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陳曉華（Sylvia Xiaohua Chen）教授現任香港理工大學應用社會科學系社會及文化心理學講座教授、醫療及社會科學院副院長、仁愛堂歐雪明兒童發展中心總監、英國心理學會特許心理學家、香港心理學會註冊心理學家、劍橋大學出版社文化與心理學系列主編、國際跨文化心理學會（IACCP）旗艦期刊 Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 主編，曾任亞洲社會心理學會（AASP）會長。陳教授亦為香港人文學院院士、美國心理科學協會（APS）會士、人格與社會心理學會（SPSP）會士、香港心理學會會士、英國高等教育學院（Advance HE）Senior Fellow，已獲得多個獎項，包括美國心理學會（APA）國際心理學專業分會的「傑出國際心理學家獎」（2022年）、香港研究資助局（RGC）的人文學及社會科學傑出學者獎（2018/19年）等。主要研究方向包括雙語與雙文化的社會心理學，多元文化與全球化，文化背景中的人格與社會行為，以及文化多樣性與心理健康，至今已在國際權威期刊發表多篇論文，包括 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 以及PNAS Nexus，入選國際學術平台Research.com心理學領域2024年度全球頂尖科學家（中國），並受邀在多個國際學術會議上作主旨報告，包括四年一度的第32屆（ICP2020+）和第33屆（ICP2024）國際心理學大會。
學歷
- Ph.D. in Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- M.Phil. in Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, USA
- B.A. in English Language and Literature, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
專業資格
- Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society
- Registered Psychologist & Fellow, Hong Kong Psychological Society
- Fellow (FHKAH), Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities
- Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
- Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE), UK
研究興趣
- PI, RGC General Research Fund (2009-2011), “Examining the Long-Term Impact of Bicultural Orientations on Psychological Adjustment”
- PI, RGC General Research Fund (2012-2014), “Examining the Effects of Generalized Beliefs on Coping Strategies and Psychological Functioning”
- PI, RGC General Research Fund (2015-2017), “Psychological Ramifications of Global Orientation in the Multicultural Society”
- PI, RGC General Research Fund (2021-2023), “Romantic Relationships in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Role of Dialectical Relationship Thinking”
- PI, Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme (Phase 2) (2023-2025), “Reducing Social Avoidance and Enhancing Prosocial Behaviour among Adolescents with Special Educational Needs” (funded by the Health Bureau of HKSAR Government)
- PI, RGC General Research Fund (2025-2027), “Leveraging Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence to Foster Cooperative Behavior: A Game Theoretical Approach”
Total amounts of internal and external grants obtained to date: HK$25.87 million in the capacity of PI/Co-PI and HK$53.17 million in the capacity of Co-I/Core Member.
- Chen, S. X., Ye, F. T.-f., Cheng, K. L., Ng, J. C. K., Lam, B. C. P., Hui, B. P. H., Au, A. K. Y., Wu, W. C. H., Gu, D., & Zeng, Y. (2023). Social media trust predicts lower COVID-19 vaccination rates and higher excess mortality over two years. PNAS Nexus, 2 (10): pgad318. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad318
- Chen, S. X., Lam, B. C. P., Hui, B. P. H., Ng, J. C. K., Mak, W. W. S., Guan, Y., Buchtel, E. E., Tang, W., & Lau, V. C. Y. (2016). Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 11, 302-331. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039647
- Chen, S. X., Lam, B. C. P., Wu, W. C. H., Ng, J. C. K., Buchtel, E. E., Guan, Y., & Deng, H. (2016). Do people’s worldviews matter? The why and how. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 743-765. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000061
- Oyserman, D., Sorensen, N., Reber, R., & Chen, S. X. (2009). Connecting and separating mindsets: Culture as situated cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 217-235. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015850
- Chen, S. X., Benet-Martínez, V., & Bond, M. H. (2008). Bicultural identity, bilingualism, and psychological adjustment in multicultural societies: Immigration-based and globalization-based acculturation. Journal of Personality, 76, 803-838. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00505.x
