Journal Publications

Yeo, G. H., Lansford, J. E., Gassman-Pines, A., & Cheah, C. S. L. (in press). How do different food policies impact food insecurity and health? A review and meta-analysis”, Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food.

Yip, T., Lorenzo, K., Bae, J., Hall, G. N., Cheah, C. S. L., Kiang, L., Takeuchi, D., & Tseng, V. (2024). Anti-Asian biases in federal grant reviews: Commentary on Yip et al. (2021).American Psychologist, 79(5), 770–776. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001337

Patel, P., Livas Stein, G., Kiang, L., Juang, L., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2023). Adolescent-directed racial-ethnic socialization: Developmental processes that contribute to adolescents’ ability to provide racial-ethnic socialization within immigrant family contexts. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47(5), 454–463. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231175844

Choe, S. Y., Laursen, B., Cheah C. S. L., Lengua, L. J., Schoppe-Sullivan, S. J., & Bagner, D. M. (2023).  Intrusiveness and emotional manipulation as facets of parental psychological control: A culturally and developmentally sensitive reconceptualization. Human Development, 67(2), 69–87. https://doi.org/10.1159/000530493

Ren, H., Hart, C.H., Cheah C. S. L., Porter, C.L., Nelson, D.A., Yavuz-Müren, M., Gao, W., Haron, F., Jiang, L., Kawashima, A., Shibazaki-Lau, A., Nakazawa, J., Nelson, L.J., Robinson, C.C., Selçuk, A.B., Evans-Stout, C., Tan, J.-P., Yang, C., Quek, A.-H., Zhou, N. (2023). Parenting measurement, normativeness and associations with child outcomes: Comparing evidence from four non-western cultures. Developmental Science, 27(5) e13388.https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13388

Sun, J., Liu, J., Cheah, C. S. L., Fang, Y., Weng, W., Xue, Z., Huang, M. & Li, Y., Maternal overcontrol and young children’s internalizing problems in China: The roles of social competence and teacher-child conflict. Early Education and Development.34(8), 1816-1829. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2022.2133495

Yeo, G. H. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2023). Commonality and specificity in Chinese parental emotion socialization and adolescents’ psychological functioning: A bifactor approach. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51, 743-760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01017-w

Gan, S. W., Tan, J.-P., Ang, C.-S., Cheah, C. S. L., Yaacob, S. N., & Abu Talib, M. (2022).   Examining a conceptual model of maternal and paternal warmth, emotion regulation and social competence among preadolescent children in Malaysia. The Journal of Genetic Psychology: Research and Theory on Human Development, 183(4) 312–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2022.2076580

Ren, L., Li, X., Yin, J., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2022). Chinese preschoolers’ extracurricular activity involvement: Child temperament and school readiness as predictors. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 79, 101387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101387

Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., & Liu, J. (2021). The cost and benefit of fear induction parenting on children’s health during the COVID-19 outbreak. Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1667–1680. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001205.

Malti, T. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2021). Towards complementarity: Specificity and commonality in social-emotional development. [Introduction to the Special Section “Specificity and commonality: Sociocultural generalizability in social-emotional development”]. Child Development, 92(6), e1085-e1094. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13690

Yip, T., Cheah, C. S. L., Kiang, L., Hall, G., & Comas-Diaz, L. (2021). “Rendered invisible: Are Asian Americans a model or a marginalized minority?” American Psychologist, 76(4), 575-581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000857

Park, S. Y., Lee, J., & Cheah, C. S. (2021). The Long-term Effects of perceived parental control and warmth on self-esteem and depressive symptoms among Asian American youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 126, 105999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.105999

Hall, P. A., Sheeran, P., Fong, G. T., Cheah, C. S. L., Oremus, M., Liu-Ambrose, T., Sakib, M., Butt, Z., Ayaz, H., Jandu, N., & Morita, P. (2021). Biobehavioral aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic: A review and research agenda. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(4), 309–321. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000932

Iannello, N. M., Musso, P., Palermiti, A. L., Bartolo, M. G., Servidio, R., Scardigno, R., Cheah, C. S. L., Lo Coco, A., & Costabile, A. (2021). Il processo di radicalizzazione nei giovani. Una rassegna sistematica dei fattori di rischio e di protezione nel contesto europeo [The radicalization process in young people. A systematic review of risk and protective factors in the European context]. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia.

