Areas of Focus
- Positive development and mental health of adolescents
- Mental health and promotion of disadvantaged children and adolescents from a resilience perspective
- Multi-level health behavior prevention and intervention based on physiological-neural-behavioral aspects
- Mental health education in primary and secondary schools
- Family and marriage therapy
Work Experience
- 2013-07 to Present - Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology - Professor
- 2006-07 to 2013-07 - Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology - Associate Professor
- 2003-08 to 2006-07 - Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology - Lecturer
- 2013-09 to Present - Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology - Deputy Dean
- 2009-03 to 2013-09 - Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee
- 2012-08 to 2012-11, 2003-12 to 2004-02 - Wayne State University, Prevention Research Center - Visiting Scholar
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-09 to 2003-07 PhD: Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology
- 1998-09 to 2000-07 Master's: Beijing Normal University, Institute of Developmental Psychology
- 1989-09 to 1993-07 Bachelor's: Beijing Normal University, Department of Education, Early Childhood Education
Publications
- Parent-Child Separation and Diurnal Cortisol Rhythms Among Left-Behind Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Sex, Xie, M., Jiang, Y., Zilioli, S., Xiang, S., Zhao, S., & Lin, D., 2023
- The neural mechanism of resilience-based intervention enhancing AIDS orphans’ psychosocial resources: preliminary findings, Gong, X., Wang, Y., Su, S., Zuo, P., Bu, Y., Liu, J., Cheon, B., & Lin, D., 2023
- Trajectories of Perceived Stress among Students in Transition to College: Mindset Antecedents and Adjustment Outcome, Zhao, S., Zhang, Y., Yu, C., Zhang, H., Xie, M., Chen, P., Lin, D., 2023
- Trajectories of positive youth development and promotive factors among adolescents during the transition to high school in China, Chai, X., Xiong, P., & Lin, D., 2023
- Psychological and Physical Abuse and Cortisol Response to Stress: The Moderating Role of Psychosocial Resources, Sun, J., Jiang, Y., Zilioli, S., Xie, M., Chen, L., & Lin, D., 2023
- Reciprocal associations between peer victimization and depressive symptoms among Chinese children and adolescents: Between- and within-person effects, Shen, Z., Xiao, J., Su, S., Tam, C. C., & Lin, D., 2022
- Factors that promote positive Chinese youth development: A Qualitative Study, Wang, Y., Li, X., Bronk, K., & Lin, D., 2022
- A latent transition analysis of longitudinal stability of peer victimization experiences among Chinese adolescents, Ye, Z., Harrison, S. E., & Lin, D., 2022
- Psychiatric symptoms, risk, and protective factors among university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic in China, Sun, S., Lin, D., Goldberg, S., Shen, Z., Chen, P., Qiao, S., Brewer, J., Loucks, E., & Operario, D., 2021
- A Mindfulness-Based Mobile Health (mHealth) Intervention Among Psychologically Distressed University Students in Quarantine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Sun, S., Lin, D., Goldberg, S., Shen, Z., Chen, P., Qiao, S., Brewer, J., Loucks, E., & Operario, D., 2021
Awards
- 2020: Hosted the first batch of national first-class undergraduate courses: 'Social Practice and Volunteer Service'
- 2021: First Prize in Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award of Beijing Normal University: Construction of a Psychology Practice Education System Based on Value Guidance
- 2016: Second Prize in Graduate Education Achievement Award of the Chinese Society of Academic Degrees and Graduate Education: Exploration and Construction of an Innovative Graduate Training Model in Psychology
- 2017: Second Prize in Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award of Beijing: Training Top Innovative Talents in the Field of Mental Health
- 2017: Special Prize for Excellent Graduate Teaching Achievement of Beijing Normal University: Innovation in the 'Whole Process' Practice Training Model for Applied Psychology
- 2014: Special Prize for Excellent Graduate Teaching Achievement of Beijing Normal University: International Training of Innovative Graduate Students in Psychology
- 2006: Second Prize in the Fourth Excellent Achievement Award for Humanities and Social Sciences Research in Chinese Universities: Research on the Prevention and Intervention of Adolescent Smoking Behavior