Introduction
The Themes of Our Research Include:
Cluster Members
Prof. Lum Y.S. Terry
Prof. NG Siu Man
Prof. Tse S.K. Samson
Prof. Yip S.F. Paul
Prof. Wong W.C. Paul
Prof. Eddie S.K. Chong
Prof. Cao Y. Sally
Prof. Chai Lei
Prof. Cheung H.N. Amy
Prof. Li Yanjuan
Funded Projects
| Topic | PI/Co-Investigator | Funding sources | Award Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness in Bereavement: Exploring Mechanisms and Co-Adapting a Transdiagnostic Intervention | PI: Prof. LI Yanjuan | HKU | 2025-2027 |
| Leveraging multimodal ecological momentary assessment and | Co-I: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | GRF | 2025 |
| Project ReBorn - Ongitudinal study of people released from prisons | PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | HKJC Charities Trust | 2025 |
| Longitudinal study of peope bereaved by sucide for over 10 years | PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | HKU | 2025 |
| Daily Dynamics of Self-Compassion, Identity-Salient Experiences, and Flourishing: A Mixed Methods Study of Ethnic Minority Youths in Hong Kong | PI: Prof. CHONG S.K. Eddie | Research Grants Council | 2025 |
| Food insecurity and suicidal ideation: The role of community belonging | Lei Chai, Chaoxin Jiang | Seed fund | 2025 |
| LevelMind@2.0 – Youth mental health | Co-PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | HKJC Charities Trust | 2024 |
| Bridging developmental gaps for deprived bereaved children and youth | PI: Prof. CAO Y. Sally | Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust | 2024 |
| A Mixed-Method Study on Anti-bullying Intervention among School-aged Children and Adolescents in Hong Kong | PI: Prof. LAW Y.W. Frances | Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust | 2023-2026 |
| University graduates’ transitions to post-covid-19 workplaces: The impacts of the pandemic and adjusting to “new normal” work orders, Research and Impact Initiative on Communication in Healthcare- HKU RIICH | Advisory Board Member: Prof. Samson Tse | Collaborative Research Fund (UGC) | 2023-01 to present |
| Using music to promote young people’s emotion regulation and reduce their depressive and anxious symptoms and loneliness: A pilot randomised controlled trial | PI: Prof. CAO Y. Sally | HMRF, the Health Bureau | 2023 |
| The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (HKJC) - Pilot Project for Families with Miscarriage Grief | PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | HKJC Charities Trust | 2023 |
| BBJC Phase Two: Holistic Service Supporting Children and Youth with Incarcerated Parents (Project S/N# 2023-0038) | PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | HKJC Charities Trust | 2023 |
| Gambling and Suicide: A Psychological Autopsy and Qualitative Inquiry | Co-PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | Greo, Canada Gambling Research Fund | 2023 |
| The educational, social and health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on university graduates transitioning to the workforce in Hong Kong (Co-I) | Co-PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | CRF | 2023 |
| Towards a more inclusive Hong Kong: COVID-19, mental well-being, and mitigation strategies for a multicultural elderly community | Project Advisory Committee Member: Prof. Samson Tse | Advisory Committee on Mental Health (Special Research Initiative Scheme) | 2022-07 to present |
| Web-based single-session growth mindset intervention for adolescent anxiety: A three-arm cluster randomised control trial | Co-investigator: Prof. Samson Tse | General Research Fund (UGC) | 2022-07 to present |
| Neuropsychiatric “long-COVID” in adult patients | Co-PI: Prof. WONG W.C. Paul | CRF | 2022 |
| Examining the Role of Embodied Mindfulness in the Link Between Identity-Salient Experiences and Wellness among LGB People in Hong Kong | Principal Investigator: Prof. CHONG S.K. Eddie | Research Grants Council | 2022 |
| Rebuilding life after migration study | Project Advisory Committee Member: Prof. Samson Tse | Australian Research Council grant | 2021-06 to present |
| Promoting Psychosocial Adjustment Among New Migrant Families in Hong Kong: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Parallel Parent-child Mindfulness Intervention | Principal Investigator: Prof. CHONG S.K. Eddie | Research Grants Council | 2021 |
| A guided mobile-based perinatal mindfulness intervention – A randomized controlled trial | Principal Investigator: Prof. NG Siu Man | GRF | 2021 |
| ABC, quest for a mechanism: Ambitious behaviour, Bipolar disorder, and Creativity | Principal Investigator: Prof. Samson Tse | General Research Fund (UGC) | 2020-2024 |
| Dispel misunderstandings and promote mutual acceptance between Local and mainland college students in Hong Kong – A randomize controlled trial of an intervention grounded on Intergroup Contact Theory | Principal Investigator: Prof. NG Siu Man | PPR | 2020 |
| Reducing mental health-related stigma in primary health care professionals: Randomized controlled trial of Enhancing Contact Model in rural China | Principal Investigator: Prof. NG Siu Man | GRF | 2020 |
Significant Publications
Tang, J. Y. M., Wong, G. H. Y. , Ng, C. K. M., Kwok, D. T. S., Lee, M. N. Y., Dai, D. L. K., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2016). Neuropsychological profile and dementia symptom recognition in help-seekers in a community early-detection program in Hong Kong. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 64(3) 584-589.
