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Professor

Dr. Peter Chow

He/him/his

Positions

Full-time Faculty
Faculty of Arts and Science - Psychology, Child and Family Studies and Social Welfare - Psychology

Education

PhD, Psychometrics, U of Toronto
1987
MSc, Human Memory, Lakehead University
1978
BSc, Psychology, U of Toronto
1976
Areas of specialization
Psychometrics
Psychological Measurement of Happiness
Depression
Gender Type and Sexual Inclination

Current University Committees & Engagement

  • Psychology Curriculum Committee

Languages spoken

  • Cantonese

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Programs

  • Psychology

Research

Research Interests

  • Building full-spectrum psychological measurement scales, e.g., elation-depression, happiness-sadness

Current Research Projects / Labs

  • Modifying the BDI-II to BDI-2R where three positive-scenario options were added to each item of the BDI-II to create the BDI-2R, a full-spectrum scale measuring the elation-depression continuum. It has been shown that the BDI-2R is more accurate than the BDI-II in measuring depression, and furthermore, the infamous attenuation effect in re-administration of the BDI-II does not show up in the BDI-2R when it is re-administered 2 weeks later.

Grants & Funding

  • Nipissing Internal Research Funds

Publications

Books

Chow, P., Chalmers, R. P., Flynn, D., McLandress, A. J. & Steadman, V. G. L. A technique to measure college students on the depression-elation continuum. College Student Journal, 2018, 52(2), 177-186.

Chow, P., & Jeffery, M. The reliability and validity of the anima-animus continuum scale. Education, 2018, 138(3), 264-270.

McParland, M, Chow, P., Belanger, E. C., Coyne, R., and Nicholson, M. A Socialization Scale (SOC) to Compare Groups of Students and Incarcerated Individuals. College Student Journal, 2020, 54(2), 206-214.

Nicholson, M., Chow, P., Coyne, R., Belanger, E. C., and McParland, M. Comparing Positive Assertiveness in Groups of Students and Incarcerated Individuals. Education, 2021, 141(4), 177-186.

Coyne, R., Chow, P., Nicholson, M., and McParland, M. Comparing Personal Responsibility Self-Efficacy in Groups of Students and Incarcerated Individuals. College Student Journal (in press).

Articles

Chow, P. and Brenton, N. L. The Reliability and Validity of the Beck's Depression Inventory-II After Adding Three Positive Graded Response Options to Each Item. In Roswith Roth & Sandra Neil (Eds.) A Matter of Life: Psychological Theory, Research and Practice. Pabst Science Publishers, D49525 Lengerich, 2001, 145-153. (ISBN 3-934252-90-7)

Other Publications

Chow, P. The Psychometric Properties of the Cognitive Dissonance Test. Education, 2001, 122(1), 45-49.

Chow, P., Jones, M. N., and Loerke, D. R. B. The psychometric benefits of soft-linked item: A reply to Pope and Harley. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2002, 29(3), 222-225.

Glenn, C. V., and Chow, P. The measurement of attitudes towards obese people. Psychological Reports, 2002, 91, 627-640.