Professor

B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, University of Guelph, Canada
Ph.D. in Psychology, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Sheffield, UK
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Dept of Philosophy, University of Durham, UK

Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, UK

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) from the British Psychological Society

Chartered Scientist (CSci) from the British Psychological Society and the Science Council.

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)

Bio

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Professor, Department of Psychology, Zayed University, the United Arab Emirates (since August 2021)

Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor, Psychology and Human Sciences, Zayed University, the United Arab Emirates

Professor, Clinical Psychology Teaching Unit, University of Plymouth, UK.

Reader (Associate Professor), Dept of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK.

Principal Lecturer (Associate Professor), Dept of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK.

Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Institute of General Practice & Primary Care, University of Sheffield, UK.

Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Dept of Psychology, University of Wolverhampton, UK.

Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham.

Research Psychologist, University College London

 
Office

Dubai Academic City, A-L2-037

Phone:

+971 4 402 1731

Email:
Teaching Areas

Clinical Psychology
Health Psychology
Counselling

Research and Professional Activities

GOOGLE SCHOLAR: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=AfESsQ8AAAAJ&hl=en

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Chung, M.C., & Freh, F (2021). The impact of death anxiety, meaning and coping on posttraumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity among Iraqi civilians exposed to a car bomb attack. A latent class analysis. Journal of Interpersonal violence (in press).

Chung M.C., & Shakra, M. The association between trauma centrality and posttraumatic stress among Syrian refugees: The impact of cognitive distortions and trauma coping self-efficacy Journal of Interpersonal Violence (in press).

Chung, M.C., & Chen, Z.S. The impact of child abuse and dissociation on psychiatric co-morbidity and self-concealment among prisoners in China. Journal of Interpersonal Violence (in press).

Chung, M.C., Slanbekova, G.K., Kabakova, M.P., Kalymbetova, E.K., & Kudaibergenova, A.Z. The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, trauma centrality, interpersonal sensitivity and psychiatric co-morbidity among students in Kazakhstan: A latent class analysis. Journal of Mental Health (in press).

Chung, M.C., Ye, Z., Wang, N., Thomas, J. Linking posttraumatic stress disorder with eating disorders among Emirati university female students: The role of self-concealment Current Psychology (in press).

Chung, M.C., AlQarni, N., AlMazrouei, M., Al Muhairi, S., Shakra, M., Mitchell, B., Al Mazrouei, S., Al Hashimi, S. Posttraumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity among Syrian refugees: The role of trauma exposure, trauma centrality, self-efficacy and emotional suppression. Journal of Mental Health (in press).

Wang, Y., Chung, M.C., Fang, S (2021). Post-traumatic distress and burnout among Chinese school teachers: The mediating role of forgiveness. Frontiers in Psychology. Doi: 10.3389/psyg.2021.642926.
Liu, F., Chui, H., & Chung, M.C. Reciprocal/authoritarian filial piety and mental well-being in the Chinese LGB population: the roles of LGB-specific and general interpersonal factors. Archives of Sexual Behavior (in press).
Liu, F., Chui, H., & Chung, M.C. Clients’ Experience of LGBQ Affirmative and Non-Affirmative Practice in China: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Psychotherapy (in press).

Wang, Y., Kenardy, Chung., M.C. Social support and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Clinical Psychology Review (in press).

Wong, S.L., & Chung, M.C. Child abuse and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese university students: The role of emotion dysregulation and attachment style. Current Psychology (in press).

Wong, S., & Chung, M.C. The subjective experiences of non-suicidal self-injury among female Chinese university students. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry (in press).

Fresh, F ., & Chung, M.C. Posttraumatic stress disorder and death anxiety among Iraqi civilians exposed to a suicide car bombing: The role of religious coping and attachment. Journal of Mental Health (in press).

Yi, Z., Chung, M.C., & Di, X. The co-existing relationship between child abuse, emotional suppression, interpersonal sensitivity and psychiatric co-morbidity among Chinese prisoners. Current Psychology (in press).

Fang, S., Chung, M.C. Testing the pain paradox: A longitudinal study on PTSD from past trauma, alexithymia, mindfulness and psychological distress. Current Psychology (in press).

Liu, F., Chui, H., Chung, M.C. The Effects of LGB Experiences and Internal Beliefs on LGB Affirmative Counselor Competence Among Chinese Counselors. Psychotherapy (in press).

Liu, F., Chui, H., Chung, M.C. The Moderating Effect of Filial Piety on the Relationship between perceived public stigma and internalized homophobia: A national survey of the Chinese LGB population. Sexuality Research and Social Policy (in press).

Wang, Y., Chung, M.C., & Wang, N. Parenting revisited: Profiles and associations with psychological distress among traumatized Chinese adolescents. Current Psychology (in press).

Chung, M.C., & Chen, Z.S. (2021). The interrelationship between child abuse, emotional processing difficulties, alexithymia and psychological symptoms among Chinese adolescents. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 22, 107-121.

Granieri, A., Franzoi, I.G., Chung, M.C. (2021). Editorial: Psychological distress among university students. Frontiers in Psychology. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647940.

Chung, M.C., & Chen, Z.S. (2020). Gender differences in child abuse, emotional processing difficulties, alexithymia, psychological symptoms and behavioural problems among Chinese adolescents. Psychiatric Quarterly, 91, 321-332.

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