Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Tam, K-P., Ohnuma, S., Fairbrother, M., & Chan, H-W. (2025). They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies. PLOS Climate.

Chan, H-W., Lin, Li., & Tam, K-P. (2025). Climate change anxiety as a mental toll for parents: Investigating the relationship between climate change anxiety and parenting practices. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 107, 102798.

Chan, H-W., Tam, K-P., Wang, X., & Hong, Y-y. (2025). The bidirectional relationship between interpersonal climate change discussion and climate change anxiety. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 107, 102785.

Azad, Z. R., Spampatti, T., Gluth, S., Tam, K-P., & Hahnel, U. J. J. (2025). Sampling and processing of climate change information and disinformation across three diverse countries. British Journal of Psychology.

Fuerzas, I. V., Delina, L. L., & Tam, K-P. (2025). Crisis in the Cup:” Unveiling the hazards and vulnerabilities of the Philippine coffee supply amidst emerging risks. Sustainable Development.

Zhang, Q., Chen, G., & Tam, K-P. (2025). Climate change information seeking: A scoping review. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106, 102742.

Chan, H-W., & Tam, K-P. (2025). Beyond the hoax narratives: Understanding climate change conspiracy beliefs through the lens of the U.S.-China conflicts. Journal of Social Issues, 81(3), e70015.

Tam, K-P., & Chan, H-W. (2025). Perception of global norm of government climate action and support for domestic climate policies. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106, 102694.

Kip, A., Hoppen, T. H., Tam, K-P., Bryant, R., Lowe, S. R., & Morina, N. (2025). Prevalence of common mental disorders in survivors of natural hazards: A meta-analytic comparison of exposed vs. non-exposed samples. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106, 102690.

Delina, L. Shi, L., Dharmiasih, W. Salamanca, A., & Tam, K-P. (2025). Heritage governance in Bali and Ifugao ricescapes: Exploring the dynamic roles of Indigenous intermediaries in cultural preservation and development. Policy and Society.

Günther, A., Engel, L., Hornsey, M., Nielsen, L., Roy, J., Steg, L., Tam, K-P., Van Valkengoed, A., Wolske, K., Wong-Parodi, G., & Hahnel, U. (2025). Psychological and contextual determinants of clean energy technology adoption. Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 1, 547–565.

Delina, L., Tam, K-P., Afable, S. D., Fuerzas, I., Dharmiasih, W., & Salamanca, A. (2025). Rice, resilience, and relationships: Unpacking the intangible sources of resilience in Southeast Asian heritage ricescapes. World Development, 195, 107111.

Nolting, I. K. L., Morina, N., Hoppen, T. H., Tam, K-P., & Kip, A. (2025). A meta-analysis on gender differences in prevalence estimates of mental disorders following exposure to natural hazards. European Journal of Psychotraumatology.

Delina, L., Afable, S. D., Fuerzas, I., Tam, K-P., Dharmiasih, W., & Salamanca, A. (2025). Roots of resilience: Revealing social networks for enhancing social resilience in Indigenous Indonesian and Philippine ricescapes. Climate Risk Management, 48, 100711.

Delina, L., Fuerzas, I., Dulay, M. J., Ludovice, N. P., Tam, K-P., & Salamanca, A. (2025). Affective relationships as non-material capital assets in building resilience within the rice-terraced cultural landscapes of the Philippine Cordillera. Applied Geography, 179, 103631.

Tam, K-P. (2025). Culture and pro-environmental behavior. Current Opinion in Psychology, 62, 101986.

Kip, A., Valencia, S., Glunz, E., Lowe, S. R., Tam, K-P., & Morina, N. (2024). Prevalence of mental disorders in adult populations from the Global South following exposure to natural hazards: A meta-analysis. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33, e68, 1–15.

Chan, H-W., Lin, L., Tam, K-P., & Hong, Y. (2024). From negative feelings to impairments: A longitudinal study on the development of climate change anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 107, 102917.

Chan, H-W., Wang, X., Tam, K-P., Hong, Y., & Huang, B. (2024). Hotter weather, less of a hoax? Testing the longitudinal association between experience of temperature anomalies and belief in climate change conspiracy theories. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98, 102409.

Barrable, A., Friedman, S., Tam, K-P., & Papadatou-Pastou, M. (2024). Nature connection and wellbeing in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Global Environmental Psychology.

Chan, H-W., Tam, K-P., & Clayton, S. (2024). Testing an integrated model of climate change anxiety. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, 102368.

Hui, M. K. Y., & Tam, K-P. (2024). Engaging urban residents in primate conservation: Impact of a conservation education intervention in Hong Kong. Primate Conservation, 37, 155-164.

