Faculty Profiles

Choi, Y., Park, M., Shen, Y., Zhang, M.-R., & Kim, K. (n.d.). Measures of family process: Psychometric properties and invariance testing across South Koreans, Korean Chinese, and Korean Americans. Developmental Psychology.

Kim, S. Y., Du, Y., Zhang, T., Shen, J., Coulter, K. M., Sim, L. W. X., … Hou, Y. (n.d.). Adolescent Executive Function as a Resilience Factor in the Family Stress Model among Mexican-origin Families. Journal of Family Psychology.

Kim, S. Y., Du, Y., Wen, W., Coulter, K., Calderón, M. P. Y., Shen, Y., & Yan, J. (2025). Family Perspectives on Discriminatory Experiences and BIPOC Youth Outcomes. In The Cambridge Handbook of Ethnic/Racial Discrimination and Youth Development. Cambridge Publishers.

Li, R., Shen, Y., Meng, Z., & Hu, Y. (n.d.). Longitudinal relationships among child school engagement, parental monitoring, and child prosocial behavior: A child-parent synergistic mechanism. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54, 121–132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02043-1

Wang, J., Yan, J., Li, X., Shen, Y., & Kim, S. Y. (n.d.). Transactional experiences of discrimination, depressive symptoms, and ethnoracial socialization in Mexican-origin families. Developmental Psychology, 61(1), 134–150.

Shen, Y., Zheng, Y., Rios Garza, A., & Reisz, S. (2024). Latinx adolescents’ daily family assistance and emotional well-being before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot measurement burst study. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12990

Zhao, Z., Shen, Y., & Wang, J. (2024). Profiles of identity and discrimination and the psychological, health, and academic outcomes of Korean ethnic minority youth in China. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(2), 313–326. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12907

Hu, Y., Purol, S., Shen, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2024). Perceived racism and well-being in university racial/ethnic minority students: The complex roles of racial/ethnic identity and self-esteem. Current Psychology, 43(37196–37207). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07099-7

Choi, Y., Park, M., Shen, Y., & Kim, K. (n.d.). Changes and Preservation of Tradition in Asian Parenting: Comparisons of Family Process among South Korean, Korean American, and Korean Chinese Families. In X. Chen (Ed.), Asian Parenting: Meanings, Characteristics, and Implications. Routledge Publishers.

Benner, A. D., Shen, Y., & Kloska, D. D. (2024). I need new friends! Changes in perceived peer drinking norms and individual well-being across the transition to college. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(4), 1127–1139. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12996

Kim, S. Y., Wen, W., Coulter, K. M., Tse, H. W., Du, Y., Chen, S., … Shen, Y. (n.d.). Sociocultural antecedents and mechanisms of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Mexican-origin youth. Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2024.2355117

Ip, K. I., Song, J., Wen, W., Yan, J., Hou, Y., Shen, Y., … Kim, S. Y. (n.d.). Unique and interactive roles of economic stress and discrimination on heterogeneous development among Chinese American adolescents: An 8-year longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001793

Zhang, J., Wen, W., Du, Y., Shen, Y., Coulter, K., Yan, J., … Kim, S. Y. (2024). Parental discriminatory experiences and ethnic minority adolescent adjustment: A systematic review of family perspectives. Adolescent Research Review, 9, 587–620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-024-00238-y

Yan, J., Wen, W., Song, J., Liu, A., Lorenzo-Blanco, E. I., Shen, Y., … Kim, S. Y. (n.d.). Understanding adjustment profiles among Mexican-origin adolescents over time: A focus on cultural risk and resilience factors. Child Development, 95, e305–e323. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14119

Kim, S. Y., Wen, W., Coulter, K. M., Du, Y., Tse, H. W., Hou, Y., … Shen, Y. (n.d.). Survival analysis and socio-cognitive factors in the timing of COVID-19 vaccination among Mexican-origin youth. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-01995-1

Kim, S. Y., Song, J., Wen, W., Yan, J., Tse, H. W., Chen, S., … Hou, Y. (2024). Language brokering profiles of Mexican-origin adolescents in immigrant communities: Social-cultural contributors and developmental outcomes. Child Development. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14078

Zhang, M.-R., Shen, Y., Choi, Y., & Kim, K. (2023). Parental academic socialization and youth adjustments: A comparison of Korean youth in South Korea, China, and the United States. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 2526–2544. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01845-z

