of the Quality in Psychology Simulation Instrument (QPSI)
Objective The Australian psychology training landscape is changing, and simulation is increasingly being used. Therefore, it is essential for educators to accurately assess the quality of such training activities. This article outlines the development of the Quality in Psychology Simulation Instrument (QPSI), a measure for educators to evaluate the quality of Simulated Learning Activities (SLA) at all psychology training levels.Method Nine psycho…
Heterogeneity in the links of psychological (in)flexibility subprocesses and well-being
Psychological flexibility reliably predicts well-being, but the strength, nature and sequence of relationships between components of these constructs are likely to considerably vary between individuals. This study used emerging idionomic methods to examine within-person links between psychological flexibility/inflexibility sub-processes and hedonic well-being using ecological momentary assessment data ( n = 167; 76% female college students; M age…
From experiential attachment to nonattachment
Experience-sampling methods for self-compassion research
Self-compassion is a sensitivity to attend to one’s own suffering with a desire to take helpful action to alleviate it. Applying experience sampling methods (ESM) to self-compassion research may provide insight to the dynamic and context-specific impacts of self-compassion on psychological well-being and distress. This meta-analysis provides a synthesis of the recent growth in self-compassion ESM studies. We compare the methodologies in ESM studi…
An online experimental test of the compensatory process in hoarding disorder
Attachment theory suggests that strong object attachment in hoarding disorder (HD) may be due to an attempt at compensating for unmet relatedness needs. We tested this compensatory process with an online experiment and hypothesized that reducing loneliness among participants with high hoarding symptoms would result in lower object attachment, and that change in loneliness would mediate the impact of an online loneliness intervention on object att…
The compassion connection
Our study examines the relationship between self-compassion, other-compassion, and romantic attraction in couples, and questions the psychological homogeneity assumption—the idea that psychological responses are uniform across individuals and couples. We analyzed data from 161 participants in 84 couples, with an average age 32 (SD = 12.02), using smartphones for event sampling six times daily over a week to measure self-compassion, other-compassi…
Treatment of Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding disorder (HD) is a chronic and debilitating psychological disorder with wide ranging negative effects on individuals, their families, and the community. In this chapter we review the current evidence for the use of pharmacological and psychological interventions in HD. Our review showed that cognitive-behavioral interventions are efficacious. However, many gaps and issues exist. In particular, research has not evaluated the efficacy of p…
Gender differences in self-compassion
Self-compassion, a healthy way of relating to oneself, may promote psychological resilience during adolescence. How adolescents engage with self-compassion, and whether they have distinct self-compassionate or uncompassionate psychological profiles, is unclear. This study investigated potential self-compassion profiles based on responses to the Self-Compassion Scale–Short Form (SCS-SF) and examined their relationship with a range of mental health…
Acceptance and commitment therapy for hoarding disorder
ObjectiveThis article offers a practical guide for an acceptance‐based hoarding disorder (HD) treatment protocol for clinicians, which is an augmentation of the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for HD originally developed by Steketee and Frost.MethodAlthough efficacy research is yet to be conducted on this new protocol, this proposed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) protocol for hoarding individuals is presented as a framework for curre…
Clinical Psychology Students’ Experiences of a Pilot Objective Structured Clinical Examination
There is a need to improve methods used to assess students’ clinical skills in postgraduate clinical psychology training, but research into the use of new competency‐based assessments are sparse. The current study examines the potential application of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) to clinical psychology training. Commonly used in medical training, the OSCE requires students to demonstrate clinical skills across a number of …
An Examination of Gambling Behaviour in Relation to Financial Management Behaviour, Financial Attitudes, and Money Attitudes
Clinical Psychology Students’ Experiences of a Pilot Objective Structured Clinical Examination
There is a need to improve methods used to assess students’ clinical skills in postgraduate clinical psychology training, but research into the use of new competency‐based assessments are sparse. The current study examines the potential application of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) to clinical psychology training. Commonly used in medical training, the OSCE requires students to demonstrate clinical skills across a number of …
An Examination of Gambling Behaviour in Relation to Financial Management Behaviour, Financial Attitudes, and Money Attitudes
Clinical Psychology Students’ Experiences of a Pilot Objective Structured Clinical Examination
There is a need to improve methods used to assess students’ clinical skills in postgraduate clinical psychology training, but research into the use of new competency‐based assessments are sparse. The current study examines the potential application of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) to clinical psychology training. Commonly used in medical training, the OSCE requires students to demonstrate clinical skills across a number of …
Acceptance and commitment therapy for hoarding disorder
ObjectiveThis article offers a practical guide for an acceptance‐based hoarding disorder (HD) treatment protocol for clinicians, which is an augmentation of the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for HD originally developed by Steketee and Frost.MethodAlthough efficacy research is yet to be conducted on this new protocol, this proposed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) protocol for hoarding individuals is presented as a framework for curre…
Treatment of Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding disorder (HD) is a chronic and debilitating psychological disorder with wide ranging negative effects on individuals, their families, and the community. In this chapter we review the current evidence for the use of pharmacological and psychological interventions in HD. Our review showed that cognitive-behavioral interventions are efficacious. However, many gaps and issues exist. In particular, research has not evaluated the efficacy of p…
Gender differences in self-compassion
Self-compassion, a healthy way of relating to oneself, may promote psychological resilience during adolescence. How adolescents engage with self-compassion, and whether they have distinct self-compassionate or uncompassionate psychological profiles, is unclear. This study investigated potential self-compassion profiles based on responses to the Self-Compassion Scale–Short Form (SCS-SF) and examined their relationship with a range of mental health…
An online experimental test of the compensatory process in hoarding disorder
Attachment theory suggests that strong object attachment in hoarding disorder (HD) may be due to an attempt at compensating for unmet relatedness needs. We tested this compensatory process with an online experiment and hypothesized that reducing loneliness among participants with high hoarding symptoms would result in lower object attachment, and that change in loneliness would mediate the impact of an online loneliness intervention on object att…
The compassion connection
Our study examines the relationship between self-compassion, other-compassion, and romantic attraction in couples, and questions the psychological homogeneity assumption—the idea that psychological responses are uniform across individuals and couples. We analyzed data from 161 participants in 84 couples, with an average age 32 (SD = 12.02), using smartphones for event sampling six times daily over a week to measure self-compassion, other-compassi…
From experiential attachment to nonattachment
Experience-sampling methods for self-compassion research
Self-compassion is a sensitivity to attend to one’s own suffering with a desire to take helpful action to alleviate it. Applying experience sampling methods (ESM) to self-compassion research may provide insight to the dynamic and context-specific impacts of self-compassion on psychological well-being and distress. This meta-analysis provides a synthesis of the recent growth in self-compassion ESM studies. We compare the methodologies in ESM studi…
Development and content validation of the Quality in Psychology Simulation Instrument (QPSI)
Objective The Australian psychology training landscape is changing, and simulation is increasingly being used. Therefore, it is essential for educators to accurately assess the quality of such training activities. This article outlines the development of the Quality in Psychology Simulation Instrument (QPSI), a measure for educators to evaluate the quality of Simulated Learning Activities (SLA) at all psychology training levels.Method Nine psycho…
Heterogeneity in the links of psychological (in)flexibility subprocesses and well-being
Psychological flexibility reliably predicts well-being, but the strength, nature and sequence of relationships between components of these constructs are likely to considerably vary between individuals. This study used emerging idionomic methods to examine within-person links between psychological flexibility/inflexibility sub-processes and hedonic well-being using ecological momentary assessment data ( n = 167; 76% female college students; M age…
Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Mindfulness (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)