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Name	Gengfeng Niu
Contact Information	niugfpsy@ccnu.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Hubei

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Name

Gengfeng Niu

Contact Information

niugfpsy@ccnu.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Hubei

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Central China Normal University
Faculty	Psychology
Awards	Psychological Science Popularization Advanced Worker of Hubei Province (2023) Second Prize of Wuhan Outstanding Social Science Achievement Award (2022, ranked first) Guizi Young Scholar of Central China Normal University (2022) Second Prize of Henan Province Higher Education Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2020, ranked second) Third Prize of Xi'an Jiaotong University 'Net Science and Technology Award' (2018) Excellent Paper Award of 'Psychological Science' Journal and Chinese Psychological Society (2017) National Scholarship for Graduate Students (2013 and 2016) First 'President's Award' of Central China Normal University (2016)

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Central China Normal University

Faculty

Psychology

Awards

Psychological Science Popularization Advanced Worker of Hubei Province (2023)
Second Prize of Wuhan Outstanding Social Science Achievement Award (2022, ranked first)
Guizi Young Scholar of Central China Normal University (2022)
Second Prize of Henan Province Higher Education Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Research Achievement Award (2020, ranked second)
Third Prize of Xi'an Jiaotong University 'Net Science and Technology Award' (2018)
Excellent Paper Award of 'Psychological Science' Journal and Chinese Psychological Society (2017)
National Scholarship for Graduate Students (2013 and 2016)
First 'President's Award' of Central China Normal University (2016)

