Jody Chin Sing Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 6694940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jody Chin Sing Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jody Chin Sing |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG J C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Communication, University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6270-1097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Public health crisis as a stress test
Doing more with less
It’s the Thoughts That Count
Guided by construal level-theory, this research seeks to understand the effect of perceived psychological distance on emotions and risk perception associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in its early stage. Survey data were collected from a nationally representative U.S. adult sample (N = 1009) in April 2020. Results reveal that social distance was negatively related to emotions and risk perception. However, hypothetical distance was not significan…
Risk perception of the Covid-19 vaccines
Americans’ concerns about the risks of vaccination are rising in recent years. In the original piece that explicated the psychometric paradigm, vaccinations were rated as less dreaded and less unknown. However, in 2016, vaccinations were more dreaded and more unknown in the public eye. A national survey (N = 1025) conducted in August 2021 reflects this trend in risk perception of the COVID-19 vaccines. Individuals who report different risk percep…
Entertainment and social media use during social distancing
Information seeking and information sharing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Based on the risk information seeking and processing model, this study examines socio-psychological variables that influence the American public's information seeking and information sharing at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected through three surveys that spanned from February to April, 2020. Results indicate that people seek and share information mostly to fulfill social expectations regarding their own knowledge of t…
Seeing is believing
The present study builds on research related to the illusion of skills acquisition and the risk perception attitude framework to examine positive risk-taking intention amongst youths. Positive risk-taking allows youths to experience self-growth as they push through boundaries when engaging in creative activities. Through a longitudinal between-subjects experiment, we investigate whether watching videos of positive risk-taking will influence young…
Beyond party lines
Employing a nationally representative sample (N = 1009), this research examines Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures influenced by three psychological factors—compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception. Results indicate that Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are equally prone to experiencing compassionate goals. Further, two socially oriented emotions (solidarity and sympathy) and risk perception mediate the…
Seeing is believing
The present study builds on research related to the illusion of skills acquisition and the risk perception attitude framework to examine positive risk-taking intention amongst youths. Positive risk-taking allows youths to experience self-growth as they push through boundaries when engaging in creative activities. Through a longitudinal between-subjects experiment, we investigate whether watching videos of positive risk-taking will influence young…
Beyond party lines
Employing a nationally representative sample (N = 1009), this research examines Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures influenced by three psychological factors—compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception. Results indicate that Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are equally prone to experiencing compassionate goals. Further, two socially oriented emotions (solidarity and sympathy) and risk perception mediate the…
Seeing is believing
The present study builds on research related to the illusion of skills acquisition and the risk perception attitude framework to examine positive risk-taking intention amongst youths. Positive risk-taking allows youths to experience self-growth as they push through boundaries when engaging in creative activities. Through a longitudinal between-subjects experiment, we investigate whether watching videos of positive risk-taking will influence young…
Beyond party lines
Employing a nationally representative sample (N = 1009), this research examines Americans’ support for coronavirus response measures influenced by three psychological factors—compassionate goals, affect heuristic, and risk perception. Results indicate that Republicans, Independents, and Democrats are equally prone to experiencing compassionate goals. Further, two socially oriented emotions (solidarity and sympathy) and risk perception mediate the…
Entertainment and social media use during social distancing
Information seeking and information sharing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Based on the risk information seeking and processing model, this study examines socio-psychological variables that influence the American public's information seeking and information sharing at different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected through three surveys that spanned from February to April, 2020. Results indicate that people seek and share information mostly to fulfill social expectations regarding their own knowledge of t…
It’s the Thoughts That Count
Guided by construal level-theory, this research seeks to understand the effect of perceived psychological distance on emotions and risk perception associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in its early stage. Survey data were collected from a nationally representative U.S. adult sample (N = 1009) in April 2020. Results reveal that social distance was negatively related to emotions and risk perception. However, hypothetical distance was not significan…
Risk perception of the Covid-19 vaccines
Americans’ concerns about the risks of vaccination are rising in recent years. In the original piece that explicated the psychometric paradigm, vaccinations were rated as less dreaded and less unknown. However, in 2016, vaccinations were more dreaded and more unknown in the public eye. A national survey (N = 1025) conducted in August 2021 reflects this trend in risk perception of the COVID-19 vaccines. Individuals who report different risk percep…
Doing more with less
Public health crisis as a stress test
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Perception (5 works) · Risk perception (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Media Influence and Health (3 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works)