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麥穎思教授

學歷: Ph.D., UCSB
職銜: 教授
地址: 陳國本樓333室
電郵: wwsmak@cuhk.edu.hk
電話: 3943 6577
傳真: 2603 5019

簡介

我是一位以社區為本的臨床心理學家，與有多元親歷經驗人士、非政府組織和企業密切合作，將研究轉化為實踐。我的研究重點包括污名和多元、數碼心理健康，以及應用佛教心理學於個人福祉和社會平等。她共同創立了社會企業「說書人」(https://www.storytalerhk.org/)，並開發了一個面向香港年輕成人的數碼心理健康平台「賽馬會心導遊+計劃」(https://www.jcthplus.org/)。我成立的多元文化及全人健康研究室（Diversity and Well-being Lab）顧名思義有志於提倡多元文化，推動社會平等及提升大眾的全人健康。這個理念一直推動著我們的研究活動。

研究興趣

污名

數碼心理健康

佛教心理學

社區心理學

Recent Projects

  • Jockey Club TourHeart+ Project —Digital Platform for Mental Health

  • Birth to Work: Landscape Study on Children’s and Youth Mental Health in Hong Kong

  • User involvement in personalized digital mental health

  • Buddhist Psychology on Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability

Teaching Areas

  • PSYC6620- 健康與社區心理學

學術著作

Brief Introduction

Digital Mental Health:

Auyeung, L., Mak, W. W. S., & Tsang, E. Z. (2026) Beyond efficacy: Eliciting preference for face-to-face and digital psychological interventions among people with depression using discrete choice experiment. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 21, 100880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100880

Chan, A. T. Y., Li, C. M., Tong, A. C. Y., Freeman, D., Koh, Y. M., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). An Automated Virtual Reality Cognitive-Behavioural Preventive Intervention for Adults with Agoraphobic Symptoms: A Randomised Controlled Trial of adapted gameChange in Hong Kong. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. DOI: 10.1159/000549113

Auyeung, L., Mak, W. W. S., Tsang, E. Z., & Yang, P. L. (2025). Impact of a digital decision aid when choosing between face-to-face and guided Internet-based psychological interventions for depression among Chinese-speaking participants in Hong Kong: Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e54727. https://doi.org/10.2196/70436

Auyeung, L., Tsang, E. Z., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to design an online direct-to-consumer marketing of Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for people with depression: Randomized controlled trial. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 19,100695, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2025.100695

Tong, A. C. Y., Wong, K. T. Y., Chung, W. T., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). Effectiveness of topic-based chatbots on mental health self-care and mental well-being: Randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e70436. https://doi.org/10.2196/70436

Stigma:

Mak, W. W. S., Chio, F. H. N., Tsoi, E. W. S., & Lam, M. W. (2026). Development and validation of the Workplace Mental Illness Stigma Scale from diverse working adults in Hong Kong. Stigma and Health. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sah0000695.

Yu, B. C. L., Chio, F. H. N., Cheung, R. Y. M., Kakani K., Mak, W. W. S. (2025). How does family face relate to intention to seek therapist-guided and digital self-guided psychological interventions? Mediating effects of interdependent stigma and help-seeking attitudes. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02990-5

Chan, R. C. H., Hung, F. N., & Mak, W. W. S. (2025). Evolving experiences of HIV stigma and their impact on well-being: A serial cross-sectional study of people living with HIV in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2022. SSM-Mental Health, 100415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2025.100415

Fong, T. H. C., & Mak, W. W. S. (2022). Effects of Internet-based storytelling programs (Amazing Adventure Against Stigma) in reducing mental illness stigma with mediation by interactivity and stigma content: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(8), e37973.

Yuen, A. S. Y. & Mak, W. W. S. (2021). The effects of immersive virtual reality in reducing public stigma in the university population of Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(7), e23683.

Buddhist Psychology:

Chio, F. H. N., Yu, B. C. L., Mak, W. W. S. (2026). Equitable and sustainable well-being for all: A longitudinal investigation of nonattachment as a moderator of the relationship between interconnectedness and social and environmental engagement. British Journal of Psychology.

Sik, H. T., Yu, B. C. L., Chan, R. M. K., Ho, C. Y. Y., & Mak, W. W. S. (2026). Being mindful with discernment: Development and validation of the Mindfulness-Discernment Scale (MDS). Mindfulness, 17, 922-944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-026-02770-5

Shen, K. H. L., Yu, B. C. L., Mak, W. W. S., Lai, L. W. L. (2025). From indifference to advocacy: Investigating the effects of interconnectedness and critical reflection on promoting collective action intention within LGBT+ and heterosexual cisgender individuals. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

Yu, B. C. L., Mak, W. W. S., Chio, F. H. N., Sik, H. T., & Chan, R. M. K. (2025). A longitudinal investigation of the relative temporal association of tranquility, concentration, and the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) with nonattachment and mental health. Applied Research in Quality of Life, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-025-10443-z

Yu, B. C. L., Mak, W. W. S., Leung, I. W. Y., & Chio, F. H. N. (2021). Reducing stigma through interconnectedness and compassion: A Buddhism-based approach to reduce stigma towards people with mental illness. Mindfulness. 12(7), 1779-1790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01640-6

其他職位

  • Research Director, CUHK-NCKU Joint Research Centre for Positive Social Science
  • Professor (by courtesy), Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK

編輯委員會

  • Mindfulness

  • Internet Interventions

  • Mental Health & Prevention

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