Dr. Xiaotian Zhang Assistant Professor
Contact Information
mollyzhang@cityu.edu.mo
Academic Qualification
2019-2023 Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
2017-2018 Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction (English Language Education), University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
2011-2015 Bachelor of Arts in English, South-Central Minzu University, China
Professional Experience
2023-2026 Research Assistant Professor, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
2015-2017 TCFL Teacher, Kamalasai School, Thailand
Courses Teaching
BOE414 Educational Research Methodology
BOE413 Educational Technology
Research Areas
Intercultural competence
Social emotional skills
Technology-enhanced teaching and learning
Flourishing & Well-being
Research and Publications
Book
周明明，張曉天（2024）《在文化間自如穿行：21世紀青少年的跨文化能力之發展與培養》，澳門文化公所。
Journal Articles (* indicates corresponding author)
Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Ji, Y., & Liu, J. (2026). Need-supportive teaching fosters student engagement via autonomous motivation in online courses. Technology, Pedagogy, and Education. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X., Lin, X., & Wang, Y. (2026). Emotional intelligence profiles and well-being among Chinese university students: The mediating role of basic psychological needs. Intelligence. [SSCI, Q1]
Wang, Y., Zhang, X., Wang, Y. (2026). Core depression symptoms, social support buffers, and diagnostic differences in Chinese university freshmen in Shenzhen: A network analysis. Current Psychology. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhao, Y., & Zhang, X*. (2026). Policy ambiguity as adaptive governance: Sustaining Sino-foreign cooperative education collaboration through strategic ambiguity. Higher Education Policy. [SSCI, Q2]
Chen, M., Wang Y., & Zhang X. (2026). Student-teacher relationship quality and students’ life satisfaction: Examining the moderating role of empathy across five cultural groups. Social Indicators Research. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X*. (2025). The link between quality intergenerational communication and university students’ social-emotional skills: cultural values as a mediator and parenting styles as moderators. Educational Psychology. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X*, Wang, Y., & Chen, M. (2025). Contextual factors affecting adolescents’ social- emotional skills: A network analysis and cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Research on Adolescence. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X*, Wang, Y., & Geng, F. (2025). Perceived parental warmth and young adults’ social-emotional skills: Influence through social and psychological well-being. Journal of Psychology. [SSCI, Q2]
Zhang, X*. (2025). Quality intergenerational communication connects personality traits to career and life development agency. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. [SSCI, Q2]
Zhang, X.*, Zhou, M., & Kam, C. C. S. (2025). How expressive communication enhances intercultural sensitivity in Chinese undergraduates: The mediating role of quality intergenerational communication and the moderating role of parental warmth. International Journal of Educational Research. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X*. (2024). Intercultural attitudes embedded in microblogging: Sentiment and content analyses of data from Sina Weibo. Journalism and Media. [ESCI]
Zhang, X*. (2024). Gender differences in intercultural competence: The moderating role of intercultural experiences. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication. [ESCI]
Zhang, X*., & Zhou, M. (2023). Information and digital technology-assisted interventions to improve intercultural competence: A meta-analytical review. Computers & Education. [SSCI , Q1]
Zhang, X.*, & Zhou, M. (2023). Factors affecting students’ intention to use mobile Apps for intercultural competence development: A mixed-method approach. Education and Information Technologies. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X*., & Zhou, M. (2023). Adolescents’ perceived ICT autonomy, relatedness, and competence: Examining relationships to intercultural competence in Great China Region. Education and Information Technologies. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X*., & Zhou, M. (2023). Development and validation of an Intercultural Competence Scale for Chinese Learners (ICS-CHN). Journal of International Students. [ESCI]
