Department of Psychology

• Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology, Arizona State University
• M.A. in Counselling Psychology, Beijing Normal University
• Bachelor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2020	Early Career Award The Society for Vocational Psychology Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) American Psychological Association
2018	Faculty Award Association of Chinese Helping Professionals and Psychologists-International (ACHPPI)
2017	Outstanding Graduate Student Award The Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP)
2017	Diversity Award Annual Student Paper Competitions Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29) American Psychological Association
2016	Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award The Section of Promotion of Psychotherapy Science Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) American Psychological Association
2016	Graduate Student Outstanding Research Award The International Section Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) American Psychological Association
2016	Graduate Education Travel Award Graduate Education Arizona State University
2016	Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad Department of Education People’s Republic of China
2015	Dissertation Completion Fellowship Award Graduate Education Arizona State University
2015	APA Student Travel Award American Psychological Association
2014	Graduate Student Research Award The Society for Vocational Psychology Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) American Psychological Association

Career Development, Psychotherapy Science, Psychotherapy in an international context

• Division 17 Counseling Psychology Grant, American Psychological Foundation
• Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland, American Psychological Foundation

Associate Editor: Journal of Vocational Behavior

Peer-reviewed articles

She, Z., Jensen-Doss, Amanda., & Xu, H. (in press). Assessing Mental Health Professionals’ Attitudes toward Routine Outcome Monitoring across Eastern and Western Cultures: An Examination of Invariance and Latent Mean Differences. Psychotherapy Research

Xu, H. (in press). Development and Initial Validation of the Career Wisdom Scale: A Resource in Handling Uncertainty in Contemporary Career Development. Journal of Counseling Psychology.

Xu, H., & Allan, Blake. A. (in press). Expanding the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision Making: Ambiguity Management Under Environmental Adversity. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727241268

Xu, H. (2024). In the Name of Interests: A Joint Consideration of Interest Development and Consequence. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 71(3), 155–169. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000723

Xu, H. (2024). The joint operation of five career indecision factors: A longitudinal examination. The Career Development Quarterly, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12359

Xu, H. (2024). A Longitudinal Examination of Four Processual Mechanisms in Career Decision Making. Journal of Career Assessment, 32(2), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231194051

Xu, H., & Flores, L. Y. (2023). A Process Model of Career Decision-Making and Adaptation Under Uncertainty: Expanding the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision-Making. Journal of Career Assessment, 31(4), 773-793. http://doi.org/10.1177/10690727231161378

She, Z., Xu, H., Cormier, G., Drapeau, M., & Duncan, B. (2023) Culture matters: Chinese mental health professionals’ fear of losing face in routine outcome monitoring. Psychotherapy Research. http://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2240949

Xu, H. (2023). Development and Initial Validation of the Career Decision-Making Ambiguity Scale. Journal of Career Assessment, 31(3), 536–554. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221125886

Xu, H. (2023). Viewing the Joint Operation of Five Major Decision Difficulties Within the Dual-Process Theory of Career Decision-Making. Journal of Career Assessment, 31(2), 340–358. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221118374

Xu, H. (2023). Vocational interests: Conceptual issues, research findings, and practical implications. In W. B. Walsh, L. Y. Flores, P. J. Hartung, & F. T. L. Leong (Eds.), Career psychology: Models, concepts, and counseling for meaningful employment (pp. 145–167). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000339-008

Xu, H., *Suh, J., & *Liu, H. (2022). The factor structure of career indecision in China and South Korea: A data-driven exploration. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03320-7

Xu, H., & He, R. (2022). Facilitating International Research on Career Indecision: Developing Career Indecision Profile-Short-5 in China and the U.S. Journal of Career Assessment, 30(4), 719–738. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727221080449

Xu, H., & Savickas, M. L. (2022). Development and Initial Validation of the Job-Search Self-Regulation Scale: Expanding the Career Adaptation Model of Job Search. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 69(5), 602–613. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000609

Xu, H. (2022). The roles of between- and within-person self-knowledge in career decision-making. The Career Development Quarterly, 70(1), 67-78. http://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12282

Xu, H., & Flores, L. Y. (2022). Facilitating the professional development of international counseling psychology students: Introduction to special issue. The Counseling Psychologist, 50(6), 746-750. http://doi.org/10.1177/00110000221092684

Xu, H. (2021). Self-control in career decision-making: The roles of the hot and cool systems of gratification delay. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 131, 103652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103652

Xu, H. (2021). Understanding the Dysfunctionality of Dysfunctional Career Decision-Making Beliefs: Ambiguity Aversion as a General Mechanism. Journal of Career Assessment, 30(2), 221-237. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727211036887

Xu, H. (2021). Career decision-making in an uncertain world: A dual-process framework. Current Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01746-z

Xu, H. (2021). Career decision-making from a dual-process perspective: Looking back, looking forward. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 126, 103556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103556

Xu, H. (2021). Childhood Environmental Adversity and Career Decision-Making Difficulty: A Life History Theory Perspective. Journal of Career Assessment, 29(2), 221-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720940978

