Kesong Hu Data-verified

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Assistant Professor

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

14 h-index 51 pubs 657 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Kesong Hu's research investigates the psychological and behavioral impacts of significant global events and individual psychological states. His work has explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students, examining factors such as risk perception, emotional responses, and perceived efficacy in relation to preventive behaviors. Hu has also studied the association between intolerance of uncertainty and internet addiction during the pandemic, utilizing multiple mediation models to understand the roles of depression and risk perception.

Further research by Hu delves into cognitive processes and psychological flexibility, as demonstrated by a study on negative body image in Chinese college students using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles. His publications also address the neural underpinnings of deficient cognitive control in individuals with internet gaming disorder and decision-making processes related to fairness and equity. Hu's scholarly output is reflected in an h-index of 13, with 48 total publications and 637 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 14
  • Publications: 51
  • Citations: 657

Selected Publications

  • Divergent neural mechanisms of reward processing and cognitive control in non-substance and substance addiction: A meta-analytic perspective (2026)
  • Problematic internet use, the behavioral activation system/behavioral inhibition system, and self-control in children and adolescents: A network analysis (2025)
  • Effects of cognitive reappraisal on gaming craving and inhibitory control in adolescents with internet gaming disorder. (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Core Symptoms and Symptom Relationships of Problematic Internet Use in Children and Adolescents: A Network Analysis (2025)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Neural mechanisms of fairness decision-making: An EEG comparative study on opportunity equity and outcome equity (2024)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Understanding the relationships among adolescents’ internet dependence, reward, cognitive control processing, and learning burnout: a network perspective in China (2024)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Developmental patterns and computational mechanisms of school-aged children’s fairness-related decision making under social comparison (2024)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Attentional priority and limbic activity favor gains over losses (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Corrigendum to <‘The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on college students in USA: Two years later’> (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Beyond Static Models: The Dynamic Interplay of Facial Emotions and Attentional Scope (2024)
  • Brain responses to self- and other- unfairness under resource distribution context: Meta-analysis of fMRI studies (2024)
    12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Heterogeneity in the co-occurrence of depression and anxiety among adolescents: Results of latent profile analysis (2024)
    25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Understanding the Relationships Among Adolescents' Internet Addiction, Reward, Cognitive Control Processing, and Learning Burnout: A Network Perspective in China (2024)
  • A 2-year mental health follow-up study subsequent to COVID-19 (2023)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Schizophrenia patients show impaired bottom-up processing and attentional adjustment (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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