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Papers by Xiaodong Yue

Affective Science, 2021

Recent theory suggests that members of interdependent (collectivist) cultures prioritize in-group... more Recent theory suggests that members of interdependent (collectivist) cultures prioritize in-group happiness, whereas members of independent (individualist) cultures prioritize personal happiness (Uchida et al.Journal of Happiness Studies,5(3), 223–239 Uchida et al., 2004). Thus, the well-being of friends and family may contribute more to the emotional experience of individuals with collectivist rather than individualist identities. We tested this hypothesis by asking participants to recall a kind act they had done to benefit either close others (e.g., family members) or distant others (e.g., strangers). Study 1 primed collectivist and individualist cultural identities by asking bicultural undergraduates (N = 357) from Hong Kong to recall kindnesses towards close versus distant others in both English and Chinese, while Study 2 compared university students in the USA (n = 106) and Hong Kong (n = 93). In Study 1, after being primed with the Chinese language (but not after being primed ...

Social Indicators Research, May 17, 2023

Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying reg... more Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying regions, such as by enhancing their residents' national cultural and territorial experiences. The contributions of such experiences, albeit grounded on contact and cultural theories, require empirical investigation. Such investigation engaged a survey of 2277 Chinese youths aged 18-29 years in Hong Kong, an outlying region returning to China's sovereignty. Results evidenced that experience with Mainland Chinese territory in the Greater Bay Area during junior secondary schooling predicted recent trust in China's national government, particularly in those born in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the cultural experience of Chinese enculturation during schooling predicted the trust conditionally with migrant status or the territorial experience. These results imply the value of enhancing national cultural and territorial experiences to promote youth's trust in the central government.

Social Indicators Research, May 17, 2023

Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying reg... more Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying regions, such as by enhancing their residents' national cultural and territorial experiences. The contributions of such experiences, albeit grounded on contact and cultural theories, require empirical investigation. Such investigation engaged a survey of 2277 Chinese youths aged 18-29 years in Hong Kong, an outlying region returning to China's sovereignty. Results evidenced that experience with Mainland Chinese territory in the Greater Bay Area during junior secondary schooling predicted recent trust in China's national government, particularly in those born in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the cultural experience of Chinese enculturation during schooling predicted the trust conditionally with migrant status or the territorial experience. These results imply the value of enhancing national cultural and territorial experiences to promote youth's trust in the central government.

NeuroImage, 2013

Recognition is strongly impaired when the normal contrast polarity of faces is reversed. For inst... more Recognition is strongly impaired when the normal contrast polarity of faces is reversed. For instance, otherwise-familiar faces become very difficult to recognize when viewed as photographic negatives. Here, we used fMRI to demonstrate related properties in visual cortex: 1) fMRI responses in the human Fusiform Face Area (FFA) decreased strongly (26%) to contrast-reversed faces across a wide range of contrast levels (5.3-100% RMS contrast), in all subjects tested. In a whole brain analysis, this contrast polarity bias was largely confined to the Fusiform Face Area (FFA; p b 0.0001), with possible involvement of a left occipital face-selective region. 2) It is known that reversing facial contrast affects three image properties in parallel (absorbance, shading, and specular reflection). Here, comparison of FFA responses to those in V1 suggests that the contrast polarity bias is produced in FFA only when all three component properties were reversed simultaneously, which suggests a prominent non-linearity in FFA processing. 3) Across a wide range (180°) of illumination source angles, 3D face shapes without texture produced response constancy in FFA, without a contrast polarity bias. 4) Consistent with psychophysics, analogous fMRI biases for normal contrast polarity were not produced by non-face objects, with image statistics similar to the face stimuli. 5) Using fMRI, we also demonstrated a contrast polarity bias in awake behaving macaque monkeys, in the cortical region considered homologous to human FFA. Thus common cortical mechanisms may underlie facial contrast processing across 25 million years of primate evolution.

Psychological Reports, 2011

Although cross-cultural research indicates that Chinese people demonstrate less humor than do Ame... more Although cross-cultural research indicates that Chinese people demonstrate less humor than do Americans, little research addresses the reasons. This cross-cultural difference may be largely due to different implicit attitudes toward humor held by Chinese and Americans, deeply rooted in the two cultural traditions. Both self-report evaluation and the Implicit Association Test (IAT) were used to compare Chinese and American attitudes toward humor. Although 60 Chinese undergraduate students showed no significant difference from 33 American exchange students in explicit attitudes toward humor, the former associated humor more frequently with unpleasant adjectives and seriousness with pleasant adjectives on the IAT; the opposite pattern was found for the American group. This indicated a negative implicit attitude toward humor among the Chinese students.

