CURRICULUM VITAE Eunsoo Choi

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Eunsoo Choi Center for Happiness Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Mobile: EDUCATION Ph.D. in Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Advisor: Yulia Chentsova-Dutton M.A. in Social Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Advisor: Tae-kyun Hur B.A. in English Literature and Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Researcher Seoul National University, Center for Happiness Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Kyoto University, Kokoro Research Center, Co-PI: Dr. Yukiko Uchida present AWARDS & GRANTS Kim Jae-Il Junior Scholar Award by Korean Psychological Association SK Foundation Educators Network for Social Innovation Grant ( 30,000,000) Japanese Society for the Promotion Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Excellent Thesis Award, National Research Foundation of Korea Georgetown University Competitive Grant-in-Aid ($1000) Georgetown University Graduate School Conference Travel Grant Korea University General Scholarship Korea University Honors Scholarship KU-University of British Columbia Honors Scholarship Korea University Alumni Scholarship PUBLICATIONS Kwon, Y., Choi, E., Choi, J., & Choi, I. (in press, 2018). Discrepancy regarding self, family, and country and happiness: The critical role of self and cultural orientation, Journal of Happiness Studies. Choi, E., Kwon, Y., Lee, M., Choi, I., & Choi, J. (2018). Perceived social support and health in aging in Korean cultural context. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 3. Dzokoto, V., Mensah, E., Choi, E., & Washington-Nortey, P.M. (2018). Let one person s tears not be infectious: Efik proverbs as emotion regulation exemplars. In G. Jovanović, L. Allolio- Näcke, & C. Ratner (Eds.), The Challenges Of Cultural Psychology: Historical Legacies, Future Responsibilities. London & New York: Routledge. Page 1 / 7

2 Choi, E., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. E. (2017). The relationship between momentary emotions and well-being across European Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Cognition & Emotion, 31(6), Park, C., Choi, E., Kim, J., & Hur, T. (2016). The interaction of trait and group information on impression formation. Psychologia, 59(4). Choi, E. & Choi, I. (2016). The associations between body dissatisfaction, body figure, selfesteem, and depressed mood in adolescents in the United States and Korea: a moderated mediation analysis. Journal of Adolescence, 53, 최종안, 이민하, 권유리, 최인철, 최은수 (2016). 낙관적인사람이행복할까, 행복한사람이낙관적일까?: 낙관성과행복간인과관계탐색. 한국심리학회지 : 사회및성격, 30(3), Choi, E., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., & Parrott, W. G. (2016). The Effectiveness of Somatization in Communicating Distress in Korean and American Cultural Contexts. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Choi, E., Kim, Y., & Uchida, Y. (2016). The folk psychology of happiness in Korea. 한국심리학회지 : 문화및사회문제, 22(2), Choi, I., & Choi, E. (2016). The role of self-esteem in negative emotions: A cross-cultural study between American and Korean Adolescents. 한국청소년학구, 23(1). Chentsova-Dutton,Y., Choi. E., & Reyes, J, Ryder, A. (2015). I felt sad and did not enjoy life : Cultural context and the associations between anhedonia, depressed mood and momentary emotions. Transcultural Psychiatry, 52(5), Chentsova-Dutton, Y.E., Choi, E., & Ryder, A.G. (2014). Cultural variations in ideal and momentary hedonic balance: Does a more negative ideal protect Russian Americans from daily stress? Psychology. The Journal of the Higher School of Economics, 11(1) Choi, E., & Hur, T. (2013). Is reading the sexual intention truly functional?: The impacts of perceiving a partner s sexual intention on courtship initiation behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42(8), *Awarded as an excellent paper by the National Research Foundation of Korea, 2014) 박정열, 김지혜, 김용희, 김민종, 최은수, 허태균 (2007). 인상형성의능동적정보탐색 : 남녀차이와세대차이를중심으로. 한국심리학회지 : 여성, 12(2), MANUCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Senft, N., Choi, E., Lee, H., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (under review). Beliefs about the spread of sadness and their relationships to emotional behavior in the U.S. and South Korea. Frontiers in Psychology. Kim, E., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., & Choi, E. (under review, 1 st round). Emotional granularity predicts depressive symptoms in context of high stress. Emotion. Page 2 / 7

