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Prof. Winnie W.S. MAK
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbarao

Address: Rm 354, Sino Building,
  Department of Psychology,
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
  Shatin, New Territories,
  Hong Kong
   
Phone: (852) 2609-6577
Fax: (852) 2603-5019
E-mail: wwsmak at psy.cuhk.edu.hk
   

Research

Research projects

My research interests are in the areas of stigma (public-, affiliate-, self-) among social minorities (e.g., people with HIV/AIDS, people with mental illness, gays/lesbians/bisexual individuals, ethnic minorities), sociocultural influences on illness behaviors (i.e., distress interpretation and manifestation, symptomatology, help-seeking), and topics related to cultural diversity, community and health psychology.

Representative Publications

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

 

  • Ling, C. Y. M., Mak, W. W. S., & Cheng, J. N. S. (in press). Attribution model of stigma towards children with autism. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.

 

  • Chan, J. Y. N., Mak, W. W. S., & Law, L. S. C. (2009). Combining Education and Video-based Contact to Reduce Stigma of Mental Illness: “The Same or Not the Same” Anti-stigma Program for Secondary Schools in Hong Kong. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 1521-1526.

 

  • Mak, W. W. S., Chen, S. X., Lam, A. G., & Yiu, V. F. L. (2009). Understanding distress: The role of face concern among Chinese Americans, European Americans, Hong Kong Chinese, and Mainland Chinese. The Counseling Psychologist, 37, 219-248.

 

  • Chen, S. X., & Mak, W. W. S. (2008). Seeking professional help: Etiology beliefs about mental illness across cultures. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55(4), 442-450.

 

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

 

  • Mak, W. W. S., Poon, C. Y. M., Pun, L. Y. K., & Cheung, S. F. (2007). Meta-analysis of stigma and mental health. Social Science and Medicine, 65(2), 245-261.

 

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

 

  • Mak, W. W. S., & Wu, C., F. M. (2006). Cognitive insight and attribution on self-stigma of individuals with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 57(12), 1800-1802.

 

  • 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 TB in Hong Kong. Social Science and Medicine, 63(7), 1912-1922.

 

  • Mak, W. W. S. (2005). Integrative model of caregiving: How macro and micro factors affect caregivers of adults with severe and persistent mental illness. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 75(1), 40-53.

 

  • Mak, W. W. S. , & Zane, N. W. S. (2004). The phenomenon of somatization among community Chinese Americans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 39(12), 967-974.

Honors and Awards

  • The Young Researcher Award, 2008, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • The Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award, 2006, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • The New Investigators' Award, 2005, International Society for Quality of Life Research


Teaching

Courses

Current Academic Year

  • PSY3710 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
  • PSY4904 Practicum in Psychology and Health
  • PSY5620 Health and Community Psychology