Winnie W S Mak
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 176778 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Winnie W S Mak |
| PRENOMES | Winnie W S |
| SOBRENOME | Mak |
| ASSINATURA | MAK W W S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9714-7847 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 89 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 381 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 89 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 12 |
Being Mindful with Discernment
Mindful understanding of the interconnected world
The present study examined the roles of interconnectedness and mindfulness in collective action participation and the motivations underlying the participation. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, 377 participants completed measures of mindfulness, interconnectedness, collective action intention and participation at baseline, with 308 and 279 participants completing follow‐up assessments 1 and 2 months later, respectively. Results showed that …
Development and validation of the Workplace Mental Illness Stigma Scale from diverse working adults in Hong Kong
From indifference to advocacy
001-.01). Among LGBT+ participants, while interconnectedness decreased indifferences, it did not significantly increase collective action intentions, suggesting different mechanisms of attitude change and behavioral intention across social groups. These findings highlight the potential of interconnectedness and critical reflection as strategies to mobilize heterosexual cisgender individuals and the LGBT+ community in addressing social injustices.…
Comorbidity patterns of Internet-use problems with traditional emotional and behavioral problems among Chinese adolescents
Evolving experiences of HIV stigma and their impact on well-being
The Undetectable = Untransmittable campaign has transformed HIV prevention over the past decade, potentially reshaping societal perceptions of people living with HIV (PLHIV). While this scientific breakthrough challenges traditional stigmatizing narratives about HIV transmission, there is a lack of empirical evidence on how different forms of HIV stigma have changed over time. The present study aimed to document changes in enacted, anticipated, a…
Effects of a closed-loop mindfulness-based program for reducing stress in family caregivers of people with dementia
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT06880822. Registered on March 2025
Self-awareness and nonattachment as internal resources for well-being among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexually diverse individuals
Previous studies showed inconsistent findings on the association between self-awareness and well-being among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexually diverse (LGBTQ+) individuals. The present study examined the mediating effects of self-stigma and negative emotional responses to oppression in the relationship between self-awareness and well-being, as well as the protective role of nonattachment on the relationship…
A Longitudinal Investigation of the Relative Temporal Association of Tranquility, Concentration, and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaires (FFMQ) with Nonattachment and Mental Health
The present study aims to investigate the relative temporal associations of different types of mindfulness-related qualities (i.e., observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-reactivity, nonjudging, tranquility, and concentration) at the dispositional level with well-being, psychological distress, and nonattachment by a 9-month longitudinal study over four-time points. Data from 274 participants (Age mean = 21.22; 78.5% women) who did not …
Compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and mindfulness among healthcare professionals
Mindfulness-based family psychoeducation intervention for caregivers of young adults with first-episode psychosis
ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT03688009
Associations between interconnectedness, compassion, and participation in collective action for people with mental illness
The present study aims to prospectively investigate the relationships between interconnectedness, compassion, and participation in private and public forms of collective action for people with mental illness. Public form refers to collective action at the macrolevel such as large-scale protests and demonstrations going on in the communities. Private form refers to collective action happening at the microlevel that targets promoting awareness of s…
Is inadequate health literacy associated with worse health outcomes among Chinese individuals with depression?
Inadequate health literacy is a risk factor for poorer outcomes across various conditions. The present study examined the level of health literacy, as measured by the Single Item Literacy Screener (SILS), and its association with a range of physical and mental outcomes [e.g. health-related quality of life, depression, anxiety, well-being, body mass index (BMI)] among individuals with depression in Hong Kong. A total of 112 individuals with depres…
Perceived stigma among discharged patients of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China
Background: Perceived stigma has greatly influenced the life quality of the COVID-19 patients who recovered and were discharged (RD hereafter). It is essential to understand COVID-19 stigma of RD and its related risk factors. The current study aims to identify the characteristics of perceived COVID-19 stigma in RD using latent profile analysis (LPA), to explore its psycho-social influencing factors, and to determine the cut-off point of the stigm…
Testing the interconnectedness hypothesis
The efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy on self-stigma reduction among people with mental illness
Self-stigma is prevalent and has adverse impact on people with mental illness, including negative effects on self-esteem, help-seeking, quality of life, and personal recovery. This study investigated the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in reducing the self-stigma of people with mental illness in a 5-week group intervention. Thirty-six individuals with mental illness were recruited and completed the ACT intervention. The partic…
Going beyond Mindfulness
