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Towards a Beautiful and Practical Social Psychology with Chinese Features Lv Xiaokang, WANG Xinjian Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  193-199.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.001 Abstract ( 322 )   PDF（pc） (733KB) ( 511 )   Save Modern social psychology has been focusing on employing elegant research designs to draw minor conclusions limited to finite scopes. It is beautiful but feeble, losing its theoretical explanation and practical influence on major social issues. Thus, all social psychologists as an academic community utter little sound in public policymaking and everyday life of social members. This is the real crisis that hinders the further development of social psychology in China. We suggest that Chinese social psychologists should endeavor to develop a policy-oriented discipline that fully participating in the modernization process of national governance. This discipline should devote itself to satisfy the strategic demands of the whole nation and nudge the improvement of social governance capability so that social psychology in China could gain substantial boosts. This branch of social psychology aims to provide better psychological insights into the social phenomenon and actively seeks its influence on the public policy process to construct beautiful and practical social psychology with Chinese features. Related Articles | Metrics

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Dark Triad and Adolescents' Interpersonal Trust: The Mediating Role of Ostracism DONG Yan, WANG Hongfei, HE Yixiong, ZHANG Denghao Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  200-205.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.002 Abstract ( 391 )   PDF（pc） (712KB) ( 1221 )   Save In order to explore the relationship between Dark Triad and adolescents interpersonal trust, and the mediating role of ostracism between them, we investigated 390 adolescents by using Dirty Dozen, Ostracism Experience Scale and interpersonal trust questionnaire. Results indicated that: (1) Machiavellianism and psychopathy had direct negative prediction on interpersonal trust. (2) Being excluded experience (one dimension of ostracism) played a partially mediating role between psychopathy and interpersonal trust; being ignored experience (another dimension of ostracism) played a fully mediating role between narcissism and interpersonal trust. (3) boys scores of machiavellianism, psychopathy trait and experience of being ignored were significantly higher than girls scores, however, gender doesnt play moderating roles in the mediator models. Related Articles | Metrics

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Factors Influence Financial Literacy in College Students WANG Zixin, HE Qinghua, Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  206-213.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.003 Abstract ( 999 )   PDF（pc） (738KB) ( 787 )   Save Previous studies had suggested a triarchic structure of financial literacy, including financial knowledge, financial capacity, and financial values. Aiming to investigate factors influence financial literacy in college students, 353 college students were surveyed with financial knowledge questionnaire, rational decision style scale, intertemporal decision-making task, and materialistic values scale. Results suggested that the financial literacy level was on rising among students from freshmen to juniors, while seniors showed less score than juniors. Financial values in males were higher than those in females. College students from one-child families performed lower in financial decision-making tasks. Spending plans significantly influence the financial values and financial decision-making ability. Regression analysis showed that all four factors (i.e., grade, gender, one-child, and spending plan) could predict the financial literacy. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Effect of Family's Social Status of Freshmen on Belief in a Just World DING Fangyuan, CHENG Gang Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  214-219.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.004 Abstract ( 261 )   PDF（pc） (736KB) ( 664 )   Save The study aimed to explore the roles of familys objective social status of freshmen, subjective social status and the poor students label in belief in a just world for freshmen. This study investigated 1060 freshmen from central, eastern and western China respectively and adopted correlation analysis and a moderated mediation model for data analysis. The results showed that: (1) Familys objective social status was significantly positively correlated with subjective social status and belief in a just world; (2) Subjective social status was significantly positively correlated with belief in a just world; (3) Subjective social status completely mediated the influence of familys objective social status on belief in a just world; (4) Poor students label moderated the mediation role of subjective social status.  Specifically, among these freshmen with similar familys objective social status, students with poor labels had lower subjective social status and lower belief in a just world. The results  demonstrated that the improvement of subjective social status had positive effect on freshmens belief in a just world. However, poor students labels negative effect should be carefully addressed in future educational practice. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Influence of Social Comparison on Pro-social Behaviors of College Students: The Moderating Effect of Gender NIE Tingting, SHI Wendian Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  220-226.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.005 Abstract ( 462 )   PDF（pc） (752KB) ( 746 )   Save In the present research, participants are all college students, using the experimental method to explore the influence of social comparison on the two representative pro-social behaviors of helping and cooperating, and gender might moderate the relationship between social comparison and helping behavior. Upward social comparison participants were compared with the students in the highest scores, while downward social comparison participants compared with the students in the lowest scores. Use the dictator game and public goods game to measure the participants helping behavior and cooperative behavior respectively. The results show that: (1) both helping behavior and cooperative behavior of upward comparison group were significantly higher than that of downward comparison group. (2) gender moderates the influence of social comparison on helping behavior, and male students helping behavior in upward comparison group is significantly higher than that in downward comparison group. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Influence of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy on Attentional Bias of Emotional Vocabularies ZHANG Lei, CHEN Taolin, WANG Song, ZHAO Yi, LI Xi, GONG Qiyong, Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  227-234.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.006 Abstract ( 329 )   PDF（pc） (744KB) ( 717 )   Save Combined with questionnaire and experiment methods, this paper explores the influences of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy (RESE) on emotional vocabularies attention bias. The results showed that (1) Compared with negative emotional vocabularies, individuals had a significantly faster response to positive emotional vocabularies; Compared with the low RESE group, the high RESE group had a significantly faster response to emotional vocabularies.(2) High RESE group had attention bias to positive emotional vocabularies, while low RESE group has no significant emotional attention bias. The results indicated that RESE affected individuals cognitive processing of emotional information, which provided evidence for the intervention of cognitive training and the prediction of mental health level for individual. Related Articles | Metrics

