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Wang, Jun Assistant Professor
Positions
Socioemotional development of children and adolescents from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Development, implementation, and evaluation of youth development programs.
Development, implementation, and evaluation of youth development programs.
Research Areas
- 4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)
- Acculturation--Psychological aspects
- Adolescent psychology
- Child development
- Cross-cultural studies
- Developmental psychology--Research--Methodology
- Developmental psychology--Social aspects
- Ethnicity
- Families
- Immigrants
- Longitudinal method
- Longitudinal studies
- Minorities
- Parent and child
- Parenting
- Resilience (Personality trait)
- Structural equation modeling
- Youth development
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- Teaching
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Overview
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Wang, J., Drabek, A. G., Li, X., Locke, D. H., & Gardner, J. G.
(2023).
Assessing Foods and Nutrition Competencies in Youth. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
55(5), 354-362.
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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.
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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. Journal of Youth and Adolescence: a multidisciplinary research publication.
51(6), 1196-1209.
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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. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
32(2), 432-450.
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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.
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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.
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Chen, C., Gong, X., Wang, J., & Gao, S.
(2021).
Does need for relatedness matter more? The dynamic mechanism between teacher support and need satisfaction in explaining Chinese school children's regulatory styles. Learning and Individual Differences.
92, 102083-102083.
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Hill, D. J., Li, D., Wang, J., & Liew, J.
(2021).
Cultural Values, Intergenerational Transmission of Internalized Racism, Education, and Career Goals in Chinese American Families. Journal of Career Development.
49(5), 089484532110269-089484532110269.
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Wang, J., & Barrett, K. C.
(2021).
U.S. and Chinese preschoolers' compliance and regulatory behaviours in two challenging contexts. 30(4),
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Wang, J., Chen, C., & Gong, X.
(2021).
The impact of family socioeconomic status and parenting styles on children's academic trajectories: A longitudinal study comparing migrant and urban children in China. 2021(176), 81-102.
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Wang, J., Saunders, H., Fisher, S. S., Shepard, K., Mone, J. G., & Biringen, Z.
(2019).
Childrens Adjustment to Kindergarten: Predictions from Mother-Child Emotional Availability and Childrens Narratives Prior to School Entry. Perspectives on Early Childhood Education.
4(1), 39-69.
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Wang, J., Champine, R. B., Ferris, K. A., Hershberg, R. M., Warren, D. J., Burkhard, B. M., Su, S., & Lerner, R. M.
(2017).
Is the Scoutreach Initiative of Boy Scouts of America Linked to Character Development among Socioeconomically, Racially, and Ethnically Diverse Youth?: Initial Explorations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence: a multidisciplinary research publication.
46(10), 2230-2240.
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Lunkenheimer, E., & Wang, J.
(2017).
It's OK to Fail: Individual and Dyadic Regulatory Antecedents of Mastery Motivation in Preschool. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
26(5), 1481-1490.
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Hwang, A. W., Wang, J., Jozsa, K., Wang, P. J., Liao, H. F., & Morgan, G. A.
(2017).
Cross Cultural Invariance and Comparisons of Hungarian-, Chinese-, and English-speaking Preschool Children Leading to the Revised Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ 18). Hungarian Educational Research Journal.
7(2), 32-47.
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Wang, J., Batanova, M., Ferris, K. A., & Lerner, R. M.
(2016).
Character Development Within the Relational Developmental Systems Metatheory: A View of the Issues. Research in Human Development.
13(2), 91-96.
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Champine, R. B., Wang, J., Ferris, K. A., Hershberg, R. M., Erickson, K., Johnson, B. R., & Lerner, R. M.
(2016).
Exploring the Out-of-School Time Program Ecology of Boy Scouts. Research in Human Development.
13(2), 97-110.
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Lynch, A. D., Ferris, K. A., Burkhard, B., Wang, J., Hershberg, R. M., & Lerner, R. M.
(2016).
Character Development within Youth Development Programs: Exploring Multiple Dimensions of Activity Involvement. American Journal of Community Psychology.
57(1-2), 73-86.
