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Jianhong Ma
Department of Psychology and Behavior Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Published: 20 July 2021 in Current Psychology
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Researchers have highlighted the dark sides of the pursuit of happiness; it does not perturb people from pursuing happiness. Relatively few existing studies explore unethical behaviors as the dark side of the pursuit of happiness, but do not distinguish the roles of different happiness orientations. Based on hedonic and eudaimonic orientations, the current research proposes that hedonic motives are more likely to lead to unethical behavior than eudaimonic motives, mediated by materialism. The study sampled 331 participants in an attempt to test these hypotheses. The results confirmed that hedonic motives induce unethical behavior through the mediation of materialism, and they positively predict unethical behavior after controlling for eudaimonic motives. The study further found that self-control plays a moderating role in the relationship between materialism and unethical behavior. Overall, the study suggests that the dark side of the pursuit of happiness may arise from the pursuit of hedonia. As hedonic motives direct people toward the pursuit of extrinsic material goals, under low self-control level, people are more likely to choose instrumental means to achieve extrinsic goals, leading to a higher tendency to engage in unethical behaviors. The implications of this finding for studies on unethical behavior and happiness orientation are discussed.

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Peng Cui; Yufan Shen; Confidence Hommey; Jianhong Ma. The dark side of the pursuit of happiness comes from the pursuit of hedonia: The mediation of materialism and the moderation of self-control. Current Psychology 2021, 1 -11.

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Peng Cui, Yufan Shen, Confidence Hommey, Jianhong Ma. The dark side of the pursuit of happiness comes from the pursuit of hedonia: The mediation of materialism and the moderation of self-control. Current Psychology. 2021; ():1-11.

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Peng Cui; Yufan Shen; Confidence Hommey; Jianhong Ma. 2021. "The dark side of the pursuit of happiness comes from the pursuit of hedonia: The mediation of materialism and the moderation of self-control." Current Psychology , no. : 1-11.

Journal article
Published: 22 December 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Attention on, and interest in, life satisfaction has increased worldwide. However, research on life satisfaction focused toward the urban dwellers’ residential community is mainly from western countries, and the limited research from China is solely focused on the geriatric population via a narrowly constrained research perspective. This study, therefore, aimed to investigate urbanites’ life satisfaction toward their community, combining the psychological (behavioral community engagement, mental state of flow, and cognitive community identity), physical (PREQIs-perceived residential environment quality indicators: e.g., green area), and social perspectives (social capital). The proposed conceptual model was tested on a regionally representative sample of 508 urban community residents in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. Data were analyzed via a structure equation modelling approach in AMOS software. Findings suggested that all of the psychological, physical and social factors contributed to a prediction of life satisfaction. Specifically, social capital mediated the path from community engagement and flow to life satisfaction, and community identity mediated the path from flow experience and green area to life satisfaction. Additionally, social capital contributed to predict life satisfaction through its influence on community identity. Findings provide suggestions for urban designers and policymakers to focus on creating an urban community equipped with green area, which helps to promote physical activities that are flow-productive, to enhance residents’ identification to their residential community and, therefore, increase life satisfaction.

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Chuanyu Peng; Guoping Yuan; Yanhui Mao; Xin Wang; Jianhong Ma; Marino Bonaiuto. Expanding Social, Psychological, and Physical Indicators of Urbanites’ Life Satisfaction toward Residential Community: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 18, 4 .

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Chuanyu Peng, Guoping Yuan, Yanhui Mao, Xin Wang, Jianhong Ma, Marino Bonaiuto. Expanding Social, Psychological, and Physical Indicators of Urbanites’ Life Satisfaction toward Residential Community: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 18 (1):4.

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Chuanyu Peng; Guoping Yuan; Yanhui Mao; Xin Wang; Jianhong Ma; Marino Bonaiuto. 2020. "Expanding Social, Psychological, and Physical Indicators of Urbanites’ Life Satisfaction toward Residential Community: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 4.

