Student Research

Development of the Academic Stress Scale for Adolescents (ASSA) and examination of perceived academic stress among Chinese adolescents (Student-led research)

This study develops and validates the Academic Stress Scale for Adolescents (ASSA) and examines perceived academic stress among Chinese adolescents. The authors evaluate the scale's psychometric properties and identify dimensions of academic stress …

Differential growth trajectories of behavioral self-regulation from early childhood to adolescence: Implications for youth domain-general and school-specific outcomes (Student-led research)

This study identifies differential growth trajectories of behavioral self-regulation from early childhood through adolescence and examines how these trajectories predict domain-general and school-specific outcomes. The authors employ longitudinal …

Integrating mindful feeding into responsive feeding guidance (Student-led research)

This paper proposes integrating mindful feeding practices into responsive feeding guidance for caregivers. The authors outline how mindfulness-based approaches can enhance caregiver responsiveness during feeding interactions, supporting healthy …

Longitudinal associations between authoritarian parenting and adolescent antisocial thinking, depression, and anxiety: Between- and within-person effects (Student-led research)

This study tests whether the associations between authoritarian parenting and adolescent antisocial thinking, depression, and anxiety are evident at the between-person and within-person levels. By disaggregating these effects, the authors clarify how …

Longitudinal associations between witnessing bias-based harassment and mental health functioning (Student-led research)

This study examines longitudinal associations between witnessing bias-based harassment and adolescent mental health functioning. The authors document how bystander exposure to identity-targeted aggression contributes to internalizing symptoms over …

Transient fluctuation and persistent exposure of material hardship: Implications for behavioral self-regulation in childhood (Student-led research)

This study distinguishes between transient fluctuations and persistent exposure to material hardship across childhood and examines their implications for the development of behavioral self-regulation. Findings clarify how the timing and stability of …

Day-to-day dynamic coupling of affective symptoms in Chinese mother-adolescent and father-adolescent dyads (Student-led research)

This study examines day-to-day dynamic coupling of affective symptoms in Chinese mother-adolescent and father-adolescent dyads. The authors apply intensive longitudinal modeling to clarify how parent and adolescent affect co-vary across daily …

Navigating unmeasured confounding in nonexperimental psychological research: A practical guide to computing and interpreting e-value (Student-led research)

This paper provides a practical guide to navigating unmeasured confounding in nonexperimental psychological research. The authors demonstrate how to compute and interpret the e-value as a sensitivity analysis tool, offering applied researchers a …

Social-emotional functioning among bias-based bullies, victims, and bully-victims (Student-led research)

This study compares social-emotional functioning among bias-based bullies, victims, and bully-victims. The authors document distinct profiles of psychosocial adjustment across these groups and identify implications for targeted school-based …

Are there reciprocal interplays among Chinese adolescents', fathers', and mothers' depression at the within-family level? A family systems perspective (Student-led research)

This study examines are there reciprocal interplays among chinese adolescents', fathers', and mothers' depression at the within-family level? a family systems perspective.