Faculty Profiles

I am interested in understanding the etic and emic factors underlying health disparities and minority youth development, and in turn, developing culturally adapted interventions, particularly among Asian and Asian diasporic communities.

Selected Publications

• Gulamhussein, Q., Zhou, X., Kim, A. Y., & Lee, R. M. (2023). Incorporating diaspora into the developmental science of immigrant communities. In D. P.Witherspoon & G. Stein (Eds.), Diversity and Developmental Science – Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice. Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23163-6_12
• Zhou, X., Min, C. J., Kim, A. Y., Lee, R. M., & Wang, C. (2022). Do cross-race friendships with majority and minority peers protect against the effects of discrimination on school belonging and depressive symptoms? International Journal of Intercultural Relations. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2022.10.010
• Li, M., Zhou, X., Cao, W., & Tang, K. (2022). Disparities on sexual assault and harassment (SAH) experiences between sexual minority and heterosexual Chinese youth. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12511
• Zhou, X., Nguyen-Feng, V. N., Wamser-Nanney, R., & Lotzin, A. (2022). Racism, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and racial disparity in the U.S. COVID-19 syndemic. Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.2006131
• Zhou, X., & Taylor, Z. (2022). Family and friend social support for single mothers: Variable-centered and person-centered perspectives. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100319
• Zhou, X., Shein, B., Khalil, A. & Duncan, R. (2022). Parent and child adjustment dual-trajectories at the beginning of the COVID-19 Syndemic. Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12761
• Kim, A. Y., Zhou, X., & Lee, R. M. (2021). Theory and development of the diasporic identity scale with adopted Korean Americans. Adoption Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2021.1976337
• Zhou, X., & Sun, X. (2021). Depression profiles among adolescents and their parents: A group-based multi-trajectory modeling. Journal of Family Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000849
• Zhou, X., Lee, R. M., & Ohm, J. (2021). Evaluating the Feasibility of the Incredible Years Attentive Parenting Program as Universal Prevention for Racially Diverse Populations. Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177/2632077020976401
• Zhou, X., Zhou, A. Q., & Sun, X. (2021). Prevalence of mental health concerns and service utilization disparities among international students in U.S. higher education. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2021.1875400
• Zhou, X., Kim, J., Lee, H. & Lee, R. M. (2021). Korean adoptees as parents: Intergenerationality of ethnic, racial, and adoption socialization. Family Relations, 70, 637-652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fare.12439
• Zhou, X., Zhu, P., & Miao, I. (2019). Incorporating an acculturation perspective into the Integrative Developmental Model (IDM) in supervising international trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tep0000278
• Zhou, X., Lee, R. M. & Syed, M. (2019). Ethnic identity developmental trajectories during the transition to college. Developmental Psychology, 55, 157-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000634
• Zhou, X., Lee, R. M., Ohm, J., & Khuu, B. K. (2018). Understanding the needs, preferences, and feasibility for parent training in Hmong Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9, 62-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aap0000095
• Lee, R. M., Kim, A. Y. J., & Zhou, X. (2016) Commentary: An Asian American perspective on child development. Child Development, 87, 1061-1065. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12575

• EDPS 60400 – Advanced Counseling Theories and Techniques
• EDPS 62100 – Advanced Multicultural Counseling Theory and Practice
• EDPS 62500 – Human Growth and Development