劉月瑩博士
副教授 / 社群心理健康研究中心成員
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Introduction
I completed my doctoral training at Dalhousie University, Vancouver Coastal Health, and the University of British Columbia, Canada, specializing in clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology. I am a registered clinical psychologist of the Hong Kong Psychological Society and a registered psychologist of British Columbia, Canada. My clinical and research interests include the interaction between sleep and daytime functioning, neuropsychology of medical and psychiatric disorders, and spirituality and mental health. Currently, my primary line of research aims to uncover some of the complex relationships between sleep, emotional and cognitive functioning. I am also actively involved in a series of longitudinal investigations on the various psychosocial factors contributing to the formation and transformation of beliefs in Chinese.
Highest Degree Obtained
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Dalhousie University at Halifax, Canada
Membership of Professional Societies
Graduate Member, Hong Kong Psychological Society
Member, Division of Clinical Psychology, Hong Kong Psychological Society
Member, Hong Kong Clinical Psychologists’ Association
Member, Sleep Research Society
Honorary Appointment
Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Hong Kong (2015 - present)
Current External Competitive Grants
Flourishing outcomes and psychosocial predictors of 10-year trajectories of sleep quality in emerging adults. (2020 – 2022), HK$862,050, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund. (PI: Lau, E. Y. Y. Co-I: Cheung, S. H.)
The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Emotional Functioning and Its Electroencephalographic (EEG) Correlates. (2018 – 2020), HK$810,168, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund. (PI: Lau, E. Y. Y. Co-Is: Hsiao, J. H., Zhang, J., Rusak, B., Yee, T. S. L., Zhang, J., Li, C.)
Noise sensitivity and nonrestorative sleep in Chinese adults. (Co-I: HMRF#14150801, HKD$1,200,000, 01/04/2017- 31/03/2019)
Sleep on it: Effects of daytime naps and nighttime sleep on emotional processing in college students. (PI: GRF #18619616, HKD$ 754,606, 01/01/2017 – 30/6/2019)
Sleep and risk-related decision-making in adolescents and young adults. (PI: GRF#17612015, HKD$388,990, 1/11/2015 – 30/4/2018)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia as a Transdiagnostic Early Intervention of Mood Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Co-I: GRF#17140916, HKD$696,124, 1/1/2017 – 31/12/2019)
Emotional stability, positive worldview, forgiveness, and sleep quality: A search for causal pathways (PI: GRF#17403014, HKD$178,748, 1/5/2014 – 31/10/2017)
Effects of sleep disturbances on disrupted affective cognition in individuals with depression (PI: HMRF #12132951, HKD$526,856, 30/4/2015 – 31/10/2017)
What makes poor sleepers anxious and depressed: Testing the mediating role of cognitive deficits between poor sleep and anxiety and depressive disorders (PI: HMRF #11122051, HKD$80,000, 1/1/2013 – 31/12/2015)
Association between sleep/wake patterns and neurocognitive outcomes in Hong Kong Chinese preschoolers (Co-I: GRF #14108114, HKD$404,444, 1/11/2014 – 31/1/2017)
The role of life events in the transition of personality and values: A longitudinal investigation on the effects of bereavement and religious conversion (Co-I: GRF#17604915, HKD$650,660, 1/7/2015 – 31/12/2017)
Consultancy in Past 3 Years
HKSAR Government Mental Health Review Tribunal, Member (2019 - 2021)
Psychological Services Group, Hong Kong Police (2018 – present)
Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council Nga Yin Association Neighbourhood Elderly Centre (2018 – present)
Hong Kong Outstanding Students’ Award, Assessor (2019)
Selected Recent Publications
Journal Articles
(Students’ names are italicized; *corresponding author)
Chan, S. W. Y.*, Lau, W. W. F., Hui, C. H., Lau, E. Y. Y., & Cheung, S-F. (2020). Causal relationship between religiosity and value priorities: Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/rel0000175
Li, S., Fong, D. Y. T.*, Wong, J. Y. H., Wilkinson, K., Shapiro, C., Choi, E. P. H., McPherson, B., Lau, E. Y. Y., Lam, C. L. K., Huang, L. X., Ip, M. S.M. (2020). Nonrestorative Sleep Scale: A Reliable and Valid Short Form of the Traditional Chinese Version. Quality of Life Research. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02523-4