Concentration and tranquility usually co-arise with mindfulness during mindfulness practice and in daily life and may potentially contribute to mental health; however, they have rarely been studied in empirical research. The present study aimed to examine the relationship of concentration and tranquility with mindfulness and indicators of mental health. With no existing self-report measure assessing concentration and tranquility, the Concentratio…
The Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Family Psychoeducation Intervention for the Caregivers of Young Adults with First-Episode Psychosis
A brief psychoeducation program may not reduce the burden on or improve the mental-health outcome of caregivers of individuals with recent-onset psychosis. However, integrating mindfulness into a conventional family psychoeducation program may reduce the expressed emotions of caregivers, especially over-involvement. Further studies should explore how psychoeducation programs can reduce the impact of psychosis on family through sustainable effects…
Maintenance of ableist society for wheelchair users
The present study tested an integrated model of the maintenance of the ableist social system toward wheelchair users. The model focuses on the endorsed medical model of disability, and the witnessing of negotiation for environmental accessibility by people without disabilities. A cross-sectional sample of 821 university staff members and students from Hong Kong without self-reported disabilities completed a self-report questionnaire. Structural e…
Measuring Family Support in Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Turkey
This study presents a reduced version of the Perception of Family Support Scale (PFSS)—a measure of family support designed for research and clinical purposes—and examine construct validity, invariance, and reliability evidence for scores obtained from the instrument. Data collection occurred in 2019. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with college student samples from Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Turkey (N = 1,256), we ident…
The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health
Beyond biogenetic and psychosocial attributions
Interconnectedness Is Associated with a Greater Sense of Civic Duty and Collective Action Participation through Transcendental Awareness and Compassion during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has a unprecedented impact on the way individuals make sense of the interconnected nature of themselves in relation to the world. This study investigated the mediating role of transcendental awareness and compassion in the association of interconnectedness with a sense of civic duty and collective action participation during COVID-19 using a longitudinal design. A total of 336 young adult participants were recruited at basel…
Effects of Social Movement Participation on Political Efficacy and Well-Being
Protective and Compensatory Effects of Group Identification on the Mental Health of People Living with HIV
Meta-analysis of stigma and mental health
Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization
The influences of globalization have permeated various aspects of life in contemporary society, from technical innovations, economic development, and lifestyles, to communication patterns. The present research proposed a construct termed global orientation to denote individual differences in the psychological processes of acculturating to the globalizing world. It encompasses multicultural acquisition as a proactive response and ethnic protection…
Internalization of stigma for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Hong Kong
Comparative stigma of HIV/Aids, Sars, and Tuberculosis in Hong Kong
Understanding Distress
To explore the cultural mechanisms underlying the distress experience among Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese, Chinese Americans, and European Americans, this investigation examined the role of face concern in psychological distress through a series of studies in both college students and community samples. Face concern refers to one's concern over maintaining or enhancing one's social position and worth that are earned through the fulfillment of sp…
Examining attribution model of self-stigma on social support and psychological well-being among people with HIV+/Aids
Sense of Community in Hong Kong
Sense of community (SOC) has been one of the most studied topics in community psychology. However, no empirical study to date has investigated SOC in Hong Kong and its relations with community characteristics and residents’ psychological well‐being. A representative sample of 941 Hong Kong Chinese based on a randomized household survey was conducted in all 18 districts in Hong Kong. Results of hierarchical linear modeling indicated that SOC was n…
Psychological Distress and Subjective Burden of Caregivers of People with Mental Illness
Empowerment for civic engagement and well-being in emerging adulthood
Resistance as a form of resilience in sexual and gender minorities
These differential moderating effects could be attributed to gender role socialization and gender-specific coping mechanisms in response to minority stress. Although public collective action is more powerful in triggering structural changes than private collective action, individuals in less democratic societies may not necessarily have access to public collective action due to the absence of opportunity structures. Private collective action, whi…
Social Media as Social Capital of LGB Individuals in Hong Kong
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…
Combining education and video-based contact to reduce stigma of mental illness
Acculturation Process and Distress
The present study applied the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to unfold the social cognitive antecedents of acculturation and investigated the effects of acculturation on psychological distress using a longitudinal design. A total of 180 mainland Chinese university students studying in Hong Kong completed three sets of questionnaires every 2 months for a period of 6 months. Findings from structural equation modeling (CFI = 0.97, NNFI = 0.96, RMS…
Socio-spatial polarization and the (re-)distribution of deprived groups in world cities
