Publications

Wu, Z., Sabarwal, S., Basnet, D., Aber, J. L., & Cohen, G. L. (2025). Understanding the effects of values affirmation on deaf students in Nepal: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial. Social Psychology of Education, 28(1), 140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-025-10097-7

Aber, J. L., Kim, H. Y., & Wu, Z. (2024). Patterns of self-regulation and emotional well-being among Syrian refugee children in Lebanon: An exploratory person-centered approach. Development and Psychopathology, 36(5), 2522-2541. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424001202

Wu, Z., Brown, L., Kim, H. Y., Yoshikawa, H., & Aber, J. L. (2023). Measuring the dosage of brief and skill-targeted social-emotional learning (SEL) activities in humanitarian settings. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 973184. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.973184

Wu, Z., Spreckelsen, T. F., & Cohen, G. L. (2021). A meta‐analysis of the effect of values affirmation on academic achievement. Journal of Social Issues, 77(3), 702-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12415

Cerna-Turoff, I., Fang, Z., Meierkord, A., Wu, Z., Yanguela, J., Bangirana, C. A., & Meinck, F. (2021). Factors associated with violence against children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-regression of nationally representative data. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838020985532

Kim, H. Y., Gjicali, K., Wu, Z., & Tubbs Dolan, C. (2021). Teachers' Observations of Learners' Social and Emotional Learning (TOOLSEL): Psychometric evidence for use in program evaluation in education in emergencies. Journal on Education in Emergencies, 7(2): 57-103. https://doi.org/10.33682/3nr1-3ksq

Cui, L., Criss, M. M., Ratliff, E., Wu, Z., Houltberg, B. J., Silk, J. S., & Morris, A. S. (2020). Longitudinal links between maternal and peer emotion socialization and adolescent girls' socioemotional adjustment. Developmental Psychology, 56(3), 595–607. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000861

Kim, H. Y., Wu, Z. (2022). Psychometric evidence on a measure of behavioral regulation among conflict-affected Nigerian refugee and Nigerien local children in Southern Niger: Self-Regulation Assessment-Assessor Report (SRA-AR). NYU Global TIES for Children. Link

Kim, H. Y., Wu, Z. (2022). Psychometric evidence on a measure of school-related stress and stress reactivity among conflict-affected Nigerian refugee and Nigerien local children in southern Niger: Response to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ). NYU Global TIES for Children. Link

Wu, Z., Gjicali, K., Kim, H. Y., & Tubbs Dolan, C. (2020). Self-Regulation Assessment-Assessor Report (SRA-AR): Psychometric evidence from Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon. NYU Global TIES for Children. Link

Gjicali, K., Wu, Z., Kim, H. Y., & Tubbs Dolan, C. (2020). Psychometric evidence on the Child Friendly School Questionnaire for Syrian Children in Lebanon (CFSQ-SL): A measurement tool of student-perceived school climate. NYU Global TIES for Children. Link

Wu, Z. (2024). Understanding the Effects of Values Affirmation on the Academic Performance and Psychological Well-Being of Deaf Students in Nepal: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Doctoral dissertation, New York University. ProQuest

Li, A., Wu, Z., Cohen, G. L., & Markus, H. R. (under review). More individualism, larger gender gaps in science. Nature Human Behaviour.

Wu, Z. (2021). mrautomatr: An R package for measurement report automation. R package version 0.0.0.9000. https://bookdown.org/wuzezhen33/mrautomatr/

Jones, S. M., Bailey, R., Ramirez-Varela, L., Wu, Z., Johnston, S., Driscoll, A., Colagrossi, A., Guimas, A., Câmara, A., Trajano, E., Nelson, B., Rubin, C., Massaro, L., Stolz, E. R., & Broderick, H. (2025, March). Leveraging technology for social and emotional learning at scale. Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Wu, Z., Kim, H. Y., Aber, J. L. (2023). Longitudinal links among behavioral regulation, executive function, and literacy skills for crisis- and conflict-affected children. Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wu, Z., Brown, L., Aber, J. L. (2021). Understanding the relationship between the dosage of SEL kernel activities and students' attendance and classroom behavior in primary schools in Sierra Leone. Society of Research on Educational Effectiveness, Arlington, VA.

Wu, Z., Spreckelsen, T. F., Cohen, G. L. (2021). A meta-analysis of the effect of values affirmation on academic achievement. Society of Research on Educational Effectiveness, Arlington, VA.