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Papers by Yuching Zhang

Information Sciences, Mar 1, 2007

In this paper we advocate the application of the equate-to-differentiate rule to the prisoner's d... more In this paper we advocate the application of the equate-to-differentiate rule to the prisoner's dilemma. As an alternative to the family of expected utility theory, the equate-to-differentiate approach [S. Li, A behavioral choice model when computational ability matters, Applied Intelligence 20 (2004) 147-163; S. Li, Equate-to-differentiate approach: an application in binary choice under uncertainty, Central European Journal of Operations Research 12 (3) (2004) 269-294] posits that the mechanism governing human risky decision making has never been one of maximising some kind of expectation, but rather some generalisation of dominance detection. In the light of the proposed representation system to describe uncertain alternatives, a decision maker's cognitive representation of the choice alternatives in the prisoner's dilemma situations is described by reference to two dimensions. The choice behaviour is thus modelled as a process in which the individual equates offered differences between alternatives on one dimension, but differentiates another one-dimensional difference as the determinant of the final choice. The predictions derived from these theoretical developments are empirically tested in six experiments with new data introduced to determine if people follow the theoretical prescriptions. In all these experiments, choices could be explained as a consequence of radically simplifying decision information.

Social Behavior and Personality, 2001

In order to study the perception of Chinese parents of their children, audio-taped free descripti... more In order to study the perception of Chinese parents of their children, audio-taped free descriptions of children's personality characteristics were obtained from 401 Chinese parents living in Beijing and Fuzhou. The free descriptions by parents showed that, as children's age increased, different categories of descriptors were typically used. Only for children at ages 3– 5 did negative descriptors associated with the so-called “little emperor” stereotype prevail in parents' free descriptions. On the other hand, the proportion of negative descriptors in the Conscientiousness category increased with children's age. This was an indication of the persisting importance given by Chinese parents to characteristics associated with school performance, effort, and diligence. The results showed that there were no signs of a spoiling attitude in Chinese parents. The high proportions of negative descriptions given by Chinese parents should be interpreted as an expression of great concern for the future of their children, rather than as a sign of hostility towards their children.

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Nov 1, 2009

Weber & Hsee (1998) proposed the "cushion effect" as an explanation of the higher risk taking obs... more Weber & Hsee (1998) proposed the "cushion effect" as an explanation of the higher risk taking observed in some East Asian samples, relative to Western samples. Yates, Lee, & Shinotsuka (1992) proposed that the overconfidence observed in most Asian countries, relative to Western countries, reflects differences in the number of arguments typically recruited in those countries. This study examined the 2 seemingly separated domains of research: risk taking and overconfidence. It compared individual and collective (both family and group) decisions among Chinese in Singapore. This permitted tests of both the cushion and the argument recruitment hypotheses. The overall results obtained no support for the cushion effect and partial support for the argument recruitment hypotheses.j asp_545 2706..2736 The investigation reported in this paper was inspired by some recent surprising and persistent findings. When studies were carried out on samples from the two major players in the present world economy-China and the United States-(a) the Chinese from China were more risk seeking than were Americans from the United States; and (b) the Chinese exhibited higher degrees of overconfidence than did Americans when making both general knowledge and probability judgments (e.g.

Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Big Data and Informatization Education (ICBDIE 2022), Dec 23, 2022

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Big Data and Education

The COVID-19 pandemic imposes a tremendous burden upon society. Several studies have documented s... more The COVID-19 pandemic imposes a tremendous burden upon society. Several studies have documented stressors and fears of COVID-19 for adult populations, but few studies pay attention to the COVID-19 stressors on children and adolescents. Assessing the stressors of COVID-19 on children and adolescents can provide the basis for interventions to bring children and adolescents' mental health "out of the shadows. " Entering the Era of "Big Data, " the psychological state can be assessed through integrative analysis of data. This study adopted a whole-group sampling method. After a new round of the COVID-19 epidemic caused by imported cases in Jiangsu and Fujian provinces of China, self-report questionnaires were sent to children and adolescents aged 10-18 years. 1815 valid questionnaires were collected. Data analysis was performed using SPSS and AMOS software (version 26). To revise and test the reliability and validity of the COVID-19 stressors scale for children and adolescents, as well as to investigate the differences in stressors between rural and urban based on Big-Data Mining. The results of this study indicate that the revised COVID-19 stressors scale, which includes a four-factor model of disease stressors, information stressors, measure stressors, and environmental stressors, has good reliability and validity for children and adolescents aged 10-18 years in a Chinese context. Big data-based demographic analysis showed that children and adolescents living in urban areas were generally less stressed about the COVID-19 epidemic than in rural areas. CCS CONCEPTS • Applied computing → Law, social and behavioral sciences; Psychology.

Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army, 2019

Objective To explore the correlation between military loyalty and both character strengths and ps... more Objective To explore the correlation between military loyalty and both character strengths and psychological resilience, and understand the influence of personality factor on military loyalty. Methods The correlation between military loyalty, character strengths and psychological resilience can be found by correlation analysis. Hierarchical regression analysis explored the influence of demographic and personality factors on military loyalty. Analysis of mediating effect was conducted for finding the role that psychological resilience plays in character strengths mediating the military loyalty. Results A total of 476 valid questionnaires were retrieved. Military personnel showed a significant positive correlation of character strengths and psychological resilience with loyalty (P=0.000); character strengths and psychological resilience had significant positive predictive effects on the loyalty of military personnel, of which character strengths had a positive predictive rate (β=0.42,...

Objective To study the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on insomnia (CBT-i) for patients wi... more Objective To study the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy on insomnia (CBT-i) for patients with insomnia and patients with comorbid depressive disorder. Methods According to the score of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), 71 patients who met the diagnosis of insomnia were divided into the insomnia group (<14 points, 33 cases) and the insomnia with depression group (≥14 points, 38 cases). Patients in both groups filled in sleep diaries every day and were given standard CBT-i treatment for 8 weeks. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), BDI, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the SF-36 Health Survey were evaluated before treatment (baseline), at 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 4 weeks after treatment (3 months), and 16 weeks after treatment (6 months). Independent sample t test was utilized to compare difference between two groups, while repeated measures ANOVA was adopted to analyze data at different timepoints. Results Compared with baseline assessment, both ins...

Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2020

The current research investigates the applicability of the posttraumatic growth inventory and psy... more The current research investigates the applicability of the posttraumatic growth inventory and psychological predictors of posttraumatic growth among adult survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake in China. The results indicated that although the survivors reported a high degree of posttraumatic stress symptoms, they also experienced a moderate to high level of posttraumatic growth two years after the earthquake. The simplified Chinese version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory had good reliability in the current study. Confirmatory factor analysis of the simplified Chinese version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory verified that the original five-factor model fit the data better than the four-factor model documented by Ho et al. (2004, 2011) among Chinese cancer patients. The current study also demonstrates that positive changes in outlook, positive affect, and perceived social support are significant predictors of posttraumatic growth among adult survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake. Directions for future research on posttraumatic growth among survivors of natural disasters and implications for developing psychological interventions to help people recover from traumatic events are discussed.

BMJ open, Jan 9, 2015

Depressive disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents,... more Depressive disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents, and have adverse effects on their psychosocial functioning. Questions concerning the efficacy and safety of antidepressant medications in the treatment of depression in children and adolescents, led us to integrate the direct and indirect evidence using network meta-analysis to create hierarchies of these drugs. Seven databases with PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL, LiLACS and PsycINFO will be searched from 1966 to December 2013 (updated to May, 2015). There are no restrictions on language or type of publication. Randomised clinical trials assessing first-generation and newer-generation antidepressant medications against active comparator or placebo as acute treatment for depressive disorders in children and adolescents (under 18 years of age) will be included. The primary outcome for efficacy will be mean improvement in depressive symptoms, as measured by th...

