Peter Chew
- peter.chew@jcu.edu.au
- Associate Professor
- JCU Singapore School of Social and Health Sciences
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Publications
56
Awards
4
Biography
I am an Associate Professor of Psychology at James Cook University (Singapore Campus). My primary area of research focus is on behavioral addictions. Specifically, I focus on addictions facilitated by technology: (a) internet gaming disorder, (b) social media addiction, and (c) problematic pornography use. My work has been published in academic journals like Addictive Behaviors and Behaviour & Information Technology and featured in media outlets such as The Straits Times and The National Tribune. Information about his journal articles can be accessed via his academic website.
Research
Research Interests
Behavioral Addictions
- Internet Gaming Disorder
- Social Media Addiction
- Problematic Pornography Use
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Mentor
Activities
Education
Diploma in IT, Temasek Polytechnic
2003 - 2006
BPsych (Hons Class I), James Cook University
2008 - 2011
PhD, James Cook University
2012 - 2016
Media
Associations
Australian Psychological Society
2017 - 2019
Association for Psychological Science
2020 - 2024
Royal Statistical Society
2017 - 2020
Awards
Employment
Output
Chew, Peter K.H. (2026) 'Problematic gaming: A cluster analysis using gaming motivations and negative emotional states'. Personality and Individual Differences, 251 . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Yow, Yong Jie; Dimech, Riley (2026) 'Problematic Gaming and Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis'. Current Addiction Reports, 13 . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Danni, Bryan; Koh, Shi Yi; Tay, Gracie M.S. (2025) 'Terror Management: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Desire for Money Among Singaporeans'. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Poh, Elissa Y.H. (2025) 'Negative emotional states and technological addictions: The buffering and paradoxical role of perceived social support'. Australasian Psychiatry, . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; N.C., Kuhanesan; Shi, Jing; Zhang, Melvyn W.B. (2025) 'Validation of the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short‑Form and the Gaming Disorder Test in Singapore'. Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior, 8 :125-132. [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H. (2025) 'The indirect associations of gaming motivations between psychological distress and problematic gaming'. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, . [DOI]
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Chew, Peter K.H.; Hazra, Ashleigh; Quek, Ian C.L.; Seng, Shamus H.M.; Vickneshwaran, N.; Tan, Chelsia W.X. (2025) 'Big five traits and facets, internet gaming disorder, and social media addiction'. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, . [DOI]
Morshidi, Mohammad Izzat; Chew, Peter K.H.; Suarez, Lidia (2025) 'Uncovering the mechanism linking education expectation and suicide ideation among students in tertiary education: The mediating role of academic burnout, psychache, and hopelessness'. PLoS ONE, 20 (12). [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H. (2025) 'Reply to “Fundamental flaws in the design and reporting of Chew and Neo (2024)”'. Trends in Psychology, . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Yow, Yong Jie; Tan, Charlize S.Y. (2025) 'Prevalence of problematic pornography use: a meta-analysis'. Sexual Health, 22 (4). [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H. (2025) 'Gaming motivations as moderators and mediators of the gender-internet gaming disorder link'. Behaviour and Information Technology, . [DOI]
Foo, Chun Ying Averly; Chew, Peter K.H. (2025) 'Effects of death anxiety on social media addiction and internet gaming disorder: Roles of fear of missing out and self-esteem'. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, . [DOI]
Hew, Yuan Chong; Chew, Peter K.H. (2025) 'Distress Tolerance as a Risk Factor for Specific Internet‑Use Disorders'. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Naidu, Kuhanesan N. C.; Shi, Jing; Zhang, Melvyn W.B. (2025) 'Prevalence and Correlates of (Internet) Gaming Disorder among Young Adults in Singapore'. Psychiatric Quarterly, . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Neo, Guan (2025) 'Internet Gaming Disorder and Problem Gambling Severity do not Predict Money and Time Spent on Games with Loot Boxes'. Trends in Psychology, . [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Peter; Lin, Patrick; Quek, Cybelle (2025) 'Effects of Mortality Salience and Religion on Aggression'. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Tan, Tasha M.X.; Yeo, Hui Wen (2025) 'Effects of Mortality Salience on Racism in Singapore'. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, . [DOI]
