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Xiaoqi Sun
Educational Science
Hunan Normal University
Hunan
Language: Chinese, English
Schizophrenia
Psychosis
Delusion
Hallucination
Cognitive Mechanisms
Anxiety
Depression
Cognitive Bias
Social Media
Mental Health
Areas of Focus
- Schizophrenia and Psychosis symptoms, such as Delusion and Hallucination, and their cognitive mechanisms
- Comorbidity, differentiation, and common pathological mechanisms of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia
- Impact of various cognitive biases, such as worry, rumination, metacognitive dysregulation, and cognitive rigidity on mental health
- How social environmental factors (e.g., social media use, school bullying) affect mental health through cognitive processes
- Sports and mental health
Work Experience
- 2018-03 to 2019-12 - The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2020-01 to present - Hunan Normal University, School of Education Science, Department of Psychology - Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011 - Bachelor of Management: Xiamen University of Technology
- 2014 - Master of Psychology: Peking University
- 2018 - PhD in Psychology: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Publications
- Worry and metacognitions as predictors of the development of anxiety and paranoia, Sun, X., So, S.H. W., Chan, R. C. K., Chiu, C. D., & Leung, P. W. L., 2019
- Paranoia and anxiety: A cluster analysis in a non-clinical sample and the relationship with worry processes, Sun, X., So, S.H. W., Chiu, C. D., Chan, R. C. K., & Leung, P. W. L., 2018
- Dysfunctional metacognition across psychopathologies: A meta-analytic review, Sun, X., Zhu, C., & So, S. H., 2017
- Associations between belief inflexibility and dimensions of delusions: A meta-analytic review of two approaches to assessing belief flexibility, Zhu, C., Sun, X., & So, S. H., 2017
- Risk perception in paranoia and anxiety: Two investigations across clinical and non-clinical populations, So, S.H. W., Sun, X., Chan, G. H. K., Chan, I. H. H., Chiu, C. D., Chan, S. K. W., Wong W. Y., Leung, P. W. L., & Chen, E. Y. H., 2020
- A randomised controlled trial of metacognitive training for psychosis, depression, and belief flexibility, So, S. H. W., Chan, G. H. K., Wong, C. K. W., Ching, E. W. K., Lee, S. S. W., Wong, B. C. W., Zhu, C., Sun, X., Chung, L. K. H., Hung, A. Y., Wong, J. O. Y. & Chan, S. S. M., 2020
