Associate Professor of Psychology

PhD, University of Beijing Normal University, 2015

qingao@mail.bnu.edu.cn

 

Research Overview

●approach and avoidance motivation: the antecedents, consequences, and development of approach and avoidance motivation;

●Parenting: the antecedents and consequences of parental involvement in homework;

●Online Communication: the antecedents and consequences of online communication behavior in different relationship contexts, including parent-child, romantic couple, and customer-service.

 

Courses Offered

●Psychology and Me

●Social Psychology

●Introduction to Psychology

●Organizational Behavior

●Cognitive Psychology

●Personnel Assessment and Selection

 

Educational Background

●2019-2015, PhD in Psychology, Beijing Normal University (Advisor: Ru-de Liu);

●2012-2013, visiting scholar, University of Rochester (Advisor: Andrew J. Elliot);

●2005-2009, BA in Psychology, Beijing Normal University

 

Selected Publications

Gao, Q., Zheng, D., Liu, J. et al. (2023). Pay it back or pay it forward? How emotions and regulatory focus shape employees’ repaying behaviors after receiving help. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05401-7

Gao, Q., Zhang, K., Cao, Y., Li, J., Bian, R., Wang, X. (2023). The Effect of Negative Workplace Gossip about Supervisor on Workplace Deviance and Impression Management: The Mediating Roles of Anxiety and Guilt. Journal of Business Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-023-09888-6

Gao, Q., Bian, R., Wan, X. Wei, H., Qiu H. (2021). The influence of paternal and maternal parenting styles on adolescents’ regulatory focus: A longitudinal study. Current Psychology, doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01569-y

Bian, R., Lin, P., Gao Q. (corresponding author), Li, J., Yang, X. (2020). The Effects of Regulatory Fit between Explanation Framing and Applicants’ Regulatory Foci on Applicant Reaction. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 154(2):    176-198.

Bian, R., Sun, F., Lin, Z., Gao, Q. (corresponding author), Yuan, X., Xie, A. (2020).The Moderating Role of Interviewer’s Regulatory Focus in the Effectiveness of Impression Management Tactics: Regulatory Fit as a Source of Subjective Value. The British Journal of Psychology, 111(2): 369-394. doi: 10.1111/bjop.12403

Gao, Q., Bian, R., Liu, R., He. Y., Tian, P. (2017). Conflict Resolution in Chinese Adolescents’ Friendship: Links with Regulatory Focus and Friendship Satisfaction. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 151 (3)： 268-281. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2016.1270887

Hu, C., Ferrari, M., Liu, R., Gao, Q. Weare, E. (2016). Mainland Chinese Implicit Theory of Wisdom: Generational and Cultural Differences. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 73(8): 1416-1424. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw157

Liu, R-D., Bian, R., Gao, Q. (corresponding author), Ding, Y., & Zhang, J. (2016). I like you more when your behaviors fit my motivational orientation: The effect of interpersonal regulatory fit on interpersonal evaluation. Personality and Individual Differences, 99(9): 166-173. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.002

Gao, Q., Li, H., Zou, H, Cross, W., Bian, R. & Liu, Y. (2015). The mental health of children of migrant workers in Beijing: The protective role of public school attendance. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 56, 384–390. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12232

Liu, R. D., Shen, C. X., Xu, L., & Gao, Q. (2013). Children's Internet information seeking, life satisfaction, and loneliness: The mediating and moderating role of self-esteem. Computers & Education, 68, 21-28.

 

Grants

2019, Psychology and Me, the Ideological and Political Model Course at China University of Political Science and Law.

2019, the Application of Problem Based Learning in the Course of Personnel Assessment and Selection, Educational Reform Project at China University of Political Science and Law.

2018, Self Esteem: the Core of Self Evaluation, Educational Reform Project at China University of Political Science and Law.

2017, the Online Communication between Adolescents and Their Parents and its influence, Youth Project of National Social Science Foundation.

2015, Testing the Hierarchical Model of Approach and Avoidance Motivation among Chinese High School Students, Young Teacher Project at China University of Political Science and Law.

 

Awards and honors

2015, First place, the 13th Teaching Skills Competition for Young Teachers, China University of Political Science and Law.