Yifang Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3794277 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yifang Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yifang |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shanghai Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6267-9440 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Stakeholder Perspectives on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care in China
The Concept of Executive Function and Children’s Cardinality Principle
From scaffolding to transfer
Does Theory of Mind Predict Social Withdrawal in 4–5‐Year‐Old Children? The Moderating Role of Emotion Contagion
Guided by the Reflective–Impulsive Model (RIM), the present study examined how Theory of Mind (ToM), as a reflective cognitive resource, interacts with emotion contagion (EC), as an impulsive affective mechanism, to predict three subtypes of social withdrawal, shy withdrawal, unsociability, and passive withdrawal, in 4–5‐year‐old children. Participants were 286 preschool children (126 boys; M age = 5.02 years) from Beijing. Teachers reported chil…
The influence of early-stage interpreting training on working memory of student interpreters
The contradictory results of previous studies investigating whether interpreting training improves working memory (WM) might be partially due to a lack of systematic task load manipulation. The present study directly addresses this gap by manipulating task load when examining the effects of early-stage interpreting training on WM. We compared the behavioral performance and event-related potentials (ERPs) of an interpreting training group with tho…
Study on the influencing factors of childcare needs and their operation mechanism among parents with children aged 0–3 years in China—an empirical analysis based on a mixed methods study
Background: Exploring and analyzing the factors influencing parents' demand for childcare is essential for improving the quality of childcare services. However, there is a lack of empirical studies that effectively explore the factors influencing demand for childcare and its mechanisms of action. Therefore, this study used a mixed research method to explore the factors influencing demand for childcare and their mechanisms of action. Methods: Semi…
Impacts of rural revitalization on early childhood education in China
In the context of China’s rural revitalization strategy, significant and rapid advancements have been observed in the realm of ECE within rural regions. Nevertheless, a notable research gap exists concerning the specific impacts of this rural revitalization initiative on ECE as perceived by stakeholders. This study endeavours to bridge this gap by conducting a comprehensive analysis of the effects of China’s rural revitalization on ECE, employing…
Defining, evaluating and predicting teacher’s lifelong learning competence in Chinese kindergarten
Lifelong learning competence is a crucial element in promoting teacher’s professional development. However, research into the evaluation of kindergarten teachers’ lifelong learning competence has been scarce. This study aims to understand how kindergarten teachers’ lifelong learning competence could be defined, evaluated and predicted in China using Kindergarten Teacher Lifelong Learning Competence Scale (KLS). Altogether 996 Chinese teachers sel…
Effectiveness of Puhui Early Education Services Policy in China
Research Findings: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Puhui early education services (PEES) policy in China from the triangulated perspectives of stakeholders using a developed and validated scale. First, applying a stratified cluster sampling method, the Puhui Early Education Services Policy Effectiveness Scale (PE) was developed and validated with 85 principals, 909 kindergarten teachers, and 4,128 parents. Second, the psychom…
Are Parents Satisfied with China’s Puhui Early Childhood Education? Evidence from a National Validation Study
Research Findings: This study aimed to explore parental satisfaction with Puhui early childhood education (ECE) service in China using evidence from a national validation study. The Parent Satisfaction with the Puhui Early Childhood Education Service Scale (PES) was developed and validated with 4,134 Chinese parents, who were sampled using a stratified cluster sampling method. First, an examination of the PES’s psychometric properties indicated t…
The impact of linguistic metaphor on translation unit in target text processing
This study attempts to explore the effect of linguistic metaphors on translation unit (TU) during target text (TT) processing in English to Chinese translation based on the concept and model of attention unit (AU) (Hvelplund, 2011). Four eye-key indicators are examined in this research for cognitive load measurement: Total Attentional Duration (TA duration), AU count, AU duration and pupil dilation. Twenty-four student translators were asked to t…
Kindergarten Teachers’ Quality of Work Life in China
Kindergarten teachers' quality of work life (QWL) is of great significance in ensuring teacher stability, improvement in education quality, and the development of education. This study used the newly developed and validated tool, the QWL scale for kindergarten teachers (QWLSKT) to investigate QWL among kindergarten teachers in China. The participants comprised 936 kindergarten teachers. Psychometric results showed that the QWLSKT is a reliable an…
Mothers’ negative expressivity and children’s emotion dysregulation
