Recent Publications
*Bold Text Denotes Lab Members (Current or Alumnus)
Wang, Y. (Ying), Hawk, S. T., Wong, N., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Lonely, impulsive, and seeking attention: Predictors of narcissistic adolescents’ antisocial and prosocial behaviors on social media. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47, 540-547. Read Publication
Hawk, S. T., Wang, Y. (Ying), Wong, N., Xiao, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2023). ‘Youth-focused’ versus ‘whole-family’ screen rules: Associations with social media difficulties and moderation by impulsivity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33, 1254-1267. Read Publication
Wang, Y. (Yue), Hawk, S. T., & Branje, S. (2023). Educational identity and maternal helicopter parenting: Moderation by perceptions of environmental threat. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33, 1377-1390. Read Publication
Peng, S., & Hawk, S. T., & Wang, Y. (2023). Perceptions of parental privacy invasion and information management among Chinese adolescents: Comparing between- and within-family associations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 1287-1300. Read Publication
Wang, Y. (Yue) & Hawk, S. T. (2023). Adolescent-mother agreements and discrepancies in reports of helicopter parenting: Associations with perceived conflict and support. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52, 2480-2493. Read Publication
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), Hawk, S. T., Branje, S., & Van Lissa, C. J. (2023). Longitudinal links between expressive flexibility and friendship quality in adolescence: The moderating effect of social anxiety. Journal of Adolescence, 95, 413-426. Read Publication
Wong, N., Schunk, F., Trommsdorff, G., & McBride, C. (2023). Fun-seeking tendencies and moral disengagement in cyberbullying: Comparing emerging adults from Germany and Hong Kong. In M. Wright (Ed.) The Psychology of Cyberbullying. Nova Science Publishers.
Wong, N., & Gong, X. (2023). Subjective health and physical-activity engagement across adulthood: Distinguishing between within-person and between-person associations. Gerontology, 1-11. Read Publication
de Moor, E. L., Cheng, T.-Y., Spitzer, J. E., Berger, C., Carrizales, A., Garandeau, C., Gerbino, M., ... Hawk, S. T., ... & van der Graaff, J. (2022). What should I do and who's to blame? A cross-national study on youth's attitudes and beliefs in times of COVID-19. PLOS One, 17, e0279366. Read Publication
Padilla-Walker, L. M., Van der Graaff, J., Workman, K., Carlo, G., Branje, S., Carrizales, A., ... Hawk, S. T.... & Žukauskienė, R. (2022). Emerging adults’ cultural values, prosocial behaviors, and mental health in 14 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46, 286-296.
Schunk, F., Trommsdorff G., Wong N., & Nakao G. (2022). Cyber- and traditional bullying as global challenges? Findings from Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan. In K. Masato (Ed.), Sustainable Societies. University Press.
