Bowen Xiao
Biographic Data
| ID | 4029987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bowen Xiao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bowen |
| FAMILY NAME | Xiao |
| SIGNATURE | XIAO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6766-714X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Timely help or a drop in the bucket? The buffering effect of maternal perception of paternal co-parenting
Social-emotional competencies and bullying victimization among students of grade 3-5 in Shanghai: A moderated mediation model of peer acceptance and school climate
Fear of Missing Out, Depression, and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents: A Developmental Cascade Model
INTRODUCTION: Although research has established a link between adolescents' problematic smartphone use and mental health, the nuances and directionality of this relationship remain unclear. This study offers a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between problematic smartphone use, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), and depression in Canadian adolescents. METHODS: The participants included 1,298 students from Southern British Columbia, Canada (Mage…
Latent profiles of parents’ family-of-origin invalidation experiences: Associations with emotion coping and children’s prosocial behavior
The development of prosocial behavior, a vital aspect of children’s socialization and future mental health, remains understudied in its relationship to parents’ family-of-origin experiences. The goal of the present study is to examine how parents’ family-of-origin experiences are related to children’s prosocial behavior through parental emotion coping styles. We conducted a six-month longitudinal study with 837 families in Shanghai, China, focusi…
The relationship between parental childhood neglect and children’s behavioral problems: The mediating role of punitive responses and parent–child conflict
Canadian adolescents’ feelings and internalizing problems during the pandemic: A longitudinal sentiment analysis
The hidden matryoshka: Parent’s childhood invalidating families influences children’s social adaptation through psychological control
Maternal phubbing and authoritative parenting: Latent profiles and associations with child behavioral outcomes
Child emotional problems: Associations with maternal distress and parenting practices
Beyond Restriction: Relationship Quality and Gender as Moderators of the Association Between Parental Restrictive Mediation and Adolescent Cyberbullying in China
Background/Objectives : Although parental mediation has been widely recognized as a protective factor against cyberbullying, evidence regarding restrictive mediation remains inconsistent and sometimes contradictory. This inconsistency underscores the need to identify potential moderators. The present study examines whether parent-child relationship qualities (trust and alienation) and child gender moderate the associations between restrictive med…
How Do Young Adults Feel About Receiving “Likes” on Social Media? The Moderating Role of Shyness and Cybervictimization
The current study explored the emotional effects on individuals of receiving fewer "Likes" than others on social media, as well as the potential moderating roles of participant shyness and previous experiences with cybervictimization. Participants were 1,007 undergraduate students (751 women; M age = 19.33 years, SD = 7.2 years) from a university in Eastern Ontario, Canada. During a standardized social media task, participants were randomly assig…
Parental co-parenting quality, children’s emotion regulation abilities, and prosocial behavior
These findings highlight the critical role of parental coparenting quality in shaping children's emotion regulation abilities and prosocial behavior, demonstrating distinct pathways for different coparenting profiles. The results offer practical insights for fostering children's prosocial development
From family to school: The dual protection of father-child relationship and teacher-student relationship on children’s mental health problems
Mental health problems among children are a significant public health concern. Family dynamics and early educational environments are critical in shaping children's mental health. This study explores the impact of maternal authoritarian parenting on preschool children's mental health, considering the mediating role of children's emotion regulation abilities and the moderating effects of father-child and teacher-child relationships. Participants i…
The Longitudinal Association Between Habitual Smartphone Use and Peer Attachment: A Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis
Although many peers socialize online, there is evidence that adolescents who spend too much time online are lonely, depressed, and anxious. This study incorporates habitual smartphone use as a new way of measuring smartphone engagement, based on the shortcomings of simply measuring 'hours spent online'. Drawing on a large 2-year longitudinal study, the current research aims to investigate the association between habitual smartphone use and peer a…
Chinese Parental Mediation, Predictors, and Associations with Children’s Problematic Media Use: A Latent Profile Analysis
Research Findings: This study aims to examine the latent profiles of parents’ mediation and their predictors, as well as links between different profiles and children’s problematic media use. A total of 1415 children aged 3–6 years (47.8% boys) and their paired parents were recruited in Shanghai, China and surveyed demographic information, parents’ mediation practice and marital conflict, and children’s media use problems. Latent profile analyses…
Parents’ Childhood Invalidating Families and Children’s Mental Health
