Research
Publications
Li, T., Wang, Z., Merrin, G. J., Wan, S., Bi, K., Quintero, M., & Song, S. (2024). The joint operations of teacher-student and peer relationships on classroom engagement among low-achieveing elementary students: A longitudinal multilevel study. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 77, Article 102258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2024.102258
Bi, K., Li, T., Merrin, G. J., Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Xiao, Y., & Chen, M. S. (2024). Are there reciprocal interplays among Chinese adolescents’, fathers’, and mothers’ depression at the within-family level? A family systems perspective. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(2), 140–154. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000883
Song, S., Li, T., Quintero, M., & Wang, Z. (2023). The link between math anxiety and math achievement: The role of afterschool learning. Journal of Numerical Cognition. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.11325
Hasty, L., Quintero, M., Li, T., Song, S., & Wang, Z. (2023). The longitudinal association among student externalizing behavior problems, teacher-student relationships, and classroom engagement. Journal of School Psychology, 100, 101242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2023.101242
Kim, Y.+, Li, T. +, Kim, H. K., Oh, W., & Wang, Z. (2023). Socioeconomic status and school adjustment trajectories among academically at-risk students: The mediating role of parental school-based involvement. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 87, 01561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101561 [ + denotes co-first author]
Li, T., Quintero, M., Galvan, M., Shanafelt, S., Hasty, L. M., Spangler, D. P., Lyons, I. M., Mazzocco, M. M. M., Brockmole, J. R., Hart, S. A. & Wang, Z. (2022). The mediating role of attention in the association between math anxiety and math performance: An eye-tracking study. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000759
Li, T., & Wang, Z., (2022). Disaggregating the between-person and within-person components of the developmental association between peer acceptance and academic achievement in elementary school. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101357
Quintero, M., Hasty, L. M., Li, T., Song, S., & Wang, Z. (2021). A multi-dimensional examination of math anxiety and engagement on math achievement. British Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12482
Grant Activities
Li, T. ($33,350 funded, 2023). Demonstrating psychological research in classroom settings: a portable eye-tracker makes it possible. Maynard Family Fund of Excellence Award.
Li, T. (2021, not funded). Using person-centered approaches to understand the development of math and science anxiety in adolescence across cultural contexts, National Science Foundation, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grants
Selected Presentations
* supervised projects
Li, T., Wang, Z., Merrin, G. J., & Martin, J. M. (2023). Co-development of Science Anxiety and Control-value Appraisals in High School: Developmental Heterogeneity and Relations to Distal Outcomes. Flash talk, Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA
Li, T., Hasty, L., Quintero, M., & Wang, Z. (2021). The Developmental Associations Between Science Anxiety and Science Achievement in middle to high school: A Bivariate Latent Curved Model with Structural Residuals. Poster, Society for Research in Child Development 2021 Biennial Meeting.
Li, T., Shanafelt, S.*, Quintero, M., Hasty, L., & Wang, Z. (2021). The Mediating Role of Attention: An Eye-Tracking Approach to Understand the Mechanism in the Relation Between Math Anxiety and Math Performance. Poster, Society for Research in Child Development 2021 Biennial Meeting.
Shanafelt, S.*, Li, T., Quintero, M., Hasty, L., & Wang, Z. (2021). Attention patterns during math problem-solving in math-anxious children: An eye-tracking study. Poster, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.
Kim, Y., Li, T., Kim, H., Oh, W., & Wang, Z. (2021). Socioeconomic status on school adjustment trajectories across childhood: The mediating role of parental involvement. Poster, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting.
Song, S.*, Li, T., Oh, W., Wang, Z. (2021). Distinct Trajectories of Coparenting and Developmental Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study from Infancy to Adolescence. Poster, Society for Research on Adolescence 2020 Biennial Meeting. Not presented due to COVID-19.
Li, T., & Wang, Z. (2020). The dynamic relations between peer acceptance and academic achievement in Elementary School. Poster, Graduate Student Research Conference, Lubbock, TX.
Li, T., Berzenski, S.R. (accepted). Bidirectional Influences of Early Emotion Knowledge and Academic Performance on Adolescent Achievement. Poster, Society for Research on Adolescence 2020 Biennial Meeting. Not presented due to COVID-19. http://tinyurl.com/vql2v6p
Cohoon, M.*, Li, T., Hasty, L., Tello, L., & Wang, Z.. (accepted). Predicting Individual Differences in Math Achievement: A Multi-Dimensional Approach. Poster, Society for Research on Adolescence 2020 Biennial Meeting. Not presented due to COVID-19.
Wang, Z., Li, T., Hasty, L., & Galvan, M.* (accepted). The Math Anxiety and Math Achievement Association: Mediated by Learning Engagement and Moderated by Parental Academic Monitoring. Poster, the Society for Research on Adolescence 2020 Biennial Meeting. Not presented due to COVID-19.
Li, T., Tello, L.*, Hasty, L., & Wang, Z. (accepted). The Relation between Household Chaos and Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Executive Functioning. Poster, Society for Research on Adolescence 2020 Biennial Meeting. Not presented due to COVID-19. http://tinyurl.com/sqs4rtw
Galvan, M.*, Li, T., Hasty, L., & Wang, Z. (accepted). The Relation between Math Anxiety and Math Achievement: The Mediation Role of Learning Engagement. Round table. American Educational Research Association 2020 Annual Meeting. Not presented due to COVID-19.
Hasty, L., Li, T., Gavan, M.*, & Wang, Z. (accepted). The relation between math anxiety and math achievement: The moderating role of parental academic help. Poster. American Educational Research Association 2020 Annual Meeting. Not presented due to COVID-19.
Li, T., Berzenski, S.R., (2018) The Influence of Suppressive Emotion Regulation on the Coherence of Childhood Memory. Poster presented at 2018 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, USA.
Li, T., Berzenski, S.R., Yates, T.M. (2016) Indirect Effects of Cardiovascular Recovery and Coping Strategies on Children’s School Performance. Poster presented at the 2016 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Li, T., Pressman, S.D. (2015) Understanding Ideal Positive Affect on the Prediction of Psychological Stress Responses. Presented a talk at the UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium, Irvine, CA.
Li, T., Lukowski, A.F., & Lozoff, B.(2015) Early Iron Deficiency and Cognitive Functioning at 18 Months. Presented a talk at the UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium, Irvine, CA.
Li, T., Espinosa, A., Kim, F., Schmelka, A., & Louie, C. (2012) Do Men Care about their Dating Partners’ Occupations? Poster presented at the 2012 Honors Transfer Council of California 12th Annual Honors Research Conference for Community Colleges, Irvine, CA.