Jianfen Wu
Biographic Data
| ID | 5676891 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jianfen Wu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jianfen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wu |
| SIGNATURE | WU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hangzhou Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3578-0484 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Promoting Cognitive and Affective Perspective-Taking in 4-5-Year-Olds through Social Story Training
The Effects of Contextualized Construction Play on the Development of Executive Function in 4–5-Year-Old Preschoolers
Research Findings: Using a 12-week, three-arm quasi-experimental design, this study examined whether Contextualized Construction Play (CCP)-block-building projects embedded in narrative storyline-enhances executive function (EF) among 90 Chinese preschoolers (Mage = 55.8 months). Children were allocated to CCP, Non-Contextualized Construction Play (NCP), or Business-As-Usual control (BAU) conditions. EF was assessed at three time points (pretest,…
Development and validation of the Teacher Rating Scale of Reflective Ability for three-to-six-year-old preschoolers in China / Desarrollo y validación de la Escala de Evaluación de la Capacidad de Ref…
This study aimed to develop and validate the Teacher Rating Scale of Reflective Ability (TRSRA) for preschoolers aged three to six. The initial development involved interviews, observations and questionnaires, resulting in a scale with two dimensions and 11 indicators. Stratified random sampling selected 1,036 preschoolers from kindergartens in Zhejiang Province, China ( M age = 63.62 months, SD = 10.66; 46.81% boys). The TRSRA demonstrated high …
Intergenerational transmission of trait anxiety
Design and Evaluation of a School-based Sustained Attention Training Program with Parental Involvement for Preschoolers in Rural China
Research Findings: Sustained attention is a fundamental cognitive function for young children’s development. We investigated the effects of school-based audiovisual game training with parental involvement on sustained attention (SA) in 5–6-year-old Chinese children. Totally 75 children and their parents participated and were assigned into three groups. The School Practice Intervention (SPI) group and the Parental Involvement Intervention (PII) gr…
Peer Interaction Patterns in Mixed-Age and Same-Age Chinese Kindergarten Classrooms
Research Findings: This study compared the peer interaction patterns in mixed-age and same-age Chinese preschool classrooms using videotaped behavioral observations. A total of 179 children (ages 3–6) from three mixed-age classes and three same-age classes were involved in this study. A total of 170 valid videos were obtained, including 85 videos from the mixed-age (Mage = 58.99 months, SD = 10.09, 34% girls) classrooms and 85 from the same-age (…
Developing Metacognition of 5- to 6-Year-Old Children
Metacognition plays an important role in young children's learning and daily life activities. Based on Anji Play, we designed a metacognition enhancement program named Circling Curriculum for Metacognition Training (CCMT). With a quasi-experimental design, we examined the effects of the CCMT program on the metacognition of 5-6 year old Chinese children. Two classes of 5-6 year old children were randomly assigned into an experimental group (n = 25…
Shyness and School Engagement in Chinese Suburban Preschoolers
Shyness is associated with poorer preschool engagement, but few studies have evaluated the underlying mechanisms in Chinese preschoolers. This study explored the mediating role of teacher-child closeness and the moderating role of child gender in the association between shyness and school engagement to fill this gap. With the cluster sampling method, a total of 532 young children (240 girls; M age = 4.29 years, SD = 0.65 years) were recruited fro…
Parents’ Perceived Social Support and Children’s Approaches to Learning in Rural China
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parents' perceived social support (PSS) and young children's approaches to learning (ATLs) in rural China, as well as the mediating effect of the home learning environment (HLE) and the moderating effect of parental negative emotions (PNE). Using the cluster random sampling method, 2714 kindergarteners ( M age = 52.99 months, SD = 10.28; 52.00% boys; 27.43% only child) were recruited from r…
The Role of Perceived Social Support and Stress in the Relationship between Hope and Depression among Chinese Shadow Education Tutors
The association between hope and depression has been studied, leaving the underlying mechanism of how hope might predict depression unexplored. With a cross-sectional design, this study investigated two possible mediating factors in the relationship between hope and depression among Chinese shadow education tutors, who confront a high turnover rate and are at high risk for depression. Altogether, 221 tutors participated in the survey, and reporte…
Development of Teacher Rating Scale of Risky Play for 3- to 6-Year-Old Pre-Schoolers in Anji Play Kindergartens of East China
To help teachers better evaluate the level of risky play for pre-schoolers, the present study aimed to develop a Teacher Rating Scale of Risky Play (TRSRP) for 3-6 years Chinese Pre-schoolers. The scale was administered to a pre-schooler sample consisting of 1376 children ( M age = 57.53 months, SD = 10.38; 54.30% boys; 44.80% only child) recruited from Anji play kindergartens in Hangzhou, China. The psychometric properties of the instrument were…
College Satisfaction, Sense of Achievement, Student Happiness and Sense of Belonging of Freshmen in Chinese Private Colleges
Sense of belonging constitutes a critical component of college students' retention and academic achievement, especially in disadvantaged higher education institutions such as private colleges in China. Using nationwide survey data ( n = 3816) from Chinese private colleges, this study explores how college satisfaction, sense of achievement, and student happiness contribute to freshmen' sense of belonging. Structural equation modeling analyses have…
Trait and State
This study investigated the interoceptive accuracy (IAc) of shy adolescents during anticipation of public speaking with a 2 × 2 factorial design. Altogether, 637 junior secondary students in an eastern province of China were sampled and screened with the Chinese version of Cheek and Buss shyness scale. The top 27% of students were considered the shy group ( n = 30, 16 girls, M age = 13.03, SD = 0.67), whereas the bottom 27% were labelled the non-…
