Feng Kong is the director of Science of Well-Being Lab (SWB Lab) and currently an associate professor at School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, China.

 

He received his Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from Beijing Normal University in Beijing,China. His research interests includes：

1. positive neuroscience/Psychology

2. Health and well-being

3. Social and affective neuroscience

4. Personality and individual differences

 

Currently, his research focused on investigating how individual characteristics (especially character strengths and positive personality traits) and environmental factors (e.g., social, cultural and economic factors) influence the brain and behavioral outcomes such as well-being and social behaviors. Multiple methods including cognitive/affective behavioral measures and neuroimaging (fMRI) are used to investigate these topics.

He is the author of more than 60 scientific papers published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Neuroimage, Human Brain Mapping, Scientific Reports, Journal of Personality, Journal of Happiness Studies, etc. He has served as Associate Editor of Journal of Positive Psychology (SSCI), Journal of Happiness Studies (SSCI), BMC Public Health (SCI), Psychological Reports (SSCI), Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI) and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (SCI), and on Editorial Boards of Journal of Personality (SSCI), Journal of Health Psychology (SSCI), International Journal of Health Psychology (SSCI), Asian Journal of Social Psychology (SSCI),and Current Psychology (SSCI). 

AWARDS & HONORS

2021        2020 Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (Elsevier) in the field of psychology

2021        2020 World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University

2020        2019 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Elsevier) in the field of psychology

2019        2018 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Elsevier) in the field of psychology

2018        Young Talent fund of University Association for Science and Technology in SX

2018        The Third prize of the 13th Shaanxi Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award

2014        Best Paper Award of the 1th National Symposium of Mindfulness

2013        Outstanding Academic Achievement Scholarship, Beijing Normal University

2013–2014  The First Prize Academic scholarship, Beijing Normal University

2012–2013   Tongding scholarship, Beijing Normal University

2011–2012   Innovation Fund for Graduate Students, Shaanxi Normal University

2011–2012   The First Prize Scholarship, Shaanxi Normal University

2010–2011   The Third Prize Scholarship, Shaanxi Normal University

2009        Houde Graduate Student Scholarship

2008        National Scholarship for Encouragement

2006        Merit Student of Yan’an University

 

GRANT SUPPORT

1. 2021-2022 Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (GK202103131). Behavioral and neural pathways linking gratitude and mental health in adolescence. Principal Investigator. ¥50,000.

2. 2019-2021 National Natural Science Foundation of China (31800942). Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying the influence of trait and state gratitude on well-being in adulthood. Principal Investigator. ¥230,000.

3. 2019-2020 Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (GK201903106). Neurobiological pathways linking resilience and well-being in adolescence. Principal Investigator. ¥60,000.

4. 2019-2020 Young Talent fund of University Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, China (20180206). Neural basis of trait and state gratitude. Principal Investigator. ¥20,000.

5. 2017-2018 Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (GK201703090). Neurobiological pathways linking trait gratitude and life satisfaction in adolescence. Principal Investigator. ¥50,000.

6. 2016-2018 Research Foundation for Advanced Talents of Shaanxi Normal University. Neural basis of hedonic and eudaimonic happiness in adulthood. Principal Investigator. ¥400,000.

7. 2018-2020 National Natural Science Foundation of China (31700945). Cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying top-down and bottom-up temporal object-based attention, Co-investigator. ¥230,000.

8. 2016-2019 National Social Science Foundation of China (Major Program; 15ZDB139). Promotion of interpersonal harmony as an indicator of mental health. Co-investigator. ¥800,000.

9. 2013-2017 National Social Science Foundation of China (Major Program; 13&ZD073). The structure and neural basis of Chinese self-worth. Co-investigator. ¥800,000.

10. 2012-2014 National Natural Science Foundation of China (Major Program; 91132703). The genetic and neural basis of human emotion. Co-investigator. ¥800,000.

