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2024

• Global collaborations on social relationships and wellbeing

Chang, Y.-P. (2024). Invited roundtable discussion at the 2024 International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Bali, Indonesia.

• Thank You, Whatever You Are: Gratitude for Nonhuman Beings

Chang, Y.-P., Kung, T.-Y., Peng, X., Lin, G.-X., & Lu, C. (2024). Poster presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, CA, USA.

• Perception of consciousness in nonhuman entities makes them potential targets of gratitude

Chang, Y.-P., Peng, X., Kung, T.-Y., Lin, G.-X., & Lu, C. (2024). Poster presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC), Tokyo, Japan.

• The school-based BEAR program: Examining the efficacy of Tier 2 intervention

Chen, M.-T., Wang, L. F., Chang, Y.-P., Hung, Y.-L., & Koay, E. Y. Y. (2024). Poster presented at the 2024 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Seattle, WA, USA.

• Effects of romantic nostalgia on relationship adjustment: with relationship evaluation as a moderator

Cheng, Y.-S., & Chang, Y.-P. Talk at the 63rd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association (TPA), Taipei, Taiwan.

• Gratitude as a key in the relationship of benefit and trust in AI

Kung, T.-Y., Peng, X., Lin, G.-X., & Chang, Y.-P. (2024). Talk at the 63rd TPA, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Sweet Spot: barista-consumer interaction pattern and consumer experience

Lin, C.-Y., Kuo, T. M.-L., Liu, L., Taiwan Coffee Laboratory, & Chang, Y.-P. (2024). Poster presented at the 2024 Taiwan Association of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (TAIOP) International Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Gratitude Vitalizes Adolescent Athletes’ Self-Efficacy through Subjective Vitality but Less for Narcissists: A 3-Year Latent Growth Model

Lin, G.-X., Chang, Y.-P., & Chen, L. H. (2024). Talk at the 63rd TPA, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Breaking the self-fulfilling prophecy of parental anxiety: Gratitude as a buffer against the negative impact of parental anxiety on parenting quality

Lin, G.-X., Nelson-Coffey, K., & Chang, Y.-P. (2024). Talk at the 63rd TPA, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Gratitude moderates the perceived responsiveness mediation effect on anthropomorphism and pro-environmental behaviors

Peng, X., Kung, T.-Y., Lin, G.-X., & Chang, Y.-P. (2024). Talk at the 63rd TPA, Taipei, Taiwan.

2023

• Gratitude Research in Taiwan

Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Talk at the 2024 International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Brussels, Belgium.

• Not alone with myself: Self-compassion predicts a healthier association between imposter phenomenon and well-being

Chang, Y.-P., Hsu, R.-P., & Chang, W.-J. A. (2023). Poster presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Brighton, UK.

• I have and I hold: Nostalgia buffers the effect of unconscious ageism on impulsive buying

Chen, P.-D., Lin, Y.-C., Huang, C.-L., Lin, H., & Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Poster presented at the 18th ECP, Brighton, UK.

• The mutual influence of co-leading effects in group counseling: An APIM analysis

Chou, Y.-J., Hsu, Y.-K., & Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Poster presented at the 54th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Dublin, Ireland.

• Keep it burning: Romantic nostalgia moderates the effect of relationship length on relationship quality

Huang, I.-H., Cheng, Y.-S., & Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Poster presented at the 62nd TPA, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

• Induction of False Memory by Hue, Brightness, and Location

Kung, T.-Y., Kao, S.-F., & Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of TPA, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

• Inhibition of Return, Attention Orientation and Illusory Line Motion

Peng, X., Kao, S.-F., & Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of TPA, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

• iOwn myPhone?: Naming behavior signifies low but not high psychological ownership of tech products

Peng, X., Kung, T.-Y., & Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of TPA, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

• Calm down! Or not? Decentering predicts high- and low-arousal positive emotions similarly

Wang, J.-Y., Lu, C., Yeh, Y.-H., & Chang, Y.-P. (2023). Poster presented at the 18th ECP, Brighton, UK.

2022

• Happy marriage makes father’s parenting involvement more influential but mother’s involvement less so for their toddler’s psycho-social development

Chang, Y.-P., & Chen, M.-T. (2022). Poster accepted to be presented at the 10th European Congress of Positive Psychology (ECPP), Reykjavík, Iceland. Trip cancelled due to COVID-19.

