52. Kang, W.#, & Malvaso, A. (2024). Frequent Internet Use Is Associated with Better Episodic Memory Performance: Evidence from Understanding Society. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 24914. IF=3.8

51. Kang, W.#, & Malvaso, A. (2024). Personality Traits and Mental Health: Considering the role of age. Psychology International, 6(4), 816-826.

50. Kang, W.#, Tiego, J., Hellyer, P. J., Trender, W., Grant, J. E., Chamberlain, S. R., & Hampshire, A. (2024). Validation of an abbreviated Big Five personality inventory at large population scale: Psychometric structure and associations with common psychiatric and neurological disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 134, 152514. IF=4.3

49. Kang, W.# (2024). Exploring the retrospective and prospective associations between the big five personality traits and clinical diagnosis of angina in middle-aged and older adults. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 182, 111803. IF=3.5

48. Kang, W.# (2024). Verbal Fluency in Older Adults Are More Susceptible to Psychological Distress: N=33, 080. Current Psychology, 1-4. IF=2.5

47. Kang, W.#, Malvaso, A. (2024). Understanding the Longitudinal Associations between E-cigarette Use and General Mental Health, Social Dysfunction and Anhedonia, Depression and Anxiety, and Loss of Confidence in A Sample from the UK: A linear mixed effect examination. Journal of Affective Disorders, 346, 200-205. IF=4.9

46. Kang, W.# & Pineda, S. (2023). Understanding Cognitive Deficits in People with High Blood Pressure. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(11), 1592. IF=3.0

45. Kang, W.#, Malvaso, A., & Whelan, E. (2023). Asthma Moderates the Association between the Big Five Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction. Healthcare, 11(18), 2560. IF=2.4

44. Kang, W.# (2023). Establishing the Associations between the Big Five Personality Traits and Self-reported Number of Close Friends: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Acta Psychologica, 239, 104010. IF=2.1

43. Kang, W.# (2023). Age and Mental Health Moderates the Association between Environmental Concern (EC) and Smoking Frequency: Smoking as a polluting behavior. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1089148. IF=3.0  

42. Kang, W.#, Malvaso, A., & Whelan, E. (2023). Understanding the Role of Clinically Diagnosed Cancer in the Associations between Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction. Healthcare, 11(16), 2359. IF=2.4  

41. Kang, W.# (2023). Factor Structure of the GHQ-12 and Their Applicability in Epilepsy Patients for Screening Mental Health Problems. Healthcare, 11(15), 2209. IF=2.4

40. Kang, W.# (2023). Diabetes Moderates the Link between Personality Traits and Self-Rated Health (SRH). Healthcare, 11(15), 2149. IF=2.4

39. Kang, W.#, Whelan, E., & Pineda, S. (2023). Using GHQ-12 to Screen Mental Health Issues in People with Emphysema. Healthcare, 11(14), 2009. IF=2.4

38. Kang, W.# (2023). Psychological Distress Mediates the Associations between Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. Current Psychology, 1-9. IF=2.5

37. Kang, W.# & Malvaso, A. (2023). Personality Traits Predict Self-Rated Health (SRH) in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Patients and Healthy Controls. Healthcare, 11(11), 1645. IF=2.4

36. Kang, W.#. (2023). Understanding the Associations between Personality Traits and Mental Health in People with Epilepsy and Healthy Controls. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1134188. IF=2.6

35. Kang, W.# & Malvaso, A. (2023). Can the Big Five Personality Traits Predict Ever Chance and 7-year Risk of Clinically Diagnosed Chronic Bronchitis in Middle-aged and Older Adults? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 172, 111423. IF=3.5

34. Kang, W.# & Malvaso, A. (2023). Self-rated Health (SRH) Partially Mediates and Associations Between Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction in Older Adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1189194. IF=2.6

33. Kang, W.#, & Malvaso, A. (2023). Associations between Personality Traits and Areas of Job Satisfaction: Pay, work itself, security, and hours worked. Behavioral Sciences, 13(6), 445. IF=2.5

32. Kang, W.# (2023). Big Five Personality Predicts Epilepsy Diagnosis in 7 Years. Frontiers in Neurology, 14, 1083792. IF=2.7

31. Kang, W.# & Longo, M. R. (2023). Tactile Localisation on Stretched Skin. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 49(8), 1175–1179. IF=2.1

30. Kang, W.# (2023). Understanding the Effect of Angina on General and Dimensions of Psychological Distress: Findings from Understanding Society. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1119562. IF=3.2

29. Kang, W.#, & Malvaso, A. (2023). People with Diabetes Have Poorer Self-Rated Health (SRH) and Diabetes Moderates the Associations Between Age and SRH. Diseases, 11(2), 73. IF=2.9

