A Wu
Biographic Data
| ID | 45924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Wu |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wu |
| SIGNATURE | WU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shanghai Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6458-4138 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Testing the sociocultural model of eating disorders: A cross-national analysis of income inequality, gender equality, and eating disorder rates
OBJECTIVE: We present the first study to examine associations between national income inequality, gender equality, and eating disorder rates. These factors have been linked with other health outcomes (e.g., depression) and relevant psychological outcomes (e.g., comparison, objectification). METHOD: We use estimates of eating disorder DALY rates from the Global Burden of Disease Study (Study 1, N = 204 nations) and eating disorder tweeter rates (S…
Attentional Mechanism Underlying Asymmetric Subjective Opportunity Cost Effect in Intertemporal Choice: Explanation Based on Attribute‐Based Models
The asymmetric subjective opportunity cost (ASOC) effect in intertemporal choice refers to the increase of an individual's preference for a larger and later (LL) option when the opportunity cost of the smaller and sooner (SS) option is highlighted compared to when it is not, while the individual's intertemporal preference is unaffected when the opportunity cost of the LL option is highlighted. This study, based on the attribute‐based models, inve…
Longitudinal Predictive Effects of Different Types of Face Consciousness on Cooperative Tendencies: Mediating Role of Prosocial and Achievement Motivations
This study aimed to explore the effect of differences in face consciousness on Chinese people's cooperative tendencies. We conducted a nine‐month longitudinal tracking survey of 787 college students. The prediction effect of the desire to gain face on inclusiveness, reciprocity and gregariousness is stable and consistent across time, while the prediction effect of fear of losing face is not stable and consistent. Prosocial and success‐oriented mo…
Online compassion on the border: The case of Chinese undergraduates on social media in the first weave of Covid-19 pandemic
As a prosocial response towards others’ suffering exposed on social media, online compassion played a critical role in the pandemic crisis. Against the backdrop of the pandemic and the over-use of social media, it may be difficult to elicit and maintain online compassion. This study examines the unique challenges faced by online compassion towards social media news in the first weave of pandemic. The theoretical frame of cultural psychology of se…
The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Adolescents’ Cooperative Tendencies in China: The Mediating Role of Parent-Child Trust
Does greater parental involvement lead to increased cooperation in their adolescent children? Are the effects of paternal and maternal involvement equivalent? In order to explore the above issues, this study conducted a questionnaire survey of 682 two-parent families to investigate the relationship between parental involvement and adolescents' cooperative tendencies and the mediating role of parent-child trust. The results show that paternal invo…
The relationship between involvement in household chores and problem-solving abilities among preschool children and the moderating role of parental scaffolding
Household chores as activities of daily living positively affect young children's development, allowing children to build knowledge and confront real-life challenges, which cannot be separated from problem-solving ability. Problem-solving ability is a key factor in early childhood development, furnishing children with vital cognitive and behavioral strategies for navigating diverse future scenarios. Therefore, this study aims to explore the relat…
Relationship between shame proneness and cooperation among chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model
Do Playful Parents Raise Playful Children? A Mixed Methods Study to Explore the Impact of Parental Playfulness on Children’s Playfulness
Research Findings: Playfulness is an important personality tendency with an important role in the well-being, mental health, and various other aspects of an individual’s life. Previous studies have shown that the development of children’s playfulness is related to parents’ playfulness. However, limited research has been conducted on how parental playfulness influences children’s playfulness. The present study used a mixed-methods design to examin…
Exploring the Value of Children in the Context of China's Modernization Transition
The perception of the value of children (VOC) can elucidate why individuals consider it beneficial to have children by uncovering their subjective intentions and experiences regarding their fertility decisions. Using VOC perceptions to understand fertility change in the modernization process, this qualitative study explores how parents' VOC change meshes with China's socioeconomic and cultural contexts. This article examines intergenerational VOC…
