FASS Staff Profile

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CHOO, HYEKYUNG
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT of SOCIAL WORK

Appointment:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Office:
AS3/04-09
Email:
swkch@nus.edu.sg
Tel:
+65-65164421
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Homepage:
http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/swkch/
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Brief Introduction

Hyekyung Choo is an associate professor at the Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore. She received her PhD from University of Pennsylvania and her MSW from Temple University. Her research areas cover adolescents’ health risk behaviors and video-gaming addiction and social service program evaluation. She has untertaken two large scale surveys on Singapore adolescents’ health risk behaviors and video-gaming, and conducted evaluation research on an intervention program for adolescents’ video-gaming addiction. Her recent publications include “Pathological video-gaming among Singaporean youth: A two year longitudinal study” co-authored and published in Pediatrics (2011), "Pathological video-gaming among Singaporean youth” in Annals Academy Of Medicine, Singapore (2010) which received Silver Award for Best Publications of the Journal in 2010 together with her co-autors, and “Health risk behaviors of foreign-born adolescents in Singapore: Exploration of risk factors in an Asian context” in British Journal Of Social Work (2010) with her colleagues.


Teaching Areas

  • SW3206 Gender Issues in Social Work Practice
  • SW3217 Mental Health and Illness
  • SW4103 Advanced Research and Evaluation
  • SW4213 Social Networks and Social Support
  • SWD5103 Contemporary Social Work Practice
  • SWD5120 Social Work Practicum Seminar

 


Research Interests

  • Systemic influences on adolescents' health risk behaviors
  • Children and adolescents' video-gaming addiction and cyberwellness
  • Adolescent children of immigrants and their mental health and health risk behaviors
  • Social service program evaluation 

Publications

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

  • Green C. S., Eichenbaum, A., Kattner, F., Bradford, D., Gentile, D. A., Choo, H., Chen, V., Khoo, A. (2015). The role of game genres and the development of internet gaming disorder in school-aged children. Journal of Addictive Behaviors, Therapy and Rehabilitation, 4 (3), doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2324-9005.1000141.
  • Liau, A. K. F., Choo, H., Li, D., Gentile, D. A., Sim, T., & Khoo (in press), A. Pathological video-game use among youth: A prospective study examining dual growth trajectory models. Addiction Research & Theory, 23, 301-308.
  • Choo, H., Sim, T., Liau, A. K. F., Gentile, D. A., & Khoo, A. (2014). Parental influences on pathological symptoms of video-gaming among children and adolescents: A prospective study. Journal of Child and Family Studies, Available Online (doi: 10.1007/s10826-014-9949-9)
  • Lee, C. H., Choo, H., Tai, B. C.., Chan, M. Y., Phua, Q. H., Low, T. T., Richards, A. M., Tan, H. C., Ow, R., & Yeo, T. C. (2013). “Immigrant status and disparities in health care delivery in myocardial infarction". International Journal of Cardiology, 166 (3), 696-701.
  • Choo, H. and D. Shek (2013). Quality of Parent–Child Relationship, Family Conflict, Peer Pressure, and Drinking Behaviors of Adolescents in an Asian Context: The Case of Singapore. Social Indicators Research. 110, 1141-1157.
  • Li, D., Choo, H., Khoo, A., & Liau, A. (2012). Effects of digital game play among young Singaporean gamers: A two-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research.
  • Choo, H. (2012). “Stress Process of Illicit Drug Use among U. S. Immigrants’ Adolescent Children: A Longitudinal Study”. Journal of Community Psychology, 40(3), 358-371.
  • Liau, A., Neo, E. C., Gentile, D. A., Choo, H., Sim, T., Li, D. & Khoo, A. (2011). “Impulsivity, self-regulation, and pathological video-gaming: Testing a moderated mediation model". Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Available online (doi:10.1177/1010539511429369).
  • Gentile, A. D., Choo, H., Liau, A., Sim, T., Li, D., Fung, D., & Khoo, A. (2011) “Pathological video-gaming among Singaporean youth: A two year longitudinal study”. Pediatrics, 127(2), 319-329.
  • Ang, R., Choo, H., & Ow, R. (2011). “Poor hemodialysis outcome: Identifying social risk factors in elderly and non-elderly patients in Singapore” Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 21 (1), 71-88.
  • Choo, H., & Sim, T (2010).“Health risk behaviors of foreign-born adolescents in Singapore: Exploration of risk factors in an Asian context”. British Journal Of Social Work, 40 (7), 2203-2222.
  • Choo, H., Gentile, D.A., Sim, T., Li, D., Khoo, A., & Liu, A. (2010). "Pathological video-gaming among Singaporean youth”. Annals Academy Of Medicine, Singapore, 39 (11), 822-829. [Received Silver Award for Best Publications of the Journal in 2010, April 2011].
  • Choo, H. (2008). “Parent-child relationships and drug use among foreign-born adolescents in Singapore immigrant families: Implications for parenting strategies” Journal of Youth Studies - the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, 11 (2), 85-96.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS

  • Mohanty, J., & Choo, H. The Acculturation experiences of immigrants in Singapore (under review by Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies)
  • Choo, H., Gentile, D. A., Chng, S. E. G., & Khoo, A. Effect of peer support on pathological symptoms of Internet use among children and adolescents.
  • Choo, H., Chng, S. E. G., Fung, D., & Khoo, A. Moderating effect of peer support on depression among cyber victims.
  • Sim, T., Choo, H., Khoo, A., Yeong, A., & Lam, W. M. What to do? Engaging adolescents who play games excessively.
  • Yow, T. T. S., & Choo, H. How do the appraisal and coping of marital infidelity affect the mental health among clients of social service agencies in Singapore?

EDITORIAL WORK ON BOOKS

  • Chong, W. H., Choo, H., Goh, E., Wee, P. Y. Y., Goh, W., & Chay, O. M. (2015). Preventive child healthcare in Singapore: A parents’ well-being perspective. Annals Academy Of Medicine, Singapore, 44, 550-553.

SHORTER ARTICLES/COMMENTS IN JOURNAL

  • Chong, W. H., Choo, H., Goh, E., Wee, P. Y. Y., Goh, W., & Chay, O. M. (2015). Preventive child healthcare in Singapore: A parents’ well-being perspective. Annals Academy Of Medicine, Singapore, 44, 550-553.

CONFERENCE PAPERS PUBLISHED

  • Cheong, W. D. C., Choo, H., Khoo, A. (2011). Role of Parental Relationships in Pathological Gaming. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 30, 1230-1236.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  • Choo, H., & Chong, E. J. (in press) Intervention: Treatment models for Internet and Gaming addiction. Chapter 8, Internet Addiction, Marshal Cavendish.
  • Khoo, A. C., Chen, V., & Choo, H. (in press). Effects of digital gaming among children and adolescents in Singapore: A summary of research findings. In New Media and Learning in the 21st Century: A socio-cultural perspective, Springer.

EDITORIAL WORK ON JOURNALS

  • Choo, H. (2014). Mixed method approach in Asian migration research. Journal of Population Research, Available Online (doi :10.1007/s12546-014-9131-7).

PUBLISHED REPORTS

  • Sim, T., Choo, H., & Ngiam, T. L. (2008). “Resilience and risk in adolescent health related behaviours in Singapore”. Working Paper No. 2008-01. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

  • Khoo, C. E. A., Sim, T., Chen, V., Choo, H. et al. (2008) “Effect of digital gaming on children and teenagers in Singapore: First year report”. Singapore Ministry of Education.
  • Choo, H., Ong, T. H., & Sim, T. (2007). “Needs assessment of aftercare services for ex-offenders and their families” Singapore Prison Service, Singapore.


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