Liujunsheng

East China Normal University, B.A., 2002

East China Normal University, Ph.D, 2007

October 2016-Present  Professor, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University

September 2013-September 2016 Professor, Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University

September 2009-Auguest 2013  Associate Professor,Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University

July 2007-Auguest 2009  Assisstant Professor, Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University 

Dr. Junsheng Liu is a professor at the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University. He is the current director of the Institude of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the East China Normal University. He has received a Shuguang Scholars Award from the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, a Pujiang Scholars Award from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai, and several other awards for his scientific work. He also  received the Visiting Scientists Fellowship Grant to the University of Western Ontario and the University of Pennsylvania (2010-2011) to engage in research exploring the meaning and implications of shyness and social withdrawal across different cultures. Additionally, Dr. Liu is an editorial board member of Journal of Research on Adolescence,Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology,Social Development, the Journal of Psychological Science, and the Journal of Bio-Education. 

Dr. Liu's general research interests are in the areas of children's socio-emotional functioning and developmental psychopathology. In particular, he is interested in the developmental processes of social competence, social withdrawal, and aggression/victimization, and biological and socialization factors that are involved in the processes.

1.National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020-2023. 

2.Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science Project, 2018-2021.

3.National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014-2017. 

4.The Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, 2014-2016.

5.The Shuguang Program of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education Development Foundation, 2012-2015.

6.The Pujiang Program of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai, 2011-2013.

7.Shanghai Educational Science Program, 2011-2013

8.National Social Science Foundation of China, 2008-2011.

9.The Chenguang Program of the Shanghai Education Development Foundation, 2008-2010.

10.The Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, 2008-2010.

Zixuan Wang, Lydia Laninga-Wijnen, Claire F. Garandeau, & Junsheng Liu*. (2023). Development and validation of the Adolescent Defending Behaviours Questionnaire among Chinese early adolescents. Assessment.Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911221149

Junsheng Liu*, Zhongmin Zhu, Xiaoxue Kong, Robert J. Coplan, Kedi Zhao, Dan Li, &Xinyin Chen. (2023). Developmental Trajectories of Emotional School Engagement from Middle to Late Childhood in Mainland China: Contributions of Early Peer Relationships and Academic Achievement. European Journal of Psychology of Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10212-023-00691-8

Yan Sun, Julie Bowker, Robert J. Coplan, Junsheng Liu*, & Biao Sang. (2023). Best friends' popularity: Associations with psychological well-being and school adjustment in China during early adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 52(3), 670-683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01719-w

Bowen Xiao, Xiaolong Xie, Wanfen Chen, Danielle Law, Hezron Onditi, Junsheng Liu, & Jennifer Shapka. (2023). Measurement invariance Resistance to Peer Influence Scale across culture and gender. European Journal of Psychological Assessment.Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000754

Xinyin Chen, Jiaxi Zhou, Junsheng Liu, Dan Li, & Shihong Liu. (2023). Academic performance and depression in Chinese children: Same-domain and cross-domain effects in friendships. Child Development, 94(2),348-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13864

Siman Zhao, Menting Liu, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, & Shihong Liu. (2023). Unsociability and psychological and school adjustment in Chinese children: The moderating effects of peer group cultural orientations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(2), 283-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221132810

Julie Bowker, Stefania Sette,....., Junsheng Liu,.....,Robert J. Coplan. (2023). Cross-Cultural Measurement of Social Withdrawal Motivations Across Ten Countries Using Multiple-Group Factor Analysis Alignment. International Journal of Behavioral Development.47(2), 190-198. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254221132774

Menting Liu, Xinyin Chen, Rui Fu, Dan Li, & Junsheng Liu. (2023). Social, academic, and psychological characteristics of peer groups in Chinese children: Same-domain and cross-domain effects on individual development. Developmental Psychology, 59(1), 57-68.  https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001449.

