Tsz Hang Chu
Biographic Data
| ID | 758940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tsz Hang Chu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tsz Hang |
| FAMILY NAME | Chu |
| SIGNATURE | CHU T H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0034-6362 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Human Influencers and Virtual Influencers Across Different Levels of Human-Likeness: Is Humanness More Persuasive
Virtual influencers (VIs) mimic how human influencers (HIs) persuade consumers. This meta-analysis (n = 46 experimental studies) compares the persuasiveness of HIs and VIs, including human-like (HVIs) and anime-like (AVIs) appearances. VIs were less persuasive than HIs in source and message attitudes, but matched HIs in message perceptions, behavioral intentions, and actual behaviors. VIs were less persuasive than HIs when their follower counts w…
Development and Validation of the Distress Disclosure Risk Scale: Assessing the Perceived Social and Relational Vulnerabilities in Communicating One’s Troubles
Despite decades of research on distress disclosure, existing scales inadequately capture the multifaceted nature of perceived disclosure risks, particularly in collectivist cultural contexts where concerns extend beyond the individual to family and relational obligations. This research proposes a scale that more fully addresses the social and relational vulnerabilities specific to distress disclosure. Three studies with Chinese adults (n = 1728) …
Examining the link between distressing life events, social media distress disclosure, and perceived stress: A moderated mediation model
Adaptive Self-Reflection as a Social Media Self-Effect: Insights from Computational Text Analyses of Self-Disclosures of Unreported Sexual Victimization in a Hashtag Campaign
Hashtag campaigns calling out sexual violence and rape myths offer a unique context for disclosing sexual victimization on social media. This study investigates the applicability of adaptive self-reflection as a potential self-effect from such public disclosures of unreported sexual victimization experiences by analyzing 92,583 tweets that invoked #WhyIDidntReport. A supervised machine learning classifier determined that 61.8% of the tweets were …
Applying Stages of Change Model to Examine Online Peer Communication on Binge Eating
Despite the distress and disruption associated with eating disorder (ED), people struggling with EDs are often ambivalent about their eating issues and unmotivated for recovery. Rather than seek professional help, these people tend to turn to online ED groups for information and support. Using the stages of change model, this study investigates the characteristics of online peer communication around binging vis-à-vis participants' motivation and …
Do Bandwagon Cues Affect Credibility Perceptions? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence
Bandwagon cues are system-aggregated information about crowd behavior or peer endorsement displayed on a web interface (e.g., the number of likes on a Facebook post). Despite the recent proliferation of research on the effect of bandwagon cues on credibility perceptions, a comprehensive meta-analytic review of this effect has not yet been performed and published. Based on 161 effect sizes from 41 studies, the current meta-analysis revealed that b…
Self-disclosure in social media and psychological well-being: A meta-analysis
Self-disclosure in social media and psychological well-being have been theorized to mutually influence each other. The vibrant research on this issue, however, presents mixed results, calling for a synthesis of the empirical evidence. To this end, we conducted a meta-analysis with 38 empirical studies to systematically examine the nature of the relationship between social media self-disclosure and psychological well-being. We adopted a multidimen…
Effects of Exposure to Covid-19 News and Information: A Meta-Analysis of Media Use and Uncertainty-Related Responses During the Pandemic
This meta-analysis integrates 47 empirical studies, comprising 89,826 participants from 21 countries, to examine the cumulative effects and potential moderators of exposure to COVID-19 news and information on attendant emotions, appraisals, and behaviors. Overall media exposure indicated only small positive effect sizes on adverse psychological reactions, though it was moderately and positively associated with disease concern and preventive measu…
Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis
To examine the nature and content of messages presented in a popular Chinese online community about intimate partner violence (IPV), this study utilized a two-step analytic approach that combined quantitative content analysis and automatic content analysis. We collected 90,040 messages from the online community's IPV group. Study 1 analyzed 8,343 randomly selected messages. The findings suggest that social support is commonly presented, while onl…