Tam, K-P., & Chan, H-W. (2023). Conspiracy theories and climate change: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91, 102129.

Tam, K-P., Chan, H-W., & Clayton, S. (2023). Climate change anxiety in China, India, Japan, and the United States. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 101991.

Pong, V., & Tam, K-P. (2023). Relationship between global identity and pro-environmental behavior and environmental concern: A systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1033564.

Chan, H-W., & Tam, K-P. (2023). Political divide in climate change opinions is stronger in some countries and some U.S. states than others: Testing the self-expression hypothesis and the fossil fuel reliance hypothesis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 101992.

Chan, H-W., Tam, K-P., & Hong, Y-y. (2023). Does belief in climate change conspiracy theories predict everyday life pro-environmental behaviors? Testing the longitudinal relationship in China and the U.S. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 101980.

Chan, S. H. M., Qiu, L., Esposito, G., Mai, K. P., Tam, K-P., & Cui, J. (2023). Nature in virtual reality improves mood and reduces stress: Evidence from young adults and senior citizens. Virtual Reality, 27, 3285-3300.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., & Koh, B. (2022). Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivates climate action and support for climate policy. Climatic Change, 171, 12.

Huang, T., Leung, A. K-y., Eom, K., & Tam, K-P. (2022). Important to me and my society: How culture influences the roles of personal values and perceived normative values in environmental engagement via collectivistic orientation. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 80, 101774.

Tam, K-P. (2022). Gratitude to nature: Presenting a theory of its conceptualization, measurement, and effects on pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 79, 101754.

Chan, H-W., Udall, A. M., & Tam, K-P. (2022). Effects of perceived social norms on support for renewable energy transition: Moderation by national culture and environmental risks. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 79, 101750.

Chan, H-W., & Tam, K-P. (2021). Do people’s assumptions about the social world matter? The effects of social axioms on environmental attitude and efficacy beliefs. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75, 101598.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., & Clayton, S. (2021). Research on climate change in social psychology publications: A systematic review. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 117-143.

Jylhä, K., Tam, K-P., & Milfont, T. (2021). Acceptance of group-based dominance and climate change denial: A cross-cultural study in Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Sweden. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 198-207.

Chan, H-W., & Tam, K-P. (2021). Exploring the association between climate change concern and mitigation behavior in different societies: A person-context interaction approach. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 184-197.

Tam, K-P., & Milfont, T. L. (2020). Towards cross-cultural environmental psychology: A state-of-the-art review and recommendations. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 71, 101474.

Tam, K-P. (2020). Understanding the psychology X politics interaction behind environmental activism: The roles of governmental trust, density of environmental NGOs, and democracy. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 71, 101330.

Cheung, H., Mazeroole, L., Possingham, H., Tam, K-P., & Biggs, D. (2020). A methodological guide for translating study instruments in cross-cultural research: Adapting the connectedness to nature scale into Chinese. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(11), 1379-1387.

Chan, H-W., Pong, V., & Tam, K-P. (2020). Explaining Earth Hour participation: The identity perspective and the theory of planned behavior. Climatic Change, 158, 309-325.

Ando, K., Sugiura, J., Ohnuma, S., Tam, K-P., Hübner, G., & Adachi, N. (2019). Persuasion Game: Cross-cultural comparison. Simulation and Gaming, 50, 532-555.

Tam, K-P. (2019). Anthropomorphism of nature, environmental guilt, and pro-environmental behavior. Sustainability, 11(19), 5430.

Chan, H-W., Pong, V., & Tam, K-P. (2019). Cross-national variation of gender differences in environmental concern: Testing the sociocultural hindrance hypothesis. Environment and Behavior, 51, 81-108.

Tam, K-P., & Chan, H-W. (2018). Generalized trust narrows the gap between environmental concern and pro-environmental behavior: Multilevel evidence. Global Environmental Change, 48, 182-194.

Nam, Y., Kim, Y-H., & Tam, K-P. (2018). Effects of emotion suppression on life satisfaction in Americans and Chinese. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49, 149-160.

Tam, K-P., & Chan, H-W. (2017). Environmental concern has a weaker association with pro-environmental behavior in some societies than others: A cross-cultural psychology perspective. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 53, 213-223.

Liu, Z., Liu, X-x., Hong, Y-y., Brockner, J., Tam, K-P., & Li, Y-m. (2017). Is individual bribery or organizational bribery more tolerable in China (versus in the United States)? Advancing theory on the perception of corrupt acts. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 143, 111-128.

