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Affiliation

  • American Psychological Association (Divisions 17 and 29)
  • Society of Vocational Psychology (Past Chair)
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the U.S.
  • Licensed Clinical Supervisor in China (CPS Registration System)

Email

huixu@um.edu.mo

Tel

+853 8822 8390

Office

Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)
University of Macau
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao
Humanities & Social Sciences Building (E21B), 3063

XU Hui 徐慧

Associate Professor

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology, Arizona State University
M.A. in Counselling Psychology, Beijing Normal University
Bachelor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research Interests

Career Development, Psychotherapy Science, Psychotherapy in an international context

Awards and Honors

2025 Fellow, American Psychological Association (Div 17)
2020 Early Career Award
The Society for Vocational Psychology
Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17)
American Psychological Association
2018 Faculty Award
Association of Chinese Helping Professionals and Psychologists-International (ACHPPI)
2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Award
The Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP)
2017 Diversity Award
Annual Student Paper Competitions
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29)
American Psychological Association
2016 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
The Section of Promotion of Psychotherapy Science
Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17)
American Psychological Association
2016 Graduate Student Outstanding Research Award
The International Section
Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17)
American Psychological Association
2016 Graduate Education Travel Award
Graduate Education
Arizona State University
2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
Department of Education
People’s Republic of China
2015 Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award
Graduate Education
Arizona State University
2015 APA Student Travel Award
American Psychological Association
2014 Graduate Student Research Award
The Society for Vocational Psychology
Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17)
American Psychological Association

Publications

Associate Editor: Journal of Counseling Psychology

Outgoing Associate Editor: Journal of Vocational Behavior

Peer-reviewed Articles:

