Shou Chun (Nathan) Chiang, Ph.D.

Research Focus

My research examines daily family and emotion dynamics that shape the development of adolescent psychopathology and substance use. I investigate how risk and resilience factors in the family (e.g., interparental and parent-adolescent interactions) and larger sociocultural contexts (e.g., cultural stress) contribute to youth internalizing problems, suicide risk, and alcohol/drug use. Current research projects include: (1) real-time youth depression and suicidal risk in the family context; (2) the impact of emotion dynamics on adolescent psychopathology and alcohol use; and (3) daily processes of dyadic emotional experiences.

As a quantitative methodologist, I am interested in using advanced methods such as multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, time-varying effect model, mixture model, and dyadic data analysis for complex data, including daily diary, EMA, and large-scale longitudinal datasets.

Areas of Expertise

• Adolescent development

• Family relationships

• Culture and socioeconomic status

Selected Publications

Chiang, S. C., Chen, W. C., & Chou, L. T. (2024). The prospective association between emotional reactivity and adolescent suicidal ideation.Archives of Suicide Research, 28(3), 1035-1043

Chiang, S. C., Rahal, D., Bai, S., & Linden-Carmichael, A. N. (2024). Age-varying association between discrimination, childhood family support, and substance use disorders among Latin American immigrants in the United States.Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Chiang, S. C., & Bai, S. (2023). Bidirectional associations between parenting stress and child psychopathology: the moderating role of maternal affection.Development and Psychopathology, 1-11.

Chiang, S. C., Ting, S. J., Chen, W. C., & Liu, T. H. (2023). Parent and adolescent emotional variability and adolescent psychopathology. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(4), 538.

Chiang, S. C., Chen, W. C., & Liu, T. H. (2023). Emotional reactivity to daily family conflicts: Testing the within. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(1), 361-368.

Chiang, S. C., & Bai, S. (2022). Reciprocal influences among marital relationship, Parent–adolescent relationship, and youth depressive symptoms. Journal of Marriage and Family, 84