Areas of Focus	Personality and Social Development Internet Psychology and Behavior
Publications	Negative family body talk and negative emotional eating among Chinese adolescent girls and young adult women: The role of body dissatisfaction and feminism consciousness, Yang, W. C., Niu, G. F., Shi, X. H., Song, K., Zhang, Y. M., & Yuan, Z., 2023 Teaching presence promotes learner affective engagement: The roles of cognitive load and need for cognition, Zhang, Y. M., Tian, Y., Yao, L. S., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J. , & Niu, G. F., 2023 Parental Phubbing and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms during COVID-19: A Serial Meditating Model, Yang, W., Tang, L., Shen, X., Niu, G. , Shi, X., Jin, S., Zhang, Y., et al., 2023 Development and validation of a scale to measure internet self-expansion, Niu, G. F., Wang, Y. P., Li, Z. X., Zhou, Z. K, Ni, X. L., & Sun, X. J., 2023 Photo Activity on Social Networking Sites and Body Dissatisfaction: The Roles of Thin-Ideal Internalization and Body Appreciation, Duan, C., Lian, S., Yu, L., Niu, G., & Sun, X., 2022 Social exclusion and depression among undergraduate students: The mediating roles of rejection sensitivity and social self-efficacy, Niu, G. F., Shi, X. H., Yao, L. S., Yang, W. C., Jin. S. Y., & Xu, L., 2022 Can smartphone presence affect cognitive function? The moderating role of fear of missing out, Niu, G. F., Shi, X. H., Zhang, Z. L., Yang, W. C., Jin. S. Y., & Sun, X. J., 2022 Teaching presence predicts cyberloafing during online learning: From the perspective of the community of inquiry framework and social learning theory, Zhang, Y. M., Tian, Y., Yao, L. S., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J. , & Niu, G. F., 2022 Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship, Niu, G. F., Jin, S. Y., Xu, F., Lin, S. Y. , Zhou. Z. K. , & Longobardi, C., 2022 Parental Mediation Moderates the Association Between Social Media Exposure and Tobacco and Alcohol Use: Differences Between Elementary and Middle School Students, Yao, L., Sun, X., Niu, G., Zheng, Y., & Chinyani, T., 2022 Machiavellianism and gift-giving in live video streaming: The mediating role of desire for control and the moderating role of materialism, Niu, G. F., Shi, X. H., Jin. S. Y., Yang, W. C., Wu, Y. , & Sun, X. J., 2022 Individual differences matter in the effect of teaching presence on perceived learning: From the social cognitive perspective of self-regulated learning, Zhang, Y. M., Tian, Y., Yao, L. S., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J. , & Niu, G. F., 2022 Body image flexibility moderates the association between photo-related activities on WeChat moments and the body dissatisfaction of female adolescents in China, Wu, L., Niu G. F. , Ni, X. L., Shao X. Y., & Luo Y. J., 2022 Active Social Network Sites Use and Loneliness: the Mediating Role of Social Support and Self-Esteem, Lin, S., Liu, D., Niu, G. , & Longobardi, C., 2022 Purchasing social attention by tipping: Materialism predicts online tipping in live-streaming platform through self-enhancement motive, Wu, Y., Niu, G. , Chen, Z., & Zhang, D., 2022 Information overload and the intention to reduce SNS usage: The mediating roles of negative social comparison and fatigue, Niu, G. F., Yao, L. S., Tian, Y., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2022 Mindfulness buffers the influence of stress on cue-induced craving for Internet among Chinese colleges with problematic Internet use, Sun, X. J., Duan, C. Y., Niu, G. F., & Zhang, Y. M., 2021 Parental active internet mediation and children's academic adaptation: the mediating role of video gaming and moderating role of deviant peer affiliation, Sun, X., Zhang, X., Duan, C., Yao, L., Niu, G., & Tian, Y., 2021 Ostracism and problematic smartphone use: the mediating effect of social self‑efficacy and moderating effect of rejection sensitivity, Sun, X., Zhang, Y., Niu, G., Tian, Y, Xu, L., &Duan, C., 2021 Socioeconomic status and social networking site addiction among children and adolescents: examining the roles of parents' active mediation and ICT attitudes, Sun, X. J., Duan, C. Y., Yao, L. S., Zhang, Y. M., Chinyani , T., & Niu, G. F. , 2021 The Moderating Role of Deviant Peer Affiliation in the Relation between Cyber-Victimization, Tobacco and Alcohol Use, and Age Differences, Sun, X., Yao, L., Niu, G. , Lin, S., 2021 Perceived Stress and Short-Form Video Application Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Model, Liu, Y., Ni, X., & Niu, G. , 2021 Selfie-posting on social networking sites, body surveillance, and exercise for weight control among Chinese young women with low body mass index, Yao, L. S., Niu, G. F.,* & Sun, X. J., 2020 Behavioural and ERP evidence of the self‑advantage of online self‑relevant information, Niu, G. F., Yao, L. S., Kong, F. C., Luo, Y. J., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2020 Parental phubbing and adolescent problematic mobile phone use: The role of parent-child relationship and self-control, Niu, G. F., Yao, L. S., Wu, L., Tian, Y., Xu, L., & Sun, X. J., 2020 The influence of active social networking services use and social capital on flourishing in chinese adolescents, Liu, Y. , Ni, X. , & Niu, G. , 2020 Cyberbullying Victimization and Adolescent Depression: The Mediating Role of Psychological Security and the Moderating Role of Growth Mindset, Niu, G. F., He, J, Lin, S. Y., Sun, X. J., & Longobardi, C., 2020 Selfie-posting and young adult women’s restrained eating: The role of commentary on appearance and self-objectification, Niu, G. F., Sun, L. J., Liu, Q. Q., Chai, H. Y., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2020 Online Parent-Child Communication and Left-Behind Children’s Subjective Well-Being: the Effects of Parent-Child Relationship and Gratitude, Niu, G. F., Chai, H. Y., Li, Z. X., Li, W., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2020 Trait aggression affects the response inhibition to angry expressions: An event-related brain potential study, Sun, L. J. #, Niu, G. #, Li, J. Y., Du, H. Q., Yang, S. C., Luo, Y. Y., 2020 Qzone use and depression among Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model, Niu, G. F., Luo, Y., Sun, X., Zhou, Z., Yu, F., Yang, S., & Zhao, L., 2018 Cyber-ostracism and its relation to depression among Chinese adolescents: The moderating role of optimism, Niu, G. F., Zhou, Z. K., Sun, X. J., Yu, F., Xie, X. C., Liu, Q. Q., Lian, S. L., 2018 From growth mindset to grit in Chinese schools: the mediating roles of learning motivations, Zhao, Y. #, Niu, G. #, Hou, H., Zeng, G., Xu, L., & Peng, K., et al., 2018 Gender, negative life events and coping on different stages of depression severity: A cross-sectional study among Chinese university students, Sun, X. J. #, Niu, G. F. #, You, Z. Q., Zhou, Z. K., Tang, Y., 2017 Resilience moderates the relationship between ostracism and depression among Chinese adolescents, Niu, G. F., Sun, X. J., Tian, Y., Fan, C. Y., & Zhou, Z. K., 2016 Cue-induced Craving for Internet among Internet addicts, Niu, G. F., Sun, X. J., Subrah

