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The Effect of Verbal and Spatial Task Instructions on the Coding of Number-Space Interactions PAN Yun, ZHAO Zhujun, DAI Longnong 2020, 18(6):  734-740.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1033KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present study adopted parity judgment task with Arabic digits 1 to 9 (expect 5) and Chinese characters (e.g., “左” and “右”) as experimental materials to explore the effect of task instructions on the coding of number-space interactions. The results showed that the interaction between word congruence and physical congruence was significant in the verbal task instruction. In addition, neither of the word consistency nor inconsistency triggered the SNARC effect, indicating that verbal-spatial coding is more advantageous. But in the spatial task instruction, there was a main effect of physical consistency, and SNARC effect was shown in both word consistent and word inconsistent conditions, indicating that visual spatial coding is more advantageous. Taken together, whether participants used visual spatial coding or verbal-spatial coding to associate numbers with space depending on task instructions, showing the effect of task instructions on number-space interactions.

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Effects of Information Type and Location on Face Processing in Children’s Development HE Huizhong, ZHANG Yunxiang 2020, 18(6):  741-748.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1204KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The goal of the current study was to investigate the effects of information type and location on face perception in children aged beween 7～17 years old. Participants were administered the face dimensions task, in which featural and configural information were parametrically and independently manipulated in the eye and mouth region. Participants were asked to judge whether simultaneously presented faces were the “same” or “different”. The main finding was that with the increase of age, the ability of face processing improved continuously, and 13-to 14-year-old children showed the best performance. Children showed a better ability to process featural information than configural information, and the differences to process eye region and mouth region appeared from 11-to 12-year-old. In addition, the results indicated that the type of face information (featural vs. configural) and its location (eye vs. mouth) jointly contributed to the face perception. Children showed no difference in their ability to discriminate differences in mouth size and nose and mouth spacing, but they showed a better ability to discriminate in eye size than eye spacing.

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Differences in Looking at Own-Race and Other-Race Facial Expression: Evidence from Eye Movements WANG Yuetan, MA Jialin, ZHANG Jingyi, LI Yitong, DING Xiaobin 2020, 18(6):  749-754.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (578KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Do Chinese people observe faces of their own-race differently from those of other-race? The current study investigated the fixation characteristics of Chinese participants in processing their own-race and other-race (Caucasian) emotional faces, which based on the free browsing task. In the experiment, different facial expressions (positive/neutral/negative) were selected as materials, and the faces were divided into three areas of interest (eyes/nose/mouth). The results showed that when Chinese participants browsing facial expressions (positive/neutral/negative) of their own-race, participants’ fixation duration on eyes and nose were significantly higher than those of mouth, and their fixation counts on eyes and nose were significantly more than those of mouth. Upon browsing the emotional faces (positive/neutral/negative) of Caucasians, the counts and the duration of fixation on eyes and nose were significantly higher than those on mouth. Moreover, the counts and duration of fixation on nose were significantly higher than those on eyes. These results indicated that in processing own-race facial expressions, Chinese participants considered nose and eyes as the primary areas of fixation, while the nose was the most dominant area of fixation during the processing of other-race (Caucasian) facial expressions. There are differences in the fixation characteristics of Chinese participants processing the own-race and the other-race facial expressions.

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The Well-Being Personality in Chinese Culture: Personality Structure and Connotation YAN Yuzhi, DONG Shenghong 2020, 18(6):  755-761.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (586KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Well-being personality is an important personality trait that affects the sense of individual well-being. Based on the hypothesis of personality lexicology, the present study selected 225 items out of the initial personality vocabulary list adopted by previous literature to explore the structure and connotation of Chinese well-being personality. Through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, 49 significant items were identified. The result of factor analysis revealed that well-being personality included three dimensions, i.e., courage-insight, virtue, and optimism. Results from adopting the Subjective Well-being Scale, Campbell’s Well-being Scale, and a brief version of the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory as criteria, showed that scores in each dimension significantly predicted well-being.