Schunk, F., Wong, N., Nakao, G., & Trommsdorff, G. (2022). Different functions of emotion regulation in linking harmony seeking and rejection avoidance to life satisfaction and social support in Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 26, 254-269. Read Publication
Wong, N., Yanagida, T., Spiel, C., & Graf, D. (2022). The association between appetitive aggression and social media addiction mediated by cyberbullying: The moderating role of inclusive norms. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 9956. Read Publication
Zhang, Y., & Hawk, S. T. (2022). I buy stability in a buying world: Social norms about materialism moderate the relation between self-esteem stability and materialistic values. Personality and Individual Differences, 184, 111184. Read Publication
Zong, W., & Hawk, S. T. (2022). Evaluating the structure and correlates of helicopter parenting in Mainland China. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31, 2436-2453. Read Publication
Zong, W., & Hawk, S. T. (2021). Malicious and benign envy in Chinese childrearing. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 2609-2629. Read Publication
Van Dijk, M. P. A., Hale, W. W., Hawk, S. T.,, Meeus, W., & Branje, S. (2020). Personality development from age 12 to 25 and its links with life transitions. European Journal of Personality, 34, 322-344. Read Publication
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Hawk, S. T. (2020). Development and Validation of the Child and Adolescent Flexible Expressiveness (CAFE) Scale. Psychological Assessment, 32, 358-373. Read Publication
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Hawk, S. T., & Zong, W. (2020). Bidirectional effects between expressive regulatory abilities and peer acceptance among Chinese adolescents. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 199, 104891. Read Publication
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Hawk, S. T. (2020). Expressive enhancement, suppression, and flexibility in childhood and adolescence: Longitudinal links with peer relations. Emotion, 20(6), 1059-1073. Read Publication
Zhang, Y., Hawk, S. T., Opree, S. J., de Vries, D. A., & Branje, S. (2020). “Me”, “we”, and materialism: Associations between contingent self-worth and materialistic values across culture. Journal of Psychology, 154, 386-410. Read Publication
Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Smetana, J. G. (2020). The influence of power on US and Chinese individuals’ judgments and reasoning about intrasocietal conflicts. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(1), 77-105. Read Publication
Hawk, S. T., Van den Eijnden, R., Ter Bogt, T., & Van Lissa, C. J. (2019). Narcissistic adolescents' attention-seeking following social rejection: Links with social media disclosure and problematic use. Computers in Human Behavior, 92, 65-75. Read Publication
Zhang, Y., & Hawk, S. T. (2019). Considering the self in the link between self-esteem and materialistic values: The moderating role of self-construal. Frontiers in Psychology (Personality and Social Psychology), 10, 1375. Read Publication
Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Chang, L. (2019). Unpredictable and competitive cues affect prosocial behaviors and judgments. Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 203-211. Read Publication
Wang, Y., Hawk, S. T., Tang, Y., Schlegel, K., & Zou, H. (2018). Characteristics of emotion recognition ability among primary school children: Relationships with peer status and friendship quality. Child Indicators Research, 12, 1369-1388. Read Publication
Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Chang, L. (2018). Living slow and being moral: Life history predicts the dual process of other-centered reasoning and judgments. Human Nature, 29, 186-209. Read Publication
Hawk, S. T. (2017). Chinese adolescents’ reports of covert parental monitoring: Comparisons with overt monitoring and links with information management. Journal of Adolescence, 55, 24-35. Read Publication
Van Lissa, C. Hawk, S. T., & Meeus, W. (2017). The effects of affective and cognitive empathy on adolescents’ behavior and outcomes in conflicts with mothers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 158, 32-45. Read Publication
Van Lissa, C. Hawk, S. T., Koot, .H. M., Branje, S., & Meeus, W. (2017). The cost of empathy: Parent-adolescent conflict predicts emotion dysregulation for highly empathic youth. Developmental Psychology, 53, 1722-1737. Read Publication
Hawk, S. T., Becht, A., & Branje, S. (2016). “Snooping” as a distinct parental monitoring behavior: Comparisons with overt solicitation and control. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 443-458. Read Publication
Jelenchick, L. A., Hawk, S. T., & Moreno, M. A. (2016). Problematic Internet use and social networking site use among Dutch adolescents. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 28, 119-121.
