Faculty of Social Sciences
     
 
Professor John P Burns
 Professor Cecilia Cheng

PhD (Psychology)


Associate Dean (Postgraduate Education)

Tel: (852) 3917 4224
Fax: (852) 2858 3518
Email: ceci-cheng@hku.hk

 

Brief Biography

Cecilia Cheng is Associate Dean (Postgraduate Education) and Professor at the Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong. She is an elected fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and the board secretary of the International Council of Psychologists (ICP). She was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Personality and Social Research at the University of California, Berkeley and Hughes Hall Fellow of the University of Cambridge. She received the ICP Early Career Research Award in 2000, and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in 2009. She was formerly the Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Personality Processes and Individual Differences section). Her research interests lie in the areas of personality and social psychology, health psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and applied social psychology. She emphasizes in her teaching the development of discriminative thinking and the application of experiential learning, and adopts the student-centered approach to the contexts of advanced psychology courses and graduate seminars.


Education

1993-1997 The University of Hong Kong
PhD in Social and Health Psychology
1988-1992 Chinese University of Hong Kong
BSoSc in Psychology


Academic Career

2015-present The University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Social Sciences
Associate Dean (Postgraduate Education)
2006-present The University of Hong Kong
Department of Psychology
Professor (2010-present)
Associate Professor (2006-2010)

1997-present Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Associate Professor (2003-2006)
Assistant Professor (1997-2003)

 

Research

Selected Refereed International Journal Publications:

Cheng, C., Lau, B. H., & Chan, M. S. (2014). Coping flexibility and psychological adjustment to stressful life changes: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 140, 1582-1607.

Cheng, C., & Li, A. Y. (2014). Internet addiction prevalence and quality of (real) life: A meta-analytic review of 31 nations across seven world regions. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17, 755-760.

Kogan, A., Oveis, C., Carr, E., Gruber, J., Mauss. I. B., Shallcross, A., Impett, E., van der lowe, I., Hui, B., Cheng, C., & Keltner, D. (2014). Vagal activity is quadratically related to prosocial traits, prosocial emotions, and observer perceptions of prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. doi:10.1037/a0037509

Mak, K.K., Lai, C.M., Watanabe, H., Kim, D.I., Bahar, N., Ramos, M., Young, K.S. Ho, R.C.M., Aum, N., and Cheng, C. (2014). Epidemiology of Internet behaviors and addiction among adolescents in six Asian countries. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17, 720-728.

Cheng, C., Cheung, S., Chio, J. H., & Chan, M. S. (2013). Cultural meaning of perceived control: A meta-analysis of locus of control and psychological symptoms across 18 cultural regions. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 152-188.

Cheng, C., Kogan, A., & Chio, J. H. (2012). The effectiveness of a new, coping flexibility intervention as compared with a cognitive-behavioural intervention in managing work stress. Work & Stress, 26, 272-288.

Cheng, C., Chan, T.N., Chio, J.H., Chan, P., Chan, A.O., & Hui, W. (2012). Being active or flexible?: Role of control coping on quality of life among patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 21, 211-218.

Cheng, C., Jose, P.E., Sheldon, K.M., Singelis, T.M., Cheung, M.W.L., Tiliouine, H., Alao, A.A., Chio, J.H.M., Lui, J.Y.M., Chun, W.Y., de Zavala, A.G., Hakuzimana, A., Hertel, J., Liu, J., Onyewadume, M., & Sims, C. (2011). Socio-cultural differences in self-construal and subjective well-being: A test of four cultural models. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 832-855.

Cheng, C., Wang, F., & Golden, D.L. (2011). Unpackaging cultural differences in interpersonal flexibility: Role of culture-related personality and situational factors. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 425-444.

Sheldon, K., Cheng, C., & Hilpert, J. (2011). Understanding well-being and optimal functioning: Applying the Multilevel Personality in Context (MPIC) model. Psychological Inquiry, 22, 1-16.

Cheng, C. (2009). Dialectical thinking and coping flexibility: A multimethod approach. Journal of Personality, 77, 471-493.

Cheng, C., Chen, Z., & LuoKogan, A. (2008). Social support and money as double-edged swords: Primary soothers and precipitants of pain. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 153-160.
 

 


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