Environmentalism and Community Engagement
Scientists continue to provide compelling evidence that environmental degradation and consequent global climate change are profoundly dangerous to humans and to other life on earth (Gallup Poll, 2009). Despite global awareness of environmental issues, actions promoting environmental sustainability have steadily declined over the past decades, particularly for young adults (Twenge, Campbell, & Freemen, 2012). Research in my lab investigates key factors that may provide ways of fostering the growth of environment engagement via both quantitative and narrative approaches.
NYU Climate Change Collaboration. (2024). Climate interventions must be tailored to actions and audiences: A 60-country global mega-study. Science Advances.
*Jia, F., & Wang, W., (2024). City-level sustainable development on environmental literacy: Feelings toward nature, environmental knowledge, and pro-environmental behavior. Environmental Educational Research.
Kong, X., & *Jia, F. (2023). Intergenerational transmission of environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behavior: A dyadic relationship. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 102058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102058
*Jia, F., Sorgente, A., & Yu, H. (2022). Parental participation in the environment (PPE): Scale validation across parental role, income, and region. Frontiers in Psychology (Environmental Psychology), 13, 788306. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.788306
Curtin, D., & *Jia, F. (2022). Revisiting social value orientations and environmental attitude-identity-intention in decomposed games. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 6961. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126961
*Jia, F., & Yu, H. (2021). Action, communication, and engagement: How parents “ACE” children’s pro-environmental behaviors. Journal of Environmental Psychology.74, 101575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101575
*Jia, F., Soucie, K., Matsuba, K., & Pratt, M. (2021). Meaning in life mediates the association between environmental engagement and loneliness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6), 2897. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062897
*Jia, F., & Yu, H. (2021). Brief data report on parent-child pro-environmental engagement across five cities in China. Data in Brief, 36, 106970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.106970
*Jia, F., Soucie, K., & Matsuba, M. K. (2021). A spotlight on environmental psychology and sustainability with Dr. Susan Clayton. Sustainability, 13(11), 5830. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13115830
*Krettenauer, T., Wang, W., Jia, F., Yao, Y. (2020). Connectedness with nature and the decline of pro-environmental behavior in adolescence: A comparison of Canada and China. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 71, 101348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101348
Curtin, D., & *Jia, F. (2020). Cooperation and competition impact environmental action: An experimental study in social dilemmas. Sustainability.12 (3), 1249. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/3/1249
6. Medina, V., Deronda, A., Ross, N., Curtin, D., & *Jia, F. (2019). Revisiting Environmental Belief and Behavior among Ethnic Groups in the U.S. Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 629. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00629
*Jia, F., & Krettenauer, T. (2019). Editorial: Environmental engagement and cultural value: Global perspective for protecting the natural world. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2853. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02853
Soucie, K., ^Jia, F., Zhu, N., & Pratt, M. W. (2018). The co-development of generative concern and community involvement pathways in emerging and young adulthood. Developmental Psychology. 54, 1971-1976.
Jia, F. (2017). Brief data report on prototype of moral personality and environmentalism. Data in Brief. 15, 540-544.
Jia, F., Soucie, K., Alisat, S., Curtin, D*., & Pratt, M. (2017). Are environmental issues moral issues? Moral identity in relation to protecting the natural world. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 52, 104-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.06.004
Jia, F., Soucie, K. M., Alisat, S., & Pratt, M. W. (2016). Sowing seeds for future generations: Development of generative concern and its relation to environmental identity. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 40, 466-470. DOI: 10.1177/0165025415611260.
Jia, F., Alisat, S., Soucie, K., & Pratt, M. W. (2015). Generativity and environmentalism: A longitudinal, mixed methods study. Emerging Adulthood. 3, 306-319. DOI: 10.1177/2167696815578338.
Cross-Cultural Studies in Moral Development
Current research on moral identity shows that moral identity predicts moral action in Western cultures but not in non-Western cultures (e.g., Hertz and Krettenauer, 2016). This finding may be due to the fact that the concept of moral identity are culturally biased. In order to remedy this situation, researchers should broaden their scopes of inquiry by adding a cultural lens to their studies of moral identity. This change is important because although some concept of moral identity likely exists in all cultures, it may function in different ways and at different levels in each place. In my lab, I argue that moral identity is a context-dependent construct tied to varying social and cultural obligations. Western moral identity stresses an individually oriented morality, whereas, people from Eastern cultures consider a highly moral person to be societally oriented.
Jia, F., Li, L, & Krettenauer, T. (in press). Self- and other-evaluative moral emotions in prosocial contexts: A comparison of Chinese and Canadian adolescents. PsyCh Journal. DOI:10.1002/pchj.261
Jia, F., Krettenauer, T., & Li, L. (in press). Moral identity in cultural context: Differences between Canadian and Chinese university students. Journal of Moral Education. DOI:10.1080/03057240.2018.1499504
Jia, F., & Krettenauer, T. (2017). Recognizing moral identity as a cultural construct. Frontiers in Cultural Psychology. 8, 412. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00412
Krettenauer. T., Murua., A., & Jia, F. (2016). Age-related difference in moral identity across adulthood. Developmental Psychology. 5, 972-984.