     

REVIEW ACTIVITIES

1. Journal Editorships

Associate Editor, Journal of Happiness Studies (SSCI, 2021-present)

Associate Editor, Journal of Positive Psychology(SSCI, 2019-present)

Associate Editor, Psychological Reports (SSCI, 2019-present)

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (SCI, 2020-present)

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology: health psychology (SSCI, 2016-)

Guest Co-Editor, Special Issue of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (SCI) on “Positive Neuroscience”, 2018-2020

2. Editorial Boards

Editorial Board Member, Psychology & Health (SSCI, 2021-present)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Personality (SSCI, 2020-present)

Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Social Psychology (SSCI, 2018-present)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Health Psychology (SSCI, 2017-present)

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Psychology (SSCI, 2017-present)

Editorial Board Member, Current Psychology (SSCI, 2017-present)

Editorial Board Member, Health Psychology Open (2017-present)

Editorial Board Member, BMC Public Health (SCI, 2019-2021)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Happiness Studies (SSCI, 2019-2021)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (SSCI, 2017-2019)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Adult Development (SSCI, 2017-2018)

Editorial Board Member, Psychological Reports (SSCI, 2017-2018)

 

3. Ad-hoc reviewer (57 journals; in alphabetical order):

Acta Psychologica Sinica (In Chinese)

Aging & Mental Health

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Assessment

Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics

Child indicators research

Children and Youth Services Review

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

Current Psychology

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Developmental Psychology

Emotion

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Frontiers in psychology

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Heliyon

Human Brain Mapping

nternational Journal of Psychology

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Journal of Drug Issues

Journal of Happiness Studies

Journal of Health Psychology

Journal of Individual Differences

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

Journal of Personality

Journal of Personality Assessment

Journal of Positive Psychology

Journal of Psychological Science (In Chinese)

Journal of Psychology

Journal of Social Psychology

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

ournal of Youth Studies

Learning and Individual Differences

Mindfulness

Neuroimage

Neuroscience

Neuropsychologia

Personality and Individual Differences

Plos ONE

PsyCh Journal

Psychological Medicine

Psychological Trauma

Psychological Reports

Psychology & Health

Psychophysiology

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Scientific Reports

Social Behavior and Personality

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Social Indicators Research

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Women & Health

4. Ad-hoc grant reviewer

Swiss National Science Foundation

Austrian Science Fund: Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship

Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)

National Natural Science Foundation of China

National Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province, China

National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China

 

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS  (Google H-index = 33; i10-index = 52)

1. Jia, N., Hao, Y., Zhang, L., Li, W., & Kong, F.* (Submitted). Be kind to yourself: Within-person associations among self-compassion, needs satisfaction and well-being. Mindfulness [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2019) =4.56] (*Corresponding author)

2. Yang, K., Zhang, L., Li, W., Jia, N., & Kong, F.* (Submitted). Associations among gratitude, resilience, social support, well-being in emerging adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A daily diary study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationship. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2019) = 2.44] (*Corresponding author).

3. Yan, W., Zhang, L., Li, W., You, X., & Kong, F.* (Submitted). Associations among family subjective socioeconomic status, and hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in emerging adulthood: Evidence from a daily diary study. Journal of Positive Psychology. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2019) = 4.64] (*Corresponding author).

4. Tan, Q., Zhang, L., & Kong, F.* (Submitted). Longitudinal association between self-esteem and subjective well-being in emerging adults: Evidence from the bi-factor model. Journal of Happiness Studies. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2019) = 3.38] (*Corresponding author)

5. Zhang, L., Yang, K., Jia, N., Li, W., & Kong, F.* (Major revision). Being grateful every day will pay off: a daily diary investigation on relationships between gratitude and well-being in young adults. Emotion [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2019) =4.07] (*Corresponding author)

6. Hao, Y., Zhang, L., Bai, C., Li, W., Li, C., & Kong, F.* (In press). Gratitude and depression symptoms in Chinese nurses: A longitudinal cross-lagged study. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2019) =3.88] (*Corresponding author)

7. Tan, Q#. Zou, J#., & Kong, F.*. (In press). Longitudinal and sex measurement invariance of the Gratitude Questionnaire in Chinese adolescents. Psychological Reports. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 1.93] (*Corresponding author)

8. Jia, N., Li, W., Zhang, L., & Kong, F.* (In press). Beneficial effects of hedonic and eudaimonic motivations on subjective well-being among adolescents: a two-wave cross-lagged analysis. Journal of Positive Psychology. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 6.73] (*Corresponding author).

