2014-2018 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Human Development and Family Studies Ph.D.

2012-2014 Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology M.A.

2008-2012 China University of Political Science and Law, Department of Applied Psychology B.S.

2024 to present Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University, School of Sociology

2023 to 2024 Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University, School of Social Development and Public Policy

2020 to 2023 Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University, School of Social Development and Public Policy

2018 to 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Guangzhou University, Department of Psychology

Liang, Y., Cao, H., Wang, L, & Zhou, N. (2025). Parent–child relationship, career-related parenting, and adolescent career development: A cross-lagged panel network analysis informed by the family systems perspective. Journal of Career Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10690727251351881 (SSCI Psychology, Applied, 44/113, Q2; 5-year IF: 3.8; 2023 IF: 2.8)

Liang, Y., Zhou, N., & Cao, H. (2025). Body mass index and peer victimizations from middle childhood through early adolescence: Disaggregation of between- and within-person associations and specificity across victimization types. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (SSCI Family Studies, 11/66, Q1; Criminology & Penology, 12/113, Q1; Psychology, Applied, 48/113, Q2; 5-year IF: 2.8; 2023 IF: 2.6)

Chen, Y., Zhou, N., Cao, H., Tudge, J. R. H., & Liang, Y.* (2025). Parental appreciation socialization and child development of appreciation versus gratitude: Child-driven effects and the contextualizing role of parental education. Journal of Early Adolescence. (SSCI Family Studies, 22/66, Q2; 5-year IF: 2.5; 2023 IF: 2.0) *corresponding author

Liang, Y., Zhou, N., Cao, H., Tudge, J. R. H., Qin, R., & Wu, Q. (2025). Chinese parents’ understanding and socialization of gratitude. Social Development. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sode.12795 (SSCI Psychology – Developmental, 65/91, Q3; 2023 IF: 1.6; 5-year IF: 2.2)

Cao, H., Wang, S., Zhou, N., & Liang, Y. * (2025). From childhood real-life peer victimization to subsequent cyberbullying victimization during adolescence: A process model involving social anxiety symptoms, problematic smartphone use, and internet gaming disorder. Psychology of Violence, 15(1), 106–120. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000548 (SSCI Criminology & Penology, 14/113, Q1; Family Studies, 15/66, Q1; 5-year IF: 3.9; 2023 IF: 2.4) *corresponding author

Liang, Y., Cao, H., Zhou, N., Bao, R., & Li, J. (2024). Body mass index, peer victimization, and internalizing symptom problems from late childhood through early adolescence: Disaggregation of within-person and between-person effects. Psychology of Violence, 15(1), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000525 (SSCI Criminology & Penology, 14/113, Q1; Family Studies, 15/66, Q1; 5-year IF: 3.9; 2023 IF: 2.4)

Liang, Y., Zhou, N., & Cao, H. (2023). Stability and change in the configuration patterns of various career-related parental behaviors and their associations with adolescent career adaptability: A longitudinal person-centered analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2023.103916 (SSCI Psychology-Applied, 4/83, Q1; 5-year IF: 10.5; 2022 IF: 11.1)