CURRICULUM VITAE Yao Zheng, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology University of Alberta
P-349 Biological Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E9 (tel) 780-492-0187; (fax) 780-492-1768
[email protected] EDUCATION
2010–2014 Ph. D., Human Development and Family Studies M. A. S., Applied Statistics
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
2008–2010 M. S., Human Development and Family Studies
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
2004–2008 B. S., Psychology
Yuan Pei Honors College, Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017– Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2020– Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2016–2017 Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada Research Unit for Children’s Psychosocial Maladjustment / Groupe de recherche sur l’inadaptation psychosociale chez l’enfant (GRIP), Montréal, QC, Canada
2014–2016 Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence
Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2013–2014 Visiting Graduate Research Assistant
MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK 2008–2014 Graduate Research Assistant
The Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development
The Methodology Center
Department of Human Development and Family Studies The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
2012–2013 Graduate Statistical Consultant Statistical Consulting Center Department of Statistics
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
2009 Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Applied Developmental Science Department of Developmental Psychology
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
2006–2008 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Comparative and Developmental Psychology Lab
Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China GRANT SUPPORT
Current
2022–2025 Role: Co-investigator. A new approach to dynamic modeling of intensive longitudinal data:
Numerical optimization algorithms and sample size requirements. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program (RMB ¥520,000). PI: Yueqin Hu, co-applicant:
Qiandong Wang
2021–2025 Role: Co-applicant. Screen technology, parent-child interactions, and neurocognitive
development in early childhood. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Spring Project Grant (CAD $436,051). Co-PIs: Valerie Carson, Sandra Wiebe, co-applicant: Christina Rinaldi.
2021–2023 Role: Co-Principal Investigator. Externalizing and internalizing networks across childhood and into adolescence. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant (CAD $68,647). Co-PI: Natalie Goulter, co-applicants: Stephanie Craig, Robert McMahon, Marlene Moretti.
2021–2023 Role: Principal Investigator. Documenting daily life disruption of Canadian adolescents and university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Killam Cornerstone Grant (CAD $50,000).
2020–2025 Role: Principal Investigator. Assessing risky driving among Alberta teenagers: A developmental- and context-sensitive approach. Mitacs, Accelerate Grant. IT 18227 (CAD $1,035,000).
2020–2025 Role: Principal Investigator. Emotion as a dynamic system: Individual dynamics and population heterogeneity. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Discovery Grant. RGPIN- 2020-04458 (CAD $120,000).
2020–2025 Role: Principal Investigator. Emotion as a dynamic system: Individual dynamics and population heterogeneity. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Discovery Grant –
Discovery Launch Supplement. DGECR-2020-00077 (CAD $12,500).
2020–2026 Role: Co-applicant. Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision-making (CAnD3):
Developing talent for population analytics in aging societies. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Partnership Grant (CAD $2,499,996). PI: Amelie Quesnel-Vallee.
2020–2022 Role: Principal Investigator. Elucidating neural markers of psychiatric symptoms fluctuations among adolescents in daily life (CAD $30,000). University of Alberta, Office of the Vice-
President (Research and Innovation), Pilot Seed Grant. Co-PI: Bo Cao, co-applicants: Kyle Nash, Esther Fujiwara, Rebeccah Marsh.
Completed
2018–2021 Role: Principal Investigator. Parenting and adolescent development in daily life. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Insight Development Grant. SSHRC#430-2018-0317 (CAD
$34,324).
2020–2021 Role: Co-applicant. Screen technology, parent-child interactions, and neurocognitive
development in early childhood. Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI), Bridge Program (CAD $35,435). Co-PIs: Valerie Carson, Sandra Wiebe, co-applicant: Christina Rinaldi.
2019–2021 Role: Principal Investigator. Daily mental and physical health and academic performance among Chinese college students (CAD $5,000). China Institute, University of Alberta.
2019–2020 Role: Principal Investigator. Parenting and adolescent development in daily life (CAD $4,200).
Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta. Endowment Fund for the Future: Support for the Advancement of Scholarship (EFF-SAS).
2019 Role: Faculty Mentor. Adverse childhood experiences and the development of Callous- Unemotional traits. University of Alberta, Undergraduate Research Initiative (CAD $5,000).
Student mentee: Matthew Scott
2019 Role: Faculty Mentor. Chinese adolescents’ drinking behaviors in the past three decades: A systematic review and meta-analysis. University of Alberta, Undergraduate Research Initiative (CAD $5,000). Student mentee: Jiayi Li
2018 Role: Faculty Mentor. Intergenerational transmission of negative effects from residential school experiences to future generations in Northern Aboriginal communities. University of Alberta, Undergraduate Research Initiative (CAD $5,000). Student mentee: Erica Shin
2014–2016 Role: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence operating funds by BC Ministry of Child and Family Development.
Principal Investigator: Robert McMahon.
2014–2015 Role: Principal Investigator. Genetic and environmental contributions to daily mood. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience, King’s College London, Social, Genetic, &
Developmental Psychiatry Centre (£26,000).
2012–2014 Role: Pre-doctoral Research Assistant. Implications of genetic variance for substance use interventions in adolescence. National Institute of Drug Abuse (R01 DA030389). Principal Investigator: H. Harrington Cleveland.
2011–2013 Role: Trainee/Pre-doctoral Fellow. The Prevention and Methodology Training Program.