International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis, 2018

International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis, 2017

SAGE Open, 2014

This study examined the utility of an adapted version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) to meas... more This study examined the utility of an adapted version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) to measure Chinese undergraduates' ability to bounce back from stress. The BRS together with measures tapping optimism, self-esteem, pessimism, and physical health were administered to 547 Hong Kong and 268 mainland Chinese undergraduates. The BRS was found to measure one single construct and exhibited convergent validity in both samples. Further analyses using a path analytic model showed that the BRS scores substantially mediated the link between the two positive traits (optimism and self-esteem) and physical health in the two samples. The results suggested that the BRS is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring Chinese undergraduates' ability to bounce back from stress. The implications for further research related to resilience in Chinese people are discussed.

Personality and Individual Differences, 2000

To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to meas... more To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to measure optimism among Chinese students, the CLOT-R, the General Health Questionnaire, a physical symptom checklist and measures of constructs related to optimism were administered to a total of 404 Hong Kong and 328 mainland Chinese college students. Results indicated that the CLOT-R exhibited convergent and discriminant validity in the two samples. Nevertheless, con®rmatory factor analysis of the responses to the CLOT-R showed that a one-factor interpretation only applied to the data of the Hong Kong but not the mainland sample. When the test was applied to mainland Chinese, the positively and the negatively worded items split into two factors. These ®ndings were discussed in the light of issues related to generalisation of the revised Life Orientation Test across cultures.

Acta Psychopathologica

This study examined the effects of humor styles on self-compassion and life satisfaction. Two hun... more This study examined the effects of humor styles on self-compassion and life satisfaction. Two hundred and seventy-seven adults in Hong Kong completed the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS). Results showed that self-compassion and life satisfaction were positive predicted by self-enhancing humor but were negatively predicted by self-defeating humor. Self-enhancing humor style partially mediated the relationship between self-compassion and life satisfaction. Affiliate humor and aggressive humor did not show any significant effect on either self-compassion or life satisfaction. These findings demonstrate how different humor styles affected self-compassion on life satisfaction and provided directions for future studies on humor.

Personality and Individual Differences, 2000

To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to meas... more To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to measure optimism among Chinese students, the CLOT-R, the General Health Questionnaire, a physical symptom checklist and measures of constructs related to optimism were administered to a total of 404 Hong Kong and 328 mainland Chinese college students. Results indicated that the CLOT-R exhibited convergent and discriminant validity in the two samples. Nevertheless, con®rmatory factor analysis of the responses to the CLOT-R showed that a one-factor interpretation only applied to the data of the Hong Kong but not the mainland sample. When the test was applied to mainland Chinese, the positively and the negatively worded items split into two factors. These ®ndings were discussed in the light of issues related to generalisation of the revised Life Orientation Test across cultures. #

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2016

The present research investigates the applicability of prominent Western volunteering frameworks ... more The present research investigates the applicability of prominent Western volunteering frameworks in Hong Kong. Two cross-sectional surveys involving a total of 268 respondents were conducted. In Study 1, we tested a model of volunteering among 149 Hong Kong Chinese adult individuals (Mage = 34.8 years; 51.7% female) that examines antecedents and outcomes of voluntary engagement. Results show that prosocial motivation relates to volunteering, and that volunteering in turn predicts life satisfaction. Unexpectedly, and unlike studies in Western settings, other-oriented empathy was not related to volunteering. Study 2 tests the propositions of the Volunteer Process Model (VPM) among 119 Hong Kong Chinese volunteers (Mage = 36.9 years; 58.0% female). Findings largely support the VPM: our results indicate that the link between motives, voluntary service length and frequency is mediated by satisfaction with volunteering. Moreover, findings suggest that a fit between motives and experience seems relevant for increasing volunteers' satisfaction with their service. Results of both studies suggest that Western volunteering models can be applied to volunteering in East Asian cultures when culture-specific adaptations are considered.

