Cognitive impairment is a key disabling symptom of psychotic disorders, predictive of worse functional and social outcomes. However, it is often overlooked compared to the positive features such as hallucinations. During my PhD I will use longitudinal data analysis methods to characterise developmental pathways to cognitive impairments in psychosis. I will focus on epigenetic markers, which capture how biological and environmental exposures — such as inflammation, stress, and ageing — influence gene expression, and investigate whether they are associated with cognitive outcomes in people with psychosis. I will utilise diverse population-based cohort studies from across the lifespan.
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Hart, Z., Großbach, A., Simpkin, A. J., & Walton, E. (2025). The association between epigenetic ageing from childhood to early adulthood and psychotic-like experiences in early adulthood. Psychological Medicine, 55, e182. doi:10.1017/S003329172510055X
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2024
Deng, J., Shou, Y., Wang, M.-C., Allen, J., Gao, Y. & Hawes, D. J. (2024). Core features of Callous-Unemotional Traits: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Youth in Four Countries. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 33, 2681–2693. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02357-8
He, J., Gao, Y., Deng, J. & Wang, M.-C. (2024). Resting Heart Rate Moderates the Relationship between Parental Emotion Socialization and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 33, 2353–2363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02338-x
Li, J., Deng, J., Xu, Y., Sun, J., Chen, J., D. Datu, J., Zhang, R., Qiu, S. (2024). Which well-being elements are fundamental for early childhood educators in the Chinese context? A network analysis. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19, 103–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10233-5
2022
Zhang, X., Deng, J., Shou, Y., & Wang, M. C. (2022). Longitudinal network structure of child psychopathy across development in Chinese community children. Current Psychology. 42, 28119–28129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03799-0
Wang, M.-C., Deng, J., Shou, Y., & Sellbom, M. (2022). Cross-cultural examination of psychopathy network in Chinese and U.S. Prisoners. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 44, 620–635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-022-09960-0
Wang, M.-C., Zhang, X., Gong, J., Deng, J., Luo, J., Gao, Y., & Salekin, R. T. (2022). Variants of psychopathy in Chinese juvenile offenders: A latent profile analysis. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 49, 530–549. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548211043149
2021
Liang, J., Shou, Y., Wang, M-C., Deng, J., & Luo, J. (2021). A reliability generalization meta-analysis of Alabama Parenting Questionnaire-9. Psychological Assessment. 33, 940–951. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001031
2020
Deng, J., Wang, M-C., Shou, Y., & Gao, Y. (2020). Core features of callous-unemotional traits: Network analysis of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits in community and offender Samples. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 77, 1487–1498. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23090
Deng, J., Wang, M., Shou, Y., Lai, H., Zeng, H., & Gao, Y. (2020). Parenting behaviors and child psychopathy: A regression mixture analysis. Current Psychology. 41, 3585–3596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00810-4
Luo, J., Wang, M.-C., Gao, Y., Deng, J., & Qi, S.-S. (2020). Factor structure and construct validity of the Emotions as a Child Scale (EAC) in Chinese children. Psychological Assessment, 32, 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000762.
Luo, J., Wang, M. C., Zhang, X., Deng, J., Huang, D., & Zhou, Z. (2020). Psychometric Properties of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory Triarchic Scales and Its Short Version in Chinese Male Juvenile Offenders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 103, 300–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2020.1752700
Zhong, C., Wang, M-C., Shou, Y., Zhang, X., & Deng, J. (2020). Maternal parenting mediate the relationship between maternal psychopathic traits and 8 to 11-year-old child callous-unemotional traits: A longitudinal multiple mediation model. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 3142–3152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01814-1
Publications
2019
Deng, J., Wang, M.-C., Zhang, X., Shou, Y., Gao, Y., & Luo, J. (2019). The Inventory of Callous Unemotional Traits: A reliability generalization meta-analysis.Psychological Assessment, 31, 765–780. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000698
Wang, M.-C., Deng, Q., Shou, Y., Lai, H., Deng, J., Gao, Y., & Li, Z. (2019). Assessing Impulsivity in Chinese: Elaborating Validity of BIS Among Male Prisoners. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 46, 492–506. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818806033
Zhang, X., Wang, M-C., He, L., L, J., Deng, J. (2019). The development and psychometric evaluation of the Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory-15. PLoS ONE, 14, e0221621. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221621
Ren, F., Zhang, Q. P., Li, M., Luo, J., Deng, J., Zhang, X., & Wang, M. C. (2019). Factor structure and measurement invariance of youth psychopathic traits inventory-child version in Chinese children. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2550. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02550
Luo, J., Wang, X.,Wang, M-C, Wang, X., Gao, Y., Deng, J., Zhong, C., & Qi, S-S. (2019). Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Child Problematic Trait Inventory in older Chinese children. PLoS ONE, 14, e0219136. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219136
2018
Wang, M.-C., Colins, O. F., Deng, Q., Deng, J., Huang, Y., & Andershed, H. (2018). The Child Problematic Traits Inventory in China: A multiple informant-based validation study.Psychological Assessment, 30, 956–966. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000545.
2017
Wang, M-C., Gao, Y., Deng, J., Lai, H., Deng, Q., & Armour, C. (2017). The factor structure and construct validity of the inventory of callous-unemotional traits in Chinese undergraduate students. PLoS ONE, 12, e0189003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189003.
Wang, M-C., Colins, O. F., Deng, Q., Andershed, H, Deng, J., & Ye, H. (2017). Psychometric properties of the original and short version of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory among Chinese adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 39, 620–634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-017-9619-5

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Most academic tests result in a single grade (e.g. a B in A-level history), but Cognitive Diagnostic Modelling aims to produce a profile detailing each of the subject skills that a test taker has mastered. This information can be used to find groups with similar mastery profiles and explore possible causes for these patterns of learning. By investigating mathematics learning, I hope to identify policy and practice routes to better maths learning outcomes.
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Postgrad Rep for the LGBTQ+ Society

