Research

REUBEN NG

Publications

Increasing Negativity of Age Stereotypes across 200 Years: Evidence from a Database of 400 Million Words

Ng, R., Allore, H. G., Trentalange, M., Monin, J. K., & Levy, B. R. — PLOS ONE, 2015
Not Too Old for TikTok: How Older Adults Are Reframing Aging

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — The Gerontologist, 2022
Communicating Risk Perceptions Through Batik Art

Ng, R., Indran, N., & Suarez, P. — JAMA, 2023
40-Year Projections of Disability and Social Isolation of Older Adults for Long-Range Policy Planning in Singapore

Ng, R., Lim, S. Q., Saw, S. Y., & Tan, K. B. — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Social media discourse on ageism, sexism, and racism: Analysis of 150 million tweets over 15 years

Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024
Anti-Asian Sentiments During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across 20 Countries: Analysis of a 12-Billion-Word News Media Database

Ng, R. — Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
The Impact of Aging Policy on Societal Age Stereotypes and Ageism

Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. — The Gerontologist, 2022
Aging Like Milk or Fine Wine: Content Analysis of Reactions to One's Future Self on TikTok

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — JMIR Aging, 2026
Race and Ethnicity in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction for Multiethnic Populations: Insights From Global Guidelines

Ching, A. H., Mohamad, H., Kaur-Gill, S., Ng, R., Wong, N. D., Yang, E., Bauchner, H., & Dalakoti, M. — JACC: Asia, 2026
Prompt engineering in the age of generative AI: Insights from public discourse on social media

Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. — PLOS ONE, 2026
A Road Trip About Late-Life, Love and Loss

Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2026
Artistic Provocation or Ageist Stereotyping?

Indran, N., & Ng, R. — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2026
It's Raining, It's Pouring, the Old Man Is Snoring: Content Analysis of Age Stereotypes in Nursery Rhymes

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — JMIR Aging, 2026
Old and Gold: Making Room for Older Persons in Fashion

Ng, R., & Ang, C. — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2025
Prominent peaks and social discourses of the 2023 Escalation in the Ongoing Israel–Hamas armed conflict

Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. — PLOS ONE, 2025
Social media as societal microcosm: A decade of LGBT Twitter conversations in Singapore

Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. — PLOS ONE, 2025
Development and validation of the Multidimensional Clinical Empathy Scale for healthcare professionals and students

Tan, L., Yu, C. C., Choo, R., Le, M. K., Ng, R., Tierney, T., Lim, E., Lim, D., Liaw, S. Y., Hansra, G., Ho, Y. Y., Ngeow, C., Chia, S. C., & Low, J. A. — SAGE Open Medicine, 2025
How Do People Perceive Media-Reported Risks: Risk Networks and Profiles of Segments

Wang, C.-W., Trinh, T. T., Lo, C. J., Jensen, O., Ng, R., Lee, L., & Shou, Y. — Risk Analysis, 2025
Social Media and Disaster Risk Reduction: Knowledge Synthesis and Future Directions

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science, 2025
Narratives of pregnancy across 19 Countries: Analysis of a 1.5-billion-word news media database

Sy, K. M. P., Chow, T. Y. J., Ickovics, J. R., & Ng, R. — PLOS ONE, 2024
Questions About Aging and Later Life on Quora

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — The Gerontologist, 2024
Public Interest in Research on Aging: Analysis of Altmetric Attention Scores Over 5 Years

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2024
Advocating for Older Adults in the Age of Social Media: Strategies to Achieve Peak Engagement on Twitter

Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. — JMIR Aging, 2024
News media coverage of LGBT identities over 10 years in a 400-million-word corpus

Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. — PLOS ONE, 2024
#ProtectOurElders: Analysis of Tweets About Older Asian Americans and Anti-Asian Sentiments During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024
Powerful tool or too powerful? Early public discourse about ChatGPT across 4 million tweets

Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. — PLOS ONE, 2024
Youth is Prized in Medicine, Old Age is Valued in Law: Analysis of Media Narratives Over 200 Years

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024
Innovations for an Aging Society through the Lens of Patent Data

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — The Gerontologist, 2024
Age Advocacy on Twitter Over 12 Years

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — The Gerontologist, 2024
Does Age Matter? Tweets about Gerontocracy in the United States

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2023
Portrayals of older adults in over 3000 films around the world

Ng, R., Indran, N., & Yang, W. — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2023
Reframing Aging: Foregrounding Familial and Occupational Roles of Older Adults is Linked to Decreased Ageism Over Two Centuries

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2023
Videos about older adults on TikTok

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — PLOS ONE, 2023
Impact of Old Age on an Occupation's Image Over 210 Years: An Age Premium for Doctors, Lawyers, and Soldiers