Van Lissa, C. J., Hawk, S. T., Branje, S., & Meeus, W. (2016). Longitudinal links between trajectories of adolescent empathy development and conflict resolution behaviors with parents. Journal of Adolescence, 47, 60-70. Read Publication
Zhang, Y., Hawk, S. T., Zhang, X., Zhao, H. (2016). Chinese preservice teachers’ professional identity links with education program performance: The roles of task value belief and learning motivations. Frontiers in Psychology (Educational Psychology), 7, 573. Read Publication
Hawk, S. T., Ter Bogt, T., Van den Eijnden, R., & Nelemans, S. A. (2015). Too little power, too much information! Power, narcissism, and adolescents’ disclosures on social networking sites. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 72-80. Read Publication
Jiang, J., Zhang, Y., Yannan, K., Hawk, S. T., & Qiu, H. (2015). Can’t buy me friendship? Peer rejection and adolescent materialism: Implicit self-esteem as a mediator. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 58, 48-55. Read Publication
Van Lissa, C. J., Hawk, S. T., Branje, S., Van Lier, P. A. C., Koot, J. M., & Meeus, W. (2015). Divergence of adolescent-parent conflict perceptions in relationship to adolescent empathy development. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 44, 48-61. Read Publication
Hawk, S. T. (2014). Cross-cultural and cross-platform differences in youths’ Social Networking Site behavior. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 25, 533-541. Read Publication
Recent Presentations
Hawk, S. T.*, & Wang, Y. (Yingqian)* (2024). Family expressiveness and adolescent expressive flexibility: Examining between-family and within-family associations. Poster presented for International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Lisbon, Portugal.
Hawk, S. T.*, & Wang, Y. (Yue)* (2024). Adolescent-mother agreements and discrepancies in reports of helicopter parenting: Associations with perceived conflict and support. Poster presented for International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Lisbon, Portugal.
Hawk, S. T.* , Wang, Y. (Yue)*, Boele, S., & Keijsers, L., & (2024). Control or concern? Associations between helicopter parenting and adolescent-mother relationship quality at the within-family level. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Chicago, IL.
Peng, S., & Hawk, S. T. (2024). Dynamics of psychological control in parent-youth relationships: A Simpson’s paradox in family processes. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Chicago, IL.
Peng, S., & Hawk, S. T. (2024). Multilevel associations between youth information management with mothers and self-esteem: The role of a sense of control. Poster presented for International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Lisbon, Portugal.
Wang, Y (Ying), Hawk, S. T., & Wong, N. (2024). Narcissistic adolescents’ emotional and behavioral responses to social media feedback. Paper presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Chicago, IL.
Wang, Y. (Yue), Boele, S., Bülow, A., Keijsers, L., & Hawk, S. T. (2024). Helicopter parenting and adolescent affective well-being: Testing the mediating role of need satisfaction and frustration at the within-family level. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Chicago, IL.
Wang, Y. (Yue) & Hawk, S. T. (2024). Not so bad for whom? Family-specific associations between daily helicopter parenting and adolescent affective well-being. Poster presented for International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Lisbon, Portugal.
Wang, Y. (Yue), Hawk, S. T., & Branje, S. (2024). Educational identity and maternal helicopter parenting: Moderation by perceptions of environmental threat. Poster presented for International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Lisbon, Portugal.
Wang, Y. (Yueqi), & Hawk, S. T. (2024). Emotion dynamics among late adolescents: The role of parental privacy invasion perceptions. Paper presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Chicago, IL.
Wong, N., Hawk, S. T. , Rote, W., & Wang, Y. (Yue) (2024). Helicopter parenting, basic psychological needs frustration, and psychological adjustment: Comparing adolescents in the USA and China. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Chicago, IL.
Wang, Y. (Yue), Boele, S., Keijsers, L., & Hawk, S. T. (2023). Control or concern? Associations between helicopter parenting and adolescent-mother relationship quality at the within-family level. Paper presented (in Chinese) for the 2nd Academic Conference of the Marriage and Family Psychology and Counseling Professional Committee of the Chinese Psychological Society, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Hawk, S. T., Wong, N., & Peng, S. (2023). Examining the co-rumination trade-off in Chinese mother-adolescent dyads during COVID-19: A multilevel response surface analysis approach. Paper presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, CA.
Peng, S., & Hawk, S. T. (2023). Perceptions of parental privacy invasion and information management among Chinese adolescents:
Comparing between- and within-family associations. Paper presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, CA.
Wang, Y. (Ying), Hawk, S. T., & Wong, N. (2023). Lonely, impulsive, and seeking attention: Predictors of narcissistic adolescents’
antisocial and prosocial behaviors on social media. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, CA.
