Dr. Zhen Guo received his Ph.D. Degree from Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. He joined the School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University since 2023. His research interests lie in social psychology and moral psychology, and the main stream of research includes: (1) Unethical decision-making from the perspectives of individual differences and interpersonal perception; (2) Personality and social development in adolescents; (3) Socio-ecological psychology.
E-mail: zhenguo@njnu.edu.cn
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zhen-Guo-44
Publications
Selected papers (*Corresponding author)
Guo, Z., Yang, Y., Li, W., Yao, X., & Kou, Y*. (2023). Longitudinal relations among Honesty-Humility, moral disengagement, and unethical behavior in adolescents: A between-and within-person analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 106, 104401.
Guo, Z., Li, W., Yang, Y., & Kou, Y*. (2021). Honesty-Humility and unethical behavior in adolescents: The mediating role of moral disengagement and the moderating role of system justification. Journal of Adolescence, 90, 11–22.
Guo, Z., Bei, Y., Zhao, J., Jiao, L., Xu, Y*. (2023). Sharing economy and prosocial behavior: The mediating role of trust. Journal of Psychological Science, 46(4), 944–951. (In Chinese)
Guo, Z., Zhao, Y., Yao, X., & Kou, Y*. (2020). The influences of life goals on adolescents' immoral behaviors: The mediating role of moral disengagement. Youth Studies, (6), 34–42. (In Chinese)
Guo, Z., Yang, Y., Zhang, M., & Kou, Y*. (2018). The relationship between orientations to happiness and well-being: Mechanisms and development. Youth Studies, (6),1–12. (In Chinese)
Zhao, J., Guo, Z., Jiao, L., Yu, M., Shi, H., & Xu, Y*. (2023). Do shy individuals engage in cyber aggression? The multiple mediation of passive use and relative deprivation and the moderation of moral sensitivity. Social Science Computer Review. Advance online publication.
Zhao, J., Guo, Z., Shi, H., Yu, M., Jiao, L., & Xu, Y*. (2023). The relationship between parental phubbing and interpersonal aggression in adolescents: the role of rejection sensitivity and school climate. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(11-12), 7630–7655.
Wu, J., Guo, Z., Gao, X., & Kou, Y*. (2020). The relations between early-life stress and risk, time, and prosocial preferences in adulthood: A meta-analytic review. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(6), 557–572.
Yang, Y., Guo, Z., Wu, J., & Kou, Y*. (2020). Self-compassion relates to reduced unethical behavior through lower moral disengagement. Mindfulness, 11(6), 1424–1432.
Yang, Y., Guo, Z., Kou, Y*., & Liu, B. (2019). Linking self-compassion and prosocial behavior in adolescents: The mediating roles of relatedness and trust. Child Indicators Research, 12(6), 2035–2049.
Lin, J., Li, W., Guo, Z., & Kou, Y*. (in press). When and why does economic inequality predict prosocial behaviour? Examining the role of interpersonal trust among different targets. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Li, W., Wu, J., Guo, Z., & Kou, Y*. (2023). Development of HEXACO personality traits and their relations with socioeconomic factors among Chinese adolescents: A three-wave longitudinal study. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication.
Jiao, L., Ren, Z., Guo, Z., Gao, S., & Xu, Y*. (2023). Individual differences in place attachment and pro-environmental behavior: Pride as an emotional tie. Personality and Individual Differences, 214, 112357.
Jiao, L., Jiang, W., Guo, Z., Xiao, Y., Yu, M., Xu, Y*. (2023). Good personality and subjective well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A three-wave longitudinal study in Chinese contexts. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(2), 589–606.
Yao, X., Wu, J., Guo, Z., Yang, Y., Zhao, Y., & Kou, Y*. (2022). Parental psychological control predicts adolescents’ problematic mobile phone use: The serial mediation of basic psychological need experiences and negative affect. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31(7), 2039–2049.
Yang, Y., Kong, X., Guo, Z., & Kou, Y*. (2021). Can self-compassion promote gratitude and prosocial behavior in adolescents? A three-year longitudinal study from China. Mindfulness, 12(6), 1377–1386.
Jiao, L., Yang, Y., Guo, Z., Xu, Y*., Zhang, H., & Jiang, J. (2021). Development and validation of the good and evil character traits (GECT) scale. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 62(2), 276–287.
Awards
2022 The First Class Academic Innovation Prize for Graduate Students, Beijing Normal University
2016 Outstanding Graduates Awards in Hunan Province