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Education
M.A. in Psychology, Fudan University, 2020
B.S. in Psychology, Fudan University, 2017
Research Advisor
Research Interests
Zexi has two lines of research. The first line focuses on understanding intergenerational relationships across the lifespan in a culturally-sensitive manner. The second line focuses on unfolding daily biopsychosocial processes of successful aging.
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- Yang, B.+, Zhou, Z.+, Devakonda, V., & Qu, Y. (2024). The role of neural reward sensitivity in the longitudinal relations between parents’ familism values and Latinx American youth’s prosocial behaviors. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101343 (+co-first authors)
- Fingerman, K. L., Zhou, Z., & Gao, S. (2024). Intergenerational ties in late life. Current Opinions in Psychology, 55, 101743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101743
- Zhou, Z., Zhang, S., Kim, Y. K., Birditt, K. S., & Fingerman, K. L. (2024). Need to belong, daily social engagement, and transient loneliness in late life. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(1), 115–136. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231211617
- Yang, B., Anderson, Z., Zhou, Z., Liu, S., Haase, C. M., & Qu, Y. (2023). The longitudinal role of family conflict and neural reward sensitivity in youth’s internalizing symptoms. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 18(1), nsad037. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsad037
- Fingerman, K. L., Zhou, Z., Huo, M., Luong, G., & Birditt, K. S. (2023). Enduring bonds: Duration and contact in close relationships in late life. The Gerontologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad091
- Zhou, Z., Chen, Y.-Y., Yang, B., Qu, Y., & Lee, T.-H. (2023). Family cohesion moderates the relation between parent-child neural connectivity pattern similarity and youth’s emotional adjustment. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(33), 5936–5943. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0349-23.2023
- Zhou, Z., Shi, Z., Qu, Y., & Li, X. (2023). Parents’ self-development socialization goals and Chinese adolescents’ academic motivation: The mediating role of parents’ autonomy support. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 1887–1901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01797-4
- Qu, Y., Zhou, Z., & Lee, T.-H. (2023). Parent-child neural similarity: Measurements, antecedents, and consequences. Frontiers in Cognition, 2, 1113082. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcogn.2023.1113082
- Zhou, Z., Qu, Y., & Li, X. (2022). Parental collectivism goals and Chinese adolescents’ prosocial behaviors: The mediating role of authoritative parenting. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(4), 766–779. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01579-4
- Zhou, Z., Li, M., Wu, J., & Li, X. (2021). Differential associations between parents’ versus children’s perceptions of parental socialization goals and Chinese adolescent depressive symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 681940. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.681940
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Independent Instructor
HDF 304: Family Relationships, Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant
HDF 304H: Family Relationships: Honors Section, Fall 2022, Fall 2023
HDF 345: Peer Relationships, Fall 2021
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