Areas of Focus
- Mental Health Education
- Social and Personality Development
- Adolescent Internet Psychology and Behavior
- Development and Cultivation of Social Creativity
Work Experience
- 2004-present - Central China Normal University - Professor at the School of Psychology
- 2004 - Kashi Normal University - Teaching Support
- 2011-2012 - University of Memphis - Visiting Scholar
- 2017-2018 - State University of New York (SUNY) - Visiting Scholar
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D.: Beijing Normal University, Institute of Developmental Psychology
- Visiting Scholar: University of Memphis, Department of Psychology and College of Education (2011-2012)
- Visiting Scholar: State University of New York (SUNY) (2017-2018)
Publications
- Parents’ Response to Children’s Performance and Children’s Self-Esteem: Parent–Child Relationship and Friendship Quality as Mediators, Li W, Tan F, Zhou Z, Xue Y, Gu C*, Xu X., 2022
- Self-Consistency Congruence and Smartphone Addiction in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Subjective Well-Being and the Moderating Role of Gender, Li, Y., Ma, X., Li, C., Gu, C*., 2021
- Coping strategies and depression among cyberbullying victims in Vietnam: Self-esteem as a moderator, Ho, T. T. Q., Gu, C*, & Wang, L., 2022
- Is Self-Control an 'Angel' or a 'Devil'? The Effect of Internet Game Disorder on Adolescent Subjective Well-Being, Li, Q. Q., Tan, Y.Y., Chen, Y., Li, C., Ma, X., Wang, L., Gu, C.*, 2021
- The effect of intrinsic motivation and environmental cues on social creativity, Ma, X., Bie, Z., Li, C., Gu, C.*, Li, Q., Tan, Y., Tian, M. Y., & Fan, C.*, 2021
- Perceived Stress and Cyberloafing among College Students: The Mediating Roles of Fatigue and Negative Coping Styles, Chen, Y., Chen, H., Andrasik, F., Gu, C.*, 2021
- Cyberbullying victimization and depression: Self-esteem as a mediator and approach coping strategies as moderators, Ho, T. T. Q., & Gu, C*., 2021
- Cyberbullying victimization and depressive symptoms in Vietnamese university students: Examining social support as a mediator, Ho, T. T. Q., Li, C., & Gu, C*., 2020
- Validity and reliability of Vietnamese version of cyberbullying coping styles scale for students, Ho, T. T. Q. & Gu, C*., 2022
- The effect of environmental cues and motivation on creative idea generation, Gu C,* Han M (Joint first author), Li C, Bie, Z., Tan, Y., Xue, Y., & Ma, X., 2020
- Do field-dependent individuals tend to have lower creativity than field-independent ones? The role of informational cues in electronic brainstorming, Li, C., Mu X., Tan, Y., Gu, C*., Hue, B., Fan, C., 2020
- Individual Differences in Negative Emotion Differentiation Predict Resting-State Spontaneous Emotional Regulatory Processes, Wang, Y., Shangguan, C., Gu, C.*, Hu, B. Y., 2020
- Effects of Creative Personality on EEG Alpha Oscillation: Based on the Social and General Creativity Comparative Study, Wang, Y., Gu, C. (joint first author), Lu, J., & Dai, Y. D., 2019
- Effects of real-world and virtual openness and Internet communication on social creativity: A serial mediation analysis, Gu, C., Song, J., Hao, E., Zhou, Z., Gao, C., & Hu, B. Y., 2018
- Mapping the frontal alpha asymmetry indicators of habitual emotion regulation: a data-driven approach, Wang, Y., Lu, J., Gu, C., & Hu, B., 2018
- The Effects of Extrinsic Motivation on Scientific and Artistic Creativity among Middle School Students, Xue, Y., Gu, C. (joint first author), Wu, J., Dai, D. Y., Mu, X., & Zhou, Z., 2018
- Family Socio-Economic Status and Parent-Child Relationships Are Associated with the Social Creativity of Elementary School Children: The Mediating Role of Personality Traits, Zhang, D., Zhou, Z., Gu, C.*, Yuju, Lei, Fan, C., 2018
- What Matters Most to the Left-Behind Children’s Life Satisfaction and School Engagement: Parent or Grandparent?, Song, J., Ma, C., Gu, C., & Zuo, B., 2018
- The Effect of Social Economic Status and Parents’ Rearing Behavior on Social Creativity of Children in Mali, Diarra, Y., Gu, C., Guo, M. and Xue, Y., 2017
- The Effect of General Creative Personality and Freedom of Task Choice on Adolescents’ Social Creativity, Gu, C., Hu, B. Y., Ngwira, F. F., Jing, Z., Zhou, Z., 2016
- Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in Chinese preschools based on psychometric evidence, Hu, B. Y., Fan, X., Gu, C., & Yang, N., 2016
- The Application of Psychological Teaching Combined with Daily Life: The Role of the Internet, Gu, C., 2014
- The Effect of Network Communication on Children’s Social Creativity, Hao, E., Zhang, X., Jing, Z., Gu, C. (corresponding author), Song, J., 2013
- The Psychological Teaching Combined with Daily Life: The Role of the Internet, Chuanhua Gu., 2013
- The Psychological Teaching Combined with Daily Life: The Role of the Internet, Chuanhua Gu., 2013
- The Characteristics of Social Adaptation of College Freshmen and Educational Strategy, Xu, L., Gu, C. (corresponding author), Zhang, D., Jing, Z., 2013
- The effect of general creative personality and freedom of task choice on social creativity of Chinese adolescents, Gu, C., Chen, J., 2012
- The Effect of External Evaluation and Achievement Motivation on Social Creativity of Chinese Adolescents, Gu, C., Song, J., 2012
- The Effect of Temperament and External Award on Social Creativity of Chinese Adolescents, Gu, C., Yang, S., 2012
- The Situational Effect of Social Creativity of Primary Schoolchildren: An Empirical Study, Gu, C., 2012
- The Debate on Domain Specificity and Domain Generality of Creativity, Haixia Ji, Chuanhua Gu., 2011
- Internet-supported Creative Learning: The Application of Network in Learning, Chuanhua Gu., 2010
- Validity and reliability of Vietnamese version of cyberbullying coping styles scale for students, Thi Truc Quynh Ho, Chuanhua
Awards
- National Excellent Teacher of the Seventh Education Master (2019)
- Advanced Individual of the Fourth Council of Hubei Gerontology Society (2018)
- Outstanding Academic Achievement Award of Hubei Gerontology Society for 'Empty Nest Elderly, Out of Loneliness' (2018)
- Second Prize for Excellent Achievements in Psychology in Hubei Province for 'Social Creativity Psychology' (2011-2015)
- Advanced Member of Hubei and Wuhan Psychological Society (2010-2015)
- Outstanding Paper Award at the National Forum on Elderly Mental Health and Prevention of Mental Illness (2012)
- Second Zhu Zhixian Psychology Award for 'Development and Related Factors of Social Creative Personality' (2006)
- Advanced Individual in 'Three Educations' at Central China Normal University (2007-2008)
- Excellent Teacher at Central China Normal University (2007)
- Second Prize for Excellent Teaching Achievements at Central China Normal University for 'Construction of College Students' Learning Guidance Course' (2008)
- Outstanding Paper Award at the Summit Forum on 'Healthy Aging: Transformation of Medical Models and Lifestyles' (2016)