Department of Psychology

UM doctoral student from Department of Psychology received the Student Best Poster Award

Hui ZHOU, a PhD student of Department of Psychology, University of Macau, received the Student Best Poster Award of the 8th International Conference on Behavioral Addiction, which is the annual official conference of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions. The poster reported the study of the validation of the Attitudes Towards Gambling Scale (ATGS) among Chinese adults. Her study found the 10-item ATGS had two-factor structure (i.e., positive and negative effects of gambling), satisfactory concurrent validity, and good reliability. This study provides a reliable and valid assessment for Chinese adults’ attitudes toward gambling and displays a promising potential in delineating the underlying cognitive mechanism of gambling disorder. Hui ZHOU received funding support from the Faculty of Social Sciences and the research grant of her thesis supervisor, Prof. Anise M. S. WU, to attend this conference.

Hui ZHOU’s current research interests mainly focus on behavioral additions (e.g., gambling addiction, Internet gaming addiction and smartphone addiction) from the perspective of neuroscience to investigate the neural correlates underlying behavioral addictions. Moreover, she is also interested in investigating protective factors to further conduct the preventions and interventions for those addictions.

Prof. Anise M. S. WU is a Full Professor in the Department of Psychology. Her areas of expertise include addiction, health psychology, and aging. Her current research interests focus on behavioral addiction (e.g., gambling disorder, gaming disorder, internet addiction, problematic smartphone use, and excessive spending), and physical and mental wellbeing. Prof. WU is also one of the keynote speakers of the 8th International Conference on Behavioral Addiction.

The Department of Psychology is one of the most research active departments in UM. It is ranked 8th in Asia and 101-125th in the world according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023.

澳大心理學系博士生獲頒學生組最佳海報獎

澳門大學社會科學學院心理學系的博士生周慧參加第八屆國際行為成癮會議，並獲得學生組最佳海報獎。國際行為成癮會議是由國際行為成癮研究協會組織的年度學術會議。本次獲獎的海報報告了中國成年人對博彩態度量表測量特徵的驗證。研究發現，該量表有10個條目，包含博彩積極效應和博彩消極效應兩個結構因數，具有較好的信度和效度。這一研究為中國成年人對博彩態度提供了一個可靠有效的評估工具，有助闡釋相關精神失調的潛在心理機制。周慧獲得了澳門大學社會科學學院及其博士論文導師胡文詩教授的研究經費的資助支持，以參加此次會議。

周慧目前的研究方向主要集中於行為成癮（例如賭博成癮、網絡遊戲成癮和手機成癮），並從認知神經科學的角度探索行為成癮的神經機制。此外，她還對行為成癮的保護因素感興趣，以進一步對這些行為成癮進行預防和干預。

胡文詩教授是澳門大學社會科學學院心理學系的教授。她的專業領域包括成癮、健康心理學和老化。她目前的研究興趣集中在行為成癮（例如賭博失調、遊戲失調、網絡成癮、問題性手機使用和過度消費）及各身心健康議題。胡教授亦是第八屆國際行為成癮會議的主題演講嘉賓之一。

澳門大學心理學系是大學最積極從事學術研究的學系之一，在2023年泰晤士高等教育世界大學排名中，澳門大學心理系在亞洲排名第8位，在世界排名第101-125位。

PhD Student, Zhou Hui