Cecilia Cheng
Professor
social science
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Cecilia Cheng is Associate Dean (Postgraduate Education) and Professor at the Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong. She is an elected fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and the board secretary of the International Council of Psychologists (ICP). She was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Personality and Social Research at the University of California, Berkeley and Hughes Hall Fellow of the University of Cambridge. She received the ICP Early Career Research Award in 2000, and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in 2009. She was formerly the Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Personality Processes and Individual Differences section). Her research interests lie in the areas of personality and social psychology, health psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and applied social psychology. She emphasizes in her teaching the development of discriminative thinking and the application of experiential learning, and adopts the student-centered approach to the contexts of advanced psychology courses and graduate seminars.
Research Interest
Social and Personality Psychology Health Psychology Cross-cultural Psychology Applied Social Psychology
Publications
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The mediating role of Internet addiction in depression, social anxiety, and psychosocial well-being among adolescents in six Asian countries: a structural equation modelling approach Journal:Public Health
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Internet Addiction and Psychosocial Maladjustment: Avoidant Coping and Coping Inflexibility as Psychological Mechanisms Journal:Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
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The prevalence and correlates of severe social withdrawal (hikikomori) in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional telephone-based survey study Journal:International Journal of Social Psychiatry
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Relationship of health locus of control with specific health behaviours and global health appraisal: a meta-analysis and effects of moderators Journal:Health Psychology Review
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The Role of Positive Self-Evaluation on Cross-Cultural Differences in Well-Being Journal:Cross-Cultural Research
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Socioeconomic health disparities revisited: coping flexibility enhances health-related quality of life for individuals low in socioeconomic status Journal:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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Explaining Differences in Subjective Well-Being Across 33 Nations Using Multilevel Models: Universal Personality, Cultural Relativity, and National Income Journal:Journal of Personality
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Explaining personality and contextual differences in beneficial role of online versus offline social support: A moderated mediation model Journal:Computers in Human Behavior
