Staff profile

Siyu Zhang is a doctoral researcher in Social Psychology who began her studies in 2025. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Harbin Medical University and a master’s degree in Psychology from Hangzhou Normal University.

Her research examines how social psychological mechanisms shape classroom learning, with a particular focus on stereotype threat among underrepresented groups. Using a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach, her work combines field studies with wireless sensors to capture students’ physiological and vocal responses in real classroom settings. Through this research, she aims to better understand when and why stereotype threat most strongly affects students, and how its impact can be effectively reduced.

Siyu is originally from Chongqing, a mountainous city in southwest China. Outside her academic work, she enjoys cycling, swimming, and hiking, and is always happy to engage in friendly conversations and collaborations.

Research Interests

• Social identity
• Inequality
• Stereotype threat
• Reduce classroom anxiety

Supervisors

Chuma Owuamalam

Mario Weick

Yunfei Chen

Journal Article

• Mapping the interconnections among non-suicidal self-injury, depressive symptoms, and reward sensitivity: A network analysis
  
  Zhu, L., Wang, Y., Ye, Q., Zhang, S., Liu, G., Yang, Z., Ni, K., Li, B., & Cai, X. (2026). Mapping the interconnections among non-suicidal self-injury, depressive symptoms, and reward sensitivity: A network analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 398, Article 121063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.121063
• Interrelationships between childhood trauma, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms: A network analysis and replication
  
  Ye, Q., Zhang, S., He, X., Yang, Y., Ni, K., Yang, H., Wei, W., Preece, D. A., Chan, R. C., Li, B., & Cai, X. (2026). Interrelationships between childhood trauma, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms: A network analysis and replication. Child Abuse & Neglect, 172, Article 107877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107877
• Using latent profile and network analyses to characterize individuals with musical anhedonia: An explorative study
  
  Zhang, S., He, X., Ye, Q., Jin, J., Ni, K., Li, Y., Gold, B. P., Li, B., & Cai, X. (2025). Using latent profile and network analyses to characterize individuals with musical anhedonia: An explorative study. Personality and Individual Differences, 246, Article 113363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113363
• Cross‐cultural adaptation and clinical application of the Perth Empathy Scale
  
  Ye, Q., Liu, Y., Zhang, S., Ni, K., Fu, S., Dou, W., Wei, W., Li, B., Preece, D. A., & Cai, X. (2024). Cross‐cultural adaptation and clinical application of the Perth Empathy Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 80(7), 1473-1489. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23643