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Mechanisms of Marital Intimacy in the Relationship Between Child Problem Behaviors and Parental Parenting Stress MA Xinyu, CHEN Fumei, LUO Rui, ZHAO Yunyan, WANG Yun 2020, 18(6):  762-769.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (721KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present study examined the relationship between preschool children problem behaviors and parental parenting stress while analyzing the moderating effect of marital intimacy. Three thousand one hundred and sixty-four preschoolers’ fathers and mothers in Beijing participated the study. Results showed that: a) Maternal parenting stress partially mediated the relationship between child problem behaviors and paternal parenting stress. b) Marital intimacy moderated the effect from maternal parenting stress on paternal parenting stress. With higher marital intimacy, there was higher effect from child problem behaviors on paternal parenting stress via maternal parenting as mediator.

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The Effect of Interparental Conflict on Depressive Symptoms of Children and Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model LU Furong, SONG Yujing, LIU Lupei, FANG Xuanzhi 2020, 18(6):  770-776.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (681KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Based on questionnaire method, the present study was conducted among 2823 primary and junior school students in Shanxi and Henan provinces to explore the mechanism of the relationship between interparental conflict and depressive symptoms. The results showed that: 1) interparental conflict, parent-child relationship, self-esteem were significantly correlated with depressive symptoms; 2) interparental conflict was positively predicted depressive symptoms in which the parent-child relationship played a mediating role; 3) self-esteem moderated the first half and second half of the mediation process in which interparental conflict affected depression symptoms through parent-child relationship.

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The Relationship Between Self-Stigma and Negative Emotions Among Orphan Students: The Multiple Mediational Effects of Explanatory Style and Perceived Social Support WANG Jiangyang, YU Ziyang, NIE Jiaxin 2020, 18(6):  777-783.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (755KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present study aimed to investigate the relationship among self-stigma, explanatory style, perceived social support and negative emotions among orphan students. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 815 orphan students in a provincial orphan school. The results showed that: 1) self-stigma positively predicted negative emotions directly; 2) positive explanatory style, perceived social support and their chain partially mediated the relationship between self-stigma and negative emotions. The results provided a theoretical basis for the educational intervention to make the orphan students’ negative emotions lower in orphan schools.

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The Effect of School Climate and Negative Emotion on Adolescent Suicidal Ideation: One Year Follow-Up Cross-Lagged Regression Analyses LIU Yu, YANG Yang, WANG Chenxu, YANG Yanan, JIA Xuji, BAI Xuejun, LIN Lin 2020, 18(6):  784-790.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (650KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Based on the interpersonal theory of suicide, the stage-environment fit theory, and the escape theory of suicide, this study adopted longitudinal research design to analyze and discuss the effect of school climate and negative emotion on adolescent suicidal ideation. A total of 271 students from a middle school in Tianjin were followed up for one year (3 times in total) by three scales. The cross-lagged model was established by Mplus7.0 software, and the results showed that: 1) school climate, negative emotion and adolescent suicidal ideation all kept a high degree of stability; 2) school climate revealed the effect of negative delay prediction on negative emotion, and negative emotion revealed the effect of positive delay prediction on suicidal ideation across three time points; 3) negative emotion had a full inter-temporal mediation effect on the relationship between school climate and suicidal ideation.

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The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Suicide Ideation Among Adolescents After Earthquake: The Moderating Role of Feelings of Safety YUAN Hao, WANG Wenchao, WU Xinchun, TIAN Yuxin, CHNE Qiuyan 2020, 18(6):  791-797.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (815KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics To investigate the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder and its various symptom clusters on suicide ideation in post-earthquake adolescents, and to examine the moderating role of feelings of safety in this, the present study administered the Traumatic Exposure Questionnaire, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children, modified DSM-5 PTSD checklist, Feelings of Safety Questionnaire, and Youth Risk Behavior Survey Questionnaire on 1136 adolescents 8.5 years after Wenchuan earthquake. It was found that PTSD, negative cognitions and mood symptoms, hyper-arousal symptoms had significantly positive effects on suicide ideation, while the re-experiencing symptoms and avoidance symptoms did not significantly predict suicide ideation. The results also showed that feelings of safety played a negative moderating role between re-experiencing symptoms, negative cognitions and mood symptoms, hyper-arousal symptoms, PTSD and suicidal ideation, but did not play a moderating role between avoidance symptoms and suicidal ideation. These results suggest that PTSD symptom clusters differ in their predictive effects on suicidal ideation in post-earthquake adolescents, and feelings of safety play a moderating role in some of these effects.

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Self-Regulated Learning and Mental Health of Middle School Students: The Role of Academic Control and Interpersonal Relationships JIANG Yuan, TIAN Li, XUE Lulu 2020, 18(6):  798-804.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (644KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present study explored the mechanism of the role of self-regulated learning in mental health. Questionnaires were conducted among 558 middle school students. The mediating role of perceived academic control and the moderating role of interpersonal relationship between self-regulated learning and mental health were discussed. The results showed that: 1) After controlling gender and grade, self-regulated learning could effectively predict students’ mental health; perceived academic control played a partial mediating role between self-regulated learning and mental health. 2) Interpersonal relationship played a moderating role between self-regulated learning and mental health. High level interpersonal relationship had significant moderating effect between low level self-regulated learning and mental health, but it had no significant moderating effect between high level self-regulation learning and mental health.

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The Effect of Academic Self-Efficacy on Online Learning Engagement: The Chain Mediating Role of Learning Motivation and Flow Experience CAI Lin, JIA Xuji 2020, 18(6):  805-811.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (608KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics This study aimed to explore the effect of academic self-efficacy on online learning engagement and its underlying mechanism. A total of 310 colleges students were surveyed with the Academic Self-efficacy Scale, Learning Motivation Scale, Flow Experience Scale and Online Learning Engagement Scale. The results were as follows: 1) Academic self-efficacy could significantly predict student online learning engagement. 2) Learning motivation and flow experience respectively played significant mediating roles between academic self-efficacy and online learning engagement. 3) Learning motivation and flow experience played significant chain mediating roles between academic self-efficacy and online learning engagement.

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Boundaryless Career Orientation and Career Success of Chinese Young Workers: The Mediating Role of Career Competencies WANG Zhongjun, YANG Bin, WANG Yiguang, LIU Lidan, HUANG Mi 2020, 18(6):  812-818.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (626KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Based on the career competency perspective, the purpose of the present study was to explore the impact mechanism of boundaryless career orientation (BCO) on the career success of Chinese young workers in the early career stage. A two-wave questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data using a sample of 385 young workers under the age of 35. The results showed that: 1) boundaryless mindset positively predicted young workers’ subjective and objective career success, and career competencies (i.e., knowing-why, knowing-how, knowing-whom) mediated the effect of boundaryless mindset on career success; 2) organizational mobility preferences negatively predicted young workers’ subjective and objective career success, and career competencies mediated the effect of organizational mobility preferences on career success. The findings in the study revealed a double-edged sword effect of boundaryless career orientation and provided some practical inspiration for career management of young workers.

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Impact of Social Media Use on Employee Job Performance in Workplace: Based on the Perspective of Interpersonal Relationship ZHAO Junzhe, QIAO Shiqi, WANG Minghui 2020, 18(6):  819-825.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (659KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics Based on the social exchange theory and distracted conflict theory, the present study explored the internal mechanism of social media’s influence on employees’ job performance. We recruited the sample of 147 supervisor-subordinate dyads in China. The multiple mediating effects were examined by Bootstrap analysis. The results showed that: 1) socialization-oriented social media use was positively correlated with three dimensions of employees’ job performance; 2) socialization-oriented social media use significantly predicted each dimensions of job performance though different pathways. Specifically, socialization-oriented social media use indirectly predicted job dedication and task performance by increasing interpersonal trust; meanwhile, socialization-oriented social media use predicted interpersonal promotion and task performance by alleviating relationship conflict.