National Institute of Drug Abuse (T32 DA017629).
Principal Investigator: Mark Greenberg.
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, & AWARDS
2022–2023 University of Alberta Martha Cook Piper Research Prize
2021 Society for the Study of Human Development Early Career Award 2021 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star
2020–2022 Society for Prevention Research Early Career Prevention Scientist Training Program
2020 International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Biennial Meeting Early Career Scholar Travel Grant
2020 Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Teaching Award (Early Achievement)
2019 Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Early Career Researcher Observer Program 2016 Child & Family Research Institute, BC Children’s Hospital, Trainee Travel Award
2013–2014 University Graduate Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University
2011, 13, 14 SPR ECPN Annual Meeting Travel Award, Society for Prevention Research
2011–2013 Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) Pre-doctoral Fellowship
College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University 2012 SPR Minority Travel Award, Society for Prevention Research
2011 Winning team member, Sloboda and Bukoski Cup competition at the annual meeting of SPR 2008–2011 University Graduate Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University
2008–2009 China-American Academic Exchange Program Scholarship, Peking University
2008 Hintz Scholarship, The Pennsylvania State University 2006–2007 WUSI Scholarship, Peking University
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (*graduate student, **undergraduate student, #postdoctoral fellow)
Brendgen, M., Zheng, Y., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2022). Gene-environment interplay linking peer victimization with adolescents’ trajectories of depressive symptoms. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.08.005
#Cooke, E. M., Schuurman, N. K., & Zheng, Y. (2022). Examining the within- and between-person structure of a short form of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule: A multilevel and dynamic approach.
Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/pas0001167
Shen, Y., #Seo, E., *Jiles, A., Zheng, Y., & Wang, Y. (2022). Language brokering and immigrant-origin youth’s well-being: A meta-analytic review. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. doi:
10.1037/amp0001035
#Liu, C., Zheng, Y., Ganiban, J., & Saudio, K. (2022). Genetic and environmental influences on temperament development across the preschool period. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13667
#Xu, J., & Zheng, Y. (2022). Links between shared and unique perspectives of parental psychological control and adolescent emotional problems: A dyadic daily diary study. Child Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13789
Su, J., **Conroy, I., *Trevino, A., Zheng, Y., & Kuo, S. I. C. (2022). COVID-19 related stressors, parent–child relationship, and alcohol use and mental health profiles among White and Hispanic/Latinx college
freshmen. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10578- 022-01337-4
*Cyr, M., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2022). A long-term look at “early starters”: Predicting adult
psychosocial outcomes from childhood conduct problem trajectories. Development and Psychopathology, 34(1), 225–240. doi: 10.1017/S0954579420000760
Schuurman, N. K., Zheng, Y., & Dolan, C. V. (2022). Multilevel dynamic twin modeling. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 29(1), 101–121. doi: 10.1080/10705511.2021.1937177
Zheng, Y., Zhang, J., **Huang, L., & #Goulter, N. (2021). Validation and measurement invariance of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Chinese incarcerated and normative samples. Law and Human Behavior, 45(6), 542–553. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000461
*Caballero, H. S., #McFall, G. P., Zheng, Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2021). Data-driven approaches to executive function performance and structure in aging: Integrating person-centered analyses and machine learning risk prediction. Neuropsychology, 35(8), 889–903. doi: 10.1037/neu0000775
Zheng, Y., Brendgen, M., *Meyer, Z., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2021). Maternal parenting behaviors amplify environmental influences on developmental trajectories of alcohol use during adolescence. Behavior Genetics, 51(5), 528–542. doi: 10.1007/s10519-021-10063-x
*Bohn, L., Zheng, Y., #McFall, G. P., & Dixon, R. A. (2021). Portals to frailty? Data-driven analyses detect early frailty profiles. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, 13, 1. doi:10.1186/s13195-020-00736-w
#Goulter, N., *Cyr, M., Kotler, J. S., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2021). Childhood conduct problems trajectories are associated with distinct Antisocial Process Screening Device dimensions. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 43(3), 455–465. doi: 10.1007/s10862-020-09863-y
Zheng, Y., & Hu, Y. (2021). Family socioeconomic status amplifies unique environmental influences on the dynamics of adolescent daily positive affective process. Journal of Personality, 89(4), 706–719. doi:
10.1111/jopy.12610
#Vergunst, F., Zheng, Y., #Domond, P., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Nagin, D., Park, J., & Côté, S. M. (2021).
Behavior in childhood is associated with romantic partnering patterns in adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62(7), 842–852. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13329
Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2019). Lability in parental warmth in childhood: Antecedents and early
adolescent outcomes. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:
10.1080/15374416.2019.1678166
#Vergunst, F., Tremblay, R. E., Nagin, D., Zheng, Y., Galera, C., Park, J., Beasley, E., Algan, Y., Vitaro, F., &
Côté, S. M. (2020). Inattention in boys from low-income backgrounds predicts welfare receipt: A 30-year prospective study. Psychological Medicine, 50(12), 2001–2009. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719002058
Zheng, Y., Pingault, J-B., Unger, J., & Rijsdijk, F. (2020). Genetic and environmental influences on attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal twin study. European Child
& Adolescent Psychiatry, 29(2), 205–216. doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01346-0
Zheng, Y., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., & Vitaro, F. (2019). Peer alcohol use differentially amplifies genetic and environment effects on different developmental trajectories of adolescent alcohol use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 65(6), 752–759. doi:
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.07.005
Zheng, Y., & Asbury, K. (2019). Genetic and environmental influences on adolescent emotional inertia in daily life. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(9), 1849–1860. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01075-2
Zheng, Y., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., & Vitaro, F. (2019). Genetic and environmental influences on developmental trajectories of adolescent alcohol use. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 28(9), 1203–1212. doi: 10.1007/s00787-019-01284-x
Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2019). Neuroticism and extraversion are differentially related to between- and within- person variation of daily negative emotion and physical symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 141, 138–142. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.003
*Schuberth, D., Zheng, Y., Pasalich, D., McMahon, R. J., Kamboukos, D, Dawson-McClure, S., & Brotman, L.
