Advanced Quantitative Methods
Department of Psychology, University of Bath
Start date: September 2024
Research topic: Co-occurrence of antisocial behaviour and substance use from adolescence to early adulthood
I will conduct four studies applying advanced quantitative methods and cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs using a current ESRC-funded UK birth cohort from an interdisciplinary perspective, aiming to address the major societal challenge of co-occurring antisocial behaviour (AB) and substance use (SU) in young people, answering unsolved questions about the mechanisms driving the co-occurrence of these conditions from mid-adolescence to early adulthood. Findings will help inform the prevention and intervention programmes for AB or SU alone or in combination, with potential benefits for young people and their families, mental health researchers, education and legal practitioners and services, and policymakers.
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
Research supervisors: Dr Jennifer Allen, Dr Tom Freeman , Dr Gemma Hammerton
Email: jd2769@bath.ac.uk
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