World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 2015

Previous meta-analyses of psychotherapies for child and adolescent depression were limited becaus... more Previous meta-analyses of psychotherapies for child and adolescent depression were limited because of the small number of trials with direct comparisons between two treatments. A network meta-analysis, a novel approach that integrates direct and indirect evidence from randomized controlled studies, was undertaken to investigate the comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies for depression in children and adolescents. Systematic searches resulted in 52 studies (total N=3805) of nine psychotherapies and four control conditions. We assessed the efficacy at post-treatment and at follow-up, as well as the acceptability (all-cause discontinuation) of psychotherapies and control conditions. At post-treatment, only interpersonal therapy (IPT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) were significantly more effective than most control conditions (standardized mean differences, SMDs ranged from -0.47 to -0.96). Also, IPT and CBT were more beneficial than play therapy. Only psycho...

Personality and Individual Differences, 2010

This study examined the factor structure of the acute stress disorder scale (ASDS; Bryant et al.,... more This study examined the factor structure of the acute stress disorder scale (ASDS; Bryant et al., 2000), a self-report measure for acute stress disorder (ASD). The study was completed 6 to 10days following an earthquake; it included 353 Chinese earthquake victims (173 women, 180 men; mean age=29.36, SD=11.45years). The results of confirmatory factor analyses indicate that a 4-factor model (dissociation,

The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2002

The authors coded Chinese (n = 401) and Dutch (n = 324) parents&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a... more The authors coded Chinese (n = 401) and Dutch (n = 324) parents&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; free descriptions of their 3- to 14-year-old children&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s personalities using a 14-category coding system partially based on the Big Five. Of the Chinese and Dutch personality descriptors, 86% and 77%, respectively, could be classified in the first 5 main categories resembling the five-factor model of adult personality. No significant differences were found for gender, socio-economic status, or city in these categories. Chinese parents of school age children generated many more descriptors, mostly critical, in the domain of conscientiousness. The findings reflect Chinese high achievement orientation and show that the classification system, which presently serves as a basis for developing indigenous questionnaires for personality assessment of children in China and some Western countries, is sensitive to cultural differences.

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2011

Zhang, N., Zhang, Y., Wu, K., Zhu, Z. & Dyregrov, A. (2011). Factor structure of the Children’s R... more Zhang, N., Zhang, Y., Wu, K., Zhu, Z. & Dyregrov, A. (2011). Factor structure of the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale among children and adolescents who survived the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology52, 236–241.To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES) and its applicability among Chinese children and adolescents, a study was conducted on two samples, the first, 1 month after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the second, 7 months after the earthquake. High levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms were found among both groups of children. The results also showed a decline of intrusion and arousal symptoms in accordance with the different periods of time elapsed since the earthquake; however, no difference was found in the avoidance symptoms between the two samples. Both the subscales and the CRIES total showed moderate to good reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of...

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2009

Weber & Hsee (1998) proposed the “cushion effect” as an explanation of the higher risk taking obs... more Weber & Hsee (1998) proposed the “cushion effect” as an explanation of the higher risk taking observed in some East Asian samples, relative to Western samples. Yates, Lee, & Shinotsuka (1992) proposed that the overconfidence observed in most Asian countries, relative to Western countries, reflects differences in the number of arguments typically recruited in those countries. This study examined the 2 seemingly separated domains of research: risk taking and overconfidence. It compared individual and collective (both family and group) decisions among Chinese in Singapore. This permitted tests of both the cushion and the argument recruitment hypotheses. The overall results obtained no support for the cushion effect and partial support for the argument recruitment hypotheses.

Frontiers in Public Health, Feb 8, 2017

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) are two different outcomes ... more Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-traumatic growth (PTG) are two different outcomes that may occur after experiencing traumatic events. Meanwhile, the traumatic exposure level and emotion response played an important role in the process. The present study first evaluated the relationship between PTSD, PTG, and traumatic exposure level and then compared the characteristics of emotional response through response time of the affective priming paradigm. Methods: For the purpose of evaluating the relationship between PTSD, PTG, and trauma exposure level, a sample of 2,395 participants completed measures of posttraumatic stress disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C), Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and a trauma exposure-related survey, and Pearson's correlation analysis for the scales were conducted. In order to compare the characteristics of emotional response between PTSD and PTG, we randomly selected 90 participants and divided them into groups of PTSD, PTG, and control according the scores of PCL-C and PTGI, then the 90 participants were asked to do the affective priming task and the response time was recorded, at last analysis of variance was employed to analyze the data. results: The results indicated that PTSD was not correlated with PTG. It was positively correlated with the traumatic exposure level, but PTG was not observed in this phenomenon. Finally, the data of response time showed that PTSD required more time to do the priming task and PTG demonstrated no difference compared to the control group. conclusion: Combined with previous research findings, the relationship between PTSD and PTG may depend on the type and severity of the trauma, the exposure level, and other such parameters. In terms of positive outcome of trauma PTG displayed no changes of emotional performance from the perspective of behavior. The preliminary results suggested that PTG was more related to a self-reported or self-experienced state.

Frontiers in public health, 2017

2021 7th International Conference on Education and Training Technologies

Explore the dimensions and factor structure of children's temperament described by Chinese parent... more Explore the dimensions and factor structure of children's temperament described by Chinese parents, Reveal the characteristics and reasons of children's temperament that parents pay attention to, Explore the changing trend of parents' assessment of children's temperament. [Methods] The PTQ temperament scale was used to investigate 1000 children, and exploratory factor analysis(EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis(CFA) was adopted to examine its construction. [Results] EFA showed that five dimensions could be summarized, which were negative emotions and adaptability, concentration, activity level, flexibility and self-control, shyness or social withdrawal. Five factors cumulatively explained 33.485% of the variance. The CFA supported the five-dimension model and main fit index included χ 2 /df = 2.79, GFI = 0.876, CFI = 0.843, IFI = 0.844, AGFI = 0.850, RMSEA = 0.060. Each item's factor loading valued between 0.397 and 0.778, and the correlation coefficient within 5 dimensions ranged from 0.133 to o.702. [Conclusion] The five-dimension model is structurally clear-stated. The results show that in the minds of Chinese parents, the dimension of children temperament of five factors is more stable. At the same time, the distribution of children's temperament structure shows a dynamic trend. It is suggested that the educators and parents of Chinese children should fully consider the uniqueness of Chinese culture and social development, and develop more socially adaptive, flexible and open parenting concepts and education methods according to the temperament and personality characteristics of Chinese children.

PsyCh Journal

After traumatic events, children with different types of attentional biases produce different psy... more After traumatic events, children with different types of attentional biases produce different psychological reactions with the help of the rumination process. A sample of 909 middle school students was taken from the Yunnan Ludian earthquake-affected area. Measurement scales of the Chinese version of the Attention to Positive and Negative Information Scale (APNI), the Chinese version of the Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES), and the Revised Post-traumatic Growth Inventory for Children (PTG-C) were used to assess the attentional bias, risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and post-traumatic growth (PTG), respectively. The effect of self-reported attention bias was explored by using a structural equation model and bias-corrected bootstrap test on children's psychological reaction after trauma. The results show that there is a positive relationship between self-reported negative attentional bias and PTSD symptoms partially mediated by intrusive rumination and the negative relationship between self-reported positive attentional bias and PTSD symptoms. On the other hand, the relationship between self-reported positive attentional bias and PTG was positive and partially mediated by deliberate rumination. Furthermore, intrusive rumination did not affect PTG indirectly but mediated the relation of deliberate rumination.

Scientific reports, Jan 30, 2017

The present study evaluated the activities of heart rate variability (HRV) and dorsolateral prefr... more The present study evaluated the activities of heart rate variability (HRV) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in response to the presentation of affective pictures correlated with posttraumatic growth (PTG) among adults exposed to the Tianjin explosion incident. The participants who were directly involved in the Tianjin explosions were divided into control, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and PTG group according to the scores of PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version and PTG Inventory survey. All participants received exposure to affective images. Electrocardiogram recording took place during the process for the purpose of analyzing HRV. Meanwhile, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to measure DLPFC activity through hemodynamic response. Our results indicated that, while performing the negative and positive picture stimulating, PTG increased both in low and high frequency components of HRV compared with the control group, but PTSD was not observed in this ...