Li Wang is an associate professor at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Peking University. She earned her Ph.D. in Developmental psychology from Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include social emotion development, socialization in the family and socialization in the cultural context.
List of Publications
Zhang, C.#, Lu, J.#, Gao, G., Cui, J., Li, M., Zang, Y., Yang, J.*, & Wang, L*. (2024). Anxiety is related to slower RSA oscillation during stress response and regulation. Psychophysiology, 61(11), e14654.
Lan Q, Zhang C, Lunkenheimer E, Chang S, Li Z.*, Wang L.* (2024). Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and children’s internalizing problems: The moderating role of mother–infant RSA synchrony. Development and Psychopathology, 36(4), 1776-1788.
Li, M., Xu, T., Li, M., Qiu, L., He, F., Lan, Q., Zhang, L., & Wang, L.* (2024). Negative family expressiveness and adolescents' externalizing problems: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a moderator and anger regulation as a mediator. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 42(4), 546-565.
Li, M., He, F., Lan, Q., Zhang, C., Zang, Y.*, & Wang, L.* (2024). The longitudinal association between COVID-19 stressors and adolescents' diurnal cortisol: The mediating effects of parental anxiety and behaviours. Infant and Child Development, e2541.
Ip, K. I.*, Miller, A. L., Wang, L., Felt, B., Olson, S. L., & Tardif, T. (2024). Emotion regulation as a complex system: A multi-contextual and multi- level approach to understanding emotion expression and cortisol reactivity among Chinese and US preschoolers. Developmental Science, 27(5), e13446.
Ip, K. I.*, Heng, J. A., Lin, J., Shi, J., Wang, L., & Olson, S. (2024). Parents’ ethnotheories of the nature and causes of children’s misbehaviors: A comparison of mothers across two cultures. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 48(5), 385-397.
Qin, X., Wu, Z., Zhang, T., Li, Y., Luan, J., Wang, B., Wang, L., & Cui, J.* (2023). BERT-ERC: Fine-Tuning BERT Is Enough for Emotion Recognition in Conversation. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 37 (11), 13492-13500.
Lan, Q., Li, H., Wang, L.*, & Chang, S.* (2022). Breastfeeding duration and vagal regulation of infants and mothers. Early Human Development, 171, 105620.
Wen, J., Yang, B., Li, X.*, Cui, J.*, & Wang, L.*(2022). Automated assessment of grating acuity in infants and toddlers using an eye-tracking system. Journal of Vision, 22(12) 8, 1–9.
Yang, Y.*, Wang, L. and Wang, Q. (2021), Take Your Word or Tone for It? European American and Chinese Children’s Attention to Emotional Cues in Speech. Child Development, 92, 844-852.
Chen, X.*, Fu, R., Li, D., Chen, H., Wang, Z. and Wang, L. (2021), Behavioral Inhibition in Early Childhood and Adjustment in Late Adolescence in China. Child Development, 92, 994-1010.
Ip, K.*, Felt, B., Wang, L., Karasawa, M., Hirabayashi, H., Kazama, M., Olson, S., Miller, A., & Tardif, T.* (2021). Are Preschoolers’ Neurobiological Stress Systems Responsive to Culturally Relevant Contexts? Psychological Science, 32(7), 998-1010.
Ip, K.*, Miller, A.L., Karasawa, M., Hirabayashi, H., Wang, L., Olson, S.L., Kessler, D., & Tardif, T.* (2021). Emotion expression and regulation in three cultures: Chinese, Japanese, and U.S. preschoolers’ responses to disappointment. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 201, 104972.
Fu, R., Lee, J., Chen, X.* and Wang, L.* (2020), Academic Self-Perceptions and Academic Achievement in Chinese Children: A Multiwave Longitudinal Study. Child Development, 91(5),1718-1732.
Wu, Q.*, Feng, X., Gerhardt, M., & Wang, L. (2020). Maternal depressive symptoms, rumination and child emotion regulation. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 29, 1125–1134.
Chen X.*, Fu R., Liu J.*, Wang L., Zarbatany L., & Ellis W. (2018).Social Sensitivity and Social, School, and Psychological Adjustment Among Children Across Contexts. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1124–1134.
Doan, S., Tardif, T., Miller, A., Olson, S., Kessler, D., Felt, B. & Wang, L. (2017), Consequences of ‘tiger’ parenting: a cross-cultural study of maternal psychological control and children's cortisol stress response. Developmental Science, 20,e12404.
