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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 |
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Colleen Ward
School of Psychology
P.O. Box 600
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington 6001
New Zealand
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Phone: +64 4 463 6037
Fax: +64 4 463 5402
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.
- Ong, A., & Ward, C. (in press). The construction and validation of a social support measure for sojourners: the Index of Sojourner Social Support. Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology.
- 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., Rana-Deuba, A. (2000). Home and host culture influences on sojourner adjustment. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 24(3), 291-306.
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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