PUBLICATIONS

  1. Lu, Q., Tsai, W., & Kim, J. H. (2025). The health of Asian Americans: Psychosocial interventions to improve cancer survivorship. In APA handbook of health psychology, Volume 3: Health psychology and public health, Vol. 3 (pp. 257-270). American Psychological Association. PDF
  2. Yu, S.H., Saephan, A., Weiss, B., Shih, J.H., Tsai, W., Kim, J.H.J., & Lau, A.S. (2024). How discrimination experiences relate to racial/ethnic identity and mental health across first- and second-generation Vietnamese American adolescents. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 30(2), 284. PDF
  3. Kim, S.E., Fanta, A., Tsai, W., & Huang, C.Y. (2024). Cultural Orientation, Racial-Ethnic Socialization, and Youth Adjustment Outcomes: Test of a Path Model with Asian American Parents. Journal of Family Issues, 1-24. PDF
  4. Zax, A., Tsai, W., Lau, A.S., Weiss, B., & Gudino, O.G. (2024). Temporal Orientation and the Association Between Adverse Life Events and Internalizing Symptoms in Vietnamese American and European American Adolescents. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-14. PDF
  5. Yeh, Y.J., Tsai, W., Chen, J.H., & Kimel, S. (2024). Culture, family problems, emotion dysregulation and nonsuicidal self-injury: Differences among Taiwanese and Americans. Current Psychology, 43(4), 3514-3522. PDF
  6. Kim, S.E., Hunt, E., Tsai, W., & Huang C.Y. (2024). Examining Racial Discrimination, Internalized Racism, and Racial-Ethnic Socialization among Asian American Parents. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 15(1), 31. PDF
  7. Monte, V. S., Ang, J.Y.Z., & Tsai, W. (2024). Negative COVID-19 Impacts and Depressive Symptoms among First-Year College Students. Journal of American College Health, 72(1), 219-228. PDF
  8. Fanta, A., Kim, S., Kodama, K., Tsai, W., & Huang, C. (2023). Coping, Racial Discrimination, and Psychological Distress among Asian American Parents. The Counseling Psychologist. PDF
  9. Monte, V.S., Pham, M.D., & Tsai, W. (2023). Microaggressions and general health among Black and Asian Americans: The moderating role of cognitive reappraisal. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. PDF
  10. Lu, Q., Yeung, N.C.Y., Tsai, W., & Kim, J.H.J. (2023). The Effects of a Culturally Adapted Expressive Writing intervention on Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 161, 104244. PDF
  11. Zhang, Q. & Tsai, W. (2023). Gratitude and psychological distress among first-year college: The mediating roles of perceived social support and support provision. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 70(4), 415. PDF
  12. Ang, J.Y.Z. & Tsai, W. (2023). Cultural Differences in the Relations Between Expressive Flexibility and Life Satisfaction Over Time. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1204256. PDF
  13. Teng, C.Y., Hon, S., Wang, A., & Tsai, W. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 discrimination fear on psychological distress among East Asian college students: The moderating role of emotion regulation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(1), 86. PDF
  14. Tsai, W. & Wang, J. (2023). Fatalism and Psychological Distress among Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors: Mediating Role of Perceived Self–Control and Fear of Cancer Recurrence. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 30(5), 705-713. PDF
  15. Huang, C. & Tsai, W. (2023). Asian American parents’ experiences of stress, discrimination, and mental health during COVID-19 . Families, Systems, & Health, 41(1), 68. PDF
  16. Yeh, Y.J., Chen, J.H., Tsai, W., & Kimel, S. (2022). Examining the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Across Taiwanese and American University Students. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(8), 985-999. PDF
  17. Ang, J. Y. Z., Monte, V. S., & Tsai, W. (2022). First-year college students’ adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The protective roles of hope and gratitude. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 8(3), 375. PDF
  18. Tsai, W., Zhang, L., Park, J.S., Tan, Y., & Kwon, S. (2021). The Importance of Community and Culture for the Recruitment, Engagement, and Retention of Chinese American Immigrants in Health Interventions. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 11(9), 1682-1690. PDF
  19. Tsai, W., Lee, C., & Monte, V. (2021). Comparing the Effects of Emotion Disclosure and Peer Helping Writing on Psychological Distress among Chinese International Students: The Moderating Role of Rumination. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(7), 1556-1572. PDF
  20. Tsai, W., Weiss, B., Kim, J. H., & Lau, A. S. (2021). Longitudinal Relations between Emotion Restraint Values, Life Stress, and Internalizing Symptoms among Vietnamese American and European American Adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 50(5), 565-578. PDF
  21. Tsai, W. & Kimel, S. (2021). When and How Supporting Others Can Improve Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study Examining Collectivistic Values. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 27(3), 505. PDF
