2025-07-24T17:44:34+08:00

Chester Chun Seng KAM 甘俊生

Associate Professor
Programme Coordinator of Master of Science in Data Science (Analytics in Teaching and Learning)
Faculty of Education, University of Macau

For my full list of publications, see Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xNReBF8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

 

Zhang, M. X., Kam, C. C. S., & Wu, A. M. S. (2024). The reciprocity between psychological need frustration and adolescent problematic smartphone use. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 91, 101634.

Cheng, E. H., Kam, C. C. S., & Cui, T. (2023). Revisiting grit: How much does it overlap with resilience? International Journal of Educational Research, 119, 102187.

Cui, T., Cheng, E. H., Kam, C. C. S., & Liu, Q. (2023). A Moderated Mediation Model of Socio-Economic Status, Hope, Teacher-Student Relationship, and Autonomous Learning among Chinese Middle School Students. Child Indicators Research, 16(2), 671-688.

Tao, V. Y., Kam, C. C. S., Li, Y., & Wu, A. M. (2023). Differential prospective relationships of social-oriented and individual-oriented achievement motivations with achievement goals and affective wellbeing: A 1-year follow-up study. Learning and Instruction, 85, 101734.

Cui, T., Kam, C. C. S., Cheng, E. H., & Ho, M. Y. (2022). Distinguishing between trait desirability and item desirability in predicting item scores: Is informant evaluation of personality free from social desirability? Personality and Individual Differences, 196, 111708.

Kam, C. C. S. (2021). Bifactor model is not the best-fitting model for self-esteem: Investigation with a novel technique. Assessment, 28(7), 1799-1812.

Kam, C. C. S., Hue, M. T., Cheung, C. Y., Risavy, S. D. (2020). Factor Structure of the Attitudes toward Cheating Scale:  An Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Analysis. Current Psychology, 39, 1843-1852. doi:10.1007/s12144-018-9887-6

Kam, C. C. S., Hue, M. T., & Cheung, C. Y. (2018). Academic dishonesty among Hong Kong secondary school students: Application of theory of planned behaviour. Educational Psychology, 38(7), 945-963. doi:10.1080/01443410.2018.1454588

Kam, C. C. S., Hue, M. T., & Cheung, C. Y. (2018). Plagiarism of Chinese Secondary School Students in Hong Kong. Ethics & Behavior, 28(4), 316-335. doi:10.1080/10508422.2017.1333909

Zhou, M., & Kam, C. C. S. (2017). Trait procrastination, self-efficacy and achievement goals: The mediation role of boredom coping strategies. Educational Psychology. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1080/01443410.2017.1293801

Oon, P. T., Benson, S., & Kam, C. C. S. (2017). Psychometric quality of a student evaluation of teaching survey in higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42, 788-800. doi:10.1080/02602938.2016.1193119

Kam, C., Morin, A., Meyer, J. P., & Topolnytsky, L. (2016). Are commitment profiles stable and predictable? A latent transition analysis. Journal of Management, 42, 1462-1490. doi: 10.1177/0149206313503010

Zhou, M., & Kam, C. C. S. (2016). Hope and generalized self-efficacy: Same construct or different constructs? Journal of Psychology, 150, 543-559. doi:10.1080/00223980.2015.1113495

Teo, T., Cheung, H. Y., & Kam, C. C. S. (2016). Validation of a Chinese version of the Psychological Sense of School Membership (C-PSSM): Tests of measurement invariance and latent mean differences. Current Psychology, 35, 83-91. doi: 10.1007/s12144-015-9350-x

Kam, C. C. S., & Zhou, M. (2016). Is the Dark Triad better studied using a variable- or a person-centered approach? An exploratory investigation. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161628.

