Michael Shengtao WU,
Assistant professor, School of Journalism & Communication, Xiamen University;
Research Associate, Key Lab of Mental Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Member of Association for Psychology Science (APS) and International Society for Justice Research (ISJR).
michaelstwu@gmail.com or michaelstwu@xmu.edu.cn
Education：
Ph.D (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011).
Research direction：
1) Culture and audience analysis (e.g., cultural mindset/spirituality, communal behaviors, social gender, justice/happiness indicators, media effect);
2) Emotion and communication mechanism (e.g., emotional/communal preference, crisis/panic responses, genetic/environmental health, emotion development/evolution). Courses：
Social Psychology, Affection and Communication, Media Theory, Data Analysis, and so on.
Key publications:
Wu, M.S., Schmitt, M., Nartova-Bochaver, S., Astanina, N., Khachaturian, N., Zhou, C., Han, B. (manuscript). Does It Bother Me to Profit from Others? Cross-Cultural Surveys on Beneficiary Oversensitivity and Individualism.
Wu, M.S., Sutton, R, Yan, X., Zhou, C., Chen, Y., Zhu, Z., Han, B. (under review) Envisioning justice for others: Future perspective strengthens general belief in a just world and its function in psychological resilience.
Wu, M.S., Yan, X., Bonanno, G. A., Belkin, G., Wang, T., Zhou, C., Zhu, Chen, Y., Han, B. (under review) The Psychological Typhoon Eye: Geographic and Temporal Variations of General Belief in a Just World and Subjective Wellbeing after Disaster.
Wu, M.S.,(2012). General Belief in a Just World of Chinese and Its Function in Psychological Adaptation. Newsletter of International Society for Justice Research (ISJR), 3, S13.
Yu, J., Li, J., Cuijpers, P., Wu, M.S., & Wu, Z. (2012). Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Older Adults; A Population-Based Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27(3), 305-312.
Wu, M.S., Yan, X., Zhou, C., Chen, Y., Li, J., Zhu, Z., Shen, X., & Han, B. (2011). General Belief in a Just World and Resilience; Evidence from a Collectivistic Culture. European Journal of Personality. 25(6); 431-442.
Wu, M.S., Zhu, Z.-H., & Li, J. (2010). Individual Resilience, Social Support and Their Relationship to Mental Health of Survivors with Family Members Lost in the 5.12 Sichuan Earthquake. Chinese Journal of Mental Health, 24(4), 309-312. (CSCD)
Wu, M.S., et al. (2009). Belief in a Just World and Subjective Well-Being: Comparing Disaster Sites with Normal Areas. Advances in Psychological Science, 17(3), 579-587. (CSCD)
Conference presentations:
Wu, M.S., Lai, J. W., Wang, W., Bi, Y. l., & Zheng, L. (2012). IN-Group Dispositionism: Stereotyped Attribution in East-Asian Media and Its Influence on The Youth. The 14th Biennial Conference of International Society for Justice Research, Reshion Lezion, Israel.
Wu, M.S., Wu, M.S., Schmitt, M., Nartova-Bochaver, S., Astanina, N., Khachatryan, N., Zhou, C., Han, B.(2012). Does It Bother Me to Benefit from Others? Cross-Cultural Surveys on Beneficiary Sensitivity and Individualism. The 16th European Conference of Personality, Trieste, Italy.
Wu, M.S., Nartova-Bochaver, S., Astanina, N., & Han, B. (2012). Do We Benefit from Religion? Cross-Cultural Surveys on Religiosity and Affection among Chinese and Russian. The 6th Sino-American Psychology of Religion Conference. Shanghai, China.
Wu, M.S., Zhou, C., Han, B., Chen, Y., & Zhu Z. (2011) Wronged and Deserved: The Self-Others’ Distinction of Belief in a Just World. The 7th Chinese Psychologist Conference. Taipei, China.
Wu, M.S., Sutton, R., Yan, X., Zhou, C., Chen, Y., & Yan, B. (2011). Why general belief in a just world makes me resilient: The roles of long-term perspective. The 15th Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), London, UK.
Wu, M.S., Han, B., Chen, Y., Dong, N., Zhou, C. (2011). General Belief in a Just World and Its Relationship to Fate Control, Religiosity and Reward for Application. The 5th Sino-American Psychology of Religion Conference. Beijing, China.