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College Satisfaction, Sense of Achievement, Student Happiness and Sense of Belonging of Freshmen in Chinese Private Colleges
Sense of belonging constitutes a critical component of college students' retention and academic achievement, especially in disadvantaged higher education institutions such as private colleges in China. Using nationwide survey data ( n = 3816) from Chinese private colleges, this study explores how college satisfaction, sense of achievement, and student happiness contribute to freshmen' sense of belonging. Structural equation modeling analyses have…
Trait and State
This study investigated the interoceptive accuracy (IAc) of shy adolescents during anticipation of public speaking with a 2 × 2 factorial design. Altogether, 637 junior secondary students in an eastern province of China were sampled and screened with the Chinese version of Cheek and Buss shyness scale. The top 27% of students were considered the shy group ( n = 30, 16 girls, M age = 13.03, SD = 0.67), whereas the bottom 27% were labelled the non-…
Peer Interaction Patterns in Mixed-Age and Same-Age Chinese Kindergarten Classrooms
Research Findings: This study compared the peer interaction patterns in mixed-age and same-age Chinese preschool classrooms using videotaped behavioral observations. A total of 179 children (ages 3–6) from three mixed-age classes and three same-age classes were involved in this study. A total of 170 valid videos were obtained, including 85 videos from the mixed-age (Mage = 58.99 months, SD = 10.09, 34% girls) classrooms and 85 from the same-age (…
Developing Metacognition of 5- to 6-Year-Old Children
Metacognition plays an important role in young children's learning and daily life activities. Based on Anji Play, we designed a metacognition enhancement program named Circling Curriculum for Metacognition Training (CCMT). With a quasi-experimental design, we examined the effects of the CCMT program on the metacognition of 5-6 year old Chinese children. Two classes of 5-6 year old children were randomly assigned into an experimental group (n = 25…
Shyness and School Engagement in Chinese Suburban Preschoolers
Shyness is associated with poorer preschool engagement, but few studies have evaluated the underlying mechanisms in Chinese preschoolers. This study explored the mediating role of teacher-child closeness and the moderating role of child gender in the association between shyness and school engagement to fill this gap. With the cluster sampling method, a total of 532 young children (240 girls; M age = 4.29 years, SD = 0.65 years) were recruited fro…
Parents’ Perceived Social Support and Children’s Approaches to Learning in Rural China
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parents' perceived social support (PSS) and young children's approaches to learning (ATLs) in rural China, as well as the mediating effect of the home learning environment (HLE) and the moderating effect of parental negative emotions (PNE). Using the cluster random sampling method, 2714 kindergarteners ( M age = 52.99 months, SD = 10.28; 52.00% boys; 27.43% only child) were recruited from r…
The Role of Perceived Social Support and Stress in the Relationship between Hope and Depression among Chinese Shadow Education Tutors
The association between hope and depression has been studied, leaving the underlying mechanism of how hope might predict depression unexplored. With a cross-sectional design, this study investigated two possible mediating factors in the relationship between hope and depression among Chinese shadow education tutors, who confront a high turnover rate and are at high risk for depression. Altogether, 221 tutors participated in the survey, and reporte…
Development of Teacher Rating Scale of Risky Play for 3- to 6-Year-Old Pre-Schoolers in Anji Play Kindergartens of East China
To help teachers better evaluate the level of risky play for pre-schoolers, the present study aimed to develop a Teacher Rating Scale of Risky Play (TRSRP) for 3-6 years Chinese Pre-schoolers. The scale was administered to a pre-schooler sample consisting of 1376 children ( M age = 57.53 months, SD = 10.38; 54.30% boys; 44.80% only child) recruited from Anji play kindergartens in Hangzhou, China. The psychometric properties of the instrument were…
Design and Evaluation of a School-based Sustained Attention Training Program with Parental Involvement for Preschoolers in Rural China
Research Findings: Sustained attention is a fundamental cognitive function for young children’s development. We investigated the effects of school-based audiovisual game training with parental involvement on sustained attention (SA) in 5–6-year-old Chinese children. Totally 75 children and their parents participated and were assigned into three groups. The School Practice Intervention (SPI) group and the Parental Involvement Intervention (PII) gr…
Development and validation of the Teacher Rating Scale of Reflective Ability for three-to-six-year-old preschoolers in China / Desarrollo y validación de la Escala de Evaluación de la Capacidad de Ref…
This study aimed to develop and validate the Teacher Rating Scale of Reflective Ability (TRSRA) for preschoolers aged three to six. The initial development involved interviews, observations and questionnaires, resulting in a scale with two dimensions and 11 indicators. Stratified random sampling selected 1,036 preschoolers from kindergartens in Zhejiang Province, China ( M age = 63.62 months, SD = 10.66; 46.81% boys). The TRSRA demonstrated high …
Intergenerational transmission of trait anxiety
Promoting Cognitive and Affective Perspective-Taking in 4-5-Year-Olds through Social Story Training
The Effects of Contextualized Construction Play on the Development of Executive Function in 4–5-Year-Old Preschoolers
Research Findings: Using a 12-week, three-arm quasi-experimental design, this study examined whether Contextualized Construction Play (CCP)-block-building projects embedded in narrative storyline-enhances executive function (EF) among 90 Chinese preschoolers (Mage = 55.8 months). Children were allocated to CCP, Non-Contextualized Construction Play (NCP), or Business-As-Usual control (BAU) conditions. EF was assessed at three time points (pretest,…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (4 works) · China (4 works) · Mediation (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Cognition (3 works)