Zhang, Y., Zhou, M., & Zhang, X. (2023). What really matters? Comparing parents’ and adolescents’ perceptions of parental meta-emotion philosophy as predictors of adolescents’ positive mental health. Current Psychology. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X., Wang, Y., & Leung, S. O. (2022). Technology acceptance model (TAM) and sports bracelets usage in physical education for freshman: The role of gender and self-efficacy. Technology, Pedagogy, and Education. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, J., Zhou, M., & Zhang, X. (2022). Interventions to promote teachers’ perceptions about STEM education: A meta-analysis. Education and Information Technologies. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, Y., Zhou, M., & Zhang, X. (2022). Validation of an adolescent version of the Parental Metaemotion Philosophy Scale. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. [SSCI, Q2]
Wang, Y., Zhang, X., & Wang, L. (2022). Assessing the intention to use sports bracelets among Chinese university students: An extension of Technology Acceptance Model with sports motivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. [SSCI, Q1]
Li, X., Zhou, M., & Zhang, X. (2022). Rational and irrational beliefs in understanding academic procrastination. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 183(1), 23-39. [SSCI, Q4]
Li, M., Zhang, X., & Reynolds, B. L. (2021). Exploring lexical bundles in low proficiency level L2 learners’ English writing: An ETS corpus study. Applied Linguistics Review. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X*., & Zhou, M. (2021). An exploration of Chinese students’ perceived barriers to effective intercultural communication. Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 9(2), 11-31. [ESCI]
Zhang, X*., & Wang, Y. (2021). Windows and mirrors? Cultural authenticity of Chinese-themed children’s books. Educational Studies, 1-21. [SSCI, Q2]
Wang, Y., Xiao, H., Zhang, X., & Wang, L. (2020). The role of active coping in the relationship between learning burnout and sleep quality among college students in China. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 647. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhou, M., & Zhang, X. (2019). Online social networking and subjective well-being: Mediating effects of envy and fatigue. Computers & Education, 140, 103598. [SSCI, Q1]
Zhang, X., & Zhou, M. (2019). Interventions to promote learners’ intercultural competence: A meta- analysis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 71, 31-47. [SSCI, Q1]
Research Projects
2023-2026 Affective, cognitive, and behavioral profiles of Chinese young adults who engage in quality cross-generational interaction: A cluster analysis [SSHRE23-APP091-FED] (Principal Investigator)
2025-2026 The positive power of cultural intelligence on the well-being of university students in Macau [FRG-25-050-UIC] (Co-Investigator)
Other
Conference Papers
Wang Y., Zhang, X. (2025). The positive power of cultural intelligence: The role of psychological need satisfaction in the well-being of university students, SELF-ERAS International Conference 2025, Singapore.
Zhang, X., & Wang, Y. (2025). The moderating role of self-awareness and self-management skills in the relationship between impression manipulative communication style and wellbeing among chinese university students. The 7th Global Conference on Education and Teaching, Budapest, Hungary.
Zhang, X., & Zhou, M. (2022). Factors affecting Chinese students’ intention to use mobile Apps for intercultural competence development. The 6th International Conference on Research in Social Sciences (RSSCONF), Vienna, Austria.
Wang, Y., & Zhang, X. (2021). Anxiety and emotional distractor previewing effects: Selected attention leads to targets. The 32nd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Zhang, X., & Zhou, M. (2021). Can mobile Apps promote intercultural competence?. The 32nd International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Zhou, M., Zhang, X., & He, Y. (2019). Do searchers know how they searched online? A calibration study on university students’ online search process. In Proceedings of 532nd International Conference on Education and E-Learning (ICEEL), Krabi, Thailand.
Zhou, M., Song, H., Zhang, X., & Wu, J. (2019). Relationships between STEM teacher preparedness and secondary school teachers’ belief and competence in China. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in STEM Education, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Service to Profession: Journal Reviewer
• International Journal of Intercultural Relations (SSCI, Q1)
• Education and Information Technologies (SSCI, Q1)
• The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (SSCI, Q1)
• Psychology in the Schools (SSCI, Q1)
• Current Psychology (SSCI, Q2)
Membership
World Council on Intercultural and Global Competence