Publications
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Journal Articles
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Hong, Y., Chan, H.-W., & Chiu, C. P.-Y. (2025). Understanding social divides in the Hong Kong 2019 unrest: A combination of person- and variable-centred approaches. European Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.70001
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Kossowska, M., Chan, H.-W., Hong, Y. Y., & Szumowska, E. (2025). Longitudinal effects of helping war refugees on intergroup threat and fear of war: The role of perceived helping functionality. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(3), 648-672. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241297927
Madan, S., Savani, K., Mehta, P. H., Phua, D. Y., Hong, Y.-Y., & Morris, M. W. (2025). Stress reactivity and sociocultural learning: More stress-reactive individuals are quicker at learning sociocultural norms from experiential feedback. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128(6), 1292–1314. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000487
Choi, H., Gelfand, M. J., Hong, Y., Oishi, S., Rentfrow, J., Saucier, G., & Benet-Martinez, V. (2025). Culture & personality: Five expert visions. Personality Science, 6, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710241309798
Chan, H. W., Lin, L., Tam, K. P., & Hong, Y. (2024). From negative feelings to impairments: A longitudinal study on the development of climate change anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 107, 102917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102917
Chan, H. W., Wang, X., Tam, K. P., Hong, Y., & Huang, B. (2024). Hotter weather, less of a hoax? Testing the longitudinal association between experience of temperature anomalies and belief in climate change conspiracy theories. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98, 102409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102409
Zuo, S., Wang, F., Hong, Y., Chan, H. W., Chiu, C. P. Y., & Wang, X. (2024). Ecological introspection resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic: The threat perception of the pandemic was positively related to pro-environmental behaviors. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 19(3), 457-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2190923
Faust, N. T., Hong, Y.-y., Gains, N., & Christopoulos, G. I. (2024). The effect of implicit theories of human beauty and perceived pressure on cosmetic consumption. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 18(1), 43–58. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000473
Li, K. K., & Hong, Y. (2023). Confidence in China’s political system was linked to perception of Covid infection risk, Covid health threat, and attitudes toward dynamic Zero-Covid policy. Judgment and Decision Making, 18, e36. https://doi.org/10.1017/jdm.2023.34
Liu, Y., Hou, Y., & Hong, Y. (2023). The profiles, predictors, and intergroup outcomes of cultural attachment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(3), 374–393. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231190753
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Clist, P., & Hong, Y. (2023). Do international students learn foreign preferences? The interplay of language, identity and assimilation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 98, 102658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2023.102658
Chan, H-W., Tam, K-P., & Hong, Y. (2023). Does Belief in Climate Change Conspiracy Theories Predict Everyday Life Pro-Environmental Behaviors? Testing the Longitudinal Relationship in China and the U.S. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 101980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101980
Huang, B., Huang, Z., Chen, C., Lin, J., Tam, T., Hong, Y., Pei, S. (2022). Social vulnerability amplified the disparate impact of mobility on COVID-19 transmissibility across the United States. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 9(1), 415. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01437-5
Li, K.K., Hong, Y., Huang, B., & Tam, T. (2022). Social preferences before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Judgment and Decision Making, 17(6), 1313-1333.
Gulliver, R., Chan, C. S., Tam, K. Y. Y., Lau, I. S. K., Hong, Y., Louis, W. R. (2022). Political distrust, perceived threat, and intentions to engage in normative and violent collective action: A mixed-methods study. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(2), 401-417. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2910
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Lau, W., Tse, D., Bligh, M., Hong, Y., Kakarika, M., Chan, H-W., & Chiu, C. P-Y. (2022). Not ‘My’ Crisis: Social Identity and Followers’ Crisis Responses to COVID-19. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 22(2), 506-535. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12316
Yeo, S-L., Phua, D.Y., & Hong, Y. (2022). The effects of dangerous world beliefs on Covid-19 preventive behaviors in Singapore: The moderating role of public health communication. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 16(3), 485-498. https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118X.2022.2036742
Wang, X., Wang, T., Jiang, T., Chen, Z., & Hong, Y. (2022). Double standards in the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderation of perceived threat. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52(3), 515-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2834
Xiong, X., Li, J., Huang, B., Tam, T., Hong, Y., Chong, K.-C., & Huo, Z. (2022). Economic value of vaccines to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Vaccines, 10(4), 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10040495
Box-Steffensmeier, J.M., Burgess, J., Corbetta, M., Crawford, K., Duflo, E., Fogarty, L., Gopnik, A., Hanafi, S., Herrero, M., Hong, Y. et al. (2022). The future of human behaviour research. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 15- 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01275-6
Wang, X., Chen, W-F, Hong, Y., & Chen Z. (2022). Perceiving high social mobility breeds materialism: The mediating role of socioeconomic status uncertainty. Journal of Business Research, 139, 629-638.