9. Bai, C., Bai, B., & Kong, F.* (In press). How does strength use relate to depression symptoms in nurses? The mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction. Journal of Nursing Management. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.84] (*Corresponding author).

10. Yang, K., Yan, W., Jia, N, Li X, & Kong, F.* (In press). Longitudinal relationship between trait gratitude and subjective well-being in adolescents: Evidence from the bi-factor model. Journal of Positive Psychology. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 6.73] (*Corresponding author).

11. Tan, Q. Zhang, L., Li, W, & Kong, F.*. (In press). Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Flourishing scale in adolescents. Current Psychology. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.54] (*Corresponding author)

12. Song., F. Zhou, S., Gao, Y., Hu, S., Zhang, T., Kong, F.* & Zhao, J.*, (in press). Are You Looking at Me? Impact of eye contact on object-based attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.28] (*Corresponding author)

13. Di, M., Jia, N, Wang, Q, Yan, W., Yang, K, & Kong, F.* (in press). A bifactor model of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale and its association with subjective well-being. Journal of Positive Psychology. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 6.73] (*Corresponding author)

14. Di, M., Deng, X., Zhao, J, & Kong, F.* (In press). Validation of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in Chinese Adolescents. Psychological Reports. [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 1.93] (*Corresponding author)

15. Yan, W., Yang, K., You, X, & Kong, F.* (2021). Subjective family socioeconomic status and life satisfaction in Chinese adolescents: The mediating role of self–esteem and social support. Youth & Society, 53(7), 1047-1065 [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.75] (*Corresponding author)

16. Li, W., Zhang, L, Jia, N, & Kong, F.* (2021). Validation of the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities-Revised scale in Chinese adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 3959 [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.79] (*Corresponding author)

17. Kong, F.*, Yang, K., Yan, W., & Li, X (2021). Linking trait gratitude to subjective well-being in Chinese adolescents：The mediating role of resilience and social support. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22, 1611–1622 [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) =4.73] (*Corresponding author)

18. Song., F. Zhou, S., Gao, Y., Hu, S., Kong, F.* & Zhao, J.*, (2020). Different temporal dynamics of object-based attentional allocation for reward and non-reward objects. Journal of Vision, 20, 17. [SCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 2.56] (*Corresponding author)

19. Jia, N. Liu, W. , & Kong, F*. (2020). Measuring adolescent forgiveness: validity of the Tendency to Forgive Scale in Chinese adolescents. Current Psychology, 39, 1970-1976 [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.54] (*Corresponding author)

20. Kong, F.*, Zhao, J., You, X., & Xiang, Y.* (2020). Gratitude and brain: Trait gratitude mediates the association between structural variations in the medial prefrontal cortex and life satisfaction. Emotion, 20(6), 917-926 [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) =4.93] (*Corresponding author)

21. Kong, F*., Heller, A. S., van Reekum, C. M., & Sato, W. (2020). Positive Neuroscience: the Neuroscience of Human Flourishing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.98] (*Corresponding author)

22. Zhao, J., Song, F., Zhou, S., Hu, S., Liu, D., Wang, Y*., & Kong, F*. (2020). The impact of monetary stimuli on object-based attention. British Journal of Psychology, 111(3), 460-472 [SSCI; IF(5 years, 2020) = 4.19] (*Corresponding author)

23. Wang, K., & Kong, F.* (2020). Linking trait mindfulness to life satisfaction in adolescents: The mediating role of resilience and self-esteem Child Indicators Research, 13, 321–335. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) =2.72] (*Corresponding author)

24. Wang, Y., Huang, Z., Huang, L., & Kong, F*. (2020). Parenting stress and life satisfaction in mothers of children with cerebral palsy: the mediating effect of social support. Journal of Health Psychology, 25, 416-425. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) = 3.30] (*Corresponding author)

25. Kong, F.*, Gong, X., Sajjad, S., Yang, K., & Zhao, J*. (2019). How is emotional intelligence linked to life satisfaction? The mediating role of social support, positive affect and negative affect, Journal of Happiness Studies, 20(8), 2733–2745 [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2020) =4.73] (*Corresponding author)

