As a developmental psychologist by training, Dr. Maria S. Wong research on children’s social-emotional development has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental and Psychopathology, Social Development, and the Journal of Family Psychology. She engages in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and has published a two-volume eBook entitled “Incorporating Diversity in Classroom Settings: Real and Engaging Examples for Various Psychology Courses” for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, which includes more than 70 activities related to diversity that psychology instructors could implement in their courses. Most recently, Dr. Wong is interested in exploring issues related to enhancing student learning and success. Please see her selected publications and presentations below.
Selected Peer-Reviewed Research Publications
*Student Co-author
Only peer-reviewed publications in the most recent five years are included.
Information about 21 publications in previous years will be provided on request.
Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M.L., Madigan, S., Roisman, G.I., Van IJzendoorn, M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., Duschinsky, R., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Bureau, J., Eiden, R.D., Volling, B.L., Wong, M.S., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., Aviezer, O., Brown, G.L., Reiker, J., Mangelsdorf, S., Fearon, P., Bernard, K., Oosterman, M., & the Collaboration on Attachment to Multiple Parents and Outcomes Synthesis. (In press). Attachment relationship quality with mothers and fathers and child temperament: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Developmental Psychology.
Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M.L., Madigan, S., Roisman, G.I., Bernard, K., Duschinsky, R., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., Bureau, J., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Eiden, R.D., Wong, M.S., Brown, G.L., Soares, I., Oosterman, M., Fearon, R.M.P., Steele, H., Martins, C., Aviezer, O., & the Collaboration on Attachment to Multiple Parents and Outcomes Synthesis. (2023). Configurations of mother-child and father-child attachment relations as predictors of child language competence: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13998
Verhage, M.L., Schuengel, C., Holopainen, A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Bernier, A., Brown, G.L., Madigan, S., Roisman, G., Vaever, M.S., Wong, M.S., and the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis (CATS). (2022). Conceptual comparison of constructs as first step in data harmonization: Parental sensitivity, child temperament, and social support as illustrations. MethodsX, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101889
Joo, S.*, Fung, J., Wong, M.S., & Ping, Y. (2022). The moderating effects of growth mindset on perceived discrimination and behavior problems among Chinese migrant children. Asian American Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000288
Fung, J., Lin, C., Joo, S., & Wong, M.S. (2021). Factors associated with burnout, marital conflict, and life satisfaction among Chinese American church leaders. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 50. https://doi.org/10.1177/00916471211011594
Raby, K.L., Verhage, M.L., Fearon, R.M.P., Fraley, R.C., Roisman, G.I., Schuengel, C., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Bernier, A., Ensink, K., Hautamaki, A., Madigan, S., Mangelsdorf, S., Oosterman, M., Priddis, L. E., Wong, M.S., and the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. (2020). The latent structure of the Adult Attachment Interview: Large sample evidence from the collaboration on attachment transmission synthesis. Development and Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420000978
Goranson, S.*, Wong, M.S., & Fung, J. (2020). The influence of cultural and generational differences on the ministry experience of Chinese American church leaders. Pastoral Psychology, 69, 11-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-019-00890-5
Song, R.*, Fung, J., Wong, M.S., & Yao, P. (2019). Attachment security as a moderator of perceived discrimination on behavioral outcomes among Chinese migrant children. The Journal of Early Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619870604
Brown, G.L., Mangelsdorf, S.C., Shigeto, A., & Wong, M.S. (2018). Associations between father involvement and father-child attachment security: Variations based on timing and type of involvement. Journal of Family Psychology, 32, 1015-1024. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000472
Selected Edited Books, Chapters, & Other Publications
*Student Co-author
Only work from the most recent five years are included.
Information about three other publications in previous years will be provided on request.
Cerniak, J., Wong, M.S., & Rosen, L.H. (Eds.) (2021). Teaching psychology online. Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/teachpsychonline
Wong, M.S., Weiner, L., Cerniak, J., & Yee, L.T.S. (Eds.). (2021). Incorporating diversity in classroom settings: Real and engaging examples for various psychology courses. (Vol 1: Ability, age, culture, ethnicity/race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/diverse1
Wong, M.S., Weiner, L., Cerniak, J., & Yee, L.T.S. (Eds.). (2021). Incorporating diversity in classroom settings: Real and engaging examples for various psychology courses. (Vol 2: Intersectionality). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/diverse2
Wong, M.S. (2021). Making the numbers real: A service-learning experience with an underprivileged population. In Wong, M.S., Weiner, L., Cerniak, J., & Yee, L.T.S. (Eds.), Incorporating diversity in classroom settings: Real and engaging examples for various psychology courses. (Vol 1: Ability, age, culture, ethnicity/race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status) (pp. 276-284). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/diverse1
Wong, M.S. (2021). Using personal storytelling in the classroom setting: Perspectives from a female, non-white immigrant instructor. In Wong, M.S., Weiner, L., Cerniak, J., & Yee, L.T.S. (Eds.), Incorporating diversity in classroom settings: Real and engaging examples for various psychology courses. (Vol 2: Intersectionality) (pp. 24-26). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/diverse2
Wong, M.S., Mangelsdorf, S.C., & Charney, S.* (2020). Independence and Dependence. In J.B. Benson (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development (2nd Edition).
