Ben Chun Pan Lam is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Counselling and Therapy at La Trobe University, Australia. He received his PhD from the Iowa State University in 2016. His research mainly concerns the role of culture in shaping people’s personal relationships, such as romantic and marital relationships.
Selected Publications:
Lam, B. C. P., Cross, S. E., Chen, S. X., Au, A. K. Y., Ng, J. C., Zhang, J., & Zheng, l. (2022). Dialecticism in romantic relationships: An examination in Chinese and American cultural contexts. Personal Relationships, 29(4), 699–726. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12446
Joo, M., Lam, B. C. P., Cross, S. E., Chen, S. X., Lau, V., Ng, H., & Günsoy, C. (2022). Cross-cultural perspectives on self-change in close relationships: Evidence from Hong Kong Chinese and European Americans. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(7), 1118–1133. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211026129
Lam, B. C. P., Haslam, C., Steffens, N. K., Jie, Y., Haslam, S. A., Cruwys, T., & Pachana, N. (2020). Longitudinal evidence for the effects of social group engagement on the cognitive and mental health of Chinese retirees. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(10), 2142–2151. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz134
Lam, B. C. P., Haslam, C., Haslam, S. A., Steffens, N. K., Cruwys, T., Jetten, J., & Yang, J. (2018). Multiple social groups support adjustment to retirement across cultures. Social Science & Medicine, 208, 200–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.049
Lam, B. C. P., Cross, S. E., Wu, T. F., Yeh, K.-H., Wang, Y.-C., & Su, J. C. (2016). What do you want in a marriage? Examining marriage ideals in Taiwan and the US. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(6), 703–722. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216637842