Research Streams

Primary Expertise:

• Motivation: self-determination theory, internalization, and basic needs
• Emotion: achievement and cognitive emotions
• Motivation and Emotion Intervention

Secondary Expertise：

• Learning persistence
• International large-scale assessment
• Structural equation modeling
• Experimental design

Ongoing Grant

• PI. (2022). A Professional Development Program for Low-income Communities Middle School Teachers to Better Support Students’ Academic Motivation and Emotions. University of Alabama Internal ORED Small Grant. $12,000

Selected Publications

Wang, Y. (2022). Challenges in conducting experiment online during the covid-19 pandemic: students’ emotions and learning persistence. In SAGE Research Methods Cases.https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529601091

Wang, Y., Xia, M., Guo, W., Xu, F., & Zhao, Y. (2022). Academic performance under COVID-19: The role of online learning readiness and emotional competence. Current Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02699-7

Wang, Y. & Wind, S. (2020). Comparing internalization of learning motivation between American and Chinese college students. Journal of Psychological and Educational Research,28(2), 7-30.  

Wang, Y. & Wind, S. A. (2020). Psychometric evaluation of a new internalization of learning motivation (ILM) scale. Current Psychology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00909-8

For a complete list of my papers and research projects, please see my CV.