Xianmin Gong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3793963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xianmin Gong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xianmin |
| FAMILY NAME | Gong |
| SIGNATURE | GONG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8490-559X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Online Interactive Meditation Training Enhances Subjective Well-being in Older Adults
Perceived Gains and Losses, Perceived Constraints in Control, and Goal Orientation in Adulthood
This study investigated how perceived gains and losses relate to goal orientation (striving for gains, maintenance, or loss avoidance) in adulthood and examined the role of control beliefs (measured as perceived constraints in control) as a potential mediator. Data were collected from 404 US adults (18-78 years; 51.0% female) via an online survey measuring these variables in four life domains (happiness, physical fitness, life experiences, and mo…
Pursuing Happiness Together or Alone? Social and Solitary Happiness-Pursuit Activities Differentially Relate to Older Adults’ Emotional Happiness
Aging of personality judgment ability
Framing effects on attention to advertisements and purchase intentions among younger and older adults
The effectiveness of loss-framed versus gain-framed messages in attracting attention and influencing purchase intention among younger and older adults remains unclear. We tracked the eye movements of 92 younger (18-39 years) and 83 older adults (60-82 years) while they viewed 32 advertisements and reported their purchase intentions for each advertised product. The results showed that loss-framed (vs. gain-framed) product descriptions were associa…
Reducing discrepancies between actual and ideal affect across adulthood
Previous findings demonstrate that people often do not feel how they want to feel, supporting the distinction between “actual affect” and “ideal affect.” But are there certain activities that reduce the discrepancy between actual and ideal affect? Based on flow theory and socioemotional selectivity theory, we examined whether the discrepancy between people’s actual and ideal positive affect would be smaller during activities that were more conduc…
Age-Differential Role of Gaze Reinstatement in Recognition Memory for Negative Visual Stimuli
The results suggest that gaze reinstatement may play age-differential roles in the negativity preference of memory. Negative valence may enhance gaze reinstatement, which improves subsequent recognition memory, particularly among older adults. The finding contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the negative preference for memory in different age groups
The Hong Kong Grocery Shopping Dialog Task (HK-GSDT)
The Hong Kong Grocery Shopping Dialog Task (HK-GSDT) is a short and easy-to-administer cognitive test developed for quickly screening neurocognitive disorders (NCDs). In the test, participants are instructed to do a hypothetical instrumental activity of daily living task of purchasing ingredients for a dish from a grocery store and verbally describe the specific shopping procedures. The current study aimed to validate the test with a sample of 54…
“When i feel lonely, i’m not nice (and neither are you)”
87, 24.1% male) also participated in a 14-day diary survey. This enabled us to test both long- and short-term associations between loneliness and social behaviour. Moreover, we investigated between-person (i.e. prolonged) and within-person (i.e. temporary) effects between loneliness and reports of social behaviour. Multilevel modelling showed that loneliness predicted individuals' reports of own and others' positive social behaviour, and reports …
Psychological Capital, Positive Affect, and Organizational Outcomes
Psychological capital (PsyCap) is a higher-order construct comprising hope, efficacy, optimism, and resiliency, which has attracted more and more attention from both academics and practitioners. Despite promising progress made in the PsyCap literature, the underlying mechanisms linking PsyCap to organizational outcomes still need more investigation utilizing longitudinal research design. Moreover, the reciprocal relationships between PsyCap and p…
Does Goal Orientation Modulate Satisfaction With Cognitive Performance in Different Age Groups
The findings suggest that whether goal orientation benefits older adults' subjective well-being might depend on (a) the goal content (previous research targeted personal goals) or (b) whether it enhances their perception of the status quo (and thus reduces the discrepancy between actual and desired states). This study contributes to a better understanding of the role of goal orientation in subjective well-being across adulthood
It Is What You Have, Not What You Lose
Objectives Goal orientation tends to shift from predominantly striving for gains to maintenance and loss avoidance across adulthood. A dominant hypothesis states that age-related increases in losses drive the motivational shift. The present study tests this hypothesis and an alternative, namely that perceived accumulation of resources/assets and discrepancy between the actual and desired state underlie the stronger maintenance and loss-avoidance …
Cultural Relevance Reduces the Enhanced Neural Processing of Positively Valenced Information in Older Adults
