Prof. Tong Kwok Kit
Associate Professor

Programme Coordinator of Bachelor of Psychology

Room: E21-3065
Tel: +(853) 8822 8393
E-mail: kktong@um.edu.mo

  • Ph.D. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • M.Phil. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • B. Econ (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • Responsible gambling
  • Gambling disorder
  • Health behaviors and promotion
  • Psychological well-being
  • Procedural fairness

Refereed Periodical Publications (^equal contributors, or co-first authors #corresponding author)

  • He, M.*, Chen, J. H., Wu, A. M. S., & Tong, K. K.# (2022). Intention to maintain and willingness to stop: Applying a dual-process model to understanding the maintenance of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, doi: 10.1111/aphw.12381

    Tong, K. K., Wu, A. M. S., Chen, J. H. (2022). Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs and Adherence to Responsible Gambling Practices: The Mediating role of Flourishing. Journal of Gambling Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10899-021-10104-4

    He, M.*, Chen, J. H., Wu, A. M. S., & Tong, K. K. # (2022). Fast or slow: applying life history strategies to responsible gambling adherence. International Gambling Studies, 1-14. doi:10.1080/14459795.2022.2035422

    Tong, K. K., He, M.*, Wu, A. M. S., Dang, D. L. & Chen, J. H. (2021). Cognitive factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination intentions: An application of the protection motivation theory using a probability community sample. Vaccines., 9(10), 1170. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9101170

    Chen J. H., Tong, K. K., Su, X., Yu, E. W., & Wu A. M. S. (2021). Measuring COVID-19 related anxiety and obsession: Validation of the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale and the Obsession with Coronavirus Scale in a probability Chinese sample. Journal of Affective Disorders, 295, 1131-1137. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.104

    Yang, H. M., Li, Y., Zhang, M. X., Tao, V. Y. K., Tong, K. K., & Wu, A. M. S. (2021). Locus of Control, Coping Flexibility, and Post-migration Growth among Mainland Chinese University Students in Macao. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 85, 13-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.08.012

    Jovanović, Veljko, Joshanloo, Mohsen, Martin-Carbonell, Marta, Caudek, Corrado, Espejo, Begona, Checa, Irene, Krasko, Julia, Kyriazos, Theodoros, Piotrowski, Jarosław, Rice, Sean P. M., Silva, Ana Junca, Singh, Kamlesh, Sumi, Katsunori, Tong, Kwok Kit, Yıldırım, Murat, and Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena (2021). Measurement Invariance of the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience Across 13 Countries. Assessment. doi:10.1177/10731911211021494

    Zhang, M. X., Chen, J. H., Tong, K. K., Yu, E. W.-y., & Wu, A. M. S. (2021). Problematic Smartphone Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Association with Pandemic-Related and Generalized Beliefs. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), 5724. doi:10.3390/ijerph18115724

    Chen, J. H., Yu, E. W.-y., Su, X., Tong, K. K., & Wu, A. M. S. (2021). Mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: Its association with public perceptions toward government’s pandemic responses and lifestyle changes. Current Psychology, Mar 3, 1-9. doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01547-4

    Zhang, M. X., Yang, H., Tong, K. K., & Wu, A. M. S. (2020). The prospective effect of purpose in life on gambling disorder and psychological flourishing among university students. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 9(3), 756-765. doi: 10.1556/2006.2020.00046

    Chen J. H.*, Li Y., Wu A. M. S. , Tong, K. K#. (2020). The overlooked minority: Mental Health of International students worldwide under the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 54, 102333. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102333

    Li, Y.^, Tong, K. K.^, Tao, V. Y. K., Zhang, M. X., & Wu, A. M. S. (2020). Testing the Associations among Social Axioms, School Belonging, and Flourishing in University Students: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study. Applied Psychology-Health and Well Being, 12(3), 749-769. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12205

