Vision: The Promotion of Human Well-Being in Singapore
Mission: To Advance the Research and Practice of Psychology in Singapore

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SPS World Mental Health Day 2025


  • SPS World Mental Health Day 2025
    October 11, 2025
    2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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[Ad] New Leaf Level 1 Gottman Clinical Training – October 2025


  • September 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Gottman Level 1 Clinical Training – Live In Singapore Ready to elevate your impact and revolutionise your approach to couples therapy? Join us for this rare in-person training with Dr. Kristina Burgetova, Singapore’s only Certified Gottman Method Therapist. Whether you’re a psychologist, counsellor, social worker, or mental health professional, this immersive two-day workshop will equip you with the essential tools to transform couples’ (more…) “[Ad] New Leaf Level 1 Gottman Clinical Training – October 2025”

[Recruitment Ad] Senior Psychologist (2-Year Contract)


  • August 25, 2025 - September 26, 2025
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm

SENIOR/PSYCHOLOGIST (2-YEAR CONTRACT) The KKH Psychosocial Trauma Support Service (PTSS) is a dynamic team who provides psychological and emotional support to help women, children and their families recover from traumatic experiences. Apart from hospital-based clinical work at KKH, PTSS is also involved in enhancing the capacity and capability of Singapore’s community to provide post-crisis/trauma psycho-emotional support (more…) “[Recruitment Ad] Senior Psychologist (2-Year Contract)”

[Ad] Elephant Training Workshops


  • August 15, 2025 - September 16, 2025
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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[Ad] The Wait is Over: the inaugural OCD Symposium 2025 – Early Bird Registration Now Open!


  • August 15, 2025 - October 25, 2025
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Dear All We’re thrilled to finally announce that the Registration for the OCD Symposium 2025 is NOW OPEN!  Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, student, psychologist, counsellor, therapist or someone who is passionate about advancing OCD care, this is the event you’ve been waiting for! Have you heard that OCD can get treated in just 4 (more…) “[Ad] The Wait is Over: the inaugural OCD Symposium 2025 – Early Bird Registration Now Open!”

[Ad] Introduction to Transdiagnostic EFT and 3-day Transdiagnostic EFT


  • August 15, 2025 - September 16, 2025
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Research Masterclass 2025


  • Research Masterclass 2025
    August 5, 2025 - October 12, 2025
    8:00 am - 12:00 am

The Inaugural Research Masterclass Is finally here!

The Research Masterclass is an experiential psychological session by the Singapore Psychological Society Research Committee designed to allow participants to get hands on behind the various research processes and acquire the applied research skills. Please join us in this initiative!

Masterclass Event Date: 11 October 2025 (Saturday), 10.30am – 1.30pm.

Registration will close on 13 September 2025 (Sunday) 2359hrs

Masterclass topics:

  1. Formulation of Research Question
  2. Development of Research Design – Methodologies
  3. Data Collection
  4. Data Analysis
  5. Research Presentation

In addition, all Masterclass attendees will be awarded the Certification of Participation!

What to expect on the day?

Participants will be assigned to different groups and cycle through different experiential research stations before utilising their learned experiences to conduct a research pitch.

To ensure optimal experience for the participants, all participants have to bring their own laptops as session materials will be disseminated to you prior to the commencement of the event.

Event Details:

Venue: James Cook University (Room to be confirmed)

Date: Saturday, 11 October 2025

Time: 10.30am to 1.30pm

Ticket Price: SGD10 (Members of SPS), SGD15 (Non-members of SPS)

QR Code to Register via Google Forms:

Note:

All participants must register and attend the event to be eligible to get the certificate of participation.

All participants must register with their real names. Your entry to the Masterclass will be based on your registered name and proof of payment.

Once we have received and verified your email with the screenshot of the completed payment page, you will receive the event invitation at least 3 days before the event.

There are limited seats, so please sign up if interested!

See you at the Research Masterclass 2025 event!

