October 2026: Yichun & Mengya's paper on parent-sibling socialization and adolescent interpersonal competence is published in the Journal of Family Psychology.

• Liu, Y., & Xia, M. (2026 online first). Identifying Parent-Sibling Socialization Profiles and Their Prospective Associations with Adolescents’ Interpersonal Competence. Journal of Family Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001543

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September 2026: Silvia & Mengya's paper on triadic family members' perceptions of interparental interaction and their daily and general implications for three family members' sleep health is published in Child Development.

• Jin, Y., & Xia, M. (2026 online first). Daily and Family Profiles of Adolescent-Mother-Father Perceived Interparental Interactions and Sleep Health: A Multi-Reporter Multilevel Study. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1093/chidev/aacag168

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May 2026: Mengya's paper on the measurement of felt love from a specific close other is published in the Journal of Happiness Studies.

• Xia, M. (2026). Development and Validation of the Feeling Loved Scale (FLS): Felt Love From a Specific Close Other and Its Relevance for Well-Being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 27, 68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-026-01052-0

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April 2026: The DREAMS lab presented at SRA. Check out our presentations below:​

• Mengya, Yichun, & Mengting: Daily Associations Among Adolescent’s Friend Connection, Emotion Experience, and Time Spent with Friends. [Poster]

• Yuan: Buffering the Daily Stress: Family and Friend Connection as Protective Factors in Adolescent Subjective Well-Being. 

• Silvia:  Negative Daily Experiences and Adolescents’ Social Connection Needs: With Whom Do They Seek Connection? Daily Links with Perceived Stress and Negative Affect. [Poster]

• Yichun: Mapping Family Emotion Socialization: Identifying Parent-Sibling Emotion Socialization Profiles and Their Effects on Adolescents’ Interpersonal Competence. [Poster]

• Silvia: How Family Expressiveness Shapes Adolescents’ Emotion Regulation: The Mediating Role of Differentiation of Self[Poster]​

 

March 2026: Silvia and Yichun presented at the Third International Conference on Love Studies. Check out her presentation:

• Yichun: Psychometric Validation of the Parental Love Scale

• Silvia: The Daily Interplay of Connectedness and Felt love in Three Dyadic Family Relationships.

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January 2026: Yuan & Mengya's paper on daily stress and adolescent emotional well-being is published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence.

• Zhang, Y., & Xia, M. (2026). Daily Stress and Adolescent Emotional Well-being: Protective Roles of Sport Experience and Sleep Quality. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 36(1), e70139. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70139

 

July 2025: Mengya's paper on family and school associations for adolescents across grades is published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

• Xia, M., Chen, X., & Chi, X. (2025 online first). The Time-Varying Role of Family Climate on Adolescent School Adjustment From 4th Grade to 12th Grade. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https:// doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02219-3

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May 2025: Silvia presented at The Love Consortium. Check out her presentation about gratitude.

• Silvia: The Interplay of Gratitude in Parent-Adolescent Dyads in the Context of Positive Family Processes. [Poster]

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May 2025: The DREAMS lab presented at SRCD. Check out our presentations below:​

• Mengya: Reciprocity Between Adolescent Social Connection and Well-Being: Using Vector Autoregressive Modeling in Daily Diary Design.

• Yuan: Daily Connection with Family and Friends in Relation to Adolescent Affects: Moderating by Social Need.

• Silvia: Dreaming About Parents Quarreling? Adolescent-Mother-Father Perceived Daily Interparental Interactions and Adolescent Sleep Quality. [Poster]

• Mengya: Daily Dynamics of Parent-Adolescent Closeness and Conflict in Relation to Adolescent Positive and Negative Emotions.

 

March 2025: Yuan presented at the Second International Conference on Love Studies. Check out her presentation:

• Yuan: Validating the Felt Love Scale (FLS) as a Measure of Love as a General Feeling. ​

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November 2024: Mengya's paper on linking adolescents' daily dynamics of feeling loved by their caregiver to adolescents' flourishing is published in the Developmental Science.

• Xia, M., Coffey, J. K. & Fosco, G. M. (2024). Daily Dynamics of Feeling Loved by Parents and Their Prospective Implications for Adolescent Flourishing. Developmental Science, 27(6), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13495

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September 2024: Mengya's paper on exploring core elements of love across different relationships is published in the Family Process.

• Xia, M., Chen, Y., & Dunne, S. C. (2024). What makes people feel loved? An exploratory study on core elements of love in family, romantic, and friend relationships. Family Process 63(3), 1304-1318. https://doi.org/10.1111/FAMP.12873

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June 2023: Mengya's paper on identifying social connection constellations and their links to individual well-being is published in the Journal of Happiness Studies.

• Xia, M. & Hudac, C. M. (2023). Social Connection Constellations and Individual Well-Being Typologies: Using the Loglinear Modeling Approach with Latent Variables. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24, 1991-2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00667-x

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March 2023: Mengya's paper on a cross-cultural study examining the links between one's perception of the true self and mental health is published in the Asian Journal of Social Psychology.

• Xia, M., & Xu, X. (2023). Does Authenticity Always Breed Mental Health? A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between the United State and China. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 25(1), 132-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/AJSP.12549

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