Rebecca Y M Cheung
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 761763 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Rebecca Y M Cheung |
| PRENOMES | Rebecca Y M |
| SOBRENOME | Cheung |
| ASSINATURA | CHEUNG R Y M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0998-7991 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 50 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 137 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Parentification and depressive symptoms among emerging adults
Beyond the individual
Guided by the social-ecological model, we employed growth mixture models in this study to examine (a) the trajectories of student perceived schoolwide bullying perpetration, and the prevalence of traditional bullying victimization and cyberbullying victimization aggregated at school level and (b) the longitudinal impact of four domains of social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies, school level, ethnic diversity index, and school size, on these…
Happy Parents, Happy Kids? Prospective Relations Between Mothers’ and Fathers’ Happiness, Mindful Parenting, and Children’s Social-Emotional Competence
Parents’ happiness is vital for cultivating young children’s social-emotional competence. However, relatively little is known about the underlying processes through which parents foster children’s functioning. The present study investigated mindful parenting as a mediator for the relations between mothers’ and fathers’ happiness and young children’s social-emotional competence. Specifically, mothers and fathers of 238 first-year kindergarteners i…
How are Chinese women and men affected by sexual objectification? Self-objectification and enjoyment of sexualization across perpetrators
Interpersonal sexual objectification is a pervasive phenomenon among women and has been increasingly recognized in men. Research suggests sexual objectification is associated with two contrasting psychological outcomes: self-objectification and enjoyment of sexualization. Yet, little is known about how these outcomes vary by interpersonal context and gender, particularly in Asian contexts. To this end, two studies were conducted in the Chinese cu…
How Does Covid-19 Affect Marginalized South Asian Families in Hong Kong
The COVID-19 pandemic has a profound impact on families worldwide. Previous studies suggested that the pandemic may disproportionally affect marginalized families. However, the impact of the pandemic on marginalized ethnic minorities in Hong Kong remains relatively unknown. This study aimed to investigate the stress and coping strategies experienced by South Asian families in Hong Kong during the pandemic. Qualitative in-depth interviews were con…
Mindful parenting mediated the longitudinal relation between mothers' depressive symptoms and child adjustment
Parents’ perfectionistic tendencies predicted early relationship skills
Parents have been assumed to play a vital role in children’s interpersonal relationships. However, little is known on whether different expressions of performance expectations by mothers and fathers uniquely contribute to young children’s relationship skills and what the underlying mechanisms are. Considering that forgiveness can facilitate relationship maintenance, this longitudinal study examined whether children’s forgiveness mediated the rela…
Parenting approaches and feelings of autonomy among adolescents in two cultures
While research has demonstrated the importance of parental autonomy support and psychological control for children’s adjustment, their implications of such parenting practices for children’s subjective feelings of autonomy remain less well understood. Focusing on American and Chinese adolescents, the current research examined the longitudinal associations between parenting and adolescents’ feelings of autonomy, with attention to adolescents’ endo…
Mindfulness and Depressive Symptoms Among Preservice Teachers
Grounded in theories and empirical research, the present study examined the mediating processes of emotion dysregulation and teaching self‐efficacy between mindfulness and depressive symptoms among preservice teachers in China. A total of 288 preservice teachers ranging from 18 to 40 years old (men = 94; women = 194) completed an online self‐report questionnaire. Path analysis revealed that emotion dysregulation mediated the relation between mind…
Eveningness and Procrastination
While morningness (a preference for rising earlier in the day) is associated with positive affect and life satisfaction, eveningness is correlated with negative emotionality, poor sleep, less self-control, and more procrastination. The current study investigated inter-relationships between morningness–eveningness; bedtime, academic, and exercise procrastination; mind wandering; sleep quality; self-control; and depressive symptoms. An online surve…
A randomized controlled trial for evaluating the effects of an online mindfulness-based intervention for parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with poor family functioning and higher risks of conflicts in parent-child relationships. Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) has been evaluated for its benefits in improving family functioning and has been increasingly applied within the context of a family environment. Furthermore, online MBIs have been developed and combined with multiple technologies used by practi…
The association between implicit culture beliefs and intercultural sensitivity
South Asians and Chinese mainlanders are two distinct cultural minority groups in the Hong Kong context. Grounded in theories and findings on implicit beliefs, this study examined the mediating roles of anticipated intergroup exclusion and stigma toward these cultural minority groups in the link between implicit culture beliefs and intercultural sensitivity. A total of 192 university students aged between 18 and 26 years old ( M = 21.18; SD = 1.8…
Mindfulness and attachment security in romantic relationships
