1981-1985 Bachelor's Degree in Education: Beijing Normal University
1985-1988 Master's Degree in Education: Beijing Normal University
1996-1999 Doctorate in Education: Beijing Normal University
1988-present - Beijing Normal University - Teaching and Research
2016: Fifth National Education Science Research Outstanding Achievement Award for 'Social Psychology'
2010: Fourth Zhu Zhixian Psychology Award
2008: Fifth Outstanding Society Worker Title by Beijing Federation of Social Science Circles
2006: Fourth Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award by Beijing Normal University
Research
Personality and Social Psychology Development and Cultivation of Prosocial Behavior Adolescent Values and Moral Development Social Justice and Behavior Promotion of Public Morality and Adolescent Character Development
The relations between early-life stress and risk, time, and prosocial preferences in adulthood: A meta-analytic review, Wu, J.*, Guo, Z., Gao, X., & Kou, Y*., 2020
Disadvantaged early-life experience negatively predicts prosocial behavior: The roles of Honesty-Humility and dispositional trust among Chinese adolescents, Wu, J., Yuan, M., & Kou, Y*., 2020
System justification enhances life satisfaction of high-and low-status people in China, Li, W., Wu, J., & Kou, Y*., 2020
Testing the status-legitimacy hypothesis in China: Objective and subjective socioeconomic status divergently predict system justification, Li, W., Yang, Y., Wu, J., & Kou, Y*., 2020
Self-compassion relates to reduced unethical behavior through lower moral disengagement, Yang, Y., Guo, Z., Wu, J., & Kou, Y*., 2020
The effect of target’s power on prosocial behavior: A cross-cultural study, Fu, X., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Nielson, M. G., Yuan, M., & Kou, Y*., 2020
Gossip in the dictator and ultimatum games: Its immediate and downstream consequences for cooperation, Wu, J.*, Balliet, D., Kou, Y. *, & Van Lange, P. A. M., 2019
Linking self-compassion and prosocial behavior in adolescents: The mediating roles of relatedness and trust, Yang, Y., Guo, Z., Kou, Y. *, & Liu, B., 2019
Chinese adolescents with higher social dominance orientation are less prosocial and less happy: A value-environment fit analysis, Yang, Y., Li, W., Sheldon, K. M., & Kou, Y*., 2019
The role of relative intrinsic aspirations in Chinese adolescents’ prosocial behaviors, Fu, X., Liu, X., Yang, Y., Zhang, M., & Kou, Y*., 2018
The different roles of relative ingroup prototypicality in the outgroup attitudes of majority and minority groups, Wang, J., Wang, L., & Kou, Y*., 2018
Three good deeds and three blessings: The kindness and gratitude interventions on Chinese prisoners, Yang, Y., Zhao, H., Aidi, M., & Kou, Y*., 2018
Donors’ social class and their prosocial reputation: Perceived authentic motivation as an underlying mechanism, Yuan, M., Wu, J.*, & Kou, Y*., 2018
Orientations to happiness and subjective well-being in Chinese adolescents: The roles of prosocial behavior and internet addictive behavior, Yang, Y., Li, P., Fu, X., & Kou, Y*., 2017
Orientations to happiness and subjective well-being in Chinese adolescents, Yang, Y., Li, P., & Kou, Y*., 2017
Group boundary permeability moderates the effect of a dependency meta-stereotype on help-seeking behavior, Zhang, L., Kou, Y.*, Zhao, Y., & Fu, X., 2016
Self-compassion and life satisfaction: The mediating role of hope, Yang, Y., Zhang, M., & Kou, Y*., 2016
Belief in a just world lowers bribery intention, Bai, B. Y., Liu, X. X., & Kou, Y*., 2016
Dishonest behavior is not affected by an image of watching eyes, Cai, W., Huang, X., Wu, S., & Kou, Y*., 2015
The impacts of moral evaluations and descriptive norms on children's and adolescents’ tolerance of transgression, Wang, J., Fu, X., Zhang, L., & Kou, Y*., 2015
Materialistic values among Chinese adolescents: Effects of parental rejection and self-esteem, Fu, X., Kou, Y.*, & Yang, Y., 2015
Belief in a just world lowers perceived intention of corruption: The mediating role of perceived punishment, Bai, B. Y., Liu, X. X., & Kou, Y*., 2014
The effect of empathy on cooperation, forgiveness, and “Returning Good for Evil” in the prisoner's dilemma, Xu, H., Kou, Y., & Zhong, N., 2012
Emotional reactions to scandals: When does moral character make a difference?, Jiang,J.,Kou, Y., et al., 2011
Area of Focus
Marriage | Family | Relationships | Parenting | Child Development | Adolescent Development | Psychology | Education | Behavior | Mental Health
Area of Focus
Child Development | Adolescent Development | Personality | Social Development | Education | Sociology | Psychology | Statistics | Community | Family
Area of Focus
Personality | Social Development | Family | Child Development | Adolescent Development | Parental Discipline | Anxiety | Psychological Aggression | Corporal Punishment | Intergenerational Transmission
