A Summary on the contents and citations of Li et al. (2020)

Presenter: Cui Tianxiang

Supervisor: Tong Kwok Kit, Department of Psychology

2023.02.13

The chosen research article

  • Li, Y., Tong, K. K., Tao, V. Y., Zhang, M. X., & Wu, A. M. (2020). Testing the associations among social axioms, school belonging, and flourishing in university students: a two‐year longitudinal study. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 12(3), 749-769. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12205
  • Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being
    • SCI IF (2021): 7.521, SCI IF(5): 6.580
    • SSCI-Q1: Psychology, Applied, 10/112

What is it about?

  • To investigate temporal stability of social axioms (generalized social beliefs)
  • To test the prospective effects of social axioms on students’ flourishing
  • To examine the mediating effect of school belonging on the above relationship

What are its main conclusions?

  • All social axioms are relatively stable across time. Social cynicism, reward for applications, and school belonging are the most salient predictors for flourishing among Chinese university students.

the research has been cited by…

  • Chan & Tam (2021). Do people’s assumptions about the social world matter? The effects of social axioms on environmental attitude and efficacy beliefs. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
    • SCI IF (2021): 7.649, SCI IF(5): 8.646
    • SSCI-Q1: Psychology, Multidisciplinary, 21/211

Chan & Tam (2021)

  • Implication: social axioms exhibited a moderate to strong stability over a one-year period (Li, Tong, Tao, Zhang, & Wu, 2020).
  • Purpose of the citation
    • To emphasize the stability of social axioms, and changing them takes effort and time
  • The relative impact
    • Contributed to evidence for the relative stability of social axioms

the research has been cited by…

  • Dixson & Gentzis (2021). To Hope and Belong in Adolescence: A Potential Pathway to Increased Academic Engagement for African American Males. School Psychology Review.
  • School Psychology Review
    • SCI IF (2021): 2.136, SCI IF(5): 3.635
    • SSCI-Q3: Psychology, Educational, 37/61

Dixson & Gentzis (2021)

  • Introduction: school belonging…predicts…overall student well-being (Li et al., 2020).
  • Purpose of the citation
    • To claim that school belonging is an influential construct within the school context (e.g., associated with student’s well-being)
  • The relative impact
    • Contributed to evidence for the significant relationship between school belonging and well-being (i.e., flourishing)

the research has been cited by…

  • Luna-Sánchez et al. (2022). Social Axioms Mediate Gender Differences in Gender Ideologies Among Guatemalan University Students. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
  • Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
    • SCI IF (2021): 2.577, SCI IF(5): 3.506
    • SSCI-Q3: Psychology, Social, 44/66

Luna-Sánchez et al. (2022)

  • Implications: social justice objective can be furthered by reducing cynicism and fate control in society. Both…are associated with…less flourishing (Li et al., 2020).
  • Purpose of the citation
    • To emphasize the importance of reducing cynicism and fate control for more flourishing
  • The relative impact
    • Contributed to evidence for the significant relationship between social axioms and flourishing

the research has been cited by…

  • Yao et al. (2022). Self-support and loneliness among Chinese primary school students: a moderated mediation model. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Frontiers in Psychology
    • SCI IF (2021): 4.232, SCI IF(5): 4.426
    • SSCI-Q3: Psychology, Multidisciplinary, 35/148

Yao et al. (2022)

  • Discussion: When a student receiving recognition, support, and encouragement at school and actively participating in campus activities, the student will generates a sense of belonging (Li et al., 2020).
  • Purpose of the citation
    • Doubtful. Didn’t find relevant conclusions or statements

the research has been cited by…

  • Younas et al. (2021). What Makes Women Social Cynics? An Exploratory Study. Journal of Professional & Applied Psychology.
    • Introduction: higher levels of social cynicism predicted lower levels of school belonging in university students (Li et al., 2020).

Younas et al. (2021)

  • Purpose of the citation
    • To illustrate the negative effects of cynicism on students
  • The relative impact
    • Contributed to evidence for the significant relationship between social axioms and school belonging

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