- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychology of Development and Education
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Family Support in Illness
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Child Development and Digital Technology
New York University Shanghai
2015-2024
New York University
2016-2021
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
2020-2021
East China Normal University
2020
University of Toronto
2013-2015
Oklahoma State University
2012
Zhangqiu City People's Hospital
2011
National Institute of Mental Health
2011
National Institutes of Health
2011
Shandong Tumor Hospital
2009
This study investigated associations between parental psychological control and aggressive behavior depressive symptoms among adolescents from predominantly disadvantaged backgrounds. The indirect effects of on adolescent adjustment through emotion regulation (anger sadness regulation) were examined as well the moderating regulation.206 (ages 10-18) reported their own symptoms, parents behavior. Indirect effect models tested using structural equation modeling; hierarchical multiple...
The current study examined associations between adolescent respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) during an angry event discussion task and adolescents' emotion regulation adjustment. Data were collected from 206 adolescents (10-18 years of age, M age = 13.37). Electrocardiogram (ECG) respiration data adolescents, RSA values rates computed. Adolescents reported on their own regulation, prosocial behavior, aggressive behavior. Multilevel latent growth modeling was employed to capture responses...
Although research has demonstrated that both parents and peers influence adolescent development, it is not clear whether these relationships also serve as contexts for emotion socialization. In the current longitudinal study, we investigated maternal peer socialization were related to girls’ daily emotions, regulation, social emotional adjustment. The sample included 160 girls from low-income families followed across 2 years. At Time 1 (T1), reported on practices during laboratory visits....
This study examined the role of sympathy, guilt, and moral reasoning in helping, cooperation, sharing a 6‐year, three‐wave longitudinal involving 175 children ( M age 6.10, 9.18, 12.18 years). Primary caregivers reported on children's helping cooperation; was assessed behaviorally. Child sympathy by self‐ teacher reports, self‐attributed feelings guilt–sadness were responses to transgression vignettes. Sympathy predicted sharing. Guilt–sadness interacted with predicting both associated...
The current study examined pathways to adolescent anger and sadness regulation in low‐income families. sample included 206 families with adolescents age 10–18 years. Using a multimethod, multi‐informant approach, we assessed neighborhood violence, mutual emotional support, parental emotion coaching, regulation. findings indicated that high levels of support coaching low violence were correlated In addition, the analyses demonstrated multiple Specifically, was directly indirectly related...
The purpose of the current investigation was to examine role youth anger regulation and reactivity in link between parenting social adjustment among a sample 84 residing disadvantaged neighborhoods mid-southwestern city. Using path analysis, findings indicate that parents’ responsive discipline-related behaviors were associated with antisocial prosocial different ways. Parental support positively behavior (directly indirectly through regulation), while permissive discipline directly...
A theme emerging from the current literature is that Chinese gay and bisexual men are likely to struggle accept themselves because of cultural emphasis on filial piety. However, our understanding this culturally particular process remains partial most research has operationalized piety as either a component values or an aggregate construct itself. To pinpoint mechanism, study deconstructed into pragmatic obligations compassionate reverence test mediation model in which internalized...
Introduction The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence supportive parent-adolescent relationships on adolescent adjustment (i.e., prosocial behavior, aggression, depressive symptoms) both directly and indirectly ( via emotion regulation). Scholars have posited that regulation (ER) may serve as an underlying mechanism in link between parenting adjustment. Supportive openness, acceptance, emotional responsiveness) be a key socialization influencing ER. Methods sample...
Abstract Leveraging data from a longitudinal study of Chinese families ( n = 364), this research aims to understand the role secure base script knowledge as cognitive mechanism by which early caregiving experiences inform adolescents’ friendship quality and feelings loneliness. Results showed that observed maternal sensitivity at 14 24 months old was negatively associated with self‐reported conflicts close friends β −0.17, p 0.044) 15 years old, association partially mediated their assessed...
Abstract While aspiring to be a diverse and global science, developmental science continues dominated by EuroAmerican epistemologies, researchers, communities in its published scholarship. Adolescents across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America comprise 85% of world's adolescent population, yet their experiences perspectives are marginalized our science. Majority World live highly social, cultural, political, economic, educational healthcare contexts that contribute development, we...
The current study explored the role of parents' negative and positive affect in adolescent respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) reactivity during a parent-adolescent conflict discussion task moderating effects sex age. Questionnaire data were collected from 206 adolescents (10-18 years age; M = 13.37 years) their primary caregivers (83.3% biological mothers). Electrocardiogram respiration adolescents, RSA variables computed. Parent was coded task. Multilevel modeling used to distinguish...
The negative effects of the habitual use suppression on psychosocial adjustment were usually attenuated in Eastern samples compared to Western samples. However, culture is dynamic and constantly changing, it has rarely been directly assessed empirical studies. Further, within‐culture variations have ignored. In current study, we involved a Confucian concept Zhong Yong mode thinking, individual differences examined main thinking whether moderated association between within two Chinese young...
In six studies, we examined the accuracy and underpinnings of damaging stereotype that feminists harbor negative attitudes toward men. Study 1 ( n = 1,664), feminist nonfeminist women displayed similarly positive 2 3,892) replicated these results in non-WEIRD countries among male participants. 3 198) extended them to implicit attitudes. Investigating mechanisms underlying feminists’ actual perceived attitudes, Studies 4 2,092) 5 (nationally representative UK sample, 1,953) showed (vs....
This study assessed adolescent respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) reactivity while watching a bullying film clip from Boyz'n the Hood. We emphasized importance of considering measurement context RSA and examined whether moderated links between environmental factors (i.e., neighborhood violence, parental psychological control, acceptance) social adjustment. Data were collected 57 adolescents their primary caregivers. Electrocardiogram (ECG) respiration data obtained adolescents. Results...
This study investigated the integrative effects of parents’ perceptions child difficultness and parental emotion dysregulation on emotion‐related parenting among a group Chinese parents school‐age children. One hundred fifty parent–child dyads (121 biological mothers 29 fathers as primary caregivers; M age = 39.22 years) from urban Beijing, China participated in study. Parents reported their own children’s difficultness, well socialization practices. Children ( 8.54 years; ranged 6 to 12 use...
The current study examined parent heart rate (HR) dynamic changing patterns and their links to observed negative parenting (i.e., emotional unavailability psychological control) during a parent-child conflict resolution task among 150 dyads (child age ranged from 6 12 years, Mage = 8.54 ± 1.67). Parent HR was obtained electrocardiogram (ECG) data collected the task. Negative coded offline based on video recording of same Results revealed that emotionally sensitive parents showed greater...
Adolescents are a vulnerable population with high prevalence of depression, yet there is scarcity biological markers for diagnosing depression specifically in this age group. In case-control study, we examined physiological responses and facial expressions adolescents compared to healthy controls during parental conflict identify potential biomarkers adolescent depression. We recruited 33 families diagnosed 25 adolescents, matched gender, age, education. Baseline measures, including...