These findings suggest an age-related decrease in sensitivity to negative information in the earlier stage and an age-related increase in sensitivity to positive information in the later stage of cognitive processing. This supports a dual-route model of the age-related positivity effect. Moreover, the age-related positivity effect is more evident for stimuli with less cultural relevance
Cultural differences in the age-related positivity effect
Prior studies have found mixed results regarding whether there are cultural differences in the age-related positivity effect, defined as older adults' showing a greater bias in cognitive processing for positively over negatively and neutrally valenced information relative to younger adults. This study attempted to address this controversy by examining visual attention toward culturally relevant versus irrelevant pictures that differed in valence …
Are Gender Differences in Emotion Culturally Universal? Comparison of Emotional Intensity Between Chinese and German Samples
Are gender differences in emotion culturally universal? To answer this question, the current study compared gender differences in emotional arousal (intensity) ratings for negative and positive pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) across cultures (Chinese vs. German culture) and age (younger vs. older adults). The raters were 53 younger Germans (24 women), 53 older Germans (28 women), 300 younger Chinese (176 women), an…
Are Older Adults More Willing to Donate? The Roles of Donation Form and Social Relationship
The study underscored the importance of contextual factors in understanding age differences in prosocial behaviors such as donation
Age Alters the Effects of Emotional Valence on False Memory
摘要
Effect of Emotional Valence and Time Interval on the False Memory of Pictures among Older Adults
摘要
Are Gender Differences in Emotion Culturally Universal? Comparison of Emotional Intensity Between Chinese and German Samples
Are gender differences in emotion culturally universal? To answer this question, the current study compared gender differences in emotional arousal (intensity) ratings for negative and positive pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) across cultures (Chinese vs. German culture) and age (younger vs. older adults). The raters were 53 younger Germans (24 women), 53 older Germans (28 women), 300 younger Chinese (176 women), an…
It Is What You Have, Not What You Lose
Objectives Goal orientation tends to shift from predominantly striving for gains to maintenance and loss avoidance across adulthood. A dominant hypothesis states that age-related increases in losses drive the motivational shift. The present study tests this hypothesis and an alternative, namely that perceived accumulation of resources/assets and discrepancy between the actual and desired state underlie the stronger maintenance and loss-avoidance …
Framing effects on attention to advertisements and purchase intentions among younger and older adults
The effectiveness of loss-framed versus gain-framed messages in attracting attention and influencing purchase intention among younger and older adults remains unclear. We tracked the eye movements of 92 younger (18-39 years) and 83 older adults (60-82 years) while they viewed 32 advertisements and reported their purchase intentions for each advertised product. The results showed that loss-framed (vs. gain-framed) product descriptions were associa…
Are Older Adults More Willing to Donate? The Roles of Donation Form and Social Relationship
The study underscored the importance of contextual factors in understanding age differences in prosocial behaviors such as donation
Effect of Emotional Valence and Time Interval on the False Memory of Pictures among Older Adults
摘要
Age Alters the Effects of Emotional Valence on False Memory
摘要
Are Older Adults More Willing to Donate? The Roles of Donation Form and Social Relationship
The study underscored the importance of contextual factors in understanding age differences in prosocial behaviors such as donation
Cultural differences in the age-related positivity effect
Prior studies have found mixed results regarding whether there are cultural differences in the age-related positivity effect, defined as older adults' showing a greater bias in cognitive processing for positively over negatively and neutrally valenced information relative to younger adults. This study attempted to address this controversy by examining visual attention toward culturally relevant versus irrelevant pictures that differed in valence …
Are Gender Differences in Emotion Culturally Universal? Comparison of Emotional Intensity Between Chinese and German Samples
Are gender differences in emotion culturally universal? To answer this question, the current study compared gender differences in emotional arousal (intensity) ratings for negative and positive pictures from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) across cultures (Chinese vs. German culture) and age (younger vs. older adults). The raters were 53 younger Germans (24 women), 53 older Germans (28 women), 300 younger Chinese (176 women), an…
Cultural Relevance Reduces the Enhanced Neural Processing of Positively Valenced Information in Older Adults
