Areas of Focus
- Family Stress
- Family Relationships
- Intimate Relationships
- Father Involvement
- Attachment Relationships
- Self-Efficacy
- Anxiety
- Child Cognitive Development
Work Experience
- 5 years - University of North Texas - Undergraduate Teaching
Academic Background & Achievements
- Master's Degree: University of North Texas, Educational Psychology
- Doctoral Degree: University of North Texas, Educational Psychology
- Achievement: 5 years of undergraduate teaching experience at the University of North Texas
Publications
- Mothers’ parenting stress in Chinese immigrant families: The role of fathers’ involvement and social support, Zhang, X., Middlemiss, W., Zhang T., & Kelly, L., 2021
- Are there benefits to responding to your infant when they first begin to cry? A systematic review, Zhang, X., Lopez, M., Stevens, H., Sheeran, L., & Middlemiss, W., 2018
- The effect of teachers’ gender and ethnicity on students’ achievement, Jin, L., Kim, K. L., Gorunmek, H. K., Zhang, X., & Soslow, S, 2016
- Effects of partner violence on child functioning in Mexican families, Sun, L. W., Zhang, X., & Jacobson, L. A, 2016
Awards
- 2021: Second Prize in the 'My Story of Unity' essay competition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party in Jiangsu Province universities
- 2021: First Prize in the Micro-lecture Competition of the School of Education