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Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education:
Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, 2000:
Human Development, Developmental Science
Area:
Children's Social and Emotional Development and Culture
Office:
MP330 :
410-4551059
Fax: 410-455-1055
Lab: SH405: 410-455-5757
Lab:
http://www.umbc.edu/psyc/ccadlab
Email:ccheah@umbc.edu
Research Interests
Dr. Cheah's research interests include: (1) the study of the
interactions between individual, peer, and family factors in the
social emotional development and health of children; and (2) the
exploration of multiple pathways in which cultural factors contribute
to social and emotional development. Currently, Dr. Cheah has several
ongoing projects examining these issues: one cross-cultural project
focuses on parenting beliefs regarding preschoolers' social skills
and development, among European American, Mainland Chinese, South
Korean, Canadian Aboriginal mothers and Malaysian mothers. Dr. Cheah
also initiated Project ADVANCE, where her research team examines
socio-cultural, relational, and individual factors that may influence
positive outcomes for both the adolescent parent and their child
by describing and understanding: (a) adolescent parents' transition
into adulthood and their parenting roles; (b) their parenting beliefs
and observed behaviors; (c) the interactive role of child characteristics
and their child's developmental outcomes; and (c) the change and
stability of these associations over 4 time points. Observations
of mother-infant interactions are also conducted with adolescent
parents from Baltimore City and County, primarily of low SES and
high risk environments. Another project (C-STARS) involves immigrant
Chinese and Korean families residing in Maryland, with young children
ages 3-5 years. The community resources available to these families,
their adaptation and acculturation, and their culturally-specific
parenting beliefs and practices are examined, in relation to their
preschool children's social emotional development, academic performance,
and transition into American society. Dr. Cheah is a recipient of
the Foundation for Child Development: Changing Faces of America's
Children Young Scholar award.
Selected Publications
Manuscripts
Cheah, C. S. L., Leung, C. Y. Y., Tahseen, M., & Schultz, D.
(accepted). Authoritative parenting among immigrant Chinese mothers
of preschoolers. Journal of Family Psychology: Special Issue on
Immigration.
Cheah, C. S. L., Chirkov, V. (2008). Parents’ personal and
cultural beliefs regarding young children: A cross-cultural study
of Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian Mothers. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 39, 402-423.
Hane, A. A., Cheah, C.S.L., Rubin, K. H. & Fox, N. A. (2008).
The role of maternal behavior in the relation between maternal report
of shyness and observed social withdrawal in early childhood and
social withdrawal in middle childhood. Social Development, 17, 795-711.
Cheah, C. S. L. & Park, S. Y. (2006). South Korean mothers’
beliefs regarding aggression and social withdrawal. Early Childhood
Research Quarterly, 21, 61 – 75.
Cheah, C. S. L., & Rubin, K. H. (2004). Comparison of European
American and Mainland Chinese Mothers’ responses to aggression
and social withdrawal in preschoolers. International Journal of
Behavioral Development, 28, 83-94
Cheah, C. S. L., & Nelson, L. J. (2004). The role of acculturation
in the emerging adulthood of Aboriginal college students. International
Journal of Behavioral Development, 28, 495-507.
Cheah, C. S. L., & Rubin, K. H. (2003). European American and
Mainland Chinese mothers’ socialization beliefs regarding preschoolers’
social skills. Parenting: Science and Practice, 3, 1-22.
Book Chapters
Cheah, C. S. L., & Li, J. (in press). Parenting of young immigrant
Chinese children: Challenges facing their social emotional and intellectual
development. In R. Takanishi and E. L. Grigorenko (Eds.). Immigration,
Diversity, and Education. Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group.
Rubin, K. H., Cheah, C. S. L., & Menzer, M. M. (in press).
Peer relationships: A cross-cultural perspective. In M. H. Bornstein
(Ed.). Handbook of cross-cultural developmental science. Mahwah,
N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.
Bornstein, M. H. & Cheah, C. S. L. (2006). The place of “culture
and parenting” in an ecological contextual perspective on developmental
science. In K. H. Rubin & O. B. Chung, (Eds.). Parental beliefs,
parenting, and child development in cross-cultural perspective.
London, UK: Psychology Press.
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Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone: 410-455-1059
Fax: 410-455-1055
E-mail: Charissa.Cheah@umbc.edu
Departmental Webpage: http://www.umbc.edu/psyc/personal/cheah/cheahs.html
Lab Webpage: http://www.umbc.edu/psyc/ccadlab/
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