Department of PsychologyJing, Y., Ji, L.J.,… & Cai, H. (in press). Understanding regional cultural-psychological variations in China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Cao, Y., Wang, Y., Hou, Y., & Ji, L.J*. (in press). Beyond laughter: How culture shapes the meaning and preference of humor. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Cao, Y., Wang, Y., Hou, Y., & Ji, L.J*. (in press). The seriocomic style across cultures: Can humor and seriousness coexist? Journal of Positive Psychology.
Cao, Y., Hou, Y., Wang, Y., Ji, L.J*. (in press). The effect of cultural tightness on the sense of humor. American Psychologist.
Cao, Y., Cao, J., Hou, Y., & Ji, L.J*. (in press). How humorous is AI? Exploring ChatGPT’s role in humor generation and human-AI interaction. Computers in Human Behavior Reports.
Meier, B.P., Schafer, M., Ji, L.J., & Batres, C. (in press). Cross-cultural evidence for an association between agreeableness and sweet taste preferences. Journal of Research in Personality.
Vaughan-Johnston+, T.I., Imitaz+,F, Patro, G.A.,Shang+, S.X., Fabrigar, L, & Ji, L.J*. (in press) Recruitment Strategies Bias Sampling and Shape Replicability. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241293504
Meier, B., Noreen, E., Ji, L.J., Fellman, M., & Lappas, C. (2025). Perceived Naturalness Biases objective Behavior in both trivial and meaningful contexts. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(1), 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241276027
Yap+, S., Ji, L.J*, Wang, X.-Q., Chang, B., & Mao+, M. (2025). Projecting the Current Salient Relational Situations Into the Past and Future Across Cultures. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(2), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231211628
Imtiaz+, F., Vaughan-Johnston +, T., & Ji., L.J., & (2024). Motivation and Age Revisited: The Impact of Outcome and Process Orientations on Temporal Focus in older and young adults. Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 4(2), 140-155.DOI: 10.3390/jal4020010
Vaughan-Johnston+, T., Imtiaz+, F, Ji., L.J., Hanif, R., Fowlie, D.I., & Jacobson, J. (2024). Comparing self-evaluative discrepancies in Canada and Pakistan. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 27(2), 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12592
Ji, L.J * & Wang, X.Q. (2023). Cultural differences in people’s affective responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of self-continuity and lay theories of change. Current Psychology, 43, 17978-17984, DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-05354-x
Ji, L.J.*, Lee+, A., Zhang, Z., Li, Y., Wang, X.Q., Torok+, D., & Rosenbaum+, S. (2023). Judging a book by its cover: Cultural differences in inference of the inner state based on the outward appearance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(1), 82-99. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000413
He, X.X., Wang, X.Q., Steger, M.F., Ji, L.J., Jing, K., Liu, M.F., & Ye, B.J. (2023). Meaning in life and psychological distress: a meta-analysis. Journal of Research in Personality, 104, p.104381, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104381
Ji, L.J*., Wu, Y., & Yang Y. (2023). The Breadth of temporal information focus among Chinese people. Acta Psychologica Sinica. 55(3), 421-434.
Ji, L.J.*, Lappas, C.M., Wang, X.Q., & Meier, B.P. (2023). The Naturalness Bias influences Drug and Vaccine Decisions Across Cultures. Medical Decision Making, 43(2), 252–262. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X221140803
Meier, B.P., Dillard, A.J., Fetterman A.K., Ji, L.J., & Lappas, C.M. (2023). Religiosity and the natural versus synthetic drug bias. Journal of Religion and Health, 62 (2), 702-719.doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01694-3
Cao, Y., Liu, Y., Hou, Y., & Ji, L.J*. (2023). The effects of benevolent vs. corrective humor on interpersonal liking and behavioral compliance, Personality and Individual Difference., Vol 200, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111907.
