
Some of his selected Refereed International Journal Publications are: Heterogeneity of long-history migration explains cultural differences in reports of emotional expressivity and the functions of smiles (published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015), Social Dominance in Context and in Individuals: Contextual Moderation of Robust Effects of Social Dominance Orientation in 15 Languages and 20 Countries (published in Social Psychological and Personality Science Journal, 2013), and Jihad as justification: National survey evidence of belief in violent jihad as a mediating factor for sacred violence among Muslims in Indonesia (published in Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2013).

Her research interests lie in the areas of personality and social psychology, health psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and applied social psychology. She emphasizes in her teaching the development of discriminative thinking and the application of experiential learning, and adopts the student-centered approach to the contexts of advanced psychology courses and graduate seminars. Some of her selected Refereed International Journal Publications are: Coping flexibility and psychological adjustment to stressful life changes: A meta-analytic review (published in Psychological Bulletin, 2014), Epidemiology of Internet behaviors and addiction among adolescents in six Asian countries (published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2014), dan Cultural meaning of perceived control: A meta-analysis of locus of control and psychological symptoms across 18 cultural regions (published in Psychological Bulletin, 2013).
Website: http://cheng.socialpsychology.org/