  22. Tsai, W., Nusrath, S., & Zhu, R. (2020). Systematic Review of Depressive, Anxiety, and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms among Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors. BMJ Open, 10(9), e037078. PDF
  23. Wu, I. H., Tsai, W., McNeill, L. H., & Lu, Q. (2020). The associations of self-stigma, social constraints, and sleep among Chinese American breast cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, 3935-3944. PDF
  24. Kim, J. H., Tsai, W., Kodish, T., Trung, L., Lau, A.S., & Weiss, B. (2019). Cultural Variation in Temporal Associations among Somatic Complaints, Anxiety, and Depressive symptoms in Adolescence. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 124, 109763. PDF
  25. Ji, L., Tsai, W., Wang, L., Lu, Q., Ma, Y., Sun, X., Wang, H., & Lu, G. (2019). The Detrimental Effects of Ambivalence over Emotional Expression on Well-being among Mainland Chinese Breast Cancer Patients: Mediating role of Perceived Social Support. Psycho-Oncology, 28(5), 1142-1148. PDF
  26. Tsai, W., Wu, I. H., & Lu, Q. (2019). Acculturation and Quality of Life among Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors: The Mediating Role of Self-stigma, Ambivalence over Emotion Expression, and Intrusive Thoughts. Psycho-Oncology, 28(5), 1063-1070. PDF
  27. Tsai, W., Zavala, D., & Gomez, S. (2019). Using the Facebook Advertisement Platform to Recruit Chinese, Korean, and Latinx Cancer Survivors for Psychosocial Research. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(1), e11571. PDF
  28. Tsai, W. & Lu, Q. (2019). Ambivalence over Emotional Expression and Intrusive Thoughts Moderates the Relations between Stigma and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42, 452-460. PDF
  29. Gallagher, M. W., Long, L. J., Tsai, W., Stanton, A. L., & Lu, Q. (2018). The Unexpected Impact of Expressive Writing on Posttraumatic Stress and Growth in Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of Clinical Psychology. PDF
  30. Tsai, W. & Lu, Q. (2018). Culture, Emotion Suppression and Disclosure, and Health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 12(3). PDF
  31. Lu, Q., Tsai, W., Chu, Q., & Xie, J. (2018). Is Emotion Suppression Harmful for Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 109, 51-56. PDF
  32. Tsai, W. & Lu, Q. (2018). Perceived Social Support Mediates the Longitudinal Relations between Ambivalence over Emotional Expression and Quality of Life among Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25(3), 368-373. PDF
  33. Tsai, W., Lau, A. S., Nguyen, J., Ngo, V., & Bahr, W. (2017). Cultural differences in the reciprocal relations between emotion suppression coping, depressive symptoms and interpersonal functioning among adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 657-669. PDF
  34. Tsai, W. & Lu, Q. (2017). Acculturation Matters in the Relation between Ambivalence over Emotional Expression and Well-being among Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors. Quality of Life Research, 26(10), 2755-2762. PDF
  35. Tsai, W., Wang, K. T., & Wei, M. (2017). Reciprocal relations between social self-efficacy and loneliness among chinese international students. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 8, 94-102. PDF
  36. Lau, A. S., Guo, S., Tsai, W., Nguyen, D. J., Nguyen, H. T., Ngo, V., & Bahr, W. (2016). Adolescents’ stigma attitudes toward internalizing and externalizing disorders: Cultural influences and implications for distress manifestations. Clinical Psychological Science, 4, 704-717. PDF
  37. Tsai, W., Sun, M., Wang, S. W., & Lau, A. S. (2016). Implications of Emotion Expressivity for Daily and Trait Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Functioning across Ethnic Groups. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 7, 52-63. PDF
  38. Tsai, W., Chiang, J. J., Lau, A. S. (2016). The Effects of Self-Enhancement and Self-Improvement on Recovery from Stress Differ across Cultural Groups. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 21-28. PDF
  39. Tsai, W., Lau, A. S., Niles, A. N., Coello, J., Lieberman, M. D., Ko, A. C., Hur, C., Stanton, A. L. (2015). Ethnicity Moderates the Outcomes of Self-Enhancement and Self-Improvement Themes in Expressive Writing. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 21(4), 584-592.  PDF
  40. Lau, A. S., Tsai, W., Shih, J., Hwang, W.C., Liu, L., & Takeuchi, D.T. (2013). The Immigrant Paradox among Asian American Women: Is the increased burden of depression and anxiety paradoxical or explicable? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81, 901-911. PDF
  41. Tsai, W. & Lau, A. S. (2013). Cultural Differences in the Emotion Regulation During Self-Reflection on Negative Experiences. Cognition and Emotion, 27(3), 416-429. PDF
  42. Tsai, W., Chang, E. C., Sanna, L.J., & Herringshaw, A. J. (2011). An Examination of Happiness as a Buffer of the Rumination-Adjustment Link: Ethnic Differences Between European and Asian American Students. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 2, 168-180. PDF
  43. Chang, E. C., Tsai, W., & Sanna, L.J. (2010). Examining the relations between rumination and adjustment: Do ethnic differences exist between Asian and European Americans? Asian American Journal of Psychology, 1, 46-56. PDF