Ji Xia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4234076 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ji Xia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ji |
| FAMILY NAME | Xia |
| SIGNATURE | XIA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8021-9410 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Slight vs. broad smiles? The effects of virtual influencer smile intensity on ad attitude
Purpose Despite the growing use of virtual influencers (VIs) in social commerce, little is known about how their emotional expressions—specifically smile intensity—affect audience responses. This research examined the effects of varying smile intensity on ad attitude and explored their underlying psychological mechanisms through anthropomorphism and expression authenticity. The moderating role of virtual influencer type (realistic-style vs. anime…
Prenatal exposure to barium and arsenic and the odds of congenital heart defects in offspring: A nested case–control study within a birth cohort in Lanzhou, China
Background Previous studies have identified that exposure to heavy metals increases the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs); however, limited information exists regarding the association between combined exposure to barium (Ba) and arsenic (As), and CHDs. This study aims to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to Ba and As (both independently and in combination) and the risk of CHDs in offspring. Methods In a birth coho…
Efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture on treating mild to moderate first-episode depression: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
This is a multi-site, single-blind, randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms. A total of 204 eligible patients will be randomly allocated to two groups: the EA group (receiving EA treatment with placebo drugs) and the ESC group (receiving escitalopram and sham acupuncture treatment). Treatment will last 12 weeks, with 3 sessions per week for the first 8 weeks, decreasing to 2 per week for the remaining 4 weeks. The primary outcome will …
Sensitizing the Behavioral-Immune System: The Power of Social Pain
People who believe they are invulnerable to infectious diseases often fail to protect themselves against the disease threats that others pose to them. The current paper hypothesizes that social pain—the experience of feeling interpersonally hurt or rejected—can sensitize the behavioral-immune system by giving people added reason to see others as worthy of protecting themselves against. We obtained four daily diary samples involving 2,794 particip…
Pursuing safety in social connection regulates the risk-regulation, social-safety, and behavioral-immune systems
A new goal-systems model is proposed to help explain when individuals will protect themselves against the risks inherent to social connection. This model assumes that people satisfy the goal to feel included in safe social connections-connections where they are valued and protected rather than at risk of being harmed-by devaluing rejecting friends, trusting in expectancy-consistent relationships, and avoiding infectious strangers. In the hypothes…
Desired attitudes guide actual attitude change
Whereas actual attitudes represent people's evaluations of specific objects as being good or bad, desired attitudes represent the attitude positions that people wish they held. Previous work has established that desired attitudes can have psychological consequences, but has not yet tested the extent to which desired attitudes can predict actual attitude change. In five datasets involving a variety of populations and procedural variations, we expl…
Looking for Safety in All the Right Places: When Threatening Political Reality Strengthens Family Relationship Bonds
Elections and pandemics highlight how much one’s safety depends on fellow community members, a realization that is especially threatening when this collective perceives political realities inconsistent with one’s own. Two longitudinal studies examined how people restored safety to social bonds when everyday experience suggested that fellow community members inhabited inconsistent realities. We operationalized consensus political realities through…
Happiness—To enjoy now or later? Consequences of delaying happiness and living in the moment beliefs
How do people think about happiness? Is it something best enjoyed as an investment over time, or is it something fleeting that should be savored? When people view happiness as an investment, they may endorse delaying happiness (DH)-the belief that working hard and sacrificing opportunities for happiness now will contribute to greater future happiness. When people view happiness as fleeting, they may endorse living in the moment (LM)-the belief th…
Documenting individual differences in the propensity to hold attitudes with certainty
106,050), we demonstrate dispositional variability in attitude certainty and show that it is related to but distinct from confidence in other judgmental domains. We also demonstrate that dispositional attitude certainty may be useful in predicting certainty in newly formed evaluations (Study 3) and an important consequence of certainty-attitude-behavior correspondence (as indicated by reports of behavioral intentions and recent behavior; Study 4 …
Documenting individual differences in the propensity to hold attitudes with certainty
106,050), we demonstrate dispositional variability in attitude certainty and show that it is related to but distinct from confidence in other judgmental domains. We also demonstrate that dispositional attitude certainty may be useful in predicting certainty in newly formed evaluations (Study 3) and an important consequence of certainty-attitude-behavior correspondence (as indicated by reports of behavioral intentions and recent behavior; Study 4 …