Cao, Y., Hou, Y., Dong, Z., & Ji, L.J.* (2023). The impact of culture and psychological distance on humor appreciation and creation. Social Psychological and Personality Science (correspondence author), 14(2), 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211065938
Ji, L.J.,* Imtiaz+, F., Su, Y., Zhang, Z., Bowie+, A.C., & Chang, B. (2022). Culture, aging, self-continuity, and life satisfaction. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, 3843-3864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00568-5
Ji, L.J.*, Yap+, S., Khei+, M., Wang, X. Q., Chang, B., Shang+, S.X., & Cai, H. (2022). Meaning in stressful experiences and coping across cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(9), 1015-1032. doi:10.1177/00220221221109552
Yap+, S., Ji, L.J.*, Chan. M., & Zhang, Z. (2022). Cultural differences in self and affect through drawings of personal experiences. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 25(3), 504-518 (correspondence author) https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12513
Ji, L.J.*, Khei+, M., Yap+, S., Wang, X., Zhang, Z., & Hou, Y. (2021). Cultural differences in the construal of suffering and the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(6), 1039–1047. doi:10.1177/1948550620958807
Ji, L.J.*, Vaughan-Johnston+, T., Zhang, Z., Jacobson, J., Zhang, N., & Huang, X. (2021). Context and cultural differences in positive thinking. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(5), 449-467. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221211020442
Vaughan-Johnston, T., Imtiaz, F., Lee, A., & Ji, L.J.* (2021). Age differences of leadership positions across cultures. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703831
Yap+, S., Lee, A., Ji, L.J.*, Li, Y. & Dong, Y. (2021). Cultural differences in people’s psychological response to COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636062
Yang, Z., Ji, L.J., Yang, Y., Wang, Y., Zhu, L., & Cai, H. (2021). Meaning making helps cope with covid-19: A longitudinal study. Personality and Individual Difference, 174, 110670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110670
Imtiaz+, F. & Ji, L.J., (2021). Then and Now: Examining the impact of temporal focus on persuasive messages across seniors and young adults, Experimental Aging Research, 47(1), 57-78. DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2020.1839309
Ji, L.J.*, Khei, M., Yap, S., Wang, X., Zhang, Z., & Hou, Y. (2021). Cultural differences in the construal of suffering and the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(6), 1039–1047. doi:10.1177/1948550620958807
Ji, L.J.*, Vaughan-Johnston, T., Zhang, Z., Jacobson, J., Zhang, N., & Huang, X. (2021). Context and cultural differences in optimism. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(5), 449-467.
Vaughan-Johnston, T., Imtiaz, F., Lee, A., & Ji, L.J.* (2021). Age differences of leadership positions across cultures. Frontiers in Psychology.
Spina, R., Ji, L.J., Li, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2020). Cultural differences in the tendency to seek practical versus theoretical information. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 51(7-8), 636-653. doi.org/10.1177/0022022120933691
Lee, A., Ji, L.J.*, Li, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2020). Fear David or Goliath? Inferring competence from demeanor across cultures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46 (7), 1074-89. DOI: 10.1177/0146167219893999.
Ji, L.J., Yap, S., Best, M., & McGeorge, K. (2019) Global processing makes people happier than local processing. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00670
Ji, L.J, Hong, E., Guo, T., Zhang, Z., Su, Y., & Li, Y. (2019). Culture, psychological proximity to the past and future, and self-continuity. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49 (4), 735-747.
Yap, S., Ji, L.J., & Hong, E. (2018). Culture and cognition. In Sharon Tompson-Schill (ed.) The Stevens’ Handbook of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119170174.epcn314
Zhang, N., Ji., L.J., Bai, B., & Li, Y. (2018). Culturally Divergent Consequences of Receiving Thanks in Close Relationships. Emotion, 18(1), 46-57. doi: 10.1037/emo0000385
Ji. L.J., & Chan, E. (2017) Chinese thinking styles and religion, in Justin Barrett and Ryan Hornbeck (eds.) Religious cognition in China, Springer International, 35-54.
Ji, L.J., Zhang, N., Li, Y., Zhang, Z., Harper, G, Khei, M., & Li, J. (2017). Cultural variations in reasons for advice-seeking. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 30:708-718.
An, S., Ji, L.J., Marks, M., & Zhang, Z. (2017). Two Sides of Emotion: Exploring positivity and negativity in six basic emotions across cultures. Frontiers in Psychology. 8: 610
Ji, L.J., & Yap, S. (2016). Culture and cognition. Current Opinion in Psychology. 8: 105-111. DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.10.004
Ji, L.J., McGeorge, K., Li, Y., Lee, A., & Zhang, Z. (2015). Culture and gambling fallacies. Springerplus, 4 (1):510. http://www.springerplus.com/content/4/1/510. DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1290-2
Lee, A., & Ji, L.J. (2014). Moving away from a bad past and towards a good future: feelings influence the metaphorical understanding of time. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 143(1), 21-26.