Zhou, N., Cheah, C. S. L., Wang, G., & Tan, T., (2020). Mothers’ feeding profiles among overweight, normal weight and underweight Chinese preschoolers. Appetite, 152(1), 104726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104726

Cheah, C. S. L., Yu, J., Liu, J., & Coplan, R. J. (2019). Children’s cognitive appraisal moderates associations between psychologically controlling parenting and children’s depressive symptoms. Journal of Adolescence, 76(1), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.08.005

Lo Cricchio, M.G., Lo Coco, A., Liga, F., & Cheah, C. S. L., (2019). The good parent: Southern Italian mothers’ conceptualization of good parenting and parent-child relationships. Journal of Family Issues, 40(12), 1583–1603. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19842598

Yeo, G. H., Cheah, C. S. L., Sim, T. N. (2019). A tale of two countries: Singaporean and Chinese parents’ emotion socialization during childhood and the relation to adolescents’ emotion regulation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 55(2), 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1002/IJOP.12576

Bullock, A., Liu, J., Cheah, C. S. L., Coplan, R., Chen, X., & Li, D. (2018). The role of parental psychological control in the links between shyness and socio-emotional adjustment in Chinese adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research, 68(1), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.007

Liu, J., Xiao, B., Hipson, W. E., Coplan, R. J., Yang, P., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2018). Self-regulation, learning problems, and maternal authoritarian parenting in Chinese children: A developmental cascades model. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 4060-4070. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1218-x

Tan, X. T., Wang, Y., Cheah, C. S. L., & Wang, G.-H. (2018). Reliability and construct validity of the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire in Chinese kindergartners. Sleep Health: Journal of the National Sleep Foundation, 4(1), 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2017.10.008

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., & Bayram Özdemir, S. (2018). Chinese Malaysian Adolescents’ Social-Cognitive Reasoning Regarding Filial Piety Dilemmas. Child Development, 89(2), 383-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12725

Hu, F., Xie, Q., Li, Y., Xu, Q., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2017). Chinese mothers’ proactive socialization beliefs regarding preschoolers’ social skills. Studies in Early Childhood Education, 11, 48-57. (in Chinese)

Huang, C.-Y., Cheah, C. S. L., Lamb, M. E., & Zhou, N. (2017). Associations between parenting and children’s effortful control within Chinese families in the U.S., the U.K., and Taiwan, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(6), 795-812. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117706108

Kiang, L., Huynh, V. W., Cheah, C. S. L., Wang, Y., & Yoshikawa, H. (2017). Moving beyond the model minority.  Asian American Journal of Psychology, 8(1), 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aap0000070

Wang, G. H., Tan, T., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2017). Parents’ perceptions of preschool urban Chinese children’s weight status, Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 33, 63-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2016.11.005

Kiang, L., Cheah, C. S. L., Huynh, V., Wang, Y., & Yoshikawa, H. (2016). Annual review of Asian American psychology, 2015.  Asian American Journal of Psychology, 7(4), 219-255. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000055 

Bayram Özdemir, S. & Cheah, C. S. L., & Coplan, R. J. (2016). Processes and conditions underlying the link between shyness and school adjustment among Turkish children.  British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 35(2), 218-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12158

Cheah, C. S. L. (2016).  Charting future directions for research on Asian American child development.  [Special issue on Research on Asian American Child Development]. Child Development, 87(4), 1055-1060. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12580

Bayram Özdemir, S. & Cheah, C. S. L., (2016). Turkish Mothers’ reactions to preschoolers’ proactive and reactive aggressive behaviors.  Infant and Child Development, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1972

Cheah, C. S. L.¸& Xu, Y. (2015). In the eyes of the beholder: Understanding subtypes of social withdrawal among young Chinese children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33(2), 177-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12087

Zhou, Y., Bullock, A., Liu, J., Fu, R., Coplan, R. J., Cheah, C. S. L. (2015). Validation of the Self-Regulation Scale (SRS) in Chinese children. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 34(6), 589-594. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282915622853

Chronis-Tuscano, A., Rubin, K. H., O’Brien, K. A., Coplan, R. J., Thomas, S. R., Dougherty, L. R., Cheah, C. S. L., Watts, K., Heverly-Fitt, S., Huggins, S. L., Menzer, M., Schulz Begle, A., & Wimsatt, M.  (2015). Preliminary evaluation of a multi-modal early intervention program for inhibited preschoolers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(3), 534–540. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039043

