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2020 Vol. 26, No. 4
Published: 2020-12-01
 
291 Objective danger and subjective panic in Wuhan COVID-19: An extended overseas“Psychological Typhoon Eye”Effect
YANG Shu-wen, XU Ming-xing, KUANGYi, DING Yang, ZHENGRui, RAO Li-lin, LI Shu
A three-wave survey was conducted for over a year in China to investigate respondents’ post-earthquake concerns about safety and health in relation to the respondents’ residential devastation level after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The findings revealed a significant inverse pattern between residential devastation level and the post-earthquake concerns. Li et al. called their observed phenomenon the “psychological typhoon eye” (PTE) effect because it may be analogous to the meteorological phenomenon of the eye of a typhoon, in which the low-pressure center of a strong tropical cyclone is calm, whereas the peripheral part is extremely violent. Since mid-December of 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been spreading from Wuhan, China, to all over the world. To determine ifthe worldwide fearengendered by COVID-19 is expressed in the same manner as the subjective fear induced by catastrophic earthquakes, we conducted a multinational survey to investigate participants’ safety concerns and risk perception of the epidemic that occurred in Wuhan City and measured the spatial distance from their residences to Wuhan City. Concern or perception was measured by asking the participants to indicate their estimated number of social/family gatherings, hand shakings, body temperature measurements, and clothing changes needed for Wuhan residents during the Chinese Spring Festival. A total of 353 adults from 19 countries were surveyed via WeChat. We found that this effect was applicable to COVID-19. Participants staying abroad showed more safety concerns or fears regarding the epidemic in Wuhan compared with those staying in China. People at zero distance to Wuhan were at the center of the PTE, and their safety concerns and risk perception were the lowest. The theoretical and practical implications of the extended overseas PTE in response to COVID-19 aim to mitigate the impact of the PTE.The underlying mechanisms of the PTE were discussed as well.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 291-297 [Abstract] ( 400 ) PDF (1469 KB)  ( 1385 )
298 Suiyuan and Charitable Giving through online fundraising platforms
LI Wan-yue, ZHOU Xin-yue
Suiyuan is a newly-emerged setting that has been applied in several online fundraising platforms. Users press a button of “Suiyuan”, then the system will generate a random number such as ¥2 or ¥8 for the user to donate. Although practitioners may believe Suiyuan can increase donations, this research showed that it actually reduced charitable giving. Suiyuan diminishes people’s sense of control, which in turn reduces giving. Moreover, the negative effect of Suiyuan on giving is greater for those users with strong desire for control. This research shed light on current fundraising practices.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 298-306 [Abstract] ( 418 ) PDF (1002 KB)  ( 1188 )
307 Relationship between Social Avoidance and Internet Overuse: A Chain Mediating Model
LI Song, RAN Guang-ming, ZHANG Qi, CHEN Xu, CHEN Jing-you
According to the cognitive-behavioral model of pathological Internet use, the main goal of the present study was to explore the underlying associations between social avoidance and internet overuse. A sample of 850 volunteers completed self-report measures. The results from structural equation model showed that self-efficacy beliefs in managing negative affect and shyness mediated the relationship between social avoidance and internet overuse. The current study revealed the underlying mechanism of the effect of social avoidance on internet overuse, which enriched the research on regulatory emotional self-efficacy and shyness.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 307-314 [Abstract] ( 686 ) PDF (1310 KB)  ( 1909 )
315 Virtual persuasiveness: the influence mechanism of consumer anthropomorphic perception on virtual celebrity advertising
FENG Yuan, JIANG Ling
Although there is significant evidence that virtual celebrities advertising is an effective marketing strategy, extant literature has mostly neglected two intermediate factors - the anthropomorphic perception of consumers and the persuasive source of characters. Based on the research on spokes-characters, celebrity endorsement, and anthropomorphic marketing, the authors find that the anthropomorphic tendencies and the need for uniqueness of consumers and character-consumers para-social interaction boost the attitude and behavioral intention of consumers. In addition, the need for uniqueness also has a positive influence on virtual celebrities' persuasiveness. This finding is indicating that marketers should have a keen interest in the individual differences of consumers. The uncovered results have important implications for a company implementing anthropomorphic strategies.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 315-326 [Abstract] ( 444 ) PDF (831 KB)  ( 5023 )
327 Research Topics, Pivotal Points and Keyword Evolution in Western Literature on Intergroup Relations Research
LONG Fei-teng, LIU Guo-hua, CAI Jian-wen, ZHANG Meng-jia
Research on intergroup relations has drawn vast scholarly attention in the field of social psychology, providing keys for the solution to social issues such as intergroup prejudice, discrimination and inequality. The present study employed the literature visualization software, namely CiteSpace, to analyze the literature on intergroup relations with bibliometric and knowledge-mapping methods. The sample literature was drawn from Web of Science database, and the recent 10 years from 2010 to 2019 were covered. Through an overview of the main features of intergroup relations literature, as well as descriptions of major research topics and evolutionary research foci, the analysis yielded meaningful findings. First, the literature on intergroup relations was on a rise overall, presenting highlighted topics within the theme, including intergroup contact, outgroup dehumanization, intergroup assistance, interpersonal processes, affective-cognitive consistency, construal level, social categorization, etc. In addition, pivotal points studies with the aims to construct or extend theories encouraged transitions on intergroup relations literature from fundamental research to problem solution and from basic modelling to interdisciplinary attempts. This indicates a dual role of intergroup relations research as both fundamental and applied, along with its interdisciplinary potential. Finally, prospective interdisciplinary development meriting continual research attention was discussed.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 327-339 [Abstract] ( 466 ) PDF (2242 KB)  ( 996 )
340 The sense of power affects risk preference in gain-loss situation: the moderating effect of power motivation
HE Qi, SUN Qian, LIU Yong-fang
Numerous studies showed that the sense of power exhibits a number of important influences on one’s decision-making processes. The current study aims to explore the influence of power on risky decision making depends on moderating variables with power motivationin gain-loss situation.A total of 108 division director level officials were studied by using the self-designed risk preference questionnaire involving twelve items under gain or loss task frameworks, and the power motivation scale compiled by Harms et al., using the experimental design to manipulate the sense of power (high / low). The results show that: (1) the risk level of the powerful take is significantly higher than it of the powerless in gain situation, while the risk level of the powerful is not different from that of the powerless; (2) in gain situation, the powerful with a higher powermotivation take less risks than the powerful with a lower power motivation, while the powerless with a higher motivation take more risks than them with a low power motivation; in loss situation, the risk level is higher no matter the sense of power and power motivation are high or low. These results suggested that thesense of power, power motivation and gain-loss situation can affect individuals' riskpreference. Moreover, gain-loss situation and power motivation play moderating roles in the relationship of the sense of power and risk preference. The present findings make up for the deficiency of the studies existing, and provide experimental evidence to help us to understand the relationship between the sense of power, power motivation, gain-loss situation and risk preference better.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 340-347 [Abstract] ( 324 ) PDF (718 KB)  ( 1213 )
348 The Role of Defensive Pessimism and Thinking Style in Marital Conflict Resolution
SONG Li-li, LI Hao, HOU Yu-bo
Defensive pessimism refers to the tendency of setting low expectations and think over all the possible consequences regardless past successful experience. Prior research on defensive pessimism is limited within the area of achievements such as learning, nevertheless, its role in marital conflict resolution has been rarely investigated. In current research, we investigated whether defensive pessimism, a useful cognitive strategy in the achievement area, can be applied to marital conflict resolution. We recruited 319 pairs of couples across China and left 203 effective responses. Results show：（1） husband and wife’s defensive pessimism negatively predicted marital conflict resolution. Specially, negative thinking and anxiety negatively predicted their own conflict resolution while reflectivity was unrelated to conflict resolution. （2）Holistic thinking style mediated the relationship between defensive pessimism and conflict resolution. Specifically, the couple’s anxiety negatively predicted their own conflict resolution via contradiction thinking. In addition, wife’s negative thinking predicted her own conflict resolution through contradiction and connection thinking. Our study contributes to the literature of defensive pessimism by examining its role in marital conflict resolution. Meanwhile, the critical role of thinking style is emphasized. Our study also has practical implications for couples to better solve marital conflict, thus leading to sound marital quality.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 348-357 [Abstract] ( 279 ) PDF (1015 KB)  ( 1438 )
358 The influence of Jijiang on advice taking：The moderation of face consciousness
DUAN Jin-yun, XU Ting-ting, CHEN Lin
Combined with the Advice Response Theory (ART) and Face Threatening Acts (FTAs), this study aims to explore the influence of Jijiang on advice taking and the boundary condition of this effect. We used an experimental study(N=127) to examine the positive effect of Jijiang on advice taking and explore the moderation of face consciousness in the context of the weight-loss task. The results showed that the relationship between Jijiang and advice taking was moderated by decision makers’ face consciousness. Specifically, compared with subjects with weak face consciousness, those individual with strong face consciousness would take more advice when Jijiang was used.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 358-366 [Abstract] ( 417 ) PDF (731 KB)  ( 1134 )
367 The Emotional Metaphor of Difficult Concepts and its Bidirectional Mapping
XIA Liu, ZHANG Fang-wen, MA Xiao, TAO Yun
To explore the implicit links between the concepts of difficulty and ease and different emotions, 58 college students completed two experiments applied the sequential priming paradigm. the results showed that the congruent condition (positive emotion/ease, negative emotion/difficulty; ease/positive emotion, difficulty/negative emotion) were processed faster than the incongruent condition (positive emotion/difficulty, negative emotion/ease; ease/negative emotion, difficulty/positive emotion). These results indicate that positive emotion could imply ease, negative emotion could imply difficulty, ease could carry positive emotion, difficulty could carry negative emotion. These provide direct evidences for the bidirectional mapping of difficult concepts and emotions.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 367-375 [Abstract] ( 372 ) PDF (1066 KB)  ( 672 )
376 The effects of monetary reward signal on attentional bias in test anxiety
CHEN Rui, HUANG Pi-lan, LI Peng, ZHENG Hui-jie
This study aimed to explore the moderating effects of reward signal on attentional bias in individuals with test anxiety. The cue-target paradigm combined with monetary reward signal task was adopted. The results showed that the attentional disengagement index of high test-anxious students was significantly higher than the low test-anxious students in the non-reward signal condition. But there was no significant difference between high and low test-anxious groups in the reward signal condition. Furthermore, the attentional engagement index between these two groups was not remarkable regardless of the rewards conditions. It implied that the attentional bias of test-anxious students is induced by the difficulty in disengage their attention from test-related stimuli, and the monetary reward signal has a positive regulating effect on their attentional bias.
2020 Vol. 26 (4): 376-384 [Abstract] ( 373 ) PDF (1132 KB)  ( 1796 )
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