• Autonomy-Infused Gratitude Curriculum for Higher-Level Elementary Schoolers

Chen, H.-L., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Poster to be presented at the 12th Conference fo Chinese Psychologists (CPC), Taipei, Taiwan. 

• Differential Associations of Aspects of Self-Compassion with Depressive and Anxious Symptoms

Chen, Y.-T., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Poster to be presented at the 12th CPC, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Parent-Child Reading Buffers the Negative Predictability of Mother’s Immigrant Status for Child’s Psycho-Social Development

Chen, M.-T., Lin, Y.-C., Chang, Y.-P., & Huang, C.-L. (2022). Poster accepted to be presented at the 10th ECPP, Reykjavík, Iceland. Trip cancelled due to COVID-19.

• The buffering effect of nostalgia on ageism-induced impulsive buying: A comparison between explicit and implicit measures

Chen, P.-D., Lin, Y.-H., Huang, C.-L., Lin, Y.-C., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Poster presented at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Chinese Association of Psychological Testing, Tainan, Taiwan.

• Links between Self-Emotion Awareness, Social Emotion Awareness, and Relationship Quality

Chen, Y.-C., Lu, C., Wang, J.-Y., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Poster to be presented at the 12th CPC, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Loneliness Sells Uniqueness? Not Always: Cultural Moderation for the Effect of Loneliness on Need for Uniqueness

Cheng, I.-T., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Poster presented at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Society for Affective Science (SAS), online conference. 

• Culturally Independent Self-Construal Lowers Loneliness-Induced Consumer Need for Uniqueness

Cheng, I.-T., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Talk to be presented at the 12th CPC, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Good Old Days: Gratitude Promotes Present-Time Perspective through Nostalgia

Cheng, Y.-S., Huang, C.-L., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Talk to be presented at the 12th CPC, Taipei, Taiwan.

• From Internal/External Shame to Depression, Mediated by Self-Compassion and Moderated by Psychological Disorders

Hsu, R.-P., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Poster presented at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology (TACP), Hsinchu, Taiwan. 

• Clicked! Advanced quantifications of couple emotional synchrony using electrodermal data and their effects on relationship quality

Liu, T.-J., Yang, C.-J., Lee, Y.-C., Chien, W.-S., Lee, C.-C., & Chang, Y.-P. (2022). Poster accepted to be presented at the 10th ECPP, Reykjavík, Iceland. Trip cancelled due to COVID-19.

2021

• The rise of affectivism in cognitive sciences and social sciences

Chang, Y.-P. (2021). Invited talk at the 60th Annual Conference of TPA, Taipei, Taiwan.

• With gratitude and humility, you will trust people more: Moderation effect of intellectual humility between gratitude and interpersonal trust

Wang, W.-S., & Chang, Y.-P. (2021). Poster presented at the 4th International Indigenous Social Science Conference, Changhua, Taiwan.

2020

• A Gratitude Intervention Increases How Much Time Couples Spend Together

Algoe, S. B., Chang, Y.-P., & Sheeran, P. (2020). Talk at the 21st Annual Meeting of the SPSP, New Orleans, LA, USA.

• Cultural Variation in Gratitude Demonstrations And Perceptions Between The United States And Taiwan

Chang, Y.-P. (2020). Invited talk at the 59th Annual Conference of TPA, Taipei, Taiwan.

2019

• Feeling Robots? A Paradox

Chang, Y.-P. (2019). Invited talk at the Ethical, Juridical, and Social Challenges and Responses of AI-Assisted Healthcare, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Cultural Variation in Gratitude Demonstrations and Perceptions Between the United States and Taiwan

Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2019). Talk at the 13th Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP), Taipei, Taiwan.

• On Thanksgiving: Cultural Variation in Gratitude Demonstrations and Perceptions between the United States and Taiwan

Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2019). Talk at the 20th Annual Meeting of SPSP, Portland, OR, USA.

• Multi-Level Multi-Factor Analysis of Gratitude in Close Relationships

Chang, Y.-P., Dwyer, P. C., & Algoe, S. B. (2019). Talk at the 58th Annual Conference of TPA, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

• Meta-Analysis of Sex Differences in Core Symptomatology in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Chen, M.-T., Chang, Y.-P., Lu, X., & Simeonsson, R. J. (2019). Poster presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), Montreal, Canada.

