Dr WU, Xiaoyan
Post-doctoral Fellow
- B3-1/F-20A
- xiaoyanivywu@eduhk.hk
Journal Articles
- Wu, X. I., Turnbull, M., Oktavianus, J., & Wang, Y. (Accepted). An ecological perspective on the influence of AI-driven chatbots on communication between patients and health care providers: A qualitative systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling.
- Wang, Y., Turnbull, M., Oktavianus, J., & Wu, X. I. (2026). Sociocultural and psychological influences on fertility experiences among female cancer survivors: A systematic review. Health Expectations, 29, e70811. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70811
- Li, B., Turnbull, M., Yu, C., & Wu, X. I. (2026). Cultivating empathy and reflective practice through communication training: design and feasibility of a narrative medicine-based intervention with nursing students in Hong Kong. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2026.04.020
- Wu, X. I., Occhipinti, S., Watson, B. M., & Noels, K. A. (2026). The role of L2 WTC and accommodative encounters with locals in Mainland Chinese students’ sociocultural adaptation to Hong Kong. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 47(4), 2577–2593. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2025.2480731
- Li, B., Turnbull, M., Yu, C., & Wu, X. I. (2026). The emotional labour of end-of-life care work: findings of a mixed methods study in Hong Kong. Palliative & Supportive Care, 24(e123). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951526102417
- Turnbull, M., & Wu, X. I. (2025). Navigating migration and cancer in Asia: a narrative analysis of stories told by Filipino migrant domestic workers with breast cancer. Journal of Migration and Health, 12, 100337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100337
- Wu, X. I., Occhipinti, S., & Watson, B. M. (2025). Mainland Chinese students’ psychological adaptation to Hong Kong: an intergroup communication perspective. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 46(8), 2342-2357. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2287045
- Wu, X. I., Watson, B. M., & Baker, S. C. (2024). The role of language use and communication in Mainland Chinese students' cross-cultural adaptation to Hong Kong: a qualitative investigative study. Language and Intercultural Communication, 24(1), 20–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2023.2250748
- Alduais, A., Majorano, M., Alduais, A., Wu, X. I., Qasem, F., Hamaguchi, P., & Bastianello, T. (2023). Pragmatic language interventions and existing competing views to improve pragmatic language skills in persons with pragmatic language impairment: an umbrella review. Applied Neuropsychology: Child. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2023.2289589
- Turnbull, M., Yu, C., & Wu, X. I. (2023). Practitioner accounts of end-of-life communication in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan: a systematic review. Patient Education and Counselling, 106, 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2022.10.007
- Watson, B. M., & Wu, X. I. (2023). Sentinel events and miscommunication - What do we know in 2021: a language and social psychology framework. Health Communication, 38(9), 1770-1779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2031451
- Wu, X. I., Turnbull, M., Yung, A., & Watson, B. M. (2022). Grief and bereavement in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 10(7), 198-205. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2022.107017
- Turnbull, M., Wu, X. I., & Watson, B. M. (2022). A comparative study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the communication practices of end-of-life workers. Communication and Medicine, 17(3), 295-306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/cam.19406
Book Chapters
- Wu, X. I. & Watson, B. M. (In press). Positive communication, aging, and intergroup relationships in healthcare. In M. Pitts (Ed.), Handbook on positive communication and aging. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
- Turnbull, M., & Wu, X. I. (2023). Emotional reflexivity during a global health crisis: emotion ‘work’ in online health communication research. In S. Consoli & S. Ganassin (Eds.), Reflexivity in applied linguistic research: opportunities, challenges and suggestions (pp. 17-34). Routledge.