Research
Projects
In our lab, we are trying to answer questions such as...
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​Why are some individuals more helpful, empathic, and inclusive than others?
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What kind of socialization experiences promote individuals' kind attitudes and behaviors toward others?
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How can we improve children's and adolescents' kind and inclusive attitudes and behaviors toward others?
PBinJ - Adolescent
The project is awarded to Dr. Xiao via the Society in Research for Child Development (SRCD) Small Grants for Early Career Scholars. In this project, we are examining early adolescents' prosocial behavior and attitudes toward diverse others.
PBinJ - College
Project PBinJ-College is awarded to Dr. Xiao via the Educating Character Initiative, Wake Forest University, supported by Lilly Endowment Inc. This is a one-year short-term longitudinal study over Fall and Spring semester on college students’ learning experiences and social experiences and how they are related to students' development of kindness.
APPLE
APPLE is an ongoing project funded by Institute of Education Sciences (IES) - awarded to Dr. Carol Lynn Martin. It is designed to understand how gender integration relates to 4th to 6th grade students' school-related engagement and academic perceptions and achievement.
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Kindness in Development (KID)
KID was designed to understand children's sympathy toward people who are similar and different than themselves. This will help us understand how children behave kindly towards others. The project was led by Drs. Tracy Spinrad and Nancy Eisenberg.
Children's Attitudes, Relationships, and Education (CARE)
The CARE project aimed to gain a better understanding of the thoughts and feelings behind girls’ and boys’ behaviors with own- and other-gender peers, including the attitudes, emotions, expectations, and self-perceptions they bring to their peer interactions. The project was led by Dr. Carol Lynn Martin.
