Huiguang Ren

Academic Title：Associate Professor

Email：hgren@dep.ecnu.edu.cn

Personal Website：https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dtRyaKIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

PhD, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Applied Developmental Psychology, 2019-2024

Master, East China Normal University, Developmental and Educational Psychology, 2016-2019

Undergraduate, Zhejiang University, Psychology, 2012-2016

Parenting and family socialization process, cultural psychology and cross-cultural comparison, child identity and socio-emotional development

Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Cho, H. S., & Aquino, A. K. (2023). Cascading effects of Chinese American parents' COVID-19 racial discrimination and racial socialization on adolescents’ adjustment. Child Development. 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14037

Ren, H., Hart, C. H., Cheah, C. S. L., Porter C. L., Nelson, D. A., Yavuz-Müren, M., ... & Zhou, N. (2023). Parenting measurement, normativeness, and associations with child outcomes: Comparing evidence from four non-Western cultures. Developmental Science, 00, e13388. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13388

Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Zong, X., Wang, S., Cho, H. S., Wang, C., & Xue, X. (2022). Age-varying associations between Chinese American parents’ racial–ethnic socialization and children’s difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 351-363. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000278

Ren, H., Cheah, C., & Liu, J. (2021). The cost and benefit of fear induction parenting on children’s health during the COVID-19 outbreak. Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1667–1680.https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001205

Ren, H., He, X., Bian, X., Shang, X., & Liu, J. (2021). The protective roles of exercise and maintenance of daily living routines for Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19 quarantine period. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68(1), 35-42.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.09.026

Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Tahseen, M., & Zhou, N. (2021). A person-centered examination of acculturation and psychological functioning among Chinese and Korean immigrant mothers in the United States. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27(1), 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000430

Ren, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Sang, B., & Liu, J. (2019). Maternal attribution and Chinese American children’s social skills: The mediating role of authoritative parenting practices. Parenting: Sciences and Practices, 20(3), 229-239.https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694834

Ren, H., Sun, S., Cheah, C. S. L., Sang, B., & Liu, J. (2019). Confirmatory factor analyses of the parent attributions questionnaire among Asian immigrant mothers. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43(2), 185-193.https://doi.org/10.1177/2F0165025418798492

Zhang, B., Cheah, C. S. L., Aquino, A. K., & Ren, H. (in press). Becoming civically engaged adolescents: Individual and parenting mechanisms in Chinese American families. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.

He, X., Ren, H., Cui, L., & Liu, J. (2024). Benign and malicious envy and its effects on cooperation in Chinese children. Current Psychology, 43, 16389-16398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05592-z

Cho, H. S., Gürsoy, H., Cheah, C. S. L., Zong, X., & Ren, H. (2023). To maintain or conceal one’s cultural identity? Chinese American parents’ ethnic-racial socialization during COVID-19. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001169

Zong, X., Cheah, C. S. L., & Ren, H.(2023). Age-varying associations between COVID-19-related racial discrimination and Chinese American adolescents’ political civic engagement. Journal of Youth and Adolescence,1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01879-3

Zong, X., Cheah, C. S. L., & Ren, H. (2023). Longitudinal pathways linking racial discrimination and Chinese American mothers’ parenting. Developmental Psychology, 59(11), 2119–2132. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001608

Wang, S., Cheah, C. S., Zong, X., & Ren, H. (2023). Parental stress and Chinese American preschoolers’ adjustment: The mediating role of parenting. Behavioral Sciences, 13(7), 562. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13070562

Cheah, C. S. L., Ren, H., Zong, X., & Wang, C. (2023). COVID-19 racism and Chinese American families’ mental health: A comparison between 2020 and 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(8), 5437. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085437

Zong, X., Cheah, C. S., & Ren, H. (2022). Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID‐19‐related racial discrimination and anxiety: Person‐centered and intersectional approaches. Journal of Research on Adolescence,32(2), 451-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12696

Cheah, C. S. L., Zong, X., Cho, H. S., Ren, H., Wang, S., Xue, X., & Wang, C. (2021). Chinese American adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 racial discrimination: Risk and protective factors for internalizing difficulties. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology,27(4), 559–568. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000498

Liu, J., Zhou, T., Yuan, M., Ren, H., Bian, X., & Coplan, R. J. (2021). Daily routines, parent-child conflict, and psychological maladjustment among Chinese children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(8), 1077–1085. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000914

Cheah, C. S., Wang, C., Ren, H., Zong, X., Cho, H. S., & Xue, X. (2020). COVID-19 racism and mental health in Chinese American families. Pediatrics, 146(5).https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-021816

Ad hoc reviewers for Learning and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Journal of Experimental Education, Journal for STEM Education Research, and International Journal for STEM Education.