26. Kong, F.*, Yang, K., Sajjad, S., Yan, W., Li, X., & Zhao, J. (2019). Neural correlates of social well-being: Gray matter density in the orbitofrontal cortex predicts social well-being in emerging adulthood. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(7), 952-960 [IF(5 years, 2019) = 4.17] (*Corresponding author)

27. Li, Y., Kong, F., Ji, M., Luo, Y., Lan, J., & You, X. (2019). Shared and Distinct Neural Bases of Large-and Small-Scale Spatial Ability: A Coordinate-Based Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, 1021.  [SCI, IF(5 years, 2019) = 4.23]

28. [1] Li, Y., Kong, F., Luo, Y., Zeng, S., & You, X. (2019). Gender differences in large-scale and small-scale spatial ability: a systematic review based on behavioral and neuroimaging research. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 13. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2019) = 3.31]

29. Lu, H., Kong, X., & Kong, F. (2019). Neuroanatomical correlates of trait gambling-related cognitive distortions. Journal of integrative neuroscience, 18(3), 231-236. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2019) = 0.98]

30. Kong, F.*, Ma, X., Zhao, J., & Xiang, Y. (2018). The resilient brain: psychological resilience mediates the effect of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in orbitofrontal cortex on subjective well-being in young healthy adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 755–763. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2018) = 4.52] (*Corresponding author)

31. Kong, F.*, He, Q., Liu, X., Wang, X. & Zhao, J. (2018). Amplitude of low frequency fluctuations during resting state differentially predicts authentic and hubristic pride. Journal of Personality, 86, 213-219.[SSCI, IF(5 years, 2018) = 3.99] (*Corresponding author)

32. Zhao, J., Song, F., Chen, Q., Li, M., Wang, Y., & Kong, F*. (2018). Linking shyness to loneliness in Chinese adolescents: the mediating role of core self-evaluation and social support. ersonality & Individual Differences, 125, 140-144. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2018) =2.42] (*Corresponding author)

33. Li, J., Zhao, Y., Kong, F., Du, S., Yang, S., & Wang, S. (2018). Psychometric assessment of the Short Grit Scale among Chinese adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36, 291-296 [SCI, IF(5 years, 2017) = 1.59]

34. Wang S. #, Kong, F.#, Zhou, M., Chen, T., Yang, X., Chen, Gu., Gong, Q. (2017). Brain structure linking delay discounting and academic performance. Human Brain Mapping, 38, 3917–3926 [SCI, IF(5 years, 2017) = 5.43] (#Co-first author)

35. Xiang, Y., Zhao, S., Wang, H., Wu, Q., Kong, F.*, & Mo, L. (2017) Examining brain structures associated with dispositional envy and the mediation role of emotional intelligence, Scientific Reports, 7, 39947 [SCI, IF(5 years, 2017) = 4.61]. (*Corresponding author)

36. Kong. F*. (2017). The validity of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale in a Chinese sample: Tests of measurement invariance and latent mean differences across gender and age. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 29-31.SSCI, IF(5 years, 2017) =2.39] (*Corresponding author)

37. Wang Y, Kong F, Kong X, Zhao Y, Lin D, Liu J (2017) Unsatisfied relatedness, not competence or autonomy, increases trait anger through the right amygdala. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 932–938 [SCI, IF(5 years, 2017) = 3.41]

38. Wang, Y., Wang, Q., Huang, Z., & Kong, F*. (2017). Multi-dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support: Reliability, factor structure and measurement invariance across gender in Chinese parents of children with cerebral palsy. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 2020.[SSCI, IF(5 years, 2017) = 2.75](*Corresponding author)

39. Kong, F*, & Zhao, J. (2017). Evaluation of the Gratitude Questionnaire in a Chinese sample of adults: factorial validity, convergent validity and measurement invariance across sex. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1498 [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2017) = 2.75] (*Corresponding author)

40. Kong, F.*, Xue, S., & Wang, X. (2016). Amplitude of low frequency fluctuations during resting state predicts social well-being in young adults. Biological Psychology, 118, 161–168. [SCI/SSCI, IF(5 years, 2016) = 3.70]