Jiayi Zhong,Junsheng Liu*, Gangmin Xu., Hong Zheng, Julie Bowker, & Robert Coplan. (2023). Measurement invariance of two different short forms of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and Social Phobia Scale (SPS) in Chinese and US samples. European Journal of Psychological Assessment,39(1), 14-20.https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000689

Jin Chen, Yiwei Zhao, Xinpei Xu, Junsheng Liu*, &Ciping Deng*.(2023). Effects of language switching frequency on inhibitory control in bilingual preschool children: Different roles of expressive and receptive language abilities. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 62, 327-336.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.01.002

Jin Chen, Yiwei Zhao, Xinpei Xu, Junsheng Liu, &Ciping Deng. (2023). Predictive Relations between Executive Function and Mandarin Vocabulary Ability among Uyghur-Mandarin Bilingual Preschoolers. Cognitive Development, 65,101270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101270

Muzi Yuan, Xiaohua Bian, Junsheng Liu*, Hong Zheng, Robert J. Coplan, & Biao Sang.(2023). Relations between maternal panic over COVID-19 and children’s depressive symptoms: The moderating role of children’s daily routines. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04129-0

Juanjuan Sun, Junsheng Liu, Mowei Liu, Yuemin Feng, & Yan Li. (2023). Maternal warmth and prosocial behaviors among Chinese preschool children: The role of social competence sibling presence. Early Education and Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2023.2200338

Yihao Hu, Bullock Amanda, Ying Zhou, &  Junsheng Liu*. (2023). Moderating effect of classroom sociable norm on the relations between unsociability and internalizing problems in Chinese adolescents. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14: 1168342. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1168342

Samantha F. Goldsmith, Mazen EI-Baba, Xing He, Daniel J., Lewis, Leyla Akoury Dirani, Junsheng Liu, & Bruce Morton. (2023). No bilingual advantage in children's attentional disengagement: Coungruency and sequential congruency effects in a large sample of monolingual and bilingual children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology., 233: 105692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105692

Jiaxi Zhou, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, Luhao Wei, Panpan Yang, & Doran French. (2023). Aggression and depression in Chinese early adolescents: Same-domain and cross-domain effects in friendships. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51: 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01001-4.

Bowen Xiao, Amanda Bullock, Junsheng Liu*, & Robert Coplan. (2022). Longitudinal links between marital conflict and children’s internalizing problems: Mediating role of maternal parenting styles. Family Process, 61:1749-1766. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/FAMP.12735

Dan Gao, Junsheng Liu*, Luyan Xu, Judi Mesman, & Mitch van Geel. (2022). Early adolescent social anxiety:Differential associations for fathers' and mothers' psychological controlling and autonomy-supportive parenting. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51, 1858-1871.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01636-y

Xinyin Chen, Jiaxi Zhou, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, Yan Dai, & Tong Zhou. (2022). Enjoyment of Chinese and mathematics and school performance in Chinese children and adolescents. Child Development, 94(1), 126-141. https://doi.org/10.111/cdev.13843.

Yanwen Yu, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, & Fan Yang. (2022). Growing up happy: Longitudinal relations between children’s happiness and their social and academic functioning. The Journal of Positive Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2022.2093783

Siman Zhao, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, &Panpan Yang. (2022). Maternal Encouragement of Competitiveness and School Adjustment in Chinese Adolescents. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(8), 1376-1385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0001034

Panpan Yang, Siman Zhao, Dan Li, Yange Ma, Junsheng Liu, Xinyin Chen, & Doran French. (2022). Bullying victimization and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and friendship intimacy, Journal of Affective Disorder, 319(15), 48-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.038

Danielle M Law, Bowen Xiao, Hezron Onditi, Junsheng Liu, Xiaolong Xie, & Jennifer Shapka. (2022).  Measurement invariance and relationships among school connectedness, cyberbullying, and cybervictimization: A comparison among Canadian, Chinese, and Tanzanian Adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(7), 856-879. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829221106585

Na Hu, Gangmin Xu, Xi Chen, Muzi Yuan, Robert J. Coplan, Junsheng Liu*, Dan Li, & Xinyin Chen. (2022). A parallel latent growth model of affinity for solitude and depressive symptoms among Chinese early adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence,51,904-914. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01595-4