Wen, W., Scott, L. E., Shen, Y., Chen, S., & Kim, S. Y. (2023). Perceived parenting discrepancy profiles, feelings about language brokering, and internalizing symptoms among Mexican-origin adolescents in immigrant families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52(9), 1799–1810. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01817-3

Wu, Y., Xu, J., Shen, Y., Wang, Y., & Zheng, Y. (n.d.). Daily agreeableness and acculturation processes in ethnic/racial minority freshmen: The role of inter-ethnic contact and perceived discrimination. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12889

Shen, Y., Lee*, H., Choi, Y., Hu, Y., & Kim, K. (2022). Ethnic-racial socialization, ethnic-racial identity, and depressive symptoms in Korean adolescents in the United States and China. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(2), 377–392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01523-y

Shen, Y., Seo, E., Jiles*, A. I., Zheng, Y., & Wang, Y. (2022). Language brokering and immigrant-origin youth’s well-being: A meta-analytic review. American Psychologist, 77(8), 921–939. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001035

Yan, J., Hou, Y., Shen, Y., & Kim, S. Y. (2022). Family obligation, parenting, and adolescent outcomes among Mexican American families. Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(1), 58–88. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316211016064

Wen, W., Chen, S., Hazen-Swann, N. L., Lorenzo-blanco, E. I., Shen, Y., & Kim, S. Y. (2022). Cultural stressors, internalizing symptoms, and parent-child alienation among Mexican-origin adolescents. Family Relations, 71(5), 1977–1992. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12775

Yan, J., Sim, L., Schwartz, S. J., Shen, Y., Parra-Medina, D., & Kim, S. Y. (2021). Longitudinal profiles of acculturation and developmental outcomes among Mexican-origin adolescents from immigrant families. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021(176), 205–225. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20396

Wang, J., Yan, J., Osman, K., Li, X., Zeiders, K. H., Shen, Y., … Kim, S. Y. (2021). The phenotypic, psychological, and social interplay of skin color and developmental outcomes among Mexican-origin adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32(2), 432–450. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12709

Kim, S. Y., Chen, S., Wen, W., Yan, J., Song, J., Hou, Y., … Shen, Y. (2021). Language brokering–stress transition profiles and marijuana use in Mexican-origin adolescents. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 53(5), 384–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2021.1992046

Benner, A. D., Chen, S., Mistry, R. S., & Shen, Y. (2021). Life course transitions and educational trajectories: Examining adolescents who fall off track academically. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 1068–1080. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01376-x

Shen, Y., Seo, E., Walt*, D. C., & Kim, S. Y. (2020). Stress of language brokering and Mexican American adolescents’ adjustment: The role of cumulative risk. Journal of Early Adolescence, 40(3), 400–425. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619847526

Kim, S. Y., Zhang, M., Hou, Y., & Shen, Y. (2020). Acculturation, parent-child relationships, and mental health of adolescents in Chinese and Mexican immigrant families. In G. C. Nagayama Hall (Ed.), Mental and Behavioral Health of Immigrants in the United States: Cultural, Environmental, and Structural Factors. Elsevier. https://doi.org/B978-0-12-816117-3.00002-6

Sim, L., Kim, S. Y., Velez, M., Shen, Y., & Zhang, M. (2020). Role-based identity development in ethnic minority children from immigrant families: The development of language broker role identity. In D. J. Johnson, S. S. Chuang, & J. Glozman (Eds.), Re/Formation and Identity: The Intersectionality of Development, Culture, and Immigration. Springer.

Kim, S. Y., Zhang, M., Chen, S., Song, J., López, B. G., Rodriguez, E. M., … Shen, Y. (2020). Bilingual language broker profiles and academic competence in Mexican-origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 56(8), 1582–1595. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001010

Zhang, M., Kim, S. Y., Hou, Y., & Shen, Y. (2020). Parent–adolescent acculturation profiles and adolescent language brokering experiences in Mexican immigrant families. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(1), 335–351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01064-5

Shen, Y., Seo, E., Hu, Y., & Zhang, M. (2019). Measurement invariance of language brokering extent and attitudes in linguistic minority adolescents: Item response theory analyses. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25(2), 170–178. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000224

Shen, Y., Kim, S. Y., & Benner, A. D. (2019). Burdened or efficacious? Subgroups of Chinese American language brokers, predictors, and long-term outcomes. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(1), 154–169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0916-4