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Published: 06 June 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Engaging in prosocial behavior is considered an effective way to increase happiness in a sustainable manner. However, there is insufficient knowledge about the conditions under which such a happiness effect occurs. From a person-activity congruence perspective, we proposed that an individual’s eudaimonic orientation moderates the effect of prosocial behavior on happiness, whereas hedonic orientation does not. For this purpose, 128 participants were assigned to play a game in which half of them were explained the benevolence impact of playing the game (the benevolence condition), and the other half played the same game without this knowledge (the control condition). Participants’ eudaimonic and hedonic orientations were assessed before the game, and their post-task happiness were measured after the game. The results showed that participants in the benevolence condition reported higher post-task positive affect than those in the control condition. Furthermore, this happiness effect was moderated by participants’ eudaimonic orientation—participants with high eudaimonic orientation reaped greater benefits from benevolence, and their hedonic orientation did not moderate the relationship between benevolence and happiness. The importance of the effect of person-activity congruence on happiness is discussed, along with the implications of these findings for sustainably pursuing happiness.

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Weipeng Lai; Zhixu Yang; Yanhui Mao; Qionghan Zhang; Hezhi Chen; Jianhong Ma. When Do Good Deeds Lead to Good Feelings? Eudaimonic Orientation Moderates the Happiness Benefits of Prosocial Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 4053 .

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Weipeng Lai, Zhixu Yang, Yanhui Mao, Qionghan Zhang, Hezhi Chen, Jianhong Ma. When Do Good Deeds Lead to Good Feelings? Eudaimonic Orientation Moderates the Happiness Benefits of Prosocial Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (11):4053.

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Weipeng Lai; Zhixu Yang; Yanhui Mao; Qionghan Zhang; Hezhi Chen; Jianhong Ma. 2020. "When Do Good Deeds Lead to Good Feelings? Eudaimonic Orientation Moderates the Happiness Benefits of Prosocial Behavior." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11: 4053.

Journal article
Published: 21 April 2020 in Sustainability
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The global use of smartphone has had tremendous social, environmental, and economic impacts in the last decade, and continues to grow impressively. In order to comprehend customers’ purchase behavior, it is crucial to understand the driving force behind their choice of one specific brand among various competitors. A few prior researches have demonstrated that not only the optimal experience of flow, but also identity features (i.e., self-identity, social identity, brand identity) facilitate a customer’s purchase intention. Previous studies also indicate that brand-related constructs (e.g., typically brand image but sometimes also brand personality and communication) predict purchase intention. As the first study combining flow, which focuses on investigating the consumer purchase behavior through identity and brand-related constructs, we propose a conceptual model that combines flow theory, brand image, brand communication, brand identity, and brand personality to investigate purchase intention. We have empirically tested the conceptual model based on the data collected from 1377 Chinese smartphone users. Results via the structural equation modeling with AMOS software indicated that flow experience, brand image, brand communication, brand personality, and brand identity all directly or indirectly explain purchase intention. Flow experience serves a critical role in mediating the path from brand communication, brand personality, and brand identity to purchase intention. The research focuses on the strategic implication of the various brand features management and aims to harmonize economic, social, and environmental sustainability.

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Yanhui Mao; Yao Lai; Yuwei Luo; Shan Liu; Yixin Du; Jing Zhou; Jianhong Ma; Flavia Bonaiuto; Marino Bonaiuto. Apple or Huawei: Understanding Flow, Brand Image, Brand Identity, Brand Personality and Purchase Intention of Smartphone. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3391 .

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Yanhui Mao, Yao Lai, Yuwei Luo, Shan Liu, Yixin Du, Jing Zhou, Jianhong Ma, Flavia Bonaiuto, Marino Bonaiuto. Apple or Huawei: Understanding Flow, Brand Image, Brand Identity, Brand Personality and Purchase Intention of Smartphone. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3391.

