Jing Zhang

Academic Title：Associate Researcher

Email：jzhang@ed.ecnu.edu.cn

Personal Website：https://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/s/4013/main.jspy

PhD, Yale University, Psychology (2012)

Postdoc, East China Normal University, Educational Psychology

Ph.D., Humboldt University of Berlin, Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment. Supervisor: Prof. Matthias Ziegler

M.A., East China Normal University, Educational Psychology, Supervisor: Prof. Qinglin Wu

Structural Equational Modelling

My research is concerned with factors affecting life-long learning and performance. My research is built around the topics measurement of traits and abilities, motivational constructs, and modeling their interactions.

The Role of Personality and Intelligence in Learning

Personality, Motivation, and Education

Personality stabilization and change across the lifespan

The biological basis of personality dimensions in the context of Asian culture

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2018). Why Do Personality Traits Predict Scholastic Performance? A Three-wave Longitudinal Study. Journal of Research in Personality, 74, 182-193.

Zhang, J.*, Paulhus, D., & Ziegler, M. (2018). Personality predictors of scholastic cheating in a Chinese sample. Educational Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2018.1502414.

Zhang, J.*, Dong, Z.H., & Yang, X. D. (2018). The Predictors of Academic Interest: Fluid Intelligence, Openness to experience, and Their Interaction. Educational Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2018.1514103.

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2016). How do the Big Five influence Scholastic Performance? A Big Five-Narrow Traits-Model or A Double Mediation Model. Learning and Individual Differences, 50, 93-102.

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2015). Interaction Effects between Openness and Fluid Intelligence Predicting Scholastic Performance. Journal of Intelligence, 3, 91-110.

Oral or Poster presentation:

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2018, July). Predicting Scholastic performance: When interests take over from Openness. In Kirill Fayn (Organizer & Chair), New frontiers in openness to experience: from piloerection to psychedelics. Symposium will be conducted at the 19^th European Conference on Personality, Zadar, Croatia.

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2015, September).How the Big Five personality traits predict scholastic performance. In Ricarda Steinmayr and Marion Spengler (Organizer & Chair), The growing importance of personality as a determinant of academic performance. Symposium conducted at the annual Conference among Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology, and Psychological Assessment, Mainz, Germany.

Zhang, J.* (2019, April). Predicting Scholastic performance: When interests take over from Openness. Poster will be presented at 2019 American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2018, July).Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Short Dark Triad (SD3-C) scale. Paper will be presented at 19^th European Conference on Personality, Zadar, Croatia.

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2016, July).A three-wave longitudinal study: A process model from personality traits to scholastic performance. Paper presented at 18^th European Conference on Personality, Timisoara, Romania.

Zhang, J.*, & Ziegler, M. (2014, July). Exploring the mechanism underlying the relationship between personality traits and scholastic performance. Paper presented at 17^th European Conference on Personality, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Member, Editorial Board, Cognition and Instruction, Journal of the Learning Science

Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Reviewer, Personality and Individual Differences (SSCI)

Reviewer, Learning and Individual Differences (SSCI)

Reviewer, Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI)

Reviewer, Educational Psychology (SSCI)

Reviewer, International Journal of Behavioral Development (SSCI)