Family configurations and preschoolers' problematic media use: An fsQCA study
Examining Self-Regulation and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents: A Parallel Latent Growth Modeling Approach
The vicious cycle: The bidirectional influence between maternal parenting stress and mother-child relationships
Co-parenting, parental competence and problem behaviours in children: Examining differential parental roles
In recent years, the increase in child problem behaviours has become a significant public health concern. It is crucial to understand the complex dynamics between parental co-parenting, parenting competence, and child problem behaviours to develop effective interventions. This study explored the intricate relationship between parental co-parenting, parenting sense of competence, and child problem behaviours in a sample of 407 parent-child pairs f…
Translation and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Problematic Media Use Measure
Research Findings: The Problematic Media Use Measure (PMUM) assesses young children’s excessive or problematic media use. The current study aims to translate the original English version of PMUM into a Chinese version and validate it with Chinese preschoolers (ages 3 to 6). The instrument was translated, back-translated, pretested, and reviewed by a panel. The Chinese version of PMUM was administered to mothers of preschoolers (N = 1896). The res…
Evaluation and comparison of energy tax, resource tax and air pollution tax: An environmental-DSGE model
How governments choose green fiscal policies to achieve green transition is an urgent issue to be solved. In this context, an environmental-dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model is developed to analyze and compare the macroeconomic effects of fossil energy tax, natural resource tax and air pollution tax. The research shows that the supply-side policy, the natural resource tax, has a stronger impact on the economy than the other two demand-…
Developmental Trajectories of Cyber-Aggression among Early Adolescents in Canada: The Impact of Aggression, Gender, and Time Spent Online
The objective of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of cyber-aggression in early adolescence, as well as their relationship with predictive factors related to cyber-aggression (e.g., overt aggression, gender, and time spent online). Participants were 384 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at Time 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.62 years, SD = 0.74 year…
Daily challenge-hindrance stress and work engagement in preschool teacher: The role of affect and mindfulness
This study provides valuable insights into the daily experiences of preschool teachers and the factors that influence their work engagement. Understanding the impact of stressors, affect, and mindfulness on work engagement can inform the development of interventions and strategies to improve teacher well-being and work engagement
Maternal distress, parenting stress, maladaptive parenting and children’s problematic media use in China: Evidence from 2022 spring in Shanghai
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced young children to spend more time on media and significantly impacted their mothers' mental health. This study explored how mothers' individual distress influences children's problematic media use during the Shanghai citywide lockdown caused by COVID-19. Data were collected from 1889 Chinese mothers (M age = 34.69 years, SD = 3.94 years) with preschoolers aged 3-6 years (M age = 4.38 years, SD = 1.06 years; 49.0% …
Assessment and implications of social withdrawal in early childhood: A first look at social avoidance
The goals of the present research were to: (a) develop and provide preliminary validation of a parent‐rated measure of social avoidance in early childhood; and (b) to evaluate a conceptual model of the direct and indirect links among young children's social withdrawal (shyness, unsociability, social avoidance), peer problems, and indices of internalizing problems (social anxiety, depression). Participants were N = 564 children (272 boys, 292 girl…
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19: The Role of Attachment, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
Unsociability, Peer Rejection, and Loneliness in Chinese Early Adolescents: Testing a Cross-Lagged Model
In this study, we explored the longitudinal linkages among Chinese early adolescents’ unsociability, peer rejection, and loneliness. Participants were N = 445 primary school students in Shanghai, P.R. China followed over 3 years from Grades 6 and 7 to Grades 8 and 9. Measures of adolescents’ unsociability, peer rejection, and loneliness were obtained each year from a combination of self-reports and peer nominations. Among the results, (1) compare…
Examining Self-Regulation and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents: A Parallel Latent Growth Modeling Approach
A cross-cultural examination of implicit attitudes toward shyness in Canada and China
Unsociability, peer relations, and psychological maladjustment among children: A moderated‐mediated model
The goal of this study was to evaluate a complex theoretical model linking gender, unsociability, peer relations, and indices of psychological maladjustment among children in the People's Republic of China. Participants were 711 (395 boys) Grade 4 to Grade 8 ( M age = 10.98 years, SD = 1.56) students selected from 4 public schools in Shanghai. Multi‐source assessments were employed, including peer nominations of unsociability, sociometric nominat…
Self‐control, peer preference, and loneliness in Chinese children: A three‐year longitudinal study