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Bowers, E. P., Wang, J., Tirrell, J. M., & Lerner, R. M.
(2016).
A CROSS-LAGGED MODEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTOR-MENTEE RELATIONSHIPS AND INTENTIONAL SELF-REGULATION IN ADOLESCENCE. Journal of Community Psychology.
44(1), 118-138.
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Wang, J., Ferris, K. A., Hershberg, R. M., & Lerner, R. M.
(2015).
Developmental Trajectories of Youth Character: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study of Cub Scouts and Non-Scout Boys. Journal of Youth and Adolescence: a multidisciplinary research publication.
44(12), 2359-2373.
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Wang, J., & Barrett, K. C.
(2015).
Differences between American and Chinese preschoolers in emotional responses to resistance to temptation and mishap contexts. Motivation and Emotion.
39(3), 420-433.
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Wang, J., Hilliard, L. J., Hershberg, R. M., Bowers, E. P., Chase, P. A., Champine, R. B., ... Lerner, R. M.
(2015).
Character in childhood and early adolescence: models and measurement. Journal of Moral Education.
44(2), 165-197.
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Lerner, R. M., Johnson, S. K., Wang, J., Ferris, K. A., & Hershberg, R. M.
(2015).
The Study of the Development of Civic Engagement Within Contemporary Developmental Science: Theory, Method, and Application. Research in Human Development.
12(1-2), 149-156.
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Jozsa, K., Wang, J., Barrett, K. C., & Morgan, G. A.
(2014).
Age and Cultural Differences in Self-Perceptions of Mastery Motivation and Competence in American, Chinese, and Hungarian School Age Children. Child Development Research.
2014, 1-16.
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Lerner, R. M., Wang, J., Chase, P. A., Gutierrez, A. S., Harris, E. M., Rubin, R. O., & Yalin, C.
(2014).
Using relational developmental systems theory to link program goals, activities, and outcomes: the sample case of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. New directions for student leadership.
2014(144), 17-30.
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Wang, J., Morgan, G. A., & Biringen, Z.
(2014).
Mother-Toddler Affect Exchanges and Children's Mastery Behaviours during Preschool Years. Infant and Child Development.
23(2), 139-152.
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Lerner, R. M., Wang, J., Champine, R. B., Warren, D., & Erickson, K.
(2014).
Development of Civic Engagement: Theoretical and Methodological Issues. International Journal of Developmental Science.
8(3-4), 69-79.
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Lunkenheimer, E. S., Hollenstein, T., Wang, J., & Shields, A. M.
(2012).
Flexibility and attractors in context: family emotion socialization patterns and children's emotion regulation in late childhood. 16(3), 269-291.
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Leech, N. L., Morgan, G. A., Wang, J., & Gliner, J. A.
(2010).
Statistical significance and the evidence based approach: Implications of non-significant results. Journal of Non-Significant Results in Education.
1(1), 1-12.
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Wang, J., & Yu, J. Y.
(2007).
Children's Self-Concept Differences in Age, Sex and Area During Early Adolescence. Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology.
15(5), 508-510.
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Wang, J., & Yu, J. Y.
(2007).
Self-Concept during Early Adolescence. Zhongguo Xin Li Wei Sheng Za Zhi ==.
21(11), 800-803.
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Ferris, K. A., Hershberg, R. M., Su, S., Wang, J., & Lerner, R. M.
Character Development among Youth of Color from Low-SES Backgrounds: An Examination of Boy Scouts of Americas ScoutReach Program. 10(3), 14-30.
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Hilliard, L. J., Hershberg, R. M., Wang, J., Bowers, E. P., Chase, P. A., Champine, R. B., ... Lerner, R. M.
Program Innovations and Character in Cub Scouts: Findings from Year 1 of a Mixed-Methods, Longitudinal Study. 9(4), 4-30.
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Wang, J., Yan, J., Li, X., Shen, Y., & Kim, S. Y.
Transactional experiences of discrimination, depressive symptoms, and ethnoracial socialization in Mexican-origin families. Developmental Psychology.
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Hershberg, R. M., Chase, P. A., Champine, R. B., Hilliard, L. J., Wang, J., & Lerner, R. M.