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Lau, K. N. T., Chan, C. S., Tseng, C. H., Lam, Y. C., Tse, D. M. S., Cheng, W. Y., Chung, K.-F. & Wing, Y. K. (2020). Effects of REM sleep during a daytime nap on emotional perception in individuals with and without depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 260, 687-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.058
Liang, R., Chan, S. H. S., Ho, F. K. W., Tang, O. C., Cherk, S. W. W., Ip, P., & Lau, E. Y. Y.* (2019). Health-related quality of life in Chinese boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their families. Journal of Child Health Care, 23(3), 495–506. doi: 10.1177/1367493519857423
Li, C, Hsiao, J.H.W, Zhang, J, Lam, Y.C., Zhang, J, Rusak, B, . . . Lau, E.Y.Y.* (2019). 24 Hours of sleep deprivation does not show significant impact on social decision making among Hong Kong young adults. Sleep Medicine, 64, S224. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.625
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Wong, M. L., Rusak, B., Lam, Y. C., Wing, Y. K., Tseng, C., & Lee, T. M. C. (2019). The coupling of short sleep duration and high sleep need predicts riskier decision making. Psychology & Health, DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2019.1594807
Zhang, J.*, Lau, E.Y.Y., Hsiao, J. H. (2018). Using emotion regulation strategies after sleep deprivation: ERP and behavioral findings. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-00667-y
Zhang, J.*, Chan, A. B., Lau, E.Y.Y., Hsiao, J. H. (2018). Individuals with Insomnia Misrecognize Angry Faces as Fearful Faces While Missing the Eyes: An Eye-Tracking Study. Sleep, zsy220, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsy220
Lau, E.Y.Y.*, McAteer, S., Leung, C. N. W., Tucker. M. A., Li, C.(2018) Beneficial effects of a daytime nap on verbal memory in Adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 67, 77-84.
Chan, C. S., Poon, C. Y.S., Leung, J. C.Y., Lau, K. N.T., & Lau, E. Y.Y. (2018). Delayed school start time is associated with better sleep, daytime functioning, and life satisfaction in residential high-school students. Journal of Adolescence, 66, 49-54.
Chan, S. W. Y., Lau, W. W. F., Hui, C. H., Lau, E. Y. Y., & Cheung S. F. (2018). Causal relationship between religiosity and value priorities: Cross-sectional and longitudinal investigations. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000175
Zhang, J., Lau, E.Y. Y.*, Hsiao, J. H. (2018). Sleep Deprivation Compromises Resting-State Emotional Regulatory Processes: An EEG Study. Journal of Sleep Research, e12671. DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12671.
Hui C. H., Cheung, S.-H., Lam, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Cheung, S.-F., & Yuliawati, L. (2018). Psychological changes during religious deconversion: A three-year prospective study. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 10(2), 103-118.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Hui, C.H., Lam, J., & Cheung, S. F.(2017). Sleep and Optimism: A Longitudinal Study of Bidirectional Causal Relationship and its Mediating and Moderating Variables in a Chinese Student Sample. Chronobiology International, 34(3), 360-372.
Wong, M. L., Cheung, G. W. L., & Lau, E. Y. Y. * (2017). Interaction of sleep and regular exercise in adolescents’ and young adults’ working memory. International Journal of Sports Psychology, 48, 1-17.
Wong, M. L., Lau, K. N. T., Espie, C. A., Luik, A. I., Kyle, S. D., & Lau, E. Y. Y.* (2017). Psychometric properties of the Sleep Condition Indicator and Insomnia Severity Index in the evaluation of insomnia disorder. Sleep Medicine, 33, 76-81.
Wong, M. L., Zhang, J., Wing, Y. K., & Lau, E. Y. Y.* (2017). Sleep-related daytime consequences mediated the neuroticism depression link. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 15(1), 21-30.
Gao, Y., Cheung, T. F., Gao, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Wan, J. H. & Mok, M.Y. (2016) Evaluation of cognitive function by electrophysiological study in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with previous neuropsychiatric involvement. Clinical EEG & Neuroscience. doi: 10.1177/1556.