Idol Worship in Chinese Society

Idol Worship in Chinese Society, 2018

Affective Science, 2021

Recent theory suggests that members of interdependent (collectivist) cultures prioritize in-group... more Recent theory suggests that members of interdependent (collectivist) cultures prioritize in-group happiness, whereas members of independent (individualist) cultures prioritize personal happiness (Uchida et al.Journal of Happiness Studies,5(3), 223–239 Uchida et al., 2004). Thus, the well-being of friends and family may contribute more to the emotional experience of individuals with collectivist rather than individualist identities. We tested this hypothesis by asking participants to recall a kind act they had done to benefit either close others (e.g., family members) or distant others (e.g., strangers). Study 1 primed collectivist and individualist cultural identities by asking bicultural undergraduates (N = 357) from Hong Kong to recall kindnesses towards close versus distant others in both English and Chinese, while Study 2 compared university students in the USA (n = 106) and Hong Kong (n = 93). In Study 1, after being primed with the Chinese language (but not after being primed ...

Social Indicators Research, May 17, 2023

Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying reg... more Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying regions, such as by enhancing their residents' national cultural and territorial experiences. The contributions of such experiences, albeit grounded on contact and cultural theories, require empirical investigation. Such investigation engaged a survey of 2277 Chinese youths aged 18-29 years in Hong Kong, an outlying region returning to China's sovereignty. Results evidenced that experience with Mainland Chinese territory in the Greater Bay Area during junior secondary schooling predicted recent trust in China's national government, particularly in those born in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the cultural experience of Chinese enculturation during schooling predicted the trust conditionally with migrant status or the territorial experience. These results imply the value of enhancing national cultural and territorial experiences to promote youth's trust in the central government.

Social Indicators Research, May 17, 2023

Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying reg... more Trust in the national central government is particularly imperative for promotion in outlying regions, such as by enhancing their residents' national cultural and territorial experiences. The contributions of such experiences, albeit grounded on contact and cultural theories, require empirical investigation. Such investigation engaged a survey of 2277 Chinese youths aged 18-29 years in Hong Kong, an outlying region returning to China's sovereignty. Results evidenced that experience with Mainland Chinese territory in the Greater Bay Area during junior secondary schooling predicted recent trust in China's national government, particularly in those born in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the cultural experience of Chinese enculturation during schooling predicted the trust conditionally with migrant status or the territorial experience. These results imply the value of enhancing national cultural and territorial experiences to promote youth's trust in the central government.

NeuroImage, 2013

Recognition is strongly impaired when the normal contrast polarity of faces is reversed. For inst... more Recognition is strongly impaired when the normal contrast polarity of faces is reversed. For instance, otherwise-familiar faces become very difficult to recognize when viewed as photographic negatives. Here, we used fMRI to demonstrate related properties in visual cortex: 1) fMRI responses in the human Fusiform Face Area (FFA) decreased strongly (26%) to contrast-reversed faces across a wide range of contrast levels (5.3-100% RMS contrast), in all subjects tested. In a whole brain analysis, this contrast polarity bias was largely confined to the Fusiform Face Area (FFA; p b 0.0001), with possible involvement of a left occipital face-selective region. 2) It is known that reversing facial contrast affects three image properties in parallel (absorbance, shading, and specular reflection). Here, comparison of FFA responses to those in V1 suggests that the contrast polarity bias is produced in FFA only when all three component properties were reversed simultaneously, which suggests a prominent non-linearity in FFA processing. 3) Across a wide range (180°) of illumination source angles, 3D face shapes without texture produced response constancy in FFA, without a contrast polarity bias. 4) Consistent with psychophysics, analogous fMRI biases for normal contrast polarity were not produced by non-face objects, with image statistics similar to the face stimuli. 5) Using fMRI, we also demonstrated a contrast polarity bias in awake behaving macaque monkeys, in the cortical region considered homologous to human FFA. Thus common cortical mechanisms may underlie facial contrast processing across 25 million years of primate evolution.

Psychological Reports, 2011

Although cross-cultural research indicates that Chinese people demonstrate less humor than do Ame... more Although cross-cultural research indicates that Chinese people demonstrate less humor than do Americans, little research addresses the reasons. This cross-cultural difference may be largely due to different implicit attitudes toward humor held by Chinese and Americans, deeply rooted in the two cultural traditions. Both self-report evaluation and the Implicit Association Test (IAT) were used to compare Chinese and American attitudes toward humor. Although 60 Chinese undergraduate students showed no significant difference from 33 American exchange students in explicit attitudes toward humor, the former associated humor more frequently with unpleasant adjectives and seriousness with pleasant adjectives on the IAT; the opposite pattern was found for the American group. This indicated a negative implicit attitude toward humor among the Chinese students.

