Christopher L Gys

Biographic Data

ID5758093
NAMEChristopher L Gys
GIVEN NAMESChristopher L
FAMILY NAMEGys
SIGNATUREGYS C L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Berkeley
ORCID0000-0002-8486-007X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Digital media use among school-aged dual language learners in Chinese American families

    Open AccessZiling Huang, Zhen Huang et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2026

    Limited research has examined digital media use (DMU) in dual language learners (DLLs). This study examined the daily usage time, content, and language of DMU in a longitudinal sample of 120 Chinese-English DLLs (Time 1 [T1] age range = 4.33-7.33 years, Time 2 [T2] age range = 6.01-9.44 years, 42% girls) from low-income families. Children's heritage (HL) and English (EL) oral language proficiencies at T1 (collected August 2020-April 2023) were me…

  • Relations between self-regulation and behavioral adjustment in Chinese American immigrant children during early elementary school years

    Open AccessChristopher L Gys, Stephanie L Haft et al.ARTICLEChild Development2024

    The present study examined associations between sociocultural factors and self-regulation (parent-report, teacher-report, laboratory tasks), and prospective relations between self-regulation and behavioral adjustment (parent-, teacher-, child-report) in a socioeconomically diverse sample of Chinese American children in immigrant families (N = 258, Wave 1 age = 6–9 years, Wave 2 age = 9–11 years, 52% boys, 57% low-income) in a longitudinal study (…

  • Home Language Environment and Executive Functions in Mexican American and Chinese American Preschoolers in Head Start

    Stephanie L Haft, Christopher L Gys et al.ARTICLEEarly Education and Development2022

    Research Findings: Using two groups of dual language learners (DLLs), the current study examined links between two developmental constructs closely linked to school readiness: the home language environment (HLE) and executive function (EF). In a sample of 90 children (age range = 38–70 months, 59% girls) from either Mexican American (MA, N = 46) or Chinese American (CA, N = 44) low-income families enrolled in Head Start preschool programs, parent…

  • Positive and Negative Online Experiences and Loneliness in Peruvian Adolescents During the Covid‐19 Lockdown

    Open AccessLucía Magis‐weinberg, Christopher L Gys et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2021Cited by: 5References: 7

    Global COVID-19 lockdowns have disrupted adolescents' in-person social networks, increasing likelihood of loneliness. Social media can help adolescents maintain and develop peer relationships across distance. In this short longitudinal study with 735 Peruvian adolescents (ages: 11-17) from low-to-middle-income urban settings, we investigated whether online experiences relate to loneliness during initial stages of lockdown. Loneliness remained con…