Chinese

Education

• 2005 Ph.D., Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University

Research interest

• Social Psychology, Learning Motivation, Epistemology of Psychology, Moral Psychology

Academic Honors and Awards

• 2015 Outstanding Research Teacher Award, NTHU
• 2014 Outstanding Research Teacher Award, NTHU
• 2012 Awards to the Special Talents in University, NTHU

Teaching Awards

• 2012 Excellent Teaching Award, NTHU
• 2011 Awards for Excellent Teaching, Commission of General Education, NTHU

PUBLICATIONS

• Huang, H. T., Hsu, C. C., & Chen. S. W. (2015). Identification with social role obligations, possible selves, and L2 motivation in foreign language learning. System, 51, 28-38.
• Huang, L. L., Chen, S. W.*, & Chien, C. L. (2014). The effect of university ranking on learning satisfaction: Social identities and self-identity as the suppressor and mediators. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 18, 33-42.
• Fwu, B. J., Wei, C. F., Chen, S. W., & Wang, H. H. (2014). Effort counts: The moral significance of effort in the patterns of credit assignment on math learning in the Confucian cultural context. International Journal of Educational Development, 39, 167–172.
• Chen, S. W.*, & Wei, C. Y. (2013). A two-factor model of learning motivation for Chinese undergraduates: On the function of academic identity and role identity. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 55(1), 41-55.
• Chen, S. W.*, & Chiu, C. H. (2013). The dual-process model of moral judgment: An integrated viewpoint of cognition, emotion, and culture. Indigenous Psychological Research in Chinese Societies, 36, 33-76.
• Chen, S. W.*, Hsieh, H.C., & Huang, L. L. (2011). Learning satisfaction of undergraduates in single-sex-dominated academic fields in Taiwan. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Science, Vol 15, 2487-2493.
• Chen, Y. J.*, Nettles, M. E., & Chen, S. W. (2009). Rethinking dependent personality disorder: Comparing different human relatedness in cultural contexts. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197 (11), 793-800. (SSCI).
• Chen, S. W.*, Wang, H. H., Wei, C. F., Fwu, B. J, & Hwang, K. K. (2009). Taiwanese students’ self-attributions for two types of achievement goals. Journal of Social Psychology, 149 (2), 179-193. (SSCI).
• Chen, S. W. (1999). The Logic of Social Psychology and Cultural Analysis. Research in Applied Psychology, 5, 47-48.
• Chen, S. W. (1999). Benevolence and propriety: The family values and attitudes toward work in Taiwan. Research in Applied Psychology, 4, 205-227.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• Chen, S. W. (2015, Aug). Relationships between undergraduates’ moral values and attitudes toward social movements in Taiwan. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Cebu, Philippines.
• Fwu, B. J. & Wong, H. H., Chen, S. W., & Wei, C. F. (2015, Aug). The double-edged sword of effort in academic achievement in the Confucian context. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Cebu, Philippines.
• Wei, C. Y, & Chen, S. W. (2014, Nov). Relationships between undergraduates' epistemological beliefs and interest in science. Second International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching (IHPST) Asian Regional Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Chen, S. W. (2014, Sep). The relationships among high-school teachers’ implicit beliefs about effort and their evaluations of students. Paper presented at the the Cross-Strait Forum on Psychology,
• Taipei, Taiwan.
• Hsu, C. C., Huang, H. T., & Chen, S. W. (2013, Nov). Beliefs of social role obligation in EFL college students’ L2 motivation. Paper presented at the 22nd International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. Taipei, Taiwan.
• Chen, S. W. (2013, Aug). The order effects of emotional impact on moral judgment. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• Fwu, B. J. & Wong, H. H., Chen, S. W., & Wei, C. F. (2013, Aug). The trapping effect of effort for low-achieving students: The dilemma of being bad and feeling sad in academic pursuits in a Confucian society. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• Hsu, C. C., Huang, H. T., & Chen, S. W. (2013, Aug). Beliefs of social role obligation in Taiwanese college students; language learning motivation. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• Huang, H. T, Hsu, C. C., & Chen, S. W. (2013, March). Beliefs of social role obligation in EFL college students’ L2 motivation. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2013 Conference, Dallas, USA
• Chen, S. W. (2011, July). The Roles of Social and Personal Identities of Taiwanese Undergraduates in Pursuing Academic Goals. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Kunming , China.
• Chen, S. W., & Huang, L. L. (2010, July). The Social Representations of Teacher’s Right and Obligations in Taiwan. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Social Representations, Tunis, Tunisia.
• Chen S. W. (2009, July). Learning Satisfaction of Female and Male Undergraduates of Single-Sex-Dominated Academic Fields in Taiwan. Paper presented at the 11th European Congress of Psychology, Oslo, Norway.
• Chen, S. W. (2007, July). Taiwanese Students’ Self-attributions for Two Types of Achievement Goals. Paper presented at the 7th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
• Chen, S. W. (2005, June). Self-attribution and self-presentation of achievements in East Asian cultures. Paper presented at the 6th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Chen, S. W., & Chou, S. H. (2003, November): Effects and Styles of Self-presentation in Achievement Events. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Manila, Philippines.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• * 2015.08 – 2016.07 Project Investigator. Developing the scales of epistemological views of social sciences for undergraduates. MOST 104-2410-H-007-020.
• * 2014.07 – 2015.12 Project Investigator. The relationships among undergraduates’ moral values, identification with role obligation, and attitudes toward social movements. Toward World-Class Universities Project of NTHU.
• * 2011.08 – 2013.07 Project Investigator. The dual-process model of moral judgment: Theoretical construction and empirical studies. NSC 100-2410-H-007-013-MY2.
• * 2012.01 – 2012.12 Co-project Investigator. The culture- and mind- basis for learning process. Toward World-Class Universities Project of NTHU.
• * 2010.08 – 2011.07 Project Investigator. Academic goals, social identity and multiple coping styles of undergraduates in Taiwan. NSC 99-2410-H-007-035.