Leung, Hoi-Ting; Chew, Peter K.H.; Caltabiano, Nerina Jane (2025) 'Do Pandemics Trigger Death Thoughts?'. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, . [DOI]
Morshidi, Mohammad Izzat; Chew, Peter; Suarez, Lidia (2024) 'The higher education expectation scale: development and testing'. Higher Education Research & Development, 43 (2):377-391. [DOI]
Tan, Charlize S.Y.; Chew, Peter K.H. (2024) 'General addiction versus specific addiction: which is associated with a higher risk of negative consequences'. Current Psychology, 43 :35249-35260. [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Peter K.H.; Lin, Patrick K.F.; Yow, Yong Jie (2024) 'Cross-Cultural Differences in the Pathways to Internet Gaming Disorder'. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 16 (4). [DOI]
Krishnan, Arya; Chew, Peter K.H. (2024) 'Impact of social media addiction and internet gaming disorder on sleep quality: Serial mediation analyses'. Psychiatric Quarterly, 95 :185-202. [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Peter K.H.; Au, Joyce Q.M. (2024) 'Internet Gaming Disorder in the DSM-5: Engagement vs. Addiction'. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 9 :652-660. [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Naidu, Kuhanesan N.C.; Chew, Peter (2024) 'Effects of death anxiety on fear of missing out'. Current Psychology, 43 :13349-13360. [DOI]
Leung, Hoi-Ting; Chew, Peter K.H.; Caltabiano, Nerina J. (2024) 'Mortality Salience Effects of Critical Incidents – A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda'. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 90 (1):73-119. [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew H.K., Peter (2024) 'Big data analysis of Terror Management Theory's predictions in the COVID-19 pandemic'. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 89 (3):1162-1175. [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Leung, Hoi-Ting; Chew, Peter K.H.; Caltabiano, Nerina J. (2024) 'Being a good citizen in pandemics – compliance to social distancing and prosociality following death reminders'. Current Psychology, 43 :15146-15159. [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Morshidi, Mohammad Izzat; Chew, Peter K.C.; Suarez, Lidia (2024) 'Psychosocial risk factors of youth suicide in the Western Pacific: a scoping review'. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59 :201-209. [DOI]
Ng, Da Xuan; Chew, Peter K.H.; Ramsay, Jonathan (2023) 'Evidence of method effects in the authoritarianism-conservatism-traditionalism scales'. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 17 . [DOI]
Chew, P. K. H.; Ayu, I. N. (2023) 'Death anxiety as a gaming motivation: An exploratory study'. The Humanistic Psychologist, 51 (4):415-427. [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Peter K.H.; Yap, Brian L.M. (2022) 'Mortality salience in an offline and online setting'. Death Studies, 46 (9):2085-2092. [DOI]
Yap, Trina; Dillon, Denise; Chew, Peter K.H. (2022) 'The Impact of Nature Imagery and Mystery on Attention Restoration'. J, 5 (4):478-499. [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Wong, Charmaine M.H. (2022) 'Internet Gaming Disorder in the DSM‑5: Personality and Individual Differences'. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 7 :516-523. [DOI]
Understanding pandemic behaviours in Singapore – Application of the Terror Management Health Model
2022
Leung, Hoi Ting; Chew, Peter K.H.; Caltabiano, Nerina J. (2022) 'Understanding pandemic behaviours in Singapore – Application of the Terror Management Health Model'. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 26 (3):131-140.
Chew, Peter K.H. (2022) 'A meta-analytic review of Internet gaming disorder and the Big Five personality factors'. Addictive Behaviors, 126 . [DOI]
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Chia, Doris X. Y.; Ng, Charis W. L.; Kandasami, Gomathinayagam; Seow, Mavis Y. L.; Choo, Carol C.; Chew, Peter; Lee, Cheng; Zhang, Melvyn W. B. (2020) 'Prevalence of internet addiction and gaming disorders in Southeast Asia: a meta-analysis'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (7).