Seo, M., Kim, Y-H., Tam, K-P., & Rozin, P. (2016). I am dumber when I look dumb in front of many (vs. few) others: A cross-cultural difference in how audience size affects perceived social reputation and self-judgments. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47, 1019-1032.

Fung, H. H., Ho, Y. W., Zhang, R., Zhang, X., Noels, K. A., & Tam, K-P. (2016). Age differences in personal values: Universal or cultural specific. Psychology and Aging, 31, 274-286.

Chan, H-W., & Tam, K-P. (2016). Understanding the lack of parent-child value similarity: The role of perceived norms in value socialization in immigrant families. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47, 651-669.

Chiu, C-y., Gelfand, M. J., Harrington, J. R., Leung, A. K. Y., Liu, Z., Morris, M. W., Mu, Y., Shteynberg, G., Tam, K-P., Wan, C., & Zou, X. (2015). A conclusion, yet an opening to enriching the normative approach of culture. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 1361-1371.

Tam, K-P. (2015). Understanding intergenerational cultural transmission through the role of perceived norms. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 1260-1266.

Leung, A. K-Y., Koh, K., & Tam, K-P. (2015). Being environmentally responsible: Cosmopolitan orientation predicts pro-environmental behaviors. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 43, 79-94.

Tam, K-P. (2015). Mind attribution to nature and pro-environmental behavior. Ecopsychology, 7, 87-95.

Tam, K-P., & Chan, H-W. (2015). Parents as cultural middlemen: The role of perceived norms in value socialization by ethnic minority parents. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 489-507.

Tam, K-P. (2015). Are anthropomorphic persuasive appeals effective? The role of the recipient’s motivations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 54, 187-200.

Ng, H., Cheung, R., & Tam, K-P. (2014). Unraveling the link between narcissism and psychological health: New evidence from coping flexibility. Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 7-10.

Tam, K-P. (2014). Anthropomorphism of nature and efficacy in coping with the environmental crisis. Social Cognition, 32, 278-298.

Tam, K-P. (2013). Dispositional empathy with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 35, 92-104.

Tam, K-P. (2013). Concepts and measures related to connection to nature: Similarities and differences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 34, 64-78.

Tam, K-P. (2013). Existential motive underlying cosmetic surgery: A terror management analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 947-955.

Tam, K-P., Lee, S-L., & Chao, M. M. (2013). Saving Mr. Nature: Anthropomorphism enhances connectedness to and protectiveness toward nature. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 514-521.

Tam, K-P., Shu, T-M., Ng, H. K. S., & Tong, Y-Y. (2013). Belief about immutability of moral character and punitiveness toward criminal offenders. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43, 603-611.

Ng, H. K. S., Tam, K-P., & Shu, T-M. (2013). Narcissism and punitiveness in a non-ego-threatening condition. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 442-446.

Kim, Y-H., Cai, H., Gilliand, M., Chiu, C-Y., Xia, S., & Tam, K-P. (2012). Standing in the glory or shadow of the past self: Cultures differ in how much the past self affects current subjective well-being. Emotion, 12, 1111-1117.

Tam, K-P., Lee, S-L., Kim, Y-H., Li, Y, & Chao, M. M. (2012). Intersubjective model of value transmission: Parents using perceived norms as reference when socializing children. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1041-1052.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K. Y., Kim, Y-H., Chiu, C-Y., Lau, I. Y-M., & Au, A. (2012). The better-than-average effect in Hong Kong and the U.S.: The role of personal trait importance and cultural trait importance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 915-930.

Tam, K-P., Ng, H. K. S., Kim, Y-H., Yeung, V. W-L., & Cheung, F. Y-L. (2012). Attitudes toward cosmetic surgery patients: The role of culture and social contact. Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 458-479.

Leung, A. K. Y., Kim, Y-H., Zhang, Z-X., Tam, K-P., & Chiu, C-Y. (2012). Cultural construction of success and epistemic motives moderate American-Chinese differences in reward allocation biases. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 46-52.

Tam, K-P., Lau, H. P. B., & Jiang, D. (2012). Culture and subjective well-being: A dynamic constructivist view. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 23-31.

Yang, Y-J., Chiu, C-Y., Chen, X., Cheng, S. Y. Y., Kwan, L., Tam, K-P., & Yeh, K-H. (2011). Lay psychology of globalization and its social impact. Journal of Social Issues, 67, 677-695.

Torelli, C. J., Chiu, C-Y., Tam, K-P., Au, A., & Keh, H. T. (2011). Exclusionary reactions to foreign culture: Effects of simultaneous exposure to culture in globalized space. Journal of Social Issues, 67,716-742.

