Sanyin Cheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3915694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sanyin Cheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sanyin |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheng |
| SIGNATURE | CHENG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shandong University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0009-3879 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thinking styles and well-being among DHH students
Drawing on Sternberg’s theory of thinking styles and self-determination theory, this study examined how thinking styles relate to subjective well-being (SWB) among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) university students, with academic motivation and grit modeled as parallel mediators and hearing-assistive technology (HAT) use as a grouping factor. A total of 365 DHH students from Chinese universities, including 200 HAT users and 165 non-users, complet…
Psychological stress, parental involvement and parental views of school success for children during the Covid-19
This study focuses on the relationships among parental psychological stress, parental views of school success, and parental involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic and after the introduction of the double reduction policy. The results of a related questionnaire survey of 459 parents showed that two dimensions of parental views of school success – parental views of academic success and parental views of social success – significantly influenced f…
Psychological distress caused by Covid-19
This study explores how religious belief and grit are related to psychological distress caused by COVID-19 among Chinese university students. The Religious Belief Scale, the Grit Scale, and the Pandemic Psychological Distress Scale were administered to 1157 university students selected from 119 comprehensive universities. Results showed that 1) religious belief is positively associated with grit, 2) religious belief is positively associated with …
The Effect of Self-Regulation on Spiritual Well-Being Among Parents of Children with Hearing Impairment in China
Father Involvement and Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students’ Vocational Identity Development
Vocational identity development is a crucial yet underexplored aspect of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students’ education and career progression. This study investigates the role of father involvement in shaping DHH students’ vocational identity, focusing on the mediating effects of internal (self-determination) and external (social competence) factors. Using data from 1,003 DHH university students across China, the results revealed that father…
The effect of psychological stress on special education teachers’ family quality of life
The Resilience of Parents of Children With Developmental Disabilities
This study examined the relationships among spiritual well‐being, self‐regulation and resilience among 357 parents (97 male, 260 female) of children with developmental disabilities in mainland China. Most parents fell within the 31–40 age range. Data were analysed using SPSS and Mplus. Results indicated that spiritual well‐being significantly and positively influenced resilience, fully mediated by self‐regulation. The study's implications, limita…
Growth‐Oriented Versus Fixed‐Oriented Feedback
Language mindsets have emerged as a prominent area of inquiry within the realm of second language (L2) education. Nonetheless, extant research primarily focuses on the examination of language mindsets among students, leaving a notable gap in understanding the mindsets held by language teachers. To address this gap, the present study investigated the mindsets of Chinese primary school English teachers, as well as the impact of mindsets on their pr…
Religious Coping and Family Quality of Life Among Parents of Children With Intellectual Disabilities
This study focused on the relationships among religious coping, mindfulness, and family quality of life among parents of children with intellectual disabilities in mainland China. Questionnaires on religious coping, mindfulness, and family quality of life were administered to parents of 189 children with intellectual disabilities. The results showed that religious coping directly and indirectly predicted family quality of life, mediated by mindfu…
Family Quality of Life for Rehabilitated Individuals
Objectives: This study explores the effects of demographic, psychological, and rehabilitation factors on rehabilitated individuals’ family quality of life (FQoL). Methods: Fifty-one rehabilitation patients were conveniently sampled in mainland China to complete a demographic sheet, the Psychological Stress Questionnaire, the MSPSS-C Scale, and the Grit Scale. Mean comparison, ANOVA, and regression were used to test the relationships among variabl…
The role of grit in thinking styles and academic major satisfaction
Satisfaction with one’s academic major is critical to a university student’s development. This study explores the interrelationships among thinking styles, grit, and academic major satisfaction in both deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) and hearing students, employing independent samples t-tests to compare the two groups, Pearson’s correlation analysis to explore relationships among the variables, and mediation analysis to understand the mediating eff…
What happened to parents’ views of school success for autistic children during the Covid-19 pandemic
Parents' views of school success were influenced by factors such as parents' level of education, household income, parents' gender, and children's age. The effects of pandemic stress on views of school success for parents of autistic children are complex: physical and mental reaction has a negative direct effect on views of school success , a positive indirect effect mediated by parental involvement , and a net positive effect; risk perception an…
