Xinyin Chen
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
East China Normal University, 1983.
M.A. (Psychology)
Shanghai Normal University, 1986.
M.A. (Psychology)
University of Waterloo, 1990.
Ph.D. (Psychology)
University of Waterloo, 1992.
Permanent linkB.A. (Psychology)
East China Normal University, 1983.
M.A. (Psychology)
Shanghai Normal University, 1986.
M.A. (Psychology)
University of Waterloo, 1990.
Ph.D. (Psychology)
University of Waterloo, 1992.
Description of Research Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Children’s socioemotional development
Peer relationships
Parenting and family influences
Cross-cultural developmental psychology
Professional Biography
Dr. Chen is a professor at Penn GSE. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Div. 7) and the Association for Psychological Science. He has received a Scholars Award from the William T. Grant Foundation, an Eastern Scholars Award from Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning, China, and several other awards for his scientific work. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development.
Research Interests and Current Projects
Dr. Chen’s research focuses on children and adolescents’ socioemotional functioning and its role in social, school, and psychological adjustment from a contextual-developmental perspective. He is interested in the developmental processes of social competence, shyness-inhibition, aggression, and dispositional and socialization factors that are involved in the processes. He has conducted, in collaboration with his international colleagues, a series of longitudinal projects in Chinese, North American, and several other societies. The projects are based largely on a conceptual framework he has developed concerning how cultural values are involved in two fundamental systems of socioemotional functioning, social initiative, and self-control, during development. The projects have tapped (1) the joint and interactive contributions of early temperamental characteristics and parenting practices to human development in changing social, economic, and cultural contexts, and (2) the role of social interactions and relationships in mediating and moderating contextual influences on development. In addition, his team has conducted several studies of adjustment experiences, including the difficulties and strengths of different generations of Asian children and adolescents in North America.
Selected Publications
Chen, X., & Rubin, K. H.: Socioemotional development in cultural context. Guilford, 2011.Zhang, M., Chen, X., Way, N., Yoshikawa, H., Deng, H., Ke, X. et al.: The association between infants’ self-regulatory behavior and MAOA gene polymorphism. Developmental Science, in press.
Chen, X., & Wang, L.: Shyness-sensitivity and unsociability in rural Chinese children: Relations with social, school, and psychological adjustment. Child Development (in press).
French, D. C., Chen, X., Chung, J., Li, M., Chen, H., & Li, D.: Four children and one toy: Social interactions of Chinese and Canadian children with a limited resource. Child Development (in press).
Silbereisen, R., & Chen, X. (Eds.): Social change and human development: Concepts and results. Sage, 2010.
Chen, X., & Chen, H.: Children’s social functioning and adjustment in the changing Chinese society. Social Change and Human Development: Concepts and Results. R.K. Silbereisen & X. Chen (eds.). Sage, Page: 209-226, 2010.
Chen, X., Bian, Y, Xin, T., Wang, L., & Silbereisen, R. K. : Perceived social change and childrearing attitudes in China. European Psychologist, 15: 260-270, 2010.
Chen, X., & Tse, H.C.: Social and psychological adjustment of Chinese Canadian children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34: 330-338, 2010.
Chen, X., Huang, X., Chang, L., & Wang, L.: Aggression, social competence, and academic achievement in Chinese children: A 5-year longitudinal study. Development and Psychopathology 19: 659-680, 2010.
Chen, X.: Socioemotional development in Chinese children. Handbook of Chinese psychology. M. H. Bond (Ed.) (eds.). Oxford University Press, Page: 37-52, 2010.
Jia, J., Way, N., Ling, G., Yoshikawa, H., Chen, X., Hughes, D., Ke, X., & Lu, Z.: The influence of student perceptions of school climate on socio-emotional and academic adjustment: A comparison of Chinese and U.S. adolescents. Child Development 80: 1514-1530, 2009.
Chen, X., Chen, H., Li, D., & Wang, L.: Early childhood behavioral inhibition and social and school adjustment in Chinese children: A five-year longitudinal study. Child Development 80: 1692-1704, 2009.
Chen, X., Wang, L., & Wang, Z.: Shyness-sensitivity and social, school, and psychological adjustment in rural migrant and urban children in China. Child Development 80: 1499-1513, 2009.
Chen, X., Chung, J., & Hsiao, C.: Peer interactions, relationships and groups from a cross-cultural perspective. Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups. K. H. Rubin, W. Bukowski, & B. Laursen (Eds.) (eds.). Guilford, Page: 432-451, 2009.
Chen, X., Chang, L., Liu, H., & He, Y.: Effects of the peer group on the development of social functioning and academic achievement: A longitudinal study in Chinese children. Child Development 79: 235-251, 2008.
Chen, X. & French, D.: Children’s social competence in cultural context. Annual Review of Psychology 59: 591-616, 2008.
Chen, X. & Tse, H. C.: Social functioning and adjustment in Canadian-born children with Chinese and European backgrounds. Developmental Psychology 44: 1184-1189, 2008.
Chen, X., French, D., & Schneider, B. (Eds.): Peer relationships in cultural context. A volume in Cambridge Studies in Social and Emotional Development Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Chen, X., DeSouza, A., Chen, H., & Wang, L.: Reticent behavior and experiences in peer interactions in Canadian and Chinese children. Developmental Psychology 42: 656-665, 2006.
Liu, M., Chen, X., Rubin, K. H., Zheng, S., Cui, L., Li, D., Chen, H., & Wang, L.: Autonomy- vs. connectedness-oriented parenting behaviors in Chinese and Canadian mothers. International Journal of Behavioral Development 29: 489-495, 2005.
Chen, X., Cen, G., Li, D., & He, Y.: Social functioning and adjustment in Chinese children: The imprint of historical time. Child Development 76: 182-195, 2005.
Chen, X., Chang, L., He, Y., & Liu, H.: The peer group as a context: Moderating effects on relations between maternal parenting and social and school adjustment in Chinese children. Child Development 76: 417-434, 2005.
Chen, X., He, Y., De Oliveira, A. M., Lo Coco , A, Zappulla, C., Kaspar, V., Schneider, B., Valdivia, I. A., Tse, C. H., & DeSouza, A.: Loneliness and social adaptation in Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese and Italian children. Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 45: 1373-1384, 2004.
Chen, X., Rubin, K. H., Liu, M., Chen, H., Wang, L., & Li, D., Gao, X., Cen, G., Gu, H., & Li, B.: Compliance in Chinese and Canadian toddlers. International Journal of Behavioral Development. International Journal of Behavioral Development 27: 428-436, 2003.
Chen, X., & Li, B.: Depressed mood in Chinese children: Developmental significance for social and school adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development 24: 472-479, 2000.
Chen, X., Liu, M., & Li, D.: Parental warmth, control and indulgence and their relations to adjustment in Chinese children: A longitudinal study. Journal of Family Psychology 14: 401-419, 2000.
Chen, X., Hastings, P., Rubin, K. H., Chen, H., Cen, G., & Stewart, S. L.: Childrearing attitudes and behavioral inhibition in Chinese and Canadian toddlers: A cross-cultural study. Developmental Psychology 34: 677-686, 1998.