Education
Ψ Graduate Certificate of Education (Academic Practice)
Ψ Doctor of Philosophy
Ψ Bachelor of Psychology (Honours Class I)
Ψ Diploma in Information Technology
Professional Memberships
Ψ Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Associate Professor Peter Chew
周家宏副教授
Research Psychologist
Advisor
Peter is an Associate Professor in Psychology at James Cook University Singapore. He teaches subjects like Introduction to Psychology, Psychological Neuroscience, and Research Methods in the undergraduate psychology program. He has successfully supervised more than 30 research projects at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Peter also sits as an advisor on the clinic’s Advisory Board.
Peter has a diverse range of research interests that range from statistics anxiety to suicide to racism. His primary research focus is currently on behavioural addiction, terror management theory, and psychometrics. A complete list of publications can be found here.
Selected Publication & Conference Highlights
Ψ (2020) Prevalence of internet addiction and gaming disorders in Southeast Asia: A meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2582–2598.
Ψ (2021) Mortality salience in an offline and online setting. Death Studies, 1–8. Advance online publication.
Ψ (2019) Psychometric evaluation of two instruments to assess connection to nature / Evaluación psicométrica de dos instrumentos que miden la conexión con la naturaleza. Psyecology, 10(3), 1–31.
Ψ (2018) An examination of the internal consistency and structure of the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS). PLoS ONE, 13(3), e0194195.
Ψ (2014) Reliability and validity of the Statistical Anxiety Scale among students in Singapore and Australia. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4(7), 1–7.
Recent Media Engagements
Today - “The Big Read: High time to talk about racism, but Singapore society ill-equipped after decades of treating it as taboo.”
Mothership - “Screaming mothers & missing students: Lecturers share hilarious moments from online teaching.”
Yahoo - “Loving outside the lines, Singapore’s interracial couples break down racism and division.”
The Straits Times - “Let’s talk about race: Youth lead constructive discussions to dismantle racism.”
The Straits Times - “Talking to kids about racism.”
Mirage News - “Older people may be more at risk from gaming addiction.”