Jason Chiang’s research while affiliated with University of North Texas and other places

Utilizing theses within IPARTheory, parenting styles framework, and the cultural normativeness hypothesis, this study examined relations between mothers’ and adolescents’ perceptions of guan and shaming practices and grades and psychological distress, and whether the perceived normativeness of these two parenting practices moderated these links among Chinese immigrant families in the United States. Both mothers and adolescents reported elevated levels of guan and low levels of shaming practices. Mothers’ reports of shaming were related to adolescents’ psychological distress but not grades. Adolescents’ reports of guan and shaming were significantly related to their grades but not psychological distress. Adolescents’ perceived normativeness of the use of shaming moderated the association between maternal use of shaming and psychological distress. Implications of the use of guan and shaming for adolescents’ academic performance and psychological well-being are discussed.

This study investigated the relationship between childhood experiences (positive or negative) and creativity and examined if adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are moderated or mediated by resilience. Two creativity measures, The Inventory of Creative Activities and Achievements (ICAA) and two verbal Alternate Uses Test (AUT) items, were used. Hypotheses were tested by hierarchical multiple regression analysis, where the dependent variable was creativity, and the predictor variables were ACE, BCE, and resilience (Step 2), which were added into the regression model after the demographic variables of age and gender (Step 1). ACE X resilience interaction effect was tested in the next step to test the moderation effect (Step 3). A separate path model tested the mediating effect of resilience between ACE and creativity. Overall, the results showed that the model in Step 2 was significant, and both ACE and resilience were significantly and positively associated with creativity as measured by ICAA whereas none predicted AUT performance. While ACE was negatively correlated with resilience, BCE was positively correlated with resilience and did not predict creativity. There was no support for mediating or moderating effect of resilience. Findings are discussed in terms of theories of creativity and human development.