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Isabelle CHIEW
MPhil in Psychology, 2025
Social and cultural psychology, Industrial organisational psychology, Positive psychology, Abnormal psychology
Resilience in STEM: How Gender-Professional Identity Integration (G-PII) and Self-Compassion Empower Women to Thrive (View Committee Members)
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Janice PATRICIA
MPhil in Psychology, 2024
- Close Relationships
- Social Psychology
- Health Psychology
More than Meets the Eye: Misaligned Expectations in Social Interactions for Individuals with Chronic Illness (View Committee Members)
Name: Lester SIM Wei Xiang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Jacinth TAN
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Adalia GOH Yin Hui
MPhil in Psychology, 2024
Cyberpsychology, Social Media, Generative AI, and Well-being
Generative Artificial Intelligence Dependency: Scale Development, Validation, and its Motivational, Behavioural, and Psychological Correlates (View Committee Members)
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: William TOV
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    AW Jia Yi
MPhil in Psychology, 2024
Emotions
Well-being
Nature exposure
The Nature of Smartphone Use (View Committee Members)
Name: Jacinth TAN
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: YANG Hwajin
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Tracy CHEN Xi
MPhil in Psychology, 2024
Well-being psychology, Positive Psychology, Intervention Science, Self-Compassion, AI and Digital Interventions, Fear of Losing Out.
Efficacy of a Customised ChatGPT Self-Compassion Intervention on College Students' Well-Being and Academic Functioning (View Committee Members)
Name: William TOV
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Co-Supervisor
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    QUEK Yi Xuan
MPhil in Psychology, 2023
Cognitive Psychology (executive function)
Aging
Subjective well-being
Psychology of self
Industrial Organizational Psychology
Does executive function underlie conflict resolution approaches: Measurements from self-report surveys and third-party observers (View Committee Members)
Name: YANG Hwajin
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: TSAI Ming-Hong
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Grace Park Guihyun
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor
University: The Australian National University
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Co-Supervisor
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
TAN Tee Hng
MPhil in Psychology, 2023
Social inequalities Social mobility Social class stereotypes Social class identities
Seek and you shall find? Examining the role of cynicism in the relationship between subjective social class and support seeking.
(View Committee Members)Name: Jacinth TAN
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Norman LI
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    CHUA Yi Jing
MPhil in Psychology, 2023
Unpacking the Behavioral, Cognitive, Sleep, and Stress Impacts of Smartphone Checking: Evidence From A Multilevel Mediation Model (View Committee Members)
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Nicole Fellice KO
MPhil in Psychology, 2023
- Mate selection and preference
- Religion and evolution of religion
- Social status and hierarchy
Daddy's money or theirs: Do people choose immediate or future resources in potential mates? (View Committee Members)
Name: Kimin EOM
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Senior Lecturer
University: The Australian National University
Name: Norman LI
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kimin EOM
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kimin EOM
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Senior Lecturer, Research School of Management
University: The Australian National University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kimin EOM
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Senior Lecturer, Research School of Management
University: The Australian National University
Davelle LEE Jing Yi
MPhil in Psychology, 2023
National identity construction and content in multicultural environments
Group differences in racial/ethnic identity construction and movement in multicultural societies
Effects of discrimination and racial insensitivity on racial/ethnic and national identity
Dual self-construal integration
Structure of National and Racial Identities in Multicultural Settler Countries, and Consequences for Intergroup Relations (View Committee Members)
Name: Angela LEUNG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Jacinth TAN
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    YANG Yingjia
MPhil in Psychology, 2023
close relationships, the self, attachment theory
Loving Me Before We: Lay Belief of Whole Self and Relationship Readiness (View Committee Members)
Name: Lester SIM Wei Xiang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Nicole CHEN Ruiying
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
Mating
Singlehood
Wellbeing
Optimism
What Might David Do in the Face of Goliath? The Effects of Physical Dominance on Status-Signaling Behaviours (View Committee Members)
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Norman LI
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Germaine TNG Yue Qi
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
1. Psychopathology throughout the lifespan (mood disorders, eating disorders, externalising behavioural difficulties) 2. Impact of technology on cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes 3. Emotion regulation
Examining a regulatory flexibility framework of psychological distress: Integrating distress tolerance, emotion differentiation, and emotion regulation flexibility
(View Committee Members)Name: Wei Xing Toh
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology
University: Nanyang Technological University
Name: Jacinth Tan
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: YANG Hwajin
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: William TOV
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Amos TAI Yong En
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
Social status & inequality
Privilege & entitlement
Talent Acquisition and Talent Assessment in HRM
It’s a Privilege, Not an Entitlement: Attributions of Advantage and Perceived Deservingness Distinguish Feelings of Privilege and Entitlement (View Committee Members)
Name: Norman LI
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Jacinth TAN
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kimin EOM
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Edison TAN Pok Ping
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
Conspiracy Beliefs;
Superstitions;
Cultural Values;
Evolutionary Psychology;
Motivated Cognition;
Personality and Individual Differences;
Exposure to Conspiracy Narrative: A Person-Situation Interaction Analysis (View Committee Members)
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Angela LEUNG
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: David CHAN
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Director, Behavioural Sciences Institute
University: Singapore Management University
    YU Xinyao
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
1. Motivation, Mindset, and Goal Pursuit
2. Interpersonal and Group Processes
3. Environmental Psychology
4. Developmental Psychology
Why do Some Perfectionists Procrastinate? The Role of Effective Time Management and Perceived Busyness in Perfectionism Outcomes (View Committee Members)
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Angela LEUNG
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    WONG Yu Ping
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
My research interests include emotion regulation, executive functions, developmental psychology, and evolutionary psychology
The Influence of Parental Psychological control on Anxiety symptomatology: A Cognitive Model (View Committee Members)
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: YANG Hwajin
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Norman LI
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
NG Shu Tian
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
Environmental Psychology
Social Psychology
Emotions
Sustainability
To Mitigate or Adapt? A Construal Level Perspective on Political Agenda Setting for Climate Action (View Committee Members)
Name: Kimin Eom
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Senior Lecturer in Management
University: Australian National University
Name: Jacinth TAN
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kimin Eom
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Senior Lecturer in Management
University: Australian National University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Angela LEUNG
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Gloria LAI Junyan
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
Close relationships
Awe and Romantic Relationship Quality (View Committee Members)
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Kenneth TAN Yu-Yang
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
    Verity LUA Yu Qing
MPhil in Psychology, 2022
Wellbeing
Emotions
Social Psychology
The fear of being idle: What it is and how it relates to goal pursuits. (View Committee Members)
Name: Andree HARTANTO
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Assistant Professor of Psychology (Education), School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Angela LEUNG
Role: Dissertation Chair
Designation: Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University
Name: Chi-Ying CHENG
Role: Dissertation Committee Member
Designation: Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Social Sciences
University: Singapore Management University