M. (2019). The role of emotion understanding in the development of aggression and callous-unemotional features across early childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(4), 619–631. doi:
10.1007/s10802-018-0468-9
*Lu F., Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H., Burton, C., & Madigan, D. (2018). Bayesian hierarchical vector autoregressive models for patient-level predictive modeling. PLoS One, 13(12), e0208082. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0208082
Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2018). Childhood maltreatment profiles among incarcerated Chinese males and their associations with personality disorder symptoms and criminal behaviors. Psychiatry Research, 268, 272–
278. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.06.063
*Anderson, S. L., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2018). Do callous-unemotional traits and conduct disorder symptoms predict the onset and development of adolescent substance use? Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 49(5), 688–698. doi: 10.1007/s10578-018-0789-5
Zheng, Y., Albert, D., McMahon, R. J., Dodge, K., Dick, D., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2018). Glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) gene polymorphisms moderate intervention effects on the developmental trajectory of African American adolescent alcohol abuse. Prevention Science, 19(1), 79–89.
doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0726-4. PMID: PM27817096
Zheng, Y., Rijsdijk, F., & Arden, R. (2018). Differential environmental influences on the development of cognitive abilities during childhood. Intelligence, 66, 72–78. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.11.005
Wiebe, R. P., *Griffin, A., Zheng, Y., Harris, K. S., & Cleveland, H. H. (2018). Twelve steps, two factors:
Coping strategies moderate the association between craving and daily 12-step use in a College Recovery Community. Substance Use & Misuse, 53(1), 114–127. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1325904. PMID:
PM28813187
Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2017). How do academic stress and leisure activities influence college students’
emotional well-being? A daily diary investigation. Journal of Adolescence, 60, 114–118. doi:
10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.08.003. PMID: PM28843127
*Oberth, C., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2017). Violence exposure subtypes differentially mediate the relation between callous-unemotional traits and adolescent delinquency. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(8), 1565–1575. doi: 10.1007/s10802-017-0267-8. PMID: PM28101842
*Anderson, S. L., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2017). Predicting risky sexual behavior: The unique and interactive roles of childhood conduct disorder symptoms and callous-unemotional traits. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(6), 1147–1156. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0221-1. PMID: PM27812906
Zheng, Y., Pasalich, D., *Oberth, C., McMahon, R., & Pinderhughes, E. E. (2017). Capturing parenting as a multidimensional and dynamic construct with a person-oriented approach. Prevention Science, 18(3), 281–
291. doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0665-0. PMCID: PMC27179538
Zheng, Y., Plomin, R., & von Stumm, S. (2016). Heritability of intraindividual mean and variability of positive and negative affect: Genetic analysis of daily affect ratings over a month. Psychological Science, 27(12), 1611–1619. doi: 10.1177/0956797616669994
Pasalich, D. S., Fleming, C. B., Oxford, M. L., Zheng, Y., & Spieker, S. J. (2016). Can parenting intervention prevent cascading effects from placement instability to disrupted attachment to externalizing problems in maltreated toddlers? Child Maltreatment, 21(3), 175–185. doi: 10.1177/1077559516656398. PMCID:
PMC5131711
Zheng, Y., Molenaar, P. C. M., Arden, R., Asbury, K., & Almeida, D. M. (2016). Person-specific non-shared environmental influences in intra-individual variability: A preliminary case of daily school feelings in monozygotic twins. Behavior Genetics, 46(5), 705–717. doi: 10.1007/s10519-016-9789-z. PMID:
PM27040685
Zheng, Y., Rijsdijk, F., Pingault, J-B, McMahon, R., & Unger, J. (2016). Developmental changes in genetic and environmental influences on Chinese child and adolescent anxiety and depression. Psychological Medicine, 46(9), 1829–1838. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716000313. PMID: PM27019009
Pasalich, D., *Cyr, M., Zheng, Y., McMahon, R., & Spieker, S. (2016). Child abuse history in teen mothers and parent-child risk processes for offspring conduct problems. Child Abuse & Neglect, 56, 89–98. doi:
10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.04.011. PMID: PM27174770
Zheng, Y., & Cleveland, H. H. (2015). Differential genetic and environmental influences on developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Adolescence, 45, 204–
213. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.10.006. PMCID: PMC26510191
Pingault, J-B., Viding, E., Galéra, C., Greven, C. U., Zheng, Y., Plomin, R., & Rijsdijk, F. (2015). Genetic and environmental influences on the developmental course of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms from childhood to adolescence. JAMA Psychiatry, 72(7), 651–658. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0469.