    Tong, K. K., Chen, J. H., Yu, E. W., & Wu, A. M. S.# (2020). Adherence to COVID‐19 Precautionary Measures: Applying the Health Belief Model and Generalised Social Beliefs to a Probability Community Sample. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 12(4), 1205-1223. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12230 [下載針對新冠及其防疫的健康信念模式量表—中文版(繁體/簡體)及英文版/ Download the Chinese and English Versions of Health Belief Model Inventory for COVID-19 and Adherence to COVID-19 Precautionary Measures]

    Tong, K. K., Chen, J. H., & Wu, A. M. S. (2020). Validation and application of the Positive Play Scale adapted for Chinese gamblers: Its relation to disordered gambling and gambling attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 263. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00263
    [按此下載PPS-AC量表—繁體及簡體中文版/ Click HERE to download the Positive Play Scale Adapted for Chinese Gamblers]

    Yang, H. M. ^,
    Tong, K. K. ^, Li, Y., Tao, V. Y. K., Zhang, M. X., & Wu, A. M. S. (2021). Testing the Influence of Social Axioms on Internet Gaming Disorder Tendency with a Cross-Lagged Panel Model: a One-Year Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s11469-021-00532-z

    Chen, J. H.*, Zhang, M. X., Ko, C.-H.,
    Tong, K. K., Yu, S. M., Sou, E. K. L., & Wu, A. M. S. (2020). The Development of a Screening Tool for Chinese Disordered Gamers: The Chinese Internet Gaming Disorder Checklist (C-IGDC). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(10), 3412. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103412

    Tong, K. K., Chen, J. H.*, & Wu, A. M. S.# (2019). Application of Health Belief Model to Practice of Responsible Gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 35(3), 1047–1062. doi: 10.1007/s10899-019-09871-y [下載針對賭博失調及負責任博彩的健康信念模式量表—中文版(繁體/简體)及英文版/ Download the Chinese and English Versions of Health Belief Model Inventory for Gambling Disorder (GD) and Responsible Gambling (RG)]

    Chen, J. H.*, Tong, K. K., Wu, A. M. S., Lau, J. T. F., & Zhang, M. X. (2018). The comorbidity of gambling disorder among Macau adult residents and the moderating role of resilience and life purpose. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(12). pp. E2774-E2774. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122774

    Tong, K. K.
    , Hung, P. W., Lei, C. M. W., Wu, A. M. S. (2018). Public awareness and practice of responsible gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 34(4), 1261-1280. doi: 10.1007/s10899-018-9750-6

    Zhang, M. X., Mou, N. L., Tong, K. K., & Wu, A. M. S. (2018). Investigation of the effects of purpose in life, grit, gratitude, and school belonging on mental distress among emerging adults in Macao. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(10). 2147-2158. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15102147

    Wu, A. M. S., Chen, Juliet Honglei*, Tong, K. K., Yu, Shu, Lau, Joseph, T. F. (2018). Prevalence and associated factors of Internet gaming disorder among community dwelling adults in Macao, China. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7(1), 1-8. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.12

    Tong, K. K.
    ^ & Wang, Y. Y.^*. (2017). Validation of the Flourishing Scale and Scale of Positive and Negative Experience in a Chinese Community Sample. PLoS One, 12(8), e0181616. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181616. [Download the Chinese version of Questionnaire / 下載心盛量表 – 中文版]

    Wang, Y. Y.*, Tong, K. K., Wu, A. M. S., Yu S.* (2016). Validation of the Revised Inventory of Gambling Motives, Attitudes, and Behaviours Among Chinese University Students. Journal of Gambling and Commercial Gaming Research, 1, 53-67. doi: 10.17536/jgcgr.2016.005 [Download Citation]

    Wu, A. M. S., Lai, H. C., Tong, K. K., Yu S. (2016). Psychological Correlates of Disordered Gambling Tendencies Among Chinese High School and Undergraduate Students. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 14(3), 322-336. doi: 10.1007/s11469-016-9632-z

    Wu, A. M. S., Lai, H. C., Tong, K. K. (2015). Internet Gambling among Community Adults and University Students in Macao. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31(3), 643-657. doi: 10.1007/s10899-014-9451-8

