Prof. Hio Wa (Grace) MAK

Assistant Professor

Room: E21-3042
Tel: +(853) 8822 4339
E-mail: hiowamak@um.edu.mo

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

Recent Honors and Awards

  • Psychology and Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship (T32 MH019391, MPIs: Wendy Berry Mendes and Elissa Epel), University of California, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2021-2023.
  • Trainee Diversity Award, Society for Affective Science, 2022.
  • Prevention and Methodology Training Predoctoral Fellowship (T32 DA017629, P50 DA039838; PI: Linda Collins), The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A., 2017-2019.
  • Honorable Mention, Poster Contest, Society for Prevention Research, 2018.
  • Early Career Preventionists Network Travel Award, Society for Prevention Research, 2018.
  • Travel Award, Society for Research in Child Development, 2017.

Research Grants

Principal Investigator. The measurement of affect reactivity to daily stressors and its relations to long-term physical health. Emotional Well-Being Network and Stress Measurement Network.

Project dates: 2022–2023

Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Courses Taught

  • Personal Growth (GESB1009)
  • Abnormal Psychology (PSYC3000)
  • Psychological Assessment: Personality/Emotion (PSYC7703)