Yoona Kang
Biographic Data
| ID | 7833669 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yoona Kang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yoona |
| FAMILY NAME | Kang |
| SIGNATURE | KANG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5564-5090 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Staying connected
Close social relationships are critical for emotional well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted in-person contact with friends, particularly among young adults, for whom friendships support key developmental goals. In a longitudinal study of U.S. college students ( N = 205; 10,088 observations), we examined how close friendship networks related to emotional well-being during the early months of the pandemic (May-October 2020). Leveragi…
Profiles of Daily Positive Emotion Dynamics and Associations with Flourishing
Within-Person Temporal Associations Among Self-Reported Physical Activity, Sleep, and Well-Being in College Students
OBJECTIVE: A holistic understanding of the naturalistic dynamics among physical activity, sleep, emotions, and purpose in life as part of a system reflecting wellness is key to promoting well-being. The main aim of this study was to examine the day-to-day dynamics within this wellness system. METHODS: Using self-reported emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, anxiousness) and physical activity periods collected twice per day, and daily reports of s…
Self-Transcendent Values and Neural Responses to Threatening Health Messages
OBJECTIVE: Prioritizing self-transcendent values such as family and friends more than nontranscendent values such as wealth and privilege is associated with lower stress response. In this study, we tested whether having self-transcendent values can reduce specific responses in the brain in the context of potentially threatening health communications. METHODS: Sedentary adults (N = 67) who would likely feel threatened by health messages that highl…
Harnessing happiness? Uncontrollable positive emotion in bipolar disorder, major depression, and healthy adults
The ability to adaptively exert control over negative emotions is associated with beneficial mental health outcomes. Less is known about the associated emotional sequelae surrounding controllable versus uncontrollable positive emotional experiences. The ability to harness positive emotions is of particular importance in populations involving disrupted positive emotion functioning. In the present study, participants engaged in a relived memory tas…
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Harnessing happiness? Uncontrollable positive emotion in bipolar disorder, major depression, and healthy adults
The ability to adaptively exert control over negative emotions is associated with beneficial mental health outcomes. Less is known about the associated emotional sequelae surrounding controllable versus uncontrollable positive emotional experiences. The ability to harness positive emotions is of particular importance in populations involving disrupted positive emotion functioning. In the present study, participants engaged in a relived memory tas…
Self-Transcendent Values and Neural Responses to Threatening Health Messages
OBJECTIVE: Prioritizing self-transcendent values such as family and friends more than nontranscendent values such as wealth and privilege is associated with lower stress response. In this study, we tested whether having self-transcendent values can reduce specific responses in the brain in the context of potentially threatening health communications. METHODS: Sedentary adults (N = 67) who would likely feel threatened by health messages that highl…
Within-Person Temporal Associations Among Self-Reported Physical Activity, Sleep, and Well-Being in College Students
OBJECTIVE: A holistic understanding of the naturalistic dynamics among physical activity, sleep, emotions, and purpose in life as part of a system reflecting wellness is key to promoting well-being. The main aim of this study was to examine the day-to-day dynamics within this wellness system. METHODS: Using self-reported emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, anxiousness) and physical activity periods collected twice per day, and daily reports of s…
Profiles of Daily Positive Emotion Dynamics and Associations with Flourishing
Staying connected
Close social relationships are critical for emotional well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted in-person contact with friends, particularly among young adults, for whom friendships support key developmental goals. In a longitudinal study of U.S. college students ( N = 205; 10,088 observations), we examined how close friendship networks related to emotional well-being during the early months of the pandemic (May-October 2020). Leveragi…
Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Mental Health Research Topics (2 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 works) · Amygdala (1 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (1 works)