PMCID: PMC25945901
Cleveland, H. H., Wiebe, R. P., McGuire, J., & Zheng, Y. (2015). Predicting high school minority adolescents’
drinking from their exposure to White schoolmates: Differences and similarities among Hispanic, Black, and Asian U.S. adolescents. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 14(2), 166–186. doi:
10.1080/15332640.2014.973626. PMCID: PMC25984957
Pingault, J-B., Rijsdijk, F., Zheng, Y., Plomin, R., & Viding, E. (2015). Developmentally dynamic genome:
Evidence of genetic influences on increases and decreases in conduct problems from early childhood to adolescence. Scientific Reports, 5: 10053. doi: 10.1038/srep10053. PMCID: PMC25944445
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H., Molenaar P. C. M., & Harris, K. S. (2015). An alternative framework to investigating and understanding intra-individual processes in substance abuse recovery: An idiographic
approach and demonstration. Evaluation Review: A Journal of Applied Social Research, 39(2), 229–254.
doi: 10.1177/0193841X14567313. PMCID: PMC25589520
Vasilenko, S. A., **Duntzee, C. I., Zheng, Y., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2013). Testing two process models of religiosity and sexual behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 36(4), 667–673. doi:
10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.04.002. PMCID: PMC3760281
Zheng, Y., & Cleveland, H. H. (2013). Identifying gender-specific developmental trajectories of nonviolent and violent delinquency from adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Adolescence, 36(2), 371–381. doi:
10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.12.007. PMCID: PMC23375843
Zheng, Y., Wiebe, R. P., Cleveland, H. H., Molenaar P. C. M., & Harris, K. S. (2013). An idiographic
examination of day-to-day patterns of substance use craving, negative affect and tobacco use among young adults in recovery. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 48(2), 241–266. doi:
10.1080/00273171.2013.763012. PMCID: PMC4191854 CHAPTERS
Cleveland, H. H., Beekman, C., & Zheng, Y. (2011). The independence of criminological “predictor” variables:
A good deal of concerns and some answers from behavioral genetic research. In K. M. Beaver & W.
Anthony (Eds.), The Ashgate research companion to biosocial theories of crime (pp. 249–272). Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing.
ABSTRACTS
Zheng, Y., Arden, R., Asbury, K., Almeida, D. M., Plomin, R., & Molenaar, P. C. M. (2014). Subject-specific non-shared environmental influences in intra-individual variation: A case of daily school feelings and school experiences in monozygotic twins. Behavior Genetics, 44(6), 689–690. doi: 10.1007/s10519-014- 9678-2
INVITED TALKS
Zheng, Y. (2020, November). Insight from genetically informative intensive longitudinal data on short-term developmental dynamics. Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Zheng, Y. (2017, April). Child and adolescent problem behavior: Matching developmental theory with methodology. Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Zheng, Y. (2016, June). Understanding the development of child and adolescent emotional and behavioral problems from an interdisciplinary approach. Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Zheng, Y. (2015, December). Understanding the development of adolescent antisocial behavior from an interdisciplinary approach. Social Behavioural Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Zheng, Y. (2015, June). Understanding and investigating substance abuse recovery as intra-individual dynamic process using intensive longitudinal data. Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (*graduate student, **undergraduate student,
#postdoctoral fellow)
#Liu, C., Zheng, Y., Ganiban, J., & Saudio, K. (2022, June). Associations of parenting and child anger during preschool: A longitudinal twin study. Oral presentation presented at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
#Cooke, E. M. & Zheng, Y. (2022, June). Overlap among parent–adolescent dyad reports of adolescents’ daily strengths and difficulties. In E. Cooke (Chair), Examining relations among adolescents’ experiences and interaction on health and well-being using an intensive longitudinal research design. Symposium presented at Development 2022: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Calgary, AB, Canada.
#Xu, J., & Zheng, Y. (2022, June). Daily links of parent–adolescent congruent and discrepant perceptions of parental psychological control and adolescent emotional problems. In E. Cooke (Chair), Examining relations among adolescents’ experiences and interaction on health and well-being using an intensive longitudinal research design. Symposium presented at Development 2022: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Calgary, AB, Canada.
*Li, K., *Zhang, J., Wu, Z., & Zheng, Y. (2022, June). Familial transmission of intelligence mindset in Chinese children: The role of parental praise and autonomy support. Poster presented at Development 2022 – A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Calgary, AB, Canada
*Meyer, Z., Unger, J. B., Rijsdijk, F., & Zheng., Y. (2022, June). Gene-environment correlations linking parental supervision and peer tobacco use with Chinese adolescent tobacco use. Poster presented at Development 2022 – Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Calgary, AB, Canada.
*Zheng, H., #Cooke, E. M., *Li, K., & Zheng, Y. (2022, June). Capturing the uplifts and hassles in adolescents’
daily lives: Links of daily experiences with physical and mental well-being. In E. M. Cooke (Chair), Examining relations among adolescents’ experiences and interactions on health and well-being using an intensive longitudinal research design. Symposium presented at Development 2022 – A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Calgary, AB, Canada
Shen, Y., Zheng, Y., *Garza, A. R., & Reisz, S. L. (2022, April). Latinx adolescents’ psychological health before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining family assistance as a resilience factor. Poster presented at the 2022 Health Scholar Showcase at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA.