Yin, M., Aoki, K., Liao, K., & Xu, H. (2021). An Exploration on the Attachment, Acculturation and Psychosocial Adjustment of Chinese International Students in Japan. Journal of International Students, 11(1), 176-194. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v11i1.1454

Xu, H. (2020). Incremental validity of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale total score over general self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 119, 103425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2020.103425

Xu, H., & *Li, H. (2020). Operationalize Interest Congruence: A Comparative Examination of Four Approaches. Journal of Career Assessment, 28(4), 571-588. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072720909825

Xu, H., & Yin, M. (2020). The roles of time discounting and delay of gratification in career outcomes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(6), 747-754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000421

Flückiger, C., Rubel, J., Re, A. D., Horvath, A. O., Wampold, B. E., Crits-Christoph, P., . . . Xu, H., Zilcha-Mano, S., Barber, J. P. (2020). The reciprocal relationship between alliance and early treatment symptoms: A two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 88(9),829-843. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000594

Xu, H. (2020). Big Five Personality Traits and Ambiguity Management in Career Decision Making. Career Development Quarterly. 68(2), 158-172. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12220

Xu, H., & *Adams, P. (2020). Ambiguity Aversion in Career Decision-Making: Its Longitudinal Prediction for College Career Outcomes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67, 232-240. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000379

Xu, H. (2020). Development and Initial Validation of the Constructivist Beliefs in the Career Decision-Making Scale. Journal of Career Assessment, 28, 303-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072719845668

Xu, H. (2020). Career indecision profile-short: Reliability and validity among employees and measurement invariance across students and employees. Journal of Career Assessment, 28, 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069072719831975

Xu, H. (2020). The ripple prediction of ambiguity aversion in career decision-making. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67, 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000354

Wang, D., Jia, Y., Hou, Z.-J., Xu, H., Zhang, H., & Guo, X.-L. (2019). A test of psychology of working theory among Chinese urban workers: Examining predictors and outcomes of decent work. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.103325

Xu, H., & *Bhang, C. H. (2019). The Structure and Measurement of Career Indecision: A Critical Review. Career Development Quarterly, 67, 2-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12159

Xu, H. (2018). The Role of Cultural Congruence in Psychotherapy Efficacy: Evidence from a Network Meta-Analysis in China. The Behavioral Mind: A Journal of Personality Disorders, 1, 137-160.

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). The Reciprocal Dynamic Model of Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance with Career Indecision: A Longitudinal Three-wave Investigation. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64, 538-549. http://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000220

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). Use of Multi-group Confirmatory Factor Analysis in Examining Measurement Invariance in Counseling Psychology Research. European Journal of Counseling Psychology, 6, 75-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2041

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance and Its Relations with Adherence to RIASEC Structure and Calling. Journal of Career Assessment, 25, 715-730. http://doi.org/10.1177/1069072716665874

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2017). Development of an Abbreviated Career Indecision Profile-65 Using Item Response Theory: The CIP-Short. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62, 351-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000182

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2016). Cultural Congruence with Psychotherapy Efficacy: A Network Meta-Analytic Examination in China. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63, 359-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000145

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2016). Stability and change in interests: A longitudinal examination of grades 7 through college. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 129-138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.02.002

Xu, H., Hou, Z., Tracey, T. J. G., & Zhang, X. (2016). Variations of career decision ambiguity tolerance between China and the United States and between high school and college. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 93, 120-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2016.01.007

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2015). Reciprocal Influence Model of Working Alliance and Therapeutic Outcome over Individual Therapy Course. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62, 351-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cou0000089

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2015). Ambiguity Tolerance with Career Indecision: An Examination of the Mediation Effect of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy. Journal of Career Assessment, 23, 519-532. http://doi.org/10.1177/1069072714553073

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2015). Career Decision Ambiguity Tolerance Scale: Construction and Initial Validations. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 88, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2015.01.006

Xu, H., Wang, D., & Hou, Z. (2014). Technology in Counseling: Application and Ethics Considerations. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 22, 752-755.

Xu, H., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2014). The Role of Ambiguity Tolerance in Career Decision Making. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85, 18-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.04.001

Xu, H., Hou, Z., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2014). Relation of Environmental and Self Career Exploration with Career Decision-making Difficulties in Chinese Students. Journal of Career Assessment, 22, 654-665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069072713515628

Hou, Z., Leung, S. A., Li, X., Li, X., & Xu, H. (2012). Career Adapt-Abilities Scale—China Form: Construction and initial validation. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 686-691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2012.01.006

Xu, H., Hou, Z., & Huang, Y. (2011). Empathy and Genuine: Content Analysis of Three Cases Conducted by Carl Rogers in Different Phases. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology, 19, 265-267.

Xu, H., & Hou, Z. (2010). Status Quo and Prospect of Research about Novice Counselors. Chinese Mental Health Journal, 24, 638-642.

 

Book Chapter:

Xu, H. (2023). Vocational interests: Conceptual issues, research findings, and practical implications. In B. Walsh, L. Flores, P. Hartung, F. Leong, & M. Savickas (Eds.), Career Psychology. American Psychological Association.