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David Shum is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China, conducting research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Medicine. Their work spans key subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Social Psychology.

Their main research topics encompass a range of psychological and medical concerns such as Cognitive Functions and Memory, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Aging and Gerontology Research, and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies.

Frequent publication venues for David Shum include:

  • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
  • PsyCh Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Developmental Neuropsychology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by David Shum are:

  • "Perceptions of and hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccination in older Chinese adults in Hong Kong: a qualitative study" (2022, BMC Geriatrics)
  • "Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions on executive functions in children and adolescents with ADHD: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2023, Asian Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "Culture, Sex, and Group-Bias in Trait and State Empathy" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after an earthquake experience: A cross-sectional survey of Wenchuan earthquake victims with physical disabilities 10 years later" (2022, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)
  • "The thinner the better: Evidence on the internalization of the slimness ideal in Chinese college students" (2020, PsyCh Journal)

David Shum's frequent co-authors include:

  • Yuan Cao
  • Tamara Ownsworth
  • Jennifer Fleming
  • David L. Neumann
  • Christy Hogan

Best Publications

  • Assessment of executive functions: review of instruments and identification of critical issues.

    Raymond C.K. Chan;David Shum;Timothea Toulopoulou;Eric Y.H. Chen

  • Neuropsychological measures of executive function and antisocial behavior: A meta-analysis

    James Murray Ogilvie;Anna Louise Stewart;Raymond Chan;David Shum

  • Cross-cultural validation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 in China.

    Kui Wang;Hai-Song Shi;Fu-Lei Geng;Lai-Quan Zou

  • Reliability and validity of The Awareness of Social Inference Test (TASIT): a clinical test of social perception.

    Skye McDonald;Cristina Bornhofen;David Shum;Esther Long

  • Construct validity of eight tests of attention : comparison of normal and closed head injured samples

    David H.K. Shum;Ken A. McFarland;John D. Bain

  • The effects of multimodal exercise on cognitive and physical functioning and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in older women: a randomised controlled trial

    Sue Vaughan;Marianne Wallis;Marianne Wallis;Denise Polit;Michael Craig Steele;Michael Craig Steele

  • A randomized controlled trial exploring the effect of music on agitated behaviours and anxiety in older people with dementia

    Marie Louise Cooke;Wendy Moyle;David Shum;Scott David Harrison

  • A Meta-Analysis of Working Memory Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Ya Wang;Yi-bing Zhang;Lu-lu Liu;Ji-fang Cui

  • Pediatric traumatic brain injury and procedural memory.

    Heather Jean Ward;David Shum;Geoff Wallace;Jacqui Boon

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial Exploring the Effect of Music on Quality of Life and Depression in Older People with Dementia

    Marie Louise Cooke;Wendy Moyle;David Shum;Scott David Harrison

  • Prospective memory rehabilitation for adults with traumatic brain injury: A compensatory training programme

    Jennifer M. Fleming;David Shum;Jenny Strong;Sue Lightbody

  • The effect of music on preprocedure anxiety in Hong Kong Chinese day patients.

    David Lee;Amanda Henderson;Amanda Henderson;David Shum

  • A meta-analytic review of overgeneral memory: The role of trauma history, mood, and the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Miyuki Ono;Grant J. Devilly;David H. K. Shum

  • Extending the utility of the Depression Anxiety Stress scale by examining its psychometric properties in Chinese settings

    Raymond C.K. Chan;Ting Xu;Jia Huang;Yi Wang

  • Revisiting the therapeutic effect of rTMS on negative symptoms in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis

    Chuan Shi;Xin Yu;Eric F.C. Cheung;David H.K. Shum

  • Performance of individuals with severe long-term traumatic brain injury on time-, event-, and activity-based prospective memory tasks

    David Shum;Megan Valentine;Timothy Cutmore

  • Attentional problems in children born very preterm or with extremely low birth weight at 7–9 years

    David Shum;Kerryn Neulinger;Michael O'Callaghan;Heather Mohay

  • A Meta-Analysis of Cognitive Impairment and Decline Associated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer

    Miyuki Ono;James M. Ogilvie;Jennifer S. Wilson;Heather J. Green

  • Clinical neuropsychology of prospective memory

    Matthias Kliegel;Theodor Jager;Mareike Altgassen;David Shum

  • Self-awareness of prospective memory failure in adults with traumatic brain injury

    Nadine L. Roche;Jennifer M. Fleming;David H. K. Shum

  • Psychological Testing and Assessment

    David Shum;John O'Gorman;Brett Myors

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond C.K. Chan
Raymond C.K. Chan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ya Wang
Ya Wang Capital Normal University
Jennifer Fleming
Jennifer Fleming University of Queensland
David L. Neumann
David L. Neumann Griffith University
Eric F.C. Cheung
Eric F.C. Cheung Castle Peak Hospital
Tamara Ownsworth
Tamara Ownsworth Griffith University
Simon S.Y. Lui
Simon S.Y. Lui University of Hong Kong
Yu-Tao Xiang
Yu-Tao Xiang University of Macau
Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Peter H. Wilson
Peter H. Wilson Australian Catholic University

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