Gao, Y., Cheung, T. F., Gao, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Wan, J. H. & Mok, M.Y. (2016) Electrophysiological Study on Cognitive Function in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients With Previous Neuropsychiatric Involvement. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 1556.
Hui, C. H., Cheung, S.-H., Lam, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Yuliawati, L., & Cheung, S.-F.(2016). In Search of the Psychological Antecedents and Consequences of Christian Conversion: A Three-Year Prospective Study. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9(2), 220.
Hui, C. H., Cheung, S. H., Lau, E. Y. Y., Mok, D. S. Y., Cheung, S. F., & Kwan, Y. W. (2016). Bereavement Hits Harder on Those Who Believe in Fate. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 35(8), 609-628.
Hui, C. H., Lau, E. Y. Y., Lam, J., Cheung, S. F., & Lau, W. W. F. (2016). Psychological Predictors of Chinese Christians’ Church Attendance and Religious Steadfastness: A Three-Wave Prospective Study. Psychology of Religion & Spirituality, 7, 250-264.
Hui, L. L., Lam, H. S., Lau, E. Y. Y., Nelson, E. A. S., Wong, T. W., & Fielding, R. (2016). Prenatal dioxin exposure and neurocognitive development in Hong Kong 11-year-old children. Environmental Research, 150, 205-212
Lau, W. W. F., Hui, C. H., Lam, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Ng, D., & Cheung, S. F. (2016). Psychometric Evaluation of the Spiritual Transcendence Scale in a Chinese sample: Is there factorial invariance across gender, occupation, and religion? The International Journal of the Psychology of Religion. DOI:10.1080/10508619.2015.1021654.
Abraham, A.A., Chow, W.C., So, H.K., Li, A.M., Kumta, S.M., Woo, J., Chan, S.M., Lau, E. Y. Y. and Nelson, E.A.S. (2015). Lifestyle Intervention Using an Internet-based Curriculum among Obese Chinese Teens: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.PLoS ONE, 10, e0125673. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125673.
Cheung, S-H., Hui, C. H., Lau, E.Y.Y., Cheung, S.F., & Mok, D.S.Y. (2015). Does church size matter? A cross-sectional and longitudinal study of Chinese congregants’ religious attitudes and behaviors. Review of Religious Research, 57, 63-86. doi:10.1007/s13644-013-0116-3.
Hui, C. H., Lau, W. W. F., Cheung, S-H., Cheung S. F., Lau, E. Y. Y., & Lam, J. (2015). Predictors and outcomes of experiences deemed religious: A longitudinal investigation. International Journal of the Psychology of Religion, 25, 107-129. doi:10.1080/10508619.2014.916588
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Cheung, S. H., Lam, J., Hui, C. H., Cheung, S. F., & Mok, D. S. Y. (2015). Purpose-driven life: Life goals as a predictor of quality of life and psychological health. Journal of Happiness Studies. doi: 10.1007/s10902-014-9552-1
Lau, E. Y. Y., Choi, E. W.M., Lai, E. S. K., Lau, K.N.T., Au, C. T., Yung, W. H., & Li, A. M. (2015). Working memory impairment and its associated sleep-related respiratory parameters in children with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Medicine, 16, 1109-1115.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Hui, C. H., Cheung, S.-F., & Lam, J. (2015). Bidirectional relationship between sleep and optimism with depressive mood as a mediator: A longitudinal study of Chinese working adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 79, 428-434. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.09.010.
Lau, E. Y. Y., Wong, M.L., Lau, K.N.T., Hui, F.W.Y., & Tseng, C.H. (2015). Rapid-eye movement-sleep (REM) associated enhancement of working memory performance after a daytime nap. PLOS ONE, 10, e0125752.
Lau, W. W. F., Hui, C. H., Lam, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Cheung, S. F. (2015). The relationship between spirituality and quality of life among university students: An autoregressive cross-lagged panel analysis. Higher Education, 69, 977-990.
Philip, L. H., Lee, P. H., Cheung, S. F., Lau, E. Y.Y., Mok, D. S., & Hui, H. C. (2015). Logit tree models for discrete choice data with application to advice-seeking preferences among Chinese Christians. Computational Statistics, 31(2), 799-827.  