This paper draws on theoretical discussions of world cities to analyze socio-spatial polarization and (re-)distribution of deprived groups in Hong Kong in the 2000s. Intensifying global economic restructuring processes have induced socio-economic polarization, thereby producing deprived groups although the spatial outcomes may depend on the city-specific context. When local policies do not counteract the polarization trend, a spatial manifestatio…
Cultural Change and Chinese Immigrants' Distress and Help-Seeking in Hong Kong
The study examined, within a stress-coping paradigm, the contribution of acculturation, enculturation, and acculturative stress to distress and help-seeking among Mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong. One hundred and thirty-one female immigrants were recruited from community service centers. Hierarchical regression results showed that general stress and acculturative stress were linked to distress. Social support did not play a buffering role…
Liberating and Empowering Effects of Critical Reflection on Collective Action in LGBT and Cisgender Heterosexual Individuals
Critical consciousness represents the transformation from a passive target of oppression to an active actor with an increased capacity to analyze and negotiate conditions of oppression. It is considered as an antidote for oppression that can liberate people from oppressive ideologies and empower them to resist social injustice. Building on the theory of critical consciousness and the Social Identity Model of Collective Action, this paper examined…
Stigma of Seeking Psychological Services
Stigma is an important barrier to seeking psychological services worldwide. Two types of stigma exist: public stigma and self-stigma. Scholars have argued that public stigma leads to self-stigma, and then self-stigma is the primary predictor of attitudes toward seeking psychological services. However, this assertion is largely limited to U.S. samples. The goal of this research was to provide a first step in understanding the relationship between …
Conformity to the emotional-control masculine norm and psychological well-being among Chinese men in Hong Kong
Through the process of gender-role socialization, men are likely to perceive sharing emotions and expressing tender emotions as negative because such feelings may imply weakness and vulnerability. Based on the traditional cultural expectations and socialization of the masculine gender role, we postulated that Chinese men would be more likely to be discouraged from sharing and expressing tender emotions. However, the relationship between endorsing…
The Influence of Health Promoting Practices on the Quality of Life of Community Adults in Hong Kong
From Moment to Movement
The Transconceptual Model of Empowerment and Resilience ( American Journal of Community Psychology , 52, 2013, 333) suggests that a set of resilience and empowerment resources fuel both initial and sustained participation in collective action. Using the case study of a prodemocracy movement in Hong Kong, the present study focused on the subset of those resources that are relevant in ongoing collective action: efficacy, skills, and maintenance. As…
Psychological Distress among Adolescents in Chengdu, Sichuan at 1 Month after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Cultural Model of Vulnerability to Distress
The present study tested a structural equation model of the association between self-construal, sociotropy, anxiety, and depression across two ethnic groups ( n = 212 for Asian Americans and n = 202 for European Americans). The results provided support for a unified model that was applicable in explaining distress experiences among both ethnic groups. Interdependent self-construal predisposes a person to develop sociotropy and consequent depressi…
Maintenance of ableist society for wheelchair users
The present study tested an integrated model of the maintenance of the ableist social system toward wheelchair users. The model focuses on the endorsed medical model of disability, and the witnessing of negotiation for environmental accessibility by people without disabilities. A cross-sectional sample of 821 university staff members and students from Hong Kong without self-reported disabilities completed a self-report questionnaire. Structural e…
Measuring Family Support in Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Turkey
This study presents a reduced version of the Perception of Family Support Scale (PFSS)—a measure of family support designed for research and clinical purposes—and examine construct validity, invariance, and reliability evidence for scores obtained from the instrument. Data collection occurred in 2019. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with college student samples from Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Turkey (N = 1,256), we ident…
Sexual identity and its disclosure as moderators between norms of heterosexual self-presentation and well-being among Hong Kong Chinese men
Factor Validity of Scores on a Social Support and Conflict Measure among Chinese Americans
Data collected from the Chinese American Psychiatric Epidemiological Study (CAPES) were used to examine the factor validity of selected social support and conflict indices among 1,152 married Chinese Americans. Gender, age, and a 36-item social interaction scale consisting of six separate indices of social support and social conflict (spouse, family, and friend) were factor analyzed. As expected, cross-cultural validity of scores on all six socia…
Major approaches to the measurement of acculturation among ethnic minority populations
Integrative Model of Caregiving
The study tested an integrative model of caregiving by examining the effects of sociocultural characteristics, interpersonal relations, mental health service structure, consumers' symptoms, objective burden, and evaluation of service systems on the subjective experiences of caregivers. The sample consisted of 428 caregivers of adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Results from multiple regression analyses indicated that ethnicity was …
Quality of life of mental health consumers in Hong Kong
Cultural Change and Chinese Immigrants' Distress and Help-Seeking in Hong Kong
The study examined, within a stress-coping paradigm, the contribution of acculturation, enculturation, and acculturative stress to distress and help-seeking among Mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong. One hundred and thirty-one female immigrants were recruited from community service centers. Hierarchical regression results showed that general stress and acculturative stress were linked to distress. Social support did not play a buffering role…
