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Ruyi Ding
Psychology
Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Socialization
Children
Adolescents
Emotional Functions
Psychological Problems
Assessment
Diagnosis
Emotional Language
Analysis
Processing
Areas of Focus
- Socialization processes of social-emotional functions in children and adolescents
- Assessment and diagnosis of emotional function development and psychological problems in children and adolescents
- Analysis and processing of emotional language
Work Experience
- 2022—Present: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2020-2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
- 2018: Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
- 2013-2016: Lecturer, Party School of the CPC Foshan Municipal Committee
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2022—Present: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2020-2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
- 2018: Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley
- 2016-2019: Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2011-2013: Master's Degree, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
- 2007-2011: Bachelor's Degree, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University
Publications
- Development and validation of a scale assessing parental varied responses to Chinese adolescents' negative emotions, Ding, R., Liu, J., Luo, Y., & He, W., 2023
- Investigating subtypes of children’s social, emotional and behavioral problems using latent profile analysis, Gao, R., Liu, J., Hardie, S., Ding, R., & Hood, S. K., 2023
- Investigating the Associations Between Socioeconomic Factors and Unhealthy Days among Adults Using Zero-inflated Negative Binomial Regression, Liu, J., Jiang, N., Fan, A. Z., Thompson, W. W., Ding, R., & Ni, S., 2023
- The quality of life for children with autism spectrum disorder scale: Factor analysis, MIMIC modeling, and cut-off score analysis, Chezan, L. C., Liu, J., Drasgow, E., Ding, R., & Magana, A., 2023
- Playing Closer: Using Virtual Reality to Measure Approach Bias of Internet Gaming Disorder, Wei, W., Wang, Q., Ding, R., Dong, R., & Ni, S., 2023
- A preliminary investigation of psychometric properties of the youth-reported Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC-Y) in Chinese elementary, middle, and high schools, Liu, J., Ding, R., Gao, R., Bao, Y., Hood, S. K., & Ni, S., 2022
- Relations between Parental Response to Children’s Negative Emotions and Suicidal Ideation in Chinese Adolescents: Internalizing Problems, Emotion Regulation, and Perceived Relationship Quality with Parents as Mediators, Ding, R., Wu, N., Tang, S., Liu, T., Li, W. & Ni, S., 2022
- Communicating Emotional Distress Experienced by Adolescents Between Adolescents and Their Mothers: Patterns and Links with Adolescents’ Emotional Distress, Ding, R., He., W., Wang, Q., & Qi, Z., 2022
- Mothers’ Emotional Expressivity in Urban and Rural Societies: Salience and Links with Young Adolescents’ Emotional Wellbeing and Expressivity, Ding, R., Bi. S., Liu, Y., Liu, T., Wang, P., He, W.& Ni., S., 2021
- Interpersonal Regulation Questionnaire (IRQ): Psychometric properties and gender differences in Chinese young adolescents, Ding, R., He, W., Liu, J., Liu, T., Zhang, D., & Ni, S., 2021
- A Comparative Analysis of Emotion-Related Cultural Norms in Popular American and Chinese Storybooks, Ding, R., He, W., & Wang, Q., 2021
- A Psychometric Evaluation of the Quality of Life for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Scale, Chezan, L. C., Liu, J., Cholewicki, J. M., Drasgow, E., Ding, R., & Warman, A., 2021
- Autistic spectrum traits detection and early screening: A machine learning based eye movement study, Lin, Y., Gu, Y., Xu, Y., Hou, S., Ding, R., & Ni, S., 2021
- Adolescence in Collectivistic Cultures, Wang, Q., Qu, Y. , & Ding, R., 2020
- The relationship between narcissism and prosocial behavior in adolescents, Ding, R., Zhou, H., Zhang, B., & Chen, X., 2016
- Cognitive appraisal system of gratitude emotion, Ding, R., Zhou, H., & Lin, M., 2014
- The impact of high-certainty emotions (happiness, anger) and low-certainty emotions (sadness) on trust, Ding, R., Wang, F., Niu, D., & Li, B., 2014
- The impact of moral self-regulation on prosocial behavior and rule-breaking behavior, Li, G., Zhou, H., & Ding, R., 2013
Awards
- 2022: Tsinghua University Outstanding Postdoctoral Award
- 2018: Hong Kong Postgraduate Studentship
- 2019: Member of the Young Scholars Summer Forum at the European Psychology Conference
- 2018: Hong Kong Chinese University Overseas Exchange Program Scholarship
- 2018: Psy-connection Reward, Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
