Research areas of the Clinical and Health Psychology Laboratory at PNU include psychological and social processes underlying affective disorders (e.g. depressive and anxiety disorders) and suicidal behavior and their treatment. Our lab also aims to understand the psychosocial implications of medical conditions such as cancer (e.g., psycho-oncology) and interventions to address them. Topics also include psychological treatment outcome research.
Toward a comprehensive understanding and intervention for late-life depression: The comparison study between Korea and England (2020-2023)
Development and effectiveness of a suicide risk scale for the patients with chronic medical illness or physical disabilities (2019-2022)
Perceived socioeconomic inequality and mental health problems and quality of life: Prospective observational study (2018-2020)
Validation study of the Korean version of the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (2017-2018)
Development of an integrative model of health-related quality of life in HIV/AIDS and validation study of the Korean version of HIV/AIDS-related health-related quality of life assessment tool (2015-2017)
Development and examination of efficacy of the SOFTER Intervention-based Digital Terapeutics SAVE for prevention of suicidal behavior in patients with cancer (2022~2024)
Research on cognitive and emotional vulnerability factor and processes that link sociocultural context to suicidal behaviour : A cross-national examination (2023~2025)