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Alma Au is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and conducts research primarily in the field of psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, developmental and educational psychology, general health professions, and social psychology.

The research topics Alma Au focuses on include:

  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Community Health and Development

Among their recent papers are:

  • Sense of Community Mediating Between Age-Friendly Characteristics and Life Satisfaction of Community-Dwelling Older Adults, 2020, published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • The effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for informal dementia caregivers: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Psychology and Aging
  • The detrimental impacts of negative age stereotypes on the episodic memory of older adults: does social participation moderate the effects?, 2020, BMC Geriatrics
  • The buffer of resilience in the relations of gender-related discrimination, rejection, and victimization with depression among Chinese transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Changes in older adults' perceptions of age-friendliness in Hong Kong: A three-year mixed-methods study, 2022, Cities

Frequent co-authors with Alma Au include:

  • Herman Hay Ming Lo
  • Cynthia Leung
  • Simon Lai
  • Zoe Jiwen Zhang
  • Elsa Ngar Sze Lau

The venues where Alma Au has published most frequently include:

  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Psychology and Aging
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • BMC Geriatrics

Best Publications

  • The effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for informal dementia caregivers: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sheung-Tak Cheng;Kin-Kit Li;Andrés Losada;Fan Zhang

  • Psychological Interventions for Dementia Caregivers: What We Have Achieved, What We Have Learned

    Sheung-Tak Cheng;Alma Au;Andrés Losada;Larry W. Thompson

  • Social support and well-being in dementia family caregivers: The mediating role of self-efficacy

    Alma Au;Man-Kin Lai;Kam-Mei Lau;Pey-Chyou Pan

  • International Perspectives on Nonpharmacological Best Practices for Dementia Family Caregivers: A Review

    Dolores Gallagher-Thompson;Yuan Marian Tzuang;Alma Au;Henry Brodaty

  • Development of orthographic knowledge and its relationship with reading and spelling among Chinese kindergarten and primary school children

    Connie Suk-Han Ho;Pamela Wing-Yi Yau;Agnes Au

  • Validation of the Chinese version of the Short‐form Supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS‐SF34‐C)

    A. Au;Wwt W. T. Lam;A. Kwong;D. Suen

  • The Coping with Caregiving Group Program for Chinese caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease in Hong Kong.

    Alma Au;Sapphire Li;Kristy Lee;Patrick Leung

  • Behavioral activation for dementia caregivers: scheduling pleasant events and enhancing communications.

    Alma Au;Dolores Gallagher-Thompson;Meng-Kong Wong;Jess Leung

  • Syndromes of Self-Reported Psychopathology for Ages 18-59 in 29 Societies.

    Masha Y. Ivanova;Thomas M. Achenbach;Leslie A. Rescorla;Lori V. Turner

  • For the benefit of others: generativity and meaning in life in the elderly in four cultures.

    Jan Hofer;Holger Busch;Alma Au;Iva Poláčková Šolcová

  • The Role of Self-Efficacy in the Alzheimer's Family Caregiver Stress Process: A Partial Mediator between Physical Health and Depressive Symptoms

    Alma Au;Kam-Mei Lau;Ella Sit;George Cheung

  • Cognitive-behavioral group treatment program for adults with epilepsy in Hong Kong.

    Alma Au;Fefe Chan;Kelvin Li;Patrick Leung

  • Effectiveness of online cognitive behavioral therapy on family caregivers of people with dementia.

    Timothy Cy Kwok;Alma Au;Bel Wong;Isaac Ip

  • Reliability and validity of the "Extended - Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream" (E-HITS) screening tool in detecting intimate partner violence in hospital emergency departments in Hong Kong

    CC Chan;YC Chan;A Au;Goc Cheung

  • Cognitive-behavioral group program for Chinese heterosexual HIV-infected men in Hong Kong

    Iris Chan;Paul Kong;Patrick Leung;Alma Au

  • Temporal processing ability in above average and average readers

    Agnes Au;Bill Lovegrove

  • Coping strategies and social support-seeking behaviour among Chinese caring for older people with dementia

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  • Sense of Community Mediating Between Age-Friendly Characteristics and Life Satisfaction of Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

    Alma Au;Daniel W.L. Lai;Ho Ming Yip;Stephen Chan

  • A Preliminary Validation of the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) in Hong Kong

    Alma Au;George Cheung;Randall Kropp;Chan Yuk-chung

  • Stress and Health–Related Quality of Life Among HIV-Infected Persons in Hong Kong

    Alma Au;Iris Chan;Patrick Li;Rita Chung

  • Collateral Reports and Cross-Informant Agreement about Adult Psychopathology in 14 Societies

    Leslie A. Rescorla;Thomas M. Achenbach;Masha Y. Ivanova;Lori V. Turner

  • Validating the Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy: A Cross-National Review.

    Ann M Steffen;Dolores Gallagher-Thompson;Katherine M Arenella;Alma Au

Frequent Co-Authors

Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson Stanford University School of Medicine
Patrick W. L. Leung
Patrick W. L. Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sheung-Tak Cheng
Sheung-Tak Cheng Education University of Hong Kong
Larry W. Thompson
Larry W. Thompson Stanford University
Thomas M. Achenbach
Thomas M. Achenbach University of Vermont
Andrés Losada
Andrés Losada King Juan Carlos University
Leslie Rescorla
Leslie Rescorla Bryn Mawr College
Masha Y. Ivanova
Masha Y. Ivanova University of Vermont
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke King's College London

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