Parents' pandemic stress, parental involvement, and family quality of life for children with autism
Background Research has shown that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suffered high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and faced poor family quality of life (FQOL). However, little is known about the inherent dynamic interaction between pandemic stress and FQOL, especially in the Chinese cultural context. Aims This study provides preliminary evidence by examining the relationships among pandemic stress, parental in…
Religiousness predicts quality of university life among university students with different religion types
This study explores the relationships among religious involvement, religious coping, and quality of university life among university students in mainland China. The religious involvement scale, the brief RCOPE, and the quality of university life measure were administered to 1623 university students from 135 universities. Results showed that positive religious coping and religious involvement significantly positively predicted quality of universit…
Impact of Religious Involvement and Religious Commitment on Post-Pandemic Well-Being among Chinese University Students
This article reports on research exploring how religious involvement and commitment are related to post-pandemic well-being among Chinese university students. The Religious Commitment Inventory-10, the Religious Involvement Scale, and the Post-Pandemic Well-Being Scale were administered to 1739 university students selected from 119 comprehensive universities. Results showed that religious involvement and religious commitment significantly and pos…
Religious orientation, religious involvement, and religious coping predict university students’ thinking styles
This study explores how religious orientation, religious involvement, and religious coping are related to thinking styles among university students in mainland China. The Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II (TSI-R2), Age Universal Intrinsic/Extrinsic Scale-12, the religious involvement scale, and the brief RCOPE were administered to 933 students. Results showed these three inventories are reliable among Chinese students, and that religiousness s…
The impact of religious involvement on the relationship between religious orientation and religious coping
This study explores the relationships among religious orientation, religious involvement, and religious coping among university students in mainland China. The AUIES-12, the religious involvement scale, and the brief RCOPE were administered to 977 undergraduate students from one comprehensive university. Results showed that: (1) religious orientation significantly predicted religious coping; (2) religious involvement significantly predicted relig…
Influence of religious coping and religious identity on post Covid-19 well-being among Chinese university students
This research explored how religious coping and religious identity are related to post-pandemic well-being among Chinese university students. The brief RCOPE, Multi-Religion Identity Measure, and post-pandemic well-being scale were administered to 1739 university students. Results showed that religious coping was significantly positively related to post-pandemic well-being, while religious identity was significantly negatively related to post-pan…
Fostering students’ creativity via educational robotics
This study explored how educational robotics (ER) was implemented in classrooms to foster creativity among elementary school students and identified challenges associated with its implementation. Twenty‐six teachers at different elementary schools were interviewed. In‐depth teacher interviews and grounded theory were used to collect and analyze the interviews. We found that the intended creative learning outcome for students was mastery of the de…
Thinking styles predict religious belief among subgroupings of university students
This study explores how thinking styles relate to religious beliefs among subgroupings (by gender, university class level, and academic discipline) of university students in mainland China. The Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II (TSI-R2) and the Religious Belief Scale (RBS) were administered to 522 students. Results showed that, those with Type I styles (i.e. more creativity-generating, less structured, and cognitively more complex) tended to b…
Conceptions of learning and quality of university life among deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing university students
This study explores how conceptions of learning relate to quality of university life among deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) and hearing university students in mainland China. The Conceptions of Learning Inventory III and the Quality of University Life Measure were administered to 200 DHH and 240 hearing students. Results showed that deep-level conceptions of learning (learning as duty) significantly and positively predicted quality of university lif…
Thinking Styles and University Self-Efficacy Among Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Hearing Students
This study explores how students' thinking styles are related to their university self-efficacy, by administering the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II and the University Self-Efficacy Scale to 366 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) and 467 hearing university students in mainland China. Results showed that, among all participants, those with Type I styles (i.e., more creativity-generating, less structured, and cognitively more complex) had higher l…
Impact of Religious Involvement and Religious Commitment on Post-Pandemic Well-Being among Chinese University Students