Beyond Homonegativity: Understanding Hong Kong People's Attitudes About Social Acceptance of Gay/Lesbian People, Sexual Orientation Discrimination Protection, and Same-Sex Marriage
This study examined attitudes about social acceptance, discrimination protection, and marriage equality for gay/lesbian people with a representative sample of 1,008 Hong Kong Chinese adults via a telephone survey. Despite majority endorsement of homosexuality (52.29% positive vs. 34.12% negative) and discrimination protection (50.72% favorable vs. 14.64% opposed), attitudes toward same-sex marriage diverged (32.79% favorable vs. 39.41% opposed). …
Social-cultural factors of HIV-related stigma among the Chinese general population in Hong Kong
HIV-related stigma in the wider community compounds the suffering of people living with HIV (PLWH) and hampers effective HIV prevention and care. This study examines the level of public stigma toward PLWH in Hong Kong and associated social-cultural factors. A telephone survey was conducted in June-July 2016 with 1080 Chinese adults aged 18-94 randomly selected from the general population. The results indicate substantial degree of public stigma t…
Beyond Homonegativity: Understanding Hong Kong People's Attitudes About Social Acceptance of Gay/Lesbian People, Sexual Orientation Discrimination Protection, and Same-Sex Marriage
This study examined attitudes about social acceptance, discrimination protection, and marriage equality for gay/lesbian people with a representative sample of 1,008 Hong Kong Chinese adults via a telephone survey. Despite majority endorsement of homosexuality (52.29% positive vs. 34.12% negative) and discrimination protection (50.72% favorable vs. 14.64% opposed), attitudes toward same-sex marriage diverged (32.79% favorable vs. 39.41% opposed). …
Self-disclosure in social media and psychological well-being: A meta-analysis
Self-disclosure in social media and psychological well-being have been theorized to mutually influence each other. The vibrant research on this issue, however, presents mixed results, calling for a synthesis of the empirical evidence. To this end, we conducted a meta-analysis with 38 empirical studies to systematically examine the nature of the relationship between social media self-disclosure and psychological well-being. We adopted a multidimen…
Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis
To examine the nature and content of messages presented in a popular Chinese online community about intimate partner violence (IPV), this study utilized a two-step analytic approach that combined quantitative content analysis and automatic content analysis. We collected 90,040 messages from the online community's IPV group. Study 1 analyzed 8,343 randomly selected messages. The findings suggest that social support is commonly presented, while onl…
Adaptive Self-Reflection as a Social Media Self-Effect: Insights from Computational Text Analyses of Self-Disclosures of Unreported Sexual Victimization in a Hashtag Campaign
Hashtag campaigns calling out sexual violence and rape myths offer a unique context for disclosing sexual victimization on social media. This study investigates the applicability of adaptive self-reflection as a potential self-effect from such public disclosures of unreported sexual victimization experiences by analyzing 92,583 tweets that invoked #WhyIDidntReport. A supervised machine learning classifier determined that 61.8% of the tweets were …
Social-cultural factors of HIV-related stigma among the Chinese general population in Hong Kong
HIV-related stigma in the wider community compounds the suffering of people living with HIV (PLWH) and hampers effective HIV prevention and care. This study examines the level of public stigma toward PLWH in Hong Kong and associated social-cultural factors. A telephone survey was conducted in June-July 2016 with 1080 Chinese adults aged 18-94 randomly selected from the general population. The results indicate substantial degree of public stigma t…
Beyond Homonegativity: Understanding Hong Kong People's Attitudes About Social Acceptance of Gay/Lesbian People, Sexual Orientation Discrimination Protection, and Same-Sex Marriage
This study examined attitudes about social acceptance, discrimination protection, and marriage equality for gay/lesbian people with a representative sample of 1,008 Hong Kong Chinese adults via a telephone survey. Despite majority endorsement of homosexuality (52.29% positive vs. 34.12% negative) and discrimination protection (50.72% favorable vs. 14.64% opposed), attitudes toward same-sex marriage diverged (32.79% favorable vs. 39.41% opposed). …
Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis
