Eddie S K Chong
Biographic Data
| ID | 761905 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eddie S K Chong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eddie S K |
| FAMILY NAME | Chong |
| SIGNATURE | CHONG E S K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9601-4372 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Differential effects of perceived discrimination and affirmation in LGBQ people: Heterosexism during childhood and interoceptive awareness as individual contexts
This study examined how two person-level contextual factors, heterosexism during childhood and interoceptive awareness, shape LGBQ individuals’ psychophysiological responses to perceived everyday discrimination and affirmation. Situated within minority stress and social safeness perspectives, and guided by an idionomic approach to within-person heterogeneity, we investigated both the prospective associations of these factors with health indicator…
Teachers’ help-seeking stigma and attitudes toward referring students for help
Teachers play a pivotal role in identifying psychological difficulties in students and making timely referrals for professional help, which is crucial for promoting student mental health. This gatekeeping function is particularly important in education systems, such as that in Hong Kong, where teachers are actively involved in school guidance and counseling activities. However, traditional teacher training often focuses on mental health knowledge…
Resilience in the face of adversity: The role of impermanence in mitigating the effects of childhood emotional abuse and everyday stress on depressive symptoms
This study aimed to examine whether impermanence awareness and impermanence acceptance would moderate the effects of childhood emotional abuse and everyday stress on depressive symptoms. A total of 236 Chinese college students (73.3% female; age:M= 20.03, SD = 2.42) participated in this cross-sectional study in March, 2023. These participants completed a battery of measures for childhood emotional abuse, everyday stress, impermanence awareness, i…
Attitudinal Shifts towards Homosexuality among Secondary School Students in Hong Kong over a Decade: A Multiple Group Latent Class Analysis
Purpose This study aims to investigate the heterogeneity in attitudes toward homosexuality among secondary school students in Hong Kong and examine whether and how the attitude patterns had shifted between 2011 and 2021. Factors that influenced the attitude patterns were also examined. Methods Three dimensions of attitudes toward homosexuality were measured: general attitudes, attitudes toward formal rights, and attitudes toward informal privileg…
Queer Asian Americans’ intracommunity racism distress and mental health: Effects of social resources over time
The findings underscore the significance of social resources from peers and family in counteracting detrimental health impacts created by intersecting minority stressors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Unraveling Daily Linkages between Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms in Chinese Families: The Mediating Role of Adolescent Self-Compassion
Parenting behaviors fluctuate within families in daily life, contributing to variations in adolescent psychological adjustment outcomes. While adolescent self-compassion may help explain this link, emerging studies have primarily focused on stable differences between families and examined self-compassion as a mediator at the between-family level. How these mediating processes operate within families, however, remains unknown. To address this gap,…
I find value in myself”: Queer Asian American men’s self-love and resistance in the face of White supremacy
Queer (i.e., gay, bisexual, or another sexual minority identity) Asian American men experience unique challenges and strengths related to their social identities at the intersection of race and sexual orientation. While a sizable body of research has shown how this population faces racism within the broader queer community, there is little research that specifically examines the strengths of this population, including how they cultivate self-love…
Sexual Orientation Disparity in Suicidality: The Indirect Effects of Perceived Pressure to Get Married, Perceived Burdensomeness, and Thwarted Belongingness among Unmarried Chinese Adults
The present study examined the indirect relationship between sexual orientation status and suicidality through perceived parental, social, and internalized pressure to get married, as well as perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. An online sample of 1420 Chinese unmarried adults (54.4% female, 41.8% male, and 3.9% non-binary; age: M = 25.4 years, SD = 4.8) completed self-report measures. The results showed that sexual minority indi…
Effects of sexual orientation‐based prejudice and discrimination in family of origin on depressive symptoms and life satisfaction in a Chinese sample: Reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety as mode…
Experiencing prejudice and discrimination from family has been found to be positively associated with mental health problems among sexual minorities. Emerging evidence also shows the value of contextualizing the internalization of minority stress by considering individual cultural factors, such as filial piety. We examined whether authoritarian filial piety (AFP) and reciprocal filial piety (RFP) moderated the link between distal stressors in one…
The Mental Health Costs of Online Heterosexism Among LGBTQ+ Individuals: Development and Initial Validation of the Perceived Online Heterosexism Scale
Unveiling the associations between internalized heteronormativity with heterosexual self-presentation and heterosexual marital intention: The role of masculinity contingency