    Chen, Juliet H.*, Wu, A. M. S. Tong, K. K. (2015). Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Inventory of Gambling Motives, Attitudes, and Behaviors among Chinese Adolescents. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 13(3), 1557-1874. doi: 10.1007/s11469-014-9536-8

    Lai, M. H. C., Wu, A. M. S., & Tong, Kwok-kit (2015). Validation of the Gambling Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Chinese. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31, 243-256. doi: 10.1007/s10899-013-9412-7

    Wu, A. M. S., Lai, M. H. C., & Tong, Kwok-kit (2014). Gambling disorder: Estimated prevalence rates and risk factors in Macao. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(4), 1190-1197. doi: 10.1037/a0037603

    Wu, A. M. S., Lai, H. C., Tong, K. K., Tao, V. Y. K. (2013). Chinese Attitudes, Norms, Behavioral Control and Gambling Involvement in Macao. Journal of Gambling Studies, 29(4), 749-764. doi: 10.1007/s10899-012-9344-7 [Manual of GMAB]

    Wu, A. M. S., Tao, V. Y. K., Tong, K. K. & Cheung, S. F., (2012). Psychometric Evaluation of the Inventory of Gambling Motives, Attitudes and Behaviours (GMAB) among Chinese Gamblers. International Gambling Studies, 12(3), 331-347. doi: 10.1080/14459795.2012.678273

    Tong, K. K.
    , Hung, P. W., & Yuen, S. M. (2011). The Quality of Social Networks: Its Determinants and Impacts on Helping and Volunteering in Macao. Social Indicators Research, 102(2), 351-361. doi: 10.1007/s11205-010-9686-4 [Download Citation]

    Tao, V. Y. K., Wu, A. M. S., Cheung, S. F., & Tong, K. K. (2011). Development of an indigenous inventory GMAB (Gambling Motives, Attitudes and Behaviours) for Chinese gamblers: An exploratory study. Journal of Gambling Studies, 27(1), 99-113. doi: 10.1007/s10899-010-9191-3

    Tong, Kwok-kit
    & Yuen, Sze-man (2008). Quality of Life in Macao: Who is happy and satisfy. Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 9(1), 29-47. [full text] [Download Citation]

    Leung, K., Tong, K. K., & Lind, E. A. (2007). Realpolitik versus Fair Process: Moderating Effects of Group Identification on Acceptance of Political Decisions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(3), 476-489. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.3.476

    Leung, K., Tong, K.K., & Ho, S. S. Y. (2004). Effects of Interactional Justice on Egocentric Bias in Resource Allocation Decisions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(3), 405-415. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.400440

    Bond, M. H., Leung, K., Au, A., Tong, K. K., de Carrasquel S. R., Murakami F, et al. (2004). Culture-level dimensions of social axioms and their correlates across 41 cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35(5), 548-570. doi: 10.1177/0022022104268388

    Bond M. H., Leung, K., Au A., Tong, K. K., & Chemonges-Nielson, Z. (2004). Combining Social Axioms with Values in Predicting Social Behaviors. European Journal of Personality, 18(3), 177-191. doi: 10.1002/per.509

    Tong K. K.
    & Leung, K. (2002). Tournament as a motivational strategy: Extension to dynamic situations with uncertain duration. Journal of Economic Psychology, 23(3), 399-420. doi: 10.1016/S0167-4870(02)00083-1