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Yanhui Mao; Yao Lai; Yuwei Luo; Shan Liu; Yixin Du; Jing Zhou; Jianhong Ma; Flavia Bonaiuto; Marino Bonaiuto. 2020. "Apple or Huawei: Understanding Flow, Brand Image, Brand Identity, Brand Personality and Purchase Intention of Smartphone." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3391.

Journal article
Published: 08 April 2020 in Sustainability
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A growing number of studies suggest that flow experience is associated with life satisfaction, eudaimonic well-being, and the perceived strength of one’s social and place identity. However, little research has placed emphasis on flow and its relations with negative experiences such as anxiety. The current study investigated the relations between flow and anxiety by considering the roles of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy. The study sample included 590 Chinese university students, who were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire on flow, anxiety, self-esteem, and academic self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS software, in which both factorial analysis and path analysis were performed. Results revealed that the experience of flow negatively predicted anxiety, and both self-esteem and academic self-efficacy fully mediated the path between flow and anxiety. Specifically, self-esteem played a crucial and complete mediating role in this relationship, while academic self-efficacy mediated the path between self-esteem and anxiety. Our findings enrich the literature on flow experience and help with identifying practical considerations for buffering anxiety and more broadly with fostering strategies for promoting psychological sustainability and resilience.

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Yanhui Mao; Rui Yang; Marino Bonaiuto; Jianhong Ma; László Harmat. Can Flow Alleviate Anxiety? The Roles of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem in Building Psychological Sustainability and Resilience. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2987 .

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Yanhui Mao, Rui Yang, Marino Bonaiuto, Jianhong Ma, László Harmat. Can Flow Alleviate Anxiety? The Roles of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem in Building Psychological Sustainability and Resilience. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2987.

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Yanhui Mao; Rui Yang; Marino Bonaiuto; Jianhong Ma; László Harmat. 2020. "Can Flow Alleviate Anxiety? The Roles of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem in Building Psychological Sustainability and Resilience." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2987.

Research article
Published: 02 March 2020 in PLOS ONE
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Punishment aims to deter individuals’ selfish behaviors, but it can occasionally backfire. Some scholars have proposed promoting prosocial behaviors using punishment that communicates positive social norms because it provides additional motivation. However, it is unclear which factors affect the norm expressive function of punishment. This study proposes that third-party punishment communicates more positive normative information, and thus, promotes more prosocial behavior in observers than does second-party punishment. Using dictator games, we investigated the effects of second-party punishment compared to third-party punishment of another’s unfair sharing on observers’ norm perceptions and subsequent sharing decision-making. Two experiments consistently found that third-party punishment was more effective than second-party punishment at inducing observers’ beliefs that unfair distribution was unusual (descriptive norm) and unacceptable (injunctive norm). The altered descriptive but not injunctive norm perception further guided individuals’ own sharing behaviors. Taken together, these results suggest that third-party punishment might be better than second-party punishment at decreasing selfish behaviors by shaping individuals’ norm perceptions, especially descriptive norm perception, regarding the relevant behaviors.

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Hezhi Chen; Zhijia Zeng; Jianhong Ma. The source of punishment matters: Third-party punishment restrains observers from selfish behaviors better than does second-party punishment by shaping norm perceptions. PLOS ONE 2020, 15, e0229510 .

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Hezhi Chen, Zhijia Zeng, Jianhong Ma. The source of punishment matters: Third-party punishment restrains observers from selfish behaviors better than does second-party punishment by shaping norm perceptions. PLOS ONE. 2020; 15 (3):e0229510.

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Hezhi Chen; Zhijia Zeng; Jianhong Ma. 2020. "The source of punishment matters: Third-party punishment restrains observers from selfish behaviors better than does second-party punishment by shaping norm perceptions." PLOS ONE 15, no. 3: e0229510.