Previous research revealed that internalized heteronormativity was positively associated with the concealment of sexual orientation, but studies rarely examined the association between internalized heteronormativity and one’s concern and intention to construct a false heterosexual identity and whether threat and boost aspects of masculinity contingency would moderate their relationships. A total of 164 Chinese gay, bisexual, queer/questioning men…
Mentorship for young gay men in Hong Kong: A pilot mixed‐methods randomized controlled trial
This study examined whether mentorship could promote young gay men's identities and well‐being, and whether a mentor's sexual orientation matters. A randomized control trial compared outcomes across three conditions: Arm A (a mentee matched with a sexual minority mentor), Arm B (a mentee matched with a heterosexual mentor), and a control arm receiving psychoeducation only. A community sample of 60 mentees aged 18–25 years was randomly allocated t…
Culture, Sexual Orientation, and Distress Among LGBQ Asian and Pacific Islander Individuals
Individuals of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) heritage who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ) are underrepresented within the racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority literature. The present exploratory study examined how API cultural variables (i.e., enculturation, collectivism, norm conformity) and sexual orientation stigma variables (i.e., internalized homonegativity, concealment, outness to family) separately and interact…
Effect of perceived public stigma on internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt: Outness as a moderator
Although previous studies found that distal minority stress contributes to proximal minority stress and shame/guilt among the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population, it is unclear whether the extent to which LGB individuals' open display and discussion their sexual orientation moderates these relationships. A total of 1,452 Chinese LGB adults provided demographic information and completed measures of outness, perceived public stigma, interna…
Examining interpersonal mediators and moderators in the link between outness to family and depressive symptoms among chinese sexual minorities
Effect of sexual orientation victimization on suicidality: Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness as mediators, and independent self-construal as moderator
Sexual minorities are at heightened risks of suicidal ideation, attempts, and behaviors. Previous researchers demonstrated that sexual orientation victimization (SOV; e.g., harassment, rejection, and discrimination) was associated with perceived burdensomeness (PB) and thwarted belongingness (TB), which would in turn lead to suicidality. However, the role of independent self-construal (SC) remains less explored. This study aimed to (a) revisit th…
On the Link Between Reciprocal/Authoritarian Filial Piety and Internalized Homonegativity: Perceived Pressure to Get Married in a Heterosexual Marriage as a Mediator
On the links between parental support and life satisfaction: General and LGBQ+ specific self-concepts as mediators, and parent-oriented interdependent self-construal as a moderator
Introduction Previous studies found that perceptions of parental support for sexual orientation was negatively associated with psychological distress, this study aimed to examine whether, how, and when perceived parental support for sexual orientation (PPSSO) contributed to mental well-being. Method A total of 477 (66.5% male; age: M = 26.61, SD = 5.95) Chinese lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer/questioning, and other non-heterosexual (LGBQ+) individu…
A study of mental health and the role of mindfulness in promoting positive mental health for Hong Kong Chinese gay men
In Hong Kong, the hostility, stigma and discrimination against sexual minorities is prevalent. HEvolution are a community initiative founded in 2017, aiming to promote physical, mental, social and spiritual health among gay men in Hong Kong. This study investigated the roles of social demographics, mindfulness and self-kindness, and gay life-related variables in predicting their overall well-being. T-tests, chi-square tests, correlation analyses …
How far can stigma-based empathy reach? Effects of societal (in)equity of LGB people on their allyship with transgender and Black people
The shared experience of societal discrimination and affirmation can provide a basis for empathy among members of different marginalized groups. However, the potential mechanisms and moderating conditions involved in this process have been little studied. This experiment examined how perceived societal (in)equity of one's own group may influence one's reaction to other marginalized groups. We randomly assigned 310 cisgender White lesbian, gay, an…
Impact of perceived HIV stigma within men who have sex with men community on mental health of seropositive MSM
Emerging evidence has suggested that seropositive men who have sex with men (MSM) do not only face biased treatment from the general public but also from members of the MSM community. We conceptualized such biases perpetuated within the MSM community as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in-group stigma. This study examined the pathways by which perceived HIV in-group stigma impacted the mental health of seropositive MSM in Hong Kong. Internalize…
Social Media as Social Capital of LGB Individuals in Hong Kong: Its Relations with Group Membership, Stigma, and Mental Well‐Being