International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis, 2018

International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis, 2017

SAGE Open, 2014

This study examined the utility of an adapted version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) to meas... more This study examined the utility of an adapted version of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) to measure Chinese undergraduates' ability to bounce back from stress. The BRS together with measures tapping optimism, self-esteem, pessimism, and physical health were administered to 547 Hong Kong and 268 mainland Chinese undergraduates. The BRS was found to measure one single construct and exhibited convergent validity in both samples. Further analyses using a path analytic model showed that the BRS scores substantially mediated the link between the two positive traits (optimism and self-esteem) and physical health in the two samples. The results suggested that the BRS is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring Chinese undergraduates' ability to bounce back from stress. The implications for further research related to resilience in Chinese people are discussed.

Personality and Individual Differences, 2000

To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to meas... more To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to measure optimism among Chinese students, the CLOT-R, the General Health Questionnaire, a physical symptom checklist and measures of constructs related to optimism were administered to a total of 404 Hong Kong and 328 mainland Chinese college students. Results indicated that the CLOT-R exhibited convergent and discriminant validity in the two samples. Nevertheless, con®rmatory factor analysis of the responses to the CLOT-R showed that a one-factor interpretation only applied to the data of the Hong Kong but not the mainland sample. When the test was applied to mainland Chinese, the positively and the negatively worded items split into two factors. These ®ndings were discussed in the light of issues related to generalisation of the revised Life Orientation Test across cultures.

Acta Psychopathologica

This study examined the effects of humor styles on self-compassion and life satisfaction. Two hun... more This study examined the effects of humor styles on self-compassion and life satisfaction. Two hundred and seventy-seven adults in Hong Kong completed the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS). Results showed that self-compassion and life satisfaction were positive predicted by self-enhancing humor but were negatively predicted by self-defeating humor. Self-enhancing humor style partially mediated the relationship between self-compassion and life satisfaction. Affiliate humor and aggressive humor did not show any significant effect on either self-compassion or life satisfaction. These findings demonstrate how different humor styles affected self-compassion on life satisfaction and provided directions for future studies on humor.

Personality and Individual Differences, 2000

To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to meas... more To examine the utility of a Chinese version of the revised Life Orientation Test (CLOT-R) to measure optimism among Chinese students, the CLOT-R, the General Health Questionnaire, a physical symptom checklist and measures of constructs related to optimism were administered to a total of 404 Hong Kong and 328 mainland Chinese college students. Results indicated that the CLOT-R exhibited convergent and discriminant validity in the two samples. Nevertheless, con®rmatory factor analysis of the responses to the CLOT-R showed that a one-factor interpretation only applied to the data of the Hong Kong but not the mainland sample. When the test was applied to mainland Chinese, the positively and the negatively worded items split into two factors. These ®ndings were discussed in the light of issues related to generalisation of the revised Life Orientation Test across cultures. #

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2016

The present research investigates the applicability of prominent Western volunteering frameworks ... more The present research investigates the applicability of prominent Western volunteering frameworks in Hong Kong. Two cross-sectional surveys involving a total of 268 respondents were conducted. In Study 1, we tested a model of volunteering among 149 Hong Kong Chinese adult individuals (Mage = 34.8 years; 51.7% female) that examines antecedents and outcomes of voluntary engagement. Results show that prosocial motivation relates to volunteering, and that volunteering in turn predicts life satisfaction. Unexpectedly, and unlike studies in Western settings, other-oriented empathy was not related to volunteering. Study 2 tests the propositions of the Volunteer Process Model (VPM) among 119 Hong Kong Chinese volunteers (Mage = 36.9 years; 58.0% female). Findings largely support the VPM: our results indicate that the link between motives, voluntary service length and frequency is mediated by satisfaction with volunteering. Moreover, findings suggest that a fit between motives and experience seems relevant for increasing volunteers' satisfaction with their service. Results of both studies suggest that Western volunteering models can be applied to volunteering in East Asian cultures when culture-specific adaptations are considered.

Idol Worship in Chinese Society

Idol Worship in Chinese Society, 2018