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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Richard M. Lee is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and psychology. Their work spans a variety of subfields including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, safety research, education, and social psychology.

Lee's main areas of study include racial and ethnic identity research, child welfare and adoption, migration, health and trauma, early childhood education and development, social and intergroup psychology, migration and labor dynamics, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Lee are:

  • Race terminology in the field of psychology: Acknowledging the growing multiracial population in the U.S., 2022, American Psychologist
  • Intergenerational Communication about Historical Trauma in Asian American Families, 2022, Adversity and Resilience Science
  • Parents' functional health literacy is associated with children's health outcomes: Implications for health practice, policy, and research, 2020, Children and Youth Services Review
  • New temporal concepts of acculturation in immigrant youth, 2022, Child Development Perspectives
  • Latent class analysis of loneliness and connectedness in US young adults during COVID-19, 2022, Journal of Clinical Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee include Adam Y. Kim, Xiang Zhou, Gabriela L. Stein, Annabelle L. Atkin, and N. Keita Christophe.

Lee has published multiple papers in notable venues such as American Psychologist, Race and Social Problems, Developmental Psychology, PsycTESTS Dataset, and Family Relations. The frequency of publications in these journals indicates ongoing engagement with key outlets in psychology and social sciences.

Additionally, Lee has contributed to book publications, including a forthcoming work titled Dynamic, High-Resolution Wealth Measurement in Data-Scarce Environments, to be released by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks in 2025.

Recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Measuring belongingness: The Social Connectedness and the Social Assurance scales.

    Richard M. Lee;Steven B. Robbins

  • Construction and Initial Validation of the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS)

    Helen A. Neville;Roderick L. Lilly;Georgia Duran;Richard M. Lee

  • Ethnic and racial identity during adolescence and into young adulthood: an integrated conceptualization.

    Adriana J. Umaña‐Taylor;Stephen M. Quintana;Richard M. Lee;William E. Cross

  • Social connectedness, dysfunctional interpersonal behaviors, and psychological distress: Testing a mediator model.

    Richard M. Lee;Matthew Draper;Sujin Lee

  • Ethnic and racial identity in adolescence: implications for psychosocial, academic, and health outcomes.

    Deborah Rivas-Drake;Eleanor K. Seaton;Carol Markstrom;Stephen Quintana

  • The relationship between social connectedness and anxiety, self-esteem, and social identity.

    Richard M. Lee;Steven B. Robbins

  • The Transracial Adoption Paradox History, Research, and Counseling Implications of Cultural Socialization

    Richard M. Lee

  • Resilience against discrimination: Ethnic identity and other-group orientation as protective factors for Korean Americans

    Richard M. Lee

  • Construction of the Asian American Family Conflicts Scale.

    Richard M. Lee;Jennifer Choe;Gina Kim;Vicky Ngo

  • Do Ethnic Identity and Other-Group Orientation Protect against Discrimination for Asian Americans?.

    Richard M. Lee

  • Ethnic identity and approach-type coping as moderators of the racial discrimination/well-being relation in Asian Americans

    Hyung Chol Yoo;Richard M. Lee

  • Feeling good, happy, and proud: a meta-analysis of positive ethnic-racial affect and adjustment.

    Deborah Rivas‐Drake;Moin Syed;Adriana Umaña‐Taylor;Carol Markstrom

  • Understanding Social Connectedness in College Women and Men

    Richard M. Lee;Steven B. Robbins

  • Effects of perceived discrimination on mental health and mental health services utilization among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons.

    Diana Burgess;Diana Burgess;Diana Burgess;Richard Lee;Alisia Tran;Michelle Van Ryn

  • Does ethnic identity buffer or exacerbate the effects of frequent racial discrimination on situational well-being of Asian Americans?

    Hyung Chol Yoo;Richard M. Lee

  • Coping with intergenerational family conflict: Comparison of Asian American, Hispanic, and European American college students

    Richard M. Lee;Hsin Tine Tina Liu;Hsin Tine Tina Liu

  • Structure and Measurement of Ethnic Identity for Asian American College Students.

    Richard M. Lee;Hyung Chol Yoo

  • Cultural Socialization in Families With Internationally Adopted Children

    Richard M. Lee;Harold D. Grotevant;Wendy L. Hellerstedt;Megan R. Gunnar

  • Acculturation, social connectedness, and subjective well-being.

    Eunju Yoon;Richard M Lee;Michael P Goh

  • Social connectedness, social appraisal, and perceived stress in college women and men

    Richard M. Lee;Kelli A. Keough;Janel D. Sexton

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Byron L. Zamboanga
Byron L. Zamboanga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor
Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Harvard University
Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Susan Krauss Whitbourne University of Massachusetts Amherst
Robert S. Weisskirch
Robert S. Weisskirch California State University, Monterey Bay
Steven B. Robbins
Steven B. Robbins Virginia Commonwealth University
Moin Syed
Moin Syed University of Minnesota
Harold D. Grotevant
Harold D. Grotevant University of Massachusetts Amherst
Megan R. Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota
Linda G. Castillo
Linda G. Castillo Texas A&M University

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