Social media are found to facilitate social information exchange among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who are subjected to social stigma. This study tested the protective role of LGB‐tailored social media uses and gratifications in promoting LGB group membership, which we hypothesized to reduce LGB stigma and enhance mental health among LGB individuals in Hong Kong. Based on a sample of 233 Chinese LGB individuals in Hong Kong, stru…
Beyond attributions: Understanding public stigma of mental illness with the common sense model
The present study applied the common sense model (i.e., cause, controllability, timeline, consequences, and illness coherence) to understand public attitudes toward mental illness and help-seeking intention and to examine the mediating role of perceived controllability between causal attributions with public attitudes and help seeking. Based on a randomized household sample of 941 Chinese community adults in Hong Kong, results of the structural e…
Coming Out Among Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexual Individuals in Hong Kong: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Moderating Role of Attitudinal Ambivalence
Social Media as Social Capital of LGB Individuals in Hong Kong: Its Relations with Group Membership, Stigma, and Mental Well‐Being
Social media are found to facilitate social information exchange among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who are subjected to social stigma. This study tested the protective role of LGB‐tailored social media uses and gratifications in promoting LGB group membership, which we hypothesized to reduce LGB stigma and enhance mental health among LGB individuals in Hong Kong. Based on a sample of 233 Chinese LGB individuals in Hong Kong, stru…
On the Link Between Reciprocal/Authoritarian Filial Piety and Internalized Homonegativity: Perceived Pressure to Get Married in a Heterosexual Marriage as a Mediator
Mentorship for young gay men in Hong Kong: A pilot mixed‐methods randomized controlled trial
This study examined whether mentorship could promote young gay men's identities and well‐being, and whether a mentor's sexual orientation matters. A randomized control trial compared outcomes across three conditions: Arm A (a mentee matched with a sexual minority mentor), Arm B (a mentee matched with a heterosexual mentor), and a control arm receiving psychoeducation only. A community sample of 60 mentees aged 18–25 years was randomly allocated t…
On the links between parental support and life satisfaction: General and LGBQ+ specific self-concepts as mediators, and parent-oriented interdependent self-construal as a moderator
Introduction Previous studies found that perceptions of parental support for sexual orientation was negatively associated with psychological distress, this study aimed to examine whether, how, and when perceived parental support for sexual orientation (PPSSO) contributed to mental well-being. Method A total of 477 (66.5% male; age: M = 26.61, SD = 5.95) Chinese lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer/questioning, and other non-heterosexual (LGBQ+) individu…
Coming Out Among Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexual Individuals in Hong Kong: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Moderating Role of Attitudinal Ambivalence
Culture, Sexual Orientation, and Distress Among LGBQ Asian and Pacific Islander Individuals
Individuals of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) heritage who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ) are underrepresented within the racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority literature. The present exploratory study examined how API cultural variables (i.e., enculturation, collectivism, norm conformity) and sexual orientation stigma variables (i.e., internalized homonegativity, concealment, outness to family) separately and interact…
Effect of sexual orientation victimization on suicidality: Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness as mediators, and independent self-construal as moderator
Sexual minorities are at heightened risks of suicidal ideation, attempts, and behaviors. Previous researchers demonstrated that sexual orientation victimization (SOV; e.g., harassment, rejection, and discrimination) was associated with perceived burdensomeness (PB) and thwarted belongingness (TB), which would in turn lead to suicidality. However, the role of independent self-construal (SC) remains less explored. This study aimed to (a) revisit th…
A study of mental health and the role of mindfulness in promoting positive mental health for Hong Kong Chinese gay men
In Hong Kong, the hostility, stigma and discrimination against sexual minorities is prevalent. HEvolution are a community initiative founded in 2017, aiming to promote physical, mental, social and spiritual health among gay men in Hong Kong. This study investigated the roles of social demographics, mindfulness and self-kindness, and gay life-related variables in predicting their overall well-being. T-tests, chi-square tests, correlation analyses …
Coming Out Among Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexual Individuals in Hong Kong: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Moderating Role of Attitudinal Ambivalence
Beyond attributions: Understanding public stigma of mental illness with the common sense model
The present study applied the common sense model (i.e., cause, controllability, timeline, consequences, and illness coherence) to understand public attitudes toward mental illness and help-seeking intention and to examine the mediating role of perceived controllability between causal attributions with public attitudes and help seeking. Based on a randomized household sample of 941 Chinese community adults in Hong Kong, results of the structural e…
Social Media as Social Capital of LGB Individuals in Hong Kong: Its Relations with Group Membership, Stigma, and Mental Well‐Being