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2023
Granfluencers on TikTok: Factors linked to positive self-portrayals of older adults on social media

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — PLOS ONE, 2023
Media attention toward COVID-19 across 18 countries: The influence of cultural values and pandemic severity

Ng, R., & Tan, Y. W. — PLOS ONE, 2022
Ageism on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. — Journal of Social Issues, 2022
Hostility Toward Baby Boomers on TikTok

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — The Gerontologist, 2022
A playbook for effective age advocacy on Twitter

Ng, R., Indran, N., & Liu, L. — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2022
Role-Based Framing of Older Adults Linked to Decreased Ageism Over 210 Years: Evidence From a 600-Million-Word Historical Corpus

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — The Gerontologist, 2022
Cohort profile: Singapore's Nationally Representative Retirement and Health Study with 5 waves over 10 years

Ng, R., Tan, Y. W., & Tan, K. B. — Epidemiology and Health, 2022
Reframing aging during COVID-19: Familial role-based framing of older adults linked to decreased ageism

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2022
The development of empathy in the healthcare setting: A qualitative approach

Yu, C. C., Tan, L., Le, M. K., Tang, B., Liaw, S. Y., Tierney, T., Ho, Y. Y., Lim, B. E. E., Lim, D., Ng, R., Chia, S. C., & Low, J. A. — BMC Medical Education, 2022
A multi-site study on the impact of an advance care planning workshop on attitudes, beliefs and behavioural intentions over a 6-month period

Yu, C. C., Koh, E. J., Low, J. A., Ong, M. L., Sim, A. G. H., Hong, D. Y. Q., Chong, R., Low, J., & Ng, R. — BMC Medical Education, 2021
Diversity of COVID-19 News Media Coverage across 17 Countries: The Influence of Cultural Values, Government Stringency and Pandemic Severity

Ng, R., & Tan, Y. W. — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Ageism Linked to Culture, Not Demographics: Evidence From an 8-Billion-Word Corpus Across 20 Countries

Ng, R., & Lim-Soh, J. W. — The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021
Aging Narratives over 210 years (1810-2019)

Ng, R., & Chow, T. Y. J. — The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021
Culture Linked to Increasing Ageism during Covid-19: Evidence from a 10-billion-word Corpus across 20 Countries

Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. — The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021
Societal Narratives on Caregivers in Asia

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
News media narratives of Covid-19 across 20 countries: Early global convergence and later regional divergence

Ng, R., Chow, T. Y. J., & Yang, W. — PLOS ONE, 2021
Defining clinical empathy: A grounded theory approach from the perspective of healthcare workers and patients in a multicultural setting

Tan, L., Le, M. K., Yu, C. C., Liaw, S. Y., Tierney, T., Ho, Y. Y., Lim, E., Lim, D., Ng, R., Ngeow, C., & Low, J. — BMJ Open, 2021
Societal Age Stereotypes in the U.S. and U.K. from a Media Database of 1.1 Billion Words

Ng, R. — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Implementing an Individual-Centric Discharge Process across Singapore Public Hospitals

Ng, R., & Tan, K. B. — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Societal perceptions of caregivers linked to culture across 20 countries: Evidence from a 10-billion-word database

Ng, R., & Indran, N. — PLOS ONE, 2021
Marginalization of Graduate Freelancers in the Gig Economy

Ng. R., & Wong, P. S. H. — Japan Labor Issues, 2021
Self-Acceptance and Interdependence Promote Longevity: Evidence From a 20-year Prospective Cohort Study

Ng, R., Allore, H. G., & Levy, B. R. — International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Medical conditions and driving fitness of older Singaporean taxi drivers

Chan, M.-L., Wong, Y., Ng, R., & Koh, G. C.-H. — Occupational Medicine, 2019
Big Data Applications in Governance and Policy

Giest, S., & Ng, R. — Politics and Governance, 2018
Cloud Computing in Singapore: Key Drivers and Recommendations for a Smart Nation

Ng, R. — Politics and Governance, 2018
Complexities and Challenges of Singapore Nurses Providing Postacute Home Care in Multicultural Communities: A Grounded Theory Study

Wong, A. K.-S., Ong, S. F., Matchar, D. B., Lie, D., Ng, R., Yoon, K. E., & Wong, C. H. — Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2018
A prospective, randomized-controlled pilot study comparing closed suction versus negative pressure drains for panniculectomy patients

Walker, M. E., Tsay, C., Broer, P. N., Zhu, V. Z., Sturrock, T., Ng, R., Scoutt, L. M., Thomson, J. G., & Kwei, S. L. — Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 2018
The ideal ear position in Caucasian females

Broer, P. N., Thiha, A., Ehrl, D., Sinno, S., Juran, S., Szpalski, C., Ng, R., Ninkovic, M., Prantl, L., & Heidekrueger, P. I. — Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 2018
Pettiness: Conceptualization, measurement and cross-cultural differences