Yuanyuan Huang, Amanda Bullock, Junsheng Liu*, Zixuan Wang, Gangmin Xu, & Biao Sang. (2022). Co-rumination with friends exacerbates association between peer victimization and adjustment in adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 80,101410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2022.101410

Tong Zhou, Xiaohua Bian, Kening Zhang, Shanyun Zheng, Yinuo Lin, Hong Zheng, Junsheng Liu*, & Julia Finan. (2022). Maternal anxiety symptoms and Chinese adolescents' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: The protective role of adolescents' self-compassion. Frontiers in Psychiatry,13, 837846. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.837846

Amanda Bullock, Bowen Xiao, Junsheng Liu.*, Robert Coplan, & Xinyin Chen. (2022). Shyness, parent-child relationships and peer difficulties during the middle school transition. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31,86-98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01979-3.

Xiaoxue Kong, Christina Brook, Jiayi Zhong, Junsheng Liu*, & Louis Schmidt. (2022). Are cross-cultural shyness comparisons valid? Testing invariance with multigroup CFA and the alignment method across Eastern and Western cultures. Psychological Assessment, 34(3), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001086

Lijie Ren, Bibo Mo, Junsheng Liu, & Dan Li. (2022). A cross-lagged regression analysis of loneliness and depression: A two-year trace. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19(2),198-212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2020.1865146

Guomin Jin, Rui Fu, Dan Li, Xinyin Chen, & Junsheng Liu. (2022). Longitudinal associations between prosociality and depressive symptoms in Chinese children: The mediating role of peer preference. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51,956-966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01501-4

Lijie Ren, Bibo Mo, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu.*, Amanda Bullcok, & Muzi Yuan. (2021).Relationship between interpersonal competences and loneliness among Chinese college students: A two-year follow-up study. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02048-0

Huiguang Ren,  Charissa Cheah, &  Junsheng Liu*.(2021). The cost and benefit of fear induction parenting on children's health during the COVID-19 outbreak. Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1667-1680. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001205

Junsheng Liu, Tong Zhou, Muzi Yuan, Huiguang Ren, & Xiaohua Bian. (2021). Daily routines, parent-child conflict, and psychological maladjustment among Chinese children and adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(8), 1077-1085.  https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000914

Bowen Xiao, Amanda Bullock, Robert Coplan, Junsheng Liu*, & Charissa Cheah. (2021). Exploring the relations between parenting practices, child shyness, and internalizing problems in Chinese culture. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(6),833-843. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000904

Panpan Yang, Gangmin Xu, Diman Zhao, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, & Xinyin Chen. (2021). Shyness and psychological maladjustment in Chinese adolescents: Selection and influence processes in friendship networks. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(10), 2108-2121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01415-1

Siman Zhao, Xinyin Chen, Junsheng Liu, Dan Li, & Liying Cui. (2021). Maternal encouragement of sociability and adjustment in non-migrant and migrant children in urban China. Journal of Family Psychology,35(6), 822-832. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000858 

Dan Gao, Craig Hart, Charissa Cheah, Merve Balkaya-Ince, Kathy Vu, & Junsheng Liu. (2021). Chinese American children’s temperamental shyness and response to peer victimization as moderated by maternal praise. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(5), 680-690. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000831

Xinyin Chen., Rui Fu., Dan Li., Junsheng Liu., Shihong Liu., & Liying Cui. (2021). Acculturation and adjustment among rural migrant children in urban China:  A longitudinal study. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 13, 559-577. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12264

Na Hu, Muzi Yuan,Junsheng Liu.*, Robert Coplan, & Ying Zhou. (2021). Examining reciprocal links between parental autonomy-support and children’s peer preference in mainland China. Children, 8, 508. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8060508

Dan Gao, Amanda Bullock, & Junsheng Liu*.(2021). Cross-lagged panel analyses of maternal psychological control and young adolescents’ emotion regulation. Journal of Adolescence, 87, 52-62.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.01.001

