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Xianbin Wang1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Ruolin Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Wencheng Yang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Weijun Wang1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Wei Pan1 Author Orcid Image ;   Min Jia1 Author Orcid Image ;   Shijie Gao1 Author Orcid Image ;   Xin Zhao4 Author Orcid Image
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Xianbin Wang   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Ruolin Wang   1 , PhD ;   Wencheng Yang   1 , PhD ;   Weijun Wang   1, 3 , PhD ;   Wei Pan   1 , PhD ;   Min Jia   1 , PhD ;   Shijie Gao   1 , PhD ;   Xin Zhao   4 , PhD

1 School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

2 School of Modern Information Industry, Guangzhou College of Commerce, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

3 BeiCheng Lvluo Institute for Social Psychological Intelligence Innovation and Development, Beijing City University, Beijing, China

4 Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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