This article reports on research exploring how religious involvement and commitment are related to post-pandemic well-being among Chinese university students. The Religious Commitment Inventory-10, the Religious Involvement Scale, and the Post-Pandemic Well-Being Scale were administered to 1739 university students selected from 119 comprehensive universities. Results showed that religious involvement and religious commitment significantly and pos…
Thinking Styles and University Self-Efficacy Among Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Hearing Students
This study explores how students' thinking styles are related to their university self-efficacy, by administering the Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II and the University Self-Efficacy Scale to 366 deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) and 467 hearing university students in mainland China. Results showed that, among all participants, those with Type I styles (i.e., more creativity-generating, less structured, and cognitively more complex) had higher l…
Conceptions of learning and quality of university life among deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing university students
This study explores how conceptions of learning relate to quality of university life among deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) and hearing university students in mainland China. The Conceptions of Learning Inventory III and the Quality of University Life Measure were administered to 200 DHH and 240 hearing students. Results showed that deep-level conceptions of learning (learning as duty) significantly and positively predicted quality of university lif…
Thinking styles predict religious belief among subgroupings of university students
This study explores how thinking styles relate to religious beliefs among subgroupings (by gender, university class level, and academic discipline) of university students in mainland China. The Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II (TSI-R2) and the Religious Belief Scale (RBS) were administered to 522 students. Results showed that, those with Type I styles (i.e. more creativity-generating, less structured, and cognitively more complex) tended to b…
Fostering students’ creativity via educational robotics
This study explored how educational robotics (ER) was implemented in classrooms to foster creativity among elementary school students and identified challenges associated with its implementation. Twenty‐six teachers at different elementary schools were interviewed. In‐depth teacher interviews and grounded theory were used to collect and analyze the interviews. We found that the intended creative learning outcome for students was mastery of the de…
Religious orientation, religious involvement, and religious coping predict university students’ thinking styles
This study explores how religious orientation, religious involvement, and religious coping are related to thinking styles among university students in mainland China. The Thinking Styles Inventory-Revised II (TSI-R2), Age Universal Intrinsic/Extrinsic Scale-12, the religious involvement scale, and the brief RCOPE were administered to 933 students. Results showed these three inventories are reliable among Chinese students, and that religiousness s…
The impact of religious involvement on the relationship between religious orientation and religious coping
This study explores the relationships among religious orientation, religious involvement, and religious coping among university students in mainland China. The AUIES-12, the religious involvement scale, and the brief RCOPE were administered to 977 undergraduate students from one comprehensive university. Results showed that: (1) religious orientation significantly predicted religious coping; (2) religious involvement significantly predicted relig…
Influence of religious coping and religious identity on post Covid-19 well-being among Chinese university students
This research explored how religious coping and religious identity are related to post-pandemic well-being among Chinese university students. The brief RCOPE, Multi-Religion Identity Measure, and post-pandemic well-being scale were administered to 1739 university students. Results showed that religious coping was significantly positively related to post-pandemic well-being, while religious identity was significantly negatively related to post-pan…
Parents' pandemic stress, parental involvement, and family quality of life for children with autism
Background Research has shown that parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suffered high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and faced poor family quality of life (FQOL). However, little is known about the inherent dynamic interaction between pandemic stress and FQOL, especially in the Chinese cultural context. Aims This study provides preliminary evidence by examining the relationships among pandemic stress, parental in…
Religiousness predicts quality of university life among university students with different religion types
This study explores the relationships among religious involvement, religious coping, and quality of university life among university students in mainland China. The religious involvement scale, the brief RCOPE, and the quality of university life measure were administered to 1623 university students from 135 universities. Results showed that positive religious coping and religious involvement significantly positively predicted quality of universit…
Impact of Religious Involvement and Religious Commitment on Post-Pandemic Well-Being among Chinese University Students