Luo, H., Tang, J. Y., Wong, G. H., Chen, C. C., Lum, T. Y., Chi, I., & Lou, V. W. (2015). The effect of depressive symptoms and antidepressant use on subsequent physical decline and number of hospitalizations in nursing home residents: A 9-year longitudinal study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 16(12), 1048-1054.
Lum, T. Y., Parashuram, S., Shippee, T., Wysocki, A., Shippee, N. D., Homyak, P., & Kane, R. (2013). Diagnosed prevalence and health care expenditures of mental health disorders among dual eligible older people. Gerontologist, 53(2), 334-344.
Ng, S. M., & Wang, Q. (2016). Body-Mind-Spirit group therapy for TCM stagnation syndrome – a RCT with self-report and physiological measures. World Journal of TCM Psychology, 1(1), 60-64.
Fong, T. C. T., Ho, R. T. H., Au-Yeung, F. S. W., Sing, C. Y., Law, K. Y., Lee, L. F., & Ng, S. M. (2016). The relationships of change in work climate with changes in burnout and depression: a 2-year longitudinal study of care workers. Journal of Psychology, Health & Medicine, 21(4), 401-412.
Ng, S. M. (2014). Is brief daily Body-Mind-Spirit practice desirable for staff who provide services for elderly people? Two pilot studies with care and professional workers. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development 24(4), 227-237.
Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., McPhilbin, M., Dunnett, D., …Tse, S., … & Slade, M. (2024). 28-country global study on associations between cultural characteristics and recovery college fidelity. NPJ Mental Health Research, 3(1), 46.
Brooks, E., Tse, S., Wright, J. Y., & Burdett, E. (2024). Educating future leaders to engage the challenges of a changing world: A blended-learning approach to character and leadership education at the University of Hong Kong. Tertiary Education and Management, 30(2), 111-127.
Tse, S., Yu, C. H., Yuen, W. W. Y., Ng, C. S. M., Lo, I. W. K., Fukui, S., Goscha, R. J., Chan, S. H., Wan, E., Wong, S. & Chan, S. K., (2023). Randomised controlled trial evaluating the strengths model case management in Hong Kong. Research on Social Work Practice, 33(7), 728-742.
Fung, L. W., Zhao, J., Yan, V. K., Blais, J. E., Chan, J. C., Li, S. T., Shami, J. J. P., Kwan, C., Wei, Y., Wong, C. K. H., Li, X., Chui, C. S. L., Wan., E. Y. F., Lai, F. T. T., Tse, S., Cowling, B. J., Wong, I. C. K. & Chan, E. W. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccination preferences of university students and staff in Hong Kong. JAMA Network Open, 5(5), e2212681.
Chan, S. H. W., Yu, C. H., Liu, K. H. K., Lau, C., Fung, A. O. Y. & Tse, S. (2021). Evaluating the emotion regulation of positive mood states among people with bipolar disorder using hierarchical clustering. World Journal of Psychiatry, 11(9), 619-634.
Sum, M. Y., Chan, S. K. W., Tse, S., Bola, J. R., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2021). Internalized stigma as an independent predictor of employment status in patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 44(3), 299–302.
Slade, M., Longden, E., Repper, J., & Tse, S. (2021). Recovery-oriented services. In C. A. Tamminga, E. I. Ivleva, U. Reininghaus, & J. van Os (Eds.), Psychotic disorders: Comprehensive conceptualization and treatments (pp. 583–591). Oxford University Press.
Tse, S., Ng, R. M., & Yuen, W. (2020). Education about medication for people with bipolar disorder comes from many sources. Psychiatry, 83(2), 195-196.
Lee, L., Tse, S., Blaszczynski, A., & Tsang, S. (2020). Concepts and controversies regarding tolerance and withdrawal in gambling disorder. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 31, 54-59.
Tsoi, E. W., Tse, S., Yu, C. H., Chan, S. K., Wan, E., Wong, S., & Liu, L. (2019). A nonrandomized controlled trial of strengths model case management in Hong Kong. Research on Social Work Practice, 29(5), 540-554.
Yip, P. S. F., Yousuf, S., Chan, C. H., Yung, T., & Wu, K. C. C. (2015). The roles of culture and gender in the relationship between divorce and suicide risk: a meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 128, 87-94.
Hsu, C. Y., Chang, S. S., Lee, E. S. T., & Yip, P. S. F. (2015). Geography of suicide in Hong Kong: spatial patterning, and socioeconomic correlates and inequalities. Social Science & Medicine, 130, 190-203.
Yip, P. S. F., Caine, E., Yousuf, S., Chang, S. S, Wu, K. C. & Chen, Y. Y. (2012). Means restriction for suicide prevention. Lancet, 379, 2293-2399.
Wong, P. W. C., Yu, R.W. M., Li, T. M. H., Lai S. L. H., Ng H. Y. H., Fan W. T. W. (in press). Efficacy of a multicomponent intervention program with or without animal-assisted therapy for enhancing self-esteem, employability, and reducing interaction anxiety of socially withdrawn youths in Hong Kong – a pilot study. Society and Animals.
Ngai, V. & Wong, P.W.C. Leung, Chung, K. F, & Chau, P. H., (in press). The effect of a telephone-based cognitive-behavioral intervention on parenting stress: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
Wong, P. W., Lau, K. C., Liu, L. L., Yuen, G. S., & Wing-Lok, P. (2015). Beyond recovery understanding the postbereavement growth from companion animal loss. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0030222815612603.