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000127.
Krettenauer, T., & Jia, F. (2013). Investigating the actor effect in moral emotion expectancies across cultures: A comparison of Chinese and Canadian adolescents. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 31, 249-362.
Krettenauer, T., Jia, F., & Mosleh, M. (2011). The role of emotion expectancies in adolescents' moral decision making. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 358-370.
Acculturation and Literacy Development (ESL) in Chinese Immigrants
Learning a language is a necessary aspect of being socialized into a particular culture because it requires both linguistic and cultural competence (Culhane, 2004). When people develop culturally shared ideas about themselves and the world, their learning is embedded in a particular language. Thus, learning a language in the context of a new culture should motivate individuals to immerse themselves in this culture. Research in my lab examines the link between language competence and different levels of cultural participation among ESL learners. I pursue this work in longitudinal and experimental designs, using standardized tests of language proficiency and mixed methods in assessing acculturation.
Jia, F., Gottardo, A., & Ferreira, A. (2017). Socio-Cultural Models of Second Language Learning in Immigrants in Canada. In I, Muenstermann (Ed.). People's Movement in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits. (pp.157-198). doi: 10.5772/66952
Gottardo, A., Koh, P. W., Chen, X. & Jia, F. (2017). Models of English and Chinese word reading for adolescent Chinese-English bilinguals. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, doi: 10.1007/s11145-017-9728-2
Jia, F., Gottardo, A., Chen, X., Koh, P., & Pasquarella, A. (2016). English proficiency and acculturation among Chinese immigrant youth in Canada: A reciprocal relationship. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 8, 774-782. DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2015.1133630.
Ferreira, A., Gottardo, A., Javier, C*., Schwieter, J. W., & Jia, F. (2016). Reading comprehension: The role of acculturation, language dominance and socioeconomic status, in cross-linguistic relations. Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics. 29. 613-639.
Jia, F., Gottardo, A., Koh, P., Chen, X., & Pasquarella, A. (2014). Acculturation as a proxy of motivation and English literacy skills in immigrant Chinese adolescence. Reading Research Quarterly, 49, 251-261.
Scientists continue to provide compelling evidence that environmental degradation and consequent global climate change are profoundly dangerous to humans and to other life on earth (Gallup Poll, 2009). Despite global awareness of environmental issues, actions promoting environmental sustainability have steadily declined over the past decades, particularly for young adults (Twenge, Campbell, & Freemen, 2012). Research in my lab investigates key factors that may provide ways of fostering the growth of environment engagement via both quantitative and narrative approaches.
NYU Climate Change Collaboration. (2024). Climate interventions must be tailored to actions and audiences: A 60-country global mega-study. Science Advances.
*Jia, F., & Wang, W., (2024). City-level sustainable development on environmental literacy: Feelings toward nature, environmental knowledge, and pro-environmental behavior. Environmental Educational Research.
Kong, X., & *Jia, F. (2023). Intergenerational transmission of environmental knowledge and pro-environmental behavior: A dyadic relationship. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 102058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102058
*Jia, F., Sorgente, A., & Yu, H. (2022). Parental participation in the environment (PPE): Scale validation across parental role, income, and region. Frontiers in Psychology (Environmental Psychology), 13, 788306. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.788306
Curtin, D., & *Jia, F. (2022). Revisiting social value orientations and environmental attitude-identity-intention in decomposed games. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 6961. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126961
*Jia, F., & Yu, H. (2021). Action, communication, and engagement: How parents “ACE” children’s pro-environmental behaviors. Journal of Environmental Psychology.74, 101575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101575
*Jia, F., Soucie, K., Matsuba, K., & Pratt, M. (2021). Meaning in life mediates the association between environmental engagement and loneliness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6), 2897. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062897
*Jia, F., & Yu, H. (2021). Brief data report on parent-child pro-environmental engagement across five cities in China. Data in Brief, 36, 106970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.106970
*Jia, F., Soucie, K., & Matsuba, M. K. (2021). A spotlight on environmental psychology and sustainability with Dr. Susan Clayton. Sustainability, 13(11), 5830. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13115830
*Krettenauer, T., Wang, W., Jia, F., Yao, Y. (2020). Connectedness with nature and the decline of pro-environmental behavior in adolescence: A comparison of Canada and China. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 71, 101348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101348
Curtin, D., & *Jia, F. (2020). Cooperation and competition impact environmental action: An experimental study in social dilemmas. Sustainability.12 (3), 1249. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/3/1249
6. Medina, V., Deronda, A., Ross, N., Curtin, D., & *Jia, F. (2019). Revisiting Environmental Belief and Behavior among Ethnic Groups in the U.S. Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 629. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00629
*Jia, F., & Krettenauer, T. (2019). Editorial: Environmental engagement and cultural value: Global perspective for protecting the natural world. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2853. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02853
Soucie, K., ^Jia, F., Zhu, N., & Pratt, M. W. (2018). The co-development of generative concern and community involvement pathways in emerging and young adulthood. Developmental Psychology. 54, 1971-1976.