Bayram Özdemir, S., Cheah, C. S. L., & Coplan, R. J. (2015). Conceptualization and assessment of multiple forms of social withdrawal in Turkey. Social Development, 24(1), 142-165. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12088

Bayram Özdemir, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2015). Turkish mothers’ parenting beliefs in response to aggressive and socially withdrawn behaviors. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 687-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9879-y

Thompson, D.A., Polk, S., Camacho, M., Cheah, C. S. L., Vandewater, E. A., Johnson, S. Tschann, J.  (2015). Maternal beliefs and parenting practices regarding their preschool child’s TV viewing: An exploration in a sample of low-income Latina mothers. Clinical Pediatrics, 54(9), 862-870. https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922815574074

Cheah, C. S. L., Bayram Özdemir, S., & Leung, C. Y. Y. (2012).  Predicting the filial behaviors of Chinese Malaysian adolescents from indebtedness, filial emotions, and parent-child relationship quality. Journal of Adolescence, 35(3), 628-637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.07.001

Lewis-Morrarty, E., Degnan, K. A., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Rubin, K. H., Cheah, C. S. L., Pine, D. S., Henderson, H. A., & Fox, N. A. (2012). Maternal over-control moderates the association between early childhood behavioral inhibition and adolescent social anxiety symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 1363–1373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-012-9663-2

Cheah, C. S. L., & Sheperd, K. A. (2011).  A cross-cultural examination of Aboriginal and European Canadian mothers’ beliefs regarding proactive and reactive aggression. Infant and Child Development, 20(3), 330-346. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.701

Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., Tahseen, M., & Schultz, D. (2009).  Authoritative parenting among immigrant Chinese mothers of preschoolers.  Journal of Family Psychology, 23(3), 311–320. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015076

Cheah, C. S. L., Chirkov, V. (2008).  Parents’ personal and cultural beliefs regarding young children: A cross-cultural study of Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian Mothers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39(4), 402-423. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022108318130

Hane, A. A., Cheah, C.S.L., Rubin, K. H. & Fox, N. A. (2008).  The role of maternal behavior in the relation between maternal report of shyness and observed social withdrawal in early childhood and social withdrawal in middle childhood.  Social Development, 17(4), 795-811. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00481.x

Schultz, D., Ambike, A., Howes, S., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2008).  Experimental analysis of preschool playmate preferences as a function of smiles and sex.  Infant and Child Development, 17(5), 503-507. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.566

Prinstein, M. J., Nock, M. K., Simon, V., Aikins, J. W., Cheah, C. S. L. & Spirito, A. (2008). Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts following inpatient hospitalization. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(1), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.76.1.92

Park, Seo-Y., Park, Seung-Y., & Cheah, C. S. L. (2007). Mother’s life satisfaction and parenting behaviors as related to child social competence. Korean Journal of Human Development, 14, 29-51.

Cheah, C. S. L. & Park, S. Y.  (2006). South Korean mothers’ beliefs regarding aggression and social withdrawal.  Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(1), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.01.004

Prinstein, M. J., Borelli, J. L., Cheah, C. S. L., Simon, V. A., & Aikins, J. W.  (2006). Adolescent girls’ interpersonal vulnerability to depressive symptoms:  A longitudinal examination of reassurance-seeking and peer relationships.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114(4), 676–688. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.114.4.676

Prinstein, M. J., Cheah, C. S. L., & Schweder, A. E. (2005).  Applying social information processing models to the development of internalizing symptoms: Associations with peer rejection and victimization. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp3401_2

Park, S. Y., & Cheah, C. S. L.  (2005).  Korean mothers’ proactive socialization beliefs regarding preschoolers’ social skills.  International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29(1), 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650250444000306

Cheah, C. S. L., & Rubin, K. H. (2004).  Comparison of European American and Mainland Chinese Mothers’ responses to aggression and social withdrawal in preschoolers. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28(1), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650250344000299

Cheah, C. S. L., & Rubin, K. H. (2004).  European American and Mainland Chinese mothers’ responses to aggression and social withdrawal in preschoolers. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28(1), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650250344000299

Rubin, K. H., Cheah, C. S. L., & Fox, N. A. (2001).  Emotion regulation, parenting, and the display of social reticence in preschoolers.  Early Education and Development, 12(1), 97-115. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15566935eed1201_6