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Analysis of Emotional Components of Awe: Text Mining Based on Social Network WANG Ying, KU Tingting, XU Shuping, LI Weiqiang, YUAN Bo Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  235-242.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.007 Abstract ( 433 )   PDF（pc） (1283KB) ( 770 )   Save The sense of awe is a complex emotional experience that includes both positive and negative emotions. However, it is still unclear about the proportion of different emotional components about the sense of awe. The present study utilized text mining techniques to perform sentiment/emotional analysis text content with the awe of sensibility on Twitter and Sina Weibo.The results showed that in the experience of awe, joy, anticipation, trust, and surprise account for a large proportion, while fear, sadness, anger, and disgust account for a small proportion. To a certain extent, the research results supported a sense of awe that is based on positive emotions, and provided some evidence for understanding the emotional components and induction of awe. Related Articles | Metrics

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Development of Scale of Awe of College Students ZHANG Chao, ZHANG Wenyan, LIU Wenlan, ZHANG Hao Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  243-251.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.008 Abstract ( 360 )   PDF（pc） (879KB) ( 830 )   Save To develop and validate the Scale of Awe of College Students that measures ones experience of awe. The theoretical dimension was constructed and the preliminary questionnaire was compiled based on prototypical model of awe and extensional model, combined with the results of open-ended questionnaire and relevant researches. Then, items analysis and exploratory factors analysis was conducted in the first sample (n=487), and confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis and validity analysis were performed in the second sample (n=353) to form the final scale. 29 items were selected and seven factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis, including vastness, connectedness, tininess, self-diminishment, compliance, a need for accommodation and physical sensations. The cumulative variance contribution rate was 6104%. Confirmatory factorial analysis confirmed that the seven-dimensional model fitted well. The results of reliability analysis, content validity, construct validity and criterion validity showed the Scale of Awe of College Students reached the psychometric standard and can be a valid tool to measure ones experience of awe. Related Articles | Metrics

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Satisfying the Needs of Social Reality to Foster the Development of Psychological Sciences:Summary of the Ninth Psychology and the Development of China Forum JIANG He Psychology: Techniques and Application. 2020, 8 (4):  252-256.  DOI: 10.16842/j.cnki.issn2095-5588.2020.04.009 Abstract ( 210 )   PDF（pc） (618KB) ( 478 )   Save The ninth Psychology and the Development of China Forum was successfully held at Nankai University in December 2019. This forum launched a diversified discussion under the theme of “indigenous practice and the construction of the system of public psychological services from a global perspective.” Experts from different universities in mainland China and Taiwan reached three major consensuses on the future direction of Chinese psychology and the system of public psychological services. First, Chinese psychologists should broaden the horizons of psychological sciences, innovate their existing paradigm, and reform their methodology to prompt more powerful responses to social reality. Second, the direction of the construction of the system of public psychological services should pay more attention to the macro approach of cultivation of social mentality, rather than the development of the mental health service system. Third, traditional Chinese culture resources can provide rich theoretical and practical supports to the development of indigenous psychology, and psychologists should utilize them more creatively and efficiently to establish the autonomy of Chinese psychology. Related Articles | Metrics