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Psychology
Taiwan
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
23226
World Ranking
1871
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Major depressive disorder

His primary areas of investigation include Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch model and Mental illness. His Clinical psychology study combines topics in areas such as Scale, Quality of life, Cognition, Association and Anxiety. His study looks at the relationship between Scale and topics such as Addiction, which overlap with Odds ratio.

His Confirmatory factor analysis study also includes fields such as

  • Construct validity that connect with fields like Quality of life and Internal consistency,
  • Self that intertwine with fields like Health related quality of life. Chung Ying Lin combines subjects such as Classical test theory, Differential item functioning, Lung cancer and Polytomous Rasch model with his study of Rasch model. His studies in Mental illness integrate themes in fields like Psychological intervention, Bipolar disorder, Psychometrics and Self-esteem.

His most cited work include:

  • The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation (558 citations)
  • Social reaction toward the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (154 citations)
  • Psychometric evaluation of the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) for patients with schizophrenia. (66 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Chung Ying Lin mainly focuses on Clinical psychology, Confirmatory factor analysis, Quality of life, Anxiety and Rasch model. A large part of his Clinical psychology studies is devoted to Psychometrics. His work carried out in the field of Confirmatory factor analysis brings together such families of science as Construct validity, Reliability and Concurrent validity.

His Quality of life research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Physical therapy, Psychiatry and Gerontology. As a part of the same scientific study, Chung Ying Lin usually deals with the Anxiety, concentrating on Insomnia and frequently concerns with Mediation. His studies deal with areas such as Classical test theory and Differential item functioning as well as Rasch model.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Clinical psychology (58.56%)
  • Confirmatory factor analysis (20.15%)
  • Quality of life (17.49%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (58.56%)
  • Anxiety (17.11%)
  • Insomnia (7.60%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Insomnia, Mental health and Scale. His Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Confirmatory factor analysis, Overweight, Rasch model, Psychological distress and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. His research in Rasch model intersects with topics in Classical test theory, Differential item functioning and Concurrent validity.

His Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Psychometrics and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. His work in Anxiety addresses subjects such as Depression, which are connected to disciplines such as Mental illness. His Mental health research incorporates elements of Structural equation modeling, Psychosocial and Quality of life.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation (558 citations)
  • Social reaction toward the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (154 citations)
  • Associations Between Fear of COVID-19, Mental Health, and Preventive Behaviours Across Pregnant Women and Husbands: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Modelling. (42 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Major depressive disorder

His scientific interests lie mostly in Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Scale, Depression and Insomnia. His biological study focuses on Psychometrics. The Anxiety study combines topics in areas such as Overweight, Obesity, Weight stigma, Rasch model and Stigma.

His Rasch model research focuses on Differential item functioning and how it connects with Quality of life. His work on Social media addiction is typically connected to Smartphone application as part of general Scale study, connecting several disciplines of science. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Prevalence, Logistic regression and Mental illness.

Best Publications

  • The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation

    Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu;Chung Ying Lin;Vida Imani;Mohsen Saffari

  • Social reaction toward the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

    Chung-Ying Lin

  • Internet addiction and sleep problems : A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Zainab Alimoradi;Chung-Ying Lin;Anders Broström;Anders Broström;Pia H. Bülow

  • Relationships between Severity of Internet Gaming Disorder, Severity of Problematic Social Media Use, Sleep Quality and Psychological Distress.

    Hiu Yan Wong;Hoi Yi Mo;Marc N. Potenza;Mung Ni Monica Chan

  • Sleep problems during COVID-19 pandemic and its’ association to psychological distress: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Zainab Alimoradi;Anders Broström;Anders Broström;Hector W.H. Tsang;Mark D. Griffiths

  • Measurement invariance across young adults from Hong Kong and Taiwan among three internet-related addiction scales: Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (IGDS-SF9) (Study Part A).

    Hildie Leung;Amir H. Pakpour;Carol Strong;Yi-Ching Lin

  • Fear of COVID-19 and its association with mental health-related factors: systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Investigating mediated effects of fear of COVID-19 and COVID-19 misunderstanding in the association between problematic social media use, psychological distress, and insomnia.

