Dr Patrick Lin ~ Senior Lecturer Psychology

Patrick Lin graduated from York University, Toronto, Canada and received the Academic Achievement Award for his specialized honours in psychology (B.A. Spec. Hons.) in 2004. He then went on to complete his Master of Social Sciences (2007) and PhD (2015) in psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He lectures research methods, statistics, and social psychology at JCU Singapore. Patrick’s main research interests are pertinent to interpersonal attraction and effects of priming. Currently, he is also looking at impact of social withdrawal and factors related to social withdrawal (Hikikomori phenomenon).

Teaching

• PY2107: Conducting and Interpreting Experimental Studies in Psychology (Level 2; SIN)
• PY4106: Group Project Part 1 of 2 (Level 4; SIN)

Interests

Research

• Social Psychology

Research Disciplines

• Social and personality psychology (5205)
• Applied and developmental psychology (5201)
• Clinical and health psychology (5203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Lin P, Andrew , Koh A and Liew K (2022) The relationship between Hikikomori risk factors and social withdrawal tendencies among emerging adults — An exploratory study of Hikikomori in Singapore. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13.
• Lin P, Ramsay J, Chan K, Lim B and Tong E (2022) Self-transcendence through self-inhibition?: God primes reduce self-accessibility. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 14 (1). pp. 31-42
• Yow Y, Ramsay J, Lin P and Marsh N (2022) Dimensions, Measures, and Contexts in Psychological Investigations of Curiosity: A Scoping Review. Behavioral Sciences, 12 (12).
• Ng D, Lin P, Marsh N, Chan K and Ramsay J (2021) Associations between openness facets, prejudice, and tolerance: a scoping review with meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
• Lin P and Suarez L (2020) The Effect of Supernatural Priming on Cheating Behaviour. Religions, 11 (6).
• Lin P, Tong E, Lee L, Low A and Gomes D (2016) The prosocial impact of God concept priming on God believers. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 3 (1). pp. 93-103
• Singh R, Wegener D, Sankaran K, Singh S, Lin P, Seow M, Teng J and Shuli S (2015) On the importance of trust in interpersonal attraction from attitude similarity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 32 (6). pp. 829-850
• Lin P, Singh R, Self W, Ramasamy M and Simons J (2013) Age-moderated effects of consequence and intent information on punishment: an intuitive prosecutorial interpretation. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 174 (1). pp. 1-24
• Singh R, Ng R, Ong E and Lin P (2008) Different mediators for the age, sex, and attitude similarity effects in interpersonal attraction. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30 (1). pp. 1-17
• Singh R, Lin P, Tan H and Ho L (2008) Evaluations, attitude similarity, and interpersonal attraction: testing the hypothesis of weighting interference across responses. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30 (3). pp. 241-252

Conference Papers

• Singh S and Lin P (2023) Exploring the Role of Trust, Competence, and Likability in Fostering Workplace Relations. Innovation-Driven Business and Sustainability in the Tropics: Proceedings of the Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference 2023. In: SEIGOP 2023: Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference, 1-3 March 2023, Singapore
• Nguwi Y, Teoh T, Ng C, Song I, Lin P and Cho S (2012) Preliminary attraction studies. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing and Networking Technology. In: 2012 8th International Conference on Computing and Networking Technology, 27-29 August 2012, Gyeongju, Korea (South)

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 16+ research outputs authored by Dr Patrick Lin from 2007 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Treatment Effectiveness of an Outpatient Dialectical Behavior Skills Group (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Curiosity and Video Gaming: How Curiosity Relates to Video Gaming Behaviours and Addiction (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Social Media Use and Prosocial Behaviour (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Socio-political Stressors and Long-tem relationship Resilience among same-sex couples: A Mixed-methods study (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Learning in Multiple Contexts (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Finding the Facet-structure and Facet of Openness that Best Predict Prejudice and Social Tolerance: An Investigation of Predictive Utilities and Cross-cultural Stability (2024, PhD , Secondary Advisor)