These findings suggest an age-related decrease in sensitivity to negative information in the earlier stage and an age-related increase in sensitivity to positive information in the later stage of cognitive processing. This supports a dual-route model of the age-related positivity effect. Moreover, the age-related positivity effect is more evident for stimuli with less cultural relevance
It Is What You Have, Not What You Lose
Objectives Goal orientation tends to shift from predominantly striving for gains to maintenance and loss avoidance across adulthood. A dominant hypothesis states that age-related increases in losses drive the motivational shift. The present study tests this hypothesis and an alternative, namely that perceived accumulation of resources/assets and discrepancy between the actual and desired state underlie the stronger maintenance and loss-avoidance …
“When i feel lonely, i’m not nice (and neither are you)”
87, 24.1% male) also participated in a 14-day diary survey. This enabled us to test both long- and short-term associations between loneliness and social behaviour. Moreover, we investigated between-person (i.e. prolonged) and within-person (i.e. temporary) effects between loneliness and reports of social behaviour. Multilevel modelling showed that loneliness predicted individuals' reports of own and others' positive social behaviour, and reports …
Psychological Capital, Positive Affect, and Organizational Outcomes
Psychological capital (PsyCap) is a higher-order construct comprising hope, efficacy, optimism, and resiliency, which has attracted more and more attention from both academics and practitioners. Despite promising progress made in the PsyCap literature, the underlying mechanisms linking PsyCap to organizational outcomes still need more investigation utilizing longitudinal research design. Moreover, the reciprocal relationships between PsyCap and p…
Does Goal Orientation Modulate Satisfaction With Cognitive Performance in Different Age Groups
The findings suggest that whether goal orientation benefits older adults' subjective well-being might depend on (a) the goal content (previous research targeted personal goals) or (b) whether it enhances their perception of the status quo (and thus reduces the discrepancy between actual and desired states). This study contributes to a better understanding of the role of goal orientation in subjective well-being across adulthood
The Hong Kong Grocery Shopping Dialog Task (HK-GSDT)
The Hong Kong Grocery Shopping Dialog Task (HK-GSDT) is a short and easy-to-administer cognitive test developed for quickly screening neurocognitive disorders (NCDs). In the test, participants are instructed to do a hypothetical instrumental activity of daily living task of purchasing ingredients for a dish from a grocery store and verbally describe the specific shopping procedures. The current study aimed to validate the test with a sample of 54…
Reducing discrepancies between actual and ideal affect across adulthood
Previous findings demonstrate that people often do not feel how they want to feel, supporting the distinction between “actual affect” and “ideal affect.” But are there certain activities that reduce the discrepancy between actual and ideal affect? Based on flow theory and socioemotional selectivity theory, we examined whether the discrepancy between people’s actual and ideal positive affect would be smaller during activities that were more conduc…
Age-Differential Role of Gaze Reinstatement in Recognition Memory for Negative Visual Stimuli
The results suggest that gaze reinstatement may play age-differential roles in the negativity preference of memory. Negative valence may enhance gaze reinstatement, which improves subsequent recognition memory, particularly among older adults. The finding contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the negative preference for memory in different age groups
Pursuing Happiness Together or Alone? Social and Solitary Happiness-Pursuit Activities Differentially Relate to Older Adults’ Emotional Happiness
Aging of personality judgment ability
Framing effects on attention to advertisements and purchase intentions among younger and older adults
The effectiveness of loss-framed versus gain-framed messages in attracting attention and influencing purchase intention among younger and older adults remains unclear. We tracked the eye movements of 92 younger (18-39 years) and 83 older adults (60-82 years) while they viewed 32 advertisements and reported their purchase intentions for each advertised product. The results showed that loss-framed (vs. gain-framed) product descriptions were associa…
Online Interactive Meditation Training Enhances Subjective Well-being in Older Adults
Perceived Gains and Losses, Perceived Constraints in Control, and Goal Orientation in Adulthood
This study investigated how perceived gains and losses relate to goal orientation (striving for gains, maintenance, or loss avoidance) in adulthood and examined the role of control beliefs (measured as perceived constraints in control) as a potential mediator. Data were collected from 404 US adults (18-78 years; 51.0% female) via an online survey measuring these variables in four life domains (happiness, physical fitness, life experiences, and mo…
Psychology (16 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (9 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Medicine (4 works)