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darrenzhu@um.edu.mo

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+853 8822 8992

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Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)
University of Macau
Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao
Humanities & Social Sciences Building (E21B), 1002a

ZHU Nan 朱楠

Research Assistant Professor

Academic Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Macau, Macau, China, 2018 – 2022
Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2017
M.Ed. in Developmental Psychology, East China Normal University, China, 2014
B.S. in Psychology, Fudan University, China, 2009

Research Interests

  • Evolutionary Psychology (Life History Theory, Conditional Adaptation)
  • Social Psychology (Moral Judgment and Reasoning, Gender Inequality, Leadership Preference)
  • Cross-Cultural Research

Publications

Selected Publications
* = equal contributors

  1. *Yang, A., *Zhu, N., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2022). Environmental risks, life history strategy, and developmental psychology. PsyCh Journal, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/pchj.561
  2. Zhu, N., Chen, B. B., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2022). Life-history calibration of social hierarchies: Childhood adversity predicts leadership preference through relational social investment. Personality and Individual Differences, 188, 111482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111482
  3. Zhu, N., Smetana, J. G., & Chang, L. (2021). Acceptance of society-level and individual-level preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic among college students in three societies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 0022022121995971. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121995971
  4. Zhu, N., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2021). Trust as social investment: a life-history model of environmental effects on ingroup and outgroup trust. Personality and Individual Differences, 168, 110303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110303
  5. Zhu, N., O, J., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2020). Debate: Facing uncertainty with (out) a sense of control–cultural influence on adolescents’ response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 25(3), 173-174. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12408
  6. Zhu, N., & Chang, L. (2020). An evolutionary life history explanation of sexism and gender inequality. Personality and Individual Differences, 157, 109806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109806
  7. Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Smetana, J. G. (2020). The influence of power on U.S. and Chinese individuals’ judgments and reasoning about intrasocietal conflicts. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(1), 77-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119893109
  8. Zhu, N., & Chang, L. (2019). Education and parenting in China. In E. Sorbing, & J. E. Lansford (eds.), School systems, parent behavior, and academic achievement: An international perspective, Volume 3: Young people and learning processes in school and everyday life. Springer.
  9. Zhu, N., & Chang, L. (2019). Evolved but not fixed: A life history account of gender roles and gender inequality. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 1709. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01709
  10. Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Chang, L. (2019). Unpredictable and competitive cues affect prosocial behaviors and judgments. Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 203–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.10.006
  11. Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Chang, L. (2018). Living slow and being moral: Life history predicts the dual process of other-centered reasoning and judgments. Human Nature, 29(2), 186–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-018-9313-7
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