Previous studies have revealed that maternal negative emotion expressions are associated with the types of discipline that mothers utilize and that the combination of maternal negative emotions and discipline practices is related to children’s deficits in emotion regulation. Few studies explore the underlying mechanisms of discipline in the impact of maternal negativity on children's emotional dysregulation. The current study investigated the med…
Analysis of HFMD Transmissibility Among the Whole Population and Age Groups in a Large City of China
Background Hand-Foot-and-Mouth-Disease (HFMD) has been widely spread in Asia, and has result in a high disease burden for children in many countries. However, the dissemination characteristics intergroup and between different age groups are still not clear. In this study, we aim to analyze the differences in the transmissibility of HFMD, in the whole population and among age groups in Shenzhen city, by utilizing mathematical models. Methods A dat…
The Quality of Puhui Early Education Services in Chinese Teachers’ Perspectives
In this study, we examined the quality of Puhui early education services perceived by Chinese teachers with evidence from a national validation study. Firstly, using a stratified cluster sampling method, the Puhui Early Education Service Quality Scale (PEESQ) was developed and validated with 994 Chinese teachers. Secondly, the psychometric properties indicated that PEESQ is a reliable and valid scale with three dimensions: service adequacy, servi…
Study on the Influencing Factors of Online Learning and Its Operation Mechanism among Chinese College Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic—An Empirical Analysis Based on a Mixed Method
Online learning has gradually become a mainstream teaching method to replace traditional classroom teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are some issues such as the lack of theoretical guidance on online learning, and the influencing factors of online learning effect are not well proven. On this basis, this study aimed to construct and test a theoretical model of online learning influencing factors among college students through a…
Epidemiological and Genomic Analysis of Sars-CoV-2 in 10 Patients From a Mid-Sized City Outside of Hubei, China in the Early Phase of the Covid-19 Outbreak
A novel coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we performed a comprehensive epidemiological and genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from ten patients in Shaoxing (Zhejiang Province), a mid-sized city outside of the epicenter Hubei province, China, during the early stage of the outbreak (late January to early February, 2020). We obtained vir…
Emotional Understanding in Children with A Cochlear Implant
Emotional understanding plays an important role in the physical and mental health of children. To determine whether the development of emotional understanding is delayed in children with a cochlear implant (CI), 30 children with a CI and 30 matched children with typical hearing aged between 3 and 9 years old completed three tasks (facial expression, tone expression and scene of emotion matching), in which they identified four basic emotions (happ…
Development of understanding of intentionality and moral judgments in preschoolers
To explore the development of preschoolers' understanding of intentionality and moral judgments, we administered 3 tasks (classic intentionality, skill intentionality, and awareness intentionality) to 344 children aged between 3 and 6 years. The results showed that children's understanding of intentionality and moral judgments developed with increasing age. That is, the intentionality and moral judgments made by 3- to 5-year-olds were generally b…
Maternal emotional expressiveness affects preschool children's development of knowledge of display rules
We explored the development of knowledge of display rules in preschool children aged between 3 and 5 years and its relationship with the emotional expression of mothers, using a sample of 183 Chinese children together with their mothers. Children were tested individually with 6 scenario stories, and mothers completed a measure to assess their expressiveness within the family. Results suggested that the mother's positive expressiveness was signifi…
Development of Preschoolers' Emotion and False Belief Understanding
To explore the developmental trajectory of emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, and fear) and false belief understanding (an unexpected-location and an unexpected-contents task), we measured the performance of 3- and 4-year-olds 4 times at approximately half-yearly intervals. The results indicated that the children's ability to understand emotions and false beliefs increased significantly at each time point in the first year and a half, but no si…
Cultural Models, Socialization Goals, and Parenting Ethnotheories
This study conceptualizes a cultural model of parenting. It is argued that cultural models are expressed in the degree of familism, which informs socialization goals that are embodied in parenting ethnotheories. Three cultural models were differentiated a priori: independent, interdependent, and autonomous-related. Samples were recruited that were expected to represent these cultural models: German, Euro-American, and Greek middle-class women rep…
Cultural Models, Socialization Goals, and Parenting Ethnotheories
