Kai‐Tak Poon

1.7k total citations
60 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kai‐Tak Poon is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai‐Tak Poon has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Social Psychology, 31 papers in Clinical Psychology and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Kai‐Tak Poon's work include Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (30 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (14 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (13 papers). Kai‐Tak Poon is often cited by papers focused on Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (30 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (14 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (13 papers). Kai‐Tak Poon collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Kai‐Tak Poon's co-authors include Zhansheng Chen, Fei Teng, C. Nathan DeWall, Tonglin Jiang, Xue Wang, Denghao Zhang, Yang Ye, Michael J. Bernstein, Zhongting Chen and Cecilia Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kai‐Tak Poon

59 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai‐Tak Poon Hong Kong 22 709 523 437 192 157 60 1.2k
Matthew Vess United States 20 984 1.4× 386 0.7× 477 1.1× 272 1.4× 122 0.8× 58 1.4k
Thomas A. Pyszczynski United States 4 875 1.2× 396 0.8× 453 1.0× 203 1.1× 171 1.1× 8 1.2k
Zachary K. Rothschild United States 16 775 1.1× 281 0.5× 761 1.7× 110 0.6× 306 1.9× 25 1.4k
Joyce S. Pang Singapore 18 406 0.6× 322 0.6× 489 1.1× 330 1.7× 100 0.6× 35 1.3k
J. P. Gerber Australia 7 498 0.7× 272 0.5× 336 0.8× 170 0.9× 74 0.5× 9 892
Samantha Joel Canada 19 771 1.1× 285 0.5× 387 0.9× 108 0.6× 77 0.5× 52 1.1k
Fei Teng China 18 383 0.5× 299 0.6× 219 0.5× 112 0.6× 60 0.4× 42 743
Simon Schindler Germany 19 403 0.6× 356 0.7× 365 0.8× 151 0.8× 61 0.4× 56 1.0k
Dick P. H. Barelds Netherlands 25 706 1.0× 830 1.6× 463 1.1× 98 0.5× 52 0.3× 79 1.6k
Mark Dechesne Netherlands 14 860 1.2× 479 0.9× 761 1.7× 135 0.7× 230 1.5× 41 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai‐Tak Poon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai‐Tak Poon

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2025). The Slippery Slope of Perceived Objectification: The Effect of Ostracism on Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 19(3).
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2024). The relationship of sexual objectification with internet addiction and its implications for mental health. Computers in Human Behavior. 155. 108179–108179. 6 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2024). Watching for a snake in the grass: Objectification increases conspiracy beliefs. British Journal of Social Psychology. 63(4). 1943–1966. 1 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2024). Gendered Cycles of Sexual Objectification: The Roles of Social Dominance Orientation and Perceived Social Mobility. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 54(2). 657–671. 2 indexed citations
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Teng, Fei, et al.. (2024). Love me, because I rely on you: Dependency-oriented help-seeking as a strategy for human mating.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 127(6). 1215–1236. 2 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Sexual Objectification on Dishonesty. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 52(4). 1617–1629. 5 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2023). Are rules made to be broken? Conspiracy exposure promotes aggressive behavior. Political Psychology. 45(6). 923–940. 3 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2023). Insomnia is associated with conspiracy mentality, psychological distress, and psychological well-being. Social Science & Medicine. 339. 116384–116384. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zaixuan, Zhansheng Chen, Kai‐Tak Poon, & Tonglin Jiang. (2023). Objectification decreases prosociality: the mediating role of relative deprivation. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1120513–1120513. 4 indexed citations
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Ho, Henry C. Y., Wai Kai Hou, Kai‐Tak Poon, Angel Nga Man Leung, & Joyce Lok Yin Kwan. (2022). Being Virtuous Together: A One-Year Prospective Study on Organizational Virtuousness, Well-Being, and Organizational Commitment. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 18(1). 521–542. 14 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2021). Lay awake with a racing mind: The associations between sexual objectification, insomnia, and affective symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders. 299. 359–366. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Xue, Zhansheng Chen, Kai‐Tak Poon, & Tonglin Jiang. (2020). Perceiving a Lack of Social Justice: Lower Class Individuals Apply Higher Moral Standards to Others. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 12(2). 186–193. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhansheng, Kai‐Tak Poon, C. Nathan DeWall, & Tonglin Jiang. (2020). Life lacks meaning without acceptance: Ostracism triggers suicidal thoughts.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 119(6). 1423–1443. 78 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2020). Getting Less Likes on Social Media: Mindfulness Ameliorates the Detrimental Effects of Feeling Left Out Online. Mindfulness. 11(4). 1038–1048. 35 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Michael J., et al.. (2018). Ostracized but why? Effects of attributions and empathy on connecting with the socially excluded. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0201183–e0201183. 10 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak. (2018). Unpacking the mechanisms underlying the relation between ostracism and Internet addiction. Psychiatry Research. 270. 724–730. 42 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhongting, Kai‐Tak Poon, & Cecilia Cheng. (2017). Deficits in recognizing disgust facial expressions and Internet addiction: Perceived stress as a mediator. Psychiatry Research. 254. 211–217. 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Xue, Zhansheng Chen, Kai‐Tak Poon, Fei Teng, & Shenghua Jin. (2016). Self-compassion decreases acceptance of own immoral behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences. 106. 329–333. 21 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak & Zhansheng Chen. (2015). How Does the Source of Rejection Perceive Innocent Victims?. The Journal of Social Psychology. 155(5). 515–526. 13 indexed citations
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Poon, Kai‐Tak, et al.. (2008). A New Perspective of Chinese Culture. 2 indexed citations

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