Duan, D., Huang,Y., Cui, J.*, Wang, L., Wang, X., & Zha, H. (2017). Computer vision analysis for children’s social play classification in peer-play scenarios.Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments,9,225–238.
Fu, R., Chen, X., Wang, L., & Yang, F. (2016). Developmental trajectories of academic achievement in Chinese children: Contributions of early social-behavioral functioning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 108(7), 1001–1012.
Yang, F., Chen, X.*,& Wang, L. * (2015). Shyness-Sensitivity and Social, School, and Psychological Adjustment in Urban Chinese Children: A four-wave longitudinal study. Child Development. 86(6), 1848–1864.
Grabell, A.S., Olson, S.L., Miller, A.L., Kessler, D.A., Felt, B., Kaciroti, N., Wang, L. and Tardif, T. (2015), The impact of culture on physiological processes of emotion regulation: a comparison of US and Chinese preschoolers. Developmental Science, 18(3), 420-435.
Zhao S , Chen X , Wang L. (2015). Maternal parenting and social, school, and psychological adjustment of migrant children in urban China. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39(6), 541-551. .
Chen, X.*, Chen, H., Li, D., Wang, L., Wang, Z. (2015). Early Childhood Reticent and Solitary-Passive Behaviors and Adjustment Outcomes in Chinese Children. Journal of Abnormal Child Development. 43: 1467–1473.
Chen, X.,* Wang, L.*, Li, D., & Liu, J. （2014）Loneliness in Chinese Children across Contexts. Developmental Psychology. 50,(10,) 2324–2333.
Yang, F.*, Chen, X.*, & Wang, L. (2014). Relations Between Aggression and Adjustment in Chinese Children: Moderating Effects of Academic Achievement. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 43(4), 656–669.
Chen, X.*, Wang, L.*, & Cao, R. (2011). Shyness-Sensitivity and Unsociability in Rural Chinese Children: Relations With Social, School, and Psychological Adjustment. Child Development,82:1531-1543
Chang, S., Wang, L., Wang, Y., Brouwer, I., Kok, F., Lozoff, B., & Chen, C.*(2011). Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Infancy and Social Emotional Development in Preschool-Aged Chinese Children. Pediatrics,127:e927-933
Olson, S.*, Tardif, T, Miller, A., Felt, B., Grabell, A., Kessler, D., Wang, L., Mayumi Karasawa, M. & Hirabayashi, H. (2011). Inhibitory Control and Harsh Discipline as Predictors of Externalizing Problems in Young Children: A Comparative Study of U.S., Chinese, and Japanese Preschoolers. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39:1163-1175
Chen, X., Wang, L., & Wang, Z. (2009). Shyness-sensitivity and social, school, and psychological adjustment in rural migrant and urban children in China. Child Development, 80, 1499-1513.
Chen, X., Chen, H., Li, D., & Wang, L. (2009). Early childhood behavioral inhibition and social and school adjustment in Chinese children: A five-year longitudinal study. Child Development, 80, 1692-1704.
Liu, M., Chen, X., Zheng, S., Chen, H., & Wang, L. (2009). Maternal autonomy- and connectedness-oriented parenting behaviors as predictors of children’s social behaviors in China. Social Development, 18, 671-689.
Wang, L. , Chen, X., Chen, H., Cui, L., & Li, M. (2006). Affect and maternal parenting as predictors of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors in Chinese children. International Journal of Behavioral Development , 30, 158-166.
Chen, X., Desouza, A., Chen, H., & Wang, L. (2006). Reticent behavior and experiences in peer interactions in Chinese and Canadian children. Developmental Psychology. 42, 656-665.
Chen, X., Wang, L., & DeSouza, A. (2006). Temperament, socio-emotional functioning and peer relationships in Chinese and North American children. In X. Chen, D. French, & B. Schneider (Eds.), Peer relations in cultural context . (pp.123-147) Cambridge University Press.
Chen, X., Kaspar, V., Zhang, Y., Wang, L. , & Zheng, S. (2004). Peer relationships among Chinese and North American boys: A cross-cultural perspective. In N. Way & J. Chu (Eds.), Adolescent boys in context (pp. 197-218). New York : New York University Press.
Chen, X., Wang, L. , Chen, H., & Liu, M. (2002). Noncompliance and Childrearing Attitudes as Predictors of Aggressive Behavior: A Longitudinal Study in Chinese Children. International Journal of Behavioral Development , 26, 225-233.
Chen, X., Wu, H., Chen, H., Wang, L., & Cen, G. (2001). Parenting Practices and Aggressive Behavior in Chinese Children. Parenting: Science and practice , 1, 159-183.