• When Does Activism Benefit Well-Being?: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study of Clinton Voters in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Dwyer, P. C., Chang, Y.-P., Hannay, J. W., & Algoe, S. B. (2019). Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of SPSP, Portland, OR, USA.

• Hold Me Closer: Perceived Partner Responsiveness as a Precursor to Affectionate Touch

Jolink, T. A., Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2019). Talk at the 20th Annual Meeting of SPSP, Portland, OR, USA.

2018

• Cultural Variation in Gratitude Expressions between United States and Taiwan

Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2018). Invited talk at the Emerging Insights from the Science of Gratitude, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

• How Do I Let You Know? Cultural Variation in Gratitude Expressions between United States and Taiwan

Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2018). Talk at the Advances in Cultural Psychology Preconference of the 19th Annual Meeting of SPSP, Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Feeling Touched: Expressing Gratitude to Partners Increases Time Spent with Them in Person

Chang, Y.-P., Sheeran, P., & Algoe, S. B. (2018). Poster presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of SPSP, Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Hold Me Closer: A New Look at the Role of Affectionate Touch in Romantic Relationships

Jolink, T. A., Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2018). Poster presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR), Fort Collins, CO, USA.

2017

• Better Together: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Benefits from Everyday Expressions of Gratitude in Ongoing Relationships

Dwyer, P. C., Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2017). Poster presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of SPSP, San Antonio, TX, USA.

2016

• How Do You Let Them Know? Cultural Differences in Expression of Gratitude

Chang, Y.-P., & Algoe, S. B. (2016). Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of SPSP, San Diego, CA, USA.

• Reliability and Validity of the Inventory of Child and Youth Functioning and Behavior

Chen, M.-T., Karacul, F. E., Chang, Y.-P., & Simeonsson, R. J. (2016). Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Denver, CO, USA.

2015

• The More Positive, the More Agentic: Communicating Mental States by Emotional States

Chang, Y.-P., Chen, L. H., & Algoe, S. B. (2015). Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of SPSP, Long Beach, CA, USA.

2012

• Manage Your Loneliness: Time Management as a Predictor of Loneliness

Luh, H.-J., Chen, L. H., & Chang, Y.-P. (2012). Poster presented at the 6th ECPP, Moscow, Russia.

2011

• Cultural Variations in the Effects of Social Support on Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis across 19 Societies

Boer, D., Fischer, R., & Chang, Y.-P. (2011). Talk at the 9th Conference of AASP, KunMing, China.

2010

• Beyond Individual: Gratitude in Social Network

Chang, Y.-P., Chen, L. H., & Lin, Y.-C. (2010). Poster presented at the 5th ECPP, Copenhagen, Denmark.

• A Training Study of Executive Function in School-Age Children with Autism or Asperger's Disorder

Chen, M.-T., Chou, M.-C., Chang, Y.-P., & Guo, N.-W. (2010). Poster presented at the 4th International Conference of Asian Congress of Health Psychology, Taipei, Taiwan.

2008

• Who Comes First? Balance and Emotional Ambivalence

Chang, Y.-P., Cheng, Y., Lin, Y.-C., & Huang, C.-L. (2008). Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of International Congress of Psychology (ICP), Berlin, Germany.

2007

• Becoming Free of Attachment When Securely Attached: The Moderating Effect of Attachment Style on Perspective Change over Gratitude

Chang, Y.-P., Chen, M.-T., Lu, H. M., & Lin, Y.-C. (2007). Poster presented at the 7th Conference of AASP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

• In-Group Dynamics Comparison in Taiwan, China and Japan

Liang, S., Lin, Y.-C., Huang, L. L., Chang, Y.-P., Huang, C.-L., Yamagishi, T., … Takahashi, C. (2007). Talk at the 7th Conference of AASP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

• The Relation of Affect Valuation on Loneliness

Lu, H. M., Lee, Y. C., Chang, Y.-P., & Lin, Y.-C. (2007). Talk at the 7th Conference of AASP, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

2006

• From Where Do I See Me? Psychological Displacement and Its Interplay with Gender, Well-Being, and Gratitude

Chen, M.-T., Huang, C.-L., Lu, H. M., Lin, Y.-C., Chang, Y.-P., & Hu, T. F. (2006). Poster presented at the International Conference on Asia's Educational Miracle: Child Development in Family, School and Cultural Contexts, Incheon, South Korea.