1. What prescriptions cost
2. What societies express
societal emotional environments associates with cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction (Krys, Yeung, et al., 2022, JoPP)
societal development is associated with stronger under-expression of negative emotions (Yeung et al., under review, PsyArXiv preprint)
3. What mood does
depressive realism holds (but only under specific conditions) (Yeung, Lam, & Chan, 2026, CPRev)
effects of mood on critical thinking (Lun, Yeung, & Ku, 2023, TSC)
4. What mismatch does
Direction of emotional misfit matters for well-being (Yeung et al., 2024, FiP)
Emotional misfit and well-being: Direction-sensitive incongruence across 48 societies (Yeung et al., in prep)
Yeung, J. C. [author list forthcoming] (in prep). Emotional misfit and well-being: Direction-sensitive incongruence in negative emotions across 48 societies [working manuscript].
Yeung, J. C., Lun, V. M.-C., Li, L. M. W., Bond, M. H., Joshanloo, M., Górski, M. R., Kalinowski, M., ..., Krys, K. (2026). Is societal progress muting the expression of negative emotions? Evidence from two multinational studies Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ab5p6_v1 (PsyArXiv pre-print, original submitted version to JCCP)
Yeung, J. C.†, Lam, H.†, & Chan, D. K.-S. (2026). Depression and accuracy of judgment: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2026.102752
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
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
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)
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. & 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