41. Kong, F., Wang, X., Song, Y., & Liu, J. (2016). Brain regions involved in dispositional mindfulness during resting state and their relation with well-being. Social Neuroscience, 11(4), 331-343. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2016) = 2.75]

42. Wang, Y., Kong, F., Huang, L., & Liu, J. (2016). Neural correlates of biased responses: The negative method effect in the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale is associated with right amygdala volume. Journal of Personality, 84, 623–632 [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2016) = 4.26]

43. Luo, Y., Kong, F., Qi, S., You, X., Huang, X. (2016). Resting-state functional connectivity of the default mode network associated with happiness. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(3), 516-524 [SCI, IF(5 years, 2016) = 4.89]

44. Li, C., Wang, S., Zhao, Y., Kong, F., & Li, J. (2016). The freedom to pursue happiness: Belief in free will predicts life satisfaction and positive affect among Chinese adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 2027. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 20164) =2.82]

45. Xiang, Y., Kong, F., Wen, X., Wu, Q., & Mo, L. (2016). Neural correlates of envy: Regional homogeneity of resting-state brain activity predicts dispositional envy. NeuroImage, 142, 225-230 [SCI, IF(5 years, 2016) = 6.94].

46. Kong, F., Hu, S., Wang, X., Song, Y., & Liu, J. (2015). Neural correlates of the happy life: The amplitude of spontaneous low frequency fluctuations predicts subjective well-being in young adults. NeuroImage, 107, 136-145. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2015) = 6.80]

47. Kong, F., Chen, Z., Xue, S., Wang, X., & Liu, J. (2015). Mother’s but not father’s education predicts general fluid intelligence in emerging adulthood: behavioral and neuroanatomical evidence. Human Brain Mapping, 36(11), 4582-4591. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2015) = 5.64]

48. Kong, F.*, Wang, X., Hu, S., & Liu, J. (2015). Neural correlates of psychological resilience and their relation to life satisfaction in a sample of healthy young adults. Neuroimage, 123, 165-172. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2015) = 6.80]

49. Kong, F., Ding, K., Yang, Z., Dang, X., Hu, S., Song, Y., & Liu, J. (2015). Examining gray matter structures associated with individual differences in global life satisfaction in a large sample of young adults. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(7), 952-960. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2015) = 5.53]

50. Kong, F., Liu, L., Wang, X., Hu, S., Song, Y., & Liu, J. (2015). Different neural pathways linking personality traits and eudaimonic well-being: A resting-state fMRI study. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 15(2), 299-309. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2015) = 3.68]

51. Kong, F., Hu, S., Xue, S., Song, Y., & Liu, J. (2015). Extraversion mediates the relationship between structural variations in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and social well-being in young adults. NeuroImage, 105, 269-275. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2015) = 6.80]

52. Li, M., Yang, D., Ding, C., & Kong, F*. (2015). Validation of the Social Well-being Scale in a Chinese sample and invariance across gender. Social Indicators Research, 121(2), 607-618. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2015) = 2.03] (*Corresponding author)

53. Kong, F., Ding, K., & Zhao, J. (2015). The relationships among gratitude, self-esteem, social support, and life satisfaction among undergraduate students. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16(2), 477-489. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2015) =2.37]

54. Bao, X., Xue, S., & Kong, F*. (2015). Dispositional mindfulness and perceived stress: The role of emotional intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 78, 48-52. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2015) =2.42] (*Corresponding author)

55. Kong. F., Zhen, Z., Li, J., Huang, L., Wang, X., Song, Y., & Liu J. (2014). Sex-related neuroanatomical basis of emotion regulation ability. Plos ONE, 5(9), e97071. [SCI, IF(5 years, 2014) =3.70]

56. Huo, Y., & Kong, F*. (2014). Moderating effects of gender and loneliness on the relationship between self-esteem and life satisfaction in Chinese university students. Social Indicators Research, 118(1), 305-314. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2014) = 1.88] (*Corresponding author)

57. Sun, P., Wang, S., & Kong, F*. (2014). Core self-evaluations as mediator and moderator of the relationship between emotional intelligence and life satisfaction. Social Indicators Research, 118(1), 173-180. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2014) = 1.88] (*Corresponding author)