The purpose of this study was to explore the longitudinal links among Chinese children's self‐control, social experiences, and loneliness, largely from a developmental cascades perspective (which postulates mechanisms about how effects within a particular domain of functioning can impact across additional domains over time). Participants were N = 1,066 primary school students in Shanghai, P. R. China, who were followed over three years from Grade…
Self‐control, peer preference, and loneliness in Chinese children: A three‐year longitudinal study
The purpose of this study was to explore the longitudinal links among Chinese children's self‐control, social experiences, and loneliness, largely from a developmental cascades perspective (which postulates mechanisms about how effects within a particular domain of functioning can impact across additional domains over time). Participants were N = 1,066 primary school students in Shanghai, P. R. China, who were followed over three years from Grade…
Assessment and implications of social withdrawal in early childhood: A first look at social avoidance
The goals of the present research were to: (a) develop and provide preliminary validation of a parent‐rated measure of social avoidance in early childhood; and (b) to evaluate a conceptual model of the direct and indirect links among young children's social withdrawal (shyness, unsociability, social avoidance), peer problems, and indices of internalizing problems (social anxiety, depression). Participants were N = 564 children (272 boys, 292 girl…
Unsociability, peer relations, and psychological maladjustment among children: A moderated‐mediated model
The goal of this study was to evaluate a complex theoretical model linking gender, unsociability, peer relations, and indices of psychological maladjustment among children in the People's Republic of China. Participants were 711 (395 boys) Grade 4 to Grade 8 ( M age = 10.98 years, SD = 1.56) students selected from 4 public schools in Shanghai. Multi‐source assessments were employed, including peer nominations of unsociability, sociometric nominat…
Unsociability, Peer Rejection, and Loneliness in Chinese Early Adolescents: Testing a Cross-Lagged Model
In this study, we explored the longitudinal linkages among Chinese early adolescents’ unsociability, peer rejection, and loneliness. Participants were N = 445 primary school students in Shanghai, P.R. China followed over 3 years from Grades 6 and 7 to Grades 8 and 9. Measures of adolescents’ unsociability, peer rejection, and loneliness were obtained each year from a combination of self-reports and peer nominations. Among the results, (1) compare…
Cybervictimization, time spent online, and developmental trajectories of online privacy concerns among early adolescents
The goal of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of online privacy concerns, as well as to identify predictive factors (e.g., cybervictimization, time spent online, and socializing online) related to online privacy concerns among early adolescents. Participants were 378 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at wave 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.93 years, …
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19: The Role of Attachment, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
A cross-cultural examination of implicit attitudes toward shyness in Canada and China
The longitudinal links between marital conflict and Chinese children’s internalizing problems in mainland China: Mediating role of maternal parenting styles
The present study explored the role of parenting styles as mediating mechanisms in the link between marital conflict and Chinese children's internalizing problems. Participants were N = 1269 families (mothers, fathers, and children) from Shanghai, P. R. China. Multisource assessments were employed at three time points. Mothers and fathers reported their marital conflict and parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian) and teachers and children…
The Relationship between Mindfulness and Job Burnout of Chinese Preschool Teachers: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style
Preschool teachers' job burnout has many adverse effects on their career development; although some studies have examined the influencing factors of teachers' burnout, less were explored from the perspective of individual factors. This study aimed to examine the relationship between mindfulness and job burnout of preschool teachers, and the mediating effects of emotional intelligence and coping style. A total of 394 preschool teachers in China fi…
Should We Be Worried about Smartphone Addiction? An Examination of Canadian Adolescents’ Feelings of Social Disconnection in the Time of Covid-19
As the COVID-19 global pandemic limited face-to-face social contact, mental health concerns increased for adolescents. Additionally, many adolescents turned to technology to communicate with their peers, which also raised concerns about adolescent smartphone addiction. However, research has yet to examine how mental health and technology engagement are related to adolescents' feelings of social connection-an important developmental predictor of w…
Maternal mindfulness and preschool children’s social skills in China: The role of parenting stress and authoritative parenting behaviors
The Influence of Parent-grandparent Co-parenting on Children’s Problem Behaviors and Its Potential Mechanisms
This study aimed to examine the influence of parent-grandparent co-parenting on children’s problem behaviors and its potential mechanisms. Participants were 412 children aged 3 to 6 years from four kindergartens in Shanghai, China. Their mothers were asked to complete a series of questionnaires including the parent-grandparent co-parenting scale, parenting style scale, parent-child relationship scale, and their grandparents were asked to complete…
