Jonathan E. Ramsay

Dr Jonathan E. Ramsay

Associate Professor

Core Learning

Tel: +65 6537 9552

Educational Qualifications

2014
PhD (Psychology), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2019
Graduate Certificate of Education (Academic Practice), James Cook University, Australia

2005
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology), University of Oxford, UK

Academic and Professional Experience

2025 - Present
Associate Professor, College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2024 - Present
Adjunct Associate Professor (Psychology), James Cook University, Australia

2022 - 2024
Associate Dean (Student Engagement), James Cook University, Australia (Singapore Campus)

2021 - 2024
Associate Professor (Psychology), School of Social and Health Sciences, James Cook University, Australia (Singapore Campus)

2019 – 2022
Academic Head, School of Social and Health Sciences, James Cook University, Australia (Singapore Campus)

2018 – 2021
Senior Lecturer (Psychology), School of Social and Health Sciences, James Cook University, Australia (Singapore Campus)

2017 – 2018
Senior Lecturer (Human Resource Management), S R Nathan School of Human Development, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2014 – 2017
Lecturer (Human Resource Management), S R Nathan School of Human Development, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2010 – 2014
Guest Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2010 – 2010
Project Officer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • Ng, D. X., Lin, P. K., Marsh, N. V., & Ramsay, J. E. (in press) Associations Between Openness and Intergroup Attitudes: A Facet Level Analysis. Accepted for publication in Personality and Individual Differences.
  • Yousaf, O., Love, S., Ramsay, J.E. (in press) The relationship between mindfulness and religious faith: Validation of the Mindfulness during Worship Scale (MWS) in a British Muslim sample. Accepted for publication in Mental Health, Religion, & Culture.
  • Yow, Y. J., Ramsay, J. E., Lin, P. K. F., & Marsh, N. V. (2024). From thrill seekers to social creatures: dimensions of curiosity differentially predict video game preferences and behaviours. Behaviour & Information Technology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2024.2376869
  • Ramsay, J. E., Wang, D., Yeo, J. S. E., Khong, Z., & Tan, C. S. (2023) Perceived Authenticity, Machiavellianism, and Psychological Functioning: An Inter-Domain and Cross-Cultural Investigation. Personality and Individual Differences, 204, 112049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.112049
  • Ng, D. X., Chew, P. K. H., & Ramsay, J. E. (2023) Evidence of method effects in the authoritarianism-conservatism-traditionalism scales. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 17, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/18344909231161773
  • Yeoh, S. J. Y., Low, P. K., & Ramsay, J. E. (2023). In Search of Safe Spaces: An Exploratory Study of the Anticipated Help-Seeking Needs and Preferences of Protestant Christian Women in Singapore with Respect to a Hypothetical Abortion Scenario. Journal of Religion and Health, 62, 819-838. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01766-y
  • Yow, Y. J., Ramsay, J. E., Lin, P. K., Marsh, N. V. (2022). Dimensions, Measures, and Contexts in Psychological Investigations of Curiosity: A Scoping Review. Behavioral Sciences, 12(12), 493. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12120493
  • Ramsay, J. E., Khong, Z., & Yeo, J. S. E. (2022) The God of Big (and Good) Things: Religious Priming, Event Properties, and Supernatural Explanations. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2022.2097778
  • Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Aditya, Y., Alayan, A. J., Allen, P. J., Altay, S., Alzahawi, S., Amir, Y., Anthony, F.-V., Appiah, O. K., Atkinson, Q. D., … Ramsay, J. E. … Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2022). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain & Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255
  • Cetty, L., Jeyagurunathan, A., Roystonn, K., Devi., F., Abdin., E., Tang., C., Verma, S., Chong, S., Ramsay, J. E., & Subramaniam, M. (2022) Religiosity, Religious Coping and Distress Among Outpatients with Psychosis in Singapore. Journal of Religion and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01596-4
  • Hoogeveen, S., Haaf., J. M., Bulbulia., J. A., Ross, R. M., McKay., R., Altay, S., Bendixen, T., Berniūnas, R., Cheshin, A., Gentili, C., Georgescu., R., Gervais, W. M., Hagel., K., Kavanagh., C., Levy, N., Neely, A., Qiu, L., Rabelo, A., Ramsay, J. E., Rutjens. B. T., Turpin, H., Uzarevic, F., Wuyts, R., Xygalatas, D., & van Elk, M. (2022). The Einstein effect: Global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 523-535. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01273-8
  • Ng, D. X., Lin, P. K., Marsh, N. V., & Ramsay, J. E. (2021) Associations between Openness Facets, Prejudice, and Tolerance: A Scoping Review with Meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology (Personality and Social Psychology), 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.707652
  • Lin, P.K., Ramsay, J.E., Chan, K., Leow, Y., Lim, B, & Tong, E.M. (2020) Self-transcendence through self-inhibition? God primes reduce self-accessibility. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 14(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000312
  • Ramsay, J.E. (2019) Authoritative maternal parenting associates with the explicit need for autonomy. Journal of Individual Differences, 41, 110-116. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000309
  • Lau, G.P. & Ramsay, J.E. (2019) Salvation with fear and trembling? Scrupulous fears inconsistently mediate the relationship between religion and well-being. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 22(8), 844-859. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2019.1670629
  • Qiu, L., Chen, J., Ramsay, J.E., & Lu, J. (2019) Personality predicts words in favourite songs. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.11.004
  • Ramsay, J.E., Tong, E.M., Chowdhury, A., & Ho, M.R. (2018) Teleological explanation and positive emotion serially mediate the effect of religion on well-being. Journal of Personality, 87, 676-689. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12425
  • Gervais, W.M., van Elk, M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R.T., Aveyard, M., Buchtel, E.K., Dar-Nimrod, I., Klocová, E.K., Ramsay, J.E., Riekki, T., Svedholm-Häkkinen, A.M., & Bulbulia, J. (2018). Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally fickle phenomenon? Judgment and Decision Making, 13(3), 268–274.
  • Gervais, W.M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R.T., van Elk, M., Buchtel, E.K., Aveyard, M., Schiavone, S.R., Dar-Nimrod, I., Svedholm-Häkkinen, A.M., Riekki, T., Klocová, E.K., Ramsay, J.E., & Bulbulia, J. (2017) Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists. Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 0151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0151
  • Ramsay, J.E., Pang, J.S., Ho, M.R., & Chan, K. (2017) Need for power predicts career intent in university students. Journal of Career Assessment, 25(3), 389-404. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072716639690
  • Qiu, L., Lu, J., Ramsay, J.E., Yang, S., Qu, W., & Zhu, T. (2017) Personality expression in Chinese language use. International Journal of Psychology, 52(6), 463-472. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12259
  • Ramsay, J.E. & Pang, J.S. (2017) Anti-immigrant prejudice in rising East Asia: A stereotype content and integrated threat analysis. Political Psychology, 38(2), 227-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12312
  • Ramsay, J.E., Tong, E.M., Pang, J.S., & Chowdhury, A. (2016) A puzzle unsolved: Failure to observe different effects of God and religion primes on intergroup attitudes. PLoS one, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147178
  • Yang, F., Ramsay, J.E., Schultheiss, O.C., & Pang, J.S. (2015) Need for achievement moderates the effect of motive-relevant challenge on salivary cortisol changes. Motivation and Emotion, 39, 321-324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9465-7
  • Ramsay, J.E., Yang, F., Pang, J.S., Lai, C., Ho, R., & Mak, K. (2015) Divergent pathways to influence: Cognition and behavior differentially mediate the effects of optimism on physical and mental quality of life in Chinese university students. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(7), 963-973. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105313504441
  • Ramsay, J.E., Pang, J.S., Shen, M.J., & Rowatt, W.C. (2014) Rethinking value violation: Priming religion increases prejudice in Singaporean Christians and Buddhists. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 24(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2012.761525
  • Ramsay, J.E. & Pang, J.S. (2013) Set Ambiguity: A key determinant of reliability and validity in the picture story exercise. Motivation and Emotion, 37(4), 661-674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-012-9339-9
  • Qiu, L., Lin, H., Ramsay, J.E., & Yang, F. (2012). You are what you tweet: Personality expression and perception on Twitter. Journal of Research in Personality, 46(6), 710-718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2012.08.008
  • Belief systems and well-being
  • New forms of spirituality
  • Meaning in life
  • Tolerance and open-mindedness
  • Social cohesion and harmony