*Li, K., *Zhang, J., Wu, Z., & Zheng, Y. (2022, April). Familial transmission of intelligence mindset in Chinese children: The role of parental praise and autonomy support. Virtual oral presentation presented at the annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
*Zheng, H., #Cooke, E. M., *Li, K., & Zheng, Y. (2022, April). Capturing the uplifts and hassles in adolescents’
daily lives: Links of daily experiences with physical and mental well-being. Virtual oral presentation
presented at the annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
*Meyer, Z., Unger, J. B., Rijsdijk, F., & Zheng., Y. (2022, April). Gene-environment correlations linking parental supervision and peer tobacco use with Chinese adolescent tobacco use. Virtual poster presented at annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
**Zhang, M., #Cooke, E. M., & Zheng, Y. (2022, April). Romantic relationships among first year university students: How relationship status and quality impact psychology adjustment to university. Virtual poster presented at the annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
**Wu, Y., #Xu, J., & Zheng, Y. (2022, April). Transition to university among racial/ethnic minority students: A daily diary investigation of personality and acculturation. Virtual poster presented at the annual Royce- Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
*Rai, J., *Predy, M., Wiebe, S., Rinaldi, C., Zheng, Y., Carson, V. (2022, May). Patterns of preschool children's screen time, parent–child interactions, and cognitive development in early childhood: A pilot study. Virtual presentation at the 2022 International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
#Xu, J., & Zheng, Y. (2022, April). Daily parental psychological control and adolescents’ emotional problems.
Poster presented at the virtual biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development.
#Cooke, E. M., & Zheng, Y. (2022, April). Parent–adolescent dyad reports of adolescents’ daily strengths and difficulties. Poster presented at the virtual biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Human
Development.
#Xu, J., & Zheng, Y. (2022, March). Daily parental psychological control and youths’ emotional problems: A multilevel analysis of the unique and shared perspectives in parent–youth dyads. Data Blitz presentation conducted virtually at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
#Cooke, E. M., & Zheng, Y. (2022, March). Discrepancy and congruence across parent–adolescent dyad reports of adolescents’ daily strengths and difficulties. Poster presented virtually at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
#Vergunst, F., Zheng, Y., #Domond, P., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R. E., Nagin, D., Park, J., & Côté, S. M. (2021, April). Behavior in childhood is associated with distinct patterns of romantic partnering in adulthood.
Poster presented at the virtual biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development.
**Ambrose, A., *Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2021, April). Callous-unemotional traits in a community sample of adolescents: A daily diary investigation of its links with parenting behaviors and parent–child relationship quality. Poster presented at the annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB, Canada.
**Lohner, S., *Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2021, April). Transition to university among Canadian domestic and international freshmen: Daily academic stress, leisure activities, and emotional well-being. Poster presented at the annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
**Cho, M., *Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2021, April). The links between parental emotion socialization, adolescent emotion regulation strategies, daily hassle, and negative emotion. Poster presented at the annual Royce- Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Zheng, Y., & Hu, Y. (2020, June). Family socioeconomic status moderates genetic and environmental influences on dynamics of adolescent daily emotion processes. In L. Cui (Chair), Biological and environmental influences on emotion daily dynamics or emotion regulation in laboratory contexts.
Symposium to be conducted at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Rhodes, Greece. (Conference canceled).
Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2020, March). Lability in parental warmth in childhood: Antecedents and adolescent outcomes. In Y. Zheng (Chair), Innovative theoretical and methodological approaches toward parenting and parent-adolescent relationships. Symposium to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA, USA (Conference canceled).
*Jiang, J., *Pei, Y., *Li, J., & Zheng, Y. (2020, March). Chinese youth smoking behaviors in the past three decades: A systematic literature review. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Festival of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (FURCA) at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
*Bohn, L., #McFall, G., Zheng, Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2019, November). Early frailty phenotypes and predictions of cognitive aging: Evidence from the Victoria Longitudinal Study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Austin, TX, USA.
Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2019, May). Profiles of childhood adversity among incarcerated Chinese males and their associations with personality disorder symptoms and behavioral problems. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2019, May). Associations between parenting lability and child problem behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, USA.
*Cyr, M., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2019, May). A long-term look at “early starters”: Predicting adult psychosocial outcomes from childhood conduct problem trajectories. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, USA.
**Li, J., & Zheng, Y. (2019, April). Chinese adolescents’ drinking behaviors in the past three decades: A systematic literature review. Poster presented at the annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
**Lu, L., & Zheng, Y. (2019, April). Between- and within-family associations between parental psychological control and adolescent depressive symptoms in daily life. Poster presented at the annual Royce-Harder Research Conference at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
**Li, J., & Zheng, Y. (2019, March). Chinese adolescents’ drinking behaviors in the past three decades: A systematic literature review. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Festival of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (FURCA) at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
*Cyr, M., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2018, October). A long-term look at “early starters”: Predicting adult psychosocial outcomes from childhood conduct problem trajectories. Poster (Winner of Bester Poster) presented at the Brain, Behaviour, & Development Research Day at BC Children’s Hospital, Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
*Caballero, H. S., McFall, G., Zheng, Y., & Dixon, R. A. (2018, June). Integrating characteristics of executive functions in non-demented aging: Structure, trajectories, classification, and biomarker predictors. Poster (Winner of Best Poster) presented at Banff Conference on Promoting Healthy Brain Aging and Prevention Dementia, Banff, AB, Canada.
