Cecilia Cheng

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD The University of Hong Kong

Companies

• Professor and Associate Dean The University of Hong Kong (2006)
• Associate Professor The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2003 — 2006)
• Assistant Professor The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1997 — 2003)

Research interests

• Social and Personality Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Applied Social Psychology
• Cross-cultural Psychology

Publications

• Cheng, C., Chan, T.N., Chio, J.H.M., Chan, P., Chan, A.O., & Hui, W. (in press). Being active or flexible?: Role of control coping on quality of life among patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Psycho-Oncology.
• Cheng, C., Jose, P.E., Sheldon, K.M., Singelis, T.M., Cheung, M.W.L., … & Sims, C. (in press). Socio-cultural differences in self-construal and subjective well-being: A test of four cultural models. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
• Cheng, C., Lo, B.C.Y., & Chio, J.H.M. (2010). The Tao (ways) of Chinese coping. In M.H. Bond (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology (pp. 399-419). New York: Oxford University.
• 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.
• Cheng, C., Yang, F., Jun, S., & Hutton, J.M. (2007). Flexible coping psychotherapy for functional dyspeptic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 81-88.
• Cheng, C., Wong, W., & Tsang, K. W. (2006). Perception of benefits and costs during SARS outbreak: An 18-month prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 870-879.