Yan Xu, a postdoctoral teacher.

contact information

Mailing address: School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University

Research interests and directions

Has been engaged in children's cognitive and social development, especially the executive function of ADHD children, emotional regulation of normal children and ADHD children, parental rearing patterns and children's behavior problems. He is good at cognitive experiment design, questionnaire survey and statistical analysis at the behavioral level.

Research interests:

Youth social work

Psychological state and development of special groups in adolescent development

academic degree

Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong

Master of Psychology Department, Peking University

Bachelor of Economics, School of Business Administration, Hebei University

academic achievement

, Zhang,,. (2003). Cognitive neuroscience research on face processing: review and prospect. Advances in psychological science, 1 1( 1), 35-43.

Yan Xu, Zhou Xiaolin, Wang Yufeng. (2003). Research progress in etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. China science of behavioral medicine,12 (1):107-109.

Yan Xu, Zhou Xiaolin, Wang Yufeng. (2004). Effect of distraction on attention maintenance of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, 42( 1):44-47.

Yan Xu, Zhou Xiaolin, Wang Yufeng. (2006). Implicit attention orientation of two subtypes of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Psychology, 38(05): 709-7 17.

Meeting report:

Parenting style, emotional adjustment and preschool children's behavior. 10 national psychology conference, report articles in groups. June 22-27, 2005, Shanghai. (parenting practice, preschool children's emotional regulation and behavior. The paper was published in 10 China Psychological Conference. 2005122-27 October, Shanghai. )

The contribution of father and mother to preschool children's emotional regulation. Report of ISSBD Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, July 2006. The contribution of father and mother to preschool children's emotional regulation. Poster presented at the 2nd19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Development Studies on July 2-6, 2006. )

Attention network defects in children with two subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Report of ISSBD Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, July 2006. (Attention network defects of two subtypes of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), poster presented at the 19 biennial conference, International Society for Behavioral Development Research, July 2-July 6, 2006. )

Horizontal research topics:

In 2007, the horizontal project "Skyworth Survey" of the Administration Research Center of Sun Yat-sen University was supported by 80,000 yuan.

Interests and hobbies

Tourism, movies, cat raising, photography, graphic design and web design.