58. Kong, F., Wang, X., & Zhao, J. (2014). Dispositional mindfulness and life satisfaction: The role of core self–evaluations. Personality and Individual Differences, 56, 577-581. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2014) =2.38]

59. Zhao, J., Wang, Y., & Kong, F*. (2014). Exploring the mediation effect of social support and self-esteem on the relationship between humor style and life satisfaction in Chinese college students. Personality and Individual Differences, 64, 116-130. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2014) =2.38] (Corresponding author)

60. Wang, Y., & Kong, F*. (2014). The role of emotional intelligence in the impact of mindfulness on life satisfaction and mental distress. Social Indicators Research, 116(3), 843-852. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2014) = 1.88] (*Corresponding author)

61. Zhao, J., Kong, F.*, & Wang, Y. (2013). Shyness and subjective well-being: the role of emotional intelligence and social support. Social Indicators Research, 114(3), 891–900. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =1.88] (*Corresponding author)

62. Song, G., Kong, F.*, & Jin, W. (2013). Mediating effects of core self-evaluations on the relationship between social support and life satisfaction. Social Indicators Research, 114(3), 1161-1169. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =1.88] (*Corresponding author)

63. Sun, P., & Kong, F*. (2013). Affective mediators of the influence of gratitude on life satisfaction in late adolescence. Social Indicators Research, 114(3), 1361-1369. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =1.88]  (*Corresponding author)

64. Zhao, J., Kong, F.*, & Wang, Y. (2013). The role of social support and self-esteem in the relationship between shyness and loneliness. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(5), 577-581. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =2.31] (*Corresponding author)

65. Kong, F., & Zhao, J. (2013). Affective mediators of the relationship between trait emotional intelligence and life satisfaction in young adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(2), 197–201. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =2.31]

66. Kong, F., Zhao, J., & You, X. (2013). Self-esteem as mediator and moderator of the relationship between social support and subjective well-being among Chinese university students. Social Indicators Research, 112(1), 151-161. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =1.88]

67. Kong, F., & You, X. (2013). Loneliness and self–esteem as mediators between social support and life satisfaction in later adolescence. Social Indicators Research, 110(1), 271-279. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =1.88]

68. Kong, F., Zhao, J., & You, X. (2012). Emotional intelligence and life satisfaction in Chinese university students: The mediating role of self-esteem and social support. Personality and Individual Differences, 53(8), 1039–1043. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2012) =2.36]

69. Kong, F., Zhao, J., & You, X. (2012). Social support mediates the influence of emotional intelligence on mental distress and life satisfaction in Chinese young adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 53(4), 513–517. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2012) =2.36]

70. Zhao, J., Kong, F., & Wang, Y. (2012). Self-esteem and humor style as mediators of the effects of shyness on loneliness among Chinese college students. Personality and Individual Differences. 52(6), 686-690. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2012) =2.36]

71. Kong, F., Zhao, J., & You, X. (2012). Trait emotional intelligence and mental distress: The mediating role of positive and negative affect. International Journal of Psychology. 47(6), 460-466. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2012) =1.49]

72. Kong, F. (2013). Space-valence associations depend on handedness: Evidence from a bimanual output task.Psychological Research, 77(6), 773-779. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =2.53]

73. Zhao, J., Kong, F., & Wang, Y. (2013). Attentional spreading in object–based attention: The role of target–object integration and target presentation time. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 75(5), 876-887. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2013) =2.45]

74. Kong, F., Zhao, J., & You, X. (2012). Components representation of negative numbers: Evidence from auditory stimuli detection and number classification tasks. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(4), 691-701. [SCI/SSCI, IF(5 years, 2012) =2.29]

75. Kong, F., & You, X. (2012). Space-time compatibility effects in the auditory modality. Experimental Psychology. 59(2), 82-87. [SSCI, IF(5 years, 2012) =2.07]

76. Kong, F., & You, X., (2012). The influence of forms of temporal words on space–time compatibility effects. Journal of Psychological Science, 35(6), 1328-1332. (In Chinese)

77. Kong, F., Zhao, J., You, X., & Zhang, Y. (2012). The attentional SNARC effect caused by low-level processing of negative numbers in auditory modality. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 10(1), 12-17. (In Chinese)