Dr. Tonglin Jiang received her Bachelor’s Degree from Department of Psychology, Harbin Normal University in 2010. She got her Master Degree from School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University in 2014, and her Ph.D. Degree from Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong. She joined the School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University since 2020.

Her research interests lie in uncovering the myth of meaningful existence. To live a meaningful life, people need to know who they are and get the way of promoting authentic living. Thus, my team investigates questions about self-concept, meaning in life, self-related emotions such as awe and nostalgia, psychological well-being, and the antecedent factors and consequences associated with these constructs.

List of Publications

#Corresponding author，*Co-first author Publications

Chen, Z. #*, Poon, K. T. *, Jiang, T., Teng, F. (2025). Psychosocial and behavioural consequences of ostracism across contexts. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00393-y

Yuan, W., Chang, J., Jiang, F. & Jiang, T. # (2025). Be Kinder to Yourself: Awe Promotes Self-Compassion via Self-Transcendence. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001495

Wang, Y., Yan, W., & Jiang, T. # (2025). Suddenly Enlightened: Awe Promotes Wise Reasoning via Self-Transcendence. Journal of Positive Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2025.2461570

Yin, Y., Jiang, T. #, Thomaes, S., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2025). Nostalgia Promotes Parents’ Tradition Transfer to Children: The Role of Self-Child Overlap. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 51(3), 394-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231187337

Sun, Y., Wang, X. #, Su, S. #, Chen, W. F., & Jiang, T. (2024). Low Self-Concept Clarity Induces Scarcity Perceptions: The Subsequent Effects on Prosocial Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Online First, https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241294103

Pan, X.*, Jiang, T. *#, Yuan, W., Hao, C., Bai, Y., & Keltner, D. (2024). A Balanced Mind: Awe Fosters Equanimity via
Temporal Distancing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 127(6), 1127–1145. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000410

Pan, X. & Jiang, T. # (2024). A Tale of Self-Transcendence: Awe Fosters Optimism. Journal of Positive Psychology. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2024.2394458

Jiang, T. #, Hicks, J., Yuan, W., Yin, Y., Needy, L., & Vess, M. (2024). Exploring the unique nature and implications of awe. Nature Psychology Reviews, 3, 475–488. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00322-z

Jin, Y., Cai, W., Chen, L. #, Zhang, Y., Doherty, G., & Jiang, T. (2024). Exploring the Design of Generative AI in Supporting Music-based Reminiscence for Older Adults. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/ 3613904.3642800

Yuan, W., Guo, T., Jiang, T. #, & Wang, F. # (2024). Online Social Pain Reliever: Online Awe-Intervening Approach Promotes Recovery Via the Global Sense of Connectedness. Computers in Human Behavior, 158, 108283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108283

Yin, Y., Yuan, W., Hao, C., Du, Y., Xu, Z., Hicks, J., & Jiang, T. # (2024). Awe Fosters Positive Attitudes Toward Solitude. Nature Mental Health, 2, 717–727. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00244-y

Yin, Y., Jiang, T. #, Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2024). Nostalgia, Ritual Engagement, and Meaning in Life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167224123574

Yuan, W., Du, Y, & Jiang, T. #. (2024). How and When Awe Improves Meaning in Life: The Role of Authentic-Self Pursuit and Trait Authenticity. Emotion, 24(2), 412–430. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001278

Dai, Y., Jiang, T. #, Poon, K.T., & Gaer, W. (2023). Workplace Objectification Leads to Self-Harm: The Mediating Effect of Depressive Moods. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231213898. 2023年美国人格与社会心理学会政策影响力年度文章

Dai, Y., Li, Q., Zhou, H., & Jiang, T. # (2023). Nostalgia and Online Autobiography: Implications for Global Self-Continuity and Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well-Being, 24(8), 2747–2763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00701-y

Dai, Y. & Jiang, T. # (2023). Inspired by Awe: Awe Promotes Inspiration via Self-Transcendence. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 19(4), 647–661. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2254737

Dai, Y., Jiang, T. #, Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2024). Nostalgia Counteracts Social Anxiety and Enhances Interpersonal Competence. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 15(5). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231187680

Zhang, Z. Chen, Z. #, Poon, K.T., & Jiang, T. (2023). Objectification Decreases Prosociality: the Mediating Roles of Relative Deprivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 2122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1120513

Jin Y., Cai W., Chen L. #, Dai Y., & Jiang T. (2023) Understanding Disclosure and Support in Social Music Communities for Youth Mental Health. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW’23), 2023.

