Her research focuses on cultural, family, and temperament influences on socio-emotional and academic development of children and youth. Her team has conducted longitudinal studies on Chinese families in China, and Chinese and Mexican immigrant families in the U.S. She has published more than 50 manuscripts, including publications in leading journals such as Child Development and Developmental Psychology. She serves on the editorial boards of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology and British Journal of Developmental Psychology, and the International Affairs Committee of the Society for Research in Child Development.