Broadly, my primary research interest centers on a wide array of topics:  (a) maternal adaptation (e.g., perinatal psychopathology) during the transition to parenthood and its implications for child and parental development over the lifespan; (b) early parental emotion socialization (especially their responses to child distress such as crying) and child development from infancy through early adolescence; (c) early childhood adversities (especially psychological maltreatment and extreme [economic] deprivation) and subsequent adjustment over the life course from developmental cascades perspective; (d) (newlywed) couples’ relationship well-being and its key predictors, especially in historically underrepresented, non-Western family systems; as well as (e) parent-child and couple relationships within socially disadvantaged/marginalized minority family systems, particularly LGBTQ+ families. 

In addition, I also conduct some research on: media use and child development (e.g., child and adolescent screen time, problematic cellphone use, Internet gaming disorder); the implications of family transitions for child development (especially parental divorce/separation); the implications of parental navigation of work-family issues for their psychological well-being and parental functioning; career development guidance (e.g., career-related parenting) during adolescence et al. 

I am serving as the Associate Editor for Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (2020 – Present), the Editorial Fellow for American Psychologist (2024 – Present), the Consulting/Advisory Editor for Journal of Research on Adolescence (2022 – Present), Journal of Family Psychology (2024 – Present), Psychology of Women Quarterly (2024 – Present), and Family Process (2022 – Present), and Editorial Board Member for Journal of Family Theory & Review (2019 – Present), Family Relations (2021 – Present), and Family Transitions (Formerly the Journal of Divorce & Remarriage) (2023 – Present). I am also reviewer for many prestigious journals, such as Child Development, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Science & Medicine, Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.