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2026

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D-Index
79
Citations
20016
World Ranking
1532
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in China Leader Award

Overview

Frederick T. L. Leong is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in China. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Safety Research, Education, and General Health Professions.

Their work includes investigations into various main topics including:

  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
  • Counseling Practices and Supervision
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Cultural Differences and Values

Notable publications authored or coauthored by Frederick T. L. Leong include:

  • "Reducing mental health disparities by increasing the personal relevance of interventions," 2020, American Psychologist
  • "Minority status, depression and suicidality among counseling center clients," 2020, Journal of American College Health
  • "The criterion validity of career adapt-abilities scale with cooperation among Chinese workers," 2021, Career Development International
  • "West Meets East in a New Two-Polarities Model of Personality: Combining Self-Relatedness Structure With Independent-Interdependent Functions," 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Growth mindset of intelligence reduces counterproductive workplace behavior: A mediation analysis of occupational stress," 2021, International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Frederick T. L. Leong's frequent coauthors include:

  • Weiqiao Fan
  • Mengting Li
  • Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
  • Zornitsa Kalibatseva
  • Mingjie Zhou

Their frequent publication venues reflect their research focus and include:

  • American Psychologist
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Asian American Journal of Psychology
  • Review of General Psychology
  • Journal of American College Health

Frederick T. L. Leong has also contributed to book publications, including a 2023 work published by Frontiers Media titled Indigenous Research of Personality from Perspectives of Globalization and Glocalization.

Best Publications

  • Barriers to providing effective mental health services to Asian Americans.

    Frederick T. L. Leong;Anna S. L. Lau

  • Individualism-Collectivism, Social-Network Orientation, and Acculturation as Predictors of Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Chinese Americans

    Shiraz Piroshaw Tata;Frederick T. L. Leong

  • Counseling and psychotherapy with Asian-Americans: Review of the literature.

    Frederick T. L. Leong

  • Toward a new approach to the study of personality in culture

    Fanny M. Cheung;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Frederick T. L. Leong

  • International Graduate Students, Stress, and Social Support.

    Brent Mallinckrodt;Frederick T. L. Leong

  • Gender and opinions about mental illness as predictors of attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help

    Frederick T. L. Leong;Peter Zachar

  • Racial and ethnic variations in help-seeking attitudes.

    Frederick T. L. Leong;Nicole S. Wagner;Shiraz Piroshaw Tata

  • The Psychology Research Handbook: A Guide for Graduate Students and Research Assistants

    Frederick T. L. Leong;James T. Austin

  • Help seeking and problem perception among Asian Americans.

    Terence J. Tracey;Frederick T.L. Leong;Cynthia Glidden

  • The Role of Ethnic Identity and Acculturation in the Vocational Behavior of Asian Americans: An Integrative Review

    Frederick T.L. Leong;Elayne L. Chou

  • Social Support in Academic Programs and Family Environments: Sex Differences and Role Conflicts for Graduate Students.

    Brent Mallinckrodt;Frederick T. L. Leong

  • Career Development Attributes and Occupational Values of Asian American and White American College Students.

    Frederick T. L. Leong

  • Career Development and Vocational Behavior of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

    Frederick T.L. Leong

  • Counseling international students.

    Frederick T. L. Leong;Elayne L. Chou

  • The "model minority myth": Internalized racialism of positive stereotypes as correlates of psychological distress, and attitudes toward help-seeking

    Arpana Gupta;Dawn M. Szymanski;Frederick T. L. Leong

  • Theoretical issues in cross-cultural career development: Cultural validity and cultural specificity.

    Frederick T. L. Leong;Michael T. Brown

  • Factor Structure of the Self-Construal Scale Revisited Implications for the Multidimensionality of Self-Construal

    Erin E. Hardin;Frederick T. L. Leong;Aditya A. Bhagwat

  • Coping styles as predictors of college adjustment among freshmen

    Frederick T. L. Leong;Margaret H. Bonz;Peter Zachar

  • Psychological Distress, Acculturation, and Mental Health-Seeking Attitudes among People of African Descent in the United States: A Preliminary Investigation.

    Ezemenari M. Obasi;Frederick T. L. Leong

  • A critical analysis of cross-cultural research and testing practices: Implications for improved education and training in psychology

    Barbara M. Byrne;Thomas Oakland;Frederick T. L. Leong;Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  • Handbook of Asian American Psychology

    Frederick T. L. Leong

Frequent Co-Authors

Fanny M. Cheung
Fanny M. Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong
John W. Lounsbury
John W. Lounsbury University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Barbara M. Byrne
Barbara M. Byrne University of Ottawa
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall University of Oregon
Brent Mallinckrodt
Brent Mallinckrodt Western Washington University
Sumie Okazaki
Sumie Okazaki New York University
Mark L. Savickas
Mark L. Savickas Northeast Ohio Medical University
William E. Sedlacek
William E. Sedlacek University of Maryland, College Park
Nadya A. Fouad
Nadya A. Fouad University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Ann Marie Ryan
Ann Marie Ryan Michigan State University

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