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Catherine So-kum Tang

Catherine So-kum Tang

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Psychology
Singapore
2023

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Psychology

D-Index
66
Citations
11844
World Ranking
2747
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Catherine So-kum Tang is affiliated with Hong Kong Shue Yan University in China and has a research profile focused primarily within the fields of psychology and medicine. Their scholarly work encompasses clinical psychology, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The research conducted covers a range of topics, notably resilience and mental health, family and disability support research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, COVID-19 and mental health, eating disorders and behaviors, impact of technology on adolescents, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

The scientist has published articles in several academic venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Catherine So-kum Tang include Tak Sang Chow, Helen Sin Hang Kwok, Tiffany Sok U. Siu, Nada Hamad, and Vindula Jayawardana.

Selected recent publications demonstrate a focus on family resilience, mental health, and illness perceptions, including:

  • Family Resilience Scale Short Form (FRS16): Validation in the US and Chinese Samples, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Retracted: The associations among emotional factors, personality traits, and addiction-like eating: A study on university students in six Asian countries/regions, 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • The Role of Family Resilience and Pandemic Burnout on Mental Health: A Two-Wave Study in China, 2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Effects of illness perception on negative emotions and fatigue in chronic rheumatic diseases: Rumination as a possible mediator, 2022, World Journal of Clinical Cases
  • Iron deficiency in women: clearing the rust of silence, 2022, The Lancet Haematology

Best Publications

  • Teaching for Quality Learning at University: What the Student Does

    John B. Biggs;Catherine So-kum Tang

  • Teaching For Quality Learning At University

    John Biggs;Catherine Tang

  • Psychological capital as a moderator between emotional labor, burnout, and job satisfaction among school teachers in China

    Francis Cheung;Catherine So-kum Tang;Shuwen Tang

  • Discontinuities and continuities in the experience of learning: An interview study of high-school students in Hong Kong

    Ference Marton;David Watkins;Catherine Tang

  • Teaching for Quality Learning

    John B. Biggs;Catherine Tang

  • Factors influencing the wearing of facemasks to prevent the severe acute respiratory syndrome among adult Chinese in Hong Kong.

    Catherine So-kum Tang;Chi-yan Wong

  • Mental health outcomes of job stress among Chinese teachers: role of stress resource factors and burnout

    Catherine So-Kum Tang;Wing-Tung Au;Ralf Schwarzer;Gerdamarie Schmitz

  • Cross-cultural assessment of psychological trauma and PTSD.

    John P. Wilson;Catherine So-kum Tang

  • Corporal Punishment and Physical Maltreatment against Children: A Community Study on Chinese Parents in Hong Kong.

    Catherine So-kum Tang

  • An outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome: predictors of health behaviors and effect of community prevention measures in Hong Kong, China.

    Catherine S. K. Tang;Chi-yan Wong

  • Continued work employment and volunteerism and mental well-being of older adults: Singapore longitudinal ageing studies

    Andiara Schwingel;Mathew M. Niti;Catherine Tang;Tze Pin Ng

  • Childhood Experience of Sexual Abuse among Hong Kong Chinese College Students.

    Catherine So-kum Tang

  • Chinese Personal Relationships

    Robin Goodwin;Catherine So-kum Tang

  • Prevalence and Psychological Impact of Chinese Elder Abuse

    Elsie Chau-Wai Yan;Catherine So-Kum Tang

  • A Review of Empirical Literature on the Prevalence and Risk Markers of Male-on-Female Intimate Partner Violence in Contemporary China, 1987-2006

    Catherine So-Kum Tang;Beatrice Pui-Yee Lai

  • Teacher Burnout in Hong Kong and Germany: A Cross-Cultural Validation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory

    Ralf Schwarzer;Gerdamarie S. Schmitz;Catherine Tang

  • The impact of urodynamic stress incontinence and detrusor overactivity on marital relationship and sexual function

    Shing-Kai Yip;Alice Chan;Selina Pang;Peter Leung

  • Online social networking addiction among college students in Singapore: Comorbidity with behavioral addiction and affective disorder.

    Catherine So-kum Tang;Yvaine Yee Woen Koh

  • The Rate of Physical Child Abuse in Chinese Families: A Community Survey in Hong Kong.

    Catherine So-kum Tang

  • Positive and negative postdisaster psychological adjustment among adult survivors of the Southeast Asian earthquake–tsunami

    Catherine So-kum Tang

  • Self-efficacy, health locus of control, and psychological distress in elderly Chinese women with chronic illnesses

    A. M. S. Wu;C. S. K. Tang;T. C. Y. Kwok

  • Death anxiety among Chinese elderly people in Hong Kong.

    Anise M.S. Wu;Catherine S.K. Tang;Timothy C.Y. Kwok

  • Quality of Work Life as a Mediator Between Emotional Labor and Work Family Interference

    Francis Yue-Lok Cheung;Catherine So-Kum Tang

  • An educational intervention to improve women’s ability to cope with childbirth

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Frequent Co-Authors

Anise M. S. Wu
Anise M. S. Wu University of Macau
Fanny M. Cheung
Fanny M. Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ralf Schwarzer
Ralf Schwarzer Freie Universität Berlin
Agnes Tiwari
Agnes Tiwari University of Hong Kong
Roger C.M. Ho
Roger C.M. Ho National University of Singapore
Michelle Yik
Michelle Yik Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Cyrus S.H. Ho
Cyrus S.H. Ho National University of Singapore
Patrick W. L. Leung
Patrick W. L. Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tian P. S. Oei
Tian P. S. Oei University of Queensland
Jean Woo
Jean Woo Chinese University of Hong Kong

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