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Feng Kong
Psychology
Shaanxi Normal University
Shaanxi
Language: Chinese, English
Happiness
Cognitive Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Personality
Environmental Factors
Health Behaviors
Positive Interventions
Psychological Mechanisms
Neuroscience
Well-Being
Areas of Focus
- Cognitive and neural mechanisms of human happiness
- Psychological and neural mechanisms of personality and environmental factors affecting happiness and health behaviors
- Basic research and applied practice of positive interventions
Work Experience
- Current - Shaanxi Normal University - Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
- Current - Tsinghua University - Academic Expert at H+Lab
- Current - Chinese Psychological Society - Member of the Behavioral and Health Psychology Committee
- Current - Chinese Society of Social Psychology - Member of the Mental Health Committee
- Current - Major Project of the Brain Science and Brain-like Research Program - Expert Committee Member
- Current - Rutgers University - Member of the Organizational Emotional Intelligence Research Association
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D. in Science: Beijing Normal University
- Published nearly 80 papers in SSCI/SCI journals
- Total citations on Google Scholar: 6098
- h-index: 43
- i10-index: 69
- Listed in Elsevier's Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (2018-2022)
- Listed in Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists (2020-2023)
- Ranked 24th in the National Top 100 Scholars in the Field of Mental Disorders (2012-2021)
Publications
- Sex dimorphic cortical brain volumes associated with antisocial behavior in young adults, Ding, K., Xu, M., Huang, T., Song, Y., Kong, F.*, & Zhen, Z*., 2024
- Childhood maltreatment and gratitude: A multilevel, meta-analytic review, Zhu, N., Ye, Y., Li, C., Wang, R., & Kong, F.*., 2024
- Longitudinal linkages between strength use and depressive symptoms in Chinese nurses: A two wave, cross-lagged study, Bai, C., Bai, B., Hao, Y., & Kong, F.*, 2024
- Can orange colour facilitate the processing of happiness? An exploration study on happiness metaphor, Hui, Q., Kong, F., Lin, S., Li, Y., & You, X., 2024
- The relation between childhood maltreatment and depressed mood in youth: A daily diary study, Li, C., Zhang, L., Zhu, N., Li, W., & Kong, F*., 2024
- Bifactor Modelling, reliability, and validity of the Material Values Scale of in Chinese youth, Wang, J., Xin, X., Huo, Y., Li, Y., Han, Y., & Kong, F.*, 2024
- Neural correlates of social interaction anxiety and their relation to emotional intelligence: A resting-state fMRI study, Xue, S., Kong, F., Song, Y., & Liu, J., 2024
- Development and validation of the lying flat tendency scale for the youth, Lu, H., Hou, J., Huang, A., Wang, J., & Kong, F*., 2023
- Disentangling the relations between self-esteem and subjective well-being in emerging adults: A two-wave longitudinal study, Tan, Q., Zhu, N., Zhang, L., & Kong, F.*, 2023
- Relation of emotion malleability beliefs to subjective well-being in young adults: a short-term longitudinal study, Zhang, M., Li, W., Zhang, L., Jia, N., You, X., & Kong, F*., 2023
- Trait resilience and subjective well-being in emerging adulthood: a two-wave longitudinal study, Fan, D., Li, C., Zhu, N., Wang, T., & Kong, F.*, 2023
- Authentic leadership and employee resilience during the COVID-19: The role of flow, organizational identification, and trust, Mao, Y., Kang, X., Lai, Y., Yu, K., Deng, X., Zhai, Y., Kong, F.*, Ma, J., & Bonaiuto, F., 2023
- Devote yourself to enjoy daily work: A diary study on flow experience and organizational identification, Mao, Y., Guo, S., Xie, M., Yu, J., Deng, X., Li, Y., Zhai, Y., & Kong, F*., 2023
- Functional integration of anterior insula related to meaning in life and loneliness, Zhang, Y., Ma, S., Liu, Y., Kong, F.*, & Zhen, Z.*, 2023
- Being grateful every day will pay off: a daily diary investigation on relationships between gratitude and well-being in Chinese young adults, Zhang, L., Li, W., Ye, Y., Yang, K., Jia, J., & Kong, F.*, 2023
- The link between mindfulness and psychological well-being among university students: the mediating role of social connectedness and self-esteem, Rehman, A.U., You, X., Wang, Z., & Kong, F.*, 2023
- The relationship between gratitude and social well-being: Evidence from a longitudinal study and a daily diary method, Ye, Y., Zhang, L., Zhao, J., & Kong, F.*, 2023
- Incremental well-being beliefs and well-being in adolescents: The mediating role of self-esteem and optimism, Kong, F., Li, W., Wang, Q., & Zhen, Z*., 2023
- Childhood emotional but not physical or sexual maltreatment predicts prosocial behavior in late adolescence: A daily diary study, Kong, F.*, Zhu, N., Ye, Y., Li, C., Zhang, L., Li, W., 2023
- The relation between childhood maltreatment and hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in emerging adults: A daily diary study, Li, C., Zhu, N., Zhang, L., Li, W., & Kong, F*., 2023
- The relationships between happiness motives and problematic smartphone use in young adults: A weekly diary study, Kong, F.*, & Tan, Q., 2023
- Gratitude and life satisfaction among older adults in saudi arabia: Social support and enjoyment of life as mediators, El Keshky, M.E., Khusaifan, S.J., & Kong, F., 2023
- Genetic architecture of well-being: Cumulative effect of serotonergic polymorphisms, Fan, Y., Yang, Y., Shi, L., Zhao, W., Kong, F., & Gong, P., 2023
- Pursuing pleasure or meaning: a cross-lagged analysis of happiness motives and well-being in adolescents, Li, W., Zhang, L., Li, C., Zhu, N., Zhao, J., & Kong, F.*, 2022
- How is subjective family socioeconomic status related to life satisfaction in Chinese adolescents? The mediating role of resilience, self-esteem and hope, Yan, W., Zhang, L., Li, W., & Kong, F.*, 2022
Awards
- Elsevier's Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (2023)
- Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists (2023)
- Elsevier's Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (2022)
- Elsevier's Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (2021)
- Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists (2022)
- National Top 100 Scholars in the Field of Mental Disorders (2022), Rank 24
- National Top 100 Scholars in the Field of Mental Disorders (2021), Rank 58
- Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists (2021)
- Elsevier's Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (2020)
- Elsevier's Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (2019)
- Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists (2020)
- Elsevier's Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (2018)
- Third Prize in the 13th Shaanxi Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award (2018)
- Outstanding Paper Award at the First National Mindfulness Meditation Academic Symposium (2014)