Understanding the developing subject in the Cultural Psychology of education
Cultural psychology of education strives to understand the locality of the developing individual. This article tries to interpret the mission and vision of the cultural psychology of education in the background of modern society, with individualizing and techno-mechanistic social trends as its prominent feature. The concept of “contextualized individual” is proposed as a potential framework to conceptualize the relational and contextual dependenc…
Compreendendo o sujeito em desenvolvimento na Psicologia Cultural da educação
A psicologia cultural da educação se esforça para compreender a posição do indivíduo em desenvolvimento. Este artigo procura interpretar a missão e a visão da psicologia cultural da educação no contexto da sociedade moderna, tendo em perspectiva uma tendência social individualizada e tecnomecanista. O conceito de “indivíduo contextualizado” é proposto como um aporte para conceituar a dependência relacional e contextual do sujeito em desenvolvimen…
Transitions and Psychology as a Developmental Science: Building Up on Jaan Valsiner’s Work
Transforming by Following Forces: Introducing Chinese Philosophy of SHI and SHUN SHI into Developmental and Educational Psychology
Educational intervention has been narrated for a long time as a battle between two agentive subjects, educators and students. In this article, we introduce two interrelating concepts of SHI (势 in Chinese) and SHUN SHI (顺势 in Chinese) from Chinese philosophy into psychology to provide an alternative perspective to understand students’ development and educational intervention. The concept of SHI sheds light on the propensity of open system’s becomi…
One Step Further: Where to Put the Subjectivity of Human Mind in Efforts of Integrating Psychology
Releasing Effect of Individual Potential: Formation of Productive Collective and Children’s Self-Transcendence in a Chinese School
Resistance to Cultural Intervention: Formation of Inhibitory Collective and children’s Self-Defensive Regulation in a Chinese School
Constructing Self-Identity: Minority Students’ Adaptation Trajectories in a Chinese University
One Step Further: Where to Put the Subjectivity of Human Mind in Efforts of Integrating Psychology
Resistance to Cultural Intervention: Formation of Inhibitory Collective and children’s Self-Defensive Regulation in a Chinese School
Releasing Effect of Individual Potential: Formation of Productive Collective and Children’s Self-Transcendence in a Chinese School
Constructing Self-Identity: Minority Students’ Adaptation Trajectories in a Chinese University
Constructing Self-Identity: Minority Students’ Adaptation Trajectories in a Chinese University
Releasing Effect of Individual Potential: Formation of Productive Collective and Children’s Self-Transcendence in a Chinese School
Resistance to Cultural Intervention: Formation of Inhibitory Collective and children’s Self-Defensive Regulation in a Chinese School
One Step Further: Where to Put the Subjectivity of Human Mind in Efforts of Integrating Psychology
Transitions and Psychology as a Developmental Science: Building Up on Jaan Valsiner’s Work
Transforming by Following Forces: Introducing Chinese Philosophy of SHI and SHUN SHI into Developmental and Educational Psychology
Educational intervention has been narrated for a long time as a battle between two agentive subjects, educators and students. In this article, we introduce two interrelating concepts of SHI (势 in Chinese) and SHUN SHI (顺势 in Chinese) from Chinese philosophy into psychology to provide an alternative perspective to understand students’ development and educational intervention. The concept of SHI sheds light on the propensity of open system’s becomi…
Understanding the developing subject in the Cultural Psychology of education
Cultural psychology of education strives to understand the locality of the developing individual. This article tries to interpret the mission and vision of the cultural psychology of education in the background of modern society, with individualizing and techno-mechanistic social trends as its prominent feature. The concept of “contextualized individual” is proposed as a potential framework to conceptualize the relational and contextual dependenc…
Compreendendo o sujeito em desenvolvimento na Psicologia Cultural da educação
A psicologia cultural da educação se esforça para compreender a posição do indivíduo em desenvolvimento. Este artigo procura interpretar a missão e a visão da psicologia cultural da educação no contexto da sociedade moderna, tendo em perspectiva uma tendência social individualizada e tecnomecanista. O conceito de “indivíduo contextualizado” é proposto como um aporte para conceituar a dependência relacional e contextual do sujeito em desenvolvimen…