You Can Quit Me But Im Not Going to Quit You: A Focus Group Study of Leaders Perceptions of Their Positive Influences on Youth in Boy Scouts of America. 10(2), 5-30.
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Wang, J., Drabek, A. G., Li, X., Locke, D. H., & Gardner, J. G.
(2023).
Assessing Foods and Nutrition Competencies in Youth. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
55(5), 354-362.
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chapter
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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.
(pp. 501-514).
Springer Nature.
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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).
(pp. 225-249).
Szent Istvan University.
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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).
(pp. 133-158).
Szent Istvan University.
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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).
(pp. 45-64).
Szent Istvan University.
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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.
(pp. 207-209).
SAGE Publications.
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Lerner, R. M., Wang, J., Hershberg, R. M., Buckingham, M. H., Harris, E. M., Tirrell, J. M., Bowers, E. P., & Lerner, J. V.
(2017).
Positive Youth Development Among Minority Youth: A Relational Developmental Systems Model. Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth.
(pp. 5-17).
Springer Nature.
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Wang, J., Vujovic, L., Barrett, K. C., & Lerner, R. M.
(2015).
The Regulation of Emotion in Adolescence. Bowers, E. P., Geldhof, G. J., Johnson, S. K., Hilliard, L. J., Hershberg, R. M., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (Eds.),
Promoting Positive Youth Development: Lessons from the 4-H Study.
(pp. 37-55).
Springer International Publishing.
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Wang, J., & Karen, C. B.
(2012).
Mastery Motivation and Self-Regulation During Early Childhood. Barrett, K. C., Fox, N. A., Morgan, G. A., Fidler, D. J., & Daunhauer, L. A. (Eds.),
Handbook of Self-Regulatory Processes in Development.
(pp. 337-380).
Routledge.
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Morgan, G. A., Wang, J., Liao, H., & Xu, Q.
(2012).
Using the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ) to Assess Mastery Motivation of English- and Chinese-Speaking Children. Barrett, K. C., Fox, N. A., Morgan, G. A., Fidler, D. J., & Daunhauer, L. A. (Eds.),
Handbook of Self-Regulatory Processes in Development.
(pp. 305-336).
Routledge.
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Wang, J., & Morgan, G. A.
(2010).
Pre-experimental designs. Salkind, N. J. (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of research design.
(pp. 1081-1086).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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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.
(pp. 501-514).
Springer Nature.
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Research
principal investigator on
co-principal investigator on
- Food/Feed Safety and Renewable Energy Summer Hands-on (FRESH) Research Experience awarded by United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2023 - 2027
- Promoting Access to Maternal Smoking Cessation and Smoke-Free Home Services among Low-Income Rural Pregnant Women and Their Household Smokers awarded by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas - (Austin, Texas, United States) 2020 - 2024
- Creating Advocates for Nature awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - (Austin, Texas, United States)
Teaching
teaching activities
- ALEC472 Grant Prog Eval Youth Dev Org Instructor
- ALEC473 Diveristy & Equity Youth Orgs Instructor
- ALEC673 Grant Prog Eval Youth Dev Org Instructor
- ALEC677 Youth Dev Capstone Experience Instructor
- ALEC685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ALEC691 Research Instructor
- HMGT485 Directed Studies Instructor
- HMGT685 Directed Studies Instructor
- HMGT691 Research Instructor
- HMGT693 Professional Study Instructor
- RPTS371 Effective Skills Youth Instructor
- RPTS472 Grant Prog Eval Youth Dev Org Instructor
- RPTS485 Directed Studies Instructor
- RPTS491 Research Instructor
- RPTS673 Grant Prog Eval Youth Dev Org Instructor
- RPTS684 Professional Internship: In-ab Instructor
- RPTS689 Sptp:grant Wr&progr Youth Dev Instructor
- RPTS689 Sptp:grt Prog Eval Yth Dev Org Instructor
- RPTS691 Research Instructor
- RPTS693 Professional Study Instructor
Background
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
Contact
first name
- Jun
has last name
- Wang
Other
- jun.wang@tamu.edu