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Email

hiowamak@um.edu.mo

Tel

+853 8822 4339

Office

Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)
University of Macau
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao
Humanities & Social Sciences Building (E21B), 3042

Personal Website

ResearchGate

MAK Hio Wa, Grace 麥曉華

Assistant Professor

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
M.S.S. in Clinical Psychology, University of Macau
B.S.S. in Psychology, University of Macau

Research Interests

  • Close Social Relationships
  • Emotion and Stress
  • Mental and Physical Health
  • Daily and Momentary Biopsychosocial Dynamics
  • Longitudinal and Intensive Longitudinal Modeling

Publications

  1. Chiang, S. C., Bai, S., Mak, H. W., & Fosco, G. M. (2024). Dynamic characteristics of parent–adolescent closeness: Predicting adolescent emotion dysregulation. Family Process. http://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12978
  2. Mak, H. W., Gordon, A. M., Prather, A. A., Epel, E. S., & Mendes, W. B. (2023). Acute and chronic stress associations with blood pressure: An ecological momentary assessment study on an app-based platform. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85, 585-595. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001224
  3. Mak, H. W., Lydon-Staley, D. M., Lunkenheimer, E., Lai, M. H. C., & Fosco, G. M. (2023). The role of caregivers and friends in adolescent daily emotion dynamics. Social Development, 32, 263-282. http://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12637
  4. Mak, H. W., Wang, D., & Stone, A. A. (2022). Momentary social interactions and affect in later life varied across the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE, 17(4), e0267790. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267790
  5. Mak, H. W. & Schneider, S. (2022). High- and low-arousal daily affect dynamics vary across the adult lifespan. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab203
  6. Junghaenel, D.U., Broderick, J.E., Schneider, S., Wen, C.K.F., Mak, H.W., Goldstein, S., Mendez, M., & Stone, A.A. (2021). Explaining age differences in the memory-experience gap. Psychology and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000628
  7. Mak, H. W., Fosco, G. M., & Lanza, S. T. (2021). Dynamic associations of parent-adolescent closeness and friend support with adolescent depressive symptoms across ages 12–19. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31, 299-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12597
  8. Mak, H. W., & Schneider, S. (2020). Individual differences in momentary pain-affect coupling and their associations with mental health in patients with chronic pain. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 138, 110227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110227
  9. Schneider, S., Junghaenel, D.U., Gutsche, T., Mak, H.W., Stone, A.A. (2020). Comparability of emotion dynamics derived from ecological momentary assessments, daily diaries, and the day reconstruction method: observational study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22, e19201. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19201
  10. Mak, H. W., Russell, M. A., Lanza, S. T., Feinberg, M. E., & Fosco, G. M. (2020). Age-varying associations of parental knowledge and antisocial peer behavior with adolescent substance use. Developmental Psychology, 56, 298-311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000866
  11. Weymouth, B. B., Fosco, G. M., Mak, H. W., Mayfield, K., LoBraico, E. J., & Feinberg, M. E. (2019). Implications of interparental conflict for adolescents’ peer relationships: A longitudinal pathway through threat appraisals and social anxiety symptoms. Developmental Psychology, 55, 1509-1522. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000731
  12. Fosco, G. M., Mak, H. W., Ramos, A., LoBraico, E. J., & Lippold, M. (2019). Exploring the promise of assessing dynamic characteristics of the family for predicting adolescent risk outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 848-856. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13052
  13. Lai, M. H. C., Richardson, G. B., & Mak, H. W. (2019). Quantifying the impact of partial measurement invariance in diagnostic research: An application to addiction research. Addictive Behaviors, 94, 50-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.029
  14. Lydon-Staley, D. M., Xia, M., Mak, H. W., & Fosco, G. M. (2019). Adolescent emotion network dynamics in daily life and implications for depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 717-729. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0474-y
  15. Mak, H. W., Fosco, G. M., & Feinberg, M. E. (2018). The role of family for youth friendships: Examining a social anxiety mechanism. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47, 306-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0738-9
  16. Mak, H. W., & Davis, J. M. (2014). The application of the theory of planned behavior to help-seeking intention in a Chinese society. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 49, 1501-1515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-013-0792-x
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