3 Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Choi, I., & Choi, E. (under review, 1st round). Parental social support and adolescents psychological adaptations. Journal of Research on Adolescence. Choi, E., Gobel, M., & Uchida, Y. (under review, 1st round). Social hierarchy, culture, and otherorientedness. Target: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. MANUCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Choi, E. & Uchida, Y. Gender difference in the perception of social hierarchy in Japanese cultural context. Target: Asian Journal of Social Psychology. Choi, E., Kim, I., & Choi, I. Against pure altruism. Target: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Choi, E., Kwon, Y., Lee, M., Choi, I., Choi, J. The support for president impeachment and moral foundations. Target: PlOS One. Choi, I., Yoo, J., Lee, J., & Choi, E. (under review). Essentialist beliefs about happiness and motivation to become happier. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology CONFERENCE PRESENTATION Oral presentations & talks Choi, E., Choi, J., & Choi, I. (2017). Essentialist beliefs about happiness. MIDUS & MIDJA Kyoto meeting, Kyoto, Japan. Choi, E., Gobel, M., & Uchida, Y. (2016). (Co-chair) Social hierarchies in cultural contexts: Japan and US. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Nagoya, Japan. Choi, E., & Chentosva, Y. (2015). Distress communications in cultural contexts: Examination of Koreans and Americans. International Workshop Culture and Clinical Psychology Perspectives for the KOKORO Well-being, Kyoto, Japan. Choi. E., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (October, 2014). Different paths to eliciting empathy: The importance of somatization in Korean contexts. Poster presented at the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Ohio, CO, U.S.A. Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Dzokoto, V., Choi, E. (June, 2013). Culture and emotion regulation of fear. Paper presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Poster presentations Choi, E., Choi, J., Kwon, Y., & Choi, I. (5.2017). Social class and mixed emotions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, U.S.A. Kim, I., Choi, E., & Choi, I. (5.2017). Pure Altruism: Its Relationships to One s Own Altruistic Behavior and to the Good Deeds of Others. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, U.S.A. Choi. E., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (April, 2014). The empathic responses for distress communication in cultural contexts: Examination of Koreans and Americans. Poster presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Society for Affective Science, Washington, DC, U.S.A. Page 3 / 7

4 Choi. E., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (February, 2014). The distress experience and expressions in cultural contexts. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. Choi. E., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (January, 2013). The interaction of depression and cultures on momentary emotions. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Choi. E., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (January, 2012). Cultural Differences in Anticipatory, Momentary, and Retrospective Affect: The Comparison Between Hispanic Americans, European Americans, Asian Americans, and Russian Americans. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA, U.S.A. Choi. E., & Chentsova-Dutton, Y. (January, 2011). Interdependence adds to my stress: Endorsement of cultural values and well-being across cultural groups. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A. Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Choi, E. (June, 2010). Emotional Reactivity in Depressed and Nondepressed European American and Asian Americans: A Test of Cultural Norm Hypothesis. Symposium presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A. Choi, E., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Reyes, J. (February, 2010). Culture and depression: The effects on anticipated, experienced and recalled emotions. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A. Choi, E., Hur, T. (February, 2009). The interactive impacts of sexual motivation and perception of sexual intention on courtship initiation behavior. Poster to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL, U.S.A. Hur, T., Kim, Y.H., Kim, J., Choi, E., Park, J. (July, 2007). Information seeking strategies in impression formation: Generation and gender differences in Korean culture. Poster presented at the 7th Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Sabah, Malaysia. Park, Y., Bea, J., Choi, E., and Jang, S. (July, 2008). The role of regulatory focus strategy in the reflection effect in work and leisure domains. International Symposium on Brain and Society, Seoul, Korea. TEACHING INTERESTS Cultural Psychology Introductory Psychology Research Methods and Statistics Emotion Theory and Research Seminar TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer Research Methods & Statistics/Practicum, Korea University, 2016 S, 2017 S Introductory Psychology, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies S Culture and Emotion, Georgetown University, 2013 S Page 4 / 7

5 Teaching Assistant Research Methods & Statistics, Georgetown University, 2011 S/F, 2013 F Abnormal Psychology, Georgetown University, 2010F Personality Psychology, Georgetown University, 2010S Introductory Psychology, Georgetown University, 2009F Life-span Development Psychology, Korea University, 2008F PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS External reviewer of Frontiers in Psychology, External reviewer for the Korean Journal of Psychology (Culture & Social Issues, Personality and Social Psychology), Association for Psychological Science, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Korean Psychological Association OTHER RELVANT SKILLS Software/Statistical Skills: Multi-level modeling (HLM), SPSS, MediaLab, E-prime, R Language: Korean, native REFERENCES Dr. Taekyun Hur Professor, Psychology, Korea University Anam-dong Seongbuk-ku, Seoul, Korea, tkhur@korea.ac.kr, Phone: Dr. Yulia Chentsova-Dutton Associate Professor, Psychology, Georgetown University 3700 White Gravenor Hall, Washington DC, yec2@georgetown.edu, Phone: Dr. Yukiko Uchida Associate Professor, Psychology, Kyoto University 46 Shimoadachi, Yoshida Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan uchida.yukiko.6m@kyoto-u.ac.jp, Phone: Page 5 / 7