Hong, Y., Chan, H-W., & Douglas, K. M. (2021). Conspiracy theories about infectious diseases: An introduction. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 15, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/18344909211057657
Wang, X., Zuo, S-J., Chan, H-W., Chiu, C. P-Y., & Hong, Y. (2021). COVID-19-related conspiracy theories in China: The role of secure versus defensive in-group positivity and responsibility attributions. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 15, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/18344909211034928
Chan, H-W, Wang, X., Zuo, S-J, Chiu, C. P-Y., Liu, L., Yiu, D. W., & Hong, Y. (2021). War against COVID-19: How is national identification linked with the adoption of disease-preventive behaviors in China and the United States? Political Psychology, 42(5), 767-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12752
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Chan, H-W, Chiu, C. P-Y, Zuo, S., Wang, X., Liu, L., & Hong, Y. (2021). Not-so-straightforward links between COVID-19 conspiracy-theory beliefs and disease-preventive behaviours. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8, 104; https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00781-2
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Huang, B. Wang, J., Cai, J., Yao, S., Chan, P. K. S., Tam, T. H., Hong, Y. et al. (2021). Integrated vaccination and physical distancing interventions to prevent future COVID-19 waves. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 695–705. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01063-2
Tse, D. C. K., Lau, V. W., Hong, Y., Bligh, M. C., & Kakarika, M. (2021). Prosociality and hoarding amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A tale of four countries. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 32(3), 507-520. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2516
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Chen, Y-Y., Liu X-X., Lan, T., & Hong, Y. (2021). Move more and bribe more? The impact of residential mobility on bribe-giving. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 25(2), 237-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12492
Zhan, S., Uy, M.A., & Hong, Y. (2020). Missing the forest for the trees: Prior entrepreneurial experience, role identity, and entrepreneurial creativity. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46(6), 1469-1499. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258720952291
Phua, D. Y., Leong, C. H., & Hong, Y. (2020). Heterogeneity in national identity construct: Example of Singapore using network analysis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 78, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2020.05.010
Cheon, B. K., Melani, I., & Hong, Y. (2020). How USA-centric is psychology? An archival study of implicit assumptions of generalizability of findings to human nature based on origins of study samples. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(7), 928-937. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620927269
Cheon, B. K., & Hong, Y. (2020). Aversive responses towards culture fusion is moderated by the source of foreign cultural inflow. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(5), 370-386.
Christopoulos, G., & Hong, Y. (2020). The multicultural mind as an epistemological test and extension for the thinking through other minds approach. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, e97. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19002711
Zhang, J., Yang, Y., & Hong, Y. (2020). Sleep deprivation undermines the link between identity and intergroup bias. Sleep, 43(2), zsz213, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz213
Hong, Y., Li, K. K., Huang, B., & Tam, T. (2019). Real-time PM2.5 air pollution and social preferences: A large scale behavioural game study using mobile apps in mainland China. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3, S15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(19)30158-5
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Sprong, S. et al. (2019). “Our country needs a strong leader right now”: Economic inequality enhances the wish for a strong leader. Psychological Science, 30(11), 1625-1637. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619875472
Yang, Y., Hong, Y., & Sanchez-Burks (2019). Emotional aperture across East and West: How culture shapes the perception of collective affect. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(6), 751-762.
Yap, W-J, Cheon, B., Hong, Y., & Christopoulos, G. (2019). Cultural attachment: From behavior to computational neuroscience. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,13, 209. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00209
Dijkstra KA, & Hong, Y. (2019). The feeling of throwing good money after bad: The role of affective reaction in the sunk-cost fallacy. PLoS ONE, 14(1), e0209900. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209900
Chen, W-F, Wang, X., Gao, H-Y., & Hong, Y. (2019). Understanding Consumer Ethics in China’s Demographic Shift and Social Reforms. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 31(3), 627-646.
Tadmor, C.T., Hong, Y., Chao, M. M., & Cohen, A. (2018). The tolerance benefits of multicultural experiences depend on the perception of available mental resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(3), 398-426.
Bendapudi, N., Zhan, S., & Hong, Y. (2018). Cultural values differentially moderate the benefits of basic education on two types of national innovation outputs. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(2), 199-222.
Smith, H. J., Ryan, D. A., Jaurique, A., Pettigrew, T. F., Jetten, J., Ariyanto, A., ... & Wohl, M. (2018). Cultural values moderate the impact of relative deprivation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(8), 1183-1218.
Smeekes, A., Jetten, J., Verkuyten, M., Wohl, M. J., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Ariyanto, A., ... & Van Der Bles, A. M. (2018). Regaining In-Group Continuity in Times of Anxiety About the Group’s Future: A Study on the Role of Collective Nostalgia Across 27 Countries. Social Psychology, 49(6), 311-329. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000350
Guo, X., & Hong Y. (2018). How do consumers from developed regions evaluate global brands from emerging countries? An investigation form the perspective of global-local identity. Journal of Contemporary Marketing Science, 1(1), 2-21.
Lan, T., & Hong, Y. (2017). Norm, Gender, and Bribe-Giving: Insights from a Behavioral Game. PLoS ONE, 12(12), e0189995. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189995
Cheng, C-Y., & Hong, Y. (2017). Kiasu and Creativity in Singapore: An Empirical Test of the Situated Dynamics Framework. Management and Organizational Review,13(4), 871-894. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2017.41
Hong, Y., & Cheon, B. K. (2017). How does culture matter in the face of globalization. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12, 810-823.