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Interpersonal Conflict and Safety Work Behavior: The Multiple Mediation Effects of Anger and Revenge Motivation HU Junyan, ZHANG Qingxia, WANG Haifeng 2020, 18(6):  826-832.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (635KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between interpersonal conflict and safety work behavior, and the potential mediation effects of anger and revenge motivation. We used time-lagged data collection and supervisor-subordinate matched dyads to conduct two waves of surveys. The results indicated interpersonal conflict exerted significant negative influence on safety work behavior. Interpersonal conflict impeded safety work behavior through triggering anger emotion. In addition, interpersonal conflict negatively affected safety work behavior by enhancing revenge motivation. Furthermore, anger and revenge motivation played multiple mediation roles between interpersonal conflict and safety work behavior.

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A Kind of Boiling Frog Effect: The Mechanism of Major Identity on Depression in University Students JI Lingkai, LIU Huashan, LI Chenlu 2020, 18(6):  833-838.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (577KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics To explore the relationships among major identity, academic emotions and university students’ depression, a total of 329 subjects completed the College Students’ Speciality Identity Questionnaire, the Adolescent Academic Emotions Questionnaire, and the Self-Rating Depression Scale. Results showed that: 1) major identity negatively predicated depression in university students; 2) major identity positively predicated the positive academic emotions, but only negatively predicated negative-low arousal academic emotion; 3) positive-low arousal and negative-low arousal academic emotions played full mediating roles between major identity and university students’ depression. Therefore, it can be concluded that the influence of major identity on university students’ depression is a kind of boiling frog effect by its nature.

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Reading Motivation and Reading Activity as Mediators of the Effect of Family Socioeconomic Status on Reading Achievement WANG Xiaocheng, JIA Lina, JIN Yuanying 2020, 18(6):  839-845.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (679KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The present study examined the roles played by reading motivation and reading activity as mediators of the effect of family socioeconomic status on reading achievement. A sample of 468 7th~9th graders from three schools in eastern China participated in the study and completed the questionnaires. Structural equation modeling was used to assess the mediation model. The results implied a positive correlation between family socioeconomic status, reading motivation, reading activity, and reading achievement. In addition, family socioeconomic status had no significant direct effect on reading achievement; however, it indirectly predicted reading achievement through the chain mediating effects of reading motivation and reading activity.

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Effect of Adversity Life Experience on Callous-Unemotional Traits of College Students: Moderated Mediating Effect WANG Xiaofeng, YAN Liangshi 2020, 18(6):  846-853.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (757KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics The study explored the mechanism of adversity life experience in predicting callous-unemotional traits of college students through a moderated mediation model centering on resilience. A sample of 1872 college students from Hunan province completed a questionnaire survey. The results indicated that: 1) Resilience played a partial mediating effect between adversity life experience and callous-unemotional traits. Adversity life experience not only had a direct influence on callous-unemotional traits but also had an indirect influence on callous-unemotional traits through resilience. 2) The utilization of social support moderated this mediation effect. It moderated the first and second paths of the mediation. Therefore, the influence of adversity life experience on the callous-unemotional traits of college students had a moderating mediating effect.

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Perceived Social Support Mediates the Effects of Residence Identification on Sense of Control in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Model ZHANG-HE Yating, ZHANG Baoshan, JIN Dou, LIN Yao 2020, 18(6):  854-860.  Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (594KB) ( )   References | Related Articles | Metrics A survey was conducted among 281 older adults, to explore the relationship among residence identification, perceived social support and sense of control of the elderly. We used the Residence Identification Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale and Sense of Control Questionnaire, and took a longitudinal design, within an interval of six months. The results showed that: 1) in the elderly’s group, residence identification could positively predict perceived social support; 2) perceived social support could positively predict sense of control; 3) perceived social support could mediate the relationship between residence identification and sense of control. Theoretically, our results proved that the internal mechanism of the effects of residence identification on sense of control is reasonable in the elderly city residents’ group. Practically, our research provided an insight into how we can improve the sense of control of the elderly.