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What Time Alone Offers: Narratives of Solitude From Adolescence to Older Adulthood (2021)
Journal Article
Weinstein, N., Nguyen, T., & Hansen, H. (2021). What Time Alone Offers: Narratives of Solitude From Adolescence to Older Adulthood. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 714518. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.714518

Solitude – the state of being alone and not physically with another – can be rewarding. The present research explored the potential benefits of solitude from a pragmatist approach: a ground-up, top-down perspective that is receptive to new knowledge... Read More about What Time Alone Offers: Narratives of Solitude From Adolescence to Older Adulthood.

A COVID-19 descriptive study of life after lockdown in Wuhan, China (2020)
Journal Article
Zhou, T., Nguyen, T. T., Zhong, J., & Liu, J. (2020). A COVID-19 descriptive study of life after lockdown in Wuhan, China. Royal Society Open Science, 7(9), Article 200705. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200705

On 8 April 2020, the Chinese government lifted the lockdown and opened up public transportation in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. After 76 days in lockdown, Wuhan residents were allowed to travel outside of the city and go back... Read More about A COVID-19 descriptive study of life after lockdown in Wuhan, China.

Motivation and preference in isolation: a test of their different influences on responses to self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak (2020)
Journal Article
Weinstein, N., & Nguyen, T. (2020). Motivation and preference in isolation: a test of their different influences on responses to self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak. Royal Society Open Science, 7(5), Article 200458. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200458

This multi-wave study examined the extent that both preference and motivation for time alone shapes ill-being during self-isolation. Individuals in the USA and the UK are self-isolating in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Different motivations may... Read More about Motivation and preference in isolation: a test of their different influences on responses to self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Embracing me-time: Motivation for solitude during transition to college (2019)
Journal Article
Nguyen, T. T., Werner, K. M., & Soenens, B. (2019). Embracing me-time: Motivation for solitude during transition to college. Motivation and Emotion, 43(4), 571-591. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09759-9

The present research examined the role of university students’ motivation for spending time alone in their adjustment to college life, as well as the parenting correlates of students’ healthy motivation for solitude. Two studies were conducted on fir... Read More about Embracing me-time: Motivation for solitude during transition to college.

Solitude as an Approach to Affective Self-Regulation (2017)
Journal Article
Nguyen, T. T., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2018). Solitude as an Approach to Affective Self-Regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(1), 92-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217733073

In this research, we showed that solitude generally has a deactivation effect on people’s affective experiences, decreasing both positive and negative high-arousal affects. In Study 1, we found that the deactivation effect occurred when people were a... Read More about Solitude as an Approach to Affective Self-Regulation.