Shanghai Normal University | China
Assist. Prof. Dr. Na Hu is an accomplished early-career scholar in developmental psychology, currently serving as Assistant Professor at Shanghai Normal University since 2022. She obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from East China Normal University in 2022, where her doctoral work focused on interpersonal emotion regulation among children and adolescents, following an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Southwest University (2018) and a B.A. in Applied Psychology from Anhui Agricultural University (2015). With a growing international reputation, Dr. Hu’s research expertise centers on interpersonal emotion regulation, solitude preference, and helicopter parenting, particularly in relation to children’s and adolescents’ psychological adjustment. She has developed strong technical skills in EEG recording and analysis, as well as proficiency in fNIRS and fMRI data processing, and is adept in advanced statistical methods including dynamic structural equation modeling, latent growth modeling, and longitudinal analysis using R, SPSS, and Mplus. Professionally, she has led and contributed to several funded research projects supported by the Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai Municipal Government, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, establishing herself as a principal investigator with strong leadership capacity. Her publication record includes more than 19 peer-reviewed journal articles in leading outlets such as Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Biological Psychology, Acta Psychologica, and Current Psychology, with multiple works indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Dr. Hu’s academic excellence has been recognized through numerous awards, including the First Prize in the 7th Young Faculty Teaching Skills Competition (2025), the Teaching Achievement Award (2025), and Outstanding Graduate recognitions at both the Master’s and Ph.D. levels. She is actively engaged in mentoring students, advising in national competitions, and building cross-border research collaborations. With 228 citations across 223 documents, 14 publications, and an h-index of 9, Dr. Hu demonstrates strong and growing academic impact, positioning her as a rising leader in developmental psychology with significant future potential for advancing global research in child and adolescent mental health.
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Featured Publications
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Chen, L., Hu, N., Shu, C., & Chen, X. (2019). Adult attachment and self-disclosure on social networking site: A content analysis of Sina Weibo. Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 96–105. Citations: 60
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Li, F., Yin, S., Feng, P., Hu, N., Ding, C., & Chen, A. (2018). The cognitive up- and down-regulation of positive emotion: Evidence from behavior, electrophysiology, and neuroimaging. Biological Psychology, 136, 57–66. Citations: 56
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Shu, C., Hu, N., Zhang, X., Ma, Y., & Chen, X. (2017). Adult attachment and profile images on Chinese social networking sites: A comparative analysis of Sina Weibo and WeChat. Computers in Human Behavior, 77, 266–273. Citations: 51
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Ma, Y., Ran, G., Chen, X., Ma, H., & Hu, N. (2017). Adult attachment styles associated with brain activity in response to infant faces in nulliparous women: An event-related potentials study. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 627. Citations: 34
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Hu, N., Xu, G., Chen, X., Yuan, M., Liu, J., Coplan, R. J., Li, D., & Chen, X. (2022). A parallel latent growth model of affinity for solitude and depressive symptoms among Chinese early adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(5), 904–914. Citations: 18
