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Bio

Jenny supports various institutional surveys and projects on teaching and learning. Her duties include collecting and analyzing data, producing reports, conducting interviews, and writing up manuscripts. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree and PhD degree both from the University of Hong Kong. Her doctoral dissertation focused on using contemporary psychometric methods to evaluate and validate scores on self-report questionnaires. She has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and presented in a number of international conferences. Apart from research experience, she gained administrative experience in the government sector while pursuing her PhD study on a part-time basis.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Selected Publications

Huen, J. M. Y., Zhang, J., Osman, A., Lew, B., & Yip, P. S. F. (2021). Using contemporary psychometric methods to construct and validate scores on a short-form version of the Psychological Strain Scales. Journal of Affective Disorders, 281, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.069 (2020 Impact Factor: 4.839; Percentile: 82.87%)

Zhang, J., Huen, J. M. Y., Lew, B., Chistopolskaya, K., Abu Talib, M., Siau, C. S., & Leung, A. N. M. (2020). Depression, anxiety, and stress as a function of psychological strains: Towards an etiological theory of mood disorders and psychopathologies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 271, 279–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.076 (2020 Impact Factor: 4.839; Percentile: 82.87%)

Lew, B., Huen, J., Yu, P., Yuan, L., Wang, D. F., Ping, F., Talib, M. A., Lester, D., & Jia, C. X. (2019). Associations between depression, anxiety, stress, hopelessness, subjective well-being, coping styles and suicide in Chinese university students. PLoS One, 14(7), e0217372. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217372 (2020 Impact Factor: 3.240; Percentile: 65.07%)

Huen, J., Lew, B., & Lester, D. (2019). Understanding suicidal ideation in Chinese undergraduate students. In D. Lester (Ed.), Understanding suicidal ideation (pp. 63–75). Nova Science Publishers.

Zhao, Y., Huen, J. M. Y., & Chan, Y. W. (2017). Measuring longitudinal gains in student learning: A comparison of Rasch scoring and summative scoring approaches. Research in Higher Education, 58, 605–616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-016-9441-z (2020 Impact Factor: 3.000; Percentile: 70.64%)

Zhao, Y., Huen, J. M. Y., & Prosser, M. (2017). Comparing perceived learning experiences of two concurrent cohorts under curriculum reform in Hong Kong: A multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis approach. Quality Assurance in Education, 25(3), 270–286. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-11-2016-0070

Huen, J. M. Y., Lai, E. S. Y., Shum, A. K. Y., So, S. W. K., Chan, M. K. Y., Wong, P. W. C., Law, Y. W., & Yip, P. S. F. (2016). Evaluation of a digital game-based learning program for enhancing youth mental health: A structural equation modeling of the program effectiveness. JMIR Mental Health, 3(4), e46. https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.5656 (2020 Impact Factor: 4.388; Percentile: 68.91%)

Note: Full list of publications is available at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7189-5284

Selected Presentations

Huen, J. M. Y. (2020, June 27). How valid are those widely-used measures in the Social Sciences? A rigorous evaluation of 10 self-report instruments [Paper presentation]. The University of Hong Kong 20th Annual Research Postgraduate Conference, Hong Kong, China. http://www.socsc.hku.hk/rpc/2020/

Huen, J. M. Y., Zhao. Y., & Paul S. F. Yip (2017, May 11–14). Across disciplines, cultures and technologies: An Item Response Theory approach to assessment of learning [Paper presentation]. The International Academic Forum Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2017, Kobe, Japan. https://papers.iafor.org/submission36936/

Zhao, Y., Huen, J., & Chan, Y. W. (2015, May 14–15). Value-added measurement in higher education: Assessing the impact of university experience on student learning [Poster presentation]. International Conference: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015, Hong Kong, China. https://www.cetl.hku.hk/conf2015/conference-programme/

Huen, J. M. Y. (2014, June 21). New initiatives in promoting psychological well-being: Development and evaluation of an online edutainment programme for secondary school students [Paper presentation]. Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference 2014, Hong Kong, China.

Zhao, Y., & Huen, J. (2014, July 7–10). A tale of two cohorts: Measuring and understanding the learning experience of the double cohort [Paper presentation]. Higher Education and Development Society of Australasia 2014 Conference, Hong Kong, China. http://conference.herdsa.org.au/2014/f252.php

Huen, J. M. Y. (2012, February 2–5). Towards evidence-based practice of brain-based learning and teaching: An action research in Hong Kong classrooms [Paper presentation]. First International Brain and Mind Expo 2012, Hong Kong, China. http://www.brainandmindexpo.com/programs.html

Huen, J. M. Y. (2009, December 7–10). The need and benefits to incorporate study skills into school curriculum: A lesson study on students’ learning of study skills and the effect of study skills on academic performance [Paper presentation]. The World Association of Lesson Studies International Conference 2009, Hong Kong, China. https://www.walsnet.org/2009/program.htm

Note: Full list of presentations is available at https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7189-5284