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Rui Zhen is affiliated with Hangzhou Normal University in China. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and social psychology. Other notable subfields include sociology and political science, experimental and cognitive psychology, and education. Their work covers various topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, bullying and victimization, COVID-19 and mental health, child abuse and trauma, the impact of technology on adolescents, resilience and mental health, and posttraumatic stress disorder research.

Rui Zhen has contributed to multiple recent papers that address significant issues within these fields. These include:

  • "Mobile phone addiction and cognitive failures in daily life: The mediating roles of sleep duration and quality and the moderating role of trait self-regulation" (2020) published in Addictive Behaviors
  • "Bullying Victimization and Adolescents' Social Anxiety: Roles of Shame and Self-Esteem" (2020) published in Child Indicators Research
  • "Social Media Exposure and College Students' Mental Health During the Outbreak of COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Rumination and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness" (2020) published in Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking
  • "Latent Patterns of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Depression, and Posttraumatic Growth Among Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021) published in Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • "How do physical and emotional abuse affect depression and problematic behaviors in adolescents? The roles of emotional regulation and anger" (2022) published in Child Abuse & Neglect

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Rui Zhen include Xiao Zhou, Ru-De Liu, Xinyue Wu, Wei Hong, and Yi Ding. These collaborations have supported the development and dissemination of Rui Zhen's research within their focal fields.

Rui Zhen has published in several venues repeatedly, indicating sustained engagement with specific research communities. These publication venues include:

  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychology

The scientist's work addresses a range of psychological and social phenomena, particularly those affecting children and adolescents. Topics such as bullying, victimization, trauma, and mental health conditions-especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic-are central to their research agenda. They have also contributed to understanding how technological factors like mobile phone use and social media exposure influence mental health outcomes in young populations.

Best Publications

  • Teacher support and math engagement: roles of academic self-efficacy and positive emotions

    Ru-De Liu;Rui Zhen;Yi Ding;Ying Liu

  • The mediating roles of academic self-efficacy and academic emotions in the relation between basic psychological needs satisfaction and learning engagement among Chinese adolescent students

    Rui Zhen;Ru-De Liu;Yi Ding;Jia Wang

  • Self-esteem and hope mediate the relations between social support and post-traumatic stress disorder and growth in adolescents following the Ya'an earthquake.

    Xiao Zhou;Xinchun Wu;Rui Zhen

  • Parents' Phubbing and Problematic Mobile Phone Use: The Roles of the Parent-Child Relationship and Children's Self-Esteem.

    Wei Hong;Ru-De Liu;Yi Ding;Tian Po Oei;Tian Po Oei

  • Bullying Victimization and Adolescents’ Social Anxiety: Roles of Shame and Self-Esteem

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  • Mobile phone addiction and cognitive failures in daily life: The mediating roles of sleep duration and quality and the moderating role of trait self-regulation.

    Wei Hong;Ru-De Liu;Yi Ding;Xiaotian Sheng

  • The mediating and moderating roles of social anxiety and relatedness need satisfaction on the relationship between shyness and problematic mobile phone use among adolescents

    Wei Hong;Ru-De Liu;Tian-Po Oei;Tian-Po Oei;Rui Zhen

  • Social Media Exposure and College Students' Mental Health During the Outbreak of COVID-19: The Mediating Role of Rumination and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness.

    Wei Hong;Ru De Liu;Yi Ding;Xinchen Fu

  • How do Interpersonal Relationships Relieve Adolescents’ Problematic Mobile Phone Use? The Roles of Loneliness and Motivation to Use Mobile Phones

    Rui Zhen;Ru-De Liu;Wei Hong;Xiao Zhou

  • Teacher’s Autonomy Support and Engagement in Math: Multiple Mediating Roles of Self-efficacy, Intrinsic Value, and Boredom

    Jia Wang;Ru-De Liu;Yi Ding;Le Xu

  • How do physical and emotional abuse affect depression and problematic behaviors in adolescents? The roles of emotional regulation and anger

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  • The effect of parental phubbing on teenager’s mobile phone dependency behaviors: the mediation role of subjective norm and dependency intention

    Ru-De Liu;Jia Wang;Dian Gu;Yi Ding

  • How does social support relieve depression among flood victims? The contribution of feelings of safety, self-disclosure, and negative cognition.

    Rui Zhen;Lijuan Quan;Xiao Zhou;Xiao Zhou

  • Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Problematic Mobile Phone Use: The Mediating Role of Escape Motivation and the Moderating Role of Shyness

    Xinchen Fu;Jingxuan Liu;Ru-De Liu;Yi Ding

  • How does mobile phone dependency impair academic engagement among Chinese left-behind children?

    Rui Zhen;Lu Li;Yi Ding;Wei Hong

  • Measures of Potential Flexibility and Practical Flexibility in Equation Solving.

    Le Xu;Ru-De Liu;Jon R. Star;Jia Wang

  • Why does the "sinner" act prosocially? The mediating role of guilt and the moderating role of moral identity in motivating moral cleansing

    Wan Ding;Ruibo Xie;Binghai Sun;Weijian Li

  • How mathematics anxiety affects students' inflexible perseverance in mathematics problem-solving: Examining the mediating role of cognitive reflection

    Ronghuan Jiang;Ru-de Liu;Jon Star;Rui Zhen

  • Relations Between Class Competition and Primary School Students’ Academic Achievement: Learning Anxiety and Learning Engagement as Mediators

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  • Trajectory patterns of academic engagement among elementary school students: The implicit theory of intelligence and academic self-efficacy matters

    Rui Zhen;Ru-De Liu;Ming-Te Wang;Yi Ding

  • Gratitude and academic engagement among primary students: Examining a multiple mediating model

    Rui Zhen;Ru-De Liu;Yi Ding;Ronghuan Jiang

  • How are extraversion, exhibitionism, and gender associated with posting selfies on WeChat friends' circle in Chinese teenagers?

    Mingjia Guo;Ru-De Liu;Yi Ding;Biying Hu

  • Traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder among flood victims: Testing a multiple mediating model.

    Lijuan Quan;Rui Zhen;Benxian Yao;Xiao Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon R. Star
Jon R. Star Harvard University
Tian P. S. Oei
Tian P. S. Oei University of Queensland
Ming-Te Wang
Ming-Te Wang University of Pittsburgh

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