Chia-chen Yang, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States (2014)

M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States (2010)

B.A., National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2006)

Research Interests

Chia-chen Yang's research focuses on the psychosocial development of young people in the digital age. Specifically, she studies the use of communication technologies (e.g., social media, mobile devices) by adolescents and emerging adults, and the associations between the use of technology and young people’s identity development, social relationships, and socioemotional well-being. Online self-presentation, social comparison, and digital social multitasking are among the topics she has studied. 

Publications 

(† = Equal Contribution; Italics = Student Mentees)

24. Pan, S., Yang, C.-c., Tsai, J.-Y., & Dong, C. (2021). Experience of and worry about discrimination, social media use, and depression among Asians in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional survey study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(9), Article e29024. https://doi.org/10.2196/29024 [PDF]

23. Yang, C.-c., Holden, S. M, & Ariati, J. (2021). Social media and psychological well-being among youth: The Multidimensional Model of Social Media Use. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24(3), 631-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-021-00359-z [PDF] 

22. Yang, C.-c., Pham, T., Ariati, J., Smith, C., & Foster, M. (2021). Digital social multitasking (DSMT), friendship quality, and basic psychological needs satisfaction among adolescents: Perceptions as mediators. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 2456-2471. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01442-y [PDF] 

21. Yang, C.-c. (2021). Social media social comparison and identity processing styles: Perceived social pressure to be responsive and rumination as mediators. Applied Developmental Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2021.1894149 [PDF] 

20. Daniels, S., Yang, C.-c., Toohey, S., & Willard, V. (2021). Perspectives on social media from adolescents and young adults with cancer. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 38(4), 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043454221992319 [PDF] 

19. Yang, C.-c., Tsai, J.-Y., & Pan, S. (2020). Discrimination and well-being among Asians/Asian Americans during COVID-19: The role of social media. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 23(12), 865-870. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0394 [PDF]

18. Yu, N., Pan, S., Yang, C.-c., & Tsai, J.-Y. (2020). Exploring the role of media sources on COVID-19-related discrimination experiences and concerns among Asian people in the United States: Cross-sectional survey study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(11), Article e21684.  https://doi.org/10.2196/21684 [PDF] 

17. Tsai, J.-Y., Phua, J., Pan, S., & Yang, C.-c. (2020). Intergroup contact, COVID-19 news consumption, and the moderating role of digital media trust on prejudice toward Asians in the U.S.: Cross-sectional study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(9), Article e22767. https://doi.org/10.2196/22767 [PDF] 

16. Yang, C.-c., & Christofferson, K. (2020). On the phone when we’re hanging out: Digital social multitasking (DSMT) and its socioemotional implications. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 1209-1224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01230-0 [PDF]

15. Yang, C.-c. (2020). Similar patterns, different implications: First-generation and continuing college students’ social media use and its association with college social adjustment. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1521025120902755 [PDF]

14. Yang, C.-c., Carter, M. D. K., Webb, J. J., & Holden, S. M.  (2020). Developmentally salient  psychosocial characteristics, rumination, and compulsive social media use at the college transition. Addiction Research & Theory, 28(5), 433-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1682137 [PDF] 

13. Yang, C.-c., & Lee, Y. (2020). Interactants and activities on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Associations between social media use and social adjustment to college. Applied Developmental Science, 24(1), 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2018.1440233 [PDF]

12. Yang, C.-c., Holden, S. M., Carter, M. D. K., & Webb, J. J. (2018). Social media social comparison and identity distress at the college transition: A dual-path model. Journal of Adolescence, 69, 92-102. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.09.007 [PDF]

11. Yang, C.-c., Holden, S. M., & Carter, M. D. K. (2018). Social media social comparison of ability (but not opinion) predicts lower identity clarity: Identity processing style as a mediator. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(10), 2114-2128. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0801-6 [PDF]

10. Yang, C.-c. (2018). Social media as more than a peer space: College freshmen encountering parents on Facebook. Journal of Adolescent Research, 33(4), 442-469. doi: 10.1177/0743558416659750 [PDF]

9. Yang, C.-c., & Robinson, A. (2018). Not necessarily detrimental: Two social comparison orientations and their associations with social media use and college social adjustment. Computers in Human Behavior, 84, 49-57. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.020 [PDF]

8. Yang, C.-c., Holden, S. M., & Carter, M. D. K. (2017). Emerging adults’ social media self-presentation and identity development at college transition: Mindfulness as a moderator. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 52, 212-221. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2017.08.006 [PDF]

7. Yang, C.-c., & Liu, D. (2017). Motives matter: Motives for playing Pokémon Go and implications for well-being. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 20(1), 52-57. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0562 [PDF]

6. Yang, C.-c. (2016). Instagram use, loneliness, and social comparison orientation: Interact and browse on social media, but don’t compare. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, & Social Networking, 19(12), 703-708. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0201 [PDF] [Scale]

5. Liu, D., & †Yang, C.-c. (2016). Media niche of electronic communication channels in friendship: A meta-analysis. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 21(6), 451-466. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12175 [PDF]

4. Yang, C.-c., & Brown, B. B. (2016). Online self-presentation on Facebook and self development during the college transition. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(2), 402-416. doi:10.1007/s10964-015-0385-y [PDF]

3. Yang, C.-c., & Brown, B. B. (2015). Factors involved in associations between Facebook use and college adjustment: Social competence, perceived usefulness, and use patterns. Computers in Human Behavior, 46, 245-253. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.015 [PDF]

2. Yang, C.-c., Brown, B. B., & Braun, M. T. (2014). From Facebook to cell calls: Layers of electronic intimacy in college students' interpersonal relationships. New Media & Society, 16(1), 5-23. doi: 10.1177/1461444812472486 [PDF]

1. Yang, C.-c., & Brown, B. B. (2013). Motives for using Facebook, patterns of Facebook activities, and late adolescents’ social adjustment to college. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(3), 403-416. doi:10.1007/s10964-012-9836-x [PDF]