Yi Wei Chen, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology,
Bowling Green State University

I have three lines of research. First, I study age-related differences in cognitive and socio-emotional processes and how these differences may impact adult decision making. For example, my graduate student Jennifer Crawford examines how discrete emotions may influence monetary decisions of young and older adults. My second line of research focuses on stress, coping, and psychological well-being of adults, especially minority adults. I have published extensively on PWB of Chinese American elderly as well as international students. Third, my colleagues and I currently work with Bowling Green K-12 school teachers to investigate educators’ emotional labor before and after the pandemic.