Zheng, Y., & Asbury, K. (2018, May). Genetic and environment influences on adolescent emotional inertia in daily life: Evidence from twins’ daily emotion ratings over one month. Poster presented at Development 2018 – A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
Brendgen, M., Zheng, Y., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2018, April). Gene-environment transactions linking peer victimization and trajectories of depressed mood during adolescence. In M. Brendgen (Chair), New insights into the link between stress and developmental trajectories of depression and suicidal ideation during adolescence. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on
Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Zheng, Y., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., & Vitaro, F. (2018, April). Gene-environment interaction in the association between peer alcohol use and developmental trajectories of adolescent alcohol use. In A. Ksinan (Chair), Genetically-informed tests of the developmental course of adolescent problem behaviors. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
*Anderson, S. L., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2017, November). Cigarette use in adolescence and young adulthood: The unique predictive utility of callous-unemotional traits. Poster presented at the 51st annual convention of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), San Diego, CA, USA.
*Anderson, S. L., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2017, June). Examining conduct disorder symptoms, callous- unemotional traits, and the development of substance use through adolescence and young adulthood: The moderating role of sex. Poster presented at the annual BC Children’s Hospital Research Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
* Lauzon, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Zheng, Y., Boivin, M., & Dionne, G. (2017, May). L’effet des amis sur la participation des adolescents aux jeux de hasard et d’argent: Une étude génétiquement informative.
Poster presented at the 85e Congrès de l’Association canadienne-française pour l’avancements des sciences (Acfas), Montréal, QC, Canada
Zheng, Y., Brendgen, M., Girard, A., Dionne, G., Boivin, M., & Vitaro, F. (2017, May). Genetic and
environmental influences on developmental trajectories of adolescent alcohol use. Poster presented at the 29th annual convention of Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, USA.
* Lauzon, M., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Zheng, Y., Boivin, M., & Dionne, G. (2017, March). Association entre la relation parent-enfant et la participation des adolescents aux jeux de hasard et d’argent: Une étude longitudinale, génétiquement informative. Poster presented at the 39e Congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie (SQRP), Montréal, QC, Canada
*Anderson, S. L., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2016, November). Predicting the onset and development of substance use in adolescence and young adulthood: The role of callous-unemotional traits and conduct disorder symptoms. Poster presented at the M. I. N. D. Theme Research Day at BC Children’s Hospital, Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Zheng, Y., Rijsdijk, F., Pingault, J-B, McMahon, R., & Unger, J. (2016, July). Developmental changes in genetic and environmental influences on Chinese child and adolescent anxiety and depression. In Y. Zheng (Chair), Socioemotional and behavioral development of Chinese adolescents in the contexts of social change: An interdisciplinary developmental perspective. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Zhang, J., & Zheng, Y. (2016, July). How does academic stress influence Chinese college students’ negative emotion? A daily diary investigation. In Y. Zheng (Chair), Socioemotional and behavioral development of Chinese adolescents in the contexts of social change: An interdisciplinary developmental perspective.
Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Pasalich, D. S., Fleming, C. B., Oxford, M. L., Spieker, S. J., & Zheng, Y. (2016, July). Can intervention prevent cascading effects from placement instability to disrupted attachment to externalizing problems in maltreated toddlers? In L. C. M. Centifanti (Chair), Parenting and behaviour problems: Exploring moderators, interventions, and directional effects. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H., & Harris, K. S. (2016, June). Negative affect and substance use cravings as dynamical systems in sustained substance use recovery. In S. Liu (Chair), New insights to prevention sciences from intensive longitudinal data. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
Zheng, Y., Pasalich, D., *Oberth C., McMahon, R., & Pinderhughes, E. E. (2016, June). Dynamic developmental patterns of parental warmth and harsh discipline and their associations with child
externalizing problems: A person-oriented approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
Oberth, C., Zheng, Y., & McMahon, R. J. (2016, June). Violence exposure subtypes differentially mediate the relation between callous-unemotional traits and adolescent delinquency. Poster presented at the 26th annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS) conference, New York, NY.
Zheng, Y., Albert, D., McMahon, R., Dodge, K., Dick, D., & the CPPRG. (2016, March). Glucocorticoid receptor genes moderate intervention effects on the developmental course of African American adolescent alcohol use. In G. Schlomer (Chair), Longitudinal and polygenic approaches to gene × intervention (G×I) studies of adolescent behavior problems. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
*Anderson, S. L., McMahon, R. J., & Zheng, Y. (2016, March). Conduct disorder symptoms and callous- unemotional traits: Predicting risky sexual behavior in adolescence and early adulthood. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Zheng, Y., Rijsdijk, F., Pingault, J-B, McMahon, R., & Unger, J. (2016, March). Developmental changes in genetic and environmental influences on Chinese child and adolescent anxiety and depression. In Y. Zheng (Chair), Developmental behavioral genetic approaches to understanding adolescent biological,
psychosocial, and behavioral development. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
*Anderson, S. L., McMahon, R. J., & Zheng, Y. (2016, March). Does academic self-efficacy contribute to the prediction of risky sexual behavior? Poster (Winner of Best Student Poster) presented at the annual Banff International Conferences on Behavioural Science: School Mental Health: Challenges and Emerging
Opportunities, Alberta, Canada.