Lau, W. W. F., Hui, C. H., Lam, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Ng, D., & Cheung, S. F. (2015). Psychometric of the Spiritual Transcendence Scale in a Chinese sample: Is there factorial invariance across gender, occupation, and religion? The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 26(2), 136-151.doi:10.1080/10508619.2015.1021654.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Wong, M.L., Lau, K.N.T., Hui, F.W.Y., & Tseng, C.H. (2015). Rapid-eye-movement-sleep (REM) associated enhancement of working memory performance after a daytime nap. PLoS ONE, 10, e0125752. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125752.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Choi, E. W.M., Lai, E. S. K., Lau, K.N.T., Au, C. T., Ying, W. H., & Li, A. M. (2015). Working memory impairment and its associated sleep-related respiratory parameters in children with obstructive sleep apena. Sleep Medicine, 16,1109-1115. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.04.025.
Hui, C.H., Chan, S.W.Y., Lau, E.Y.Y., Cheung, S.F., & Mok, D.S.Y. (2014). The role of religion in moderating the impact of life events on material life goals: Some evidence in support of terror management theory. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 17, 52-61.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Ip, M. S. M., Lee, T. M. C, Yeung, A. W. M., Eskes, G. A. (2014) Neurocognitive and psychosocial outcomes of obstructive sleep apnea in Hong Kong Chinese: Similar to or different from western populations? Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and Care, 2:3.
Lau, W. W. F., Hui, C. H., Lam, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Cheung, S. F. (2014). The relationship between college students’ spirituality and quality of life: An autoregressive cross-lagged panel analysis. Higher Education, 69, 977-990. doi: 10.1007/s10734-014-9817-y
Zhang, K. C., Hui, C. H., Lam, J., Lau, E. Y. Y., Cheung, S. F., & Mok, D. S. Y. (2014). Personal spiritual values and quality of life: Evidence from Chinese college students. Journal of Religion and Health, 53, 986-1002.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Eskes, G. A., Morrison, D. L., Rajda, M., Spurr, K. F. (2013). The role of daytime sleepiness in psychosocial outcomes after treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Disorders, 2013, 140275.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Wong, M. L., Ng, E. C. W., Hui, C. H., Cheung, S. F. & Mok, D. S. Y. (2013). “Social Jetlag” in morning-type college students living on campus: Implications on physical and psychological wellbeing. Chronobiology International, 30, 910-918.
Wong, M. L., Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Wan, J. H. Y., Cheung, S. F., Hui, C. H., & Mok, D. S. Y. (2013). The interplay between sleep and mood in predicting academic functioning, physical health and psychological health: A longitudinal study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 74, 271-277.
Cheng, G. L. F., Tang, J. C. Y., Li, F. W. S., Lau, E. Y. Y., & Lee, T. M. C.* (2012). Schizophrenia and risk-taking: Impaired reward but preserved punishment processing. Schizophrenia Research, 136, 122-127.
Hui, C. H., Ng, E. C. W., Mok, D. S. Y., Lau, E. Y. Y., & Cheung, S. F. (2011). "Faith Maturity Scale" for Chinese: A revision and construct validation. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 21, 308-322.
Lau, E. Y. Y.*, Eskes G. A., Morrison, D. L., Rajda, M., Spurr, K. F. (2010). Executive function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with continuous positive airway pressure. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 1077-1088.
Cowper-Smith, C. D., Lau, E. Y. Y., Helmick, C. A., Eskes, G. E., Westwood, D. A. (2010). Neural coding of movement direction in the healthy human brain. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13330.
Book Chapters
Lau, E. Y. Y.* (2014). Clinical interviewing and qualitative assessment with Asian heritage clients. In J. M. Davis & R. C. D’Amato (Eds.), Neuropsychology with Asian-Americans (pp.135-149). Macau, China: Springer.
Lau, E. Y. Y.* (2013). Executive and frontal lobe function. In C. A. Kushida (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sleep, Vol.3 (pp.352-359). Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
Lau, E. Y. Y.* (2013). Mood and behavior. In C. A. Kushida (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sleep, Vol.3 (pp.413-418). Waltham, MA: Academic Press.