Jia, F. (2017). Brief data report on prototype of moral personality and environmentalism. Data in Brief. 15, 540-544.
Jia, F., Soucie, K., Alisat, S., Curtin, D*., & Pratt, M. (2017). Are environmental issues moral issues? Moral identity in relation to protecting the natural world. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 52, 104-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.06.004
Jia, F., Soucie, K. M., Alisat, S., & Pratt, M. W. (2016). Sowing seeds for future generations: Development of generative concern and its relation to environmental identity. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 40, 466-470. DOI: 10.1177/0165025415611260.
Jia, F., Alisat, S., Soucie, K., & Pratt, M. W. (2015). Generativity and environmentalism: A longitudinal, mixed methods study. Emerging Adulthood. 3, 306-319. DOI: 10.1177/2167696815578338.
Cross-Cultural Studies in Moral Development
Current research on moral identity shows that moral identity predicts moral action in Western cultures but not in non-Western cultures (e.g., Hertz and Krettenauer, 2016). This finding may be due to the fact that the concept of moral identity are culturally biased. In order to remedy this situation, researchers should broaden their scopes of inquiry by adding a cultural lens to their studies of moral identity. This change is important because although some concept of moral identity likely exists in all cultures, it may function in different ways and at different levels in each place. In my lab, I argue that moral identity is a context-dependent construct tied to varying social and cultural obligations. Western moral identity stresses an individually oriented morality, whereas, people from Eastern cultures consider a highly moral person to be societally oriented.
Jia, F., Li, L, & Krettenauer, T. (in press). Self- and other-evaluative moral emotions in prosocial contexts: A comparison of Chinese and Canadian adolescents. PsyCh Journal. DOI:10.1002/pchj.261
Jia, F., Krettenauer, T., & Li, L. (in press). Moral identity in cultural context: Differences between Canadian and Chinese university students. Journal of Moral Education. DOI:10.1080/03057240.2018.1499504
Jia, F., & Krettenauer, T. (2017). Recognizing moral identity as a cultural construct. Frontiers in Cultural Psychology. 8, 412. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00412
Krettenauer. T., Murua., A., & Jia, F. (2016). Age-related difference in moral identity across adulthood. Developmental Psychology. 5, 972-984.
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000127.
Krettenauer, T., & Jia, F. (2013). Investigating the actor effect in moral emotion expectancies across cultures: A comparison of Chinese and Canadian adolescents. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 31, 249-362.
Krettenauer, T., Jia, F., & Mosleh, M. (2011). The role of emotion expectancies in adolescents' moral decision making. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 358-370.
Acculturation and Literacy Development (ESL) in Chinese Immigrants
Learning a language is a necessary aspect of being socialized into a particular culture because it requires both linguistic and cultural competence (Culhane, 2004). When people develop culturally shared ideas about themselves and the world, their learning is embedded in a particular language. Thus, learning a language in the context of a new culture should motivate individuals to immerse themselves in this culture. Research in my lab examines the link between language competence and different levels of cultural participation among ESL learners. I pursue this work in longitudinal and experimental designs, using standardized tests of language proficiency and mixed methods in assessing acculturation.
Jia, F., Gottardo, A., & Ferreira, A. (2017). Socio-Cultural Models of Second Language Learning in Immigrants in Canada. In I, Muenstermann (Ed.). People's Movement in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits. (pp.157-198). doi: 10.5772/66952
Gottardo, A., Koh, P. W., Chen, X. & Jia, F. (2017). Models of English and Chinese word reading for adolescent Chinese-English bilinguals. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, doi: 10.1007/s11145-017-9728-2
Jia, F., Gottardo, A., Chen, X., Koh, P., & Pasquarella, A. (2016). English proficiency and acculturation among Chinese immigrant youth in Canada: A reciprocal relationship. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 8, 774-782. DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2015.1133630.
Ferreira, A., Gottardo, A., Javier, C*., Schwieter, J. W., & Jia, F. (2016). Reading comprehension: The role of acculturation, language dominance and socioeconomic status, in cross-linguistic relations. Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics. 29. 613-639.
Jia, F., Gottardo, A., Koh, P., Chen, X., & Pasquarella, A. (2014). Acculturation as a proxy of motivation and English literacy skills in immigrant Chinese adolescence. Reading Research Quarterly, 49, 251-261.
