Esther S Chang
Biographic Data
| ID | 372592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther S Chang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther S |
| FAMILY NAME | Chang |
| SIGNATURE | CHANG E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Soka University of America |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1273-3028 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Shifting Pathways to Adulthood: College Student Life Goals Before and During the Covid‐19 Pandemic
INTRODUCTION: This study tests cohort, gender, and ethnic differences in college students' self-articulated life goals and describes their time frames for completion before and during the pandemic lockdown. METHODS: College-enrolled students in southern California (M age = 20.20; SE = 0.05) from six ethnic groups participated in a survey in 2008 (n = 621) and in 2021 (n = 560). Open-ended responses to life goals were coded into 10 goal domains, a…
Kirogi Women's Psychological Well-Being: The Relative Contributions of Marital Quality, Mother-Child Relationship Quality, and Youth's Educational Adjustment
The current study is based on the responses of 153 married Korean mothers accompanying their youth in the United States or in New Zealand while their spouses remained in Korea. Kirogi means 'wild geese' in Korean and has come to refer to split-family transnational living for the sake of children's education. Spillover, or a positive correlation, between indicators assessing marital and parent-child relationship quality was tested within the trans…
The plans, goals, and concerns of pre-emancipated youth in foster care
Parenting goals and perceived shared and non-shared agency among kirogi mothers of a youth
This study examined the parenting goals and practices of Korean transnational mothers (referred to as ‘kirogi’) in order to understand how parents are preparing youth for success within a world of increasing globalization. Data are based on a cross-sectional convenience sample of Korean mothers (M age = 45.88) accompanying their youth (M age = 15.72) in the US and in NZ (N = 153). Results indicated that mothers rated youth’s educational/occupatio…
Have You Set Your Life Priorities Straight: Intergenerational Differences in Life Goals among European and East Asian Americans College Students and their Mothers
We examined ethnic differences in (a) the life goals of college-enrolled youth as well as their mothers’ goals for them, (b) intergenerational similarity in life goals, and (c) the association between intergenerational similarity in life goal priorities and parent-adolescent relationships and psychological adjustment. East Asian American youth and their mothers (EA-Ams) and European American youth and their mothers (Euro-Ams) rated the importance…
Negotiating Family Obligations and Educational Goals Among College‐Enrolled Youth on Jeju Island, Korea
This survey study examined the role of parents in the educational goals of 265 college‐enrolled youth (19–27 years; M = 22 years; 64% female students) on Jeju Island, Korea. A model of shared agency was applied to identify the processes through which associations between family assistance and adjustment can be explained. Four factors of parental educational involvement were found: coactivity (consisting of autonomy support and collaboration), acc…
Striving for Educational and Career Goals During the Transition After High School: What is Beneficial
Parenting satisfaction at midlife among European- and Chinese-American mothers with a college-enrolled child
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
Shared Agency with Parents for Educational Goals: Ethnic Differences and Implications for College Adjustment
This study proposed and confirmed three ways in which college students can perceive shared agency and two ways in which they can perceive non-shared agency with parents when pursuing educational goals in college. Differences and similarities were examined among participants from four ethnic backgrounds (N = 515; 67% female): East Asian American, Southeast Asian American, Filipino/Pacific Islander American, and European American. Results indicated…
Religious Identity among Christian Korean-American Adolescents
This exploratory study examined religious identity among Christian Korean-American adolescents. Marcia's 1966 model of identity formation, which conceptualizes identity along dimensions of exploration and commitment, provided the framework for the current study. 49 participants, between the ages of 14 and 19 years, completed the Duke Religion Index, the religion items from the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status, the Pan-denominatio…
What Do They Want in Life: The Life Goals of a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Generational Sample of High School Seniors
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
What Do They Want in Life: The Life Goals of a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Generational Sample of High School Seniors
Striving for Educational and Career Goals During the Transition After High School: What is Beneficial
Shared Agency with Parents for Educational Goals: Ethnic Differences and Implications for College Adjustment
This study proposed and confirmed three ways in which college students can perceive shared agency and two ways in which they can perceive non-shared agency with parents when pursuing educational goals in college. Differences and similarities were examined among participants from four ethnic backgrounds (N = 515; 67% female): East Asian American, Southeast Asian American, Filipino/Pacific Islander American, and European American. Results indicated…
The plans, goals, and concerns of pre-emancipated youth in foster care
Kirogi Women's Psychological Well-Being: The Relative Contributions of Marital Quality, Mother-Child Relationship Quality, and Youth's Educational Adjustment
