Jihong Zhang Source Confirmed

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Assistant Professor of Educational Statistics and Research Methods

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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16 h-index 204 pubs 1,180 cited

Research Areas

Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Behavioral and Psychological Studies Education Systems and Policy SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Mental Health Research Topics Media Studies and Communication Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

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Jihong Zhang investigates factors influencing educational practices and psychological well-being. Her recent work includes exploring student-centered instructional practices in U.S. classrooms and examining teacher perceptions of effective professional development. Zhang has also studied the relationship between media exposure to COVID-19 and acute stress, utilizing moderated mediation models. Her research extends to psychometric analyses, including network analysis of the Intuitive Eating Scale-2 in Chinese adults and investigations into Chinese teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education. Additionally, she has explored the connections among teachers' characteristics, self-efficacy, and attitudes toward inclusive education among Chinese preschool teachers. Zhang's scholarly output includes 204 publications with 1,180 citations and an h-index of 16. She collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

h-index: 16
Publications: 204
Citations: 1,180

Selected Publications

Tripartite influence and social comparison theories for explaining eating disorder psychopathology in Chinese boys and girls: A longitudinal network perspective (2025) DOI
Comparing Frequentist and Bayesian Methods for Factorial Invariance with Latent Distribution Heterogeneity (2025) DOI
Digital Pencil Usage and Mathematics Performance Among Students with Learning Disabilities and Their General Education Peers (2025) DOI
A Longitudinal Network Analysis of Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Problems, and Eating Disorder Psychopathology in Chinese Adolescents (2024) DOI
Identifying student profiles in a digital mental rotation task: insights from the 2017 NAEP math assessment (2024) DOI
Model Selection Posterior Predictive Model Checking via Limited‐Information Indices for Bayesian Diagnostic Classification Modeling (2024) DOI
Introducing Diagnostic Classification Modeling as an Unsupervised Method for Screening Probable Eating Disorders (2024) DOI
Psychometric network analysis of the Intuitive Eating Scale‐2 in Chinese general adults (2024) DOI
Personality traits and depressive symptoms among Chinese older people: A network approach (2024) DOI
The Connections among Problematic Usage of the Internet, Psychological Distress, and Eating Disorder Symptoms: A Longitudinal Network Analysis in Chinese Adolescents (2023) DOI
Empirical ensemble equating under the NEAT design inspired by machine learning ideology (2023) DOI