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Our lab is currently looking for undergraduate students to join our team. If you are interested in our research projects and want to gain more research experience, please contact Dr. Yan Li.

Recent Research Opportunities

  • Influence of Covid 19 Pandemic on Parents, Teachers, and Students
  • Acculturation, stress, and aggression.
  • Cultural values, familial factors, and children’s aggressive behaviors in China: A longitudinal study. This two-year study investigates the long-term effects of familial factors (e.g., parenting behaviors, interparental conflict) and cultural values (e.g., collectivism, social harmony) on Chinese children’s (4th and 5th graders) social development.
  • Adolescents’ social cognitions about relationally aggressive behaviors in the U.S. and in China. This project investigates adolescents’ (7th and 8th graders) attributions, outcome expectancies, responses, and coping strategies about relational aggression.
  • Online behaviors and adjustment among adolescents and young adults: A longitudinal study. This project investigates online aggression and prosocial behaviors among adolescents and young adults and the related social and emotional adjustment issues.