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Shan Wang

Shan Wang

Assistant Professor of Psychology at Duke Kunshan University
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Psychological flexibility prospectively predicts COVID-19 PPE use across a two-month interval.

Journal Article Psychology, health & medicine · March 2024 Perceived susceptibility, psychological flexibility and health behaviors (PPE use, social distancing) were measured at two time points spaced 2 months apart during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in the U.S.A (Time 1 April 2020; Time 2 Jun ... Full text Cite

Association between individual resilience and depression or anxiety among general adult population during COVID-19: a systematic review.

Journal Article Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · November 2023 BackgroundThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated depression and anxiety worldwide. Resilience is important to maintain mental health during uncertain times, but limited study has systematically reviewed its association with depres ... Full text Cite

The value of the International Association for the Study of Pain to career development: perspectives of trainee and early career members

Journal Article Pain · November 2023 AbstractSupporting its young members has been a key priority of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) for the past 5 decades. The IASP, along with its federations, chapters, and special inter ... Full text Cite

The Time Course of Facial Expression Recognition Using Spatial Frequency Information: Comparing Pain and Core Emotions.

Journal Article The journal of pain · February 2021 We are able to recognize others' experience of pain from their facial expressions. However, little is known about what makes the recognition of pain possible and whether it is similar or different from core emotions. This study investigated the mechanisms ... Full text Cite

Psychological reactions to COVID-19: Survey data assessing perceived susceptibility, distress, mindfulness, and preventive health behaviors.

Journal Article Data in brief · February 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic created a complex psychological environment for persons in America. A total of 450 USA MTurk workers completed measures of: (a) basic demographic characteristics; (b) health risk factors for COVID-19; (c) perceived susceptibility vari ... Full text Open Access Cite

Exploring attentional biases towards facial expressions of pain in men and women

Journal Article European Journal of Pain · October 2018 AbstractBackgroundInterpersonal factors may help explain why men and women differ in their perception and expression of pain. Whilst the focus is often on the person in pain, how observers ... Full text Cite

The role of spatial frequency information in the decoding of facial expressions of pain: a novel hybrid task

Journal Article Pain · November 2017 AbstractSpatial frequency (SF) information contributes to the recognition of facial expressions, including pain. Low-SF encodes facial configuration and structure and often dominates over high-SF information, whi ... Full text Cite