Graduate Students

Rebecca Y.M. Cheung

Program: Counseling

Cheung’s research focuses on emotion regulation and psychopathology among Asian Americans. She is also interested in the family correlates of developmental psychopathology and resilience among ethnic minorities

Recent Publications:

Lin, D., McBride-Chang, C., Aram, D., Levin, I., Cheung, R. Y. M., Chow, Y. Y. Y., & Tolchinsky, L. (in press). Maternal mediation of writing in Chinese children and literacy skills. Language and Cognitive Processes.

Mak, W. W. S., Cheung, R. Y. M., & Law, L. S. C. (2009). Sense of community in Hong Kong: Relations with individual- and community-level factors. American Journal of Community Psychology, 44, 80-92.

Mak, W. W. S., & Cheung, R. Y. M. (2008). Affiliate stigma among caregivers of people with intellectual disability or mental illness. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 21, 532–545.

Mak, W. W. S., Cheung, R. Y. M., Law, R. W., Woo, J., Li, P. C. K., Chung, R. (2007). Attribution model of self-stigma on social support and psychological well-being among people with HIV+/AIDS. Social Science and Medicine, 64(8), 1549-1559.

Mak, W. W. S., Mo, P. K. H., Cheung, R. Y. M., Woo, J., Cheung, F. M., Lee, D. (2006). Comparative stigma of HIV/AIDS, SARS, and Tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Social Science and Medicine, 63(7), 1912-1922.

Conference Presentations:

Cheung, R.Y. M., & Park, I. J. K (2009, August). Anger regulation and depression among Asian and European American undergraduates. Poster presented at American Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Canada.

Cheung, R. Y. M., & Lin, D (2008, June). Maternal mediation of writing in Chinese Children. Paper presented at The 6th Chinese Psychologist Conference, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR., China.

Cheung, R. Y. M., Jung, H. C., & Mak, W. W. S. (2007, July). Stigma reduction of Schizophrenia: A cognitive approach. Poster presented at World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, Barcelona, Spain.

Cheung, R. Y. M., & Mak, W. W. S. (2007, June). Labeling effects on public stigma towards schizophrenia. Poster presented at The 11th Biennial Conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, Pasadena, California, USA.

Cheung, R. Y. M., & Mak, W. W. S. (2006, July). Help-seeking for psychological problems in Hong Kong: Application of the theory of planned behavior. Paper presented at The 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece.

Cheung, R. Y. M., & Mak, W. W. S. (2006, July). Sense of community in Hong Kong: Analysis at the citizen and community levels. Paper presented at the 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece.

Mak, W. W. S., Cheung, R. Y. M., Law, R. W., Mo, P. K. H., Woo, J., Cheung, F. M., Lee, D. (2005, October). Attributional model of stigma on social support and quality of life among HIV patients. Paper presented at The 12th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, San Francisco, California, USA.

Hui, E.C., Kuan, H.Y., Chiu, S.Y., Shun, S. K., Cheung, R. Y. M., & Wu, T. L. (2005, October). Perceptions of adolescent medical decision-making by healthy secondary school teenagers and their parents in Hong Kong. Poster presented at The 3rd Congress of Asian Medical Education Association, Seoul, Korea.

Undergraduate Institution: Michigan State University

Contact Information
Email: ycheung@nd.edu