Shu-Sha Angie Guan
Biographic Data
| ID | 303372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shu-Sha Angie Guan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shu-Sha Angie |
| FAMILY NAME | Guan |
| SIGNATURE | GUAN S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Northridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8593-837X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“It Was Changing [My] Embedded Inner Culture”: Culturally Informed Training in STEMM
While scholars have written about programs that support community college (CC) students in STEMM and their transition to four-year institutions, less attention has been paid to culturally informed approaches addressing cultural mismatch and leveraging community cultural wealth (CCW). This paper presents results from qualitative research conducted through five focus groups with 43 CC students who attended a summer program over three summers. Groun…
Longitudinal Trends in Science Self-Efficacy Among Undergraduate Students: Addressing Disparities in STEM Participation
This retrospective study examined group-level trends in science self-efficacy among undergraduate students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups (URGs) over four years (2017–2020) at a public university in California. The study investigated the effectiveness of an undergraduate research experience program designed to increase URG participation in STEM fields. Using propensity score matching to control for selection bias, the final sample inc…
Bicultural Stress and Bullying Behaviors Among Immigrant Origin Youth: The Promise of Developmental Assets
Bicultural stress, adolescents' appraisal of intergenerational conflict and discrimination from peers, can strain youths' capacity for functional coping and positive adaptation. Conversely, internal assets (IAs; i.e., positive identity and social competencies) promote thriving and resilience. We assessed associations between bicultural stress and past 30-day bullying victimization and perpetration and the protective effects of IAs among Hispanic …
Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents
Although immigrant negative perceived context of reception (PCOR), perceptions of the opportunities and degree of acceptance in an immigrant‐receiving community, has been linked with compromised adolescent well‐being, receiving contexts may differ by region and for youth from different ethnic backgrounds. The current study examines how negative PCOR and factors that promote resilience differentially shape mental health among Hispanic and Somali a…
Experiences of discrimination and language brokering: Exploring risks and protective factors
Our findings indicate that young people who broker seem to be negatively impacted by discrimination. The effects of discrimination on LB role reversal could be alleviated by strong ERI; however, the same is not true for LB burden and LB efficacy. Furthermore, negative family dynamics exacerbated the negative effects of discrimination on LB, and positive family dynamics did not serve as a buffer against discrimination. Implications for those worki…
Digital Acculturation or Displacement: Examining the Link Between Social Media and Well-Being
The current study applies digital media and acculturation models to assess the links between offline social connection, online social media use, and well-being. Acculturation research suggests that intercultural contact can create conflict that individuals must resolve using four acculturations strategies: marginalization, separation, assimilation, or integration. It suggests that those who fare best adopt strategies in which they maintain herita…
How language brokering relates to empathy and psychological well-being
Language brokering often brings children in close, intimate interactions with parents, which, over time, may help them understand their parents and others in the form of empathy. Specifically, frequency and feelings about language brokering may relate to greater empathy. In addition, language brokering may have an indirect effect on psychological well-being via empathy. For this study, 459 language brokers ( Mage = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed …
The Role of Attachment in Language Brokering and Psychological Well-being among College Students
Emerging adult (EA), college students from immigrant families continue engaging in language brokering (LB), translating documents and other media for their parents, in ways that can affect their well-being. For these language brokers, the relationship between parental attachment and psychological well-being may be through frequency and perceptions of their LB work. In this study, 459 language brokers ( Mage = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed an onl…
Context and Timing Matter: Language Brokering, Stress, and Physical Health
Beauty in the eye of the beholder? Attractiveness in a virtual world
The current study examines whether traditional offline gender biases regarding physical attractiveness and status transfer to Second Life (SL), a virtual world where residents can easily manipulate the appearance and status of avatars (i.e., graphical representations of the self). Participants (N = 312, 60.58% female, Mage = 29.77, SD = 10.53) reported on demographics, SL usage, and rated the attractiveness of female and male avatars manipulated …
Changes in Parent, Sibling, and Peer Support During the Transition to Young Adulthood
Longitudinal trajectories of parent, sibling, and peer support during the transition to young adulthood were compared among 600 participants (51.1% female) from Asian, European, and Latin American backgrounds. Participants completed questionnaires at 12th grade, 2 and 4 years after high school. Results indicated that parent support increased across this period for participants from European backgrounds but remained stable for participants from As…