Areas of Focus

Personality and Social Development
Internet Psychology and Behavior

Publications

Negative family body talk and negative emotional eating among Chinese adolescent girls and young adult women: The role of body dissatisfaction and feminism consciousness, Yang, W. C., Niu, G. F.*, Shi, X. H., Song, K., Zhang, Y. M., & Yuan, Z., 2023
Teaching presence promotes learner affective engagement: The roles of cognitive load and need for cognition, Zhang, Y. M., Tian, Y., Yao, L. S., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J. *, & Niu, G. F.*, 2023
Parental Phubbing and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms during COVID-19: A Serial Meditating Model, Yang, W., Tang, L., Shen, X., Niu, G. *, Shi, X., Jin, S., Zhang, Y., et al., 2023
Development and validation of a scale to measure internet self-expansion, Niu, G. F., Wang, Y. P., Li, Z. X., Zhou, Z. K, Ni, X. L., & Sun, X. J., 2023
Photo Activity on Social Networking Sites and Body Dissatisfaction: The Roles of Thin-Ideal Internalization and Body Appreciation, Duan, C., Lian, S., Yu, L., Niu, G*., & Sun, X*., 2022
Social exclusion and depression among undergraduate students: The mediating roles of rejection sensitivity and social self-efficacy, Niu, G. F., Shi, X. H., Yao, L. S., Yang, W. C., Jin. S. Y., & Xu, L.*, 2022
Can smartphone presence affect cognitive function? The moderating role of fear of missing out, Niu, G. F., Shi, X. H., Zhang, Z. L., Yang, W. C., Jin. S. Y., & Sun, X. J.*, 2022
Teaching presence predicts cyberloafing during online learning: From the perspective of the community of inquiry framework and social learning theory, Zhang, Y. M., Tian, Y., Yao, L. S., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J. *, & Niu, G. F.*, 2022
Relational Victimization and Video Game Addiction among Female College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Social Anxiety and Parasocial Relationship, Niu, G. F., Jin, S. Y., Xu, F., Lin, S. Y. *, Zhou. Z. K. *, & Longobardi, C.*, 2022
Parental Mediation Moderates the Association Between Social Media Exposure and Tobacco and Alcohol Use: Differences Between Elementary and Middle School Students, Yao, L., Sun, X*., Niu, G*., Zheng, Y., & Chinyani, T., 2022
Machiavellianism and gift-giving in live video streaming: The mediating role of desire for control and the moderating role of materialism, Niu, G. F., Shi, X. H., Jin. S. Y., Yang, W. C., Wu, Y. *, & Sun, X. J*., 2022
Individual differences matter in the effect of teaching presence on perceived learning: From the social cognitive perspective of self-regulated learning, Zhang, Y. M., Tian, Y., Yao, L. S., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J. *, & Niu, G. F.*, 2022
Body image flexibility moderates the association between photo-related activities on WeChat moments and the body dissatisfaction of female adolescents in China, Wu, L., Niu G. F. *, Ni, X. L., Shao X. Y., & Luo Y. J., 2022
Active Social Network Sites Use and Loneliness: the Mediating Role of Social Support and Self-Esteem, Lin, S., Liu, D., Niu, G. *, & Longobardi, C., 2022
Purchasing social attention by tipping: Materialism predicts online tipping in live-streaming platform through self-enhancement motive, Wu, Y., Niu, G. *, Chen, Z., & Zhang, D., 2022
Information overload and the intention to reduce SNS usage: The mediating roles of negative social comparison and fatigue, Niu, G. F., Yao, L. S., Tian, Y., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2022
Mindfulness buffers the influence of stress on cue-induced craving for Internet among Chinese colleges with problematic Internet use, Sun, X. J., Duan, C. Y., Niu, G. F.*, & Zhang, Y. M., 2021