Ng, R., & Levy, B. — PLOS ONE, 2018
The Ideal Buttock Size: A Sociodemographic Morphometric Evaluation

Heidekrueger, P. I., Sinno, S., Tanna, N., Szpalski, C., Juran, S., Schmauss, D., Ehrl, D., Ng, R., Ninkovic, M., & Broer, P. N. — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2017
The current preferred female lip ratio

Heidekrueger, P. I., Juran, S., Szpalski, C., Larcher, L., Ng, R., & Broer, P. N. — Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 2017
Lip Attractiveness: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Heidekrueger, P. I., Szpalski, C., Weichman, K., Juran, S., Ng, R., Claussen, C., Ninkovic, M., & Broer, P. N. — Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2017
Measuring Coping Behavior in Liver Transplant Candidates: A Psychometric Analysis of the Brief COPE

Amoyal, N., Fernandez, A. C., Ng, R., & Fehon, D. C. — Progress in Transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), 2016
Retirement as Meaningful: Positive Retirement Stereotypes Associated with Longevity

Ng, R., Allore, H. G., Monin, J. K., & Levy, B. R. — The Journal of Social Issues, 2016
Resilience in organ transplantation: An application of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) with liver transplant candidates

Fernandez, A. C., Fehon, D. C., Treloar, H., Ng, R., & Sledge, W. H. — Journal of Personality Assessment, 2015
Aesthetic Breast Shape Preferences Among Plastic Surgeons

Broer, P. N., Juran, S., Walker, M. E., Ng, R., Weichman, K., Tanna, N., Liu, Y.-J., Shah, A., Patel, A., Persing, J. A., & Thomson, J. G. — Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2015
The Impact of Geographic, Ethnic, and Demographic Dynamics on the Perception of Beauty

Broer, P. N., Juran, S., Liu, Y.-J., Weichman, K., Tanna, N., Walker, M. E., Ng, R., & Persing, J. A. — Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2014
Modeling Risk Categories to Predict the Longitudinal Prevalence of Childhood Diarrhea in Indonesia

Sima, L. C., Ng, R., & Elimelech, M. — The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013
Venous coupler size in autologous breast reconstruction—Does it matter?

Broer, P. N., Weichman, K. E., Tanna, N., Wilson, S., Ng, R., Ahn, C., Choi, M., Karp, N. S., Levine, J. P., & Allen, R. J. — Microsurgery, 2013
Cultural Cognition

Ng, R. — The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2013
Cultural Intelligence

Ng, R. — The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2013
Cultural Theory

Ng, R. — The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2013
Douglas, Mary

Ng, R. — The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2013
AlloDerm plication: A novel technique for enhancing acellular dermis-assisted breast reconstruction

Walker, M. E., Broer, P. N., Ng, R., Wages, D., Matthew, M., & Kwei, S. L. — European Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2013
Radiation Therapy and Expander-Implant Breast Reconstruction: An Analysis of Timing and Comparison of Complications

Lentz, R., Ng, R., Higgins, S. A., Fusi, S., Matthew, M., & Kwei, S. L. — Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2013
A psychological predictor of elders' driving performance: Social-comparisons on the road

Levy, B. R., Ng, R., Myers, L. M., & Marottoli, R. A. — Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2013
Coping with anxiety, depression, anger and aggression: The mediational role of resilience in adolescents

Ng, R., Ang, R. P., & Ho, M.-H. R. — Child & Youth Care Forum, 2012
Nasal Aesthetics: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Broer, P. N., Buonocore, S., Morillas, A., Liu, J., Tanna, N., Walker, M., Ng, R., & Persing, J. — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2012
Divinity and distress: The impact of religion and spirituality on the mental health of HIV-positive adults in Tanzania

Steglitz, J., Ng, R., Mosha, J. S., & Kershaw, T. — AIDS and Behavior, 2012
Increased longevity from viewing retirement positively

Lakra, D. C., Ng, R., & Levy, B. R. — Ageing & Society, 2012
Making Good Decisions: The Influence of Culture, Attachment Style, Religiosity, Patriotism and Nationalism

Brown, D. J., & Ng, R. — Global Journal of Human-Social Science Research, 2012
Decision making styles east and west: Is it time to move beyond cross-cultural research?

Brown, J., Abdallah, S. S., & Ng, R. — International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 2011
Integrating psychometric and cultural theory approaches to formulate an alternative measure of risk perception

Ng, R., & Rayner, S. — Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2010
Different Mediators for the Age, Sex, and Attitude Similarity Effects in Interpersonal Attraction

Singh, R., Ng, R., Ong, E. L., & Lin, P. K. F. — Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2008