Research suggests that mindfulness is positively related to attachment security in romantic relationships. However, studies on the processes underlying this association are relatively scarce. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the mediating role of emotion dysregulation between mindfulness and attachment insecurity. A total of 333 Chinese university students were recruited for three time points, with a 6-month lag between time points, to…
Depression and Anxiety Among Parents During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced many new stressors for parents worldwide. This study investigated the link between parents’ cumulative stress and psychological distress during the pandemic. Parents’ emotion dysregulation was further examined as a moderator between cumulative stress and psychological distress. A total of 155 parents in the United States participated in the present study. Path analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of …
Thinking critically in the moment? The relationship between mindfulness and critical thinking dispositions among pre-service teachers
The present study examined the association between pre-service teachers’ mindfulness and critical thinking dispositions, as indexed by engagement, cognitive maturity, and innovativeness in critical thinking. A total of 72 Chinese pre-service teachers were recruited from Hong Kong to complete an online questionnaire cross-sectionally. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that mindfulness was differentially associated with critical thinking d…
“May all be well”
This study investigated the relationship between compassion and mindfulness in teaching among early years practitioners, with low levels of psychological distress as a mediator. A total of 81 early years practitioners were recruited from the United Kingdom via mass emails and announcements on social media platforms. Findings based on path analysis indicated that lower psychological distress mediated the positive relation between compassion and in…
The association between family relationship patterns and preschoolers’ social and behavioral competence in Chinese urban families
Child surgency and child aggression
Family economic stress and preschooler adjustment in the Chinese Context
Guided by the family stress model, this study tested competing mediating vs moderating hypotheses regarding the role of consistent child routines in the relation between family economic stress and child adjustment (i.e., behavioral problems and social skills). A total of 508 parents of preschool-aged children from China completed measures of family economic stress, child routines, and child adjustment. Structural equation modeling was used to tes…
Parental Burnout During the Second Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many changes in family routines and introduced new stressors for parents. While stressors can lead to parental burnout, coparenting support may mitigate the effects of parental stress on parental burnout. The current study explored the effects of parental stress, COVID-19 stress, and coparenting support on parental burnout during the second year of the pandemic. Participants consisted of one hundred fifty-five …
Interparental conflict and mindful parenting practices
Objective This study examined the transactional relations between mothers' and fathers' destructive interparental conflict tactics and mindful parenting practices. Background According to family systems theory and spillover hypothesis, interparental conflict sets the stage for parents' future levels of conflict as well as parenting difficulties. However, research on the link between conflict and mindful parenting practices remains scarce. The pre…
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…
Disentangling the Effects of Mindfulness, Savoring, and Depressive Symptoms among Emerging Adults
The links between mindfulness, savoring positive experiences, and depressive symptoms have been well established in the literature. Nevertheless, little has been done to disentangle the prospective relations among these constructs. Clarifying the longitudinal relations is crucial, as it enables researchers and practitioners to discern potential trajectories of mental health interventions. In this study, 180 emerging adults between 18 and 27 years…
Do Bloggers Have Better Mental Health? The Social, Cognitive, and Psychological Benefits of Blogging in Emerging Adulthood
This study established the longitudinal associations between blogging and its benefits that may be vital for emerging adults' mental health
Parents’ Gender Role Attitudes and Child Adjustment
Parents’ gender role attitudes are pertinent to child adjustment. Importantly, parental involvement may help to explain the link between parents’ gender role attitudes and child adjustment. In this study, we investigated the differential contributions of mothers’ and fathers’ gender role attitudes on child adjustment, with the quality of mother and father involvement as mediators. Given that parental involvement is gender-differentiated in the Ch…
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
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
Anger suppression, interdependent self-construal, and depression among Asian American and European American college students
The present study tested a theoretical model of emotion regulation (Yap, Sheeber, & Allen, 2007) in a sample of Asian American and European American college students (N = 365). Specifically, the mediating role of anger suppression in the effect of temperament and family processes on depressive symptoms was tested across race and levels of interdependent self-construal (a culturally based self orientation emphasizing connectedness with others). Ne…
Marital Conflict and Emotional Insecurity Among Chinese Adolescents
