Publications
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SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
*Denotes student co-author.
^Denotes corresponding author when it is not the first author.
Ng, R.W.J.*, See, Y.H.M.^, & Cheung, M.W.-L. (2024). The influence of affective and cognitive appeals on persuasion outcomes: A cross-cultural meta-analysis. Journal of Communication, jqae042. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqae042 <pdf> <supplementary file>
Ng, R.W.J.*, See, Y.H.M., & Wallace, L. (2023). When objective ambivalence leads to subjective ambivalence: An affect-cognition matching perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 1495-1510. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221102015 <pdf> <data & materials>
Moreno, L., Paredes, B., Horcajo, H., Briñol, P., See, Y. H. M., DeMarree, K., & Petty, R.E. (2023). The effects of perceived COVID-19 threat on compensatory conviction. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53, 1309-1325. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2976
Ng, R. W. J.*, Bu, C.*, & See, Y. H. M.^ (2023). Defensive confidence and certainty in unchanged attitudes: The role of affect-cognition matching. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 773-790. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221074102 <pdf> <data & materials>
See, Y. H. M., & Wade, W. P. (2022). Effects of living arrangements on well-being, perceived conflict, and intergroup attitudes for local and international students: Results from a field intervention. Journal of Social Issues, 78 (3), 544-562. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12464 <pdf>
Tan, K., & See, Y. H. M. (2022). Tugging at their heartstrings: Partner’s knowledge of affective meta-bases predicts use of emotional advocacies in close relationships. Social Cognition, 40, 150-171. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2022.40.2.150 <pdf>
See, Y. H. M., & Luttrell, A. (2021). When dueling emotions and conflicting beliefs predict subjective ambivalence: The role of meta-bases. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 97, 104204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104204 <pdf> <data & materials>
See, Y. H. M., Lim, A.W.Q. *, & Pauketat, J.V.T. (2020). Values predict willingness to interact with immigrants: The role of cultural ideology and multicultural acquisition. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51, 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119883018 <pdf>
Johnson, I.R., Petty, R.E., Brinol, P., See, Y.H.M. (2017). Persuasive message scrutiny as a function of implicit-explicit discrepancies in racial attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 222-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.11.007 <pdf>
Tan, K.*, See, Y.H.M., & Agnew, C.R. (2015). Partner's understanding of affective-cognitive meta-bases predicts relationship quality. Personal Relationships, 22, 524-535. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12093 <pdf>
Whitson, J., Wang, C.S., See, Y.H.M., Baker, W., & Murnighan, J.K. (2015). How, when, and why recipients and observers reward good deeds and punish bad deeds. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 128, 84-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.03.006 <pdf>
Khoo, B.L.Z.*, & See, Y.H.M. (2014). Mortality salience and evaluations of ingroup versus outgroup critics: The role of criticism legitimacy. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 242-254. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2012 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., Valenti, G., Ho, Y.Y.A.*, & Tan, M.S.Q.* (2013). When message tailoring backfires: The role of initial attitudes in affect-cognition matching. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 570-584. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1967 <pdf>
See, Y. H. M., Petty, R. E., & Fabrigar, L. R. (2013). Affective-cognitive meta-bases versus structural bases of attitudes predict processing interest versus efficiency. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1113-1125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213490807 <pdf>
Wang, C.S., Leung, A.K.-y., See, Y.H.M., Gao, X.Y.* (2011). The effects of culture and friendship on rewarding honesty and punishing deception. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1295-1299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.011 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., Petty, R.E., & Evans, M.L. (2009). The impact of perceived message complexity and need for cognition on information processing and attitudes. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 880-889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.04.006 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., Petty, R.E., & Fabrigar, L.R. (2008). Affective and cognitive meta-bases of attitudes: Unique effects on information interest and persuasion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 938-955. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.6.938 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., & Petty, R.E. (2006). Effects of mortality salience on evaluation of ingroup and outgroup sources: The impact of pro- versus counter-attitudinal positions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167205282737 <pdf>
*Denotes student co-author.
^Denotes corresponding author when it is not the first author.
