School of Social Sciences Most Popular Papers (May-Jul 2021)

Check out the list of ten most downloaded School of Social Sciences papers* from Institutional Knowledge (InK) at SMU for the period of May-July 2021. Click on the links below to read the papers!

1. Elderly Population in Singapore: Understanding Social, Physical and Financial Needs

John A. DONALDSON, Catherine J. SMITH, Balambigai Balakrishnan, Mumtaz Md. KADIR, Sanushka MUDALIAR

2. Mimicking religion as coping strategy: The emergence of the Bell-Curve God in Singapore

Lily KONG

3. The Importance of Employee Well-being

William TOV, David CHAN

4. There and back again: What the Cold War for Southeast Asia can teach us about Sino-US competition in the region today

Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing) NGOEI

5. Revisiting the Asian Values Argument used by Asian Political Leaders and its Validity

Chang Yau HOON

6. Beyond the hedonic treadmill: Revising the adaptation theory of well-being

Ed DIENER, Richard E. LUCAS, Christie N. SCOLLON

7. A handbook on inequality, poverty and unmet social needs in Singapore

Catherine J. SMITH, John A. DONALDSON, Sanushka MUDALIAR, Mumtaz Md. KADIR, Lam Keong YEOH

8. Effects of social media and smartphone use on body esteem in female adolescents: Testing a cognitive and affective model

Hwajin YANG, Jiaqi Joy WANG, Yue Qi Germaine TNG, Sujin YANG

9. New Well-Being Measures: Short Scales to Assess Flourishing and Positive and Negative Feelings

Ed DIENER, Derrick WIRTZ, William TOV, Chu KIM-PRIETO, Dong-won CHOI, Shigehiro OISHI, Robert Biswas-DIENER

10. Vital yet vulnerable: Mental and emotional health of South Asian migrant Workers in Singapore

Nicholas HARRIGAN, Chiu Yee KOH

* Based on the average number of full-text downloads per day since the paper was posted.

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