Hongling Xie, Ph.D.

 

Email: hxie@temple.edu
Phone:(215) 204-1554

Interests: The development of social and physical aggression, peer social networks, gender differences in antisocial pathways, qualitative and quantitative methods, and cross-cultural analysis of aggression and peer social dynamics.

Hongling Xie, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology with a joint appointment in the Developmental and Social Psychology programs. She is currently an affiliated faculty member of the Carolina Consortium on Human Development. She received her Ph. D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999, and her Bachelor of Science from Peking University (Beijing, China).

Dr. Xie's research has been guided by an interactive-holistic perspective on human development, and her primary research interests follow two lines of inquiry. One is focused on gender differences in the development of different forms of aggressive behaviors (i.e., physical and social aggression) and peer social dynamics in school. The other line of Dr. Xie's research is focused on the developmental pathways of risk and resilience in ontogeny and across generations. Dr. Xie's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Mental Health, and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

Dr. Xie currently directs a 3-year longitudinal study to examine early adolescents' aggression, victimization, and peer social networks during the transition to middle school. Approximately 400 urban youth participate in this study. This project is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation.