關樂言博士
副系主任 (學與教) / 助理教授 / 評估中心副總監 / 社群心理健康研究中心成員
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Introduction
Dr Joyce Kwan obtained her doctoral degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prior to joiningThe Education University of Hong Kong, she had worked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a lecturer and had taught various courses in psychology, quantitative research methods, and educational testing and assessment. Her research centers on quantitative research methodology. Her current research interests focus on structural equation modeling, mediation and moderation analysis.
Highest Degree Obtained
PhD, Department of Psychology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Honours/Awards
Faculty’s “Top 10%” Teaching Award 2019/20, Faculty of Education and Human Development, EdUHK
Faculty’s “Top 10%” Teaching Award 2018/19, Faculty of Education and Human Development, EdUHK
Quality Journal Article Award 2018, Faculty of Education and Human Development, the Education University of Hong Kong
Young Scholars Dissertation Award 2012, Faculty of Social Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Teaching in Current Academic Year
Statistical Methods in Psychology
Quantitative Research Methods
Current External Competitive Grants
The Intriguing Role of Syntactic Awareness in One Language and Reading Comprehension and Reading Comprehension Difficulty in Another Language in Chinese-English Bilingual Children: A Longitudinal Study (2021-2023), HK$ 809,000, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund. (PI: Tong, X. Co-I: Kwan, J. L.-Y)
Comparing Mediated Moderation Effects Using Structural Equation Modeling (2020-2021), HK$ 554,042, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund. (PI: Kwan, J. L.-Y; Co-I: Chan, W).
Relationships among Parental Beliefs, Home Numeracy Activities, Young Children’s Numeracy Skills and Interest (2020-2022), HK$ 679,150, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund. (PI: Cheung, S. K; Co-I:Kwan, J. L.-Y., & McBride, C.A.)
Latent Growth Curve Analysis with Time-dependent Observations (2015-2017), HK$392,000, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Early Career Scheme. (PI: Kwan, J. L.-Y)
The Analysis of Mediated Moderation and Moderated Mediation with Latent Variables (2013-2016), HK$359,500, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund. (PI: Chan, W.; Co-I:Kwan, J. L.-Y.)
Consultancy in Past 3 Years
Ad-hoc reviewer:
Addictive Behavior
Behavior Research Methods
Frontier in Psychology
Journal of Affective Disorder
Personality and Individual Difference
Selected Recent Publications
Cheung, S. K. & Kwan, J. L.-Y.* (Accepted). Parents’ percevied goals for early mathematics learning and their relations with children’s motivation to learn mathematics. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
Tong, X., Kwan, J. L.-Y., Tong X., & Deacon, H.* (Accepted). How Chinese-English Bilingual Children Draw on Syntactic Awareness in Reading Comprehension: Within and Cross-Language Effects. Reading Research Quarterly.
Chan, W. W. L. & Kwan, J. L.-Y.* (2021). Pathways to word problem solving: The mediating roles of schema construction and mathematical vocabulary. Contemporary Educational Psychology. Advance online publicaiton. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2021.101963.
Cheung, S, K., Kwan, J. L.-Y.*, & Yim, K. Y. K. (2021). Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions about sexuality education and behavioral intentions towards children’s curiosity about sexuality, Journal of Educaiton for Teaching, 47(1), 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2020.1829964
Chiu, H. T., Yee, L. T. S.*, Kwan, J. L. Y., Cheung, R. Y. M., & Hou, W. K.* (2020). Interactive association between negative emotion regulation and savoring is linked to anxiety symptoms among college students. Journal of American College Health, 68(5), 494-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1580712
Tong, X.*, Wong, R. W.-Y., Kwan, J. L.-Y. & Arciuli, J. (2020). Theory of mind as a mediator of reading comprehension differences between Chinese school-age children with autism and typically developing peers. Scientific Studies of Reading, 24(4), 292-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2019.1666133
Cheung, R. Y. M.*, Leung, M. C., Chiu, H. T., Kwan, J. L. Y., Yee, T. S.*, & Hou, W. K. (2019). Family functioning and psychological outcomes at emerging adulthood: Savoring positive experiences as a mediating mechanism. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 2693-2713. https://doi.org/10.1177/8499
Ng, J. C.-K., Chan, W.*, Kwan, J. L.-Y., & Chen, S. X. (2019). Unpacking structure-oriented cultural differences through a mediated moderation model: a tutorial with an empirical illustration. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50, 358-380. https://doi.org/10.1177/1183.
Kwan, J. L.-Y. & Chan, W.* (2018). Variable System: An alternative approach for the analysis of mediated moderation. Psychological Methods, 23, 262-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0000160
Lai, F. T.-T., & Kwan, J. L.-Y.* (2018) Socioeconomic determinants of Internet addiction: A scoping review. In B. Bozoglan (Ed.),Psychological, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Internet Addiction (pp.127-145). Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Lai, F. T.- T., & Kwan, J. L.- Y.* (2017). Socioeconomic influence on adolescent problematic Internet use through school-related psychosocial factors and pattern of Internet use. Computers in Human Behavior, 68, 121-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.021
Lai, F. T.- T., & Kwan, J. L.- Y.* (2017). The presence of heavy Internet using peers is protective of the risk of problematic Internet use (PIU) in adolescents when the amount of use increases. Children and Youth Services Review, 73, 74-78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.12.00
Lai, F. T.-T., Wong, W. W.-K. & Kwan, J. L.-Y.* (2017). Socioeconomic moderators of the relationship between different quitting motives and smoking cessation in Hong Kong Men. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 29(6), 516-525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1361
Tong, X.*, Kwan, J. L.-Y., Wong, D. W.-M, Lee, S. M. -K., & Yip, J. H.-Y. (2016). Toward a dynamic interactive model of non-native Chinese character processing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 108(5), 680-693. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000083
KwanJ. L.-Y, & Chan, W.* (2014). Comparing squared multiple correlation coefficients using structural equation modeling. Structural Equation Modeling, 21, 225-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2014.882673
Kwan, J. L.-Y, & Chan, W.* (2011). Comparing standardized coefficients in structural equation modeling: a model reparameterization approach.Behavior Research Methods, 43, 730-745. http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-011-0088-6
*Corresponding Author
Statistical Software Program
Variable System (VS) Program for the analysis of conditional path model (http://www.psy.cuhk.edu.hk/vs/)