    Chung Ying Lin;Anders Broström;Anders Broström;Mark D. Griffiths;Amir H. Pakpour;Amir H. Pakpour

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and serious psychological consequences in Bangladesh: A population-based nationwide study.

    Mohammed A. Mamun;Najmuj Sakib;David Gozal;Akm Israfil Bhuiyan

  • Psychometric validation of the Persian Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale using classic test theory and Rasch models

    Chung Ying Lin;Anders Broström;Per Nilsen;Mark D. Griffiths

  • Time invariance of three ultra-brief internet-related instruments: Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), and the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale- Short Form (IGDS-SF9) (Study Part B).

    I-Hua Chen;Carol Strong;Yi-Ching Lin;Meng-Che Tsai

  • Weight-related stigma and psychological distress: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Zainab Alimoradi;Farzaneh Golboni;Mark D. Griffiths;Anders Broström

  • Associations Between Fear of COVID-19, Mental Health, and Preventive Behaviours Across Pregnant Women and Husbands: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Modelling.

    Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu;Vida Imani;Chung Ying Lin;Toomas Timpka

  • Psychometric Testing of Three Chinese Online-Related Addictive Behavior Instruments among Hong Kong University Students

    Chun Wai Yam;Amir H. Pakpour;Amir H. Pakpour;Mark D. Griffiths;Wai Yan Yau

  • Depression, anxiety, and stress mediate the associations between internet gaming disorder, insomnia, and quality of life during the COVID-19 outbreak

    Sara Fazeli;Isa Mohammadi Zeidi;Chung Ying Lin;Peyman Namdar

  • Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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  • Comparing generalized and specific problematic smartphone/internet use: Longitudinal relationships between smartphone application-based addiction and social media addiction and psychological distress

    I-Hua Chen;Amir H Pakpour;Amir H Pakpour;Hildie Leung;Marc N Potenza

  • Association Between Smartphone Use and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Adolescent Students

    Shang Yu Yang;Ming De Chen;Yueh Chu Huang;Chung Ying Lin

  • Problematic internet-related behaviors mediate the associations between levels of internet engagement and distress among schoolchildren during COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal structural equation modeling study.

    I-Hua Chen;Chao-Ying Chen;Chao-Ying Chen;Amir H Pakpour;Mark D Griffiths

  • Anxiety and Suicidal Thoughts During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Country Comparative Study Among Indonesian, Taiwanese, and Thai University Students

    Iqbal Pramukti;Iqbal Pramukti;Carol Strong;Yajai Sitthimongkol;Agus Setiawan

  • Using an integrated social cognition model to predict COVID-19 preventive behaviours.

    Chung Ying Lin;Vida Imani;Nilofar Rajabi Majd;Zahra Ghasemi

  • Internet-Related Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Schoolchildren During COVID-19 School Suspension.

    I-Hua Chen;Chao-Ying Chen;Amir H. Pakpour;Mark D. Griffiths

  • Extended theory of planned behavior in explaining the intention to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among mainland Chinese university students: an online survey study.

    Chia-Wei Fan;I-Hua Chen;I-Hua Chen;Nai-Ying Ko;Cheng-Fang Yen

Frequent Co-Authors

Amir H. Pakpour
Amir H. Pakpour Jönköping University
Mark D. Griffiths
Mark D. Griffiths Nottingham Trent University
Cheng-Fang Yen
Cheng-Fang Yen Kaohsiung Medical University
Janet D. Latner
Janet D. Latner University of Hawaii at Manoa
Kerry S. O'Brien
Kerry S. O'Brien Monash University
Kyra Hamilton
Kyra Hamilton Griffith University
Thomas L. Webb
Thomas L. Webb University of Sheffield
Martin S. Hagger
Martin S. Hagger University of California, Merced
John A. Updegraff
John A. Updegraff Kent State University
Halley M. Pontes
Halley M. Pontes Birkbeck, University of London

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