Staff profile

My research investigates how students from underrepresented backgrounds experience diverse classrooms, aiming to develop accessible interventions that foster inclusive educational environments. I explore this by measuring real-time indicators of classroom anxiety using a novel, interdisciplinary approach that combines vocal analysis and electrocardiography (ECG).

Research Interests

• Social identity
• Inequality
• Stereotype threat
• Reduce classroom anxiety

Supervisors

Chuma Owuamalam

Mario Weick

Yunfei Chen

Journal Article

• Mapping the interconnections among non-suicidal self-injury, depressive symptoms, and reward sensitivity: A network analysis
  
  Zhu, L., Wang, Y., Ye, Q., Zhang, S., Liu, G., Yang, Z., Ni, K., Li, B., & Cai, X. (2026). Mapping the interconnections among non-suicidal self-injury, depressive symptoms, and reward sensitivity: A network analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 398, Article 121063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.121063
• Interrelationships between childhood trauma, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms: A network analysis and replication
  
  Ye, Q., Zhang, S., He, X., Yang, Y., Ni, K., Yang, H., Wei, W., Preece, D. A., Chan, R. C., Li, B., & Cai, X. (2026). Interrelationships between childhood trauma, alexithymia, and depressive symptoms: A network analysis and replication. Child Abuse & Neglect, 172, Article 107877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107877
• Using latent profile and network analyses to characterize individuals with musical anhedonia: An explorative study
  
  Zhang, S., He, X., Ye, Q., Jin, J., Ni, K., Li, Y., Gold, B. P., Li, B., & Cai, X. (2025). Using latent profile and network analyses to characterize individuals with musical anhedonia: An explorative study. Personality and Individual Differences, 246, Article 113363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113363
• Cross‐cultural adaptation and clinical application of the Perth Empathy Scale
  
  Ye, Q., Liu, Y., Zhang, S., Ni, K., Fu, S., Dou, W., Wei, W., Li, B., Preece, D. A., & Cai, X. (2024). Cross‐cultural adaptation and clinical application of the Perth Empathy Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 80(7), 1473-1489. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23643