Desired attitudes guide actual attitude change
Whereas actual attitudes represent people's evaluations of specific objects as being good or bad, desired attitudes represent the attitude positions that people wish they held. Previous work has established that desired attitudes can have psychological consequences, but has not yet tested the extent to which desired attitudes can predict actual attitude change. In five datasets involving a variety of populations and procedural variations, we expl…
Documenting individual differences in the propensity to hold attitudes with certainty
106,050), we demonstrate dispositional variability in attitude certainty and show that it is related to but distinct from confidence in other judgmental domains. We also demonstrate that dispositional attitude certainty may be useful in predicting certainty in newly formed evaluations (Study 3) and an important consequence of certainty-attitude-behavior correspondence (as indicated by reports of behavioral intentions and recent behavior; Study 4 …
Looking for Safety in All the Right Places: When Threatening Political Reality Strengthens Family Relationship Bonds
Elections and pandemics highlight how much one’s safety depends on fellow community members, a realization that is especially threatening when this collective perceives political realities inconsistent with one’s own. Two longitudinal studies examined how people restored safety to social bonds when everyday experience suggested that fellow community members inhabited inconsistent realities. We operationalized consensus political realities through…
Happiness—To enjoy now or later? Consequences of delaying happiness and living in the moment beliefs
How do people think about happiness? Is it something best enjoyed as an investment over time, or is it something fleeting that should be savored? When people view happiness as an investment, they may endorse delaying happiness (DH)-the belief that working hard and sacrificing opportunities for happiness now will contribute to greater future happiness. When people view happiness as fleeting, they may endorse living in the moment (LM)-the belief th…
Desired attitudes guide actual attitude change
Whereas actual attitudes represent people's evaluations of specific objects as being good or bad, desired attitudes represent the attitude positions that people wish they held. Previous work has established that desired attitudes can have psychological consequences, but has not yet tested the extent to which desired attitudes can predict actual attitude change. In five datasets involving a variety of populations and procedural variations, we expl…
Sensitizing the Behavioral-Immune System: The Power of Social Pain
People who believe they are invulnerable to infectious diseases often fail to protect themselves against the disease threats that others pose to them. The current paper hypothesizes that social pain—the experience of feeling interpersonally hurt or rejected—can sensitize the behavioral-immune system by giving people added reason to see others as worthy of protecting themselves against. We obtained four daily diary samples involving 2,794 particip…
Pursuing safety in social connection regulates the risk-regulation, social-safety, and behavioral-immune systems
A new goal-systems model is proposed to help explain when individuals will protect themselves against the risks inherent to social connection. This model assumes that people satisfy the goal to feel included in safe social connections-connections where they are valued and protected rather than at risk of being harmed-by devaluing rejecting friends, trusting in expectancy-consistent relationships, and avoiding infectious strangers. In the hypothes…
Prenatal exposure to barium and arsenic and the odds of congenital heart defects in offspring: A nested case–control study within a birth cohort in Lanzhou, China
Background Previous studies have identified that exposure to heavy metals increases the prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs); however, limited information exists regarding the association between combined exposure to barium (Ba) and arsenic (As), and CHDs. This study aims to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to Ba and As (both independently and in combination) and the risk of CHDs in offspring. Methods In a birth coho…
Efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture on treating mild to moderate first-episode depression: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
This is a multi-site, single-blind, randomized controlled trial with two parallel arms. A total of 204 eligible patients will be randomly allocated to two groups: the EA group (receiving EA treatment with placebo drugs) and the ESC group (receiving escitalopram and sham acupuncture treatment). Treatment will last 12 weeks, with 3 sessions per week for the first 8 weeks, decreasing to 2 per week for the remaining 4 weeks. The primary outcome will …
Slight vs. broad smiles? The effects of virtual influencer smile intensity on ad attitude
Purpose Despite the growing use of virtual influencers (VIs) in social commerce, little is known about how their emotional expressions—specifically smile intensity—affect audience responses. This research examined the effects of varying smile intensity on ad attitude and explored their underlying psychological mechanisms through anthropomorphism and expression authenticity. The moderating role of virtual influencer type (realistic-style vs. anime…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (3 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · PsycINFO (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works)