Publications – Dr Peter Chew

My approach to research has been guided by three principles. First, the research topic should be of interest to both academics and the general public. Second, the design and execution of the research should conform to standards of excellence. Finally, the output of the research should be impactful and has implications for either theory, practice, and/or policy. The full text of the article can be obtained by clicking on the title. *Student Co-Author

All Publications (43)

Internet Gaming Disorder (9)

Social Media Addiction (2)

Publications with Students (21)

All Publications

Tan, C. S. Y.*, & Chew, P. K. H. (2024). General addiction versus specific addiction: Which is associated with a higher risk of negative consequences. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07015-z

Chew, P. K. H., & Neo, G.* (2024). Internet gaming disorder and problem gambling severity do not predict money and time spent on games with loot boxes. Trends in Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-024-00425-9

Leung, H.-T.*, Chew, P. K. H., & Caltabiano, N. J. (2024). Being a good citizen in pandemics – compliance to social distancing and prosociality following death reminders. Current Psychology, 43, 15146–15159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05474-4

Naidu, K. N. C.*, & Chew, P. K. H. (2024). Effects of death anxiety on fear of missing out. Current Psychology, 43, 13349–13360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05382-7

Morshidi, M. I.*, Chew, P. K. H., & Suárez, L. (2024). Psychosocial risk factors of youth suicide in the Western Pacific: A scoping review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59, 201–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02529-6

Leung, H.-T.*, Chew, P. K. H., & Caltabiano, N. J. (2024). Mortality salience effects of critical incidents – A systematic literature review and research agenda. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 90(1), 73–119. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221098890

Chew, P. K. H., Lin, P. K. F., & Yow, Y. J. (2024). Cross-cultural differences in the pathways to internet gaming disorder. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 16(4), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/appy.12565

Leung, H.-T.*, Chew, P. K. H., & Caltabiano, N. J. (2024). Do pandemics trigger death thoughts? Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678241273422

Chew, P. K. H. (2024). Big data analysis of terror management theory’s predictions in the COVID-19 pandemic. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 89(3), 1162–1175. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221092583

Chew, P. K. H., Lin, P. K. F., & Quek, C.* (2024). Effects of mortality salience and religion on aggression. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678241252731

Krishnan, A.*, & Chew, P. K. H. (2024). Impact of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder on sleep quality: Serial mediation analyses. Psychiatric Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-024-10068-9

Chew, P. K. H., Tan, T. M. X.*, & Yeo, H. W.* (2024). Effects of mortality salience on racism in Singapore. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678241231880

Morshidi, M. I.*, Chew, P. K. H., & Suárez, L. (2024). The higher education expectation scale: Development and testing. Higher Education Research & Development, 43(2), 377–391. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2228222

Chew, P. K. H., & Ayu, I. N.* (2023). Death anxiety as a gaming motivation: An exploratory study. The Humanistic Psychologist, 51(4), 415–427. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000305

Chew, P. K. H., & Au, J. Q. M.* (2023). Internet gaming disorder in the DSM-5: Engagement vs. Addiction. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-023-00364-9

Chew, P. K. H., Danni, B.*, Koh, S. Y.*, & Tay, G. M. S.* (2023). Terror management: The effects of mortality salience on desire for money among Singaporeans. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678231203513

Ng, D. X., Chew, P. K. H., & Ramsay, J. E. (2023). Evidence of method effects in the authoritarianism-conservatism-traditionalism scales. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 17, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/18344909231161773

Leung, H. T.*, Chew, P. K. H., & Caltabiano, N. J. (2022). Understanding pandemic behaviours in Singapore – Application of the terror management health model. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 26(3), 131–140.

Yap, T.*, Dillon, D., & Chew, P. K. H. (2022). The impact of nature imagery and mystery on attention restoration. J, 5, 478–499. https://doi.org/10.3390/j5040033

Chew, P. K. H., & Wong, C. M. H.* (2022). Internet gaming disorder in the DSM-5: Personality and individual differences. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-022-00268-0

Chew, P. K. H. (2022). A meta-analytic review of Internet gaming disorder and the Big Five personality factors. Addictive Behaviors, 126, 107193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107193

Chew, P. K. H., & Yap, B. L. M.* (2021). Mortality salience in an offline and online setting. Death Studies, 46(9), 2085–2092. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2021.1888826

Lim, P. Y.*, Dillon, D., & Chew, P. K. H. (2020). A guide to nature immersion: Psychological and physiological benefits. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(16), 5989–6015. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165989

Chia, D. X. Y., Ng, C. W. L., Kandasami, G., Seow, M. Y. L., Choo, C. C., Chew, P. K. H., … Zhang, M. W. B. (2020). Prevalence of internet addiction and gaming disorders in Southeast Asia: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2582–2598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072582

Choo, C. C., Devakaran, B.*, Chew, P. K. H., & Zhang, M. W. B. (2019). Smartphone application in postgraduate clinical psychology training: Trainees’ perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), 4206–4217. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214206