28. Kang, W.#. (2023). General and Dimensions of Mental Health in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) patients. Healthcare, 11(10), 1364. IF=2.4

27. Kang, W.#, Whelan, E., & Malvaso, A. (2023). Understanding Cognitive Deficits in People with Arthritis. Healthcare, 11(9), 1337. IF=2.4

26. Kang, W.#, Steffens, F., Pineda, S., Widuch, K., & Malvaso, A. (2023). Personality Traits and Dimensions of Mental Health. Scientific Reports, 13, 7091. IF=3.8

25. Kang, W.#, & Malvaso, A. (2023). Personality Functioning in Current Epilepsy Patients and People Recovered from Epilepsy. Reports, 6(2), 21. IF=0.8

24. Kang, W.# (2023). The Associations between Personality Traits and Mental Health in People with and without Asthma. Journal of Affective Disorders, 333, 102-106. IF=4.9

23. Kang, W.# (2023). Personality Predicts Self-Rated Health: Considering age differences. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1143077. IF=2.6

22. Kang, W.# (2023). Big Five Personality Traits in the Workplace: Investigating personality differences. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 976022. IF=2.6

21. Kang, W.# (2023). Understanding the Associations between the Number of Close Friends and Life Satisfaction: Considering age differences. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1105771. IF=2.6

20.Kang, W.# (2023). Understanding the Associations between Personality Traits and the Frequency of Alcohol Intoxication in Young Males and Females: Findings from the United Kingdom. Acta Psychologica, 234, 103865. IF=2.1

19. Kang, W.# (2023). Illegal Drug Use is Associated with Poorer Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health (SRH) in Young People. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 955626. IF=3.2

18. Kang, W.#, & Malvaso, A. (2023). Understanding Cognitive Deficits in People with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(2), 307. IF=3.0

17. Kang, W.# (2023). Associations between Big Five personality traits and episodic memory performance in young, middle-aged, and older people: Evidence from the immediate and delayed word recall tasks. Personality and Individual Differences, 202, 111967. IF=3.5

16. Kang, W.# (2023). People with Epilepsy Have Poor Life Satisfaction and Self-rated Health: Findings from the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 986520. IF=2.6

15. Kang, W.# (2023). Personality Traits Predict 7-Year Risk of Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis: A Prospective Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(2), 682. IF=3.0

14. Kang, W.# (2023). Global and Dimensions of Mental Health in Arthritis Patients. Healthcare, 11(2), 195. IF=2.4

13. Kang, W.# (2022). Investigating the Association between Diabetes and Mental Health: A train-and-test approach. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1044714. IF=3.2

12. Kang, W.# (2022). Understanding the Effect of Multiple Sclerosis on General and Dimensions of Mental Health. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(24), 7483. IF=3.0

11. Kang, W.# (2022). The Relationship between Smoking Frequency and Life Satisfaction: Mediator of self-rated health (SRH). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 937685. IF=3.2

10. Kang, W.# (2022). Personality Predicts Smoking Frequency: An empirical examination separated by sex. Personality and Individual Differences, 199, 111843. IF=3.5

9. Kang, W.# (2022). Residence and Education Moderate the Longitudinal Association between Environmental Concern (EC) and Proenvironmental Behavior. Sustainability, 14(22), 14716. IF=3.3

8. Kang, W.# (2022). Big Five Personality Traits Predict Illegal Drug Use in Young People. Acta Psychologica, 231, 103794. IF=2.1

7. Kang, W.#. (2022). Personality Traits Predict Life Satisfaction in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(21), 6312. IF=3.0

6. Kang, W.# (2022). Age Moderates the Link between Epilepsy and Self-Rated Health (SRH). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(20), 6175. IF=3.0

5. Kang, W.#, Wang, J., & Malvaso, A. (2022). Inhibitory Control in Aging: The compensation-related utilization of neural circuits hypothesis. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13, 771885. IF=4.1

4. Malvaso, A., & Kang, W.# (2022). The Relationship between Areas of Life Satisfaction, Personality, and Overall Life Satisfaction: An integrated account. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 894610. IF=2.6

3. Kang, W.#, Hernández, S. P., Malvaso. A, & Voigt., K. (2022). Inhibitory Control Development: A network neuroscience perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 651547. IF=2.6

2. Kang, W.#, Hernández, S. P., Malvaso. A, & Wang, J. (2021). Instruction-based Learning: A review. Neuropsychologia, 166, 108142. IF=2.0

1. Kang, W.#, Hernández, S. P., & Mei, J. (2021). Neural Mechanisms of Observational Learning: A neural working model. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, 609312. IF=2.4

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