Hawk, S. T., Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Zong, W. (2022). Covert parental monitoring predicts impairments to subjective and observed emotion regulation in Chinese adolescents. Paper presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), New Orleans, LA.
Zong, W., & Hawk, S. T. (2022). Differential effects of malicious and benign maternal envy on adolescent-mother relationship quality: Moderation by maternal perfectionism. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), New Orleans, LA.
Hawk, S. T., Zhang, J., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Overt and covert parental monitoring of Chinese early-adolescents’ social media behavior: Links with youth information management. Paper presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Online Conference.
Hawk, S. T., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Rules for me, or rules for “we”? Youth-focused versus whole-family rules for screen use in Mainland Chinese families. Paper presented for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Online Conference.
Smetana, J., Hawk, S. T., Keijsers, L., & Marshall, S. (2021). Parental monitoring and adolescent information management research: What do we know and what are the gaps? Conversation Roundtable for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Online Conference.
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Hawk, S. T., Branje, S. & Van Lissa, C. J. (2021). Longitudinal links between expressive flexibility and friendship quality in adolescence: The moderating effect of social anxiety. Poster presented for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Online Conference.
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Hawk, S. T., Zong, W. (2021). Bidirectional effects between adolescents’ expressive regulatory abilities and peer acceptance: An experimental study. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Online Conference.
Zong, W., & Hawk, S. T. (2021). Chinese malicious and benign maternal envy in relation with overbearing parenting practices. Individual Flash Talk paper presented for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Online Conference.
Zong, W., & Hawk, S. T. (2021). Validation of a Chinese helicopter parenting measurement. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Online Conference.
Hawk, S. T., Wang, Y., & Zong, W. (2019). Early adolescents’ mimicry and counter-mimicry of peers’ angry and happy faces: Associations with belongingness needs. Paper presented for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Hawk, S. T., (2019). Flexible emotional expressiveness in childhood and adolescence: Longitudinal links with peer relations. Paper presented for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.
Hawk, S. T., & Wang, Y. (Yingqian) (2018). Prying eyes, teenage cries: Covert monitoring predicts Chinese adolescents’ reduced self-regulation and emotional functioning. Paper presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Minneapolis, MN.
Hawk, S. T., & Wang, Y. (Yingqian) (2018). Facing exclusion: Peer rejection and Chinese adolescents’ regulation of emotional expressions. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Minneapolis, MN.
Wang, Y. (Yingqian), & Hawk, S. T. (2018). Development and initial validation of the Children’s Expressive Flexibility Scale. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Minneapolis, MN.
Zhang, Y., & Hawk, S. T. (2018). Unstable self-esteem links to emerging adults’ materialistic values when social norms about materialism are high. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Minneapolis, MN.
Zhang, Y., & Hawk, S. T. (2018). “Me”, “we”, and materialism: Cultural moderation of needs linking late adolescents’ contingent self-worth and materialism. Poster presented for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Minneapolis, MN.
Zhu, N. & Hawk, S. T. (2017). Rational prosociality and suppressed sympathy: Competition affects rational and intuitive moral thinking differently. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Convention for the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, USA.
Zhang, Y., & Hawk, S. T. (2016). Interdependent self-construal moderates the link between self-esteem and materialistic values. Poster for Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Baltimore, MD.
Hawk, S. T. (2015). Adolescents’ distinctions between privacy and secrecy: Age differences and psychosocial correlates. Paper for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA.
Zhu, N. & Chang, L. (May, 2015). Environmental unpredictability and competition in shaping moral reasoning as a manifestation of life history strategies. Paper for the 27th Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference, Columbia, MO, USA.
News & Press Releases
The Case Against Spying on Your Kids With Apps
One.Zero
September 18, 2019
Is Snooping on Teens Ever Ok?
The New York Times
April 6, 2017
Parents Shouldn't Spy On Their Kids
Nautilus
April 14, 2016