Cheon, B. K. & Hong, Y. (2017). Mere experience of low subjective socioeconomic status stimulates appetite and food intake. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 114(1), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1607330114
Yap, W. J., Christopoulos, G., & Hong, Y. (2017). Physiological responses associated with cultural attachment. Behavioural Brain Research, 325, 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2017.01.017
Phua, D.Y., Meaney, M.J., Khor, C.C., Lau, I.Y.M., & Hong, Y. (2017). Effects of bonding with parents and home culture on intercultural adaptations and the moderating role of genes. Behavioural Brain Research, 325, 223-236.
Huff, S., Lee, F., & Hong, Y. (2017). Bicultural and Generalized Identity Integration Predicts Interpersonal Tolerance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(5), 644-666.
Yeo, S. L., Shin, W., Lwin, M., Williams, J., & Hong, Y. (2017). Are Primetime Diets Congruent with Dietary Recommendations? Content Analyses of Food Advertisements in US, China, and Singapore. Global Health Communication, 2(1), 30-38, DOI: 10.1080/23762004.2017.1278991
Liu, Z., Liu, X-X., Hong, Y., Brockner, J., Tam, K., & Li, Y. (2017). Is individual bribery or organizational bribery more intolerable in China (versus in the United States)? Advancing Theory on the Perception of Corrupt Acts. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 143, 111-128. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2016.12.002
Friedman, R., Hong, Y., Simons, T., Chi, S-C., Oh, S-H, Lachowicz, M. (2016). The Impact of Culture on Reactions to Promise Breaches: Differences between East and West in Behavioral Integrity Perceptions. Group & Organization Management, 43(2), 273-315. doi: 1059601116678101
Cheon, B. K., Christopoulos, G. I., Hong, Y. (2016). Disgust associated with culture mixing: Why and Who? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(10), 1268-1285, doi: 10.1177/0022022116667845
Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Kong, X., Hong, Y., Cheon, B., & Liu, J. (2016). Pathway to neural resilience: Self-esteem buffers against deleterious effects of poverty on the hippocampus. Human Brain Mapping, 37, 3757-3766.
Liao, H., Hong, Y., & J. Rounds (2016). Perception of subtle racism: The role of group status and legitimizing ideologies. The Counseling Psychologist, 44(2), 237-266.
Christopoulos, G., Liu, X. X., & Hong Y. (2016). Toward an Understanding of Dynamic Moral Decision Making: Model-Free and Model-Based Learning. Journal of Business Ethics, 133, 2, DOI 10.1007/s10551-016-3058-1
Hong, Y., Zhan, S., Morris, M. W., & Benet-Martinez, V. (2016). Multicultural identity processes. Current Opinion in Psychology, 8, 49–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.09.020
Teymoori, A. et al. (2016). Revisiting the measure of anomie. PLoS ONE 11(7), e0158370. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158370
Chen, Y., & Hong, Y. (2015). Different ways to resolve discrepancy between descriptive and injunctive norms across cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. doi: 10.1177/0022022115600265
Zhan, S., Bendapudi, N., & Hong, Y. (2015). Re-examining diversity as a double-edged sword for innovation process. Journal of Organizational Behavior. DOI: 10.1002/job.2027
Morris, M. W., Hong, Y., Chiu, C., & Liu, Z. (2015). Normology: Integrating insights about social norms to understand cultural dynamics. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 129, 1-13.
Fu, J. H., Morris, M. W., & Hong, Y. (2015). A transformative taste of home: Home culture primes foster expatriates’ adjustment through bolstering relational security. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 59, 24-31.
Cheon, B. K., Livingston, R. W., Chiao, J. Y., & Hong, Y. (2015). Contribution of Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) to Automatic Racial Bias. Personality and Individual Differences, 79, 35-38.
Cheon, B. K., Livingston, R. W., Hong, Y., & Chiao, J. Y. (2014). Gene x Environment Interaction on Intergroup Bias: The Role of 5-HTTLPR and Perceived Outgroup Threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 1268-1275.
Liu, X. X., Keller, J., & Hong, Y. (2014). Hiring of personal ties: A consensus analysis of China & the United States. Management and Organizational Review. doi: 10.1111/more.12055
Yang, Y., Liu, X. X., Fang, Y., & Hong, Y. (2014). Unresolved World War II animosity dampens empathy toward 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 45(2), 171-191.
Gao, H., Zhang, Y., Wang, F., Xu, Y., Hong, Y., & Jiang, J. (2014). Regret causes ego-depletion and finding benefits in the regrettable events alleviates ego-depletion. The Journal of General Psychology, 141(3), 169–206.
Tao, V. Y. K., & Hong, Y. (2013). When Academic Achievement is an Obligation – Perspectives from Social-Oriented Achievement Motivation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. DOI: 10.1177/0022022113490072
Hong, Y., Fang, Y., Yang, Y., & Phua, D. P-L (2013). Cultural Attachment – A New Theory and Method to Understand Cross-cultural Competence. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44, 1024-1044.
Christopoulos, G., & Hong Y. (2013). Turning two uninvited guests into prominent speakers: Toward a Dynamic Culture Neuroscience. Psychological Inquiry, 24, 20-25.
