A5084302874- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Child Therapy and Development
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Family Support in Illness
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Noise Effects and Management
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2022
University of Hong Kong
2022
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2013-2019
Hunter College
2010
Affect is involved in many psychological phenomena, but a descriptive structure, long sought, has been elusive. Valence and arousal are fundamental, key question-the focus of the present study-is relationship between them. sometimes thought to be independent arousal, but, some studies (representing too few societies world) was found vary with valence. One common finding that lowest at neutral valence increases both positive negative valence: symmetric V-shaped relationship. In study reported...
Preschoolers’ inhibitory control and early math skills were concurrently longitudinally examined in 255 Chinese, African American, Dominican, Mexican 4-year-olds the United States. Inhibitory at age 4, assessed with a peg-tapping task, was associated 4 predicted growth such from to 6 among these ethnic minority children after adjusting for background. Chinese outperformed other groups on across ages. Mediation analyses indicated that their advanced partially accounted advantage 6,...
Mothers' spontaneous teaching of their 4-year-olds was observed during block play in 230 dyads from low-income African American, Mexican, Dominican, and Chinese backgrounds. Blocks contained graphics that could be used to teach concepts literacy, math, construction, or body/color. Coders noted how often mothers taught each the concepts, whether they at basic ("This is an 'A'") advanced ("C-a-t spells cat") levels. Additionally, mothers' negative positive affect feedback were coded. Ethnic...
Academic socialization by low‐income immigrant mothers from Mainland China was investigated in two studies. Immigrant Chinese of first graders ( n = 52; M age 38.69) the United States (Study 1) and kindergartners 86; 36.81) Hong Kong 2) tell stories that emphasized achieving best grade through effort more than did African American 39; 31.44) native 76; 36.64) mothers, respectively. The emphasis on achievement associated with mothers' heightened discussion discrimination beliefs education...
This research examined the idea that children's inferences about their parents' goals for them is a possible mechanism by which responses to performance contribute psychological functioning. American (N = 447; Mage 13.24 years; 49% girls; 95% European American) and Chinese 439; 13.36 52% girls) early adolescents reported on performance, self-worth self-improvement them, functioning (e.g., subjective well-being) twice over year. The more parents used success-oriented responses, children...