*Anderson, S. L., McMahon, R. J., & Zheng, Y. (2015, June). The role of childhood conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits in adolescent and young adult risky sexual behavior. Poster presented at the annual Child & Family Research Institute Trainee Research Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Pasalich, D., *Cyr, M., Zheng, Y., McMahon, R., & Spieker, S. (2015, July). Behavioral adjustment in offspring of adolescent mothers with a child abuse history. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, London, UK.
*Schuberth, D., Zheng, Y., Pasalich, D., McMahon, R., Kamboukos, D., Cheng, S., & Brotman, L.M. (2015, March). The role of emotion understanding in the development of aggression and CU traits in early childhood. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS), San Diego, CA.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H., & Harris, K. S. (2015, March). Dynamical systems modeling of negative affect and substance use cravings in sustained substance use recovery. In J-B. Pingault (Chair), Genetic and environmental influences on the development of child and adolescent behavioral problems and substance use: Integrating dynamic longitudinal analyses and behavioral genetics. Symposium conducted at the meeting of International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Henneberger, A. K., Zheng, Y., & Coffman, D. L. (2015, March). Alcohol use as a mechanism for criminal justice involvement from adolescence into adulthood: Strengthening causal interpretations. In A. K.
Henneberger (Chair), Advanced longitudinal methods for the study of adolescent development:
Developmental applications and practical challenges. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Zheng, Y., Arden, R., Asbury, K., Almeida, D. M., Plomin, R., & Molenaar, P. C. M. (2014, June). Subject- specific non-shared environmental influences in intra-individual variation: A case of daily school feelings and school experience in monozygotic twins. In Y. Zheng (Chair), Idiographic approach to genetic and environmental contribution to intra-individual variation: Estimating subject-specific genetic and
environmental influences with intensive longitudinal data. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of Behavior Genetics Association, Charlottesville, VA.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H., Vandenbergh, D. J., Feinberg, M., Greenberg, M, Spoth, R., & Redmond, C.
(2014, May). Preventing adolescent alcohol use and delinquency: A dynamical systems analysis of genetic moderation of intervention effects. In A. K. Henneberger (Chair), Preventing risk behavior across
development: Applying innovative longitudinal methods to strengthen prevention science. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, Washington D. C.
Wiebe, R. P., Cleveland, H. H., Zheng, Y., & Harris, K. S. (2014, March). Are all steps created equal? The factor structure and use of the 12 steps in a college recovery community. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H., Vandenbergh, D. J., Feinberg, M., Spoth, R., & Greenberg, M. (2014, March). A dynamical systems analysis of adolescent alcohol use and delinquency: Investigating genetic moderation of intervention effects. In A. K. Henneberger (Chair), The development of risky behavior in adolescence:
Applying innovative longitudinal methods to strengthen research and practice. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.
Bámaca-Colbert, M. Y., Zheng, Y., & Kim, S.Y. (2013, October). Developmental patterns of substance use from adolescence to adulthood among Latinos and non-Latino Whites. Oral presentation at the 13th annual National Hispanic Science Network International Conference, Bethesda, MD.
Zheng, Y., & Coffman, D. L. (2013, May). Causal inference of adolescent antisocial behavior and young adult alcohol use on adult criminal justice involvement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H, Molenaar, P. C. M., & Harris, K. S. (2012, October). Differences in day-to-day process among negative affect, substance use cravings, and positive social experiences in recovery
maintenance. Poster presented at the themed meeting Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood of Society for Research on Child Development, Tampa, FL.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H, Molenaar, P. C. M., & Harris, K. S. (2012, June). The protective role of daily positive social interactions during successful abstinence maintenance among young adults in recovery: A day-to-day investigation from the idiographic approach. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, Washington D.C.
Zheng, Y., & Cleveland, H. H. (2012, March). Developmental associations between alcohol use, non-
aggressive delinquency and violence from adolescence to young adulthood. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Cleveland, H. H., Zheng, Y., & Beekman, C. (2011, November). Gene-environment correlations as threats to socio-criminology and some genetically-informative designs to address them. In Y. Zheng (Chair), Biosocial underpinnings of antisocial behaviors: Theories, designs and empirical findings. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of American Society of Criminology, Washington D.C.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H, & Molenaar, P. C. M. (2011, November). Longitudinal genetic and environmental influence on non-aggressive delinquency and violence. In Y. Zheng (Chair), Biosocial underpinnings of antisocial behaviors: Theories, designs and empirical findings. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of American Society of Criminology, Washington D.C.
Zheng, Y., & Cleveland, H. H. (2011, October). The genetic and environmental influence on developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior: Combining behavioral genetic analysis with latent class analysis. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Providence, RI.
Madill, R., Crowley, D. M., Lo, L., Gates, K., & Zheng, Y. (2011, June). The cost of violence: Lessons learned from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Sloboda and Bukoski Cup Competition (Winner) presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, Washington D.C.
Zheng, Y., Cleveland, H. H, & Harris, K. S. (2011, June). Idiographic analyses of individual recovery processes from alcohol abuse. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, Washington D.C.
Zheng, Y., & Cleveland, H. H. (2011, March). The continuity of genetic and environmental influence on non- aggressive delinquency and violence. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Zheng, Y., Titzmann, P. F, Noatnick, S., & Silbereisen, R. K. (2010, March). Adolescent immigrants’ alcohol use: A longitudinal study. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of Society for Research on Adolescent, Philadelphia, PA.