Chao, M. M., Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. (2013). Essentializing Race: Its Implications on Racial Categorization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 619-634.
Hong, Y., & Phua, D. Y-L (2013). In search of culture’s role in influencing individual social behavior. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 16, 26-29.
Sui, J., Hong, Y., Liu, C. H., Humphreys, G. W., & Han, S. (2013). Dynamic cultural modulation of neural responses to one’s own and friend’s faces. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(3), 326-332. doi:10.1093/scan/nss001
Tadmor, C. T., Chao, M. M., Hong, Y., & Polzer, J. T. (2013). Not just for stereotyping anymore: Racial essentialism reduces domain-general creativity. Psychological Science, 24, 99-105.
Tadmor, C. T., Hong, Y., Chao, M. M., Wiruchnipawan, F., & Wang, W. (2012). Multicultural experiences reduce intergroup bias through epistemic unfreezing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 750-772.
Hong, Y. & Chao, M. (2012). Steps to building a good theory – Embracing diversity. Acta Psychologia Sinica, 44, 138-141.
Wu, L., Friedman, R., & Hong, Y. (2012). Culture and accountability in negotiation: Recognizing the importance of in-group relations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 117, 221-234.
Friedman, R., Liu, W., Chi, S., Hong, Y., & Sung, L. (2012). Cross-cultural management and bicultural identity integration: When does experience abroad lead to appropriate cultural switching? International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36, 130-139.
Kim, H., Lee, L., & Hong, Y. (2012). Claiming the validity of negative in-group stereotypes when foreseeing a challenge: A self-handicapping account. Self & Identity, 11, 285-303.
Grossmann, I., Ellsworth, P.C., & Hong, Y. (2011). Culture, attention, and emotion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 14, 31-36. doi: 10.1037/a0023817
Lee, S., Lau, I. Y., & Hong, Y. (2011). Effects of appearance and functions on likeability and perceived occupational suitability of robots. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 5(2), 232-250.
Rosner, J. L., Gardner, W., & Hong, Y. (2011). The dynamic nature of being Jewish: Identity centrality and the acculturation of Russian Jews in the United States. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42, 1341-1355.
Jiang, J. et al. (2011). Emotional Reactions to Scandals: When Does Moral Character Make a Difference? Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 14, 207-216.
Cheng, S.Y., Rosner, J.L., Chao, M.M., Peng, S., Chen, X., Li, Y., Kwong, J., Hong, Y-y., & Chiu, C-y. (2011). One world, one dream? Intergroup consequences of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 35, 296-306.
Chao, M. M., Okazaki, S., & Hong, Y. (2011). The quest for multicultural competence: Challenges and lessons learned from clinical and organizational research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5, 263-274.
Menon, T., Sim, J., Fu, J. H., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2010). Blazing the Trail versus Trailing the Group: Culture and Perceptions of the Leader's Position. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 113, 51-61.
Rosner, J. L., & Hong, Y. (2010). Lay theories of racial difference make a difference. Psychological Inquiry, 21, 160-163.
Jenkins, L. J., Yang, Y. J., Goh, J., Hong, Y., & Park, D.C. (2010). Cultural differences in the lateral occipital complex while viewing incongruent scenes. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5(2-3), 236-241.
Liu, L, & Hong, Y. (2010). Psychological ramifications of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13, 102-108.
Rosner, J. L., Li, Y., Chao, M. M., & Hong, Y. (2010). One world, just a dream? Effects of the Beijing Olympic icon on perceived differences between Eastern and Western culture. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13, 139-151.
Yang, Y. J., & Hong, Y. (2010). Implicit theories of the world and implicit theories of the self as moderators of self-stereotyping. Social Cognition, 28, 253-264.
Hong, Y., Chao, M., Yang, Y. J., & Rosner, J. L. (2010). Building and Testing Theories: Experiences from Conducting Social Identity Research. Acta Psychologia Sinica, 42, 22-36.
Hong, Y., Chao, M., & No, S. (2009). Dynamic interracial/intercultural processes: The role of lay theories of race. Journal of Personality, 77, 1283-1309.
Mischel, W., Mendoza-Denton, R., & Hong, Y. (2009). Toward an integrative CAPS approach to racial/ethnic relations. Journal of Personality, 77, 1365-1379.
Kesebir, P., & Hong, Y. (2008). The pain-buffering functions of money and social support: A motivational account. Psychological Inquiry, 19(3-4), 196-198.
Hong, Y., Wyer, R. Jr., & Fong, C. (2008). Chinese working in groups: Effort dispensability versus normative influence. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 11, 187-195.
No, S., Hong, Y., Liao, H., Lee, K., Wood, D., & Chao, M. (2008). Lay Theory of Race Affects and Moderates Asian Americans’ Responses toward American Culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 991-1004.
Coleman, J., & Hong, Y. (2008). Beyond nature and nurture: The influence of lay gender theories on self-stereotyping. Self & Identity, 7(1), 34-53.
Chao, M., & Hong, Y. (2007). Being a bicultural Chinese: A multilevel perspective to biculturalism. Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 8, 141-157.