Wong, M.S. (2019, July). Six tips for teaching writing in psychology. Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) E-xcellence in Teaching. http://teachpsych.org/E-xcellence-in-Teaching-Blog/7720649
Wong, M.S. (2019, May). Instructors with multicultural backgrounds: We have so much to offer! Invited essay published on Graduate Student Teaching Blog (Association of American Psychological Association Division 2). https://teachpsych.org/page-1784686/7328320
Wong, M.S., & Alexander, A.* (2019). Adult attachment. In J.J. Ponzetti, M. Blankemeyer, S.M. Horan, H. Lyons, and A. Shigeto (Eds.), Macmillan Encyclopedia of Families, Marriages, and Intimate Relationships (1st Ed.), 48-53.
Selected Conference Presentations
*Student Co-author
Only conference presentations in the most recent five years are included.
Information about 58 presentations in previous years will be provided on request.
Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M.L., Madigan, S., …, Wong, M.S., … & the Collaboration on Attachment to Multiple Parents and Outcomes Synthesis. (2024, July). Attachment relationship quality with mothers and fathers and child temperament: An individual participant data meta-analysis. Paper to be presented at International Attachment Conference. Rouen, France.
Maingot, S., Verhage, M.L., Schuengel, C., Waters, T.E.A., …, Wong, M.S., … & the Attachment Secondary Processing and Analysis Network of the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. (2024, July). An alternative attachment: A thematic analysis of schema-like representations antithetical to the secure base script. Paper to be presented at International Attachment Conference. Rouen, France.
Meijer, E.E.J., Verhage, M.L., Schuengel, C., Waters, T.E.A., Maingot, S., …, Wong, M.S., … & the Attachment Secondary Processing and Analysis Network of the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. (2024, July). Automated assessment of transcript suitability for scoring secure base script knowledge in Adult Attachment Interviews. Paper to be presented at International Attachment Conference. Rouen, France.
Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M.L., Sagi-Schwartz, A., …, Wong, M.S., … & the Collaboration on Attachment to Multiple Parents and Outcomes Synthesis. (2022, July). Early Caregiving and the Development of Language Competence: A View from Meta-Analyses - PART 2: Attachment networks with mothers and fathers as predictors of language competence: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. Paper presented at the International Attachment Conference. Lisbon, Portugal.
Alvarez, L.D.C., Hakala, C., Masland, L.C., Troisi, J.D., Gurung, R.A.R., Hammer, E.Y., & Wong, M.S. (2021, October). Different hats, new horizons: From psychology department to center for teaching and learning (Moderator). Annual Conference on Teaching.
Hurd, N., Brown, C. S., Horn, S., Wong, M.S., Mistry, R., & Kiang, L. (Accepted to present in 2020, August but withdrew because of COVID-19). Equity and justice on the college campus: A professional development workshop for teacher-scholars. Symposium to be presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Washington DC.
Wong, M.S. (2019, December). A service learning project for PSY 136 Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences. Poster presented at the Stevenson University Psychology Student Research Showcase. Owings Mills, MD.
Wong, M.S., Elliott, J.D., & Charney, S. (2019, December). Students’ perceptions of instructor and course based on their reading of the syllabus. Poster presented at the Stevenson University Psychology Student Research Showcase. Owings Mills, MD.
Wong, M.S. (2019, October). Using children's drawings to teach child development. Poster presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 18th Annual Conference on Teaching (ACT). Denver, CO.
Cheung, C. & Wong, M.S. (2019, March). Family dynamics and adolescents’ socioemotional adjustment across cultural contexts. Co-Chairs of symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Baltimore, MD.
Lee, R., Verhage, M.L., Fearon, P., Fraley, C., Roisman, G., van Ijzendoorn, M.H., Schuengel, C., … & Wong, M.S. (2019, March). The latent structure of the Adult Attachment Interview: Large sample evidence from consortium data. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Song, R.*, Fung, J., Wong, M.S., & Yao, P. (2019, March). Attachment security as moderator of perceived discrimination on behavioral outcomes among Chinese migrant children. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Wong, M.S. (2019, March). A roundtable discussion on teaching writing. Presented at the Teaching Institute of the Society for Research in Child Development. Baltimore, MD.