Colleen Ward

     
Institution
Victoria University of Wellington

Current Position
Professor of Psychology

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychology

Research Interests
Aggression
Applied Social Psychology
Culture/Ethnicity
Gender
Intergroup Relations
Interpersonal Processes
Self/Identity

Laboratory Home Page
Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research

Courses Taught
Cross-Cultural Psychology

 
Colleen Ward
School of Psychology
P.O. Box 600
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington 6140
New Zealand

Home Page
Phone: +64 4 463 6037
Fax: +64 4 463 5402

Colleen Ward
Colleen Ward is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington. She is also President of the Asian Association of Social Psychology.

Professor Ward has research interests in how culture affects human behaviour and experience. Specifically, she is concerned with acculturation processes and the prediction of psychological and sociocultural adaptation of persons who make cross-cultural transitions. Professor Ward also conducts research on cultural identity and intergroup processes, including the mutual perceptions of immigrants and members of a host society.


Books:

  • Ward, C. A. (1995). Attitudes toward rape: Feminist and social psychological perspectives. London: Sage.
  • Ward, C. A. (Ed.). (1989). Altered states of consciousness and mental health: A cross-cultural perspective. London: Sage.
  • Ward, C., Bochner, S., & Furnham, A. (2001). The psychology of culture shock (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.

Journal Articles:

  • Cheung, F. M., Cheung, S. F., Leung, K., Ward, C., & Leong, F. (2003). The English version of the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 34(4), 433-452.
  • Lee, L., & Ward, C. (1998). Ethnicity, idiocentrism-allocentrism, and intergroup attitudes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28(2), 109-123.
  • Liu, J. H., Lawrence, B., Ward, C., & Abraham, S. (2002). Social representations of history in Malaysia and Singapore: On the relationship between national and ethnic identity. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 5(1), 3-20.
  • Ong, A. S. J., & Ward, C. A. (1999). The effects of sex and power schemas, attitudes toward women, and victim resistance on rape attributions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29(2), 362-376.
  • Ward, C. (2007). Asian social psychology: Looking in and looking out. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 10, 22-31.
  • Ward, C. A. (2000). Models and measurements of psychological androgyny: A cross-cultural extension of theory and research. Sex Roles, 43(7-8), 529-552.
  • Ward, C., & Kennedy, A. (2001). Coping with cross-cultural transition. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 32(5), 636-642.
  • Ward, C., & Kennedy, A. (1999). The measurement of sociocultural adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 23(4), 659-677.
  • Ward, C., Leong, C.-H., & Low, M. (2004). Personality and sojourner adjustment: An exploration of the "Big Five" and the "Cultural Fit" proposition. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 137-151.
  • Ward, C., & Masgoret, A.-M. (2007). Immigrant entry into the workforce: A research note from New Zealand. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 31, 525-530.

Other Publications:

  • Ward, C. (2004). Psychological theories of culture contact and their implications for intercultural training. In D. Landis, J. Bennett, & M. Bennett (Eds.), Handbook of intercultural training (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Ward, C., & Masgoret, A.-M. (2004). Identity, culture contact and psychological adaptation: Examining the functional role of loneliness in predicting sojourner depression. In A. Supratiknyam, W. Lonner, & Y. Poortinga (Eds.), Ongoing themes in psychology and culture. Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Kanisius.

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