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2023

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Psychology

D-Index
69
Citations
25475
World Ranking
2336
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in China Leader Award

Overview

Ying-yi Hong is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within the social sciences and psychology, with a particular focus on social and cultural dimensions, cognitive processes, and health-related behavioral studies.

The main fields of study for Ying-yi Hong include Social Sciences and Psychology, with notable specialization in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health, and Modeling and Simulation.

Key research topics in their work cover:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Ying-yi Hong has published extensively, with recent selected papers including:

  • "How USA-Centric Is Psychology? An Archival Study of Implicit Assumptions of Generalizability of Findings to Human Nature Based on Origins of Study Samples," 2020, Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • "Integrated Vaccination and Physical Distancing Interventions to Prevent Future COVID-19 Waves in Chinese Cities," 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "The Future of Human Behaviour Research," 2022, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Not-so-straightforward Links Between Believing in COVID-19-related Conspiracy Theories and Engaging in Disease-Preventive Behaviours," 2021, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
  • "Prosociality and Hoarding Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tale of Four Countries," 2021, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hoi-Wing Chan
  • Connie Pui-Yee Chiu
  • Xue Wang
  • Bo Huang
  • Tony Tam

Ying-yi Hong has contributed to multiple publication venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Implicit Theories and Their Role in Judgments and Reactions: A Word From Two Perspectives

    Carol S. Dweck;Chi-yue Chiu;Ying-yi Hong

  • Multicultural minds. A dynamic constructivist approach to culture and cognition.

    Ying-yi Hong;Michael W. Morris;Chie-yue Chiu;Veronica Benet-Martinez

  • Implicit theories, attributions, and coping : A meaning system approach

    Ying-yi Hong;Chi-yue Chiu;Carol S. Dweck;Derrick M.-S. Lin

  • Lay dispositionism and implicit theories of personality

    Chi-yue Chiu;Ying-yi Hong;Carol S. Dweck

  • Implicit Theories: Elaboration and Extension of the Model

    Carol S. Dweck;Chi-yue Chiu;Ying-yi Hong

  • Culture and the construal of agency : Attribution to individual versus group dispositions

    Tanya Menon;Michael W. Morris;Chi-yue Chiu;Ying-yi Hong

  • Social Psychology of Culture

    Chi-Yue Chiu;Ying-yi Hong

  • Motivated cultural cognition: the impact of implicit cultural theories on dispositional attribution varies as a function of need for closure.

    Chi-yue Chiu;Michael W. Morris;Ying-yi Hong;Tanya Menon

  • Implicit Theories Individual Differences in the Likelihood and Meaning of Dispositional Inference

    Carol S. Dweck;Ying yi Hong;Chi yue Chiu

  • Normology: Integrating insights about social norms to understand cultural dynamics

    Michael W. Morris;Ying-yi Hong;Ying-yi Hong;Chi-yue Chiu;Zhi Liu

  • Toward a Paradigm Shift: From Cross-Cultural Differences in Social Cognition to Social-Cognitive Mediation of Cultural Differences

    Ying-yi Hong;Chi-yue Chiu

  • Dynamic Influences of Culture on Cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma:

    Rosanna Yin-mei Wong;Ying-yi Hong

  • Boundaries of Cultural Influence Construct Activation as a Mechanism for Cultural Differences in Social Perception

    Ying-Yi Hong;Veronica Benet-Martinez;Chi-Yue Chiu;Michael W. Morris

  • Cultural Identity and Dynamic Construction of the Self: Collective Duties and Individual Rights in Chinese and American Cultures

    Ying-yi Hong;Grace Ip;Chi-yue Chiu;Michael W. Morris

  • Lay Theory of Race Affects and Moderates Asian Americans' Responses Toward American Culture

    Sun No;Ying-yi Hong;Hsin-Ya Liao;Kyoungmi Lee

  • Static Versus Dynamic Theories and the Perception of Groups: Different Routes to Different Destinations

    Sheri R. Levy;Jason E. Plaks;Ying-yi Hong;Chi-yue Chiu

  • Lay Theories and Intergroup Relations

    Sheri R. Levy;Chi-yue Chiu;Ying-yi Hong

  • Epistemic motives and cultural conformity : Need for closure, culture, and context as determinants of conflict judgments

    Jeanne Ho-ying Fu;Michael W. Morris;Sau-lai Lee;Melody Man Chi Chao

  • Multicultural experiences reduce intergroup bias through epistemic unfreezing

    Carmit T. Tadmor;Ying-yi. Hong;Melody Manchi Chao;Fon Wiruchnipawan

  • The Contribution of the Lay Theories Approach to the Study of Groups

    Ying-yi Hong;Sheri R. Levy;Chi-yue Chiu

  • Social Representations of Events and People in World History Across 12 Cultures

    James H. Liu;Rebekah Goldstein-Hawes;Denis Hilton;Li-Li Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi-Yue Chiu
Chi-Yue Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Carol S. Dweck
Carol S. Dweck Stanford University
Michael W. Morris
Michael W. Morris Columbia University
Michele J. Gelfand
Michele J. Gelfand Stanford University
Jolanda Jetten
Jolanda Jetten University of Queensland
Fabrizio Butera
Fabrizio Butera University of Lausanne
Ángel Gómez
Ángel Gómez National University of Distance Education
Michael J. A. Wohl
Michael J. A. Wohl Carleton University
Lowell Gaertner
Lowell Gaertner University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Olivier Klein
Olivier Klein Université Libre de Bruxelles

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