Dr. Tonglin Jiang received her Bachelor’s Degree from Department of Psychology, Harbin Normal University in 2010. She got her Master Degree from , Peking University in 2014, and her Ph.D. Degree from Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong. She joined the , Peking University since 2020.

Her research interests lie in uncovering the myth of meaningful existence. To live a meaningful life, people need to know who they are and get the way of promoting authentic living. Thus, my team investigates questions about self-concept, meaning in life, self-related emotions such as awe and nostalgia, psychological well-being, and the antecedent factors and consequences associated with these constructs.

Lab Website: https://semelab.com.cn/

List of Publications

#Corresponding author，*Co-first author Publications

Chen, Z. #*, Poon, K. T. *, Jiang, T., Teng, F. (2025). Psychosocial and behavioural consequences of ostracism across contexts. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00393-y

Yuan, W., Chang, J., Jiang, F. & Jiang, T. # (2025). Be Kinder to Yourself: Awe Promotes Self-Compassion via Self-Transcendence. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001495

Wang, Y., Yan, W., & Jiang, T. # (2025). Suddenly Enlightened: Awe Promotes Wise Reasoning via Self-Transcendence. Journal of Positive Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2025.2461570

Yin, Y., Jiang, T. #, Thomaes, S., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2025). Nostalgia Promotes Parents’ Tradition Transfer to Children: The Role of Self-Child Overlap. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 51(3), 394-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231187337

Sun, Y., Wang, X. #, Su, S. #, Chen, W. F., & Jiang, T. (2024). Low Self-Concept Clarity Induces Scarcity Perceptions: The Subsequent Effects on Prosocial Behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Online First, https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241294103

Pan, X.*, Jiang, T. *#, Yuan, W., Hao, C., Bai, Y., & Keltner, D. (2024). A Balanced Mind: Awe Fosters Equanimity via
Temporal Distancing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 127(6), 1127–1145. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000410

Pan, X. & Jiang, T. # (2024). A Tale of Self-Transcendence: Awe Fosters Optimism. Journal of Positive Psychology. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2024.2394458

Jiang, T. #, Hicks, J., Yuan, W., Yin, Y., Needy, L., & Vess, M. (2024). Exploring the unique nature and implications of awe. Nature Psychology Reviews, 3, 475–488. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00322-z

Jin, Y., Cai, W., Chen, L. #, Zhang, Y., Doherty, G., & Jiang, T. (2024). Exploring the Design of Generative AI in Supporting Music-based Reminiscence for Older Adults. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/ 3613904.3642800

Yuan, W., Guo, T., Jiang, T. #, & Wang, F. # (2024). Online Social Pain Reliever: Online Awe-Intervening Approach Promotes Recovery Via the Global Sense of Connectedness. Computers in Human Behavior, 158, 108283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108283

Yin, Y., Yuan, W., Hao, C., Du, Y., Xu, Z., Hicks, J., & Jiang, T. # (2024). Awe Fosters Positive Attitudes Toward Solitude. Nature Mental Health, 2, 717–727. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00244-y

Yin, Y., Jiang, T. #, Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2024). Nostalgia, Ritual Engagement, and Meaning in Life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167224123574

Yuan, W., Du, Y, & Jiang, T. #. (2024). How and When Awe Improves Meaning in Life: The Role of Authentic-Self Pursuit and Trait Authenticity. Emotion, 24(2), 412–430. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001278

Dai, Y., Jiang, T. #, Poon, K.T., & Gaer, W. (2023). Workplace Objectification Leads to Self-Harm: The Mediating Effect of Depressive Moods. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231213898. 2023年美国人格与社会心理学会政策影响力年度文章

Dai, Y., Li, Q., Zhou, H., & Jiang, T. # (2023). Nostalgia and Online Autobiography: Implications for Global Self-Continuity and Psychological Well-Being. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well-Being, 24(8), 2747–2763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00701-y

Dai, Y. & Jiang, T. # (2023). Inspired by Awe: Awe Promotes Inspiration via Self-Transcendence. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 19(4), 647–661. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2254737

Dai, Y., Jiang, T. #, Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2024). Nostalgia Counteracts Social Anxiety and Enhances Interpersonal Competence. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 15(5). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231187680

Zhang, Z. Chen, Z. #, Poon, K.T., & Jiang, T. (2023). Objectification Decreases Prosociality: the Mediating Roles of Relative Deprivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 2122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1120513

Jin Y., Cai W., Chen L. #, Dai Y., & Jiang T. (2023) Understanding Disclosure and Support in Social Music Communities for Youth Mental Health. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW’23), 2023.

