Areas of Focus
- Social Ecological Psychology
- Inequality in Society
- Dark Personality Traits
- Online Social Behavior
- Social Psychological Functions of Consumer Behavior
Work Experience
- 2018-present: Professor, Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University
- 2010-2018: Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University
- 2006-2010: Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2003-2006: PhD in Personality and Social Psychology, Beijing Normal University
- 2000-2003: Master's in Personality and Social Psychology, Beijing Normal University
- 1996-2000: Bachelor's in Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Publications
- Moving towards darkness: The personality-environment association between the Dark Triad and residential mobility, Zuo, S., Zhu, X., Wang, F., Huang, N., & Cai, P., 2023
- Ecological introspection resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic: the threat perception of the pandemic was positively related to pro-environmental behaviors, Zuo, S., Wang, F., Hong, Y., Chan, H., Chiu, C. P., & Wang, X., 2023
- \"You are useful objects\": Economic inequality leads people to approach instrumental others, Cheng, L., Hao, M., Wang, X., Li, Z., & Wang, F., 2023
- Residential mobility and psychological transformation in China: From relational to institutional trust, Wang, Y., Zuo, S., & Wang, F., 2023
- Population migration damages the natural environment: A multilevel investigation of the relationship between residential mobility and pro-environmental behaviors, Zuo, S., Cai, P., Huang, N., Wang, F., & Wang, P., 2023
- New technology evokes old memories: Frequent smartphone use increases feeling of nostalgia, Huang, N., Zuo, S., Wang, F., Li, Y., Cai, P., & Wang, S., 2023
- Editing the self in pictures: Selfie editing promotes self-objectification among Chinese, Xiao, L., Chu, D., Wang, F. & Yang, Y., 2023
- Objectification limits authenticity: Exploring the relations between objectification, perceived authenticity, and subjective well-being, Cheng, L., Li, Z., Hao, M., Zhu, X., & Wang, F., 2022
- Economic inequality perception dampens meritocratic belief in China: The mediating role of perceived distributive unfairness, Zhu, X., Cheng, L., Li, Z., Xiao, L., & Wang, F., 2022
- Join us: Dynamic norms encourage women to pursue STEM, Cheng, L., Hao, M., Xiao, L., & Wang, F., 2022
- Beware of the 'bad guys': Economic inequality, perceived competition, and social vigilance, Cheng, L., Hao, M., & Wang, F., 2021
- Are competitive people less altruistic and more manipulative? Associations among subtypes of competitiveness, hypothetical altruism, and Machiavellianism, Zhang, M., Andersson, B., & Wang, F., 2021
- Examining the links between beauty ideals internalization, the objectification of women, and ambivalent sexism among Chinese women: The effects of sexual orientation, Xiao, L. & Wang, F., 2021
- A state-level analysis of mortality and google searches for pornography: Insight from life history theory, Cheng, L., Zhou, X., Wang, F., & Xiao L., 2020
- The greater the economic inequality, the later people have children: The association between economic inequality and reproductive timing, Cheng, L., Zhou, X., Wang, F. & Hao, M., 2020
- Environmental attitudes in China: The roles of the dark triad, future orientation and place attachment, Huang, N., Zuo, S., Wang, F., Cai, P., & Wang, F., 2019
- The relationship between social power and sexual objectification: Behavioral and ERP data, Xiao, L., Li, B., Zheng, L., & Wang, F., 2019
- \"Distant\" pictures benefit emotion regulation in emotion disclosure on WeChat moments, Wang, F., Yu, C., Zuo, S., Huang, N., Cai, P., & Cheng, L., 2018
- The lure of antagonistic social strategy in unstable socioecological environment: Residential mobility facilitates individuals' antisocial behavior, Zuo, S., Huang, N., Cai, P., & Wang, F., 2018
- The dark side of malleability: Incremental theory promotes immoral behaviors, Huang, N., Zuo, S., Wang, F., Cai, P., & Wang, F., 2017
- The behavioural paths to wellbeing: An exploratory study to distinguish between hedonic and eudaimonic wellbeing from an activity perspective, Zuo, S., Wang, S., Wang, F., Shi, X., 2017
- The fragile but bright facet in the dark gem: Narcissism positively predicts personal morality when individual's self-esteem is at low level, Zuo, S., Wang, F., Xu, Y., Wang, F., & Zhao, X., 2016
- Absolute power leads to absolute corruption? Impact of power on corruption depending on the concepts of power one holds, Wang, F., & Sun, X., 2015
- Air pollution, wellbeing, and pro-environmental behaviour among Beijing residents, Gu, D., Huang, N., Zhang, M., & Wang, F., 2015
- 我们都是“打工人”：工作中的客体化, 李紫菲, 成磊, 朱雪丽, & Wang, F., 2023
- 关系破冰：高居住流动性环境下的口碑传播及其心理功能, 李雅雯, 杨婧洁, & Wang, F., 2022
- 贬损型幽默：笑声能化解敌意吗？, 李龙骄, & Wang, F., 2022
- 中国人精明人格的内涵, 结构与测量, 赵恒, 方仁晖, 赵子豪, 李林轩, 郑盼盼, & Wang, F., 2020
- 奋进与焦灼：中产过渡层的向上流动信念及主观社会阶层的影响, 成磊, Wang, F., 黄旎雯, & 左世江, 2019
- 线下受害者到线上欺负者的转化：道德推
Awards
- 2022: National First Prize for the Innovation and Practice of High-Quality Applied Psychology Master's Training Model
- 2021: Special Prize of Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement
- 2016, 2008: Outstanding Communist Party Member, Beijing Normal University
- 2016: Model Party Member Teacher, Beijing Normal University
- 2015: Tongding Young Teacher Award (Undergraduate Teaching), Beijing Normal University
- 2014: Top Ten Most Popular Teachers among Undergraduates, Beijing Normal University
- 2011: Outstanding Teaching Award, Beijing Normal University
- 2011: Liyun Outstanding Young Teacher Award, Beijing Normal University
- 2009: Main Lecturer of the Beijing Quality Course 'Social Psychology'
- 2008: Second Prize in the First Multimedia Teaching Software Competition of Beijing Normal University for 'Personality'
- 2003: Education and Social Science Applied Research Paper Award, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Beijing Normal University