Leung, A. K. Y., Qiu, L., Ong, L., & Tam, K.P. (2011). Embodied cultural cognition: Situating the study of embodied cognition in socio-cultural contexts. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 5/9, 591-608.

Ng, H. K. S., Tam, K-P., & Shu, T-M. (2011). The money attitude of covert and overt narcissists. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 160-165.

Fung, H. H., Ho, Y. W., Tam, K-P., Tsai, J., & Zhang, X. (2011). Value moderates age differences in relationship orientation. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 994-999.

Wan, C., Tam, K-P., & Chiu, C-Y. (2010). Intersubjective cultural representations predicting behavior: The case of political culture and voting. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13, 260-273.

Tam, K-P., Pak, T., Hui, H. C., Kwan, S-O., & Goh, M. (2010). Implicit person theories and change in teacher evaluation: A longitudinal field study. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40, 273-286.

Tam, K-P., & Lee, S-L. (2010). What values do parents want to socialize in their children: The role of perceived normative values. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41, 175-181.

Zou, X., Tam, K-P., Morris, M. W., Lee, S-L., Lau, I. Y-M., & Chiu, C.Y. (2009). Culture as common sense: Perceived consensus versus personal beliefs as mechanisms of cultural influence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 579-597. (equal contribution)

Tam, K-P., Au, A., & Leung, A. K. Y. (2008). Attributionally more complex people show less punitiveness and racism. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1074-1081.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K. Y., & Chiu, C-Y. (2008). On being a mindful authoritarian: Is need for cognition always associated with less punitiveness? Political Psychology, 29, 77-92.

Tam, K-P., Lau, I. Y-M., & Chiu, C-Y. (2007). Terror management among Chinese: Worldview defense, and intergroup bias in resource allocation. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 10, 93-102.

Wan, C., Chiu, C-Y., Tam, K-P., Lee, S-L., Lau, I. Y-M., & Peng, S. (2007). Perceived cultural importance and actual self-importance of values in cultural identification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 337-354.

Wan, C., Chiu, C-Y., Peng, S., & Tam, K-P. (2007). Measuring cultures through intersubjective norms: Implications for predicting relative identification with two or more cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 213-226.

Chen, J., Chiu, C-Y., Roese, N. J., Tam, K-P., & Lau, I. Y-M. (2006). Culture and counterfactuals: On the importance of life domains. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37, 75-84.

Chiu, C-Y., Wan, C., & Tam, K-P. (2005). Basic psychological processes of social identification: The case of Hong Kong’s return to China. Sociological Studies (Chinese), 119, 202-227.

Tam, K-P., Lau, I. Y-M., & Chiu, C-Y. (2004). Biases in the perceived prevalence and motives of SARS prevention behaviors among Chinese high school students in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 7, 67-81.

Encyclopedia/book chapters

Tam, K-P., Chan, H-W., & Milfont, T. (in press). Cross-cultural environmental psychology. In M. Bonaiuto (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Psychology. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Tam, K-P., Chan. H-W., & Pong, V. (in press). Emotion and culture in the human-nature relationship. In M. Yik (Ed.), Handbook of Emotion and Culture. Oxford University Press.

Tam, K-P., & Chan, H-W. (in press). Cross-national comparisons in environmental psychology research. In I. Walker (Ed.), Handbook of Environmental Psychology. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Special issues

Chan, H-W., Eom, K., Liu, P., & Tam, K-P. (ongoing). Special issue on “Psychological understanding of misinformation and disinformation in the face of environmental crises” in British Journal of Psychology.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., Khan, S, & Reese, G. (2026). Special issue on “Advancing the interface between research and practice in sustainable development” in Asian Journal of Social Psychology.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., & Clayton, S. (2021). Special issue on “The Social Psychology of Climate Change in the Asian Context” in Asian Journal of Social Psychology.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., & Khan, S. (2021). Special forum on “The new normal of social psychology in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic” in Asian Journal of Social Psychology.

Tam, K-P., & Milfont, T. (2020). Special issue on “Cross-Cultural Environmental Psychology” in Journal of Environmental Psychology.

Editorial matters

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., Khan, S, & Reese, G. (2026). Advancing the interface between research and practice in sustainable development: An introduction to a multi-journal special issue. Asian Journal of Social Psychology.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., & Clayton, S. (2021). Social psychology of climate change in the Asian context: Introduction to special issue. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 113-116.

Tam, K-P., Leung, A. K-y., & Khan, S. (2021). The new normal of social psychology in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights and advice from leaders in the field. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 8-9.

Tam, K-P. (2021). Statement from the new editor-in-chief. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 3-7.

Podcast

AJSP Editors Podcast (first 12 episodes). https://ajsp-editors-podcast.castos.com/.