Scholars

Assistant Professor

Positions:

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Research Areas:

Parenting, Parent and child, Longitudinal method, Developmental psychology--Research--Methodology, Acculturation--Psychological aspects, 4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.), Families, Adolescent psychology, Developmental psychology--Social aspects, Youth development, Cross-cultural studies, Longitudinal studies, Minorities, Ethnicity, Resilience (Personality trait), Child development, Immigrants, Structural equation modeling

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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jun.wang@tamu.edu

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ORCID

0000-0003-4485-7201

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

overview

Socioemotional development of children and adolescents from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Development, implementation, and evaluation of youth development programs.

education and training

Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Science, Colorado State University - (Fort Collins, Colorado, United States) 2013
M.Ed. in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Zhejiang University - (Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China) 2008
B.A. in Applied Psychology, Nanjing Normal University - (Nanjing, China) 2006

selected publications

Academic Articles32

Wang, J., Wen, W., Sim, L., Li, X., Yan, J., & Kim, S. Y. (2022). Family Environment, Heritage Language Profiles, and Socioemotional Well-being of Mexican-origin Adolescents with First Generation Immigrant Parents.. J Youth Adolesc. 51(6), 1196-1209.

SDG 4
Wang, J., Yan, J., Osman, K. M., Li, X., Zeiders, K. H., Shen, Y., Victory, M., & Kim, S. Y. (2022). The Phenotypic, Psychological, and Social Interplays of Skin Color and Developmental Outcomes among Mexican-origin Adolescents: Dismantling Systems of Racism and Oppression during Adolescence: Dismantling Systems of Racism and Oppression during Adolescence.. J Res Adolesc. 32(2), 432-450.

SDG 3
Wang, J., Liew, J., & Li, X. (2022). Two Sides to Face: Integrity- and Achievement-Centered Face-Saving, Parental Psychological Control, and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese American Adolescents. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY. 53(3-4), 289-305.

SDG 3
Chai, X., Wang, J., Li, X., Liu, W., Zhao, G., & Lin, D. (2022). Development and validation of the Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale. APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE. 26(1), 127-140.
Pujiastuti, S. I., Hartati, S., & Wang, J. (2022). Socioemotional Competencies of Indonesian Preschoolers: Comparisons between the Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Periods and among DKI Jakarta, DI Yogyakarta and West Java Provinces. EARLY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. 33(5), 877-892.

Chapters10

Wang, J., Chase, P. A., & Burkhard, B. M. (2021). Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Scouting. Dimitrova, R., & Wiium, N. (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Youth Development. 501-514. Springer Nature.
Fajrianthi, .., Wang, J., Amukune, S., Calchei, M., & Morgan, G. A. (2020). Best Practices in Translating and Adapting DMQ 18 to Other Languages and Cultures. Morgan, G. A., Liao, H., & Jozsa, K. (Eds.), Assessing Mastery Motivation in Children Using the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ). 225-249. Szent Istvan University.
Jozsa, K., Barrett, K. C., Amukune, S., Calchei, M., Gharib, M., Hashmi, S. I., ... Wang, J. (2020). Implications of the DMQ for education and human development: Culture, age and school performance. Morgan, G. A., Liao, H., & Jozsa, K. (Eds.), Assessing Mastery Motivation in Children Using the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ). 133-158. Szent Istvan University.
Wang, J., Hwang, A., Barrett, K. C., Wang, P., & Morgan, G. A. (2020). Translation, Use, and Examination of DMQ 17: Informing the Development of DMQ 18. Morgan, G. A., Liao, H., & Jozsa, K. (Eds.), Assessing Mastery Motivation in Children Using the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ). 45-64. Szent Istvan University.
Lerner, R. M., & Wang, J. (2019). "Nem di Gelt?" or Can Accepting Grant Awards Be a Bad Thing?. Stenberg, R. J. (Eds.), My Biggest Research Mistake Adventures and Misadventures in Psychological Research. 207-209. SAGE Publications.