Areas of Focus
- Social Exclusion, Behavioral Decision-Making
- Relative Poverty and Child Development
- Intergroup Relations, Cultural Identity
Work Experience
- 2018.6—Present - Northwest Normal University, School of Psychology - Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
- 2012.6-2017.12 - Northwest Normal University, School of Psychology - Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor
- 2007.7-2012.6 - Northwest Normal University, School of Education - Lecturer
- 2002.7-2007.6 - Northwest Normal University, School of Education - Assistant Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008.7-2012.7 PhD: Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology
- 2002.7-2005.7 Master's Degree: Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology
- 1998.7-2002.7 Bachelor's Degree: Northwest Normal University, School of Education
Publications
- Differences in Automatic Emotion Regulation after Social Exclusion in Individuals with Different Attachment Types, ZOU Y., YANG X.L.*, LI J., 2022
- The Effects of Social Exclusion on the Psychology and Behavior of Different Self-constructors, YANG X.L.*, ZOU Y., WANG Y., 2022
- Effects of intergroup vicarious ostracism on individual prejudice attributions and aggression intentions, YANG X.L.*, XINI T.T., ZHAO Q. H., 2021
- Effects of Intergroup Exclusion on Individual Need-Threat and Behavior Tendencies, YANG X.L.*, WEI L., ZHAO Q. H. & LIU L., 2017
- The Relationship between Cultural Anxiety and Ethnic Essentialism: The Mediating Role of an Endorsement of Multicultural Ideology, YANG X.L.*, LIU L., & SHI Y. Y., 2015
- Threat Perception and cross-ethnic contact intention: The Mediating Effect of Ingroup Essentialism, Xiao-li YANG*, Jian-hua ZHONG1, Hai-yan ZHAO, Xiao-yuan LIANG, 2016
- The Relationship between Essentialism and the Preference for Noun Labels: The Moderating Role of Sympathy, 杨晓莉,马超, 2021
- Can We Really Empathize? The Impact of Vicarious Ostracism on Individuals and Theoretical Explanations, 杨晓莉,邹妍, 2020
- Hurting Others Hurts Oneself: The Impact of Ostracism on the Ostracizer and Theoretical Explanations, 杨晓莉, 2020
- Theoretical Paradigms of Social Exclusion and Their Impact on Outcomes, 杨晓莉,信同童, 2019
- The Impact of Self-Construction on Social Information Attention Bias in Excluded Individuals, 杨晓莉, 魏丽, 丁甜甜, 2018
- The Development Trends of Cultural Psychology and Ethnic Relations Research, 杨晓莉,马超, 2016
- The Mediating Role of Dialectical Self in Bicultural Identity Integration and Psychological Adaptation, 杨晓莉,闫红丽,刘力, 2015
- The Impact of Cultural Anxiety and Support for Multicultural Ideology on Ingroup Essentialism, 杨晓莉,刘力, 2015
- The Impact of Ethnic Essentialism on Cross-Ethnic Contact: A Case Study of Tibetan Students in Mainland China, 杨晓莉,刘力,赵显,张笑笑, 2014
- The Entity of Social Groups: Review and Prospects, 杨晓莉、刘力、李琼,弯美娜, 2012
- The Social Psychological Mechanisms of Ethnic Conflict, 刘力,杨晓莉, 2011
- Cultural Frame Switching in Bicultural Individuals: Influencing Factors and Outcomes, 杨晓莉、刘力、张笑笑, 2010
- The Mediating Role of Coping Styles in the Relationship between Personality Complexity and Interpersonal Relationships among College Students, 杨晓莉、马书采、高晓丽, 2009
- A Study on the Characteristics of Parent-Adolescent Communication, 杨晓莉,邹泓, 2008
Awards
- Gansu Province Higher Education Social Science Achievement Third Prize (2014): 'Ethnic Identity and Intergroup Relations in a Multicultural Society', First Author
- Gansu Province Higher Education Social Science Achievement Third Prize (2014): 'The Mechanism of Deactivating Attachment Strategies and Its Social Adaptation Value', Second Author
- Northwest Normal University 'Double Star Plan' (2016, 2018): 'Young Teacher Teaching and Research Star'