The current study is based on the responses of 153 married Korean mothers accompanying their youth in the United States or in New Zealand while their spouses remained in Korea. Kirogi means 'wild geese' in Korean and has come to refer to split-family transnational living for the sake of children's education. Spillover, or a positive correlation, between indicators assessing marital and parent-child relationship quality was tested within the trans…
Negotiating Family Obligations and Educational Goals Among College‐Enrolled Youth on Jeju Island, Korea
This survey study examined the role of parents in the educational goals of 265 college‐enrolled youth (19–27 years; M = 22 years; 64% female students) on Jeju Island, Korea. A model of shared agency was applied to identify the processes through which associations between family assistance and adjustment can be explained. Four factors of parental educational involvement were found: coactivity (consisting of autonomy support and collaboration), acc…
Religious Identity among Christian Korean-American Adolescents
This exploratory study examined religious identity among Christian Korean-American adolescents. Marcia's 1966 model of identity formation, which conceptualizes identity along dimensions of exploration and commitment, provided the framework for the current study. 49 participants, between the ages of 14 and 19 years, completed the Duke Religion Index, the religion items from the Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status, the Pan-denominatio…
What Do They Want in Life: The Life Goals of a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Generational Sample of High School Seniors
Nonparental Adults as Social Resources in the Transition to Adulthood: Nonparental Adults as Social Resources
This short-term longitudinal study examined whether the social resources of important nonparental adults (VIPs) perceived by youth during their senior year of high school had a significant relation to their educational and socioemotional adjustment 1 year later. One month before their high school graduation, a multiethnic sample of youths (N=754) reported on their grades, educational expectations, and selected psychosocial characteristics (i.e., …
Shared Agency with Parents for Educational Goals: Ethnic Differences and Implications for College Adjustment
This study proposed and confirmed three ways in which college students can perceive shared agency and two ways in which they can perceive non-shared agency with parents when pursuing educational goals in college. Differences and similarities were examined among participants from four ethnic backgrounds (N = 515; 67% female): East Asian American, Southeast Asian American, Filipino/Pacific Islander American, and European American. Results indicated…
Parenting satisfaction at midlife among European- and Chinese-American mothers with a college-enrolled child
Negotiating Family Obligations and Educational Goals Among College‐Enrolled Youth on Jeju Island, Korea
This survey study examined the role of parents in the educational goals of 265 college‐enrolled youth (19–27 years; M = 22 years; 64% female students) on Jeju Island, Korea. A model of shared agency was applied to identify the processes through which associations between family assistance and adjustment can be explained. Four factors of parental educational involvement were found: coactivity (consisting of autonomy support and collaboration), acc…
Striving for Educational and Career Goals During the Transition After High School: What is Beneficial
Have You Set Your Life Priorities Straight: Intergenerational Differences in Life Goals among European and East Asian Americans College Students and their Mothers
We examined ethnic differences in (a) the life goals of college-enrolled youth as well as their mothers’ goals for them, (b) intergenerational similarity in life goals, and (c) the association between intergenerational similarity in life goal priorities and parent-adolescent relationships and psychological adjustment. East Asian American youth and their mothers (EA-Ams) and European American youth and their mothers (Euro-Ams) rated the importance…
Parenting goals and perceived shared and non-shared agency among kirogi mothers of a youth
This study examined the parenting goals and practices of Korean transnational mothers (referred to as ‘kirogi’) in order to understand how parents are preparing youth for success within a world of increasing globalization. Data are based on a cross-sectional convenience sample of Korean mothers (M age = 45.88) accompanying their youth (M age = 15.72) in the US and in NZ (N = 153). Results indicated that mothers rated youth’s educational/occupatio…
The plans, goals, and concerns of pre-emancipated youth in foster care
Kirogi Women's Psychological Well-Being: The Relative Contributions of Marital Quality, Mother-Child Relationship Quality, and Youth's Educational Adjustment
The current study is based on the responses of 153 married Korean mothers accompanying their youth in the United States or in New Zealand while their spouses remained in Korea. Kirogi means 'wild geese' in Korean and has come to refer to split-family transnational living for the sake of children's education. Spillover, or a positive correlation, between indicators assessing marital and parent-child relationship quality was tested within the trans…
Shifting Pathways to Adulthood: College Student Life Goals Before and During the Covid‐19 Pandemic
INTRODUCTION: This study tests cohort, gender, and ethnic differences in college students' self-articulated life goals and describes their time frames for completion before and during the pandemic lockdown. METHODS: College-enrolled students in southern California (M age = 20.20; SE = 0.05) from six ethnic groups participated in a survey in 2008 (n = 621) and in 2021 (n = 560). Open-ended responses to life goals were coded into 10 goal domains, a…
Developmental psychology (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Agency (philosophy (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)