Dan Gao., Junsheng Liu.*, Amanda Bullock, Dan Li., & Xinyin Chen. (2021). Transactional models linking maternal authoritative parenting, child self-esteem, and approach coping strategies. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology., 73, 101262.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101262

Dan Gao, Junsheng Liu*, Amanda Bullock, & Xinyin Chen. (2021). Children’s interpretation moderates relations of maternal autonomy support with sociability and assertiveness in China. Social Development, 30, 449-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sode.12491

Gangmin Xu, Amanda Bullock, Panpan Yang, & Junsheng Liu*. (2021). Psychological control and internalizing problems: The mediating role of mother-child relationship quality. Parenting: Science and Practice, 21(2), 108-117.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2020.1831295

Lijie Ren, Xianguo Han, Dan Li, Fangmin Hu, Bibo Mo, Junsheng Liu*. (2021). The association between loneliness and depression among Chinese college students: Affinity for aloneness and gender as moderators. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 18(3), 382-395.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2020.1789861

Zixuan Wang, Julie Bowker, Junsheng Liu*,  Dan Li, & Xinyin Chen. (2021). Relations Between Shyness and Psychological Adjustment During Early Adolescence: The Role of Friendship Quality. Infant and Child Development,30,e2209. http://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2209

Bowen Xiao., Amanda Bullock., Junsheng Liu*., & Robert J.Coplan. (2021). Unsociability, peer rejection, and loneliness in Chinese early adolescents: Testing a cross-lagged model. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 41(6),865-885. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620961457

Dan Li, Xinpei Xu, Junsheng Liu, & Xinyin Chen. (2021). Cybervictimization and adjustment in late childhood: Moderating effects of social sensitivity. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 73, 101258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101258

Huiguang Ren, Xing He, Xiaohua Bian, Xinhua Shang, Junsheng Liu*. (2021). The protective roles of exercise and maintenance of daily living routines for adolescents during the COVID-19 quarantine period. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68,35-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.09.026

Tong Zhou, Thuy-vy Nguyen, Jiayi Zhong, & Junsheng Liu. (2020). A COVID-19 descriptive study of life after lockdown in Wuhan, China. Royal Society Open Science, 7,200705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200705

Amanda Bullock, Bowen Xiao, Gangmin Xu, Junsheng Liu*, Robert J. Coplan, & Xinyin Chen. (2020). Unsociability, peer relations, and psychological maladjustment among children: A moderated-mediated model. Social Development, 29, 1014-1030.https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12444

Zixuan Wang, Xinyi Chen, Junsheng Liu*, Amanda Bullock, Dan Li, Xinyin Chen, & Doran French. (2020). Moderating role of conflict resolution strategies in the links between peer victimization and psychological adjustment among youth. Journal of Adolescence, 79, 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.01.002

Xinpei Xu, Siman Zhao, Wai Ying Vivien Yiu, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu*, Shihong Liu, & Xinyin Chen. (2020). Relations between Maternal Power-Assertive Parenting and Adjustment in Chinese Children: A Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Psychology, 55(2), 154-162. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12570

Xuechen Ding, Xinyin Chen, Rui Fu, Dan Li, & Junsheng Liu. (2020). Relations of shyness and unsociability with adjustment in migrant and non-migrant children in urban China. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48 (2), 289-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00583-w

Huiguang Ren, Charissa S. L. Cheah, Biao Sang & Junsheng Liu. (2020). Maternal Attribution and Chinese Immigrant Children’s Social Skills: The Mediating Role of Authoritative Parenting Practices. Parenting: Science and Practice, 20(3),229-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2019.1694834

Junsheng Liu, Julie Bowker, Robert Coplan, Panpan Yang, Dan Li, & Xinyin Chen. (2019). Evaluating links among shyness, peer relations, and internalizing problems in Chinese young adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 29(3), 696-709. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12406

