Ching Wan
Biographic Data
| ID | 99552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ching Wan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ching |
| FAMILY NAME | Wan |
| SIGNATURE | WAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1079-5885 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Macro-Economic Inequality and National Stereotypes in 45 Non-Western Countries
The assumption that people favor ingroups and disfavor outgroups is based largely on theory and research from Western countries. However, groups subjected to economic exploitation and inequality might come to favor more advantaged outgroups. The present large-scale study ( N = 12,339) involving 45 non-Western countries explored ingroup stereotypes and stereotypes of relatively advantaged and disadvantaged outgroups (Western Europeans and Western …
Fear of happiness and emotion regulation: Implications for personal and relational well‐being
Fear of happiness is the belief that happiness brings about negative consequences. In this research, we investigated the emotion regulation mechanism linking fear of happiness and personal and relational well‐being. Studies 1 and 2 found that fear of happiness was consistently associated with lower levels of personal well‐being (hedonic and eudaimonic) through increased dampening, and to some extent, reduced savouring of positive emotions across …
Intergroup benefits of metacognitive cultural self? Cultural self-awareness and multicultural involvement on attitudes towards migrants
The investigation of attitudes towards different groups is crucial for improving intergroup relations and increasing acceptance of diversity. The present research examined the potential of metacognitive understanding of cultural self in improving attitudes towards migrants, as individuals reflectively consider their cultural assumptions in evaluating migrants. We tested the effect of individuals’ awareness of culture’s influence on the self (i.e.…
In Response to Cultural Threat: Cultural Self-Awareness on Collective Movement Participation
This study investigated the role of cultural self-awareness, an individual’s awareness of culture’s influence on the self, on collective movement participation. We posited that individuals who were highly aware of their culture’s influence on them would more likely perceive self-relevance of cultural circumstances. In the context of a cultural threat, such perception of self-relevance would lead to psychological and behavioral reactions that affi…
A Conclusion, Yet an Opening to Enriching the Normative Approach of Culture
We compile in this article the target article authors' thoughtful responses to the commentaries. Their responses identify some common threads across the rich contents of the commentary pieces, interlink the observation and theoretical propositions in the commentaries with broader streams of research, present new perspectives inspired by the commentary contributors, and pose provocative questions to further ignite research efforts on the normative…
Understanding Cultural Identification Through Intersubjective Cultural Representation
Intersubjective cultural representation refers to a collective's common representation of a culture. Such representation provides a meaningful basis for individuals to develop identification with the culture. Specifically, the more an individual's personal values are aligned with values intersubjectively represented to be important to a culture, the more strongly the individual would identify with the culture. Consideration of the role of intersu…
Implications for Cultural Sharedness When Sharedness Is Not Assumed
Schwartz (2013) proposed a model of societal culture in which societal culture is conceptualized as a latent construct that exists outside of individuals. With such conceptualization, Schwartz argued that the assumption of cultural sharedness would not be necessary for research on cross-national differences of personal values. Interestingly, the removal of the assumption of cultural sharedness can generate new research questions that can further …
A Knowledge-Based Account of Cultural Identification
Intersubjective Culture: The Role of Intersubjective Perceptions in Cross-Cultural Research
Intersubjective perceptions refer to shared perceptions of the psychological characteristics that are widespread within a culture. In this article, we propose the intersubjective approach as a new approach to understanding the role that culture plays in human behavior. In this approach, intersubjective perceptions, which are distinct from personal values and beliefs, mediate the effect of the ecology on individuals’ responses and adaptations. We …
Perceived cultural importance and actual self-importance of values in cultural identification
Cross-cultural psychologists assume that core cultural values define to a large extent what a culture is. Typically, core values are identified through an actual self-importance approach, in which core values are those that members of the culture as a group strongly endorse. In this article, the authors propose a perceived cultural importance approach to identifying core values, in which core values are values that members of the culture as a gro…
Measuring Cultures through Intersubjective Cultural Norms: Implications for Predicting Relative Identification With Two or More Cultures
Core values of a culture may refer to values endorsed by most members of the culture or to values members of the culture generally believe to be widely shared in the culture. The authors propose an intersubjective consensus approach to identifying core cultural values based on the latter definition. In three studies, they illustrated the utility of the intersubjective consensus approach for identifying the cultural values that differentiate two o…
Birds of a feather and birds flocking together: Physical versus behavioral cues may lead to trait- versus goal-based group perception
Entitativity perception refers to the perception of a collection of individuals as a group. The authors propose 2 perceptual-inferential bases of entitativity perception. First, perceivers would expect a collection of individuals with similar physical traits to possess common psychological traits. Second, perceivers watching a group of individuals engage in concerted behavior would infer that these individuals have common goals. Thus, both simila…
Perceived cultural importance and actual self-importance of values in cultural identification
Cross-cultural psychologists assume that core cultural values define to a large extent what a culture is. Typically, core values are identified through an actual self-importance approach, in which core values are those that members of the culture as a group strongly endorse. In this article, the authors propose a perceived cultural importance approach to identifying core values, in which core values are values that members of the culture as a gro…
Birds of a feather and birds flocking together: Physical versus behavioral cues may lead to trait- versus goal-based group perception
Entitativity perception refers to the perception of a collection of individuals as a group. The authors propose 2 perceptual-inferential bases of entitativity perception. First, perceivers would expect a collection of individuals with similar physical traits to possess common psychological traits. Second, perceivers watching a group of individuals engage in concerted behavior would infer that these individuals have common goals. Thus, both simila…
Measuring Cultures through Intersubjective Cultural Norms: Implications for Predicting Relative Identification With Two or More Cultures
