1. one-sided vs. balanced beliefs about emotions and their consequences
when "positive thinking" from popular self-help may make people feel better or worse (Yeung & Lun, 2016, JoPP)
one-sided "positive thinking" predicts victim blaming attribution on those who are depressed (Yeung & Lun, 2021, JoPP)
the bright side of greater societal expectations for negative emotions on life satisfaction (Yeung et al., 2024, FiP)
2. emotion and/or well-being from a cross-cultural/macro-perspective
effect of culture on the indirect effect of personality on life satisfaction (Lun & Yeung, 2019, PAID)
examine the societal emotion environments and their consequences among 48 nations (Krys, Yeung, et al., 2022, JoPP)
prosocial well-being as meaning-driven well-being (Larsen, Witoszek, & Yeung, 2023, FiP)
"Happiness maximization is a WEIRD way of living" (Krys et al., 2024, PoPS)
3. other emotion-related projects
affective norms for Chinese words ratings (Ho et al., 2015, PLOS One)
Yeung, J. C., Roczniewska, M., & Krys, K. (2024). Is it okay to feel this way? Exploring the joint effect of emotional experiences and expectations on life satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1305812
Krys, K., Kostoula, O., van Tilburg, W.A.P., Mosca, O., Lee, J. H., Maricchiolo, F., ... Yeung, J.C., ... & Uchida, Y. (2024). Happiness maximization is a WEIRD way of living. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231208367
Krys, K., Yeung, J. C., Haas, B. W., van Osch, V, Kosiarczyk, A, Kocimska-Zych, A., ... & Uchida, Y. (2023). Family first: Evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 54(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221134711
public outreach: Science News
Larsen, M., Witoszek, N., & Yeung, J. C. (2023). A multilevel selection model for prosocial well-being. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1068119
Lun, V. M. C., Yeung, J. C., & Ku, K. Y. L. (2023). Effects of Mood on Critical Thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101247
Krys, K., Yeung, J. C., Capaldi, C. A., Lun, V. M. C., Torres, C., van Tilburg, W. A., ... & Vignoles, V. L. (2022). Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction: A forty-nine country study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(1), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332
public outreach: Forbes
Yeung, J. C. & Lun, V. M. C. (2021, pre-registered). Uncritical use of non-evidence-based self-help materials induces victim-blaming on the depressed. Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(4), 492-502. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1752780
link: free access link (Taylor & Francis); author accepted version (ResearchGate);
public outreach: digest (in Trad. Chinese); media coverage by in Mind Over Matter Magazine 12th issue, "Hello Beautiful: How Positive are Positive Affirmations" (page 22-25, in English and French); media coverage by PsycPost and Psychology Today
Lun, V. M. C. & Yeung, J. C. (2019). Elaborating on the Effect of Culture on the Relations of Extraversion and Neuroticism to Life Satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences, 142, 79-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.039
link: author accepted version (ResearchGate)
Yeung, J. C. & Lun, V. M. C. (2016). When self-help materials help: Examining the effects of self-discrepancy and modes of delivery of positive self-statements. Journal of Positive Psychology, 11(2), 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2015.1037862
link: author accepted version (ResearchGate)
public outreach: digest (in Trad. Chinese), & media coverage (in Trad. Chinese)
Ho, S. M. Y., Mak, C. W. Y., Yeung, D., Duan, W., Tang, S., Yeung, J. C., & Ching, R. (2015). Emotional valence, arousal, and threat ratings of 160 Chinese words among adolescents. PLOS One, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.013229
(as a first/sole presenter only)
AASP = Asian Association of Social Psychology; EASP = European Association of Social Psychology;
SAS = Society for Affective Science; SPSP = Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Yeung, J. C., Roczniewska, M, Krys, K. (April 2023). Is it okay to feel? A preliminary study on the effects of (in)congruence between actual and social expectancies for emotional experiences. Poster Presentation at the EASP 19th General Meeting, Krakow, Poland.
Yeung, J. C., Krys, K., members of the Happiness Meanders project (March 2023). Cross-national differences in expression-experience discrepancies: Examining the effects of emotional norms and societal development. Poster Presentation at the 2023 SAS Annual Convention, Long Beach, California, USA.
Yeung, J. C., Krys, K., members of the Happiness Meanders project (2022, February 16-19). Societal Emotional Environments explain Latin American happiness, but also document that individual pathways to happiness may not necessarily promote the happiness of others. In Atherton, O.E., Personality, Affect, Health, and Well-being Across the Lifespan and Cultures [Symposium], 2022 SPSP Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, United States.
Yeung, J. C., Lun, V. M. C., & Ku, K. Y. L. (July 2019). Emotional variability and critical thinking: A daily diary study. Paper presentation at the 13th biennial AASP conference in Taipei, Taiwan.
Yeung, J. C., Chau, A. Y. H., Ho, Y. W., (July 2019). Facial emotion expressions on Twitter & their relations: A cross-national study. Poster presentation at the 13th biennial AASP conference in Taipei, Taiwan.
Yeung, J. C. & Lun, V. M. C. (March, 2018). Blaming the depressed: The social cost of popular self-help materials. Poster presentation in the 2018 SPSP Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Poster: https://osf.io/3jqyu/
Yeung, J. C. (July, 2016). Paradoxical effects of popular self-help materials: Examining the effects of positive self-statement on mood changes and depression stigma. Oral presentation in the 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.
Abstract: International Journal of Psychology, 51(Supplement S1), 1071. doi:10.1002/ijop.12351