Choo, C. C., Harris, K. M., Chew, P. K. H., & Ho, R. C. (2019). Clinical assessment of suicide risk and suicide attempters’ self-reported suicide intent: A cross sectional study. PLoS ONE, 14(7), e0217613. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217613

Choo, C. C., Chew, P. K. H., Tan, P., Choo, J. Q., Choo, A. M. H., Ho, R. C., & Quah, T. C. (2019). Health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with leukemia in Singapore: A cross-sectional pilot study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(12), 2069–2078. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122069

Chew, P. K. H. (2019). Psychometric evaluation of two instruments to assess connection to nature / Evaluación psicométrica de dos instrumentos que miden la conexión con la naturaleza. Psyecology, 10(3), 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2019.1607470

Chew, P. K. H., Young, J. L.*, & Tan, G. P. K.* (2019). Racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in Singapore: effects of race on hiring decisions. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 13, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/prp.2019.9

Choo, C. C., Chew, P. K. H., Ho, C. S., & Ho, R. C. (2019). Quality of life in patients with a major mental disorder in Singapore. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00727

Choo, C. C., Chew, P. K. H., & Ho, R. C. (2019). Controlling noncommunicable diseases in transitional economies: Mental illness in suicide attempters in Singapore—An exploratory analysis. BioMed Research International, 2019, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4652846

Choo, C. C., Chew, P. K. H., Lai, S.-M., Soo, S.-C., Ho, C. S., Ho, R. C., & Wong, R. C. (2018). Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life, depression and anxiety in Asian patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1095–1101. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061095

Choo, C. C., Chew, P. K. H., & Ho, R. C. (2018). Suicide precipitants differ across the lifespan but are not significant in predicting medically severe attempts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(4), 691–698. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040691

Chew, P. K. H., Dillon, D. B., & Swinbourne, A. L. (2018). An examination of the internal consistency and structure of the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS). PLoS ONE, 13(3), e0194195. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194195

Chew, P. K. H. (2018). Racism in Singapore: A review and recommendations for future research. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 12, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/prp.2018.3

Choo, C. C., Chew, P. K. H., Ho, C. S., & Ho, R. C. (2017). Prediction of quality of life in Asian patients with schizophrenia: A cross-sectional pilot study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00198

Choo, C. C., Harris, K. M., Chew, P. K. H., & Ho, R. C. (2017). What predicts medical lethality of suicide attempts in Asian youths? Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 29, 136–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.05.008

Choo, C. C., Harris, K. M., Chew, P. K. H., & Ho, R. C. (2017). Does ethnicity matter in risk and protective factors for suicide attempts and suicide lethality? PLoS ONE, 12(4), e0175752. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175752

Chew, P. K. H., Swinbourne, A., & Dillon, D. B. (2017). An absence of attentional bias: Statistics anxiety is unique among anxieties. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 13(2), 91–112.

Chew, P. K. H., & Dillon, D. B. (2014). Reliability and validity of the Statistical Anxiety Scale among students in Singapore and Australia. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4(7), 1–7. http://doi.org/10.1017/jtp.2014.7

Chew, P. K. H., Swinbourne, A., & Dillon, D. B. (2014). No evidence of attentional bias in statistics anxiety. The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 10(3), 248–264. http://doi.org/10.15405/ejsbs.131

Chew, P. K. H., & Dillon, D. B. (2014). Statistics anxiety update: Refining the construct and recommendations for a new research agenda. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9(2), 196–208. http://doi.org/10.1177/1745691613518077

Chew, P. K. H., & Dillon, D. B. (2014). Statistics anxiety and the Big Five personality factors. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 112, 1177–1186. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.1282

Internet Gaming Disorder

Chew, P. K. H., & Ayu, I. N.* (2023). Death anxiety as a gaming motivation: An exploratory study. The Humanistic Psychologist, 51(4), 415–427. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000305

Chew, P. K. H. (2022). A meta-analytic review of Internet gaming disorder and the Big Five personality factors. Addictive Behaviors, 126, 107193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107193

Publications with Students

Publications with Graduate Students

Publications with Undergraduate Students

Naidu, K. N. C.*, & Chew, P. K. H. (2024). Effects of death anxiety on fear of missing out. Current Psychology, 43, 13349–13360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05382-7

Chew, P. K. H., & Ayu, I. N.* (2023). Death anxiety as a gaming motivation: An exploratory study. The Humanistic Psychologist, 51(4), 415–427. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000305

Yap, T.*, Dillon, D., & Chew, P. K. H. (2022). The impact of nature imagery and mystery on attention restoration. J, 5, 478–499. https://doi.org/10.3390/j5040033

Chew, P. K. H., & Yap, B. L. M.* (2021). Mortality salience in an offline and online setting. Death Studies, 46(9), 2085–2092. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2021.1888826