Cleveland, H. H., & Zheng, Y. (2009, November). Applying twin study methods to latent subgroup analyses of delinquency and violence pathways. Thematic discussion at the annual meeting of American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
Zheng, Y., & Cleveland, H. H. (2009, November). Identifying and understanding delinquency and violence trajectories using latent class analyses. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, SUPERVISION, & ACTIVITIES Professional Service
2018–2024 Society for Research on Adolescence International Committee University Service
2018– Psychology Department Representative of the Interdisciplinary Committee on Applied Graduate Statistics (ICAGS)
Department Service
2020 Graduate Recruitment Committee
2018–2019 Lifespan Development Seminar Series Organizer 2011–2012 Student Representative of HDFS Faculty Meeting 2010–2011 Student Representative of HDFS Admission Committee
2009–2010 HDFS Student Representative of University Graduate Student Association
2005–2008 Coordinator of Honors Undergraduates majoring in psychology, Peking University Teaching
Undergraduate courses
Adolescent Development, Developmental Behavioral Genetics, Developmental Psychopathology Graduate courses
Introduction to Applied Mixture Modeling, Developmental Methods: Statistical Application, Developmental Concepts and Theories
Trainee Supervision
Undergraduate students (program and current position)
2020–2022 Michael Zhang (B.S. Honors)
Thesis: Romantic relationships among first year university students: How relationship status and quality impact psychological adjustment to university
2020–2022 Jerry Wu (B.S. Honors)
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) (2022, $7,500)
Thesis: Transition to university among ethnic/racial minority students: A daily diary study of personality and acculturation
2019–2021 Shannon Lohner (B.S. Honors)
Thesis: Transition to university among Canadian domestic and international freshmen: Daily academic stress, leisure activities, and emotional well-being
2019–2021 Anastasia Ambrose (B.S. Honors)
Northern Alberta Clinical Trials and Research Centre (NACTRC) Summer Studentship Award (2021, $2,600) Thesis: Callous-unemotional traits in a community sample of adolescents: A daily diary investigation of its links with parenting behaviors and parent–child relationship quality
2019–2021 Minyeong Cho (B.A. Honors, M.A. in SCAP at UBC)
Thesis: The links between parental emotion socialization, adolescent emotion regulation strategies, daily hassle, and negative emotion
2018–2020 Lorraine Lu (B.A. Honors, M.PH. at Western University)
Thesis: Between- and within-family associations between parental psychological control and adolescent depressive symptoms in daily life
2018–2020 Jiayi Li (B.As. in Psychology & Sociology, M.A. at Brock University) University of Alberta Undergraduate Research Initiative (2019, $5,000).
Graduate students (program and current position)
2021–2026 (expected) Hao Zheng (Ph.D.) Rudelle Hall Graduate Scholarship (2022, $8,000)
University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship (2021, $5,000)
Dr. Jane Silvius Graduate Scholarship in Child Development (2021–2022, $17,500)
2021–2026 (expected) Kehan Li (Ph.D.)
Chinese Scholarship Council (2022–2026, $26,400 per year)
2020–2025 (expected) Zachary Meyer (Ph.D.)
International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) 2012 Graduate Scholarship (2022,
$2,900)
Dr. Jane Silvius Graduate Scholarship in Child Development (2020–2021, $17,000) University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship (2020, $5,000)
2020–2021 (withdrew) Benjamin Budlong (M.S.)
Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (2020–2021, $12,000)
2019–2021 Jingyi Zhang (co-supervised with Kim Noels, Ph.D. in progress) Chinese Scholarship Council (2020–2024, $26,400 per year, declined)
University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship (2019, $10,000) Postdoc fellows (current position)
2021–2022 Eric Cooke (Assistant Professor @ Bowling Green State University)
2021–2022 Jingyi Xu
Doctoral advisory committee
2019–2024 (expected) Jingyi Zhang 2018–2023 (expected) Brenna Zatto 2018–2023 (expected) Doris Zhang
2018–2020 Daphne Vrantsidis (postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University) Editorial Board
2022–present Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science
2022–present Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 2021–present Journal of Youth and Adolescence
2014–2016 Prevention Science Early Career editorial board member Journal Ad-hoc Review
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Substance Use & Misuse
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment Multivariate Behavioral Research Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency Prevention Science
The Journal of Genetic Psychology Addictive Behaviors
Psychiatry Research Journal of Adolescence
Journal of Psychiatric Research Royal Society Open Science
Development and Psychopathology Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology The Social Science Journal Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
PLoS One Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Journal of Personality Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Behavior Genetics Psychological Medicine
Psychometrika Emotion
Journal of Research on Adolescence Applied Developmental Science
Child Abuse & Neglect Social Development
Journal of Family Psychology Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Child Development
Conference Review
2016 Society for Research on Child Development 2015, 2019 Society for Research on Adolescence
2012–2020 Society for Prevention Research Abstract Review Committee and Thematic Sub-Committee 2015 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Review Panel
2015 International Society for Intelligence Research Professional Memberships
2011–present Society for Prevention Research 2010–present Society for Research on Adolescence 2016–present Behavior Genetics Association
2016–present International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development 2015–present Association for Psychological Science
2021–present Society for the Study of Human Development
