Qiyang Zhang

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Johns Hopkins University

With increasing evidence calculating the extent of real COVID learning loss, very few research synthesis has attempted to compile findings using meta-analysis. To fill this gap, our interim findings illustrate that the learning loss is real and significant compared to previous school years. Applying our rigorous inclusion criteria informed by best...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of illiteracy on physical health and mental health. Design Matching methods (nearest neighbour matching, Mahalanobis metric matching, and propensity score matching). Setting Elderly people at least 65 years old in 22 provinces of China. Methods The analysis used data from Chinese Long...

This paper presents a browser-based software tool, Paperfetcher, to automate the handsearch portion of systematic reviews. Paperfetcher has two parts: an extensible back-end framework written in Python, which does all the heavy lifting, and a set of easy-to-use front-end apps for researchers. The front-end apps can be run online, with no setup, on...

Introduction: The rapid development of software tools to assist systematic reviewers has led to varying degrees of adoption and selection among researchers. However, the actual usage patterns of these tools, their preferred features, and the criteria for selecting the most suitable tools remain unclear. Methods: To understand these aspects, we col...

UNSTRUCTURED Compared to in-person mental health interventions, programs delivered through mobile applications or the internet might be more cost-effective, scalable, demand less training, and are more acceptable and accessible among populations. In the aftermath of the pandemic, the use of online mental health interventions has increased significa...

Foreign language anxiety is an emotional reaction toward learning and using a foreign language, which may negatively influence individuals’ self-perceptions, beliefs, emotions, and behaviors. To explore how to mitigate the potential detrimental effect of foreign language anxiety, this meta-analysis and systematic review included 37 primary articles...

This meta-analysis synthesized recent research on promoting learner autonomy through strategy instruction in tertiary English classrooms in China for two main purposes: (a) to estimate the effects of strategy instruction on English achievement and outcomes related to learner autonomy; and (b) to examine the moderating effects of a set of interventi...

This meta-analysis synthesized recent research on promoting learner autonomy through strategy instruction in tertiary English classrooms in China for two main purposes: (a) to estimate the effects of strategy instruction on English achievement and outcomes related to learner autonomy; and (b) to examine the moderating effects of a set of interventi...

Teacher turnover influences students’ performance in a negative way. Among all reasons, unsatisfying salary could be a main factor contributing to teachers leaving their profession. Yet, little is known about how contextual moderators affect this relationship and most past research focuses on the US context. This meta-analysis seeks to compare the...

Background: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of interventions can provide critical evidence for educators and policymakers by providing insights into the effectiveness of related interventions. The quality of included studies builds the foundation for a high-quality review, while bias in the included studies increases the risks of unreliable ev...

The rapid shift to remote learning across all grade levels during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significant potential of online education. While extensive research has been conducted on online learning in higher education, there remains limited knowledge about the most effective approaches for K-12 students in online classrooms. This ar...

In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence has enabled the launch of many new screening tools. This review aims to facilitate screening tool selection through a systematic narrative review and feature analysis. The current adoption rate of transparent tool reporting is low: by screening 191 studies published in the Review of...

The COVID‐19 pandemic and associated societal upheavals further aggravated pre‐existing vulnerabilities of the international student population. In this article, an online mindfulness‐based group intervention— mindfulness‐based well‐being group for international students is described. A practical guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating the...

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of discrimination and hate crimes against minority populations including international students have soared in the U.S. This study explores the relationship between international students’ perceived discrimination and their self-reported overall health and the role of social support and positive em...

This article presents the results of a phenomenological study that examined twelve counseling students’ experiences of facilitating an online mindfulness-based wellbeing group for international students (MBWIS) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three themes emerged, including the challenges of facilitating an online MBWIS, strategies and resources to c...

Systematic reviews are vital instruments for researchers to understand broad trends in a field and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of interventions in addressing specific issues. The quality of a systematic review depends critically on having comprehensively surveyed all relevant literature on the review topic. In addition to database sear...

Past meta-analyses in mental health interventions failed to use stringent inclusion criteria and diverse moderators, therefore, there is a need to employ more rigorous methods to provide evidence-based and updated results on this topic. This study presents an updated meta-analysis of interventions targeting anxiety or depression using more stringen...

In meta-analyses, inclusion criteria are decisions made by authors to define eligible studies based on their research questions. This article investigates how variations in inclusion criteria can change results in meta-analyses. Using a case-study approach, we demonstrate how decisions about inclusion criteria can affect findings. We re-analyzed tw...

This article describes how facilitating a mindfulness-based well-being group for international students (MBWIS) impacts self-efficacy development in group facilitation for graduate counseling students. Twelve students facilitated these eight-week structured psychoeducation support groups online and were supervised weekly by group counseling faculty...

International students continue to experience myriad of challenges, some of which further transpired disproportionately during the COVID-19 pandemic era. To this effect, this study investigated psychological capital (PsyCap), psychological distress, and well-being among 188 international students attending U.S universities. Results using Hayes PROC...

COVID learning loss has sparked fierce debate among stakeholders in education. There are debates among concerned educators about ways to understand learning loss reports, methods to measure learning loss, and strategies to recover from learning loss. In this article, we unpack opposing perspectives on these three controversies with the goal of extr...

Objective: This study examined the relationship between perceived discrimination and psychological distress among international students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A total of 188 international students from two large U.S. universities participated in the study. Perceived discrimination, psychological distress, and demographic informa...

With an increasing number of international students enrolled in U.S. higher education, they were reported to have severe mental health issues, especially during the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic. It is critical to provide evidence‐based mental health services to help them cope with those issues and promote mental health and the overall we...

In recent years, the increasing influence of evidence-based research and the rapid development of artificial intelligence have enabled the launch of many new reference screening software tools. Due to a dearth of research comparing different screening tools in educational research, researchers often choose the most convenient rather than the most s...