v 9796-00-preface PREFACE The 2015 Asian Congress of Applied Psychology (ACAP 2015) was held May 19-20, 2015 at Holiday Inn Singapore, Orchard City Centre & Concorde Hotel Singapore. ACAP 2015 is jointly organized by Aventis School of Management, Asia’s Leading Graduate School, University of Derby and Singapore University of Technology and Design (MIT). The annual ACAP conference series, run by Asia Pacific International Academy (APIA), a subsidiary of Aventis School of Management, are major international events aimed at supporting the Applied Psychology and HR communities in Asia. Psychologists, healthcare professionals, academicians and researchers from all fields of applications get to meet, network and learn here. The programme consisted of five one-hour plenary lectures by Dr. Jane Montague, Dr W. Quin Yow, Dr. Gabriel Tan, Dr. Konstadina Griva and Dr. Luke Van Der Laan and two half-day workshops by Ms. Eileen Seah and Dr. Chris Fong. There are also three parallel sessions of 41 oral presentations (20 minutes each). A total of 103 registered delegates from the following countries participated in ACAP 2015: Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States of America. Participants were invited to submit papers to the present volume. We wish to thank Dr. Jane Montague from University of Derby, ACAP 2015 Conference Chair, for coordinating the reviewing of the submitted papers. Asia Pacific International Academy (APIA) Asia Pacific International Academy (APIA), a subsidiary of Aventis School of Management, was founded in 2010 with the purpose of promoting academic research and intellectual development of researchers, academicians and professionals from various institutions and across different countries in the Asia- Pacific region and beyond through academic conferences and executive training.