Parental active internet mediation and children's academic adaptation: the mediating role of video gaming and moderating role of deviant peer affiliation, Sun, X., Zhang, X., Duan, C., Yao, L., Niu, G.*, & Tian, Y., 2021
Ostracism and problematic smartphone use: the mediating effect of social self‑efficacy and moderating effect of rejection sensitivity, Sun, X., Zhang, Y., Niu, G.*, Tian, Y, Xu, L., &Duan, C., 2021
Socioeconomic status and social networking site addiction among children and adolescents: examining the roles of parents' active mediation and ICT attitudes, Sun, X. J., Duan, C. Y., Yao, L. S., Zhang, Y. M., Chinyani , T., & Niu, G. F. *, 2021
The Moderating Role of Deviant Peer Affiliation in the Relation between Cyber-Victimization, Tobacco and Alcohol Use, and Age Differences, Sun, X., Yao, L., Niu, G. *, Lin, S., 2021
Perceived Stress and Short-Form Video Application Addiction: A Moderated Mediation Model, Liu, Y., Ni, X., & Niu, G. *, 2021
Selfie-posting on social networking sites, body surveillance, and exercise for weight control among Chinese young women with low body mass index, Yao, L. S., Niu, G. F.,* & Sun, X. J*., 2020
Behavioural and ERP evidence of the self‑advantage of online self‑relevant information, Niu, G. F., Yao, L. S., Kong, F. C., Luo, Y. J., Duan, C. Y., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2020
Parental phubbing and adolescent problematic mobile phone use: The role of parent-child relationship and self-control, Niu, G. F., Yao, L. S., Wu, L., Tian, Y., Xu, L., & Sun, X. J., 2020
The influence of active social networking services use and social capital on flourishing in chinese adolescents, Liu, Y. , Ni, X. , & Niu, G. *, 2020
Cyberbullying Victimization and Adolescent Depression: The Mediating Role of Psychological Security and the Moderating Role of Growth Mindset, Niu, G. F., He, J, Lin, S. Y., Sun, X. J., & Longobardi, C., 2020
Selfie-posting and young adult women’s restrained eating: The role of commentary on appearance and self-objectification, Niu, G. F., Sun, L. J., Liu, Q. Q., Chai, H. Y., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2020
Online Parent-Child Communication and Left-Behind Children’s Subjective Well-Being: the Effects of Parent-Child Relationship and Gratitude, Niu, G. F., Chai, H. Y., Li, Z. X., Li, W., Sun, X. J., & Zhou, Z. K., 2020
Trait aggression affects the response inhibition to angry expressions: An event-related brain potential study, Sun, L. J. #, Niu, G. #, Li, J. Y., Du, H. Q., Yang, S. C., Luo, Y. Y., 2020
Qzone use and depression among Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model, Niu, G. F., Luo, Y., Sun, X., Zhou, Z., Yu, F., Yang, S., & Zhao, L., 2018
Cyber-ostracism and its relation to depression among Chinese adolescents: The moderating role of optimism, Niu, G. F., Zhou, Z. K., Sun, X. J., Yu, F., Xie, X. C., Liu, Q. Q., Lian, S. L., 2018
From growth mindset to grit in Chinese schools: the mediating roles of learning motivations, Zhao, Y. #, Niu, G. #, Hou, H., Zeng, G., Xu, L., & Peng, K., et al., 2018
Gender, negative life events and coping on different stages of depression severity: A cross-sectional study among Chinese university students, Sun, X. J. #, Niu, G. F. #, You, Z. Q., Zhou, Z. K., Tang, Y., 2017
Resilience moderates the relationship between ostracism and depression among Chinese adolescents, Niu, G. F., Sun, X. J., Tian, Y., Fan, C. Y., & Zhou, Z. K., 2016
Cue-induced Craving for Internet among Internet addicts, Niu, G. F., Sun, X. J., Subrah

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