Dr LAW, Wilbert    羅偉柏 博士
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Co-Director & Member
Centre for Psychosocial Health
Contact
ORCiD
0000-0001-9316-0799
Phone
(852) 2948 8708
Email
wlaw@eduhk.hk
Address
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Scopus ID
56572252400
Research Outputs

Journal Publications
Publication in refereed journal
Li, H., Law, W., Zhang, X., & Xiao, N. (2023). Social support and emotional well-being among boarders and day school students: A two-wave longitudinal study. Children and Youth Services Review, 155 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107217
Weinstein, N., Hill, J., & Law, W. (2023). Balancing listening and action is key to supportive parenting. Current Opinion in Psychology, 53 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101651
Chen, L. H., Law, W., Chang, D. H. F., & Sun, D. (2023). Editorial: The bio-psycho-social approach to understanding mental disorders. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1225433
Chen, L.H., Law, W., Chang, D., & Sun, D. (2023). Editorial: The Bio-Psycho-Social Approach to Understanding Mental Disorders. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1225433
Dorison, C.A., Lerner, J.S., Heller, B.H., & Rothman, A.J., et al. (2022). In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries. Affective Science, 3, 577-602.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00128-3
Legate, N., Ngyuen, T., et al. (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (22) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119
Law, W & Liu, S. (2021). Basic need satisfaction intervention for Mainland Chinese international students’ adjustment to college. Journal of Studies in International Education https://doi.org/10.1177/10283153211052772
Wang, K, et al. (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 1089-1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x
Mitev, K., Weinstein, N., Karabeliova, S., Nguyen, T.Y.Y., Law, W., & Przybylski, A. (2021). Social Media Use Only Helps, and Does Not Harm, Daily Interactions and Well-Being (doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000033). Technology, Mind, and Behavior, retrieved from https://tmb.apaopen.org/pub/social-media-abstinence-and-interactions/release/1?readingCollection=545bdd55, 2 (1), online.
Przybylski, A. K., Thuy-vy, T. N., Law, W., & Weinstein, N. (2021). Does taking a short break from social media have a positive effect on well-being? Evidence from three preregistered field experiments. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 6, 507-514. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-020-00189-w
Zhoc, K.C.H., King, R.B., Law, W., & McInerney, D.M. (2019). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Future Goals: Their Differential Effects on Students’ Self-control and Distal Learning Outcomes. Psychology in the Schools, 56(10), 1596-1613.
Leung, A. N. M., Law, W.* (2019). Do Extrinsic Goals Affect Romantic Relationships? The Role of Basic Need Satisfaction.. Motivation and Emotion, 43, 857-873.
Cai, Y., King, R.B., Law, W., & McInerney, D.M. (2019). Which Comes First? Modeling the Relationships among Future Goals, Metacognitive Strategies and Academic Achievement Using Multilevel Cross-lagged SEM. Learning and Individual Differences, 74, 101750.
Law, Y. K., Lam, S. F., Law, W., & Tam, Z. W. (2017). Enhancing peer acceptance of children with learning difficulties: Effects of a storytelling program with drama techniques.. Educational Psychology (SSCI journal), 37(5), 537-549.
Lam, S-f., Law, W., Chan, C-k, Zhang, X. & Wong, B. P. (2017). Will Victims Become Aggressors or Vice Versa? A Cross-Lagged Analysis of School Aggression (DOI: 10.1007/s10802-017-0298-1). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0298-1), Online, 1-13.
Lam, S. F., Law, W., Chan, C. K., Wong, B. P., & Zhang, X. (2015). A latent class growth analysis of school bullying and its social context: The self-determination theory perspective. School Psychology Quarterly, 30(1), 75-90.

Conference Papers
Refereed conference paper
Law, W., Weinstein, N.,& Ryan, R. (2017, May). Wealth Goals Promote an Instrumental Orientation Toward Others. 29th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Boston, USA.

Projects

Parenting and Children’s Digital Engagement

Project Start Year: 2024, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert

 
Depolarization in Disagreements through High-Quality Listening

Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): GUY, Itzchakov (LAW, Wilbert as Co-Investigator)

 
Many Labs Learning To Listen

Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): Netta, Weinstein (LAW, Wilbert as Co-Investigator)

 
Mindfulness and Aspirations
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Project Start Year: 2023, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert

 
Parent-Child Listening Project
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Project Start Year: 2021, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏

 
Does Taking a Break from Social Media Have Benefits to Psychological Well-being?
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Project Start Year: 2021, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏

 
Well-being of Evening School Students in Hong Kong
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Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏

 
The Impact of Video Gaming on Adolescent Well-being
The impact of video gaming on adolescent well-being has been controversial. The study will investigate whether and how video gaming could be good or bad for adolescence.
Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert

 
The Listening Project
This project aims to identify the effect of supportive/facilitating listening on well-being and interpersonal outcomes
Project Start Year: 2020, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert

 
Enhancing the Awareness of Mental Health and Special Needs in Hong Kong Students
This project investigates the needs of students with special needs in Hong Kong and to enhance the awareness of such needs to the general community
Project Start Year: 2019, Principal Investigator(s): TSO, Ricky Van Yip 曹宏業 (LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏 as Co-Investigator)

 
Examining the Antecedents and the Role of the Three Self-Compassion Components on Hong Kong Secondary School Students' Psychological Well-being and Achievement Motivation
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Project Start Year: 2019, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏

 
The Effect of Parental Autonomy Support on Self-Compassion, Bullying and Well-being
The study aims to investigate how parental support of students' autonomy, e.g., support of making choices, will affect how students relate to themselves and others.
Project Start Year: 2018, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏

 
A Confirmatory Investigation of the Effect of Acute Social Media Abstinence on Mood, Self-Esteem, Satisfaction, & Belonging
This study examines how abstinence from social media can affect mood, self-esteem, daily satisfaction and sense of belongingness. It employs a within-subject design with 200 participants.
Project Start Year: 2018, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏

 
Examining the Role of Three Self-compassion Components and Their Effects on Hong Kong Secondary School Students' Psychological Well-being and Achievement Motivation
The project aims to examine the antecedents of self-compassion in secondary school students and how they would relate to students’ psychological well-being and achievements.
Project Start Year: 2017, Principal Investigator(s): LAW, Wilbert 羅偉柏