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Environmentalism and Community Engagement\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Call for Papers:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u200bEnvironmental Engagement and Cultural Value: Global Perspectives for Protecting the Natural World\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0both quantitative and narrative approaches.
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\nJia, F<\/strong>. (2017). Brief data report on prototype of moral personality and environmentalism.\u00a0Data in Brief<\/em>. 15, 540-544.
\n\u200bJia, F<\/strong>., Soucie, K., Alisat, S., Curtin, D*., & Pratt, M. (2017). Are environmental issues moral issues? Moral identity in relation to protecting the natural world.\u00a0Journal of Environmental Psychology<\/em>,\u00a052,\u00a0<\/em>104-113.\u00a0DOI:\u00a010.1016\/j.jenvp.2017.06.004<\/a>
\n\u200bJia, F<\/strong>., Soucie, K. M.,\u00a0Alisat, S.,\u00a0& Pratt, M. W. (2016).\u00a0Sowing seeds for future generations:\u00a0Development of generative concern and its relation to environmental identity.\u00a0International Journal of Behavioral Development.\u00a0<\/em>40,\u00a0<\/em>466-470.\u00a0DOI:\u00a010.1177\/0165025415611260.
\nJia, F<\/strong>., Alisat, S., Soucie, K., & Pratt, M. W. (2015). Generativity and\u00a0environmentalism: A longitudinal, mixed methods study.\u00a0Emerging Adulthood. 3,\u00a0<\/em>306-319.\u00a0<\/em>DOI:\u00a0\u00a010.1177\/2167696815578338.<\/p>\n

Acculturation and Literacy Development (ESL) in Chinese Immigrants<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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. \u00a0Research in my lab examines the link between language competence and different levels of cultural participation among ESL learners. I pursue this work\u00a0in longitudinal and experimental designs, using standardized tests of language proficiency and mixed methods in assessing acculturation.<\/p>\n

Jia, F<\/strong>., Gottardo, A., & Ferreira, A. (2017).\u00a0Socio-Cultural Models of Second Language Learning in Immigrants in Canada. In I, Muenstermann (Ed.).\u00a0People’s Movement in the 21st Century – Risks, Challenges and Benefits.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(pp.157-198). doi: 10.5772\/66952 \u00a0<\/span>
\nGottardo, A., Koh, P. W., Chen, X. &\u00a0Jia, F<\/strong>. (2017).\u00a0Models of English and Chinese word reading for adolescent Chinese-English bilinguals.\u00a0Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal,\u00a0<\/em>doi: 10.1007\/s11145-017-9728-2
\nJia, F<\/strong>.<\/em>, Gottardo, A., Chen, X., Koh, P., & Pasquarella, A.\u00a0(2016).\u00a0English proficiency and acculturation among Chinese immigrant youth in Canada: A reciprocal relationship.\u00a0Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.\u00a0<\/em>8, 774-782. DOI: 10.1080\/01434632.2015.1133630.\u200b
\nFerreira, A., Gottardo, A., Javier, C*., Schwieter, J. W., &\u00a0Jia, F<\/strong>. (2016). Reading comprehension: The role of acculturation, language dominance and socioeconomic status, in cross-linguistic relations.\u00a0Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics.<\/em>\u00a029. 613-639.
\nJia, F<\/strong>.<\/em>, Gottardo, A., Koh, P., Chen, X., & Pasquarella, A. (2014). Acculturation as a\u00a0proxy of motivation and English literacy skills in immigrant Chinese adolescence.\u00a0Reading Research Quarterly, 49,\u00a0<\/em>251-261.<\/p>\n

Cross-Cultural Studies in Moral Development<\/span><\/strong><\/u>\u200b<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0moral 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.<\/p>\n

Jia, F<\/strong>., & Krettenauer, T. (2017). Recognizing moral identity as a cultural construct.\u00a0Frontiers in Cultural Psychology<\/em>. 8, 412.\u00a0DOI: 10.3389\/fpsyg.2017.00412<\/span>
\nKrettenauer. T., Murua., A., &\u00a0Jia, F<\/strong>. (2016). Age-related difference in moral identity across adulthood.\u00a0Developmental Psychology. 5, 972-984.<\/em>
\nDOI: 10.1037\/dev0000127.
\nKrettenauer, T., &\u00a0Jia, F<\/strong>. (2013). Investigating the actor effect in moral emotion expectancies\u00a0across cultures: A comparison of Chinese and Canadian adolescents.\u00a0British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 31,\u00a0<\/em>249-362.
\nKrettenauer, T.,\u00a0Jia, F<\/strong>., & Mosleh, M. (2011). The role of emotion expectancies in adolescents’\u00a0moral decision making.\u00a0Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,\u00a0<\/em>108,\u00a0<\/em>358-370.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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