Areas of Focus
- Personality and Emotion in Children and Adolescents
- Stress and Health
Work Experience
- 2019.12-Present - Shaanxi Normal University - Professor
- 2016.08-2017.09 - National University of Ireland, Galway - Visiting Associate Professor
- 2015.12-2019.12 - Shaanxi Normal University - Associate Professor
- 2014.07-2015.12 - Shaanxi Normal University - Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011.09-2014.07 PhD in Basic Psychology: Shaanxi Normal University
- 2008.09-2011.07 Combined Master's and PhD in Basic Psychology: Shaanxi Normal University
- 2004.09-2008.07 Bachelor's in Applied Psychology: Shaanxi Normal University (Top 5% in major, direct admission to graduate program)
Publications
- Differential effects of avoidance and approach negative personality traits on patterns of stress cardiovascular responses, Lü, W, 2020
- Trait impulsiveness and response inhibition in young adults: Moderating role of resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia, Xing, W., Lü, W., & Wang, Z., 2020
- Trait and state approach-motivated positive affects interactively influence stress cardiovascular recovery, Qin, Y., Lü, W., Hughes, B. M., & Kaczmarek, L. D., 2019
- Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia moderates the association between social phobia symptoms and self-reported physical symptoms, Xing, W., Lü, W., & Wang, Z., 2019
- Parent-children relationship and internet addiction of adolescents: The mediating role of self-concept, Huang, S., Hu, Y., Ni, Q., Qin, Y., & Lü, W., 2019
- Associations between resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia, intraindividual reaction time variability, and trait positive affect, Lü, W., & Wang, Z., 2018
- Cardiovascular stress-response adaptation: Conceptual basis, empirical findings, and implications for disease processes, Hughes, B. M., Lü, W., & Howard, S., 2018
- Extraversion and cardiovascular responses to recurrent social stress: Effect of stress intensity, Lü, W., Xing, W., Hughes, B. M., & Wang, Z., 2018
- Sleep restriction undermines cardiovascular adaptation during stress, contingent on emotional stability, Lü, W., Hughes, B. M., Howard, S., & James, J. E., 2018
- Physiological adaptation to recurrent social stress of extraversion, Lü, W., & Wang, Z., 2017
- Physiological responses to repeated stress in individuals with high and low trait resilience, Lü, W., Wang, Z., & You, X., 2016
- Openness and physiological responses to recurrent social stress, Lü, W., Wang, Z., & Hughes, B. M., 2016
- Resilience as a mediator between extraversion, neuroticism and happiness, PA and NA, Lü, W., Wang, Z., Liu, Y., & Zhang, H., 2014
- A pilot study on changes of cardiac vagal tone in individuals with low trait positive affect: The effect of positive psychotherapy, Lü, W., Wang, Z., & Liu, Y., 2013
- Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia is associated with trait positive affect and positive emotional expressivity, Wang, Z., Lü, W., & Qin, R., 2013
Awards
- Shaanxi Province 'Outstanding Young Talent' (2019)
- Shaanxi Province Higher Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Excellence Award Third Prize (2019)
- Shaanxi Province Higher Education 'Outstanding Young Talent' (2018)
- Shaanxi Normal University Outstanding Party Branch Secretary (2018)
- Psychology Department Annual Assessment Excellence (2018)
- Ministry of Education Seventh Higher Education Scientific Research Excellence Award Second Prize (2015)
- Shaanxi Province Twelfth Philosophy and Social Sciences Excellence Award Second Prize (2015)
- Shaanxi Normal University Seventh Young Teachers Teaching Basic Skills Competition Second Prize (2014)
- Shaanxi Normal University Outstanding Doctoral Graduate (2014)
- Baosteel Education Fund Outstanding Student Award (2014)
- National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2014), National Scholarship for Undergraduate Students (2008)