Fu, H-y., Morris, M. W., Lee, S-l. Chao, M., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2007). Epistemic motives and cultural conformity: Need for closure, culture, and context as determinants of conflict judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 191-207.
Chao, M., Chen, J., Roisman, G., & Hong, Y. (2007). Essentializing Race: Implications for bicultural individuals’ cognition and physiological reactivity. Psychological Science, 18, 341-348.
Hong, Y., Liao, H., Wong, R., Chan, G., Chiu, C., Ip, G., Fu, H., & Hansen, I. (2006). The temporal causal link between outgroup attitudes and social categorization: The case of Hong Kong 1997 transition. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 9, 265-288.
Dach-Gruschow, K & Hong, Y. (2006). The Racial Divide in Response to the Aftermath of Katrina: A Boundary Condition for Common Ingroup Identity Model. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 6(1), 125-141.
Levy, S., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2006). Lay theories and intergroup relations. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 9, 5-24.
Wong, R. Y-M., & Hong, Y. (2005). Dynamic Influences of Culture on Cooperation in the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Psychological Science, 16, 429-434.
Liu, J. H., Goldstein-Hawes, R., Hilton, D., Huang, L., Gastardo-Conaco, C., Dresler-Hawke, E., Pittolo, F., Hong, Y. et al. (2005). Social renovations of events and people in world history across twelve cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 171-191.
Kashima, Y., Kashima, E., Chiu, C., Farsides, T., Gelfand, M., Hong, Y. et al. (2005). Culture, essentialism, and agency: Are individuals universally believed to be more real entities than groups? European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 147-169.
Hong, Y., Coleman, J., Chan, G., Wong, R. Y. M., Chiu, C., Hansen, I. G., Lee, S., Tong, Y., & Fu, H. (2004). Predicting intergroup bias: The interactive effects of implicit theory and social identity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1035-1047.
Hong, Y., & Mallorie, L. M. (2004). A dynamic constructivist approach to culture: Lessons learned from personality psychology. Journal of Research in Personality, 38, 59-67.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2004). The identity of being a Hong Konger: Empirical evidence and implications for Hong Kong’s strategic development. Hong Kong Journal of Social Science, 26, 43-58.
Lau, I. Y., Lam, S., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2004). Social identity of Hong Kong adolescents: Intergroup perception and orientation in political transition. Hong Kong Journal of Social Science, 26, 25-41.
Hong, Y., Chan, G., Chiu, C., Wong, R. Y. M., Hansen, I. G., Lee, S., Tong, Y., & Fu, H. (2003). How are social identities linked to self-conception and intergroup orientation? The moderating effect of implicit theories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 1147-1160.
Hong, Y., Benet-Martinez, V., Chiu, C., & Morris, M. W., (2003). Boundaries of cultural influence: Construct activation as a mechanism for cultural differences in social perception. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 34, 453-464.
Hong, Y., Levy, S. R., & Chiu, C. (2001). The contribution of the lay theories approach to the study of groups. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 97-105.
Hong, Y., Ip, G., Chiu, C., Morris, M. W., & Menon, T. (2001). Cultural identity and dynamic construction of the self: Collective duties and individual rights in Chinese and American cultures. Social Cognition, 19, 251-268.
Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. (2001). Toward a paradigm shift: From cross-cultural differences in social cognition to social-cognitive mediation of cultural differences. Social Cognition, 19, 181-196.
Levy, S. R., Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. (2001). The contribution of the lay theories approach to the study of groups. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 98-106.
Levy, S. R., Plaks, J., Hong, Y., Chiu, C., & Dweck, C. S. (2001). Static versus dynamic theories of groups: Different routes to different destinations. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 156-168.
Li, Q. & Hong, Y. (2001). Intergroup perceptual accuracy predicts real-life intergroup interactions. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 4, 341-354.
Lau, I., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2001). I know what you know: Assumptions about others’ knowledge and their effects on message construction. Social Cognition, 19, 587-600.
Knowles, E., Morris, M. W., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2001). Culture and the process of person perception: Evidence for automaticity among East Asians in correcting for situational influences on behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1344-1356.
Hong, Y., Wong, R. Y. M., & Liu, J. H. (2001). The history of war strengthens ethnic identification. Journal of Psychology in the Chinese Societies, 2, 7-35.
Cheng, C., Chiu, C., Hong, Y., & Cheung, J. S. (2001). Discriminative facility and its role in the perceived quality of interactional experiences. Journal of Personality, 69, 765-786.
Hong, Y., Morris, M. W., Chiu, C., & Benet-Martinez, V. (2000). Multicultural minds: A dynamic constructivist approach to culture and cognition. American Psychologist, 55, 709-720.
Chiu, C., Morris, M. W., Hong, Y., & Menon, T. (2000). Motivated cultural cognition: The impact of implicit cultural theories on dispositional attribution varies as a function of need for closure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 247-259.
Hong, Y., & Salili, F. (2000). Challenges ahead for research on Chinese students’ learning motivation in the new millennium. Journal of Psychology in the Chinese Societies, 1(2), 1-12.
