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Zixin Zhang

Zixin Zhang
Zixin Zhang
Graduate student
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Summary Statement

Zixin's research focuses on the development of child emotion regulation and parent–child interactions, with particular interest in how individual, family, and environmental factors shape children’s stress responses and psychological resilience across development.

Department
  • Graduate Student
Education
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2026–present 
  • M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 2023–2025
  • B.S.B.A. in Human Resource Management; Minor in Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2018–2023
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Research Interests

Zixin's research interests focus on the development of child emotion regulation and parent–child interactions. She is particularly interested in how individual, family, and environmental factors shape children’s stress responses and psychological resilience across development. She plans to examine how parenting practices, family relationships, and children’s temperament or regulatory abilities contribute to adaptive coping and mental health outcomes.

Publications
  • Zhang, Z., Gong, Y., & Feng, X. (2026). Maternal psychological and behavioral moderators in children’s guilt expression [Poster presentation]. Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Annual Meeting.
  • Zhang, Z., Gong, Y., & Feng, X. (2026). Children’s effortful control predicts distress in guilt task: Moderation by parental emotion socialization [Poster presentation]. International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development 2026, Incheon, Korea.