Su Wan Gan

Biographic Data

ID6592109
NAMESu Wan Gan
GIVEN NAMESSu Wan
FAMILY NAMEGan
SIGNATUREGAN S W
AFFILIATIONSUniversiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
ORCID0000-0003-0672-2031
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Care responsibilities and the childcare gap among multi-ethnic and multicultural families in Malaysia

    Jo‐Pei Tan, Su Wan Gan et al.ARTICLEFamilies Relationships and…2026

    Malaysia’s childcare landscape is characterised by a prolonged and weakly supported period of care between the end of maternity leave and the start of largely government-funded preschool, during which families, especially low-income and rural families, heavily depend on informal childcare, particularly from grandparents. This article examines how grandparental caregiving in Malaysia operates within this structural ‘childcare gap’, how it is shape…

  • Perceived Pornography Addiction and Sexual Self-esteem Mediate the Link Between Pornography Use and Psychological Distress After Pornography Use

    Open AccessSoon-Aun Tan, Chin Choo Yap et al.ARTICLESexuality Research and Social…2026

  • The contributions of grandparents to preadolescent grandchildren's social skills in rural Malaysia

    Open AccessJo‐Pei Tan, Su Wan Gan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2024Cited by: 1References: 12

    This study aimed to generate localized knowledge by investigating the perceptions and experiences of preadolescent grandchildren and grandparents regarding grandparenting and intergenerational interactions and how these processes were related to the social skills of preadolescents from three ethnic groups in Malaysia. Using a concurrent quantitative-qualitative mixed method research design, Chinese, Malay, and Indian preadolescents (N = 465; ages…

  • Social motives of university students in seven countries: Measurement development and validation

    Open AccessEmiko S Kashima, Nicholas Plusnin et al.ARTICLEAsian Journal Of Social Psychology2022

    A new scale to measure core social motives was developed based on the BUC(K)ET framework (Belong, Understand, Control, Esteem, and Trust). The scale was completed by 1,516 university students from seven countries: Australia, the United States, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, China (Macao), and Austria. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis supported the scale's full scalar invariance between Australia and the United States and between A…

  • Problematic Internet Pornography Use and Psychological Distress among Emerging Adults in Malaysia: Gender as a Moderator

    Open AccessSoon-Aun Tan, Yee Shan Goh et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Internet pornography use (IPU) refers to Internet-based sexually explicit materials that are ultimately used to elicit sexual feelings or thoughts. The accessibility of Internet pornography could lead to excessive exposure to pornographic messages, posing a risk to heavy users' psychological health. This paper offers a preliminary understanding of the relationship between Internet pornography use and psychological distress among emerging adults a…

  • Sexting motives and sexting behavior among emerging adults in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown

    Yee Shan Goh, Soon-Aun Tan et al.ARTICLEGender Technology and Development2022References: 8

    Sexting behavior is a contemporary form of sexual expression where people can send, receive, and exchange sexually suggestive content online. The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has greatly exposed emerging adults to sexting behavior. The present study aimed to examine the level of engagement in sexting behavior and the sexting motives (intimacy, enhancement, self-affirmation, coping, peer pressure, partner approval) among emerging adults in Malaysia …