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Xinyin Chen is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans primarily within the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a strong emphasis on developmental and clinical psychology, social psychology, and education. The scientist's work covers multiple subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, education, sociology and political science, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research topics prominently focus on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, bullying, victimization, and aggression, as well as attachment and relationship dynamics. Additional areas of study include parental involvement in education, youth development and social support, and cultural differences and values.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Xinyin Chen include:

  • Academic Self-Perceptions and Academic Achievement in Chinese Children: A Multiwave Longitudinal Study (2020) published in Child Development
  • Moderating Role of Conflict Resolution Strategies in the Links Between Peer Victimization and Psychological Adjustment Among Youth (2020) published in Journal of Adolescence
  • Transactional Models Linking Maternal Authoritative Parenting, Child Self-Esteem, and Approach Coping Strategies (2021) published in Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
  • The Impact of Parental Migration on Depression of Children: New Evidence from Rural China (2020) published in Chinese Sociological Review
  • Bullying Victimization and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model of Self-Esteem and Friendship Intimacy (2022) published in Journal of Affective Disorders

Xinyin Chen collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Junsheng Liu, Dan Li (noted twice with different author counts), Siman Zhao, and Jiaxi Zhou.

Their research findings have appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues, indicating a consistent focus in certain academic communities. Frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Child Development
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Social Development

In addition to journal articles, Xinyin Chen has contributed to academic books, including a publication by Cambridge University Press titled Socialization and Socioemotional Development in Chinese Children (2023).

Best Publications

  • Child-rearing attitudes and behavioral inhibition in Chinese and Canadian toddlers: A cross-cultural study.

    Xinyin Chen;Paul D. Hastings;Kenneth H. Rubin;Huichang Chen

  • Children's Social Competence in Cultural Context

    Xinyin Chen;Doran C. French

  • Authoritative and Authoritarian Parenting Practices and Social and School Performance in Chinese Children

    Xinyin Chen;Qi Dong;Hong Zhou

  • Parental warmth, control, and indulgence and their relations to adjustment in Chinese children: a longitudinal study.

    Xinyin Chen;Mowei Liu;Dan Li

  • Social functioning and adjustment in Chinese children: the imprint of historical time.

    Xinyin Chen;Guozhen Cen;Dan Li;Yunfeng He

  • The Influence of Student Perceptions of School Climate on Socioemotional and Academic Adjustment: A Comparison of Chinese and American Adolescents

    Yueming Jia;Niobe Way;Guangming Ling;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Social Reputation and Peer Relationships in Chinese and Canadian Children: A Cross‐cultural Study

    Xinyin Chen;Kenneth H. Rubin;Yuerong Sun

  • The Consistency and Concomitants of Inhibition: Some of the Children, All of the Time

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Paul D. Hastings;Shannon L. Stewart;Heather A. Henderson

  • The Waterloo Longitudinal Project: Predicting internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescence

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Xinyin Chen;Patricia McDougall;Anne Bowker

  • Relation between academic achievement and social adjustment: evidence from Chinese children

    Xinyin Chen;Kenneth H. Rubin;Dan Li

  • Social Functioning and Adjustment in Chinese Children: A Longitudinal Study

    Xinyin Chen;Kenneth H. Rubin;Zhen-yun Li

  • Socioemotional Characteristics of Withdrawn and Aggressive Children.

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Xinyin Chen;Shelley Hymel

  • The peer group as a context: mediating and moderating effects on relations between academic achievement and social functioning in Chinese children.

    Xinyin Chen;Lei Chang;Yunfeng He

  • Intrapersonal and Maternal Correlates of Aggression, Conflict, and Externalizing Problems in Toddlers.

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Paul Hastings;Xinyin Chen;Shannon Stewart

  • Depressed mood in Chinese children: relations with school performance and family environment.

    Xinyin Chen;Kenneth H. Rubin;Bo-shu Li

  • Shyness-sensitivity and social, school, and psychological adjustment in rural migrant and urban children in china

    Xinyin Chen;Li Wang;Zhengyuan Wang

  • Adolescent Outcomes of Social Functioning in Chinese Children

    Xinyin Chen;Kenneth H. Rubin;Bo-shu Li;Dan Li

  • Social and school adjustment of shy and aggressive children in China.

    Xinyin Chen;Kenneth H. Rubin;Boshu Li

  • Sociable and Prosocial Dimensions of Social Competence in Chinese Children: Common and Unique Contributions to Social, Academic, and Psychological Adjustment.

    Xinyin Chen;Dan Li;Zhen-yun Li;Bo-shu Li

  • Emerging Adulthood in China: The Role of Social and Cultural Factors

    Larry J. Nelson;Xinyin Chen

  • The Peer Group as a Context: Moderating Effects on Relations Between Maternal Parenting and Social and School Adjustment in Chinese Children

    Xinyin Chen;Lei Chang;Yunfeng He;Hongyun Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Coplan
Robert J. Coplan Carleton University
Kenneth H. Rubin
Kenneth H. Rubin University of Maryland, College Park
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University
Doran C. French
Doran C. French Purdue University West Lafayette
Niobe Way
Niobe Way New York University
Lei Chang
Lei Chang University of Macau
Barry H. Schneider
Barry H. Schneider Boston College
Diane Hughes
Diane Hughes New York University
Paul F. Tremblay
Paul F. Tremblay University of Western Ontario
Louis A. Schmidt
Louis A. Schmidt McMaster University

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