  1. Xu, H., Lu, Y., Huang, W., Deng, W., Lu, J., Qiu, Y., & Shen, Z. (2025). A multilevel meta-analysis of client and therapist predictors for alliance quality: Absolute and relative associations with working alliance. Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1037/ps10000603.
  2. Xu, H., Hou, Z., Zhu, J., & Zhang, L. (2025). Development and Initial Validation of the Therapist Ambiguity Intolerance Scale: Evidence Based on Multilevel Data and Analyses. Psychotherapy Research, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2524518
  3. Xu, H. (2025). The Reciprocal Relationships Between Career Wisdom and Proactive Career Behavior. Journal of Career Assessment, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727251331098
  4. She, Z., Jensen-Doss, Amanda., & Xu, H. (2024). Assessing Mental Health Professionals’ Attitudes toward Routine Outcome Monitoring across Eastern and Western Cultures: An Examination of Invariance and Latent Mean Differences. Psychotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2024.2396395
  5. Xu, H., & Allan, B. A. (2024). Expanding the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision Making: Ambiguity Management Under Environmental Adversity. Journal of Career Assessment, 33(3), 427-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727241268584
  6. Xu, H. (2024). Development and Initial Validation of the Career Wisdom Scale: A Resource in Handling Uncertainty in Contemporary Career Development. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 71(6), 606–620. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000762.
  7. Xu, H. (2024). In the Name of Interests: A Joint Consideration of Interest Development and Consequence. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 71(3), 155–169. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000723
  8. Xu, H. (2024). The joint operation of five career indecision factors: A longitudinal examination. The Career Development Quarterly, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12359
  9. Xu, H. (2024). A Longitudinal Examination of Four Processual Mechanisms in Career Decision Making. Journal of Career Assessment, 32(2), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231194051
  10. Xu, H., & Flores, L. Y. (2023). A Process Model of Career Decision-Making and Adaptation Under Uncertainty: Expanding the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision-Making. Journal of Career Assessment, 31(4), 773-793. http://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231161378
  11. She, Z., Xu, H., Cormier, G., Drapeau, M., & Duncan, B. (2023) Culture matters: Chinese mental health professionals’ fear of losing face in routine outcome monitoring. Psychotherapy Research. http://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2240949
  12. Xu, H. (2023). Development and Initial Validation of the Career Decision-Making Ambiguity Scale. Journal of Career Assessment, 31(3), 536–554. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221125886
  13. Xu, H. (2023). Viewing the Joint Operation of Five Major Decision Difficulties Within the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision-Making. Journal of Career Assessment, 31(2), 340–358. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221118374
  14. Xu, H. (2023). Vocational interests: Conceptual issues, research findings, and practical implications. In W. B. Walsh, L. Y. Flores, P. J. Hartung, & F. T. L. Leong (Eds.), Career psychology: Models, concepts, and counseling for meaningful employment (pp. 145–167). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000339-008
  15. Xu, H., *Suh, J., & *Liu, H. (2022). The factor structure of career indecision in China and South Korea: A data-driven exploration. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03320-7
  16. Xu, H., & He, R. (2022). Facilitating International Research on Career Indecision: Developing Career Indecision Profile-Short-5 in China and the U.S. Journal of Career Assessment, 30(4), 719–738. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221080449
  17. Xu, H., & Savickas, M. L. (2022). Development and initial validation of the job-search self-regulation scale: Expanding the career adaptation model of job search. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 69(5), 602–613. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000609
  18. Xu, H. (2022). The roles of between- and within-person self-knowledge in career decision-making. The Career Development Quarterly, 70(1), 67-78. http://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12282
  19. Xu, H., & Flores, L. Y. (2022). Facilitating the professional development of international counseling psychology students: Introduction to special issue. The Counseling Psychologist, 50(6), 746-750. http://doi.org/10.1177/00110000221092684
  20. Xu, H. (2021). Self-control in career decision-making: The roles of the hot and cool systems of gratification delay. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 131, 103652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103652
  21. Xu, H. (2021). Understanding the Dysfunctionality of Dysfunctional Career Decision-Making Beliefs: Ambiguity Aversion as a General Mechanism. Journal of Career Assessment, 30(2), 221-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727211036887
  22. Xu, H. (2021). Career decision-making in an uncertain world: A dual-process framework. Current Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01746-z
  23. Xu, H. (2021). Career decision-making from a dual-process perspective: Looking back, looking forward. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 126, 103556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103556
  24. Xu, H. (2021). Childhood Environmental Adversity and Career Decision-Making Difficulty: A Life History Theory Perspective. Journal of Career Assessment, 29(2), 221-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720940978
  25. Yin, M., Aoki, K., Liao, K., & Xu, H. (2021). An Exploration on the Attachment, Acculturation and Psychosocial Adjustment of Chinese International Students in Japan. Journal of International Students, 11(1), 176-194. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v11i1.1454
  26. Xu, H. (2020). Incremental validity of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale total score over general self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 119, 103425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103425
  27. Xu, H., & *Li, H. (2020). Operationalize Interest Congruence: A Comparative Examination of Four Approaches. Journal of Career Assessment, 28(4), 571-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720909825
  28. Xu, H., & Yin, M. (2020). The roles of time discounting and delay of gratification in career outcomes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(6), 747-754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000421
  29. Flückiger, C., Rubel, J., Re, A. D., Horvath, A. O., Wampold, B. E., Crits-Christoph, P., . . . Xu, H., Zilcha-Mano, S., Barber, J. P. (2020). The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 88(9),829-843. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000594
  30. Xu, H. (2020). Big Five Personality Traits and Ambiguity Management in Career Decision Making. Career Development Quarterly. 68(2), 158-172. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12220
  31. Xu, H., & *Adams, P. (2020). Ambiguity Aversion in Career Decision-Making: Its Longitudinal Prediction for College Career Outcomes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67, 232-240. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000379
  32. Xu, H. (2020). Development and Initial Validation of the Constructivist Beliefs in the Career Decision-Making Scale. Journal of Career Assessment, 28, 303-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072719845668
  33. Xu, H. (2020). Career indecision profile-short: Reliability and validity among employees and measurement invariance across students and employees. Journal of Career Assessment, 28, 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072719831975
  34. Xu, H. (2020). The ripple prediction of ambiguity aversion in career decision-making. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67, 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000354
  35. Wang, D., Jia, Y., Hou, Z.-J., Xu, H., Zhang, H., & Guo, X.-L. (2019). A test of psychology of working theory among Chinese urban workers: Examining predictors and outcomes of decent work. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.103325
  36. Xu, H., & *Bhang, C. H. (2019). The Structure and Measurement of Career Indecision: A Critical Review. Career Development Quarterly, 67, 2-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12159
  37. Xu, H. (2018). The Role of Cultural Congruence in Psychotherapy Efficacy: Evidence from a Network Meta-Analysis in China. The Behavioral Mind: A Journal of Personality Disorders, 1, 137-160.
  38. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). The Reciprocal Dynamic Model of Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance with Career Indecision: A Longitudinal Three-wave Investigation. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64, 538-549. http://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000220
  39. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). Use of Multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis in Examining Measurement Invariance in Counseling Psychology Research. European Journal of Counseling Psychology, 6, 75-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2041
  40. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance and Its Relations with Adherence to RIASEC Structure and Calling. Journal of Career Assessment, 25, 715-730. http://doi.org/10.1177/1069072716665874
  41. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). Development of an Abbreviated Career Indecision Profile-65 Using Item Response Theory: The CIP-Short. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62, 351-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000182
  42. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2016). Cultural Congruence with Psychotherapy Efficacy: A Network Meta-Analytic Examination in China. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63, 359-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000145
  43. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2016). Stability and change in interests: A longitudinal examination of grades 7 through college. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 129-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.02.002
  44. Xu, H., Hou, Z., Tracey, T. J. G., & Zhang, X. (2016). Variations of career decision ambiguity tolerance between China and the United States and between high school and college. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 120-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.01.007
  45. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2015). Reciprocal Influence Model of Working Alliance and Therapeutic Outcome over Individual Therapy Course. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62, 351-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000089
  46. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2015). Ambiguity Tolerance with Career Indecision: An Examination of the Mediation Effect of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy. Journal of Career Assessment, 23, 519-532. http://doi.org/10.1177/1069072714553073
  47. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2015). Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance Scale: Construction and Initial Validations. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 88, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.01.006
  48. Xu, H., Wang, D., & Hou, Z. (2014). Technology in Counseling: Application and Ethics Considerations. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 22, 752-755.
  49. Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2014). The Role of Ambiguity Tolerance in Career Decision Making. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85, 18-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.04.001
  50. Xu, H., Hou, Z., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2014). Relation of Environmental and Self Career Exploration with Career Decision-making Difficulties in Chinese Students. Journal of Career Assessment, 22, 654-665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069072713515628
  51. Hou, Z., Leung, S. A., Li, X., Li, X., & Xu, H. (2012). Career Adapt-Abilities Scale—China Form: Construction and initial validation. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 686-691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.006
  52. Xu, H., Hou, Z., & Huang, Y. (2011). Empathy and Genuine: Content Analysis of Three Cases Conducted by Carl Rogers in Different Phases. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 19, 265-267.
  53. Xu, H., & Hou, Z. (2010). Status Quo and Prospect of Research about Novice Counselors. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 24, 638-642.

Book Chapter:

Xu, H. (2023). Vocational interests: Conceptual issues, research findings, and practical implications. In B. Walsh, L. Flores, P. Hartung, F. Leong, & M. Savickas (Eds.), Career Psychology. American Psychological Association.

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