Shian‐Ling Keng
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View article: Digital positive affect intervention (PAI) versus self-monitoring placebo in the treatment of anxiety and depression: a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT)
Digital positive affect intervention (PAI) versus self-monitoring placebo in the treatment of anxiety and depression: a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) Open
Background Anxiety and depressive disorders are highly prevalent, common mental disorders globally, but access to efficacious, high-reach treatment remains scarce. Although digital cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs) demonstrate efficacy…
View article: Screening for borderline personality disorder (BPD) in malaysia: a validation study of the McLean screening instrument for BPD
Screening for borderline personality disorder (BPD) in malaysia: a validation study of the McLean screening instrument for BPD Open
The MSI-BPD is a valid and reliable tool for screening BPD in Malaysia. The findings enhance our understanding of BPD's construct validity and factor structure in Southeast Asia, which leads to a more universal and cross-cultural understan…
View article: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Across Sociocultural Groups: Findings, Issues, and Future Directions
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Across Sociocultural Groups: Findings, Issues, and Future Directions Open
Background: In recent years, there have been significant advancements in understanding the etiology, assessment, and treatment of borderline personality disorder [BPD]. However, the influence of culture has not been carefully considered. T…
View article: A Pilot Open Trial and Mixed Methods Evaluation of Affirmative Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (<scp>DBT</scp>) Skills Training for Malaysian <scp>LGBT</scp> Adults
A Pilot Open Trial and Mixed Methods Evaluation of Affirmative Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (<span>DBT</span>) Skills Training for Malaysian <span>LGBT</span> Adults Open
Objectives Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are at greater risk of mental health problems relative to cisgender heterosexual people. While various evidence‐based interventions exist to address the mental health nee…
View article: Prosociality During COVID-19: Pathways Through Affect, Financial Stress, Well-being, and Collective Disempowerment across 39 Countries
Prosociality During COVID-19: Pathways Through Affect, Financial Stress, Well-being, and Collective Disempowerment across 39 Countries Open
Overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in great loss of life worldwide and shook the global economy, required individuals' willingness and ability to behave prosocially. To contribute to the understanding of predictors of prosoci…
View article: Brief Mobile App–Based Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian Senior High School Teachers: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Mobile App–Based Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian Senior High School Teachers: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Open
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the level of anxiety among Indonesian senior high school teachers, who face challenges to treat their mental disorder symptoms that arise during their working hours, as mental health services …
View article: Effects of a mobile-app-based self-compassion intervention on psychological health and maladaptive cognitive traits: findings from a randomized controlled trial
Effects of a mobile-app-based self-compassion intervention on psychological health and maladaptive cognitive traits: findings from a randomized controlled trial Open
College students are at risk of poor mental health and other maladaptive traits such as academic worry, perfectionism, and rumination. This study aimed to examine the effects of a seven-week mobile app-based self-compassion intervention on…
View article: Effects of brief dialectical behavior therapy skills training on Malay‐speaking school teachers: A controlled study
Effects of brief dialectical behavior therapy skills training on Malay‐speaking school teachers: A controlled study Open
School teachers are susceptible to mental health issues due to the challenging responsibilities the teaching profession entails. While several interventions have demonstrated effectiveness in improving teachers' social emotional competenci…
View article: Brief Mobile App Based Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian senior high school teachers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol (Preprint)
Brief Mobile App Based Mindfulness Intervention for Indonesian senior high school teachers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the level of anxiety among Indonesian senior high school teachers. Following the SPIRIT 2013 Statement, this protocol describes a feasibility study of a brief mindfulness-based mobile app (BM…
View article: Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time
Conceptual replication and extension of health behavior theories' predictions in the context of COVID‐19: Evidence across countries and over time Open
Virus mitigation behavior has been and still is a powerful means to fight the COVID‐19 pandemic irrespective of the availability of pharmaceutical means (e.g., vaccines). We drew on health behavior theories to predict health‐protective (co…
View article: Validating the biosocial model of borderline personality disorder: Findings from a longitudinal study
Validating the biosocial model of borderline personality disorder: Findings from a longitudinal study Open
This longitudinal study aimed to validate the biosocial theory of borderline personality disorder (BPD) by examining the transactional relationship between individual vulnerabilities and parental invalidation, and their links to BPD sympto…
View article: Identifying important individual‐ and country‐level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: A machine learning analysis
Identifying important individual‐ and country‐level predictors of conspiracy theorizing: A machine learning analysis Open
Psychological research on the predictors of conspiracy theorizing—explaining important social and political events or circumstances as secret plots by malevolent groups—has flourished in recent years. However, research has typically examin…
View article: Editorial: Mental health issues in Southeast Asia regions: looking back and moving forward
Editorial: Mental health issues in Southeast Asia regions: looking back and moving forward Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Psychiatry, 09 June 2023Sec. Public Mental Health Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1229079
View article: Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries.
Pandemic boredom: Little evidence that lockdown-related boredom affects risky public health behaviors across 116 countries. Open
Some public officials have expressed concern that policies mandating collective public health behaviors (e.g., national/regional "lockdown") may result in behavioral fatigue that ultimately renders such policies ineffective. Boredom, speci…
View article: The impact of dialectical behaviour therapy training on therapists in Singapore: A mixed‐methods study
The impact of dialectical behaviour therapy training on therapists in Singapore: A mixed‐methods study Open
Background While dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) has much empirical support for treating borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other conditions, little research has examined the dissemination of DBT in Southeast Asia. Aims This stu…
View article: Intentions to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19: The Role of Prosociality and Conspiracy Beliefs across 20 Countries
Intentions to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19: The Role of Prosociality and Conspiracy Beliefs across 20 Countries Open
Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is important to inform policy decisions and plan vaccination campaigns. The aims of this research were to: (1) explore the individual- and country-level determinants of intentions t…
View article: Correction: Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence
Correction: Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256740.].
View article: Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence
Politicization of COVID-19 health-protective behaviors in the United States: Longitudinal and cross-national evidence Open
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. conservative politicians and the media downplayed the risk of both contracting COVID-19 and the effectiveness of recommended health behaviors. Health behavior theories suggest perceiv…
View article: ‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic
‘We are all in the same boat’: How societal discontent affects intention to help during the <span>COVID</span>‐19 pandemic Open
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has caused a global health crisis. Consequently, many countries have adopted restrictive measures that caused a substantial change in society. Within this framework, it is reasonable to supp…
View article: Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020
Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020 Open
We examine how social contacts and feelings of solidarity shape experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. From the PsyCorona database, we obtained longitudinal data from 23 countries, collected between March and…
View article: Issue Information
Issue Information Open
Aims and Scope: Asia-Pacific Psychiatry is an international psychiatric journal focused on the Asia and Pacific Rim region, and is the official journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatry.Asia-Pacific Psychiatry enables psychiatrists …
View article: Neural indicators of emotion regulation via acceptance vs reappraisal in remitted major depressive disorder
Neural indicators of emotion regulation via acceptance vs reappraisal in remitted major depressive disorder Open
Mood disorders are characterized by impaired emotion regulation abilities, reflected in alterations in frontolimbic brain functioning during regulation. However, little is known about differences in brain function when comparing regulatory…