Tao, V., & Hong, Y. (2000). A meaning system approach to Chinese students’ achievement goals. Journal of Psychology in the Chinese Societies, 1(2), 13-38.
Hong, Y., Chiu, C., Dweck, C. S., Lin, D. M-S, & Wan, W. (1999). Implicit theories, Attributions, and coping: A meaning system approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 588-599.
Menon, T., Morris, M., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1999). Culture and the construal of agency: Attribution to individual versus group disposition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 701-717.
Hong, Y., Abrams, D., & Ng, S. H. (1999). Social Identifications during Political Transition: The Hong Kong 1997 Experience. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23, 177-185.
Hong, Y., Chiu, C., Yeung, G., & Tong, Y. (1999). Social comparison during political transition: Interaction of entity versus incremental beliefs and social identities. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23, 257-279.
Tong, Y., Hong, Y., Lee, S., & Chiu, C. (1999). Language use as a carrier of social identity. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23, 281-296.
Fu, H., Lee, S., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1999). Setting the frame of mind for social identity. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23, 199-214.
Lam, S., Lau, I. Y., Chiu, C., Hong, Y., & Peng, S. (1999). Differential emphases on modernity and Confucian values in social categorization: the case of Hong Kong adolescents in political transition. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23, 237-256.
Gervey, B.M., Chiu, C., Hong Y., & Dweck, C. S. (1999). Implicit theories: The impact of person information on decision-making. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 17-27.
Chiu, C., Hong, Y., Lam, I. C. M., Fu, H. Y., Tong, Y. Y., & Lee, S. L. (1998). Gender stereotyping and self-presentation: Effects of gender stereotype activation. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1, 25-40.
Lam S. F., Lau, I. Y. M., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1998). Hong Kong adolescents’ social identities and conceptualization of modernization. Hong Kong Journal of Social Science, 11, 83-99.
Hong, Y., Chiu, C., Dweck, C. S., & Sacks, R. (1997). Implicit theories and evaluative processes in person cognition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33, 296-323.
Chiu, C., Hong, Y., & Dweck, C. S. (1997). Lay dispositionism and implicit theories of personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 19-30.
Chiu, C., Hong, Y., Mischel, W., & Shoda, Y. (1995). Discriminative facility in social competence. Social Cognition, 13, 49-70.
Dweck, C. S., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1995). Implicit theories and their role in judgments and reactions: A world from two perspectives. Psychological Inquiry, 6, 267-285.
Dweck, C. S., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1995). Implicit theories: Elaboration and extension of the model. Psychological Inquiry, 6, 322-333.
Dweck, C. S., Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. (1993). Implicit theories: Individual differences in the likelihood and meaning of dispositional inference. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 644-656.
Hong. Y. Y., & Chiu, C. (1992). A study of the comparative structure of guilt and shame in a Chinese society. Journal of Psychology, 126, 171-179.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1992). The effect of intentionality and validation on collective responsibility attribution among Hong Kong Chinese. Journal of Psychology, 126, 291-300.
Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. (1991). Reducing social desirability in attitude assessment through the enlightening effect. Journal of Social Psychology, 131, 585-587.
Hong, Y., & Chiu, C. (1988). Sex, locus of control, and illusion of control in Hong Kong as correlates of gambling involvement. Journal of Social Psychology, 128, 667-673.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1988). Relationship between length of questionnaire and response styles. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 20, 15-19. [in Chinese]
Authored Books
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2006). The social psychology of culture. Psychology Press. (Chinese translation published by the People University of China Press, 2010.)
Chiu, C., Hong, Y., Ip, G., & Lee, V. (2000). Applying multiple competencies. Joint Publishing Co. [In Chinese]
Chiu, C., Hong, Y., Cheng, C., & Ho P. (1998). Multiple competencies: Abilities beyond IQ. Psychological Publishing Co. [In Chinese]
Edited Books
Benet-Martinez, V., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2014). Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity. Oxford University Press.
[This book won the American Psychological Association Division 52’s (International Psychology) 2015 Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award.]
Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2022). Handbook of Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 9). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2021). Handbook of Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 8). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2018). Handbook of Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 7). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2016). Handbook of Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 6). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2015). Handbook of Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 5). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2014). Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 4). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2013). Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 3). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2012). Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 2). Oxford University Press.
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Gelfand, M., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2011). Advances in culture and psychology (Vol. 1). Oxford University Press.
Leung, A., K, Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2010). Cultural processes. Oxford University Press.
Wyer, R. S. Jr., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2009). Understanding culture: Theory, research and application. Psychology Press.
Chiu, C., Salili, F., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2001). Multiple competencies and self-regulated learning: Implications for multicultural education. Information Age.
Salili, F., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) (2001). Student motivation: The culture and context of learning. Plenum.
Handbook Chapters
Hong, Y., & Schmidt, C. (2021, September 29). Multiculturalism and cultural assimilation. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.288
Hong, Y., & Zhan, S. (2019). Multicultural identities. In David Matsumoto and Hyisung C. Hwang (Eds)., The Handbook of Culture and Psychology, Second Edition. Oxford University Press.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2019). Culture and creativity/innovation. In D. Cohen & S. Kitayama (Eds.) The Handbook of Cultural Psychology. Guilford.