To examine the nature and content of messages presented in a popular Chinese online community about intimate partner violence (IPV), this study utilized a two-step analytic approach that combined quantitative content analysis and automatic content analysis. We collected 90,040 messages from the online community's IPV group. Study 1 analyzed 8,343 randomly selected messages. The findings suggest that social support is commonly presented, while onl…
Effects of Exposure to Covid-19 News and Information: A Meta-Analysis of Media Use and Uncertainty-Related Responses During the Pandemic
This meta-analysis integrates 47 empirical studies, comprising 89,826 participants from 21 countries, to examine the cumulative effects and potential moderators of exposure to COVID-19 news and information on attendant emotions, appraisals, and behaviors. Overall media exposure indicated only small positive effect sizes on adverse psychological reactions, though it was moderately and positively associated with disease concern and preventive measu…
Applying Stages of Change Model to Examine Online Peer Communication on Binge Eating
Despite the distress and disruption associated with eating disorder (ED), people struggling with EDs are often ambivalent about their eating issues and unmotivated for recovery. Rather than seek professional help, these people tend to turn to online ED groups for information and support. Using the stages of change model, this study investigates the characteristics of online peer communication around binging vis-à-vis participants' motivation and …
Do Bandwagon Cues Affect Credibility Perceptions? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence
Bandwagon cues are system-aggregated information about crowd behavior or peer endorsement displayed on a web interface (e.g., the number of likes on a Facebook post). Despite the recent proliferation of research on the effect of bandwagon cues on credibility perceptions, a comprehensive meta-analytic review of this effect has not yet been performed and published. Based on 161 effect sizes from 41 studies, the current meta-analysis revealed that b…
Self-disclosure in social media and psychological well-being: A meta-analysis
Self-disclosure in social media and psychological well-being have been theorized to mutually influence each other. The vibrant research on this issue, however, presents mixed results, calling for a synthesis of the empirical evidence. To this end, we conducted a meta-analysis with 38 empirical studies to systematically examine the nature of the relationship between social media self-disclosure and psychological well-being. We adopted a multidimen…
Examining the link between distressing life events, social media distress disclosure, and perceived stress: A moderated mediation model
Adaptive Self-Reflection as a Social Media Self-Effect: Insights from Computational Text Analyses of Self-Disclosures of Unreported Sexual Victimization in a Hashtag Campaign
Hashtag campaigns calling out sexual violence and rape myths offer a unique context for disclosing sexual victimization on social media. This study investigates the applicability of adaptive self-reflection as a potential self-effect from such public disclosures of unreported sexual victimization experiences by analyzing 92,583 tweets that invoked #WhyIDidntReport. A supervised machine learning classifier determined that 61.8% of the tweets were …
A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Human Influencers and Virtual Influencers Across Different Levels of Human-Likeness: Is Humanness More Persuasive
Virtual influencers (VIs) mimic how human influencers (HIs) persuade consumers. This meta-analysis (n = 46 experimental studies) compares the persuasiveness of HIs and VIs, including human-like (HVIs) and anime-like (AVIs) appearances. VIs were less persuasive than HIs in source and message attitudes, but matched HIs in message perceptions, behavioral intentions, and actual behaviors. VIs were less persuasive than HIs when their follower counts w…
Development and Validation of the Distress Disclosure Risk Scale: Assessing the Perceived Social and Relational Vulnerabilities in Communicating One’s Troubles
Despite decades of research on distress disclosure, existing scales inadequately capture the multifaceted nature of perceived disclosure risks, particularly in collectivist cultural contexts where concerns extend beyond the individual to family and relational obligations. This research proposes a scale that more fully addresses the social and relational vulnerabilities specific to distress disclosure. Three studies with Chinese adults (n = 1728) …
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social media (5 works) · Self-disclosure (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Distress (3 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (3 works) · Media Influence and Health (3 works) · Meta-analysis (3 works)