Seo, E., Shen, Y., & Benner, A. D. (2019). The paradox of positive self-concept and low achievement among Black and Latino youth: A test of psychological explanations. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.101796

Hatzenbuehler, M. L., Shen, Y., Vandewater, E. A., & Russell, S. T. (2019). Proposition 8 and homophobic bullying in California. Pediatrics, 143(6). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2116

Sim, L., Kim, S. Y., Zhang, M., & Shen, Y. (2019). Parenting and centrality: The role of life meaning as a mediator for parenting and language broker role identity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(3), 510–526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0963-x

Seo, E., Shen, Y., & Alfaro, E. C. (2019). Adolescents’ beliefs about math ability and their relations to STEM career attainment: Joint consideration of race/ethnicity and gender. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 48(2), 306–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-018-0911-9

Juang, L., Shen, Y., Costigan, C., & Hou, Y. (2018). Time-varying associations of racial discrimination and adjustment among Chinese heritage adolescents in the US and Canada. Development and Psychopathology, 30(5), 1661–1678. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418001128

Benner, A. D., Wang, Y., Shen, Y., Boyle, A. E., Polk, R., & Cheng, Y.-P. (2018). Racial/ethnic discrimination and well-being during adolescence: A meta-analytic review. American Psychologist, 73(7), 855–883. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000204

Kim, S. Y., Hou, Y., Shen, Y., & Zhang, M. (2017). Longitudinal measurement equivalence of subjective language brokering experiences scale in Mexican American adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 23(2), 230–243. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000117

Shen, Y., Tilton*, K., & Kim, S. Y. (2017). Outcomes of language brokering, mediators, and moderators: A systematic review. In R. S. Weisskirch (Ed.), Language brokering in immigrant families: Theories and contexts. New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.

Shen, Y., Kim, S., & Wang, Y. (2016). Intergenerational transmission of educational attitudes in Chinese American families: Interplay of socioeconomic status and acculturation. Child Development, 87, 1601–1616. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12545

Juang, L., Shen, Y., Kim, S. Y., & Wang, Y. (2016). Development of an Asian American parental racial/ethnic socialization scale. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 22, 417–431. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000083

Kim, S. Y., Shen, Y., Hou, Y., Tilton, K., Juang, L. P., & Wang, Y. (2015). Annual review of Asian American psychology, 2014. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 6, 291–332. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000031

Hou, Y., Kim, S. Y., Wang, Y., Shen, Y., & Orozco-Lapray, D. (2015). Longitudinal reciprocal relationships between discrimination and ethnic affect or depressive symptoms among Chinese American adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 2110–2121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0300-6

Kim, S. Y., Wang, Y., Shen, Y., & Hou, Y. (2015). Stability and change in adjustment profiles among Chinese American adolescents: The role of parenting. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 1735–1751. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0303-3

Kim, S. Y., Wang, Y., Chen, Q., Shen, Y., & Hou, Y. (2015). Parent-child acculturation profiles as predictors of Chinese American adolescents’ academic trajectories. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 1263–1274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-014-0131-x

Kim, S. Y., Shen, Y., Huang, X., Wang, Y., & Orozco-Lapray, D. (2014). Chinese American parents’ acculturation and enculturation, bicultural management difficulty, depressive symptoms, and parenting. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 5, 298–306. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035929

Shen, Y., Kim, S. Y., Wang, Y., & Chao, R. K. (2014). Language brokering and adjustment among Chinese and Korean American adolescents: A moderated mediation model of perceived maternal sacrifice, respect for the mother, and mother-child open communication. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 5, 86–95. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035203

Kim, S. Y., Wang, Y., Weaver, S. R., Shen, Y., Wu-Seibold, N., & Liu, C. H. (2014). Measurement equivalence of the language brokering scale for Chinese American adolescents and their parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 180–192. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036030

Kim, S. Y., Chen, Q., Wang, Y., Shen, Y., & Orozco-Lapray, D. (2013). Longitudinal linkages among parent-child acculturation discrepancy, parenting, and adolescent adjustment in Chinese immigrant families. Developmental Psychology, 49, 900–912. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029169

Kim, S. Y., Wang, Y., Orozco-Lapray, D., Shen, Y., & Murtuza, M. (2013). Does “tiger parenting” exist? Parenting profiles of Chinese Americans and adolescent developmental outcomes. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 4, 7–18. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030612