Social media are found to facilitate social information exchange among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who are subjected to social stigma. This study tested the protective role of LGB‐tailored social media uses and gratifications in promoting LGB group membership, which we hypothesized to reduce LGB stigma and enhance mental health among LGB individuals in Hong Kong. Based on a sample of 233 Chinese LGB individuals in Hong Kong, stru…
Impact of perceived HIV stigma within men who have sex with men community on mental health of seropositive MSM
Emerging evidence has suggested that seropositive men who have sex with men (MSM) do not only face biased treatment from the general public but also from members of the MSM community. We conceptualized such biases perpetuated within the MSM community as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in-group stigma. This study examined the pathways by which perceived HIV in-group stigma impacted the mental health of seropositive MSM in Hong Kong. Internalize…
A study of mental health and the role of mindfulness in promoting positive mental health for Hong Kong Chinese gay men
In Hong Kong, the hostility, stigma and discrimination against sexual minorities is prevalent. HEvolution are a community initiative founded in 2017, aiming to promote physical, mental, social and spiritual health among gay men in Hong Kong. This study investigated the roles of social demographics, mindfulness and self-kindness, and gay life-related variables in predicting their overall well-being. T-tests, chi-square tests, correlation analyses …
How far can stigma-based empathy reach? Effects of societal (in)equity of LGB people on their allyship with transgender and Black people
The shared experience of societal discrimination and affirmation can provide a basis for empathy among members of different marginalized groups. However, the potential mechanisms and moderating conditions involved in this process have been little studied. This experiment examined how perceived societal (in)equity of one's own group may influence one's reaction to other marginalized groups. We randomly assigned 310 cisgender White lesbian, gay, an…
Effect of perceived public stigma on internalized homophobia, anticipated stigma, shame, and guilt: Outness as a moderator
Although previous studies found that distal minority stress contributes to proximal minority stress and shame/guilt among the lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population, it is unclear whether the extent to which LGB individuals' open display and discussion their sexual orientation moderates these relationships. A total of 1,452 Chinese LGB adults provided demographic information and completed measures of outness, perceived public stigma, interna…
Examining interpersonal mediators and moderators in the link between outness to family and depressive symptoms among chinese sexual minorities
Effect of sexual orientation victimization on suicidality: Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness as mediators, and independent self-construal as moderator
Sexual minorities are at heightened risks of suicidal ideation, attempts, and behaviors. Previous researchers demonstrated that sexual orientation victimization (SOV; e.g., harassment, rejection, and discrimination) was associated with perceived burdensomeness (PB) and thwarted belongingness (TB), which would in turn lead to suicidality. However, the role of independent self-construal (SC) remains less explored. This study aimed to (a) revisit th…
On the Link Between Reciprocal/Authoritarian Filial Piety and Internalized Homonegativity: Perceived Pressure to Get Married in a Heterosexual Marriage as a Mediator
On the links between parental support and life satisfaction: General and LGBQ+ specific self-concepts as mediators, and parent-oriented interdependent self-construal as a moderator
Introduction Previous studies found that perceptions of parental support for sexual orientation was negatively associated with psychological distress, this study aimed to examine whether, how, and when perceived parental support for sexual orientation (PPSSO) contributed to mental well-being. Method A total of 477 (66.5% male; age: M = 26.61, SD = 5.95) Chinese lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer/questioning, and other non-heterosexual (LGBQ+) individu…
Effects of sexual orientation‐based prejudice and discrimination in family of origin on depressive symptoms and life satisfaction in a Chinese sample: Reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety as mode…
Experiencing prejudice and discrimination from family has been found to be positively associated with mental health problems among sexual minorities. Emerging evidence also shows the value of contextualizing the internalization of minority stress by considering individual cultural factors, such as filial piety. We examined whether authoritarian filial piety (AFP) and reciprocal filial piety (RFP) moderated the link between distal stressors in one…
The Mental Health Costs of Online Heterosexism Among LGBTQ+ Individuals: Development and Initial Validation of the Perceived Online Heterosexism Scale
Unveiling the associations between internalized heteronormativity with heterosexual self-presentation and heterosexual marital intention: The role of masculinity contingency
Previous research revealed that internalized heteronormativity was positively associated with the concealment of sexual orientation, but studies rarely examined the association between internalized heteronormativity and one’s concern and intention to construct a false heterosexual identity and whether threat and boost aspects of masculinity contingency would moderate their relationships. A total of 164 Chinese gay, bisexual, queer/questioning men…
