Christopher Lo
Biographic Data
| ID | 643086 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Lo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Lo |
| SIGNATURE | LO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2171-6254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress
Canada's evolving attitudes toward psychedelic interventions in palliative and end-of-life care reflect a departure from historically prohibitionist policies and an emerging recognition of their therapeutic potential for individuals facing end-of-life distress. This shift parallels international regulatory developments in jurisdictions such as the United States, Australia and parts of Europe, where cautious policy liberalization has signaled grow…
A scoping review of variations among psychedelic interventions for psychological suffering associated with the end of life
Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt
Journal Article Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt Get access Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt. By Elizabeth Tandy Shermer. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021. x, 382 pp. $29.95.) Christopher Loss Christopher Loss Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
Cultural Values and Alexithymia
Alexithymia refers to difficulty with reflecting on and articulating emotional states. Previous research has found that Asian groups may tend toward greater alexithymia and that cultural values may mediate this difference, although the content of Asian values that form these pathways is unclear. This study examined the relationship between Confucian values, ethnicity, and alexithymia. A sample of 216 undergraduate students completed the Chinese V…
A Needs-Based Perspective on Cultural Differences in Identity Formation
This article proposes a needs-based perspective toward understanding cultural differences in the self-identification of strengths and weaknesses. The authors argue that individuals have basic psychological needs for relatedness and autonomy; and that, because collectivistic and individualistic cultures tend to prioritize one need over the other, identities incorporate an awareness of the unmet need. The study's 210 Eastern (Chinese and Japanese) …
The Psychology of Strengths and Weaknesses: Assessing Self-enhancing and Self-critical Tendencies in Eastern and Western Cultures
We examined the extent to which individuals from East Asia and North America exhibit self-enhancing and self-critical tendencies when appraising their personal strengths and weaknesses, to test whether a self-critical motivation may replace a self-enhancing motivation among Easterners. Four hundred four university students from Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, and the United States were surveyed concerning their beliefs about ten self-nominated positive…
Age and depression in patients with metastatic cancer: The protective effects of attachment security and spiritual wellbeing
Psychological distress in cancer patients is inversely related to age, although the reasons are unclear. The adult development literature suggests that ageing may be associated with the development of adaptive capacities, specifically greater attachment security (the sense that others will be available and supportive when needed) and spirituality (the capacity to view one's life as having meaning, purpose and value), that enable older people to c…
Measuring patient satisfaction in oncology palliative care: Psychometric properties of the Famcare-patient scale
Pathways to distress: The multiple determinants of depression, hopelessness, and the desire for hastened death in metastatic cancer patients
The Inner Self in Three Countries
Personal identity involves continuity of the inner or private self-the intimately familiar me-across time and place. Is this continuity experienced to a similar extent across cultures? East Asian cultures place greater moral emphasis than do Western cultures on the contextual adjustment of personal behavior. This adjustive focus translates into greater variation in the outwardly presented self across contexts, raising the question of whether the …
Pathways to distress: The multiple determinants of depression, hopelessness, and the desire for hastened death in metastatic cancer patients
The Inner Self in Three Countries
Personal identity involves continuity of the inner or private self-the intimately familiar me-across time and place. Is this continuity experienced to a similar extent across cultures? East Asian cultures place greater moral emphasis than do Western cultures on the contextual adjustment of personal behavior. This adjustive focus translates into greater variation in the outwardly presented self across contexts, raising the question of whether the …
Cultural Values and Alexithymia
Alexithymia refers to difficulty with reflecting on and articulating emotional states. Previous research has found that Asian groups may tend toward greater alexithymia and that cultural values may mediate this difference, although the content of Asian values that form these pathways is unclear. This study examined the relationship between Confucian values, ethnicity, and alexithymia. A sample of 216 undergraduate students completed the Chinese V…
Age and depression in patients with metastatic cancer: The protective effects of attachment security and spiritual wellbeing
Psychological distress in cancer patients is inversely related to age, although the reasons are unclear. The adult development literature suggests that ageing may be associated with the development of adaptive capacities, specifically greater attachment security (the sense that others will be available and supportive when needed) and spirituality (the capacity to view one's life as having meaning, purpose and value), that enable older people to c…
The Inner Self in Three Countries
Personal identity involves continuity of the inner or private self-the intimately familiar me-across time and place. Is this continuity experienced to a similar extent across cultures? East Asian cultures place greater moral emphasis than do Western cultures on the contextual adjustment of personal behavior. This adjustive focus translates into greater variation in the outwardly presented self across contexts, raising the question of whether the …
Measuring patient satisfaction in oncology palliative care: Psychometric properties of the Famcare-patient scale
Pathways to distress: The multiple determinants of depression, hopelessness, and the desire for hastened death in metastatic cancer patients
The Psychology of Strengths and Weaknesses: Assessing Self-enhancing and Self-critical Tendencies in Eastern and Western Cultures
We examined the extent to which individuals from East Asia and North America exhibit self-enhancing and self-critical tendencies when appraising their personal strengths and weaknesses, to test whether a self-critical motivation may replace a self-enhancing motivation among Easterners. Four hundred four university students from Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, and the United States were surveyed concerning their beliefs about ten self-nominated positive…
Age and depression in patients with metastatic cancer: The protective effects of attachment security and spiritual wellbeing
Psychological distress in cancer patients is inversely related to age, although the reasons are unclear. The adult development literature suggests that ageing may be associated with the development of adaptive capacities, specifically greater attachment security (the sense that others will be available and supportive when needed) and spirituality (the capacity to view one's life as having meaning, purpose and value), that enable older people to c…
A Needs-Based Perspective on Cultural Differences in Identity Formation
This article proposes a needs-based perspective toward understanding cultural differences in the self-identification of strengths and weaknesses. The authors argue that individuals have basic psychological needs for relatedness and autonomy; and that, because collectivistic and individualistic cultures tend to prioritize one need over the other, identities incorporate an awareness of the unmet need. The study's 210 Eastern (Chinese and Japanese) …
Cultural Values and Alexithymia
Alexithymia refers to difficulty with reflecting on and articulating emotional states. Previous research has found that Asian groups may tend toward greater alexithymia and that cultural values may mediate this difference, although the content of Asian values that form these pathways is unclear. This study examined the relationship between Confucian values, ethnicity, and alexithymia. A sample of 216 undergraduate students completed the Chinese V…
Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt
Journal Article Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt Get access Indentured Students: How Government-Guaranteed Loans Left Generations Drowning in College Debt. By Elizabeth Tandy Shermer. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2021. x, 382 pp. $29.95.) Christopher Loss Christopher Loss Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
A scoping review of variations among psychedelic interventions for psychological suffering associated with the end of life
Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress
Canada's evolving attitudes toward psychedelic interventions in palliative and end-of-life care reflect a departure from historically prohibitionist policies and an emerging recognition of their therapeutic potential for individuals facing end-of-life distress. This shift parallels international regulatory developments in jurisdictions such as the United States, Australia and parts of Europe, where cautious policy liberalization has signaled grow…
Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Palliative care (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works) · Cancer (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Disease (2 works)