• ORCiD
• Google Scholar
• Linkedin

• Loneliness and wellbeing
• Cross cultural studies
• Children social development
• Self development (i.e., self esteem, narcissism)

Zhu, X ., Tang, Y., Pang, Z., & Zhao, X. (2025). Executive functions and mathematical ability in early elementary school children: The moderating role of family socioeconomic status. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106252

Zhu, X., Tang, Y., Wang, S., Ma, X., Lin, J., Chai, Q., Yang, X., & Zhao, X. (2025). Underlying mechanisms in the relationship between family socioeconomic status and mathematical abilities: A longitudinal investigation. Cognitive Development, 75, 101591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2025.101591

Sedikides, C., Tang, Y., Liu, Y., De Boer, E., Assink, M., Thomaes, S., & Brummelman, E. (2024). Narcissism and Wellbeing: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241307531

Zhu, X., Tang, Y., Lu, J., Song, M., Yang, C., & Zhao, X. (2024). Inhibitory control and mathematical ability in elementary school children: A preregistered meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09976-w

Tang, Y., Novin, S., Lin, X., Becht, A., & Thomaes, S. (2024). Parental Psychological Control and Children’s Self-Esteem: A Longitudinal Investigation in Children With and Without Oppositional Defiant Problems. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00740-0 

Aral, T., Ceccon, C., De Moor, E. L., Tang, Y., Osinga, M., Fishere, M., & Syed, M. (2024). Overt and Subtle Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being: Examining the Mediating and Moderating Role of Ethnic-Racial Identity Among Emerging Adults. Emerging Adulthood, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968241236992

Tang, Y., Brummelman, E., Novin, S., Assink, M., & Thomaes, S. (2023). Children’s Domain-Specific Self-Evaluations and Global Self-Worth: A Preregistered Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47(6), 521–539. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231190926

Chi, P., Tang, Y., Worthington, E. L., Chan, C. L. W., Lam, D. O. B., & Lin, X. (2019). Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Facilitators of Forgiveness Following Spousal Infidelity: A Stress and Coping Perspective. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(10), 1896–1915. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22825

Tang, Y., Lin, X., Chi, P., Zhou, Q., & Hou, X. (2017). Multi-Level Family Factors and Affective and Behavioral Symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Chinese Children. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01123

Yan, J., Han, Z. R., Tang, Y., & Zhang, X. (2017). Parental Support for Autonomy and Child Depressive Symptoms in Middle Childhood: The Mediating Role of Parent– Child Attachment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(7), 1970–1978. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0712-x

Jan. 2020 – Jan. 2025  Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology

Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Netherlands. 

Dissertation: Building Blocks of “Me”: Origins, Manifestations, and Pursuit of Self-Esteem in Children Across Cultures

Nov. 2023 & Apr. 2024 Visiting Scholar

Policy Evaluation and Research Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Mar. 2023 – Jul. 2023 Visiting Scholar 

University of California, Davis, United States

Sep. 2016 – Jun. 2019 Master of Education in Development Psychology

Beijing Normal University, China

Sep. 2012 – Jun. 2016 Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Beijing Normal University, China

September 2025 Oral presentation in Kassel, Germany

Narcissism and Wellbeing: A Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis. The Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD).

June 2025 Poster presentation in Hannover, Germany

Exploring Socioeconomic Correlates of Loneliness: A Community-Augmented Meta-Analysis. Theme Week on Loneliness organized by Volkswagen Foundation.

August 2024 Oral presentation in Berlin, Germany

Why Children Like (or Dislike) Themselves: Capturing Sources of Self-Esteem in Natural Languages. The European Conference on Personality (ECP). 

June 2024 Oral presentation in Lisbon, Portugal

Parental Psychological Control and Children’s Self-Esteem: A Longitudinal Investigation in Children With and Without Oppositional-Defiant Disorder. The Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD). 

June 2024 Oral presentation in Tilburg, the Netherland

How Ethnic-Racial Discrimination Impacts Individuals’ Lives: The Role of Ethnic-Racial Identity. The International Society for Research on Identity conference (ISRI).

March 2023 Symposium host in Utah, United States

Understanding the Now and the Future: Parental Cognitions about Child Development, Education, and Rearing. The Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).

June 2022 Symposium host in Rhodes, Greece

Cultural differences in children’s self-development. The Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD).

July 2021 Oral presentation Online

The pursuit of self-worth in children: preliminary findings on scale development. International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP).

May 2021 Oral presentation Online

Children’s domain-specific self-evaluations and global self-worth: A meta-analysis. Dutch society for developmental psychology conference (VNOP).
 

2025-2026: Seminar "Research oriented internship" (Bachelor-Level)

Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Psychology 

2022-2023: Supervision of Master's thesis in Development and Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence (DaSCA) 

Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences

2021-2023: Supervision of Bachelor’s thesis in Development Psychology

Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences