Da Xuan NG

Qualifications

• MCounselling, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore, 2012-2015
• MClinSc, Salus University, USA, 2012-2014
• BA Psych (Hons I), The University of Queensland, Australia, 2010-2010
• BPsych, James Cook University, Australia, 2006-2008

Biography

Dax is a registered counsellor with experience working in education, healthcare, and social service sectors. Dax is also a research psychologist who aims to identify the mechanisms for the compassion of self and others. In his doctoral research, Dax investigates the personality profile of individuals who embrace diversity by examining the personality-attitudinal link between facets of openness and attitudes of prejudice and tolerance. As a quantitative researcher, Dax is trained in R programming, SPSS, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, multiple regression, and logistic regression. Outside of his work, Dax will be learning coding, knitting beanies, reading manuals on parenting, and annoying his four-year old son.

Thesis Title

Identifying the facets of openness that best predict prejudice and social tolerance: A comparison of predictive utilities of three major personality inventories

Advisory Panel

Primary: A/Prof Jonathan Ramsay, Secondary: Dr Patrick Lin; Advisor Mentor: Prof Nigel Marsh

Networks

• Singapore Association for Counselling (Registered Counsellor)
• European Association of Personality Psychology (Member)

Research Interests

• Counselling Psychology – Deliberate practice in psychotherapy
• Counselling Psychology – Mindfulness and compassion in therapy
• Consciousness and meaning-in-life
• Personality
• Social attitudes