Core values of a culture may refer to values endorsed by most members of the culture or to values members of the culture generally believe to be widely shared in the culture. The authors propose an intersubjective consensus approach to identifying core cultural values based on the latter definition. In three studies, they illustrated the utility of the intersubjective consensus approach for identifying the cultural values that differentiate two o…
Understanding Cultural Identification Through Intersubjective Cultural Representation
Intersubjective cultural representation refers to a collective's common representation of a culture. Such representation provides a meaningful basis for individuals to develop identification with the culture. Specifically, the more an individual's personal values are aligned with values intersubjectively represented to be important to a culture, the more strongly the individual would identify with the culture. Consideration of the role of intersu…
A Conclusion, Yet an Opening to Enriching the Normative Approach of Culture
We compile in this article the target article authors' thoughtful responses to the commentaries. Their responses identify some common threads across the rich contents of the commentary pieces, interlink the observation and theoretical propositions in the commentaries with broader streams of research, present new perspectives inspired by the commentary contributors, and pose provocative questions to further ignite research efforts on the normative…
Birds of a feather and birds flocking together: Physical versus behavioral cues may lead to trait- versus goal-based group perception
Entitativity perception refers to the perception of a collection of individuals as a group. The authors propose 2 perceptual-inferential bases of entitativity perception. First, perceivers would expect a collection of individuals with similar physical traits to possess common psychological traits. Second, perceivers watching a group of individuals engage in concerted behavior would infer that these individuals have common goals. Thus, both simila…
Perceived cultural importance and actual self-importance of values in cultural identification
Cross-cultural psychologists assume that core cultural values define to a large extent what a culture is. Typically, core values are identified through an actual self-importance approach, in which core values are those that members of the culture as a group strongly endorse. In this article, the authors propose a perceived cultural importance approach to identifying core values, in which core values are values that members of the culture as a gro…
Measuring Cultures through Intersubjective Cultural Norms: Implications for Predicting Relative Identification With Two or More Cultures
Core values of a culture may refer to values endorsed by most members of the culture or to values members of the culture generally believe to be widely shared in the culture. The authors propose an intersubjective consensus approach to identifying core cultural values based on the latter definition. In three studies, they illustrated the utility of the intersubjective consensus approach for identifying the cultural values that differentiate two o…
Intersubjective Culture: The Role of Intersubjective Perceptions in Cross-Cultural Research
Intersubjective perceptions refer to shared perceptions of the psychological characteristics that are widespread within a culture. In this article, we propose the intersubjective approach as a new approach to understanding the role that culture plays in human behavior. In this approach, intersubjective perceptions, which are distinct from personal values and beliefs, mediate the effect of the ecology on individuals’ responses and adaptations. We …
A Knowledge-Based Account of Cultural Identification
Implications for Cultural Sharedness When Sharedness Is Not Assumed
Schwartz (2013) proposed a model of societal culture in which societal culture is conceptualized as a latent construct that exists outside of individuals. With such conceptualization, Schwartz argued that the assumption of cultural sharedness would not be necessary for research on cross-national differences of personal values. Interestingly, the removal of the assumption of cultural sharedness can generate new research questions that can further …
A Conclusion, Yet an Opening to Enriching the Normative Approach of Culture
We compile in this article the target article authors' thoughtful responses to the commentaries. Their responses identify some common threads across the rich contents of the commentary pieces, interlink the observation and theoretical propositions in the commentaries with broader streams of research, present new perspectives inspired by the commentary contributors, and pose provocative questions to further ignite research efforts on the normative…
Understanding Cultural Identification Through Intersubjective Cultural Representation
Intersubjective cultural representation refers to a collective's common representation of a culture. Such representation provides a meaningful basis for individuals to develop identification with the culture. Specifically, the more an individual's personal values are aligned with values intersubjectively represented to be important to a culture, the more strongly the individual would identify with the culture. Consideration of the role of intersu…
In Response to Cultural Threat: Cultural Self-Awareness on Collective Movement Participation
This study investigated the role of cultural self-awareness, an individual’s awareness of culture’s influence on the self, on collective movement participation. We posited that individuals who were highly aware of their culture’s influence on them would more likely perceive self-relevance of cultural circumstances. In the context of a cultural threat, such perception of self-relevance would lead to psychological and behavioral reactions that affi…
Intergroup benefits of metacognitive cultural self? Cultural self-awareness and multicultural involvement on attitudes towards migrants
The investigation of attitudes towards different groups is crucial for improving intergroup relations and increasing acceptance of diversity. The present research examined the potential of metacognitive understanding of cultural self in improving attitudes towards migrants, as individuals reflectively consider their cultural assumptions in evaluating migrants. We tested the effect of individuals’ awareness of culture’s influence on the self (i.e.…
Fear of happiness and emotion regulation: Implications for personal and relational well‐being
Fear of happiness is the belief that happiness brings about negative consequences. In this research, we investigated the emotion regulation mechanism linking fear of happiness and personal and relational well‐being. Studies 1 and 2 found that fear of happiness was consistently associated with lower levels of personal well‐being (hedonic and eudaimonic) through increased dampening, and to some extent, reduced savouring of positive emotions across …
Macro-Economic Inequality and National Stereotypes in 45 Non-Western Countries
The assumption that people favor ingroups and disfavor outgroups is based largely on theory and research from Western countries. However, groups subjected to economic exploitation and inequality might come to favor more advantaged outgroups. The present large-scale study ( N = 12,339) involving 45 non-Western countries explored ingroup stereotypes and stereotypes of relatively advantaged and disadvantaged outgroups (Western Europeans and Western …
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (8 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cultural identity (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)