Emotional security theory has received substantial empirical support in the literature. However, the applicability of this theory in diverse cultures is still unclear. This study examined emotional insecurity among Chinese adolescents ( N = 315) and how social harmony values moderated the association between parental conflict tactics (233 mothers; 224 fathers) and adolescents' emotional insecurity. Results showed that emotional insecurity could b…
Family functioning and psychological outcomes in emerging adulthood
The present study tested the mediating role of perceived capability of savoring positive experiences in the associations between family functioning and emerging adults' psychological outcomes, namely, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. A sample of 167 Chinese emerging adults (112 female) were recruited from two major universities in Hong Kong. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on str…
Trivariate Modeling of Interparental Conflict and Adolescent Emotional Security
Parents’ Gender Role Attitudes and Child Adjustment
Parents’ gender role attitudes are pertinent to child adjustment. Importantly, parental involvement may help to explain the link between parents’ gender role attitudes and child adjustment. In this study, we investigated the differential contributions of mothers’ and fathers’ gender role attitudes on child adjustment, with the quality of mother and father involvement as mediators. Given that parental involvement is gender-differentiated in the Ch…
The role of family expressiveness in American and Chinese adolescents' emotional experiences
To understand the role of family emotional socialization across cultural contexts, this research examined the associations between family emotional expressiveness and early adolescents' emotions in the United States and China. Two times over the course of 1 year, 566 American ( n = 331) and Chinese ( n = 235) adolescents (age range: 11–14 years) reported on their family members' emotional expressiveness, which was further categorized into three f…
Fathers’ perceived co-parenting and children's academic readiness among Chinese preschoolers
Mindfulness and attachment security in romantic relationships
Research suggests that mindfulness is positively related to attachment security in romantic relationships. However, studies on the processes underlying this association are relatively scarce. In this longitudinal study, we investigated the mediating role of emotion dysregulation between mindfulness and attachment insecurity. A total of 333 Chinese university students were recruited for three time points, with a 6-month lag between time points, to…
Child surgency and child aggression
Consistent routines matter
School readiness is critical to children's academic and social-emotional success at school entry and over time. Using structural equation modeling, this study examined the mediating role of consistent child routines in the association between interparental functioning and school readiness among preschool-aged children in China. Participants included 349 preschoolers and both of their parents. Data were collected across two time points with 1.5 ye…
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
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)…
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…
Anger suppression, interdependent self-construal, and depression among Asian American and European American college students
The present study tested a theoretical model of emotion regulation (Yap, Sheeber, & Allen, 2007) in a sample of Asian American and European American college students (N = 365). Specifically, the mediating role of anger suppression in the effect of temperament and family processes on depressive symptoms was tested across race and levels of interdependent self-construal (a culturally based self orientation emphasizing connectedness with others). Ne…
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…
The role of culture, family processes, and anger regulation in Korean American adolescents’ adjustment problems
Using an ecologically informed, developmental psychopathology perspective, the present study examined contextual and intrapersonal predictors of depressive symptoms and externalizing problems among Korean American adolescents. Specifically, the role of cultural context (self-construals), family processes (family cohesion and conflict), and anger regulation (anger control, anger suppression, and outward anger expression) were examined. Study parti…
Psychological Distress and Subjective Burden of Caregivers of People with Mental Illness
Prospective Relations Between Parental Depression, Negative Expressiveness, Emotional Insecurity, and Children’s Internalizing Symptoms
Marital Conflict and Emotional Insecurity Among Chinese Adolescents
Emotional security theory has received substantial empirical support in the literature. However, the applicability of this theory in diverse cultures is still unclear. This study examined emotional insecurity among Chinese adolescents ( N = 315) and how social harmony values moderated the association between parental conflict tactics (233 mothers; 224 fathers) and adolescents' emotional insecurity. Results showed that emotional insecurity could b…
Trivariate Modeling of Interparental Conflict and Adolescent Emotional Security
Acculturative stress and coping strategies among Mainland Chinese university students in Hong Kong
Despite the growing population of Mainland Chinese students at the local government-funded universities in Hong Kong, little is known about their acculturation experiences and psychosocial adjustment. Drawing on an acculturation framework (Berry, 2003) and theories of coping (Folkman, 1984), resilience (Masten, 2001), and socioecological processes (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006), this article provides an in-depth account of acculturative stress a…
Stigma of psychosis
The present study examined the effects of psychiatric label (thought and perceptual dysregulation vs. schizophrenia), symptom manifestation (positive vs. negative symptoms), and gender (male vs. female) of a vignette character with psychosis on the general public's cognitive attributions, affective reactions, and behavioral responses. A 2 × 2 × 2 vignette-based telephone survey was conducted based on 533 Chinese adults from 18 to 60 years of age.…
