2014 Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2014)——According to the biopsychosocial-existential model of mental health, workers’ response to stressors may reflect largely their distorted daily life activities. In this perspective, I and co-workers have recently developed the “Comprehensive Health Check for Workers (CHCW)” questionnaire which can asses comprehensively at-risk workers’ pre-symptoms of mental and physical disorders at the subclinical stage, and so may prevent work stress-related diseases, particularly depression.
2014 Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2014)——According to the biopsychosocial-existential model of mental health, workers’ response to stressors may reflect largely their distorted daily life activities. In this perspective, I and co-workers have recently developed the “Comprehensive Health Check for Workers (CHCW)” questionnaire which can asses comprehensively at-risk workers’ pre-symptoms of mental and physical disorders at the subclinical stage, and so may prevent work stress-related diseases, particularly depression.
2014 Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2014)——I attempt to understand what perceptual heuristics are used for judging political identities from faces. This question was explored in a study which measured eight perceived facial features that are either about emotional expressions or related to personalities in addition to the perceived political affiliation of the target faces. Participants were also assessed on their political leaning and political knowledge. There are two major conclusions emerging from the analysis. First, the perception of democrat vs. republican faces is mainly driven by two factors----the affect factor, or how emotionally positive a face appears to be, and power factor, or how dominant and mature a face appears to be.
2014 Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2014)——I attempt to understand what perceptual heuristics are used for judging political identities from faces. This question was explored in a study which measured eight perceived facial features that are either about emotional expressions or related to personalities in addition to the perceived political affiliation of the target faces. Participants were also assessed on their political leaning and political knowledge. There are two major conclusions emerging from the analysis. First, the perception of democrat vs. republican faces is mainly driven by two factors----the affect factor, or how emotionally positive a face appears to be, and power factor, or how dominant and mature a face appears to be.
2014 Conference on Psychology and Social Harmony (CPSH 2014)——Substantial research attention is evident in the hardiness and related literature concerning the topic of moderation effects of hardiness on work-related stressors and strains. In this research mostly linear methods have been used to analyze these moderating effects. However, it is not very likely that these effects are purely linear. The present study uses a neural network, a method which can model nonlinear relationships, to analyze the effects of hardiness. A cluster analysis of 268 Chinese nurses based on their self-ratings in the hardiness dimensions of commitment, challenge, and control was performed. Two groups of individuals were identified, consisting of (1) those who scored above average and (2), those who scored below average on all hardiness dimensions. On the basis of these clusters, a multi-layer neural network was used to analyze the data.