Faculty
Qian WANG
Brief Introduction
I am a developmental psychologist, educated at Peking University, China, and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), USA. I have long been intrigued to understand how non-intellectual factors shape individuals’ achievements and well-being in life. Most of my research has been conducted among children, adolescents, and emerging adults, exploring processes of socialization regarding their psychological functioning.
Research Interests
Social and personality development during childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood; parents', teachers', and peers' roles in child and youth development; contextual (e.g., cultural, historical, and socioeconomic) influences on socialization as well as child and youth development.
My current research concerns particularly parental emotion socialization, parental academic socialization, smartphone use and parent-adolescent relationships, development of authentic inner compass among youth, and parenthood attitudes among youth. It is hoped that my research will not only fill in the gaps in the scholastic understanding of social and personality development, but also serves the needs of the society to promote the wellbeing of children and youth.
Teaching Areas
- PSYC4902- Practicum in Education & Human Development
- PSYC5150- Developmental Psychology
- PSYC6000- Major Psychological Approaches
Publications
Shi, Z., Fan, L., & Wang, Q. (2024). Scrutinizing parental minimization reactions to adolescents' negative emotions through the lens of Chinese culture. Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi: 10.1111/jora.12918.
Shi, Z., Qu, Y., Wang, Q., & Li, Y. (2024). Parental psychological control and emotional well-being among emerging adults: The moderating role of parent-oriented self-construals. International Journal of Behavioral Development. doi: 10.1177/01650254241233545.
Shi, Z., Qu, Y., & Wang, Q. (2024). Homework for learning and fun: Quality of mothers’ homework involvement and longitudinal implications for children’s academic and emotional functioning. Contemporary Educational Psychology. doi: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2024.102257.
Shi, Z., Qu, Y., Yan, Y., & Wang, Q. (2024). Chinese mothers’ reactions to adolescents’ positive emotions: Relations to adolescents’ emotional adjustment and mothers’ socialization goals. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 53(5), 1214-1231. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01924-1.
Assor, A., Benita, M., Shi, Y., Goren, R., Yitshaki, N., & Wang, Q. (2021). The authentic inner compass as a well-being resource: Predictive effects on vitality, and relations with self-esteem, depression and behavioral self-realization. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22, 3435-3455. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00373-6.
Lin, L., Huang, C., & Wang, Q. (2015). Parenting in contemporary China: The dynamics of interdependence and independence. In G. Nicolas, A. Bejarano, & D. L. Lee (Eds.). Contemporary Parenting: A Global Perspective (pp. 59-80). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Other Information
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- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Youth and Adolescence; Adolescent Research Review.