2024
DVC Education’s Student Experience Award Winner, James Cook University Australia Teaching Excellence Awards

2022
2022 Research Excellence Award Winner, James Cook University Singapore Staff Excellence Awards

2021
Future Leader Award Winner, James Cook University Singapore Staff Excellence Awards

2013
Best Group Presentation Award, East Asian University Institute for Asian Regional Integration Summer School, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

2012
Home Team Research Award, Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs

2010
NTU Research Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University

2024 – Present
Associate Editor, Asian Journal of Social Psychology

2024 – Present
Associate Editor, Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

2018 – Present
Editorial Board Member, International Journal for the Psychology of Religion

2018 – 2024
Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Social Psychology

2017 – Present
Member, Asian Association of Social Psychology

  • Five PhD students (one to completion)
  • Seven Master’s students (seven to completion)
  • 22 Honour’s students (20 to completion)

2023
Contribution to a Straits Times article on residential homes and social mobility https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/living-away-from-family-to-dream-big-and-aim-higher

2017
Contribution to a Straits Times article on hands-on parenting by millennial fathers https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/millennial-dads-go-hands-on

2016
Guest Appearance on Channel News Asia (First Look Asia), discussing presenteeism in the workplace

2016
Authored a Business Times article describing my research on entrepreneurial motivation https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/startups/unconscious-motivation-entrepreneurs

2016
Contribution to a Straits Times article on work-life balance https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/juggling-work-and-family-time

2014
Authored an opinion piece for Today on the topic of using technology to improve well-being https://www.todayonline.com/daily-focus/health/using-technology-improve-mental-well-being

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