Comparative stigma of HIV/Aids, Sars, and Tuberculosis in Hong Kong
Examining attribution model of self-stigma on social support and psychological well-being among people with HIV+/Aids
Meta-analysis of stigma and mental health
Affiliate Stigma Among Caregivers of People with Intellectual Disability or Mental Illness
Background Affiliate stigma refers to the extent of self‐stigmatization among associates of the targeted minorities. Given previous studies on caregiver stigma were mostly qualitative in nature, a conceptually based, unified, quantitative instrument to measure affiliate stigma is still lacking. Materials and Methods Two hundred and ten caregivers of people with intellectual disability (CPID) and 108 caregivers of people with mental illness (CPMI)…
Understanding Distress
To explore the cultural mechanisms underlying the distress experience among Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese, Chinese Americans, and European Americans, this investigation examined the role of face concern in psychological distress through a series of studies in both college students and community samples. Face concern refers to one's concern over maintaining or enhancing one's social position and worth that are earned through the fulfillment of sp…
Intentionality of medication non-adherence among individuals living with HIV/Aids in Hong Kong
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is essential to treatment success for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the wealth of studies in examining antiretroviral non-adherence, few have distinguished between intentional and unintentional non-adherence. The present study attempted to identify factors associated with adherence, intentional non-adherence, and unintentional non-adherence among HIV+ individuals using a longitudinal design. Dietary…
Risk and protective factors in association with mental health problems among people living with HIV who were former plasma/blood donors in rural China
A random sample of 271 people living with HIV (PLWH) who were former plasma/blood donors and a convenience sample of 67 HIV negative villagers were anonymously interviewed. Compared with the non-PLWH, PLWH reported higher prevalence of symptoms of depression (adjusted OR = 2.53, p=0.001), anxiety (adjusted OR = 1.85, p=0.04), and stress (adjusted OR = 1.77, p=0.06). Of the PLWH respondents, 81.7% received Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAA…
Sense of Community in Hong Kong
Sense of community (SOC) has been one of the most studied topics in community psychology. However, no empirical study to date has investigated SOC in Hong Kong and its relations with community characteristics and residents’ psychological well‐being. A representative sample of 941 Hong Kong Chinese based on a randomized household survey was conducted in all 18 districts in Hong Kong. Results of hierarchical linear modeling indicated that SOC was n…
Combining education and video-based contact to reduce stigma of mental illness
Suicidal ideation among HIV+ former blood and/or plasma donors in rural China
Suicidal ideation is life-threatening and is prevalent among people living with HIV (PLWH). A dearth of such studies was conducted in China. This study investigated the prevalence of suicidal ideation and associated factors among PLWH who were former blood and/or plasma donors (FBPD) in a rural county in central China. Prospective respondents were randomly selected from a local registry; 176 PLWH who were FBPD joined the study. With informed cons…
Contextual influences on safer sex negotiation among female sex workers (FSWs) in Hong Kong
Despite social-cognitive interventions to increase safer sex awareness, condom use among female sex workers (FSWs) continued to be inconsistent. To account for the possible influences of contextual factors that may hinder or promote FSWs' safer sex negotiation and condom use, the present study examined the effects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), FSWs' managers, and clients on FSWs' negotiation efficacy and condom-use efficacy, and the e…
Psychological Distress among Adolescents in Chengdu, Sichuan at 1 Month after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Coming Out Among Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexual Individuals in Hong Kong
Self-stigma among concealable minorities in Hong Kong
Self-stigma refers to the internalized stigma that individuals may have toward themselves as a result of their minority status. Not only can self-stigma dampen the mental health of individuals, it can deter them from seeking professional help lest disclosing their minority status lead to being shunned by service providers. No unified instrument has been developed to measure consistently self-stigma that could be applied to different concealable m…
Effectiveness of a knowledge-contact program in improving nursing students' attitudes and emotional competence in serving people living with HIV/Aids
Internalization of stigma for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Hong Kong
The Influence of Health Promoting Practices on the Quality of Life of Community Adults in Hong Kong
Resilience
The present study tested whether the relationships among resilience, life satisfaction, and depression could be explained by positive views toward the self, the world, and the future (positive cognitive triad). Structural equation modeling and mediation analyses were conducted based on 1,419 college students in Hong Kong. The model of positive cognitive triad as mediator between resilience and well-being fit the data (comparative fit index = .94,…
Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale among Chinese adolescents
Acculturation Process and Distress
The present study applied the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to unfold the social cognitive antecedents of acculturation and investigated the effects of acculturation on psychological distress using a longitudinal design. A total of 180 mainland Chinese university students studying in Hong Kong completed three sets of questionnaires every 2 months for a period of 6 months. Findings from structural equation modeling (CFI = 0.97, NNFI = 0.96, RMS…
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