John Ian Wilzon Dizon is a Research Assistant at the Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education (BIMHSE). He is currently a member of the Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice team of BIMHSE at HKUMed.

His research interests and publications involve scale development and validation, and empirical investigations in the field of medical and interprofessional education, educational psychology, and mental health and well-being.

Mr Dizon earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology degree and a Master of Science in Psychology degree (with distinction). He is a registered Psychometrician since 2015. He has a total of 7 years of teaching experience as a university lecturer in his previous employment, teaching courses such as Psychological Statistics, Theories of Personality, and Experimental Psychology, among others.

1. He, Q., Dizon, J. I. W. T. Ganotice, F. A., Zheng, B., Yeung, P. P. N., Shen, X., ... & Tipoe, G. L. (2024). Unveiling the impact of interprofessional education on shaping students’ interprofessional identity and collaboration perception: a mixed-method study. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), 1-14. [Journal Impact Factor (2023): 2.7; Q1; SSCI]
2. Shen, X., Dizon, J. I. W. T., Chong, Y. K. D., He, Q., Fonseca, G., Kwok, T. O. T., ... & Ganotice Jr, F. A. (2024). Uncovering the factors underlying collaboration outcomes in interprofessional education: A preliminary investigation involving healthcare students. Nurse Education Today, 106325. [Journal Impact Factor (2023): 3.6; Q1; SSCI]
3. He, Q., Lei, J., Chong, D., Luk, P., Chan, E., Shen, X., … Dizon, J.I.W.T, Ganotice, F. A. (2024). Unpacking the perceptions and experiences of student facilitators in interprofessional education: a qualitative study. Medical Education Online, 29(1). [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 4.6; Q1; SSCI]
4. Mendoza, N.B., Dizon, J.I.W.T (2024). Principal autonomy-support buffers the effect of stress on teachers’ positive well-being: a cross-sectional study during the pandemic.Social Psychology of Education, 27, 23–45. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 2.9; Q2; SSCI]
5. Dizon, J. I. W. T., Mendoza, N. B., & Nalipay, Ma. J. N. (2023). Anxiety and well-being amidst the COVID-19 outbreak and the moderating role of locus-of-hope: Evidence from a large sample in the Philippines.Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 17. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 2.3; Q3; SSCI]
6. Frondozo, C. E., Mendoza, N. B., Dizon, J. I. W. T., & Buenconsejo, J. U. (2022). The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Short Specific to the COVID-19 Pandemic.Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 56:3, 225-240. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 2.0; Q3; SSCI]
7. Mendoza, N. B., Frondozo, C. E., Dizon, J. I. W. T., & Buenconsejo, J. U. (2022). The factor structure and measurement invariance of the PHQ-4 and the prevalence of depression and anxiety in a Southeast Asian context amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Current Psychology, 1-10. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 2.8; Q2; SSCI]
8. Dizon, J. I. W. T., Mendoza, N. B., Mordeno, I. G., & Nalipay, M. J. N. (2023). Validating the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised Among Filipino Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Death Studies, 47:2, 159-163. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 3.8; Q1; SSCI]
9. Dizon, J. I. W. T. & Mendoza, N. B. (2023). Low perceived social rank increases the impact of mental health symptoms on suicidal ideation: Evidence among young adults from the Philippines. Archives of Suicide Research, 27:2, 522-539. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 2.8; Q2; SSCI]
10. Mendoza, N. B., & Dizon, J. I. W. T. (2022). Prevalence of severe anxiety in the Philippines Amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Loss and Trauma., 27:8, 787-789. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 4.7; Q1; SSCI]
11. Bernardo, A. B. I., Mendoza, N. B., Simon, P. D., Cunanan, A. L. P., Dizon, J. I. W. T., Tarroja, M. C. H., Balajadia-Alcala, M. A., & Saplala, J. E. G. (2022).Coronavirus Pandemic Anxiety Scale (CPAS-11): Development and initial validation. Current Psychology, 41, 5703-5711. [Journal Impact Factor (2022): 2.8; Q2; SSCI]

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