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Chongming Yang

Research Scientist

Chongming Yang joined the Center as a research scientist in 2005. His substantive research interests lie in parenting and child behavioral problems, while his methodological research interests focus on measurement issues. He is very familiar with the statistical modeling program Mplus.

Through extensive training and experience with many research projects, he has accumulated expertise in applying structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, and mixture modeling and has coauthored many publications.

Yang received his Ph.D. in 2001 from the Marriage, Family, and Human Development Program of Brigham Young University, with a focus on research methodology and statistical modeling.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Nelson, J. L., Hart, C. H., Yang, C., Wu, P., & Jin, S. (2011). An examination of the behavioral correlates of subtypes of nonsocial play among Chinese preschoolers. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 58, 77-109.


2. Wu, LT., Ling, W., Burchett, B., Blazer, D.G. Yang, C., Pan, J.J., Reeve, B.B., Woody, G.E. (2011). Use of item response theory and latent class analysis to link poly-substance use disorders with addiction severity, HIV risk, and quality of life among opioid-dependent patients in the Clinical Trials Network. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 118, 186-193.


3. Becker, S., Curry, J.F., Yang, C. (2011). Factors that Influence Trajectories of Change in Frequency of Use and Quality of Life among Adolescents Receiving a Brief Intervention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41, 294-304.


4. Wu, LT., Woody, G.E., Yang, C., Pan, J.J., Blazer, D.G. (2011). Racial/ethnic variations in substance-related disorders among adolescents in the United States. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(11), 1176-1185.


5. Wu , LT., Pan, J.J., Yang, C., Reeve, B.B., Blazer, D.G. (2011). An item response theory analysis of DSM-IV criteria for hallucinogen use disorders in adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 35(273).

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