Shyness and Socio-emotional Adjustment Difficulties in Urban Chinese Kindergartners: The Moderating Role of Child Effortful Control
Research Findings: The goal of the present study was to examine the moderating role of child effortful control (EC) in the relation between shyness and social-emotional adjustment difficulties among young Chinese children. Participants included 195 children (117 boys, 78 girls, Mage = 4.28 years, SD = 0.31) enrolled in 6 classes attending kindergartens, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Mothers provided ratings of their children’s temperament…
Cross-cultural measurement of social withdrawal motivations across 10 countries using multiple-group factor analysis alignment
The goal of this study was to evaluate the measurement invariance of an adapted assessment of motivations for social withdrawal ( Social Preference Scale–Revised; SPS-R) across cultural contexts and explore associations with loneliness. Participants were a large sample of university students ( N = 4,397; M age = 20.08 years, SD = 2.96; 66% females) from 10 countries (Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, India, Italy, South Korea, Norway, Turkey, …
Co-parenting, parental competence and problem behaviours in children: Examining differential parental roles
In recent years, the increase in child problem behaviours has become a significant public health concern. It is crucial to understand the complex dynamics between parental co-parenting, parenting competence, and child problem behaviours to develop effective interventions. This study explored the intricate relationship between parental co-parenting, parenting sense of competence, and child problem behaviours in a sample of 407 parent-child pairs f…
Translation and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Problematic Media Use Measure
Research Findings: The Problematic Media Use Measure (PMUM) assesses young children’s excessive or problematic media use. The current study aims to translate the original English version of PMUM into a Chinese version and validate it with Chinese preschoolers (ages 3 to 6). The instrument was translated, back-translated, pretested, and reviewed by a panel. The Chinese version of PMUM was administered to mothers of preschoolers (N = 1896). The res…
Evaluation and comparison of energy tax, resource tax and air pollution tax: An environmental-DSGE model
How governments choose green fiscal policies to achieve green transition is an urgent issue to be solved. In this context, an environmental-dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model is developed to analyze and compare the macroeconomic effects of fossil energy tax, natural resource tax and air pollution tax. The research shows that the supply-side policy, the natural resource tax, has a stronger impact on the economy than the other two demand-…
Developmental Trajectories of Cyber-Aggression among Early Adolescents in Canada: The Impact of Aggression, Gender, and Time Spent Online
The objective of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of cyber-aggression in early adolescence, as well as their relationship with predictive factors related to cyber-aggression (e.g., overt aggression, gender, and time spent online). Participants were 384 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at Time 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.62 years, SD = 0.74 year…
Daily challenge-hindrance stress and work engagement in preschool teacher: The role of affect and mindfulness
This study provides valuable insights into the daily experiences of preschool teachers and the factors that influence their work engagement. Understanding the impact of stressors, affect, and mindfulness on work engagement can inform the development of interventions and strategies to improve teacher well-being and work engagement
Maternal distress, parenting stress, maladaptive parenting and children’s problematic media use in China: Evidence from 2022 spring in Shanghai
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced young children to spend more time on media and significantly impacted their mothers' mental health. This study explored how mothers' individual distress influences children's problematic media use during the Shanghai citywide lockdown caused by COVID-19. Data were collected from 1889 Chinese mothers (M age = 34.69 years, SD = 3.94 years) with preschoolers aged 3-6 years (M age = 4.38 years, SD = 1.06 years; 49.0% …
Developmental Trajectories of Cybervictimization Among Canadian Adolescents: The Impact of Socializing Online and Sharing Personal Information
The goal of the present study was to investigate the developmental trajectories of cybervictimization, as well as to identify how risk factors such as the sharing of personal information online and engaging in online socializing was related to cybervictimization from age 13 to 16 for Canadian adolescents. Participants included 354 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia who were in Grades 6 and 7 at Wave 1 of the study (193 boys, …
Canadian adolescents’ feelings and internalizing problems during the pandemic: A longitudinal sentiment analysis
The hidden matryoshka: Parent’s childhood invalidating families influences children’s social adaptation through psychological control
Maternal phubbing and authoritative parenting: Latent profiles and associations with child behavioral outcomes
Child emotional problems: Associations with maternal distress and parenting practices
Psychology (30 works) · Developmental psychology (29 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (23 works) · Social Psychology (19 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (13 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (9 works)