Selected Peer-Review Articles
  • Cai, W.*, Cai, H., & Li, H.* (2020, online). Why do humans pursue higher social class? Death anxiety matters. Death Studies, 1-8. doi:10.1080/07481187.2020.1740828
  • Wu, S., Liang, J., Lin, J., & Cai, W.* (2019). Oneself is more important: Exploring the role of narcissism and fear of negative evaluation in the relationship between subjective social class and dishonesty. PLOS One, 14(6), e0218076. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218076 [Link]
  • Cai, W., Tang, Y.*, Wu, S., & Li, H.* (2017). Scale of death anxiety (SDA): Development and validation. Frontiers in Psychology. 8, 58. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00858 [Link]
  • Cai, W.*, & Wu, S. (2017). Powerful people feel less fear of negative evaluation: the mediating role of personal control belief. Social Psychology. 48(2), 85-91. doi: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000299 [PDF]
  • Cai, W., Wu, S., & Kou, Y.* (2016). 权力对亲社会行为的影响：机制及相关因素 [Power and Prosocial Behaviour: How and Why Power Affects Prosocial Behaviour]. Advances in Psychological Science. 24(1), 120-131. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1042.2016.00120
  • Cai, W., Huang, X., Wu, S., & Kou, Y.* (2015). Dishonest behavior is not affected by an image of watching eyes. Evolution and Human Behavior, 36(2), 110-116. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.09.007. [PDF]
  • Cai, W., Ding, C., Tang, Y.*, Wu, S., & Yang, D. (2014). Effects of social supports on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: Moderating role of perceived safety. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 6(6), 724-730. doi: 10.1037/a0036342.
  • Wang, X., Cai, W., Feng, Z., Sun, J., Wu, S., & Jin, S. (2014). 社会心理学视角下权力理论的发展与比较 [The theoretical progress of power from the perspective of social psychology]. Advances in Psychological Science. 22(1), 139-149. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2014.00139
  • Cai, W., Tang, Y., Wu, S, & Chen, Z.-Z. (2012). 投射测验体系中的树木意象 [The tree in the projective tests]. Advances in Psychological Science. 20(5), 782-790. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2012.00782
  • Cai, W., Tang, Y., & Wang, D.-F. (2012). 论团体咨询对康复期精神分裂症患者的疗效 [The effects of group counseling to schizophrenic in recovery stage]. The Guide of Science and Education. 6, 245-246.
Conference Presentations
  • Cai, W., Wu, S., Guinote, A., & Kou, Y. (2015, October). Cultural orientation moderates the relationship of power and corruption. Symposium presented at the 2015 Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Social Psychology, Chongqing, China.
  • Kou, Y., Cai, W., Huang, X., & Wu, S. (2013, December). Does implicit reputational cues can affect dishonest behaviors? The effect of an image of watching eyes on dishonest behaviors. Oral presented at the 1st Annual Conference of Cultural Psychology and Chinese Association of Social Psychology, Wuhan, China.
  • Cai, W., & Kou, Y. (2013, August). Perceived Sense of Power Decrease Corruption in China. Symposium presented at the 8th International Conference for Chinese Psychologists, Beijing, China.
  • Cai, W., Wu, S., & Kou, Y. (2013, August). Power decrease corruption? An evidence from China. Oral presented at the 10th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  • Cai, W., Tang, Y.-L., & Yang, F.-H. (2009, August). Characteristics of Trees Drawn by Schizophrenic Patients and Normal Person. Oral presented at the 2nd international conference of expressive psychotherapy, Zhouzhuang, China.
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