Relationship between shame proneness and cooperation among chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model
Do Playful Parents Raise Playful Children? A Mixed Methods Study to Explore the Impact of Parental Playfulness on Children’s Playfulness
Research Findings: Playfulness is an important personality tendency with an important role in the well-being, mental health, and various other aspects of an individual’s life. Previous studies have shown that the development of children’s playfulness is related to parents’ playfulness. However, limited research has been conducted on how parental playfulness influences children’s playfulness. The present study used a mixed-methods design to examin…
Exploring the Value of Children in the Context of China's Modernization Transition
The perception of the value of children (VOC) can elucidate why individuals consider it beneficial to have children by uncovering their subjective intentions and experiences regarding their fertility decisions. Using VOC perceptions to understand fertility change in the modernization process, this qualitative study explores how parents' VOC change meshes with China's socioeconomic and cultural contexts. This article examines intergenerational VOC…
Longitudinal Predictive Effects of Different Types of Face Consciousness on Cooperative Tendencies: Mediating Role of Prosocial and Achievement Motivations
This study aimed to explore the effect of differences in face consciousness on Chinese people's cooperative tendencies. We conducted a nine‐month longitudinal tracking survey of 787 college students. The prediction effect of the desire to gain face on inclusiveness, reciprocity and gregariousness is stable and consistent across time, while the prediction effect of fear of losing face is not stable and consistent. Prosocial and success‐oriented mo…
Online compassion on the border: The case of Chinese undergraduates on social media in the first weave of Covid-19 pandemic
As a prosocial response towards others’ suffering exposed on social media, online compassion played a critical role in the pandemic crisis. Against the backdrop of the pandemic and the over-use of social media, it may be difficult to elicit and maintain online compassion. This study examines the unique challenges faced by online compassion towards social media news in the first weave of pandemic. The theoretical frame of cultural psychology of se…
The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Adolescents’ Cooperative Tendencies in China: The Mediating Role of Parent-Child Trust
Does greater parental involvement lead to increased cooperation in their adolescent children? Are the effects of paternal and maternal involvement equivalent? In order to explore the above issues, this study conducted a questionnaire survey of 682 two-parent families to investigate the relationship between parental involvement and adolescents' cooperative tendencies and the mediating role of parent-child trust. The results show that paternal invo…
The relationship between involvement in household chores and problem-solving abilities among preschool children and the moderating role of parental scaffolding
Household chores as activities of daily living positively affect young children's development, allowing children to build knowledge and confront real-life challenges, which cannot be separated from problem-solving ability. Problem-solving ability is a key factor in early childhood development, furnishing children with vital cognitive and behavioral strategies for navigating diverse future scenarios. Therefore, this study aims to explore the relat…
Testing the sociocultural model of eating disorders: A cross-national analysis of income inequality, gender equality, and eating disorder rates
OBJECTIVE: We present the first study to examine associations between national income inequality, gender equality, and eating disorder rates. These factors have been linked with other health outcomes (e.g., depression) and relevant psychological outcomes (e.g., comparison, objectification). METHOD: We use estimates of eating disorder DALY rates from the Global Burden of Disease Study (Study 1, N = 204 nations) and eating disorder tweeter rates (S…
Attentional Mechanism Underlying Asymmetric Subjective Opportunity Cost Effect in Intertemporal Choice: Explanation Based on Attribute‐Based Models
The asymmetric subjective opportunity cost (ASOC) effect in intertemporal choice refers to the increase of an individual's preference for a larger and later (LL) option when the opportunity cost of the smaller and sooner (SS) option is highlighted compared to when it is not, while the individual's intertemporal preference is unaffected when the opportunity cost of the LL option is highlighted. This study, based on the attribute‐based models, inve…
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Representations and Identity (4 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works)