Journal article
Published: 30 December 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Authentic leadership has emerged as a positive relational-leadership approach that has gained the attention of academicians and practitioners by stimulating a healthy work environment. This study examined the direct influence of authentic leadership on employees’ communal relationships. In addition, the study examined the mediating role of affective- and cognitive-based trust on these relationships. We adopted a cross-sectional study design and collected data from 200 employees working in the private banking sector in Pakistan. The findings indicated that authentic leadership was positively correlated with communal employee relationships. In addition, both affective- and cognitive-based trust were found to have a positive mediating effect on the relationship between authentic leadership and communal employee relationships. The practical implications, limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Sadaf Iqbal; Tahir Farid; Muhammad Khalil Khan; Qionghon Zhang; Amira Khattak; Jianhong Ma. Bridging the Gap between Authentic Leadership and Employees Communal Relationships through Trust. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 17, 250 .

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Sadaf Iqbal, Tahir Farid, Muhammad Khalil Khan, Qionghon Zhang, Amira Khattak, Jianhong Ma. Bridging the Gap between Authentic Leadership and Employees Communal Relationships through Trust. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 17 (1):250.

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Sadaf Iqbal; Tahir Farid; Muhammad Khalil Khan; Qionghon Zhang; Amira Khattak; Jianhong Ma. 2019. "Bridging the Gap between Authentic Leadership and Employees Communal Relationships through Trust." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1: 250.

Articles
Published: 23 October 2019 in The Journal of Psychology
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In this research, we hypothesized that employees’ belief in a just world (BJW) would be positively related to their voice behavior, i.e., the expression of ideas or opinions with the intention of engendering organizational improvement or change, and that this relation would be mediated by perceived voice efficacy and perceived voice risk. To test these hypotheses, we collected self-reported data from employees in two different countries: China (N = 313) and Germany (N = 190). The results revealed a positive association between BJW and employee voice behavior in both samples. The two-mediator model was confirmed in the Chinese sample, while only perceived voice efficacy played a mediating role in the German sample. Possible reasons for these differences may be related to differences in cultural dimensions and education levels between the samples. The findings emphasize the importance of bolstering employees’ belief in justice and the organizational climate, which influence perceived voice efficacy and risk, as means to increase organizational voice behavior.

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Yuan Cheng; Gabriel Nudelman; Kathleen Otto; Jianhong Ma. Belief in a Just World and Employee Voice Behavior: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Efficacy and Risk. The Journal of Psychology 2019, 154, 129 -143.

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Yuan Cheng, Gabriel Nudelman, Kathleen Otto, Jianhong Ma. Belief in a Just World and Employee Voice Behavior: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Efficacy and Risk. The Journal of Psychology. 2019; 154 (2):129-143.

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Yuan Cheng; Gabriel Nudelman; Kathleen Otto; Jianhong Ma. 2019. "Belief in a Just World and Employee Voice Behavior: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Efficacy and Risk." The Journal of Psychology 154, no. 2: 129-143.

Journal article
Published: 16 May 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) at the individual level has emerged as an important field of research. However, a more comprehensive understanding of how CSR affects employee work engagement and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is still lacking. Based on social exchange theory, we examine the effects of employees' perceptions of CSR on OCB and work engagement as well as the mediating mechanism of distributive and procedural justice, based on data collected from 350 employees working in the banking sector of Pakistan. Our study suggests that employees' perceptions of CSR positively predict OCB and work engagement, and that work engagement is positively related to OCB. Both distributive and procedural justice positively mediate the effects of employees' perceptions of CSR on OCB and work engagement.

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Tahir Farid; Sadaf Iqbal; Jianhong Ma; Sandra Castro-González; Amira Khattak; Muhammad Khalil Khan. Employees' Perceptions of CSR, Work Engagement, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Effects of Organizational Justice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 1731 .

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Tahir Farid, Sadaf Iqbal, Jianhong Ma, Sandra Castro-González, Amira Khattak, Muhammad Khalil Khan. Employees' Perceptions of CSR, Work Engagement, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Effects of Organizational Justice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (10):1731.