This study conceptualizes a cultural model of parenting. It is argued that cultural models are expressed in the degree of familism, which informs socialization goals that are embodied in parenting ethnotheories. Three cultural models were differentiated a priori: independent, interdependent, and autonomous-related. Samples were recruited that were expected to represent these cultural models: German, Euro-American, and Greek middle-class women rep…
Cultural Models, Socialization Goals, and Parenting Ethnotheories
This study conceptualizes a cultural model of parenting. It is argued that cultural models are expressed in the degree of familism, which informs socialization goals that are embodied in parenting ethnotheories. Three cultural models were differentiated a priori: independent, interdependent, and autonomous-related. Samples were recruited that were expected to represent these cultural models: German, Euro-American, and Greek middle-class women rep…
Development of Preschoolers' Emotion and False Belief Understanding
To explore the developmental trajectory of emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, and fear) and false belief understanding (an unexpected-location and an unexpected-contents task), we measured the performance of 3- and 4-year-olds 4 times at approximately half-yearly intervals. The results indicated that the children's ability to understand emotions and false beliefs increased significantly at each time point in the first year and a half, but no si…
Development of understanding of intentionality and moral judgments in preschoolers
To explore the development of preschoolers' understanding of intentionality and moral judgments, we administered 3 tasks (classic intentionality, skill intentionality, and awareness intentionality) to 344 children aged between 3 and 6 years. The results showed that children's understanding of intentionality and moral judgments developed with increasing age. That is, the intentionality and moral judgments made by 3- to 5-year-olds were generally b…
Maternal emotional expressiveness affects preschool children's development of knowledge of display rules
We explored the development of knowledge of display rules in preschool children aged between 3 and 5 years and its relationship with the emotional expression of mothers, using a sample of 183 Chinese children together with their mothers. Children were tested individually with 6 scenario stories, and mothers completed a measure to assess their expressiveness within the family. Results suggested that the mother's positive expressiveness was signifi…
Emotional Understanding in Children with A Cochlear Implant
Emotional understanding plays an important role in the physical and mental health of children. To determine whether the development of emotional understanding is delayed in children with a cochlear implant (CI), 30 children with a CI and 30 matched children with typical hearing aged between 3 and 9 years old completed three tasks (facial expression, tone expression and scene of emotion matching), in which they identified four basic emotions (happ…
Epidemiological and Genomic Analysis of Sars-CoV-2 in 10 Patients From a Mid-Sized City Outside of Hubei, China in the Early Phase of the Covid-19 Outbreak
A novel coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we performed a comprehensive epidemiological and genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from ten patients in Shaoxing (Zhejiang Province), a mid-sized city outside of the epicenter Hubei province, China, during the early stage of the outbreak (late January to early February, 2020). We obtained vir…
Analysis of HFMD Transmissibility Among the Whole Population and Age Groups in a Large City of China
Background Hand-Foot-and-Mouth-Disease (HFMD) has been widely spread in Asia, and has result in a high disease burden for children in many countries. However, the dissemination characteristics intergroup and between different age groups are still not clear. In this study, we aim to analyze the differences in the transmissibility of HFMD, in the whole population and among age groups in Shenzhen city, by utilizing mathematical models. Methods A dat…
The Quality of Puhui Early Education Services in Chinese Teachers’ Perspectives
In this study, we examined the quality of Puhui early education services perceived by Chinese teachers with evidence from a national validation study. Firstly, using a stratified cluster sampling method, the Puhui Early Education Service Quality Scale (PEESQ) was developed and validated with 994 Chinese teachers. Secondly, the psychometric properties indicated that PEESQ is a reliable and valid scale with three dimensions: service adequacy, servi…
Study on the Influencing Factors of Online Learning and Its Operation Mechanism among Chinese College Students during the Covid-19 Pandemic—An Empirical Analysis Based on a Mixed Method
Online learning has gradually become a mainstream teaching method to replace traditional classroom teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are some issues such as the lack of theoretical guidance on online learning, and the influencing factors of online learning effect are not well proven. On this basis, this study aimed to construct and test a theoretical model of online learning influencing factors among college students through a…
Are Parents Satisfied with China’s Puhui Early Childhood Education? Evidence from a National Validation Study
