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Su Yeong Kim is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of social sciences and psychology. Their research output spans a range of interdisciplinary subfields, including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, education, social psychology, and epidemiology.

Their work primarily addresses topics such as racial and ethnic identity research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, migration-related health and trauma, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, stress responses and cortisol, and resilience and mental health.

Su Yeong Kim has published multiple studies in notable academic journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Longitudinal profiles of acculturation and developmental outcomes among Mexican-origin adolescents from immigrant families" (2021) in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
  • "Innovative theory and methods for the next generation of diversity, equity, and inclusion sciences: Introduction to the special issue." (2023) in Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
  • "Perceived Discrimination and Risk Behaviors in African American Students: the Potential Moderating Roles of Emotion Regulation and Ethnic Socialization" (2020) in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "Bilingual language broker profiles and academic competence in Mexican-origin adolescents." (2020) in Developmental Psychology
  • "Discrimination, language brokering efficacy, and academic competence among adolescent language brokers" (2020) in Journal of Adolescence

The venues where Su Yeong Kim frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Child Development

The scientist has collaborated with several colleagues, including:

  • Shanting Chen
  • Jinjin Yan
  • Yang Hou
  • Wen Wen
  • Yishan Shen

Best Publications

  • The Questionnaire for Eudaimonic Well-Being: Psychometric properties, demographic comparisons, and evidence of validity

    Alan S. Waterman;Seth J. Schwartz;Byron L. Zamboanga;Russell D. Ravert

  • Examining the Light and Dark Sides of Emerging Adults’ Identity: A Study of Identity Status Differences in Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning

    Seth J. Schwartz;Wim Beyers;Koen Luyckx;Bart Soenens

  • Does "Tiger Parenting" Exist? Parenting Profiles of Chinese Americans and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes.

    Su Yeong Kim;Yijie Wang;Diana Orozco-Lapray;Yishan Shen

  • Communalism, familism, and filial piety: Are they birds of a collectivist feather?

    Seth J. Schwartz;Robert S. Weisskirch;Eric A. Hurley;Byron L. Zamboanga

  • Dimensions of acculturation: associations with health risk behaviors among college students from immigrant families.

    Seth J. Schwartz;Robert S. Weisskirch;Byron L. Zamboanga;Linda G. Castillo

  • Neighborhood disadvantage moderates associations of parenting and older sibling problem attitudes and behavior with conduct disorders in African American children

    Gene H. Brody;Xiaojia Ge;Su Yeong Kim;Velma McBride Murry

  • Accent, Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype, and Perceived Discrimination as Indirect Links Between English Proficiency and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese American Adolescents

    Su Yeong Kim;Yijie Wang;Shiying Deng;Rocio Alvarez

  • Parent-child acculturation, parenting, and adolescent depressive symptoms in Chinese immigrant families.

    Su Yeong Kim;Qi Chen;Jing Li;Xuan Huang

  • Experiences of discrimination among Chinese American adolescents and the consequences for socioemotional and academic development.

    Aprile D. Benner;Su Yeong Kim

  • Family economic stress and academic well-being among Chinese-American youth: The influence of adolescents’ perceptions of economic strain.

    Rashmita S. Mistry;Aprile D. Benner;Connie S. Tan;Su Yeong Kim

  • Mexican American Adolescents’ Cultural Orientation, Externalizing Behavior and Academic Engagement: The Role of Traditional Cultural Values

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Miguelina Germán;Su Yeong Kim;Preethy George

  • Where Are You From? A Validation of the Foreigner Objectification Scale and the Psychological Correlates of Foreigner Objectification Among Asian Americans and Latinos

    Brian E. Armenta;Richard M. Lee;Stephanie T. Pituc;Kyoung Rae Jung

  • Chinese American adolescents' perceptions of the language brokering experience as a sense of burden and sense of efficacy

    Nina H. Wu;Su Yeong Kim

  • Longitudinal linkages among parent-child acculturation discrepancy, parenting, parent-child sense of alienation, and adolescent adjustment in Chinese immigrant families

    Su Yeong Kim;Qi Chen;Yijie Wang;Yishan Shen

  • Meaning in Life in Emerging Adulthood: A Person‐Oriented Approach

    Jessie Dezutter;Alan S. Waterman;Seth J. Schwartz;Koen Luyckx

  • Parenting practices and adolescent depressive symptoms in Chinese American families.

    Su Yeong Kim;Xiaojia Ge

  • Discordance in parents' and adolescents' reports of parenting: A meta-analysis and qualitative review.

    Yang Hou;Aprile D Benner;Su Yeong Kim;Shanting Chen

  • Assessing Asian and Asian American Parenting: A Review of the Literature

    Su Yeong Kim;Vivian Y. Wong

  • Risky business: Is there an association between casual sex and mental health among emerging adults?

    Melina M. Bersamin;Byron L. Zamboanga;Seth J. Schwartz;M. Brent Donnellan

  • The roles of identity formation and moral identity in college student mental health, health-risk behaviors, and psychological well-being.

    Sam A. Hardy;Stephen W. Francis;Byron L. Zamboanga;Su Yeong Kim

  • Acculturation and well-being among college students from immigrant families.

    Seth J. Schwartz;Alan S. Waterman;Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor;Richard M. Lee

  • Randomized Trial of a Broad Preventive Intervention for Mexican American Adolescents.

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Larry E. Dumka;Roger E. Millsap;Amanda Gottschall

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
Aprile D. Benner
Aprile D. Benner The University of Texas at Austin
Linda P. Juang
Linda P. Juang University of Potsdam
Robert S. Weisskirch
Robert S. Weisskirch California State University, Monterey Bay
Linda G. Castillo
Linda G. Castillo Texas A&M University
Alan S. Waterman
Alan S. Waterman College of New Jersey
Susan Krauss Whitbourne
Susan Krauss Whitbourne University of Massachusetts Amherst
Katharine H. Zeiders
Katharine H. Zeiders University of Arizona
Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Alexander T. Vazsonyi University of Kentucky

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