Publications
Hong, E. K., Zhang, Y., & Sedikides, C. (in press). Future self-continuity promotes meaning in life through authenticity. Journal of Research in Personality. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104463
Hong, E. K., Kim, J., & Choi, I. (2023). Implicit theories of happiness: When happiness is viewed as changeable, happy people are perceived much more positively than unhappy people. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231184711
Sedikides, C., Hong, E. K., & Wildschut, T. (2023) Self-continuity. Annual Review of Psychology, 74, 333–361. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-032420-032236
Kim, J., Chen, K., Rivera, G. N., Hong, E. K., Kamble, S., Scollon, C. N., Sheldon, K. M. Zhang, H., & Schlegel, R. J. (2023). True-self-as-guide lay theory endorsement across five cultures. Self and Identity, 21(8), 939–962. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2022.2028670
Zhou, X., Sedikides, C., Mo, T., Li, W., Hong, E. K., & Wildschut, T. (2022). The restorative power of nostalgia: Thwarting loneliness by raising happiness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(4), 803–815. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211041830
Hong, E. K., Sedikides, C., & Wildschut, T. (2022). How does nostalgia conduce to self-continuity? The roles of identity narrative, associative links, and stability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(5) 735–749. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211024889
Hong, E. K., Sedikides, C., & Wildschut, T. (2021). Nostalgia strengthens global self-continuity through holistic thinking. Cognition and Emotion, 35(4), 730–737. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1862064
Hong, E. K., & Choi, I. (2019). Oh darling, this too shall pass: Cyclic perceptions of change keep you in romantic relationships longer during difficult times. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(9), 1075–1090. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119880337
Ji, L., Hong, E. K., Guo, T., Zhang, Z., Su, Y., & Huazhong, Y.L. (2019). Culture, psychological connectedness to the past and future, and self-continuity. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(4), 735–747. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2544
Yap, S., Ji, L. J., & Hong, E. (2018). Culture and cognition. In Sharon Tompson-Schill (ed.), The Steven’s Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Language and Though volume (4th Ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey.
Kim, J., Hong, E. K., Choi, I., & Hicks, J. (2016). Companion versus comparison: Examining seeking social companionship or social comparison as characteristics that differentiate happy and unhappy people. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(3), 311–322. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216629120