6 s of manuscripts under review Discrepancy regarding self, family, and country and happiness: The critical role of self and cultural orientation Yuri Kwon, Incheol Choi, Jongan Choi, Eunsoo Choi* (corresponding author, Journal of Happiness Studies, acceptance with revision) Previous research on self-discrepancy has mainly focused on the discrepancy between the actual and ideal or ought state at the personal level, and how they relate to happiness with little attention to the discrepancy regarding the family and country, which may also be very relevant to one s happiness in a more collectivistic culture. The present study examined not only the discrepancy about oneself but also the discrepancies one perceives regarding their family and country and their relation to happiness, while taking cultural orientation into consideration. Across Study 1 and Study 2, the actual-ideal selfdiscrepancies had the strongest association with happiness while the family- and country-discrepancies had weaker associations. Study 2 further showed that the actual-ideal self-discrepancies predicted happiness to a greater degree for the individualistic than for the collectivistic, while the actual-ought self-discrepancies was predictive of happiness to a greater degree for the collectivistic. Keywords: self-discrepancy, happiness, social identity, individualism, collectivism Essentializing Happiness Reduces One s Motivation to Be Happier Incheol Choi, Jaekyoung Yoo, Jinhyeon Lee, Eunsoo Choi (corresponding author, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, under review) Lay beliefs about happiness are pervasive and can shape the ways in which people navigate their lives. The present study examined the essentialist lay theory of happiness (i.e., beliefs that happiness is determined by one s genes and hence immutable) and its implications for individuals well-being, specifically for the motivation to enhance one s happiness level. We developed a scale called the Essentialist Beliefs about Happiness (EBH) scale in Study 1, and validated it in Study 2 and Study 3. In Study 4 and Study 5, we found, by utilizing correlational and experimental methods, that the essentialist beliefs about happiness predicted reduced motivation to engage in happiness-boosting activities. Study 6 revealed that the benefits of happiness intervention in increasing one s happiness were less pronounced for those with stronger essentialist beliefs about happiness. The present results provide new insights into the role of conceptualization of happiness in establishing well-being. Keywords: lay theory, essentialism, happiness, motivation, happiness exercises Perceived parental support and adolescents positive self-beliefs and levels of emotional distress across four countries. Yulia Chentsova-Dutton, Injae Choi, & Eunsoo Choi (corresponding author, Journal of Research on Adolescence, under review) Previous research has shown that parental support has beneficial effects for the psychological well-being of adolescents. The present study compared levels of informational, emotional and financial parental support reported by adolescents from the US (N = 1,002), China (N = 1,176), Korea (N = 3,993), and Japan (N = 1,113). The study examines the impact of these types of support on adolescents positive self-belief and levels of distress. The results show that American adolescents perceive greater emotional and informational support than others, while East Asian adolescents perceive greater financial support. The perceived support influenced positive self-beliefs similarly across cultural groups, but informational Page 6 / 7

7 support impacted distress to a greater degree for American adolescents. The implications of the present research are discussed. Keywords: adolescents, cross-cultural, parental support Negative emotional granularity predicts depressive symptoms in context of high stress Emily Kim, Yulia Chentsova-Dutton, & Eunsoo Choi (Emotion, under review) Emotional granularity, or the ability to distinguish felt emotions in discrete terms, has been found to be lower in individuals with internalizing disorders, such as Major Depressive Disorder. It is unclear whether low negative emotional granularity contributes to depressive symptoms or vice versa. Also, despite the significant association between perceived stress and depression, the role of stress in the link between emotional granularity and depression has not been studied. Prior research has not examined whether the effects of emotional granularity hold across cultural contexts with different models of emotions. One hundred forty-eight European Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Russian Americans participated in an experience sampling study. For 10 days, participants provided momentary reports of negative and positive emotions. Participants levels of depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and life satisfaction were measured before and after the experience sampling period. Baseline depressive symptoms did not predict levels of negative emotional granularity, but negative emotional granularity predicted post-session levels of depressive symptoms after controlling for baseline depressive symptoms. This effect was driven by individuals who reported high levels of perceived stress. These results indicate that the ability to distinguish negative emotions may be especially adaptive during periods of high perceived stress. Keywords: emotional granularity, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, perceived stress Beliefs about the Spread of Sadness and their Relationships to Emotional Behavior in the U.S. and South Korea Nicole Senft, Eunsoo Choi, Kwaryung Lee, & Yulia Chentsova-Dutton (Frontiers in Psychology, under review) Beliefs about emotions play an important role in guiding emotional behavior. Though emotions are interpersonal phenomena, there is little research on individuals beliefs about the consequences of their emotions for others. One such belief concerns whether negative emotions spread to others. The current studies aim to examine relationships between the belief that sadness spreads and emotional behavior in the U.S. and South Korea. In Study 1, we find that when belief in the spread of sadness is measured, this explained by the motivation to obtain support from others. In Study 2, we find that in the U.S. and Korea, when beliefs about the spread of emotions are manipulated, being led to believe emotions spread leads people to actually express their emotions less, but to expect better support from others. These findings suggest that individuals may view the spread of their sadness to others as a useful means of eliciting effective social support. Keywords: emotion expression, lay theories, culture, motivation, social support, interpersonal emotion regulation Page 7 / 7