Lim, Pei Yi; Dillon, Denise; Chew, Peter K. H. (2020) 'A guide to nature immersion: psychological and physiological benefits'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (16). [DOI]
Choo, Carol C.; Chew, Peter K.H.; Ho, Cyrus S.; Ho, Roger C. (2019) 'Quality of life in patients with a major mental disorder in Singapore'. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9 :1-7. [DOI]
Choo, Carol C.; Devakaran, Bhavani; Chew, Peter K.H.; Zhang, Melvyn W.B. (2019) 'Smartphone application in postgraduate clinical psychology training: trainees’ perspectives'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (21). [DOI]
Choo, Carol C.; Chew, Peter K.H.; Tan, Pinhong; Choo, Jessica Q.; Choo, Amanda M.H.; Ho, Roger C.; Quah, Thuan Chong (2019) 'Health-related quality of life in pediatric patients with leukemia in Singapore: a cross-sectional pilot study'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (12). [DOI]
Choo, Carol C.; Harris, Keith M.; Chew, Peter K.H.; Ho, Roger C. (2019) 'Clinical assessment of suicide risk and suicide attempters' self-reported suicide intent: a cross sectional study'. PLoS ONE, 14 (7). [DOI]
Chew, Peter K. H. (2019) 'Psychometric evaluation of two instruments
to assess connection to nature / Evaluación
psicométrica de dos instrumentos que miden la
conexión con la naturaleza'. PsyEcology, 10 (3):313-343. [DOI]
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Chew, Peter K. H.; Young, Jessica L.; Tan, Gerald P. K. (2019) 'Racism and the Pinkerton syndrome in
Singapore: effects of race on hiring decisions'. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 13 . [DOI]
Choo, Carol C.; Chew, Peter K.H.; Ho, Roger C. (2019) 'Controlling noncommunicable diseases in transitional economies: mental illness in suicide attempters in Singapore - an exploratory analysis'. BioMed Research International, 2019 . [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H. (2018) 'Racism in Singapore: a review and recommendations for future research'. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 12 . [DOI]
Choo, Carol C.; Chew, Peter K.H.; Lai, Shuet-Ming; Soo, Shuenn-Chiang; Ho, Cyrus S.; Ho, Roger C.; Wong, Raymond C. (2018) 'Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life, depression and anxiety in Asian patients'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (6). [DOI]
Choo, Carol; Chew, Peter K.H.; Ho, Roger C. (2018) 'Suicide precipitants differ across the lifespan but are not significant in predicting medically severe attempts'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (4). [DOI]
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B.; Swinbourne, Anne L. (2018) 'An examination of the internal consistency and structure of the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS)'. PLoS ONE, 13 (3). [DOI]
Does ethnicity matter in risk and protective factors for suicide attempts and suicide lethality?
2017
Choo, Carol C.; Harris, Keith M.; Chew, Peter K.H.; Ho, Roger C. (2017) 'Does ethnicity matter in risk and protective factors for suicide attempts and suicide lethality?'. PLoS ONE, 12 (4).
Prediction of quality of life in Asian patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional pilot study
2017
Choo, Carol C.; Chew, Peter K.; Ho, Cyrus S.; Ho, Roger C. (2017) 'Prediction of quality of life in Asian patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional pilot study'. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 8 . [DOI]
Choo, Carol C.; Harris, Keith M.; Chew, Peter K.H.; Ho, Roger C. (2017) 'What predicts medical lethality of suicide attempts in Asian youths?'. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 29 :136-141. [DOI]
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Chew, Peter; Swinbourne, Anne; Dillon, Denise (2017) 'An absence of attentional bias: statistics anxiety is unique among anxieties'. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 13 (2):91-112.
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Chew, Kia Hong Peter; Dillon, Denise (2014) 'Statistics anxiety and the Big Five personality factors'. Procedia: social and behavioral sciences, 112 :1177-1186. [DOI]
Statistics anxiety update: refining the construct and recommendations for a new research agenda
2014
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B. (2014) 'Statistics anxiety update: refining the construct and recommendations for a new research agenda'. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9 (2):196-208. [DOI]
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Reliability and validity of the Statistical Anxiety Scale among students in Singapore and Australia
2014
Chew, Peter K.H.; Dillon, Denise B. (2014) 'Reliability and validity of the Statistical Anxiety Scale among students in Singapore and Australia'. Journal of Tropical Psychology, 4 :1-7. [DOI]
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Chew, Peter K.H.; Swinbourne, Anne; Dillon, Denise B. (2014) 'No evidence of attentional bias in statistics anxiety'. The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 10 (3):1451-1465. [DOI]