Ryan Y. Hong is an assistant professor of psychology at the National University of Singapore. He is a personality psychologist with broad interests in personality traits and their processing dynamics, in particular examining their roles in the etiology of psychopathology. He has secondary interests in personality and psychological assessment.
Educational Background
Initially wanted to be a social worker, Dr Hong majored in social work and psychology as an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, thinking that the latter would make a good complement to the former. However, he became so intrigued with the fascinating world of psychological research that he decided to pursue graduate training in psychology. Dr Hong earned his M.Soc.Sci. from the National University of Singapore in 2002 and his Ph.D. in personality psychology from the University of Western Ontario in 2007 under the mentorship of Dr Sampo Paunonen.
Professional Career
After earning his Ph.D., Dr Hong was...
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Hong, R. Y. (2007). Worry and rumination: Differential associations with anxious and depressive symptoms and coping behavior. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 277–290.
Hong, R. Y., & Cheung, M. W.-L. (2015). The structure of cognitive vulnerabilities to depression and anxiety: Evidence for a common core etiologic process based on a meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychological Science, 3, 892–912.
Hong, R. Y., & Lee, S. S. M. (2015). Further clarifying prospective and inhibitory intolerance of uncertainty: Factorial and construct validity of test scores from the intolerance of uncertainty scale. Psychological Assessment, 27, 605–620.
Hong, R. Y., Lee, S. S. M., Chng, R. Y., Zhou, Y., Tsai, F. F., & Tan, S. H. (2016). Developmental trajectories of maladaptive perfectionism in middle childhood. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12249. Advance online publication.
Hong, R. Y., & Paunonen, S. V. (2009). Personality traits and health-risk behaviors in university students. European Journal of Personality, 23, 675–696.
Hong, R. Y., & Paunonen, S. V. (2011). Personality vulnerabilities to psychopathology: Relations between trait structure and affective-cognitive processes. Journal of Personality, 79, 527–562.
Paunonen, S. V., & Hong, R. Y. (2010). Self-efficacy and the prediction of domain-specific abilities. Journal of Personality, 78, 339–360.
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Hong, R.Y. (2020). Hong, Ryan. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_216
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