Link

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=rfwSy0MAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Introduction

Tracy completed her Hons. B.Sc and M.Ed at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. in Human Development from McGill University and completed her postdoctoral research at the Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy, as well as the CARE Lab (Coping, Affect & Resilience in Education) at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on social-emotional development, moral development, and mental health across childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood. Tracy is particularly interested in understanding contextual influences, such as family dynamics, school climate, and culture. She is committed to collaborating with the community to shape her research inquiries and hopes to contribute to the development of culturally-informed prevention and intervention programs through her work.

Research Interest

• Social-emotional development
• Moral development
• Mental health
• Parenting
• School climate
• Cultural differences

Courses Taught

Selected Publications

1. Zhao, K., & Wong, T. K. (2025). Conceptualizing anti-Asian bullying faced by East Asian adolescents in Canadian schools arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: The roles of social workers. International Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728251327626

2. Wong, T. K., & Hamza, C. (2024). Online self-presentation, self-concept clarity, and depressive symptoms: A within-person examination. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 54, 997-1013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02109-0

3. Wong, T. K., & Hamza, C. A. (2024). Longitudinal association between identity and stressful life events among young adults. Journal of Personality. 93(3), 599-613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01883-7

4. Wong, T. K., Colasante, T., & Malti, T. (2023). A longitudinal examination of school-related and mental health mediators linking emotion regulation to academic achievement. Journal of School Psychology, 101,101253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2023.101253

5. Wong, T. K., Colasante, T., & Malti, T. (2023). Developmental deviations in happy victimization across early childhood predict behavioral adjustment in middle childhood. Social Development, 32(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12695

6. Speidel, R., Wong, T. K., Al-Janaideh, R., Colasante, T., & Malti, T. (2023). Evaluation of the 3E’s training: A brief virtual social-emotional training supporting caregivers and educators in nurturing emotion regulation, empathy for others, and empathy for self. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(148). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01357-4

7. Wong, T. K., Konishi, C., & Liu, X. (2022). Conceptualizing maternal and paternal autonomy support and control among adolescents in Hong Kong. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(2), 701-715. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12819

8. Wong, T. K., & Konishi, C., & *Kong, X. (2020). Parenting and prosocial behaviors: A meta-analysis. Social Development, 30(2), 343-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12481

Recent Projects

• Navigating emerging adulthood: Daily dynamics among emotion regulation, mental health, and academic engagement

• Social media and identity development in emerging adults

• Development of a grandparenting scale for Chinese communities

• Child-pet relationships and social-emotional development