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 Publications

(*denotes the corresponding author; # denotes the co-first author)

 

Objectification and Dehumanization

 

  1. Cheng, L., Dong, Y., & Wang, X.* (2024). Experiencing objectification encourages a preference for indulgent foods. Food Quality and Preference, 105264

  2. Cheng, L., Wang, X,* & Zhang, J. (2024). She is seeking attention: Women's self-objectification and hostility toward peer selfies. Computers in Human Behavior

  3. Cheng, L., Wang, X., Jetten, J., Klebl, C., Li, Z., & Wang, F. (2024). Subjective Economic Inequality Evokes Interpersonal Objectification. British Journal of Social Psychology.

  4. Cheng, L., Hao, M., Wang, X., Li, Z., & Wang, F. (2023). ‘You are a useful person’: Economic inequality leads people to approach others in an instrumental way. European Journal of Social Psychology. 53(7), 1359-1371.

  5. Cheng, L. & Wang, X.* (2024). Shining our humanity: The benefits of awe on self-humanity. Emotion.

  6. Shi, J., Zhang, J., Lun, S. W., & Wang, X.* (2023). I Am Not a Full Person: Perceiving threat of COVID-19 leads to self-dehumanization. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, 100161

  7. Wang, X., Chen, H., Shi, J., & Chen, Z. (2022). Threatened Humanity in a Tight World: Cultural Tightness Results in Self-Objectification. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

  8. Wang, X., Chen, H., & Chen, Z. (2022). Women’s self-objectification under competition when they believe sex is power. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(6), 2837-2854.

  9. Shi, J., Wang, X.,* & Chen, Z.* (2022). Polluted humanity: Air pollution leads to the dehumanization of oneself and others. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101873.

  10. Wang, X., Chen, H., Chen, Z., & Luo, S. (2022). An exchange orientation results in an instrumental approach in intimate relationships. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61(4), 1144-1159.

  11. Shi, J., Wang, X.,* Teng, F., & Chen, Z. (2022). A Little Appreciation Goes a Long Way: Gratitude Reduces Objectification. Journal of Positive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2053877

  12. Wang, X., #* Chen, H.,# Chen, Z., & Yang, Y. (2021). Women’s intrasexual competition results in beautification. Social Psychological and Psychological Science, 12(5), 648-657. 

  13. Wang, X.* & Krumhuber, E. G. (2018). Mind perception of robots varies with their economic versus social function. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1230.

  14. Wang, X.* & Krumhuber, E. G. (2017). The love of money results in objectification. British Journal of Social Psychology, 56, 354-372. 

 

Inequality, Social Power, Social Dominance, and Hierarchy

 

  1. Huang, Q., Wang, X., # & Teng, F. (2024). Both Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Predict Men’s Infidelity. The Journal of Sex Research, 1-14.

  2. Teng, F.,#* Wang, X.,#* Lei, Q., & Poon, K. T. (2024). Love me, because I rely on you: Dependency-oriented help-Seeking as a strategy for human mating. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

  3. Yang, Y., Zhu, S., Wang, X., & Wang, L. (2024). Dare to be yourself: Courage promotes self-authenticity via sense of power. The Journal of Positive Psychology.

  4. Cheng, L., Wang, X., Jetten, J., Klebl, C., Li, Z., & Wang, F. (2024). Subjective Economic Inequality Evokes Interpersonal Objectification. British Journal of Social Psychology.

  5. Cheng, L., Hao, M., Wang, X., Li, Z., & Wang, F. (2023). ‘You are a useful person’: Economic inequality leads people to approach others in an instrumental way. European Journal of Social Psychology. 53(7), 1359-1371.

  6. Chen, H., Wang, X.,* Zang, H., & Guinote, A. (2023). We Need Tough Brothers and Sisters in a Tight World: Cultural Tightness Leads to a Preference for Dominant and Muscular Leaders. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. DOI: 10.1177/01461672231169107

  7. Wang, X., Wang, X., & Chen, Z. (2023). High Social Mobility Leads to Delayed Reproduction. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-13.

  8. Teng, F., Wang, X.,* Li, Y. A., Zhang, Y., & Lei, Q. (2022). Personal Relative Deprivation Increases Men's (but Not Women's) Hostile Sexism: The Mediating Role of Sense of Control. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 03616843221145877.

  9. Krumhuber, E. G., Wang, X., & Guinote, A. (2022). The Powerful Self: How Social Power and Gender Influence Face Perception. Current Psychology, 1-15.

  10. Chen, H.,# Wang, X.,#* Zang, H., & Guinote, A. (2021). Being a tough person in a tight world: cultural tightness leads to a desire for muscularity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 96, 104183

  11. Shi, J., Chen, Z., Wang, X., Yang, Y., & Chen, H. (2021). Dominate others, hurt self: Social dominance orientation predicts depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences. 175, 110710.

  12. Wang, X.,* Chen, Z.,* & Krumhuber, E. G. (2020). Money: an integrated review and synthesis from a psychological perspective. Review of General Psychology, 24(2), 172-190.

  13. Wang, X.,* Guinote, A., & Krumhuber, E. G. (2018). Dominance biases in the perception and memory for the faces of powerholders, with consequences for social inferences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 23-33.

 

Immoral Behaviour, Aggression, and Self-Interested Behaviour

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  1. Wang, X., Chen, Z., Van Tongeren, D. R., DeWall, C. N., & Yang, F. (2023). Permitting immoral behaviour: A generalized compensation belief hypothesis. British Journal of Psychology, 114(1), 21-38.

  2. Teng, F., Wang, X.,* Zhang, Y., Lei, Q., Xiang, F., & Yuan, S. (2022). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, I Deserve More Than All: Perceived Attractiveness and Self-Interested Behavior. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(6), 536-547.

  3. Teng, F., Shi, J., Wang, X.,* & Chen, Z. (2022). The Association between COVID-19-Related Wellbeing with Materialism and Perceived Threat. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2), 912.

  4. Wang, X.,*  Chen, Z., G Krumhuber, E., & Chen, H. (2021). Money and flexible generosity. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(4), 1262-1278.

  5. Teng, F., Wang, X.,* Shi, J., Chen, Z., Huang, Q., & Cheng, W. (2021). Psychosomatic symptoms and neuroticism following CoViD-19: the role of online aggression toward a stigmatized group. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8672.

  6. Wang, X.,* Krumhuber, E. G., & Gratch, J. (2018). The interpersonal effects of emotions in money versus candy games. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 79, 315-327. 

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