Kam, C., Risavy, S. D., & Perunovic, W. Q. E. (2015). Using over-claiming technique to probe social desirability ratings of personality items: A validity examination. Personality and Individual Differences, 74, 177-181. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.017

Kam, C., Risavy, S. D., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Plant, L. (2014). Do subordinates formulate an impression of their manager’s implicit person theory? Applied Psychology: An International Review, 63, 267-299. doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00521.x

Paunonen, S., & Kam, C. (2014). The accuracy of roommate ratings of behaviors versus beliefs. Journal of Research in Personality, 52, 55-67. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2014.07.006

Teo, T., & Kam, C. (2014). A measurement invariance analysis of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) on two different cultures. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 32, 762-767. doi:10.1177/0734282914531707

Teo, T., & Kam, C. (2014). Validity of the Internet Addiction Test for Adolescents and Older Children (IAT-A): Tests of measurement invariance and latent mean differences. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 32, 624-637. doi:10.1177/0734282914531708

Liang, S., Cheung, S. F., Kam, C. C. S., (in press). A Constrained Factor Mixture Model for Detecting Careless Responses that is Simple to Implement. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology.

Kam, C. C. S., & Cheung, S. F. (2024). A Constrained Factor Mixture Model for Detecting Careless Responses that is Simple to Implement. Organizational Research Methods, 27(3), 443-476.

Kam, C. C. S., Cheng, E. H., & Cui, T. (2023). Measuring Self-Esteem with Expanded Format in a Fraction of Time: ESE-S and ESE-US. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(2), 196-207.

Kam, C. C. S., & Meyer, J. P. (2023). Testing the nonlinearity assumption underlying the use of reverse-keyed items: A Logical Response Perspective. Assessment, 30(5), 1569-1589.

Kam, C. C. S., Meyer, J. P., & Sun, S. (2021). Why do people agree with both regular and reversed items? A logical response perspective. Assessment, 28(4), 1110-1124.

Kam, C. C. S., & Sun, S. (2020). Method factor due to the use of reverse-keyed items: Is it simply a response style artifact? Current Psychology. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1007/s12144-020-00645-z

Kam, C. C. S. (2020). Expanded format shows better response consistency than Likert-scale format in the measurement of optimism. Personality and Individual Differences, 152, 109606. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109606

Kam, C. C. S. (2020). Testing the assumption of population homogeneity in the measurement of dispositional optimism: Factor mixture modeling analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment, 102(2), 238-249.

Kam, C. C. S., & Fan, X. (2020). Investigating response heterogeneity in the context of positively and negatively worded items by using factor mixture modeling. Organizational Research Methods, 23(2), 322-341. doi:10.1177/1094428118790371

Kam, C. C. S., & Chan, G. H. (2018). Examination of the validity of instructed response items in identifying careless respondents. Personality and Individual Differences, 129, 83-87. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.022

Kam, C. C. S. (2018). Novel insights Into Item Keying/Valence Effect Using Latent Difference (LD) Modeling Analysis. Journal of Personality Assessment. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/00223891.2017.1369095

Kam, C. C. S. (2018). Why do we still have an impoverished understanding of the item wording effect? An empirical examination. Sociological Methods & Research, 47(3), 574-597. doi:10.1177/0049124115626177

Kam, C. C. S. (2016). Further considerations in using items with diverse content to measure acquiescence. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 76, 164-174. doi:10.1177/0013164415586831

Kam, C. C. S., & Meyer, J. P. (2015). Implications of item keying and item valence for the investigation of construct dimensionality. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 50, 457-469. doi:10.1080/00273171.2015.1022640

Kam, C. C. S., & Meyer, J. P. (2015). How careless responding and acquiescence response bias can influence construct dimensionality: The case of job satisfaction. Organizational Research Methods, 18, 512-541. doi:10.1177/1094428115571894

Kam, C. C. S., & Zhou, M. (2015). Does acquiescence affect individual items consistently? Educational and Psychological Measurement, 75, 764-784. doi:10.1177/0013164414560817

Kam, C. (2013). Probing item social desirability by correlating personality items with Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR): A validity examination. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 513-518. doi:10.1080/00224545.1993.9712117

  • Doctoral Level: Applications of Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Doctoral Level: Introducing Quantitative Research (previous)
  • Master’s Level: Quantitative Methods, Data Management, and Analysis in Educational Research
  • Master’s Level: Educational & Psychological Assessment (previous)