Cultural and social processes of language brokering among Arab, Asian, and Latin immigrants
This study examines how language and culture brokering (translating and interpreting language and culture for others) influences the acculturative experiences and self-perceptions of young adults from immigrant Arab, Asian, and Latino American backgrounds. Semi-structured interviews with 10 participants suggest that mediating information for members of different cultural and linguistic groups strengthens awareness of linguistic, cultural, and soc…
Translating Into Understanding: Language Brokering and Prosocial Development in Emerging Adults From Immigrant Families
This mixed-method study assessed the nature of language brokering and the relationship between language brokering and prosocial capacities in a sample of 139 college students from ethnically diverse immigrant families. The prosocial capacities of interest were empathic concern and two forms of perspective-taking: general perspective-taking (understanding the perspectives of others) and transcultural perspective-taking (understanding of divergent …
Changes in Parent, Sibling, and Peer Support During the Transition to Young Adulthood
Longitudinal trajectories of parent, sibling, and peer support during the transition to young adulthood were compared among 600 participants (51.1% female) from Asian, European, and Latin American backgrounds. Participants completed questionnaires at 12th grade, 2 and 4 years after high school. Results indicated that parent support increased across this period for participants from European backgrounds but remained stable for participants from As…
Translating Into Understanding: Language Brokering and Prosocial Development in Emerging Adults From Immigrant Families
This mixed-method study assessed the nature of language brokering and the relationship between language brokering and prosocial capacities in a sample of 139 college students from ethnically diverse immigrant families. The prosocial capacities of interest were empathic concern and two forms of perspective-taking: general perspective-taking (understanding the perspectives of others) and transcultural perspective-taking (understanding of divergent …
Cultural and social processes of language brokering among Arab, Asian, and Latin immigrants
This study examines how language and culture brokering (translating and interpreting language and culture for others) influences the acculturative experiences and self-perceptions of young adults from immigrant Arab, Asian, and Latino American backgrounds. Semi-structured interviews with 10 participants suggest that mediating information for members of different cultural and linguistic groups strengthens awareness of linguistic, cultural, and soc…
Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents
Although immigrant negative perceived context of reception (PCOR), perceptions of the opportunities and degree of acceptance in an immigrant‐receiving community, has been linked with compromised adolescent well‐being, receiving contexts may differ by region and for youth from different ethnic backgrounds. The current study examines how negative PCOR and factors that promote resilience differentially shape mental health among Hispanic and Somali a…
Experiences of discrimination and language brokering: Exploring risks and protective factors
Our findings indicate that young people who broker seem to be negatively impacted by discrimination. The effects of discrimination on LB role reversal could be alleviated by strong ERI; however, the same is not true for LB burden and LB efficacy. Furthermore, negative family dynamics exacerbated the negative effects of discrimination on LB, and positive family dynamics did not serve as a buffer against discrimination. Implications for those worki…
How language brokering relates to empathy and psychological well-being
Language brokering often brings children in close, intimate interactions with parents, which, over time, may help them understand their parents and others in the form of empathy. Specifically, frequency and feelings about language brokering may relate to greater empathy. In addition, language brokering may have an indirect effect on psychological well-being via empathy. For this study, 459 language brokers ( Mage = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed …
The Role of Attachment in Language Brokering and Psychological Well-being among College Students
Emerging adult (EA), college students from immigrant families continue engaging in language brokering (LB), translating documents and other media for their parents, in ways that can affect their well-being. For these language brokers, the relationship between parental attachment and psychological well-being may be through frequency and perceptions of their LB work. In this study, 459 language brokers ( Mage = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed an onl…
Translating Into Understanding: Language Brokering and Prosocial Development in Emerging Adults From Immigrant Families
This mixed-method study assessed the nature of language brokering and the relationship between language brokering and prosocial capacities in a sample of 139 college students from ethnically diverse immigrant families. The prosocial capacities of interest were empathic concern and two forms of perspective-taking: general perspective-taking (understanding the perspectives of others) and transcultural perspective-taking (understanding of divergent …
Beauty in the eye of the beholder? Attractiveness in a virtual world
