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Wu Aruna
Psychology
Shanghai Normal University)
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Social Development
Early Childhood
Mental Health
Adolescents
Play
Drama
Labor
Qualitative Research
Psychology
Education
Areas of Focus
- Early Childhood Social Development
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Development
- Impact of Play, Drama, and Labor on Children's Mental Health
- Qualitative Research Methods
Academic Background & Achievements
- PhD in Educational Psychology: East China Normal University
- Visiting Scholar: Aalborg University, Denmark
- National Level 2 Psychological Counselor
- Board Member: Shanghai Psychological Health Association
- Member: Shanghai Normal University Child Development and Family Research Center
Publications
- From Dialogical Self Theory to Self Development, Wu Aruna, Li Dan, 2019
- Playfulness: A Positive Psychological Quality Promoting Early Childhood Development, Wu Aruna, Li Dan, 2019
- Why Are High-Achieving Students Susceptible to Inhibition? An Idiographic Analysis of Student Self-Identity in China, Wu Aruna, Li Dan, 2019
- One Step Further: Where to Put the Subjectivity of Human Mind in Efforts of Integrating Psychology?, Wu Aruna, 2020
- Transforming by Following Forces Introducing Chinese Philosophy of SHI and SHUN SHI into Developmental and Educational Psychology, Wu Aruna, 2021
- Transitions and Psychology as a Developmental Science: Building Up on Jaan Valsiner’s Work, Wu Aruna, 2021
- Do Playful Parents Raise Playful Children? A Mixed Methods Study to Explore the Impact of Parental Playfulness on Children’s Playfulness, Wu Aruna, 2022
- Empathy and cooperation vary with gender in Chinese junior high school adolescents, Wu Qin, Bu Weiwei, Lin Dong, Cui Liying, Wu Aruna, Zou Hehui, Gu Chen, 2023
- Characteristics of Adolescent Life Goals in Contemporary China: A Mixed-Methods Study, Wang Xiaofeng, Wu Aruna, Li Dan, 2023
