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Fong Chan is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences and psychology fields. Their work focuses on multiple interconnected areas including disability education and employment, retirement and disability employment issues, resilience and mental health, and multiple sclerosis research studies.

The scientist's research spans several main topics:

  • Disability Education and Employment
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

Fong Chan has contributed extensively to multiple publication venues. Frequent journals include:

  • Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
  • Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Rehabilitation Research Policy and Education

Among recent papers authored by Fong Chan are:

  • Company Characteristics, Disability Inclusion Practices, and Employment of People with Disabilities in the Post COVID-19 Job Economy: A Cross Sectional Survey Study, 2020, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Fong Chan collaborates often with several co-authors, with frequent partnerships involving:

  • Kanako Iwanaga
  • Jia-Rung Wu
  • Xiangli Chen
  • Timothy N. Tansey
  • Jill Bezyak

Their research work is heavily involved in clinical psychology and safety research as subfields, as well as demography, pathology and forensic medicine, and general health professions. These subfields further support the applied and interdisciplinary nature of their studies.

Best Publications

  • Vocational rehabilitation services and employment outcomes for people with disabilities: a United States study.

    Alo Dutta;Robert Gervey;Fong Chan;Fong Chan;Chih Chin Chou

  • Predictors of Successful Transition from School to Employment for Youth with Disabilities

    Paul Wehman;Adam P. Sima;Jessica McKinney Ketchum;Michael D. West

  • Intersectionality and Disability Harassment: The Interactive Effects of Disability, Race, Age, and Gender

    Linda R. Shaw;Fong Chan;Brian T. McMahon

  • Effect of a qigong exercise programme on elderly with depression

    Hector W. H. Tsang;Kelvin M. T. Fung;Ashley S. M. Chan;Grace Lee

  • The buffering effect of resilience on depression among individuals with spinal cord injury: A structural equation model.

    Denise Catalano;Fong Chan;Lisa Wilson;Chung Yi Chiu

  • Job Functions and Knowledge Requirements of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors in the 21st Century

    Michael J. Leahy;Fong Chan;Jodi L. Saunders

  • Cognitive phenotypes in temporal lobe epilepsy

    Bruce Hermann;Michael Seidenberg;Eun Jeong Lee;Fong Chan

  • Stigmatizing attitudes towards individuals with mental illness in Hong Kong: Implications for their recovery

    Hector W.H. Tsang;Phidias K.C. Tam;Fong Chan;W.M. Cheung

  • An Introduction to Using Structural Equation Models in Rehabilitation Psychology

    Rebecca Weston;Paul A. Gore;Fong Chan;Denise Catalano

  • Multiple regression and correlation techniques: Recent controversies and best practices.

    William T. Hoyt;Zac E. Imel;Fong Chan

  • The development and psychometric validation of the Disability Attitude Implicit Association Test.

    Steven R. Pruett;Fong Chan

  • Demand-Side Factors Related to Employment of People with Disabilities: A Survey of Employers in the Midwest Region of the United States

    Fong Chan;David Strauser;Patrick Maher;Eun Jeong Lee

  • Motivational Enhancement Therapy in Addition to Physical Therapy Improves Motivational Factors and Treatment Outcomes in People With Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Sinfia K. Vong;Gladys L. Cheing;Fong Chan;Eric M. So

  • Employers' Attitudes Towards Hiring and Retaining People with Disabilities: A Review of the Literature

    Jana Burke;Jill Bezyak;Robert T. Fraser;Joseph Pete

  • Sources of burdens on families of individuals with mental illness.

    Hector W.H. Tsang;Phidias K.C. Tam;Fong Chan;W.M. Chang

  • Employer factors related to workers' compensation claims and disability management.

    Rochelle Virginia Habeck;Michael J. Leahy;H. Allan Hunt;Fong Chan

  • Effect of supported employment on vocational rehabilitation outcomes of transition-age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a case control study.

    Paul Wehman;Fong Chan;Nicole Ditchman;Hyun Ju Kang

  • Attitudes toward people with disabilities in the social context of dating and marriage: A comparison of American, Taiwanese, and Singaporean college students

    Roy K. Chen;Martin G. Brodwin;Elizabeth Cardoso;Fong Chan

  • Structural Equation Modeling in Rehabilitation Counseling Research

    Fong Chan;Gloria K. Lee;Eun Jeong Lee;Coleen Kubota

  • Self-stigma, stages of change and psychosocial treatment adherence among Chinese people with schizophrenia: a path analysis

    Kelvin M T Fung;Hector W H Tsang;Fong Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Che Hin Chetwyn Chan
Che Hin Chetwyn Chan Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Bruce P. Hermann
Bruce P. Hermann University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hanoch Livneh
Hanoch Livneh Portland State University
Elias Mpofu
Elias Mpofu University of North Texas
William T. Hoyt
William T. Hoyt University of Wisconsin–Madison
Icek Ajzen
Icek Ajzen University of Massachusetts Amherst
Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla
Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla BioCruces Health research Institute
Zac E. Imel
Zac E. Imel University of Utah
Patrick W. Corrigan
Patrick W. Corrigan Illinois Institute of Technology
Melissa M. Hudson
Melissa M. Hudson St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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