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Overview

Sylvia Xiaohua Chen is affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research portfolio spans extensive work in psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on social psychology, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and health.

Their scholarly contributions cover a range of topics including cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, COVID-19 and mental health, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, international student and expatriate challenges, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Chen's recent publications reflect their research interests and include:

  • Dual impacts of coronavirus anxiety on mental health in 35 societies, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Is It Cultural Context or Cultural Value? Unpackaging Cultural Influences on Stigma Toward Mental Illness and Barrier to Help-Seeking, 2020, Social Psychological and Personality Science

They have frequently published in journals such as American Psychologist, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Current Psychology, Scientific Reports, and Social Psychological and Personality Science. These venues showcase their sustained engagement with both psychological theory and societal applications of psychological research.

Frequent collaborators include Jacky C. K. Ng, Ben C. P. Lam, Algae K. Y. Au, Hilary K. Y. Ng, and Bryant P. H. Hui, indicating an active network within their academic community.

Chen's work on cultural influences in psychology often intersects with mental health themes, as evidenced by their 2020 study on stigma and help-seeking barriers, and their 2021 study examining coronavirus anxiety across multiple societies. Their research also engages with psychological well-being, as illustrated in related co-authored studies.

Best Publications

  • Bicultural identity, bilingualism, and psychological adjustment in multicultural societies: immigration-based and globalization-based acculturation.

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Verónica Benet-Martínez;Michael Harris Bond

  • Connecting and separating mind-sets: culture as situated cognition.

    Daphna Oyserman;Nicholas Sorensen;Rolf Reber;Sylvia Xiaohua Chen

  • Seeking professional help : etiology beliefs about mental illness across cultures

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Winnie W. S. Mak

  • Two Languages, Two Personalities? Examining Language Effects on the Expression of Personality in a Bilingual Context:

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Michael Harris Bond

  • Immorality East and West Are Immoral Behaviors Especially Harmful, or Especially Uncivilized?

    Emma E. Buchtel;Yanjun Guan;Qin Peng;Yanjie Su

  • Going beyond self‐esteem to predict life satisfaction: The Chinese case

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Fanny M. Cheung;Michael Harris Bond;Jin-Pang Leung

  • Decomposing the construct of ambivalence over emotional expression in a Chinese cultural context

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Fanny M. Cheung;Michael Harris Bond;Jin‐Pang Leung

  • The role of dialectical self and bicultural identity integration in psychological adjustment.

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Verónica Benet-Martínez;Wesley C. H. Wu;Ben C. P. Lam

  • Facilitating adaptation and intercultural contact: The role of integration and multicultural ideology in dominant and non-dominant groups

    Bryant Pui Hung Hui;Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Cynthia Man Leung;John W. Berry;John W. Berry

  • When do salary and job level predict career satisfaction and turnover intention among Chinese managers? The role of perceived organizational career management and career anchor

    Yanjun Guan;Yueran Wen;Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Haiyang Liu

  • Decomposing filial piety into filial attitudes and filial enactments.

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Michael Harris Bond;Donghui Tang

  • Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientations.

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Ben C. P. Lam;Bryant P. H. Hui;Jacky C. K. Ng

  • Behavioral Manifestations of Modesty

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Michael Harris Bond;Bacon Chan;Donghui Tang

  • Understanding Distress The Role of Face Concern Among Chinese Americans, European Americans, Hong Kong Chinese, and Mainland Chinese

    Winnie W. S. Mak;Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Amy G. Lam;Venus F. L. Yiu

  • The Effect of Response Style on Self-Reported Conscientiousness Across 20 Countries:

    Rene Mottus;Jueri Allik;Jueri Allik;Anu Realo;Jerome Rossier

  • The Effects of Self-Efficacy and Relationship Harmony on Depression Across Cultures: Applying Level-Oriented and Structure-Oriented Analyses

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Wai Chan;Michael Harris Bond;Sunita Mahtani Stewart

  • Personality and beliefs about the world revisited: Expanding the nomological network of social axioms

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Hung Kit Fok;Michael Harris Bond;David Matsumoto

  • A Sense of Obligation: Cultural Differences in the Experience of Obligation.

    Emma E. Buchtel;Leo C. Y. Ng;Ara Norenzayan;Steven J. Heine

  • Do people’s world views matter? The why and how.

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Ben C. P. Lam;Wesley C. H. Wu;Jacky C. K. Ng

  • Personality correlates of social axioms: Are beliefs nested within personality?

    Sylvia Xiaohua Chen;Michael Harris Bond;Fanny M. Cheung

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bond
Michael Bond Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yanjun Guan
Yanjun Guan Durham University
Winnie W. S. Mak
Winnie W. S. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Peter Kuppens
Peter Kuppens KU Leuven
Verónica Benet-Martínez
Verónica Benet-Martínez Pompeu Fabra University
Emiko S. Kashima
Emiko S. Kashima La Trobe University
Kaiping Peng
Kaiping Peng Tsinghua University
David Matsumoto
David Matsumoto San Francisco State University
James H. Liu
James H. Liu Massey University
Fanny M. Cheung
Fanny M. Cheung Chinese University of Hong Kong

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