Ying Liu, Biao Sang, Junsheng Liu, Shaoying Gong, & Xuechen Ding. (2019). Parental support and homework emotions in Chinese children: mediating roles of homework self-efficacy and emotion regulation strategies. Eduational Psychology, 39(5), 617-635. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2018.1540769

Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Xinpei Xu, Junsheng Liu, Rui, F, Liying Cui, & Shihong Liu. (2019). School adjustment of children from rural migrant families in urban China. Journal of School Psychology, 72,14-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2018.12.003

Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, Rui Fu, &Shihong Liu. (2019). Father migration and mother migration: Different implications for social, school, and psychological adjustment of left-behind children in rural China. Journal of Contemporary China, 28, 849-863. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2019.1594100

Charrisa Cheah, Jing Yu, Junsheng Liu, & Robert Coplan. (2019). Chinese children’s cognitive appraisal moderates associations between psychologically controlling parenting and children’s depressive symptoms. Journal of Adolescence, 76, 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.08.005

Xinyin Chen, Rui Fu., Dan Li, & Junsheng Liu. (2019). Developmental trajectories of shyness-sensitivity from middle childhood to early adolescence in China: Contributions of peer preference and mutual friendship. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47 (7), 1197-1209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-00507-0

Dan Li, Rongwei Zhang, Shihong Liu, Junsheng Liu, & Ting Zhang. (2019). The characteristics of Chinese adolescents with suicidal ideation: A mixed-methods approach. Journal of Adolescent Research, 34(2), 201-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558417723603

Huiguang Ren, Shuyan Sun, Charissa Cheah, Biao Sang, & Junsheng Liu. (2019) Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the parent attributions questionnaire among Asian American mothers. International Journal of Behavior Development, 43(2), 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418798492

Junsheng Liu, Bowen Xiao, Will Hipson, Robert Coplan, Panpan Yang, & Charissa Cheah. (2018). Self-regulation, learning problems and maternal authoritarian parenting in Chinese children: A developmental cascades model. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(12), 4060-4070. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1218-x

Junsheng Liu, Bowen Xiao, Robert Coplan, Xinyin Chen, & Dan Li. (2018). Cross-lagged panel analyses of child shyness, maternal and paternal authoritarian parenting, and teacher-child relationships in mainland China. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(12), 4116-4125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1229-7

Junsheng Liu, Amanda Bullock, Robert Coplan, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, & Ying Zhou. (2018). Developmental cascade models linking peer victimization, depression, and academic achievement in Chinese children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36, 47-63.https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12212

Xinyin Chen, Rui Fu, Junsheng Liu*, Li Wang, Lynn  Zarbatany,& Wendy Ellis. (2018). Social sensitivity and social, school, and psychological adjustment among children across contexts. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1124-1134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000496

Amanda Bullock, Junsheng Liu, Charissa Cheah, Robert Coplan, Xinyin Chen, & Dan Li. (2018).  The role of adolescents' perceived parental psychological control in the links between shyness and socio-emotional adjustment among youth. Journal of Adolescence, 68, 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.007

Yiyang Le, Junsheng Liu, Ciping Deng, & Yun Dai. (2018). Heart rate variability reflects the effects of emotional design principle on mental effort in multimedia learning. Computers in Human Behavior, 89, 40-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.07.037

Nan Zhou, Charissa Cheah,Yan Li, Junsheng Liu, & Shuyan Sun. (2018). The role of maternal and child characteristics in Chinese children’s dietary intake across three groups. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 43(5), 503-512. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsx131

Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, Huichang Chen, & Siman Zhao. (2018). Judgments of damage to public versus private property in Chinese children at different historical times. Developmental Science, 21(1), e12506. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12506

Rui Fu, Xinyin Chen, Junsheng Liu, & Dan Li. (2018). Relations between social comparison orientation and adjustment in Chinese adolescents: Moderating effects of initial adjustment status. International Journal of Psychology, 53(2), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12278

Biao Sang, Xuechen Ding, Robert Coplan, Junsheng Liu, Tingting Pan, & Xingyi Feng. (2018). Assessment and implications of social avoidance in Chinese early adolescents. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 38, 554-573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431616678988