The current study examines whether traditional offline gender biases regarding physical attractiveness and status transfer to Second Life (SL), a virtual world where residents can easily manipulate the appearance and status of avatars (i.e., graphical representations of the self). Participants (N = 312, 60.58% female, Mage = 29.77, SD = 10.53) reported on demographics, SL usage, and rated the attractiveness of female and male avatars manipulated …
Changes in Parent, Sibling, and Peer Support During the Transition to Young Adulthood
Longitudinal trajectories of parent, sibling, and peer support during the transition to young adulthood were compared among 600 participants (51.1% female) from Asian, European, and Latin American backgrounds. Participants completed questionnaires at 12th grade, 2 and 4 years after high school. Results indicated that parent support increased across this period for participants from European backgrounds but remained stable for participants from As…
Cultural and social processes of language brokering among Arab, Asian, and Latin immigrants
This study examines how language and culture brokering (translating and interpreting language and culture for others) influences the acculturative experiences and self-perceptions of young adults from immigrant Arab, Asian, and Latino American backgrounds. Semi-structured interviews with 10 participants suggest that mediating information for members of different cultural and linguistic groups strengthens awareness of linguistic, cultural, and soc…
Context and Timing Matter: Language Brokering, Stress, and Physical Health
Digital Acculturation or Displacement: Examining the Link Between Social Media and Well-Being
The current study applies digital media and acculturation models to assess the links between offline social connection, online social media use, and well-being. Acculturation research suggests that intercultural contact can create conflict that individuals must resolve using four acculturations strategies: marginalization, separation, assimilation, or integration. It suggests that those who fare best adopt strategies in which they maintain herita…
How language brokering relates to empathy and psychological well-being
Language brokering often brings children in close, intimate interactions with parents, which, over time, may help them understand their parents and others in the form of empathy. Specifically, frequency and feelings about language brokering may relate to greater empathy. In addition, language brokering may have an indirect effect on psychological well-being via empathy. For this study, 459 language brokers ( Mage = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed …
The Role of Attachment in Language Brokering and Psychological Well-being among College Students
Emerging adult (EA), college students from immigrant families continue engaging in language brokering (LB), translating documents and other media for their parents, in ways that can affect their well-being. For these language brokers, the relationship between parental attachment and psychological well-being may be through frequency and perceptions of their LB work. In this study, 459 language brokers ( Mage = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed an onl…
Experiences of discrimination and language brokering: Exploring risks and protective factors
Our findings indicate that young people who broker seem to be negatively impacted by discrimination. The effects of discrimination on LB role reversal could be alleviated by strong ERI; however, the same is not true for LB burden and LB efficacy. Furthermore, negative family dynamics exacerbated the negative effects of discrimination on LB, and positive family dynamics did not serve as a buffer against discrimination. Implications for those worki…
Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents
Although immigrant negative perceived context of reception (PCOR), perceptions of the opportunities and degree of acceptance in an immigrant‐receiving community, has been linked with compromised adolescent well‐being, receiving contexts may differ by region and for youth from different ethnic backgrounds. The current study examines how negative PCOR and factors that promote resilience differentially shape mental health among Hispanic and Somali a…
Bicultural Stress and Bullying Behaviors Among Immigrant Origin Youth: The Promise of Developmental Assets
Bicultural stress, adolescents' appraisal of intergenerational conflict and discrimination from peers, can strain youths' capacity for functional coping and positive adaptation. Conversely, internal assets (IAs; i.e., positive identity and social competencies) promote thriving and resilience. We assessed associations between bicultural stress and past 30-day bullying victimization and perpetration and the protective effects of IAs among Hispanic …
“It Was Changing [My] Embedded Inner Culture”: Culturally Informed Training in STEMM
While scholars have written about programs that support community college (CC) students in STEMM and their transition to four-year institutions, less attention has been paid to culturally informed approaches addressing cultural mismatch and leveraging community cultural wealth (CCW). This paper presents results from qualitative research conducted through five focus groups with 43 CC students who attended a summer program over three summers. Groun…
Longitudinal Trends in Science Self-Efficacy Among Undergraduate Students: Addressing Disparities in STEM Participation
This retrospective study examined group-level trends in science self-efficacy among undergraduate students from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups (URGs) over four years (2017–2020) at a public university in California. The study investigated the effectiveness of an undergraduate research experience program designed to increase URG participation in STEM fields. Using propensity score matching to control for selection bias, the final sample inc…
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)