*UM Student

Selected Book Chapters

  • Tong, K. K., Yuen, S. M. & Yu, S.* (2014). Youth Problems (pp.247-266). In Fanny Cheung, S. L.Wong, P. S. Wan and Victor Cheng (Eds.). Constructing the Future of Macao. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies The Chinese University of Hong Kong. [in Chinese]
  • Wu, M. S. & Tong, K. K. (2014). Gambling Participation (pp.61-81). In Fanny Cheung, S. L.Wong, P. S. Wan and Victor Cheng (Eds.). Constructing the Future of Macao. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies The Chinese University of Hong Kong. [in Chinese]
  • Tong, K. K. & Yuen, S. M. (2011). Heath: Trend in Macao. In Fanny Cheung, S. L.Wong, P. S. Wan and Victor Cheng (Eds.). The New Faces of Macao: Ten Years of Development and Change. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies The Chinese University of Hong Kong. [in Chinese]
  • Lai, M. H. C.* & Tong, K. K. (2011). Media usage and evaluation. In Fanny Cheung, S. L.Wong, P. S. Wan and Victor Cheng (Eds.). The New Faces of Macao: Ten Years of Development and Change. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies The Chinese University of Hong Kong. [in Chinese]
  • Leung, K. & Tong, K. K. (2004). Justice across cultures: A three-stage model for intercultural negotiation. In Michele J. Gelfand & Jeanne M. Brett (Eds.), The Handbook of Negotiation and Culture. California: Stanford University Press.
  • Leung, K. & Tong, K. K. (2003). Toward a normative model of justice. In Stephen W. Gilliland, Dirk D. Steiner, & Daniel .P. Skarlicki (Eds.) Emerging Perspectives on Values in Organizations. (Research in Social Issues in Management Series, Vol. 3). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Pub.
  • Hayward, W. G., & Tong, K. K. (2001). The influence on language proficiency on web site usage with bilinguals users. In M. J. Smith, G. Salvendy, D. Harris, & R. J. Koubek (Eds.), Usability Evaluation and Interface Design: Cognitive Engineering, Intelligent Agents and Virtual Reality. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

*UM Student

Selected Conference Presentation

  • Yu, M. S.*, Wu, A. M. S., Tong, K. K., Tao, V. Y. K., & Chen, J. H.* (2015, May). Gambling motives, attitudes, behaviors, and disorder among Chinese people. Paper presented in the 4th Asian Pacific Problem Gambling and Addictions Conference, Hong Kong, China.
  • Wu, A. M. S., Lai, M. H. C., & Tong, K. K. (2015, April). Gambling refusal self-efficacy, attitude, injunctive norm and youth gambling in Macao. Paper presented in The Third Asia Pacific Conference on Gambling & Commercial Gaming Research, Beijing, China.
  • Yu, S.,* Wang, Y. Y.*, Tong, K. K., & Wu, A. M. S. (2015, April). Psychometric properties of the Inventory of Gambling Motives, Attitudes and Behaviors among Chinese university students. Paper presented in The Third Asia Pacific Conference on Gambling & Commercial Gaming Research, Beijing, China.
  • Wu, A. M. S., Lai, M. H. C., & Tong, Kwok-kit (2014, February). Internet gambling: Participation and addiction in Macao. Paper presented in the 5th International Gambling Conference (IGC2014). Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Chen, J. H.* & Tong, K. K. (12/2013). Hate me but love my dog: Dealer alienation and stereotyped self-prophecy drive casino dealers to pathological gambling. The Second Asia Pacific Conference on Gambling & Commercial Gaming Research (APCG2013). Kaohsiung.
  • Wu, A. M. S., Lai, M. H. C., & Tong, K. K. (12/2013). Prevalence of Gambling Involvement and Gambling Disorder in Macao. The Second Asia Pacific Conference on Gambling & Commercial Gaming Research (APCG2013). Kaohsiung.
  • Wu, A. M. S., Lai, M. H. C., Tong, K. K., & Tao, Y. K. (07/2013). Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior on Gambling Involvement among Chinese people. The 13th European Congress of Psychology (ECP 2013). Stockholm.
  • Introduction to Psychology (PSYB111)
  • Introduction to Philosophy (CCSD141)
  • Social Psychology (CCSD201)
  • Quantitative Methods for Social Science I (CCSD291)
  • Quantitative Methods for Social Science II (CCSD292)
  • Social Sciences Research Methods I (ECMC290)
  • Introduction to Psychology I (PSYC101)
  • Introduction to Psychology II (PSYC102)
  • Personal and Social Competence (PSYC103)
  • Basic Statistics for Psychology (PSYC104)
  • Social Psychology (PSYC205)
  • Consumer Psychology (PSYC301)
  • Psychology of Investment (PSYC303)
  • Psychology of Tourism And Leisure Activity (PSYC407)
  • Social Psychology (SOCY221)