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International Collaborators

Ronnel B. King

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Macau

PhD (Psychology), The University of Hong Kong

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Current research interests

My current research interests focus on understanding the factors that optimize motivation and well-being and developing positive psychology/education interventions to enhance these optimal states.

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Selected publications

  • King, R. B., Cai, Y., & Du, H. (in press). Societal-level utility value strengthens the relationship between student-level utility value and achievement: A person-culture fit perspective. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 

  • King, R. B. (2020). Mindsets are contagious: The social contagion of implicit theories of intelligence among classmates. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90, 349-363. 

  • King, R. B., & McInerney, D. M. (2019). Family-support goals drive engagement and achievement in a collectivist context: Integrating etic and emic approaches in goal research. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, 338-353.  

  • King, R. B., McInerney, D. M., & Jain, R. (2018). Envisioning a culturally imaginative educational psychology. Educational Psychology Review, 30, 1031-1065. 

  • King, R.B., & Datu, J. A. D. (2018). Grateful students are motivated, engaged, and successful: Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental evidence. Journal of School Psychology, 70, 105-122.

  • King, R. B., & Datu, J. A. D. (2017). Happy classes make happy students: Classmates’ well-being predicts individual student well-being. Journal of School Psychology, 65, 116-128. 

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Hongfei Du

Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University-Zhuhai

PhD (Psychology), The University of Hong Kong

 

Current research interests

Dr. Du is interested in psychology of economic inequality, social class, culture, and well-being. His work has been published in Journal of Personality, Journal of Research in Personality, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Child Development, Social Science & Medicine, and Health Psychology Review among others.

 

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hongfei_Du2

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Jesus Alfonso D. Datu

Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education and Counselling, Education University of Hong Kong 

PhD (Educational Psychology), The University of Hong Kong

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Current research interests

Dr. Datu is a wellbeing scientist with two broad research interests namely: positive psychology and positive education. He presently serves as an Associate Editor of School Psychology International and Consulting Editor of Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology.    

 

Personal website: https://jessdatu.wixsite.com/jessdatu

Research website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesus_Alfonso_Datu

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Selected publications:

  • Datu, J.A.D. & Park, N. (2019). Perceived school kindness and academic engagement: The mediational roles of achievement goal orientations. School Psychology International, 40, 456-473. 

  • Datu, J.A.D., Labarda, C., & Salanga, M.G. (2019). Flourishing is associated with achievement goal orientations and academic delay of gratification in a collectivist context. Journal of Happiness Studies. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00122-w. 

  • Datu, J.A.D. & King, R.B. (2018). Subjective well-being is reciprocally associated with academic engagement: A two-wave longitudinal study. Journal of School Psychology, 69, 100-110. 

  • Datu, J.A.D. (2018). Everyday discrimination, negative emotions, and academic achievement in Filipino secondary school students: Cross-sectional and cross-lagged panel investigations. Journal of School Psychology, 68, 195-205.

  • Datu, J.A.D., King, R.B., & Valdez, J.P.M. (2018). Psychological capital bolsters motivation, engagement, and achievement: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Journal of Positive Psychology, 13, 260-270.  

  • Datu, J.A.D. (2018). Flourishing is associated with higher academic achievement and engagement in Filipino undergraduate and high school students. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19, 27-39. 

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Tulips Yiwen Wang

Assistant Professor, Institute of Analytic Psychology, City University of Macau

PhD (Social Psychology), University of Macau

 

Current research interests

Broadly speaking, my professional interests are in social psychology and cultural psychology. Specifically, my current research interests are (a) indigenous cultural phenomenon and its psychological mechanism and (b) social justice and hierarchical inequality. I utilize quantitative methodologies to conduct the research.​

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Selected publications

  • Bernardo, A. B. I., Clemente, J.A.R., Wang, T. Y. (2018). Working for a better future: Social mobility beliefs and expectations of Filipino migrant workers in Macau. Australian Journal of Psychology, 70(4), 350-360

  • Liu, H., & Wang, T. Y. (2018). Policies suggestions: Effects of social norms on overcoming smoking and drinking problems. (政策启示：社会规范对减少烟酒摄入的作用). Chinese Journal of Applied Psychology, 24(1), 89-96. (in Chinese)

  • Wang, T. Y., & Bernardo, A. B. I. (2017). Through the back door: Personality factors predict acceptance of illegal zou hou men among Chinese people. Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 194–197.

  • Wang, T. Y., Bernardo, A. B. I., & Yeung, S. S. (2017). Hope and coping in collectivist societies: Contributions to life satisfaction among Chinese university students. In M. C. Gastardo-Conaco, M. E. J. Macapagal, & Y, Muramoto (Eds.), Asian psychology and Asian societies in the midst of change (pp. 59-80) Quezon City, Philippines: Psychological Association of the Philippines

  • Bernardo, A. B. I., Wang, T. Y., Pesigan, I. J. A., & Yeung, S. S. (2017). Pathways from collectivist coping to life satisfaction among Chinese: The roles of locus-of-hope. Personality and Individual Differences, 106, 253–256.

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Holly H. Y. Sit

Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Saint Joseph, Macau

PhD (Psychology), University of Macau

 

Current research interests

My research interest is to apply qualitative approaches to explore different psychological research topics. I am particularly interested in exploring identity development within the transitional period across the lifespan, and also interested in research about promoting individuals’ well-being. 


Selected publications

  • Bernardo, A. B. I., & Sit, H. Y. (in press). Hope interventions for students: Integrating cultural perspectives. In G. A. D. Liem & D. M. McInerney (Eds.). Sociocultural perspectives on educational interventions: Promoting motivation and learning in contexts. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

  • Sit, H. H. Y. (2014). Understanding the "three-high woman" phenomenon. International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research: Culture, Knowledge and Society, 71(9), 45-51.

  • Schalkwyk, G. J. V., & Sit, H. H. (2013). Evaluating school-based psychological and counselling services in Macao using a qualitative approach. School Psychology International, 34(2), 154-165.

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Maria Jenina N. Nalipay

Senior Research Assistant, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Education University of Hong Kong

PhD (Psychology), University of Santo Tomas

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Current research interests

My current research interests include mental health in the school context, and factors that underpin student and teacher well-being

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Selected publications

  • Nalipay, M. J. N., King, R. B., & Cai, Y. (2020). Autonomy is equally important across East and West: Testing the cross-cultural universality of self-determination theory. Journal of Adolescence, 78, 67-72.

  • Nalipay, M. J. N., Cai, Y., & King, R. B. (2019). Why do girls do better in reading than boys? How parental emotional contagion explains gender differences in reading achievement. Psychology in the Schools. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22330

  • Nalipay, M. J. N., Bernardo, A. B. I., Tarroja, M. C. H., & Bautista, M. L. C. (2019). The factor structure of the English CBCL DSM-oriented scales in Filipino schoolchildren as reported by bilingual caregivers. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 7(sup 1), 102-110.

  • Nalipay, M. J. N., Mordeno, I. G., Semilla, J.B., & Frondozo, C. E. (2019). Implicit beliefs about teaching ability, teacher emotions, and teaching satisfaction. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 28(4), 313-325.

  • Nalipay, M. J. N., & Ku, L. (2019). Indirect effect of hopelessness on depression symptoms through perceived burdensomeness. Psychological Reports, 122(5), 1618-1631.

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