This article reports on research exploring how religious involvement and commitment are related to post-pandemic well-being among Chinese university students. The Religious Commitment Inventory-10, the Religious Involvement Scale, and the Post-Pandemic Well-Being Scale were administered to 1739 university students selected from 119 comprehensive universities. Results showed that religious involvement and religious commitment significantly and pos…
What happened to parents’ views of school success for autistic children during the Covid-19 pandemic
Parents' views of school success were influenced by factors such as parents' level of education, household income, parents' gender, and children's age. The effects of pandemic stress on views of school success for parents of autistic children are complex: physical and mental reaction has a negative direct effect on views of school success , a positive indirect effect mediated by parental involvement , and a net positive effect; risk perception an…
Family Quality of Life for Rehabilitated Individuals
Objectives: This study explores the effects of demographic, psychological, and rehabilitation factors on rehabilitated individuals’ family quality of life (FQoL). Methods: Fifty-one rehabilitation patients were conveniently sampled in mainland China to complete a demographic sheet, the Psychological Stress Questionnaire, the MSPSS-C Scale, and the Grit Scale. Mean comparison, ANOVA, and regression were used to test the relationships among variabl…
The role of grit in thinking styles and academic major satisfaction
Satisfaction with one’s academic major is critical to a university student’s development. This study explores the interrelationships among thinking styles, grit, and academic major satisfaction in both deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) and hearing students, employing independent samples t-tests to compare the two groups, Pearson’s correlation analysis to explore relationships among the variables, and mediation analysis to understand the mediating eff…
Psychological distress caused by Covid-19
This study explores how religious belief and grit are related to psychological distress caused by COVID-19 among Chinese university students. The Religious Belief Scale, the Grit Scale, and the Pandemic Psychological Distress Scale were administered to 1157 university students selected from 119 comprehensive universities. Results showed that 1) religious belief is positively associated with grit, 2) religious belief is positively associated with …
The Effect of Self-Regulation on Spiritual Well-Being Among Parents of Children with Hearing Impairment in China
Father Involvement and Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students’ Vocational Identity Development
Vocational identity development is a crucial yet underexplored aspect of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students’ education and career progression. This study investigates the role of father involvement in shaping DHH students’ vocational identity, focusing on the mediating effects of internal (self-determination) and external (social competence) factors. Using data from 1,003 DHH university students across China, the results revealed that father…
The effect of psychological stress on special education teachers’ family quality of life
The Resilience of Parents of Children With Developmental Disabilities
This study examined the relationships among spiritual well‐being, self‐regulation and resilience among 357 parents (97 male, 260 female) of children with developmental disabilities in mainland China. Most parents fell within the 31–40 age range. Data were analysed using SPSS and Mplus. Results indicated that spiritual well‐being significantly and positively influenced resilience, fully mediated by self‐regulation. The study's implications, limita…
Growth‐Oriented Versus Fixed‐Oriented Feedback
Language mindsets have emerged as a prominent area of inquiry within the realm of second language (L2) education. Nonetheless, extant research primarily focuses on the examination of language mindsets among students, leaving a notable gap in understanding the mindsets held by language teachers. To address this gap, the present study investigated the mindsets of Chinese primary school English teachers, as well as the impact of mindsets on their pr…
Religious Coping and Family Quality of Life Among Parents of Children With Intellectual Disabilities
This study focused on the relationships among religious coping, mindfulness, and family quality of life among parents of children with intellectual disabilities in mainland China. Questionnaires on religious coping, mindfulness, and family quality of life were administered to parents of 189 children with intellectual disabilities. The results showed that religious coping directly and indirectly predicted family quality of life, mediated by mindfu…
Thinking styles and well-being among DHH students
Drawing on Sternberg’s theory of thinking styles and self-determination theory, this study examined how thinking styles relate to subjective well-being (SWB) among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) university students, with academic motivation and grit modeled as parallel mediators and hearing-assistive technology (HAT) use as a grouping factor. A total of 365 DHH students from Chinese universities, including 200 HAT users and 165 non-users, complet…
Psychological stress, parental involvement and parental views of school success for children during the Covid-19
This study focuses on the relationships among parental psychological stress, parental views of school success, and parental involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic and after the introduction of the double reduction policy. The results of a related questionnaire survey of 459 parents showed that two dimensions of parental views of school success – parental views of academic success and parental views of social success – significantly influenced f…
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · China (5 works)