Yulong Tang

Date of Birth: 22nd September 1988.

Birth Place: Huainan, Anhui Province, CHINA

2007-2011   B.A. in Applied Psychology, Anhui University.

2011-2014   M.A. in Applied Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University.

2014-2018   PhD in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Beijing Normal University

2016-2017   Visiting fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, U.S.A.

2018-           Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Psychology, College of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology

2020-           Director of the Institute of Applied Psychology, College of Education, Zhejiang University of  Technology 

2022-           Academic Vice Dean, College of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology

Dr. Tang's main research area is developmental psychology. He particularly focuses on issues related to children's social cognitive development (such as trust judgment, gossip), emotional and social development (such as emotional understanding, peer relationships) and adolescent mental health.

Undergraduate:

Developmental Psychology (Bilingual)

Research Methods in Psychology

Talent Assessment

Graduate:

Topics in Developmental Psychology

Main Research Directions:

(1) The cognitive development of children regarding gossips: 

National Social Science Foundation of China (25FSHB006), 250,000 yuan, 2026 - 2028.

(2) The development of trust judgments: 

Provincial University Humanities and Social Sciences Basic Research Fund (GB202503006), 200,000 yuan, 2025-2028.

National Social Science Foundation of China (21CSH049), 200,000 yuan, 2021 - 2024.

Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation Exploration Project (LQ20C090011), 90,000 yuan, 2020 - 2022.

(3) The development and function of children's emotional understanding: 

Hangzhou Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project (Z19JC064), 8,800 yuan, 2018 - 2021. 

General Project of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department (Y201839785), 5,000 yuan, 2018 - 2021.

Journal Articles（* corresponding author）：

Wan, Z., Wang, B., Harris, P. L., & Tang, Y*. (2025). The influence of valence and relationship on children's verification of gossip. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 43, 111-123. (SSCI-Q2) （This article was published by Harvard Gazette and was elaborately introduced on the official website of Harvard Graduate School of Education. You can find the full details at: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/24/11/how-children-handle-gossip-and-what-it-teaches-us ）

牟晟,汤玉龙*,陈彧,鲁超,苏衡.(2024) 青少年胰腺手术引起远期心理问题1例.中华普通外科杂志,39,67-68.(A类）

张芷诺, 汤玉龙*. (2023). 基于社会文化理论构建幼儿园防诱拐安全教育课程体系. 教育进展, 13, 9500-9505.

Stępień-Nycz, M., Białecka-Pikul, M., Tang, Y., & Pons, F. (2023). Emotion Understanding in Polish Children: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Polish, British, and Italian Children. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 23, 437-450.

Tang Y.*, Zhang Z. Harris, P.L. (2023) Does first-hand evidence undermine young children’s initial trust in positive gossip? Evidence from 5- to 6-year-old children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 41, 358-370. (SSCI-Q2)

汤玉龙*，张芷诺，缪小龙. (2023). “道听途说”还是“眼见为实”？效价和真实性对幼儿评价流言传播的影响. 应用心理学, 29, 387-395.（A 类，一级）

Chen, D., Miao, X., Ma, Y., & Tang, Y*. (2022). The relationship between social support and goal pursuit among Chinese college students: The mediating role of just-world beliefs. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1051884. （SSCI-Q1）

张芷诺，杜瑶， 汤玉龙*. (2022). 双加工模型视角下的儿童选择性信任. 心理科学. 45, 379- 385.（A 类，一级）

Zhang, Z., Tang, Y.*, Chen, X., Lin, X., & Tao, J. (2022) Development and Reliability and Validity Test to the Parenting Stress Questionnaire for Two-Child Mothers. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 850479. （SSCI-Q1）

张芷诺， 汤玉龙*. (2021) 儿童中的流言：产生、发展及信任评价. 应用心理学. 27, 272-282. （A 类，一级）

Tang Y.*, Harris, P.L., Zou H.*, Wang J., Zhang Z. (2021) The relationship between emotion understanding and social skills in preschoolers: The mediating role of verbal ability and the moderating role of working memory, European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 18, 593- 609. （SSCI-Q2）

Wang, J., Yang, Y., Tang, Y., Wu, M., Jiang, S., & Zou, H*. (2021) Longitudinal links among parent-child attachment, emotion parenting, and problem behaviors of preadolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 121, 105797. （SSCI-Q1）

Wang, J., Zou, H.*, Shi, X., Pons, F., Xu, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., & Jiang, S. (2021) Development and Validation of the Emotional Intelligence Test for Adolescents in a Chinese Sample. Psychological Assessment, 33, 1200-1214. （SSCI-Q2）

Tang, Y., Harris, P. L.*, Zou, H., & Xu, Q. (2019). The impact of emotional expressions on children’s trust judgments. Cognition and Emotion, 33, 318-331. （SSCI-Q2）

Wang, Y., Hawk, S. T., Tang, Y., Schlegel, K., & Zou, H.*(2019). Characteristics of emotion recognition ability among primary school children: Relationships with peer status and friendship quality. Child Indicators Research, 12, 1369-1388. （SSCI-Q1）

Tang Y., Harris, P.L., Pons, F., Zou H.*, Zhang W., Xu Q. (2018) The Understanding of Emotion among Young Chinese Children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42, 512- 517. （SSCI-Q2）

Harris, P.L.*, Tang Y*. (2018) Peering into the opaque mind. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 15, 631-642. （SSCI-Q4）

王娟, 邹泓*, 侯珂, 汤玉龙, 王明珠, 王英芊.(2016).青少年家庭功能对其主观幸福感的影响：同伴依恋和亲社会行为的序列中介效应.心理科学, 39,1406-1412.

王富贤, 邹泓, 李一茗, 汤玉龙.(2016).情绪调节灵活性研究进展综述.中国特殊教育, 3, 77-82.

马凤玲, 汤玉龙, 郑婷婷, 徐芬*.(2014) 3-5 岁儿童基于面孔的信任判断的发展. 心理发展与教育, 30, 337-344.

徐芬, 汤玉龙, 蒋文明*, 马凤玲. (2013). 不同年龄段小学生的一般信任倾向及同伴关系. 中国心理卫生杂志, 27, 203-207.

Books：

汤玉龙主编，《职工心理健康 100 问》，经济科学出版社， 2022 年 10 月出版

孟婷婷主编，汤玉龙、庞红卫副主编，《教师心理自我调适》，上海交通大学出版社， 2022 年 6 月出版

Editoral Board Member: Brain Science and Child Development, 应用心理学

Member of the Developmental Psychology Committee of the Chinese Psychological Society; 

Member of the Council, Zhejiang Provincial Psychological Society; 

Member of the Chinese Psychological Society; 

Member of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) 

Member of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 

Member of the Cognitive Development Society (CDS) 

Peer review for: 心理学报，心理科学，心理科学进展，心理发展与教育，应用心理学, Child Development, Cognition and Emotion, Journal of Affective Disorders, International Journal of Behaviour Development, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Development, Infant and Child Development, Behavioral Science, Frontiers in Psychology