Ng, R.W.J.*, See, Y.H.M.^, & Cheung, M.W.-L. (2024). The influence of affective and cognitive appeals on persuasion outcomes: A cross-cultural meta-analysis. Journal of Communication, jqae042. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqae042 <pdf> <supplementary file>
Ng, R.W.J.*, See, Y.H.M., & Wallace, L. (2023). When objective ambivalence leads to subjective ambivalence: An affect-cognition matching perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 1495-1510. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221102015 <pdf> <data & materials>
Moreno, L., Paredes, B., Horcajo, H., Briñol, P., See, Y. H. M., DeMarree, K., & Petty, R.E. (2023). The effects of perceived COVID-19 threat on compensatory conviction. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53, 1309-1325. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2976
Ng, R. W. J.*, Bu, C.*, & See, Y. H. M.^ (2023). Defensive confidence and certainty in unchanged attitudes: The role of affect-cognition matching. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 773-790. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221074102 <pdf> <data & materials>
See, Y. H. M., & Wade, W. P. (2022). Effects of living arrangements on well-being, perceived conflict, and intergroup attitudes for local and international students: Results from a field intervention. Journal of Social Issues, 78 (3), 544-562. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12464 <pdf>
Tan, K., & See, Y. H. M. (2022). Tugging at their heartstrings: Partner’s knowledge of affective meta-bases predicts use of emotional advocacies in close relationships. Social Cognition, 40, 150-171. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2022.40.2.150 <pdf>
See, Y. H. M., & Luttrell, A. (2021). When dueling emotions and conflicting beliefs predict subjective ambivalence: The role of meta-bases. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 97, 104204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104204 <pdf> <data & materials>
See, Y. H. M., Lim, A.W.Q. *, & Pauketat, J.V.T. (2020). Values predict willingness to interact with immigrants: The role of cultural ideology and multicultural acquisition. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51, 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119883018 <pdf>
Johnson, I.R., Petty, R.E., Brinol, P., See, Y.H.M. (2017). Persuasive message scrutiny as a function of implicit-explicit discrepancies in racial attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 222-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.11.007 <pdf>
Tan, K.*, See, Y.H.M., & Agnew, C.R. (2015). Partner's understanding of affective-cognitive meta-bases predicts relationship quality. Personal Relationships, 22, 524-535. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12093 <pdf>
Whitson, J., Wang, C.S., See, Y.H.M., Baker, W., & Murnighan, J.K. (2015). How, when, and why recipients and observers reward good deeds and punish bad deeds. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 128, 84-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.03.006 <pdf>
Khoo, B.L.Z.*, & See, Y.H.M. (2014). Mortality salience and evaluations of ingroup versus outgroup critics: The role of criticism legitimacy. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 242-254. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2012 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., Valenti, G., Ho, Y.Y.A.*, & Tan, M.S.Q.* (2013). When message tailoring backfires: The role of initial attitudes in affect-cognition matching. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 570-584. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1967 <pdf>
See, Y. H. M., Petty, R. E., & Fabrigar, L. R. (2013). Affective-cognitive meta-bases versus structural bases of attitudes predict processing interest versus efficiency. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1113-1125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167213490807 <pdf>
Wang, C.S., Leung, A.K.-y., See, Y.H.M., Gao, X.Y.* (2011). The effects of culture and friendship on rewarding honesty and punishing deception. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1295-1299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.04.011 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., Petty, R.E., & Evans, M.L. (2009). The impact of perceived message complexity and need for cognition on information processing and attitudes. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 880-889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.04.006 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., Petty, R.E., & Fabrigar, L.R. (2008). Affective and cognitive meta-bases of attitudes: Unique effects on information interest and persuasion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 938-955. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.94.6.938 <pdf>
See, Y.H.M., & Petty, R.E. (2006). Effects of mortality salience on evaluation of ingroup and outgroup sources: The impact of pro- versus counter-attitudinal positions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167205282737 <pdf>
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
(BOOK CHAPTERS, ENCYCLOPAEDIC ENTRIES, ETC.)
Horcajo, J., Briñol, P., Paredes, B., Petty, R.E., DeMarree, K.G., & See, Y.H.M. (2022). Polarization of attitudes as a function of meta-cognition: A meta-cognitive analysis. Psicothema, 34(2), 226-232.
See, Y.H.M. (2020). Cognitive-affective processing system. In V. ZeiglerHill, & T. K., Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp.733-738). Springer. <pdf>
Wade, W.P., & See, Y.H.M. (2014). Measuring critical thinking as a learning outcome: A pilot study from the Ideas and Exposition I Module, Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4, 220-236.
See, Y.H.M., & Khoo, B.L.Z.* (2011). Tailoring information to change attitudes: A meta-structural approach. In I.M. Saleh & M.S. Khine (Eds.), Attitudes research in science education: Classic and contemporary measurements (pp.177-198). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Yang, Y., See, Y.H.M., Ortony, A., & Tan, J. J.* (2010). Subjective effectiveness in agent-to-human negotiation: A frame x personality account. In P. McBurney, S. Parsons, I. Rahwan, & N. Maudet (Eds), Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, 6057, 134-149, Springer-Verlag. <pdf>
Horcajo, J., See, Y.H.M., Briñol, P., Petty, R.E. (2008). The role of mortality salience in consumer persuasion. Advances in Consumer Research, 35, 782-783. <pdf>
See, Y. H. M., & Petty, R. E. (2007). The need for cognition. In R.F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds), Encyclopedia of social psychology (pp. 611-613). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. <pdf>
(BOOK CHAPTERS, ENCYCLOPAEDIC ENTRIES, ETC.)
Horcajo, J., Briñol, P., Paredes, B., Petty, R.E., DeMarree, K.G., & See, Y.H.M. (2022). Polarization of attitudes as a function of meta-cognition: A meta-cognitive analysis. Psicothema, 34(2), 226-232.
See, Y.H.M. (2020). Cognitive-affective processing system. In V. ZeiglerHill, & T. K., Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp.733-738). Springer. <pdf>
Wade, W.P., & See, Y.H.M. (2014). Measuring critical thinking as a learning outcome: A pilot study from the Ideas and Exposition I Module, Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4, 220-236.
See, Y.H.M., & Khoo, B.L.Z.* (2011). Tailoring information to change attitudes: A meta-structural approach. In I.M. Saleh & M.S. Khine (Eds.), Attitudes research in science education: Classic and contemporary measurements (pp.177-198). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Yang, Y., See, Y.H.M., Ortony, A., & Tan, J. J.* (2010). Subjective effectiveness in agent-to-human negotiation: A frame x personality account. In P. McBurney, S. Parsons, I. Rahwan, & N. Maudet (Eds), Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, 6057, 134-149, Springer-Verlag. <pdf>
Horcajo, J., See, Y.H.M., Briñol, P., Petty, R.E. (2008). The role of mortality salience in consumer persuasion. Advances in Consumer Research, 35, 782-783. <pdf>
See, Y. H. M., & Petty, R. E. (2007). The need for cognition. In R.F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds), Encyclopedia of social psychology (pp. 611-613). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. <pdf>