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Xuetong Zhang
Psychology and Cognitive Science
East China Normal University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Emotion Regulation
Parenting
Parent-Child Interaction
Physiological Processes
Psychological Processes
Early Adverse Experiences
Behavioral Problems
Social Cognition
Preventive Intervention
Evaluation
Areas of Focus
- Parental complex emotional experiences and emotion regulation strategies
- Dynamic physiological and psychological processes of parental self-regulation and parent-child co-regulation in parent-child interaction contexts
- Developmental mechanisms of emotion regulation difficulties and behavioral problems in children with early adverse experiences
- Social cognition of parental emotional distress and negative parenting behaviors, and evaluation of supportive preventive intervention programs
Work Experience
- 2023-06 to Present - East China Normal University - Researcher, Zijiang Young Scholar
- 2021-09 to 2023-05 - McMaster University - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2016-2021 PhD in Human Development and Family Studies: Pennsylvania State University
- 2012-2016 Bachelor's in Psychology: Beijing Normal University
Publications
- Assessing parental emotion regulation in the context of parenting: A systematic review, Zhang, X.*, Beatty, A., Abela, K., Melo, M. F., Kenny, M., Atkinson, L., & Gonzalez, A., 2023
- Dynamic regulatory processes among child welfare parents: Temporal associations between physiology and parenting behavior, Zhang, X.*, Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., & Skowron, E. A., 2023
- A dynamic systems account of parental self-regulation processes in the context of challenging child behavior, Zhang, X.*, Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., Cole, P. M., & Ram, N., 2022
- The role of strategy-use and parasympathetic functioning in maternal emotion regulation, Zhang, X.*, Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., Cole, P. M., & Ram, N., 2023
- An event-based analysis of maternal physiological reactivity following aversive child behaviors, Gatzke-Kopp, L. M.*, Zhang, X., Creavey, K. L., Skowron, E. A., 2022
- Mental health help-seeking in parents and trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms: Lessons learned from the Ontario Parents Survey during the COVID-19 pandemic, Zhang, X., Jambon, M., Afifi, T. O., Atkinson, L., Bennett, T., …, Gonzalez, A.*, 2022
- Concordance of mother-child respiratory sinus arrythmia is continually moderated by dynamic changes in emotional content of film stimuli, Ravindran, N.*, Zhang, X., Green, L. M., Cole, P. M., Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., & Ram, N., 2021
- Early executive and school functioning: Protective roles of home environment vary socioeconomically, Murphy, Y. E.*, Zhang, X., & Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., 2022
- The developmental cascade of early parenting, emergence of executive functioning, and emotional symptoms across childhood, Murphy, Y. E.*, Zhang, X., & Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., 2021
- Parental support of self-regulation among children at risk for externalizing symptoms: Developmental trajectories of physiological regulation and behavioral adjustment, Zhang, X.*, Gatzke-Kopp, L. M., Fosco, G. M., & Bierman, K. L., 2020
- The heart of parenting: Parent HR dynamics and negative parenting while resolving conflict with child, Zhang, X., Cui, L., Han, Z. R.* & Yan, J., 2017
Awards
- Shanghai Leading Talent Program (Overseas), 2023
- Basmajian Award for Excellence in Post-Doctoral Research Work, McMaster University, 2022
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2022-2023
- Summer Research Institute Scholarship, Kempe Center for the Prevention & Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect, 2018
- Knoll Distinguished Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016