Miyamoto, Y., Knoepfler, C.A., Ishii, K., & Ji, L.J. (2013). Cultural variation in the focus on goals versus processes of actions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39(6), 707-719, doi: 10.1177/0146167213483579
Ji, L.J., & Kaulius, M. (2013). Judgment and decision making across cultures. Advances in Psychological Science, 21(3), 381-388.
Guo, T., Ji, L.J*, Spina, R., & Zhang, Z. (2012). Culture, temporal focus, and values of the past and the future. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(8), 1030 – 1040, DOI 10.1177/0146167212443895.
Jacobson, J., Ji, L.J., Ditto, P.H., Zhang, Z., Reiss, S.K., Legnini, V., Sorkin, D., Roper-Coleman, S., Ebel-Lam, A. (2012). The Effects of Culture and Self-Construal on Responses to Threatening Health Information. Psychology and Health. DOI:10.1080/08870446.2011.652963
Rounding, K., Lee, A., Jacobson, J., & Ji, L.J. (2012). Religion Replenishes Self-Control. Psychological Science. 23(6), 635-642.
Miyamoto, Y., & Ji, L.J. (2011). Power fosters context-independent, analytic cognition. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37(11), 1449-1458.
Spina, R., Ji, L.J., Guo, T., Zhang, Z, Li, Y., & Fabrigar, L. (2010) Cultural Differences in the Representativeness Heuristic: Expecting a Correspondence in Magnitude between Cause and Effect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 36(5), 583-597.
Spina, R., Ji, L.J., Ross, M., Li, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2010) Why best can’t last: Cultural differences in anticipating regression toward the mean. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 13, 153-162.
Ji. L.J., Lee, A., & Guo, T. (2010) The thinking styles of Chinese people, in Michael Bond (ed.) The handbook of Chinese Psychology (2nd edition), Oxford University Press, p155-167.
Yates, F.J.,Ji, L.J., Oka, T, Lee, J.W., Shinotsuka, H., & Sieck, W. (2010) Indecisiveness and culture: Incidence, values, and thoroughness. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41(3), 428-444.
Ji, L.J., Guo, T., Zhang, Z.,& Messervey, D. (2009) Looking into the past: Cultural differences in perception and representation of past information. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(4), 761-769.
Ji, L.J. (2008) The leopard cannot change his spots, or can he: Culture and the development of lay theories of change. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(5), 613-622.
Ji, L.J., Zhang, Z., & Guo, T. (2008) To buy or to sell: Cultural differences in stock market decisions based on stock price trends. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 21(4), 399-413.
Ji, L.J. (2005). Culture and lay theories of change. In Culture and Social Behavior: The Tenth Ontario Symposium. Edited by Richard M. Sorrentino, Dov Cohen, Jim Olson, Mark Zanna. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 117 -135.
Ji, L.J., Zhang, Z., & Nisbett, R.E. (2004) Is it Culture, or is it language? Examination of language effects in cross-cultural research on categorization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87(1), 57-65.
Ji, L.J., Zhang, Z., Usborne, E., & Guan, Y. (2004). Optimism across cultures: In response to the SARS outbreak. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 7(1), 25-34.
Haberstroh, S., Oyserman, D., Schwarz, N., Kuhnen, U., & Ji, L.J. (2002) Is the interdependent self more sensitive to question context than the independent self? Self-construal and the observation of conversational norms. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 323-329.
Ji, L.J., Nisbett, R.E., & Su, Y. (2001) Culture, change, and prediction. Psychological Science. 12 (6), 450-456. [Also available at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/ps/index.html]
Ji, L.J., Peng, K., & Nisbett, R.E. (2000) Culture, control and perception of relationships in the environment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 78 (5), 943-955.
Ji, L.J., Schwarz, N., & Nisbett, R. E. (2000) Culture, autobiographical memory, and social comparison: Measurement issues in cross-cultural studies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 26 (5), 586-594.