Wang, T., Li, H., & Jiang, T. # (2023). Fighting Cyberbullying with Past: The Buffering Effect of Nostalgia. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, 107518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107518

Jiang, T. *#, Wang, T. *, Poon, K.T., Gaer, W., & Wang, X. (2023). Low Self-Concept Clarity Inhibits Self-Control: The Mediating Effect of Global Self-Continuity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 49(11), 1587-1600. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221109664

Pan, X., & Jiang, T. *# (2023). Awe Fosters Global Self-Continuity: The Mediating Effect of Global Processing and Narrative. Emotion, 23(6), 1618–1632. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001187

Dai, Y.,  Jiang, T. #, & Miao, M. (2022). Uncovering the Effects of Awe on Meaning in Life. Journal of Happiness Studies. 23(7), 3517–3529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00559-6

Zhang, Z. #, Chen, L., Jiang, T. #, Li, Y., & Li, L. (2022). Effects of Feature-Based Explanation and Its Output Modality on User Satisfaction with Service Recommender Systems. Frontiers in Big Data, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2022.897381

Wang, X., Wang, T., Jiang, T. #, Chen, Z. & Hong, Y. (2022). Double Standards in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderation of Perceived Threat. European Journal of Social Psychology. 52(3), 515–527. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2834

Jiang, T. # & Sedikides, C. (2022). Awe Motivates Authentic-self Pursuit via Self-Transcendence: Implications for Prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 123(3), 576–596. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000381

Wang, T., Wang, X., Jiang, T. #,  Wang, S., & Chen, Z. (2021). Under the Threat of an Epidemic: People with Higher Subjective Socioeconomic Status Show More Unethical Behaviors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 3170. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063170

Jiang, T. #, Cheung, W. Y., Wildschut, T., & Sedikides, C. (2021). Nostalgia, Reflection, Brooding: Psychological Benefits and Autobiographical Memory Functions. Consciousness and Cognition, 90, 103107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103107

Jiang, T., Chen, Z. #, Wang, S., & Hou, Y#. (2021). Ostracism Disrupts Self-Continuity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 47(9), 1390–1400. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672209744

Jiang, T., Chen, Z. #, & Sedikides, C. (2020). Self-Concept Clarity Lays the Foundation for Self-Continuity: The Restorative Function of Autobiographical Memory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(4), 945–959. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000259

Chen, Z. #, Poon, K. T., DeWall, C. N. & Jiang, T. (2021). Life Lacks Meaning without Acceptance: Ostracism Triggers Suicidal Thoughts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(6), 1423–1443. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000238

Wang, X., Chen, Z. #, Poon, K.T., & Jiang, T. (2020). Perceiving a Lack of Social Justice: Lower Class Individuals Apply Higher Moral Standards to Others. Social Psychological and Personality Science.  12(2), 186–193. https://doi.org/10.1177/194855061989855

Jiang, T., & Chen, Z. # (2020). Relative Deprivation: A Mechanism for the Ostracism–Aggression Link. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(2), 347–359. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2621

Jiang, F., Lu, S., Jiang, T. #, & Jia, H. & (2020). Does the Relation Between Humor Styles and Subjective Well-Being Vary across Culture and Age? A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02213

Jiang, T. #, & Chen, Z. # (2020). Meaning in Life Accounts for the Association between Long-Term Ostracism and Depressive Symptoms: The Moderating Role of Self-Compassion. The Journal of Social Psychology, 160(5), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2019.1693951

Jiang, T., Li, H., & Hou, Y. # (2019). Cultural Differences in Humor Perception, Usage, and Implications. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00123

Hou, Y. #, Xiong, D., Jiang, T., Song, L., & Wang, Q. (2019). Social Media Addiction: Its Impact, Mediation, and Intervention. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 13. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2019-1-4

Hou, Y.* #, Jiang, T.*, & Wang, Q.# (2017). Socioeconomic Status and Online shaming: The Mediating Role of Belief in a Just World. Computers in Human Behavior, 76, 19–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.07.003

Jiang, T., Hou, Y. #, & Wang, Q. # (2016). Does Micro-Blogging Make Us “Shallow”? Sharing Information Online Interferes with Information Comprehension. Computers in Human Behavior, 59, 210–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.008