Dr Fam Jia Yuin

Dr Fam Jia Yuin

  • Senior Lecturer
Department of Psychology

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD in Developmental Psychology, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2022)
  • MSc in Developmental Psychology, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2017)
  • BSc Human Development and Management, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2013)

Research Interests

  • Behavioural addictions
  • Psychometric evaluation
  • Mental health issues

Notable Publications

  1. Fam, J. Y., Männikkö, N., Juhari, R., & Kääriäinen, M. (2022) Is parental mediation negatively associated with problematic media use among children and adolescents? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000320 

  2. Fam, J. Y., Juhari, R., Daud, M. N., & Madon, Z. (2021). Psychometric properties of Internet Gaming Motives Scale: Gaming motives as predictor of internet gaming disorder. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(12), 541-551. https://doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i12/11797

  3. Fam, J. Y., Murugan, S. B., & Yap, C. Y. L. (2020). Envy in social comparison-behaviour relationship is social comparison always bad? Psychological Studies, 65, 420-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-020-00575-7 

  4. Fam, J. Y., Murugan, S. B., & Yap, C. Y. L. (2020). What worries first-year students? Psychometric properties of the Student Worry Scale. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61(3), 410-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12627

  5. Fam, J. Y., Yap, C. Y. L., Murugan, S. B., & Lee, T. (2020). Benign and Malicious Envy Scale: An assessment of its factor structure and psychometric properties. Psychological Thought, 13(1), 66-84. https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i1.389

  6. Fam, J. Y. (2018). Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder in adolescents: A meta-analysis across 3 decades. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 59(5), 524-531. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12459