Research Findings: This study aimed to explore parental satisfaction with Puhui early childhood education (ECE) service in China using evidence from a national validation study. The Parent Satisfaction with the Puhui Early Childhood Education Service Scale (PES) was developed and validated with 4,134 Chinese parents, who were sampled using a stratified cluster sampling method. First, an examination of the PES’s psychometric properties indicated t…
The impact of linguistic metaphor on translation unit in target text processing
This study attempts to explore the effect of linguistic metaphors on translation unit (TU) during target text (TT) processing in English to Chinese translation based on the concept and model of attention unit (AU) (Hvelplund, 2011). Four eye-key indicators are examined in this research for cognitive load measurement: Total Attentional Duration (TA duration), AU count, AU duration and pupil dilation. Twenty-four student translators were asked to t…
Kindergarten Teachers’ Quality of Work Life in China
Kindergarten teachers' quality of work life (QWL) is of great significance in ensuring teacher stability, improvement in education quality, and the development of education. This study used the newly developed and validated tool, the QWL scale for kindergarten teachers (QWLSKT) to investigate QWL among kindergarten teachers in China. The participants comprised 936 kindergarten teachers. Psychometric results showed that the QWLSKT is a reliable an…
Mothers’ negative expressivity and children’s emotion dysregulation
Previous studies have revealed that maternal negative emotion expressions are associated with the types of discipline that mothers utilize and that the combination of maternal negative emotions and discipline practices is related to children’s deficits in emotion regulation. Few studies explore the underlying mechanisms of discipline in the impact of maternal negativity on children's emotional dysregulation. The current study investigated the med…
Effectiveness of Puhui Early Education Services Policy in China
Research Findings: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Puhui early education services (PEES) policy in China from the triangulated perspectives of stakeholders using a developed and validated scale. First, applying a stratified cluster sampling method, the Puhui Early Education Services Policy Effectiveness Scale (PE) was developed and validated with 85 principals, 909 kindergarten teachers, and 4,128 parents. Second, the psychom…
Study on the influencing factors of childcare needs and their operation mechanism among parents with children aged 0–3 years in China—an empirical analysis based on a mixed methods study
Background: Exploring and analyzing the factors influencing parents' demand for childcare is essential for improving the quality of childcare services. However, there is a lack of empirical studies that effectively explore the factors influencing demand for childcare and its mechanisms of action. Therefore, this study used a mixed research method to explore the factors influencing demand for childcare and their mechanisms of action. Methods: Semi…
Impacts of rural revitalization on early childhood education in China
In the context of China’s rural revitalization strategy, significant and rapid advancements have been observed in the realm of ECE within rural regions. Nevertheless, a notable research gap exists concerning the specific impacts of this rural revitalization initiative on ECE as perceived by stakeholders. This study endeavours to bridge this gap by conducting a comprehensive analysis of the effects of China’s rural revitalization on ECE, employing…
Defining, evaluating and predicting teacher’s lifelong learning competence in Chinese kindergarten
Lifelong learning competence is a crucial element in promoting teacher’s professional development. However, research into the evaluation of kindergarten teachers’ lifelong learning competence has been scarce. This study aims to understand how kindergarten teachers’ lifelong learning competence could be defined, evaluated and predicted in China using Kindergarten Teacher Lifelong Learning Competence Scale (KLS). Altogether 996 Chinese teachers sel…
Stakeholder Perspectives on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care in China
The Concept of Executive Function and Children’s Cardinality Principle
From scaffolding to transfer
Does Theory of Mind Predict Social Withdrawal in 4–5‐Year‐Old Children? The Moderating Role of Emotion Contagion
Guided by the Reflective–Impulsive Model (RIM), the present study examined how Theory of Mind (ToM), as a reflective cognitive resource, interacts with emotion contagion (EC), as an impulsive affective mechanism, to predict three subtypes of social withdrawal, shy withdrawal, unsociability, and passive withdrawal, in 4–5‐year‐old children. Participants were 286 preschool children (126 boys; M age = 5.02 years) from Beijing. Teachers reported chil…
The influence of early-stage interpreting training on working memory of student interpreters
The contradictory results of previous studies investigating whether interpreting training improves working memory (WM) might be partially due to a lack of systematic task load manipulation. The present study directly addresses this gap by manipulating task load when examining the effects of early-stage interpreting training on WM. We compared the behavioral performance and event-related potentials (ERPs) of an interpreting training group with tho…
Psychology (13 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · China (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (4 works)