Research Areas

School Mental Health

• Advance school-based mental health screening method.
• Identify psychological processes and contextual factors that promote students’ and educators’ social-emotional functioning and protect them from adversities, such as bullying and identity-based victimization.

School Diversity

• Advance tools for measuring diversity.
• Identify contextual and psychological factors that shape students’ interactions in a diverse school context.

Selected Publications

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• Ten frequently asked questions about latent transition analysis K Nylund-Gibson, AC Garber, DB Carter, M Chan, DAN Arch, O Simon, K Whaling, E Tartt, SI Lawrie | 2022
  Psychological Methods, Advance online publication
  
• Heterogeneity Among Moderate Mental Health Students on the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) M Chan, MJ Furlong, K Nylund-Gibson, E Dowdy | 2022
  School Mental Health 14 (2), 416-430
  
• Teacher victimization and teachers' subjective well‐being: Does school climate matter? C Yang, M Chan, AB Nickerson, L Jenkins, JS Xie, SS Fredrick | 2022
  Aggressive behavior
  
• Teacher victimization and teacher burnout: multilevel moderating role of school climate in a large-scale survey study C Yang, M Chan, X Lin, C Chen | 2022
  Journal of school violence 21 (2), 206-221
  
• Social support profiles associations with adolescents' psychological and academic functioning M Chan, JD Sharkey, K Nylund-Gibson, E Dowdy, MJ Furlong | 2022
  Journal of school psychology 91, 160-177
  
• Assessing College Students’ Social and Emotional Strengths: A Cross-Cultural Comparison from Mexico, United States, and Spain MJ Furlong, JA Piqueras Rodríguez, L Chacón-Gutiérrez, E Dowdy, ... M Chan | 2021
  Eurasian Society of Educational Research
  
• Training experience in the US school psychology program: Understanding Asian international students’ assets, challenges, and coping C Yang, C Chen, M Chan, C Wang, H Luo, X Lin | 2021
  Contemporary school psychology 25 (3), 299-310
  
• Elementary school teacher well-being and supportive measures amid COVID-19: An exploratory study M Chan, JD Sharkey, SI Lawrie, DAN Arch, K Nylund-Gibson | 2021
  School Psychology
  
• Association between social-emotional strengths and school membership: A cross-cultural comparison M Chan, C Yang, MJ Furlong, E Dowdy, JS Xie | 2021
  International Journal of School & Educational Psychology 9 (2), 158-171
  
• School-wide social emotional learning and cyberbullying victimization among middle and high school students: Moderating role of school climate C Yang, C Chen, X Lin, M Chan | 2021
  School Psychology 36 (2), 75
  
• Validation of a social emotional wellness survey among Japanese elementary school students J Iida, A Ito, I Aoyama, K Sugimoto, H Endo, M Chan, MJ Furlong | 2021
  The Educational and Developmental Psychologist 38 (1), 121-130
  
• Parental perceptions of school climate in the United States and China: Advancing cross-country understanding C Yang, M Chan, C Chen, SR Jimerson | 2021
  School Psychology 36 (1), 24
  
• Assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Ethical, legal, and safety considerations moving forward SWF Stifel, DK Feinberg, Y Zhang, M Chan, R Wagle | 2020
  School Psychology Review 49 (4), 438-452
  
• School-wide social emotional learning (SEL) and bullying victimization: Moderating role of school climate in elementary, middle, and high schools C Yang, M Chan, TL Ma | 2020
  Journal of school psychology 82, 49-69
  
• Association between school climate and bullying victimization: Advancing integrated perspectives from parents and cross-country comparisons C Chen, C Yang, M Chan, SR Jimerson | 2020
  School psychology 35 (5), 311
  
• Peer Victimization and Problem Behaviors: The Roles of Self‐Esteem and Parental Attachment Among Chinese Adolescents Y Pan, C Yang, G Liu, M Chan, C Liu, D Zhang | 2020
  Child development 91 (4), e968-e983