Roets, A., Kruglanski, A. W., Kossowska, M., Pierro, A., & Hong, Y. (2015). The motivated gatekeeper of our minds: New directions in need of closure theory and research. (pp.221-283). Advances in Experimental Social Psychology.
Cheon, B. K., & Hong, Y. (2015). Cultural neuroscience of intergroup bias. (pp. 249-270). In J. Chiao, S-C. Li, R. Seligman, & R. Turner (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience. Oxford University Press. December 2015.
Hong, Y., & Khei, M. (2014). Dynamic multiculturalism: The interplay of socio-cognitive, neural and genetic mechanisms. In V. Benet-Martinez & Y. Hong (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity: Basic and Applied Psychological Perspectives. (pp.11-34). Oxford University Press.
Chiao, J. Y., Cheon, B. K., Bebko, G. M., Livingston, R. W., & Hong, Y. (2012). Gene X Environment interaction in social cognition. In S. T. Fiske & C. N. Macrae (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Cognition. 523-542.
Tadmor, C. T., Hong, Y., Chiu, C., & No, S. (2010). What I Know in My Mind and Where My Heart Belongs: Multicultural Identity Negotiation and Their Cognitive Consequences. In Richard Crisp (Ed.). The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity. Blackwell.
Hong, Y., Yang, Y. J., & Chiu, C. (2010). What is Chinese about Chinese psychology? Who are the Chinese in Chinese psychology? In M. H. Bond (Ed.), Handbook of Chinese psychology. Oxford University Press.
Hong, Y., Wan, C., No, S., & Chiu, C. (2007). Multicultural identities. In S. Kitayama & D. Cohen (Eds.), Handbook of cultural psychology. (pp. 323-345). Guilford.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2007). Cultural processes: Basic principles. In E. T. Higgins, & A. E. Kruglanski (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles. Guilford.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2005). Cultural competence: Dynamic processes. In A. Elliot & C. S. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and competence (pp. 489-505). Guilford.
Book Chapters
Hong, Y. (2020). Manipulation checks can ruin your study. In R. Sternberg (Ed.). My biggest research mistake: Adventures and misadventures in psychological research. Sage publications.
Wheeler, J. L., Gelfand, M. J., Hong, Y., & Chiu, Y. (2018). Culture, Work, and the Self: The Mutual Influence of Social and Industrial Organizational Psychology. In Lance Ferris, Russell Johnson, and Constantine Sedikides (Eds.). The Self at Work: Fundamental Theory and Research. (pp.225-52). Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
Liu, X-X, Christopoulos, G. I., & Hong, Y. (2017). Beyond black and white: Three decision frames of bribery. In Philip Nichols and Diana C. Robertson (Eds). Thinking about bribery: Neuroscience, moral cognition, and psychology of bribery. Cambridge University Press.
Kwan, L.Y-Y. & Hong, Y. (2013). Culture, group processes, and trust. In Yuki, M., & Brewer, M. (Eds.). Culture and group processes. (pp.93-117). Oxford University Press.
Hong, Y. (2013). How to define Chinese psychology? Findings from social identity research. In Kuang-Hui Yeh (Ed.). Chinese indigenous psychology in global context: Reflections and future direction. (p.119-143.), Academic Sinica.
Gelfand, M. J., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2011). Situating ourselves linguistically and culturally in psychological reality. In M. J. Gelfand, C. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Advances in culture and psychology, Vol.1.
Hong, Y. (2011). The dynamics of multicultural identities. In S. Wiley, T. Revenson, & G. Philogène (Eds). Social Categories in Everyday Experience. (pp.165-186). Amercian Psychological Association Press.
No, S., Wan, C., Chao, M. M., Rosner, J., & Hong, Y-y. (2010). Bicultural identity negotiation. In A. K-y. Leung, C-y. Chiu, & Y-y. Hong, (Eds.), Cultural processes: A social psychological perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Chiu, C-y., Leung, K-y., & Hong, Y-y. (2010). Cultural processes: An overview. In A. K-y. Leung, C-y. Chiu, & Y-y. Hong (Eds.), Cultural processes: A social psychological perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Hong, Y. (2009). A dynamic constructivist approach to culture: Moving from describing culture to explaining culture. In Wyer, R. S. Jr., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (Eds.) Understanding culture: theory, research and application. (pp.3-23). Psychology Press.
Bond, M. H., Brislin, R. W., Chiu, C-y. et al. (2009). The present and future state of cultural research and theory. In R. Wyer, C-y. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Understanding culture: Theory, research and application. Psychology Press.
Chiu, C., Hong, Y., & Dweck, C. (2008). Lay dispositionism and implicit theories of personality. Chinese Social Psychological Review.
Hong, Y., Roisman, G. I., & Chen, J. (2006). A Model of Cultural Attachment: A New Approach for Studying Bicultural Experience. In M. H. Bornstein & L. R. Cote (Eds.) Acculturation and parent-child relationships: Measurement and development. (pp.135-170). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Hong, Y., & No, S. (2005). Bicultural individuals’ renovation of cultures and the self: Comparing first and later generation Asian Americans. In P. K. Oles & H. J. M. Hermans (Eds.), The dialogical self: Theory and research. (pp. 61-70). Wydawnictwo KUL.