Expressive Writing and Well-Being in Chinese Emerging Adults
The present research examined the effects of expressive writing on emotion regulation and well-being outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese emerging adults between 18 and 25 years of age. A total of 126 Chinese emerging adults were recruited and randomly assigned to one of the following three conditions including expressive writing, regular writing, and nil writing for 3 consecutive days. Follow-up sessions were conducted 1 day and 1 month after the co…
Family functioning and psychological outcomes in emerging adulthood
The present study tested the mediating role of perceived capability of savoring positive experiences in the associations between family functioning and emerging adults' psychological outcomes, namely, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. A sample of 167 Chinese emerging adults (112 female) were recruited from two major universities in Hong Kong. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on str…
Emotion dysregulation between mothers, fathers, and adolescents
INTRODUCTION: The present study calls attention to the longitudinal relations between mothers', fathers', and adolescents' emotion dysregulation and adolescents' internalizing problems. To this end, we tested the associations between family members' emotion dysregulation and adolescents' internalizing problems over time. METHODS: Over a 12-month period, 386 Chinese families from Hong Kong involving mothers, fathers, and adolescent children (child…
Self-Control Moderates the Association Between Perceived Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) and Mental Health Problems Among the Chinese Public
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused thousands of deaths in China. Prior research suggests that individuals' perceived severity of COVID-19 is related to a range of negative emotional and behavioral reactions among the Chinese public. However, scant research has examined the underlying mechanisms. Drawing upon the risk-resilience model, this study proposes that self-control, as a resilient factor, would potentially moderate the associat…
Fathers’ perceived co-parenting and children's academic readiness among Chinese preschoolers
Understanding adolescents’ perceived social responsibility
INTRODUCTION: Positive family interactions contribute to the development of social responsibility among adolescents. Interdependent self-construal and social trust, which reflect the perceived relatedness and beliefs towards others, may explain the relation between family cohesion and social responsibility. The present study tested the mediating mechanisms between family cohesion and adolescents' social responsibility via adolescents' interdepend…
Testing Interdependent Self-Construal as a Moderator between Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Health among Emerging Adults
This study examines the moderating role of interdependent self-construal between mindfulness, emotion regulation, and psychological health, with emotion regulation as a mediator. A total of 187 Chinese emerging adults completed self-reported measures, including mindfulness, cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, and interdependent self-construal. Our findings indicate moderation effects of interdepe…
The role of family expressiveness in American and Chinese adolescents' emotional experiences
To understand the role of family emotional socialization across cultural contexts, this research examined the associations between family emotional expressiveness and early adolescents' emotions in the United States and China. Two times over the course of 1 year, 566 American ( n = 331) and Chinese ( n = 235) adolescents (age range: 11–14 years) reported on their family members' emotional expressiveness, which was further categorized into three f…
Mothers’ and fathers’ stress and severity of depressive symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic
Path analysis indicated that mothers' parental stress interacted with their negative emotions, such that their stress was related to their severity of depressive symptoms only when negative emotions were high. By comparison, fathers' stress and negative emotions were additively associated with their severity of depressive symptoms. Supporting the cumulative risk model, parental stress during COVID-19 and negative emotions were linked to parents' …
Parental Self-Compassion and Child Adjustment
Previous research suggests that self-compassion is associated with mental health and well-being. However, little has been done to understand the role of self-compassion in the family context. Hence, the present study investigated the associations between parents' self-compassion, parent's depressive symptoms, and child adjustment. A total 189 Chinese parents (101 mothers) whose children were 2-8 years old were recruited to complete a questionnair…
Consistent routines matter
School readiness is critical to children's academic and social-emotional success at school entry and over time. Using structural equation modeling, this study examined the mediating role of consistent child routines in the association between interparental functioning and school readiness among preschool-aged children in China. Participants included 349 preschoolers and both of their parents. Data were collected across two time points with 1.5 ye…
Intercultural sensitivity and prosocial behavior towards South Asians in Hong Kong
Psychology (45 obras) · Clinical Psychology (30 obras) · Developmental psychology (29 obras) · Social Psychology (23 obras) · Psychiatry (21 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (20 obras) · Clinical Psychology (16 obras) · Medicine (15 obras) · Social Psychology (15 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (13 obras)