Xiaoshi Liu, Rui Fu, Dan Li, Junsheng Liu, & Xinyin Chen. (2018). Self-and group-orientations and adjustment in urban and rural Chinese children. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 49(9),1440-1456. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022118795294

Junsheng Liu, Xinyin Chen, Ying Zhou, Rui Fu, Dan Li, & Robert Coplan. (2017). Relations of shyness-sensitivity and unsociability with adjustment in middle childhood and early adolescence in suburban Chinese children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41(6), 681-687. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025416664195

Junsheng Liu, Bowen Xiao, Will E. Hipson, Robert J. Coplan, Dan Li, & Xinyin Chen. (2017). Self-control peer preference, and loneliness in Chinese children: A three-year longitudinal study. Social Development，26(4), 876-890. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12224

Robert J. Coplan, Junsheng Liu*, Jian Cao, Xinyin Chen, & Dan Li. (2017). Shyness and school adjustment in Chinese children: The roles of teachers and peers. School Psychology Quarterly，32(1), 131-142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000179

Xinyin Chen, Junsheng Liu*, Wendy Ellis, & Lynne Zarbatany. (2016). Social sensitivity and adjustment in Chinese and Canadian children.Child Development, 87(4), 1115-1129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12514

Robert Coplan, Junsheng Liu*, Laura Ooi, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, & Xuechen Ding. (2016). A person-oriented analysis of social withdrawal in Chinese children. Social Development, 25(4),794-811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sode.12181

Mila Kingsbury, Junsheng Liu*, Robert Coplan, Xinyin Chen, & Dan Li. (2016). Assessment and implications of coping styles in response to a social stressor among early adolescents in China. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 36(2), 222-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272431614561262

Ying Zhou, Amanda Bullock, Junsheng Liu*, Rui Fu, Robert Coplan, & Charissa Cheah. (2016). Validation of the self-regulation scale in Chinese children. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 34(6), 589-594. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734282915622853

Junsheng Liu, Xinyin Chen, Robert J. Coplan, R., Xuechen Ding, Lynn  Zarbatany, L., & Wendy Ellis (2015). Shyness and unsociability and their relations with adjustment in Chinese and Canadian children. Journal of Cross-Culture Psychology, 46(3), 371-386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022114567537

Junsheng Liu, Dan Li, Urip Purwono, Xinyin Chen, & Doran C. French. (2015). Loneliness of Indonesian and Chinese adolescents as predicted by relationships with parents and friends. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 61(3), 362-382.

Junsheng Liu, Robert Coplan, Laura Ooi, Xinyin Chen, & Dan Li. (2015). Examining the implications of social anxiety in a community sample of mainland Chinese children. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71(10), 979-993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22195

Xuechen Ding, Weeks Murray, Junsheng Liu*, Biao Sang, & Ying Zhou. (2015). Relations between unsociability and peer problems in Chinese children: Moderating effect of behavioral control. Infant and Child Development,24, 94-103.http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd.1864

Xuechen Ding, Robert Coplan, Biao Sang, Junsheng Liu, Tingting Pan, & Chen Cheng.(2015). Young Chinese children’s beliefs about the implications of subtypes of social withdrawal: A first look at social avoidance. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33, 159-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12081

Xuechen Ding, Robert Coplan, Biao Sang, Junsheng Liu, Tingting Pan, & Chen Cheng.(2015) Starting small: Revisiting young children's perceptions of social withdrawal in China. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33, 183-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12089

Junsheng Liu, Robert J. Coplan, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Xuechen Ding, & Ying Zhou. (2014). Unsociability and shyness in Chinese children: Concurrent and predictive relations with indices of adjustment. Social Development, 23(1), 119-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12034

Junsheng Liu, Amanda Bullock, & Robert J. Coplan. (2014). Predictive relations between peer victimization and academic achievement in the Chinese children. School Psychology Quarterly, 29(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/ 10.1037/spq0000044

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