Publications

Research Streams
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Primary Expertise:
  • Motivation: self-determination theory, internalization, and basic needs
  • Emotion: achievement and cognitive emotions
  • Motivation and Emotion Intervention
 
Secondary Expertise：
  • Learning persistence
  • International large-scale assessment
  • Structural equation modeling
  • Experimental design

Ongoing Grant
  • PI. (2022). A Professional Development Program for Low-income Communities Middle School Teachers to Better Support Students’ Academic Motivation and Emotions. University of Alabama Internal ORED Small Grant. $12,000
Selected Publications

Wang, Y. (2022). Challenges in conducting experiment online during the covid-19 pandemic: students’ emotions and learning persistence. In SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529601091
 
Wang, Y., Xia, M., Guo, W., Xu, F., & Zhao, Y. (2022). Academic performance under COVID-19: The role of online learning readiness and emotional competence. Current Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02699-7
 
Wang, Y. & Wind, S. (2020). Comparing internalization of learning motivation between American and Chinese college students. Journal of Psychological and Educational Research, 28(2), 7-30.  
 
Wang, Y. & Wind, S. A. (2020). Psychometric evaluation of a new internalization of learning motivation (ILM) scale. Current Psychology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00909-8

For a complete list of my papers and research projects, please see my CV.