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Tahir Farid; Sadaf Iqbal; Jianhong Ma; Sandra Castro-González; Amira Khattak; Muhammad Khalil Khan. 2019. "Employees' Perceptions of CSR, Work Engagement, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Mediating Effects of Organizational Justice." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 10: 1731.

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Published: 28 March 2019 in Sustainability
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Achieving cooperation to address social dilemmas has long been a global problem. This study examined, using an environment-focused step-level public-goods-dilemma game, the effect a consistent contributor (CC) has on group cooperation, as well as the mediating role moral elevation and the moderating role social value orientation (SVO) play in this process. A total of 196 students were recruited and classified as “pro-selfs” or “pro-socials” based on their SVOs; individuals with the same SVO characterization were randomly allocated to groups of four, and then randomly assigned to the CC condition or the control condition to play 15 rounds of public-goods-dilemma games. In the CC condition, additional computer-controlled players represented the CCs. The results showed that the CC groups cooperated and earned more than the control groups did. Multi-level mediation analysis confirmed that moral elevation partially mediates the CC effect. Although the CCs had a direct impact on both pro-socials and pro-selfs, multi-level moderated-mediation analysis demonstrated that CCs influenced pro-socials directly, but affected pro-selfs’ decision-making indirectly, through moral elevation. This study contributes to a better understanding of sustainability of cooperation in social dilemmas by showing that consistent cooperative behaviors are contagious, and that their effects differ based on an individuals’ SVO.

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Qionghan Zhang; Yingyuan Chen; Yuan Tao; Tahir Farid; Jianhong Ma. How Consistent Contributors Inspire Individuals to Cooperate: The Role of Moral Elevation and Social Value Orientation. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1874 .

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Qionghan Zhang, Yingyuan Chen, Yuan Tao, Tahir Farid, Jianhong Ma. How Consistent Contributors Inspire Individuals to Cooperate: The Role of Moral Elevation and Social Value Orientation. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):1874.

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Qionghan Zhang; Yingyuan Chen; Yuan Tao; Tahir Farid; Jianhong Ma. 2019. "How Consistent Contributors Inspire Individuals to Cooperate: The Role of Moral Elevation and Social Value Orientation." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 1874.

Journal article
Published: 02 December 2015 in SpringerPlus
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Answering the call for research on coping outside of the Western world, the present study confirms previous research that indicated Asians cope with stress differently from other ethnic groups. In the present study, we explore the stress-coping-adjustment model and its role in acculturation for educational sojourners in the People’s Republic of China. Using a sample of 121 recent exchange students (Asian, n = 52; non-Asian, n = 69), we administered surveys in the Fall of 2013 and 90 days later to measure students’ socio-cultural adaptation. Results indicate several significant findings. Acculturative stress and perceived cultural distance had no role in predicting adaptation. Non-Asians reported greater adjustment even though cultural distance was greater. As hypothesized, non-Asians used more primary and secondary coping compared to Asians. Moderation analyses indicate three-way interactions among stress × coping × group, showing that non-Asians benefit from high usage primary coping, while primary coping exacerbates the negative effects of stress on adjustment for Asians. Secondary coping proves to be beneficial for both groups and improves adjustment across low and moderate stress levels. Results support recent developments in collective coping, suggesting that primary and secondary coping may not be beneficial for all ethnic groups in all circumstances. Research implications and practical contributions are discussed.

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Alexander S. English; Zhi Jia Zeng; Jian Hong Ma. The stress of studying in China: primary and secondary coping interaction effects. SpringerPlus 2015, 4, 1 -14.

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Alexander S. English, Zhi Jia Zeng, Jian Hong Ma. The stress of studying in China: primary and secondary coping interaction effects. SpringerPlus. 2015; 4 (1):1-14.

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Alexander S. English; Zhi Jia Zeng; Jian Hong Ma. 2015. "The stress of studying in China: primary and secondary coping interaction effects." SpringerPlus 4, no. 1: 1-14.