Email: tra.kieu@fulbright.edu.vn
Fields of Interest: individual differences; psychological assessment; positive psychology; mental health literacy
Education: PhD 2017, Graduate Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam
Bio:
Dr. Tra Kieu was born and educated in Vietnam. She is currently a senior lecturer, Head of Educational Psychology Section, Psychology Department at HCMC University of Education.
As an academician, she has been offering many years of well-honed teaching, research & practicing experience, and having knowledge across the domain of Psychology (major in Personality, Educational Psychology, and Psychological Assessment), guiding undergraduate and postgraduate students in their research project works and publications.
To date, she has co-authored two books: Educational psychology [Tâm lý học giáo dục] (HCMUE Publishing House) and Introduction to psychological assessment [Nhập môn đánh giá tâm lý] (HCMUE Publishing House) and published many articles on scientific journals.
Select Publications (in 2022):
Kieu, Thi Thanh Tra (2022). Effect of expressive writing on well-being of youths during the Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam – A pilot study. Conference Proceedings: The world in crisis: the contribution of Psychology. Vietnam: VNU Hanoi Publishing House.
Kieu, Thi Thanh Tra (2022). An experimental research on promoting social-emotional competence for students in HCMC University of Education. HCMUE Journal of Science Vol. 19, No. 10 (2022): 1692-1699. https://doi.org/10.54607/hcmue.js.19.10.3604(2022).
Sawicki, A. J., Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Balcerowska, J. M., […], Kieu, Tra T. T., […] (2022). The fear of COVID-19 scale: Its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries. Psychological Assessment, 34(3), 294–310. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001102
Schumpe, B.M., Van Lissa, C.J., Bélanger, J.J., […], Kieu, T.T.T., […]. (2022). Predictors of adherence to public health behaviors for fighting COVID-19 derived from longitudinal data. Sci Rep 12, 3824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04703-9
Keng, S.L., Stanton, M.V., […], Kieu, T.T.T., […]. (2022). COVID-19 stressors and health behaviors: A multilevel longitudinal study across 86 countries. Prev. Med. Rep. 27, 101764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101764
Research:
Kieu, Thi Thanh Tra (coordinator) (on-going). Developing the mental health prevention program for HCMUE students. HCMC University of Education.
Collaborator in Psycorona Project – The psychological impact of Covid-19: a multi-country study (psycorona.org) (PI: Pontus Leander and Jocelyn Belanger).
Collaborator in COVID-19, personality and quality of life: Self-enhancement in the time of pandemic (https://www.crossculturalpsychlab.com/covid-19) (PI: Magdalena Zemojtel-Piotrowska, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.
Kieu, Thi Thanh Tra (coordinator) (2019-2021). Development and validation of the Psychological well-being scale for students in Vietnam. HCMC University of Education.
Kieu, Thi Thanh Tra (coordinator) (2018-2020). Development of SEL program for teacher students in Hochiminh city. HCMC University of Education.
Courses:
- Developmental psychology
- Individual differences
- Educational psychology
