Wenhao Pan
Ph.D. in Management (Public Administration)
Personal statement
I am Wenhao Pan. I got my Ph.D. in Management (Public Administration) from South China University of Technology in June 2025. I obtained my M.Sc. in Basic Psychology from Guizhou Normal University in June 2021 and my B.Sc. in Applied Psychology from Hunan University of Science and Technology in June 2016. My research interests focus on behavioral public policy and social security. I have strong skills in big data text analysis, including developing Python web crawlers for data collection and applying machine learning for data analysis. I am proficient in designing and implementing social experiments and conducting causal inference. Additionally, I am experienced in quantitative data analysis and meta-analysis using SPSS, Mplus, and CMA, and I am capable of conducting cognitive neuroscience research utilizing EEG technology.
Wenhao Pan
Education & Certification
Ph.D. in Management (Public Administration)
School of Public Administration, South China University of Technology (China)
The main research areas include Behavioral Public Administration (BPA), Behavioral Public Policy and Computational Social Sciences.
2021-2025
Master of Science in Basic Psychology
School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University (China)
The research direction are the latent variable structural equation modeling, and individual sentiment analysis with big data technology.
2018-2021
Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology
School of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology (China)
The research interests include Cognitive Neuroscience with Event-related Potential (ERP), Experimental Psychology, and Self-positive Bias.
2012-2016
Academic Publications
Jinjin Li†, Xinxin Ma†, Wenhao Pan†, Huihui Ke & Zhenghua Xiao (2025). The relationship between work requirements and mental distress in hospital staff: the chain mediating effects of rumination and work recovery classes. BMC Psychology, 13:256.
Yu Luo, Jinjin Li, Yu Zhang, & Wenhao Pan (2023). The scalp prefrontal–limbic functional connectivity moderates stress-related rumination effects on stress recovery. Psychophysiology, 61:e14462.
Wenhao Pan†, Yingying Han†, Jinjin Li, Emily Zhang, & Bikai He (2023). The positive energy of netizens: development and application of fine-grained sentiment lexicon and emotional intensity model. Current Psychology, 42:27901–27918.
Yingying Han†, Wenhao Pan†, Jinjin Li, Ting Zhang, Qiang Zhang & Emily Zhang. (2022). Developmental Trend of Subjective Well-Being of Weibo Users During COVID-19: Online Text Analysis Based on Machine Learning Method. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:779594.
Peng Ma, Mingming Huang, Bikai He, Wenhao Pan & Shouying Zhao (2021). The Influence of Undergraduates’ Loneliness on Depression: Based on Latent Moderated Structural Equation (in Chinese). Journal of Psychological Science, 44(5): 1184-1192.
Yu Luo, Jinjin Li, Wenhao Pan, Xinxin Ma & Yu Zhang (2021). The cognitive and neural mechanisms of perseverative cognition lead to the prolonged stress response (in Chinese). Journal of Psychological Science, 44(1): 37-44.
Peng Ma, Bikai He, Wenhao Pan, Pengfei Qin & Shouying Zhao (2020) The Influence of Undergraduate’s Mobile Phone Addiction on Learning Burnout: Based on Latent Moderated Structural Equation. Psychology, 11, 966-979.
Mingming Huang, Shouying Zhao, Qiannan Ma & Wenhao Pan. (2019) The Influence of Sexual Objectification Experience on Chinese Female College Students’ Selfie-Posting Behavior: A Mediated Moderation Model. Psychology, 10, 2080-2090.