Ph.D., Lifespan Developmental Psychology, North Carolina State University
M.S., Lifespan Developmental Psychology, North Carolina State University
B.S., Psychology, Southern Medical University
Impact of social, cultural and emotional factors on health, cognition (e.g., memory,
judgment and decision-making) and psychological well-being
Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2017). Moral Judgments and Social Stereotypes: Do the Age and Gender
of the Perpetrator and the Victim Matter? Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Lu, Q., Yeung N., Man, J., Gallagher, M., Chu, Q., & Deen, S. (2017). Ambivalence over Emotional Expression, Intrusive Thoughts, and
Posttraumatic Symptoms among Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors. Supportive
Care in Cancer.
Grühn, D., Sharifian, N., & Chu, Q. (2015). The limits of a limited future time perspective in explaining age differences
in emotional functioning. Psychology and Aging, 31, 583-593.
Chu, Q., Xiao, R., & Lin, Q. (2010). Research on the procrastination behavior and characteristics
of university Students. China Journal of Health Psychology, 18, 970-972.
Xiao, R., Luo, Y., Lin, Q., & Chu, Q. (2010). The relationship between procrastination and the Big Five personality traits
among university students. Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science,
19, 550-552.
Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2016, August). Disentangling stress exposure and stress reactivity
for psychological health and well-being. Poster presented at the 2016 convention of
American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Halberstadt, A. G., Castro, V., Chu, Q., & Sims, C. M. (2016, March). Pre-service teachers’ misjudgments and anger bias for
Black adult faces and children’s misbehaviors. Poster presented at the Society for
Affective Science Conference, Chicago, IL.
Grühn, D., Sharifian, N., & Chu, Q. (2015, November). The limits of a limited future time perspective. Poster presented
at the 68th annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando,
FL
Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2015, November). Make a bucket list: How age and future time perspective
impact life goals. Poster presented at the 68th annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological
Society of America, Orlando, FL
Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2014, November) Moral judgment: Be harsh toward young male perpetrators
and sympathetic toward old female victims? Poster presented at the 67th annual scientific
meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington D.C.
Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2014, November) Make a bucket list: The age difference in life goal
prioritization under a limited time perspective. Poster presented at the 67th annual
scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington D.C.
Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2014, March). The interplay between socioemotional and cognitive processes
in moral decision-making. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina
Cognition Group, Durham, NC.
Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2014, February). The effects of social stereotypes on moral judgment.
Poster presented at the 15th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Austin, TX.
Cheng, Y., Chu, Q., & Grühn, D. (2014, February). Be proud of yourself - but not of others! Links to
life satisfaction, self-reported health, and stress. Poster presented at the 15th
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Graduate Student: Carl Wang
B.S., Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2015)
Resilience
Post-traumatic growth
Stress and coping
Coping
Multiculturalism
Cultural differences in cognition
Wang, C., Wong, C., & Lu, Q. (invited for resubmission). The Pain of Ambivalence Over Emotional
Expression.
Spencer-Rodgers, J., Anderson, E., Ma-Kellams, C., Wang, C., & Peng, K.(in press). What is dialectical thinking? Conceptualization and measurement.
In J. Spencer-Rodgers,& K. Peng (Eds.), The psychological and cultural foundations
of East Asian cognition: Contradiction, change, and holism. New York, NY: Oxford University
Press.
You, J., Wang, C., Rodriguez, L., Wang, X., & Lu, Q. (under review for publication). Personality Traits
and Emotional Adjustment among Chinese Cancer Patients of Different Ages.
You, J., Wang, C., & Lu, Q. (in preparation). Socioeconomic Status and Quality of Life among Cancer
Survivors.
Choi, M., Wang, C., Wong, C., Correa, A., & Lu, Q. (in preparation). The Role of Coping in Intergenerational
Family Conflict and Depressive Symptoms.
Rodriguez, L. M., Buckwalter, V., Cho, D., Wang, C.*, & Lu, Q. (in preparation). Cancer Beliefs and Their Link to Well-being among Chinese
Cancer Survivors.
Wang, C. (2016, October) Dialectical Thinking and Health. Talk presented at the Social and
Health Psychology Brown Bag Meeting at the University of Houston. Houston, TX.
Wang, C. & Williams, J. A. (May 2016) Perceptions of Personality Based on Speech. Poster
presented at the 2016 annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science.
Chicago, IL.
Wang, C., Szabo, L., Juang, L., Kia-Keating, M., Dekhtyar, A., & Spencer-Rodgers, J. (May
2016) Mobile self affirmations, perceived discrimination, and mental/physical health
among Latino- and Asian-Americans. Poster presented at the 2016 annual meeting of
the Western Psychological Association. Long Beach, CA.
Wang, C. (February 2016) Perceptions of Personality Based on Speech. Paper presented at the
2016 California State University Student Research Competition. San Luis Obispo, CA.
Wang, C. (June 2015). Perceptions of Personality Based on Speech. Poster presented at the Cal
Poly Department of Psychology and Child Development Senior Project Symposium, San
Luis Obispo, CA.
Szabo, L., Wang, C., Juang, L., Kia-Keating, M., Dekhtyar, A., & Spencer-Rodgers, J. (June 2015). A Smartphone
based Intervention to Buffer the Negative Effects of Perceived Discrimination among
Ethnic Minority College Students. Poster presented at the Twenty-second International
Conference on Learning, Madrid, Spain.