Wang, T., Li, H., & Jiang, T. # (2023). Fighting Cyberbullying with Past: The Buffering Effect of Nostalgia. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, 107518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107518

Jiang, T. *#, Wang, T. *, Poon, K.T., Gaer, W., & Wang, X. (2023). Low Self-Concept Clarity Inhibits Self-Control: The Mediating Effect of Global Self-Continuity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 49(11), 1587-1600. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221109664

Pan, X., & Jiang, T. *# (2023). Awe Fosters Global Self-Continuity: The Mediating Effect of Global Processing and Narrative. Emotion, 23(6), 1618–1632. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001187

Dai, Y.,  Jiang, T. #, & Miao, M. (2022). Uncovering the Effects of Awe on Meaning in Life. Journal of Happiness Studies. 23(7), 3517–3529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00559-6

Zhang, Z. #, Chen, L., Jiang, T. #, Li, Y., & Li, L. (2022). Effects of Feature-Based Explanation and Its Output Modality on User Satisfaction with Service Recommender Systems. Frontiers in Big Data, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2022.897381

Wang, X., Wang, T., Jiang, T. #, Chen, Z. & Hong, Y. (2022). Double Standards in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderation of Perceived Threat. European Journal of Social Psychology. 52(3), 515–527. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2834

Jiang, T. # & Sedikides, C. (2022). Awe Motivates Authentic-self Pursuit via Self-Transcendence: Implications for Prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 123(3), 576–596. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000381

Wang, T., Wang, X., Jiang, T. #,  Wang, S., & Chen, Z. (2021). Under the Threat of an Epidemic: People with Higher Subjective Socioeconomic Status Show More Unethical Behaviors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 3170. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063170

Jiang, T. #, Cheung, W. Y., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2021). Nostalgia, Reflection, Brooding: Psychological Benefits and Autobiographical Memory Functions. Consciousness and Cognition, 90, 103107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103107

Jiang, T., Chen, Z. #, Wang, S., & Hou, Y#. (2021). Ostracism Disrupts Self-Continuity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 47(9), 1390–1400. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672209744

Jiang, T., Chen, Z. #, & Sedikides, C. (2020). Self-Concept Clarity Lays the Foundation for Self-Continuity: The Restorative Function of Autobiographical Memory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(4), 945–959. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000259

Chen, Z. #, Poon, K. T., DeWall, C. N. & Jiang, T. (2021). Life Lacks Meaning without Acceptance: Ostracism Triggers Suicidal Thoughts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(6), 1423–1443. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000238

Wang, X., Chen, Z. #, Poon, K.T., & Jiang, T. (2020). Perceiving a Lack of Social Justice: Lower Class Individuals Apply Higher Moral Standards to Others. Social Psychological and Personality Science.  12(2), 186–193. https://doi.org/10.1177/194855061989855

Jiang, T., & Chen, Z. # (2020). Relative Deprivation: A Mechanism for the Ostracism–Aggression Link. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(2), 347–359. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2621

Jiang, F., Lu, S., Jiang, T. #, & Jia, H. & (2020). Does the Relation Between Humor Styles and Subjective Well-Being Vary across Culture and Age? A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02213

Jiang, T. #, & Chen, Z. # (2020). Meaning in Life Accounts for the Association between Long-Term Ostracism and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion. The Journal of Social Psychology, 160(5), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2019.1693951

Jiang, T., Li, H., & Hou, Y. # (2019). Cultural Differences in Humor Perception, Usage, and Implications. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00123

Hou, Y. #, Xiong, D., Jiang, T., Song, L., & Wang, Q. (2019). Social Media Addiction: Its Impact, Mediation, and Intervention. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 13. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2019-1-4

Hou, Y.* #, Jiang, T.*, & Wang, Q.# (2017). Socioeconomic Status and Online shaming: The Mediating Role of Belief in a Just World. Computers in Human Behavior, 76, 19–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.003

Jiang, T., Hou, Y. #, & Wang, Q. # (2016). Does Micro-Blogging Make Us “Shallow”? Sharing Information Online Interferes with Information Comprehension. Computers in Human Behavior, 59, 210–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.008