A5016422910- Cultural Differences and Values
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Student Stress and Coping
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Community Health and Development
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
Wenzhou-Kean University
2023-2024
Zhejiang University
2015-2023
Shanghai International Studies University
2017-2022
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings, with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance, to examine variation effect magnitudes across samples settings. Each protocol was administered approximately half 125 comprised 15,305 participants from 36 countries territories. Using the conventional criterion statistical significance ( p < .05), we found 15 (54%) provided evidence a statistically significant same direction as original finding....
Significance What explains the striking regional differences in COVID-19 severity around world? We reveal role of culture mask usage, a precautionary measure vital for mitigating pandemic. Leveraging dataset all 3,141 counties 50 US states, 16,737 individuals 367,109 29 countries, and 277,219 Facebook users 67 we provide evidence that people more collectivistic (versus individualistic) regions are likely to wear masks. Our research suggests fundamentally shapes how respond crises like
Data recently published in PNAS mapped out regional differences the tightness of social norms across China [R. Y. J. Chua, K. G. Huang, M. Jin, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116, 6720-6725 (2019)]. Norms were tighter developed, urbanized areas and weaker rural areas. We tested whether historical paddy rice farming has left a legacy on modern China. Premodern could plausibly create strong because relied irrigation networks. Rice farmers coordinated their water use kept track each person's...
We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance to examine variation effect magnitudes across sample setting. Each protocol was administered approximately half 125 samples 15,305 total participants from 36 countries territories. Using conventional statistical significance (p &lt; .05), fifteen (54%) the provided evidence same direction statistically significant as original finding. With a strict...
In the early days of coronavirus outbreak, we observed mask use in public among 1,330 people across China. People regions with a history farming rice wore masks more often than wheat regions. Cultural differences persisted after taking into account objective risk factors such as local COVID cases. The fit emerging theory that farming's labor and irrigation demands made societies interdependent, tighter social norms. were strongest ambiguous, pandemic, then shrank became nearly universal...
This article presents a co-constructive narrative inquiry into the subjectivities of three female graduate student researchers (GSRs) from China, Vietnam, and Finland pursuing academic career paths in comparative international education (CIE). Two American teacher their GSRs came to this research committed collaborative action. They explored educational professional journeys local global as teachers, administrators, cultural ambassadors, service-learners, volunteers. promotes scholarly...
This study presents a digital ethnography of the Anglo-Chinese academic family community (ASAFC) amid China's transformation into post-pandemic era. The ASAFC members are men from Anglophone countries married to Chinese women. Thus, two American male authors and one author observed WeChat group texts shared by 64 individuals between 16 November 2022, 31 January 2023, in turn, triangulated their field notes analyse experiences ASAFC. By underpinning concepts intercultural capital ambiguous...
This study presents a digital ethnography of expats’ survival amid the Shanghai lockdown during Omicron variant outbreak. drew insights from studies on resilience and secondary coping within context global migration to comprehend diverse emotional challenges faced by expats in series lockdowns persistent nucleic acid amplification tests. Thus, this asks what major sources social support they could draw citizens their host country lockdown. Accordingly, collected WeChat group conversations...
This longitudinal study presents a critical phenomenological comparison of mental health and early career adaptation challenges encountered by Chinese returnees Korean ambitionists in the post-pandemic academic job market. They were international doctoral candidates American higher education pursuing careers science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics (STEAM) but failed to secure tenure-track faculty positions. Consequently, all returned their home country, while Koreans remained...
As the early COVID-19 outbreak sparked xenophobia against people of Asian and Chinese background, we collected data from migrants worldwide to test how discrimination at a macro-level was perceived by during globally. Specifically, examined (1) whether/how were aware their co-nationals COVID; (2) if so, whether anger predominant reaction these towards certain exposure relevant information; (3) responses transcend across group migrants. Integrating ecological approach media cultural...
Wealthy nations led health preparedness rankings in 2019, yet many poor controlled COVID-19 better. We argue that a history of rice farming explains why some societies did outline how traditional to tight social norms and low-mobility networks. These structures helped coordinate against COVID-19. Study 1 compares rice- wheat-farming prefectures within China. Comparing China allows for comparisons regions with the same national government, language family, other potential confounds. 2 tests...
The role of community in individuals' well-being has been extensively examined the Western context. However, little is known about how host related to sojourners' a crisis an Asian current study aims at exploring international students' sense Chinese context under direct threat global health crisis.Using cross-sectional sample 102 students staying Wuhan during 76-day lockdown earliest stage COVID-19 pandemic, explored relationship between and anxiety, mediating social contact, support from...
This study explores international faculty members’ resilience and the active challenges to establishing coping mechanisms while facing a mental health crisis provoked by Delta Omicron lockdowns in China. Grounded qualitative approach, this used transcendental phenomenological methodology examine 16 members affiliated with higher education institutions Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing. The findings showed that participants had various issues amid snap persistent nucleic acid application tests....
This cross-cultural ethnography explored the global student mobility patterns of international students from English-speaking countries in China and asked research questions about (a) their motivational factors acculturation expectations before arrival; (b) linguistic influencing acculturative stressors host group community's culture its academic, social, public systems after (c) reflections on intergroup ideologies with community graduation, based looking ahead. study collected data through...
Answering the call for research on coping outside of Western world, present study confirms previous that indicated Asians cope with stress differently from other ethnic groups. In study, we explore stress-coping-adjustment model and its role in acculturation educational sojourners People's Republic China. Using a sample 121 recent exchange students (Asian, n = 52; non-Asian, 69), administered surveys Fall 2013 90 days later to measure students' socio-cultural adaptation. Results indicate...
Ethical leadership has been documented as a critical factor influencing employee behavior. This study aims to expand on previous research by investigating how ethical cultivates healthy C hinese guanxi between employees and their supervisors influences organizational citizenship behavior ( OCB ). We propose that two types of , favor‐seeking rent‐seeking may play mediating role in the relationship . Using survey data collected from (N = 502), regression bootstrap analyses are used test...
Although cross-cultural research suggests that the development and functionality of secondary coping strategies are substantially influenced by broader cultural context, findings not completely conclusive. Some studies indicate is more adaptive for Asian participants compared with Westerners, while others emphasize adaptability style in Asian, but Western, contexts. The main objective present study was to systematically test ethnic contextual differences effectiveness (measured form...
COVID-19 has drastically altered people's mask-wearing behaviors around the world. What is unknown how long these mask will last post-COVID-19? To investigate individual, situational, and locational factors influence use in absence of community spread COVID-19, we conducted an observational study public areas megacity Shanghai, China. Researchers coded various suburban urban districts outdoor indoor locations with without requirements. Firstly, even any local transmissions more than 40days,...