Menon, T., Morris, M., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2005). Culture and the construal of agency: Attribution to individual versus group dispositions. In D. L. Hamilton (Ed.) Social Psychology: Key readings. Psychology Press.
Brewer, M. B., Hong, Y., & Li, Q. (2004). Dynamic Entitativity: Perceiving Groups as Actors. To appear in V. Yzerbyt, C. M. Judd, & O. Corneille (Eds.), The Psychology of Group Perception: Perceived Variability, Entitativity, and Essentialism. (pp.25-38). Psychology Press.
Hong, Y. (2001). The role of beliefs about the relationship between effort and ability in Chinese culture. In F. Salili, C. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds). Student motivation: The culture of context of learning (pp.105-120). Plenum.
Chiu, C., Salili, F., & Hong, Y. (2001). Multiple competencies and self-regulated learning: Implications for multicultural education (pp. 3-13). Information Age.
Salili, F., Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2001). The culture and context of learning. In F. Salili, C. Chiu & Y. Hong (Eds.), Student motivation: The culture and context of learning (pp.1-14). Plenum.
Hong, Y., & Liu, W. T. (2000). Generational dependency and elderly care: A psychological interpretation of cultural norms and exchange. In W. T. Liu and H. Kendig (Eds.) Who cares for the elder? A East-West value divide. (pp.165-182). University of Singapore Press.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (2000). Learning how to learn: Metacognition, implicit theories of intelligence and the mastery-oriented learning. In Graduate Association of Colleges of Education (Ed.), The promotion of learning how to learn (pp. 48-53). Graduate Association of Colleges of Education.
Su, S. K., Chiu, C., Hong, Y., Leung, K., Peng, K., & Morris, M. W. (1999). Self organization and social organization: American and Chinese constructions. (pp. 193-222). In T. R. Tyler, R. Kramer, & O. P. John (Eds.), The psychology of the social self. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Hong, Y., Chiu, C., & Kung, M. (1997). Bringing culture out in front: Effects of cultural meaning system activation on social cognition. In K. Leung, U. Kim, S. Yamaguchi, & Y. Kashima (Eds.), Progress in Asian social psychology, Vol.1. (pp.139-150). Wiley.
Chiu, C., & Hong, Y. (1997). Justice from a Chinese perspective. In H. S. R. Kao & D. Sinha (Eds.), Asian perspectives on psychology (pp.164-184). Sage.
Hong, Y., Chiu, C., & Dweck, C. S. (1995). Implicit theories and self-confidence in achievement. In M. Kernis (Ed.), Efficacy, agency and self-esteem (pp.197-216). Plenum.
Chiu, C., Hong, Y., & Dweck, C. S. (1994). Toward an integrative model of personality and intelligence: A general framework and some preliminary steps. In R. J. Sternberg & P. Ruzgis (Eds.), Personality and intelligence (pp. 104-134). Cambridge University Press.
Hong, Y., & Lam, D. J. (1992). Appraisal, coping, and guilt as correlates of test anxiety. In K. A. Hagtvet & T. B. Johnsen (Eds.) Advances in test anxiety research, Vol. 7. (pp. 277-287). Swets & Zeitlinger.
Lam, D. J., & Hong, Y. (1992). Strategies and dimensions of coping with examination stress. In K. A. Hagtvet & T. B. Johnsen (Eds.) Advances in test anxiety research, Vol. 7. (pp. 304-312). Swets & Zeitlinger.
Book Review
Hong, Y., & Gu, D. (2020). Review of Daniel Kelly, Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011). 194 pages. ISBN: 9780262015585. Politics and the Life Sciences, 1-3. doi:10.1017/pls.2020.11
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Hong, Y. & Rosner, J.L. (2008, June 18). A timely read for understanding the challenges ahead in our globalizing world [Review of the book Multiculturalism and Intergroup Relations: Psychological Implications for Democracy in Global Context]. PsycCRITIQUES – Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 53 (No. 25), Article 1. Retrieved [[June 18, 2008]], from the PsycCRITIQUES database.
Hong, Y. (1999). Ideals of human development. Contemporary Psychology, 44, 83-84.
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries
1. Hong, Y. (2017). Cultural Attachment Theory. In Young Yun Kim (Ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication. John Wiley & Sons.
2. Hong, Y. (2015). Lay theory of race. In J. M. Bennett (Ed.). Encyclopedia of intercultural competence. Vol. 2, 584-586. Sage.
3. Hong, Y. (2009). Collective self-esteem. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.) Dictionary of psychology. Cambridge University Press.
4. Hong, Y. (2009). Self-construal. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.) Dictionary of psychology. Cambridge University Press.
Magazine Publication
Rockstuhl, T., Hong, Y., Ng, K. Y., Ang, S., & Chiu, C-y. (2010). The culturally intelligent brain: From detecting to bridging cultural differences. NeuroLeadership Journal, Issue 3, 1-15.