Mentorship for young gay men in Hong Kong: A pilot mixed‐methods randomized controlled trial
This study examined whether mentorship could promote young gay men's identities and well‐being, and whether a mentor's sexual orientation matters. A randomized control trial compared outcomes across three conditions: Arm A (a mentee matched with a sexual minority mentor), Arm B (a mentee matched with a heterosexual mentor), and a control arm receiving psychoeducation only. A community sample of 60 mentees aged 18–25 years was randomly allocated t…
Culture, Sexual Orientation, and Distress Among LGBQ Asian and Pacific Islander Individuals
Individuals of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) heritage who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ) are underrepresented within the racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority literature. The present exploratory study examined how API cultural variables (i.e., enculturation, collectivism, norm conformity) and sexual orientation stigma variables (i.e., internalized homonegativity, concealment, outness to family) separately and interact…
Resilience in the face of adversity: The role of impermanence in mitigating the effects of childhood emotional abuse and everyday stress on depressive symptoms
This study aimed to examine whether impermanence awareness and impermanence acceptance would moderate the effects of childhood emotional abuse and everyday stress on depressive symptoms. A total of 236 Chinese college students (73.3% female; age:M= 20.03, SD = 2.42) participated in this cross-sectional study in March, 2023. These participants completed a battery of measures for childhood emotional abuse, everyday stress, impermanence awareness, i…
Attitudinal Shifts towards Homosexuality among Secondary School Students in Hong Kong over a Decade: A Multiple Group Latent Class Analysis
Purpose This study aims to investigate the heterogeneity in attitudes toward homosexuality among secondary school students in Hong Kong and examine whether and how the attitude patterns had shifted between 2011 and 2021. Factors that influenced the attitude patterns were also examined. Methods Three dimensions of attitudes toward homosexuality were measured: general attitudes, attitudes toward formal rights, and attitudes toward informal privileg…
Queer Asian Americans’ intracommunity racism distress and mental health: Effects of social resources over time
The findings underscore the significance of social resources from peers and family in counteracting detrimental health impacts created by intersecting minority stressors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Unraveling Daily Linkages between Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms in Chinese Families: The Mediating Role of Adolescent Self-Compassion
Parenting behaviors fluctuate within families in daily life, contributing to variations in adolescent psychological adjustment outcomes. While adolescent self-compassion may help explain this link, emerging studies have primarily focused on stable differences between families and examined self-compassion as a mediator at the between-family level. How these mediating processes operate within families, however, remains unknown. To address this gap,…
I find value in myself”: Queer Asian American men’s self-love and resistance in the face of White supremacy
Queer (i.e., gay, bisexual, or another sexual minority identity) Asian American men experience unique challenges and strengths related to their social identities at the intersection of race and sexual orientation. While a sizable body of research has shown how this population faces racism within the broader queer community, there is little research that specifically examines the strengths of this population, including how they cultivate self-love…
Sexual Orientation Disparity in Suicidality: The Indirect Effects of Perceived Pressure to Get Married, Perceived Burdensomeness, and Thwarted Belongingness among Unmarried Chinese Adults
The present study examined the indirect relationship between sexual orientation status and suicidality through perceived parental, social, and internalized pressure to get married, as well as perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. An online sample of 1420 Chinese unmarried adults (54.4% female, 41.8% male, and 3.9% non-binary; age: M = 25.4 years, SD = 4.8) completed self-report measures. The results showed that sexual minority indi…
Differential effects of perceived discrimination and affirmation in LGBQ people: Heterosexism during childhood and interoceptive awareness as individual contexts
This study examined how two person-level contextual factors, heterosexism during childhood and interoceptive awareness, shape LGBQ individuals’ psychophysiological responses to perceived everyday discrimination and affirmation. Situated within minority stress and social safeness perspectives, and guided by an idionomic approach to within-person heterogeneity, we investigated both the prospective associations of these factors with health indicator…
Teachers’ help-seeking stigma and attitudes toward referring students for help
Teachers play a pivotal role in identifying psychological difficulties in students and making timely referrals for professional help, which is crucial for promoting student mental health. This gatekeeping function is particularly important in education systems, such as that in Hong Kong, where teachers are actively involved in school guidance and counseling activities. However, traditional teacher training often focuses on mental health knowledge…
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Mental health (9 works) · Sexual minority (9 works) · Sexual orientation (9 works) · Homosexuality (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works)