[Ad] Digital Addiction – Dr Stephanie Diez (USA): From Prevention to Intervention


  • August 5, 2025 - September 6, 2025
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm

“Help-seeking for gaming-related issues has surged by 30% since 2019.”  — Channel News Asia, June 2024 More individuals are seeking help — but are we equipped to help them? WINGS Counselling Centre is pleased to invite you to our upcoming 2-day in-person training with Dr Stephanie Diez from 6-7 November 2025 at Furama RiverFront. “From Prevention (more…) “[Ad] Digital Addiction – Dr Stephanie Diez (USA): From Prevention to Intervention”

Student Research Awards 2025 Submission


  • Student Research Awards 2025 Submission
    August 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
    8:00 am - 12:00 am

The Singapore Psychological Society Student Research Awards (SPS SRA) is back for another year to celebrate our students’ excellence in research! Since its inception in 2004, the Student Research Awards has been acknowledging and celebrating psychological research conducted here in Singapore, and of relevance to the Singaporean community.

Submissions from students currently studying psychology or undertaking psychological research at any educational institution in Singapore are welcomed. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their research at the Student Research Awards in December 2025, which will be held virtually.

Awards conferred upon winners includes the prestigious Fred Long Award for the overall best presentation. Keep your eyes peeled on SPS social media platforms for more information.

Expression of Interest: You may indicate your interest to submit a paper by 4 September 2025 through this Expression of Interest form . You may indicate your interest through the form before finalising your topic and submission. Submitting an Expression of Interest will allow us to connect and provide timely reminders directly via email, and help us with the overall planning of the Student Research Awards. If you do have an initial interest, filling up the form will be most helpful!

*Please kindly note that Expression of Interest is not the actual submission to the Student Research Awards. If you intend to submit eventually, please follow the instructions stated below.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Research has been conducted in Singapore and/or with Singaporean populations in the past year.
  • Authors are studying Psychology at an educational institution in Singapore.
  • Research methodology is qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, or systematic review. Literature reviews and meta-analyses are also accepted.
  • Individual and group submissions are accepted.
  • If your submission is shortlisted, you need to be available to attend the Student Research Awards on 13 December 2025 (Saturday, held in the afternoon). Please email us if you have any concerns so we can advise you as soon as possible.
  • If it is an experimental study, it needs to be approved by the IRB in your respective educational institutions.
  • Submissions will only be accepted for review if the above criteria have been met.

Submission information:

  • Abstracts and research papers should be in APA style, 7th edition.
  • Word count should be within 3000, 5000, and 5000 words +/-10% (not including references) for diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate papers respectively. An allowance of +/- 10% of the word count for each category will be accepted. Submissions with word counts beyond the allowance may not be accepted.

To submit:

  • Complete this checklist to accompany your submission.
  • Ensure your paper is anonymised i.e. there is no way of identifying the authors on the paper itself.
  • Send your submission and checklist to research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com. The email subject heading should be as follows: SRASubmission_Name of first author e.g. SRASubmission_Bob Chan.
  • If your research paper is co-authored, please ask co-authors to email us at to research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com to confirm they have given permission for you to submit the research paper.
  • You are encouraged to submit your submission as early as possible.

The deadline for submissions is 23:59, 28th September 2025.

For further information, see our FAQs  or contact us at research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com

 

Frequently Asked Questions

You can choose to submit quantitative and qualitative papers based on real life experimental data, or alternatively, submit a systematic review paper.

The topic should be relevant and applicable to the Singapore context. If you are unsure if your research meets this criteria please email us at: to research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com.

Yes, as long as submissions are not duplicated i.e. each submission is unique.

Submitting an Expression of Interest will allow the SPS Research Committee to connect with you directly through email, and help us with the planning of the Student Research Awards. An Expression of Interest is NOT a submission to the Student Research Awards. You may submit your interest even if your topic and submission is not yet finalised. 

Yes. Please follow the submission instructions stated under the “To submit” section above.

You will receive an email confirmation from to research-team@singaporepsychologicalsociety.com, once we have confirmed your submission. If you need a copy of this for record purposes, please print or save this.

A scoring rubric will be used by our judging panel to evaluate submissions. The rubric will not be made available to students.

Shortlisted authors will be contacted via email by 9th November 2025.

The decision of the judging committee is final. The committee will not respond to further enquiries or appeals.

APA guidelines can be found here. Submissions must be in APA 7th Edition format.

The total word count includes tables, figures and captions, but does not include references.

Shortlisted authors must be able to attend the SRA event to present their research in order to be eligible to receive an award. Please reach out to us if you have questions on this.

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