School

KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Position

Lecturer

Lecture course

· Early Childhood Development

· Early Childhood Special Education

· Research Methods in Educational Sciences

Research Field

· Parenting: Assessment and evaluation of parenting behaviors, ICTs use in domestic environments, & coparenting behaviors

· Child Development: Language and literacy, socio-emotional outcomes, & their multi-level associated characteristics

· Well-Being of Disadvantaged Children: Left-behind children, & migrant children

Education

· PhD in educational sciences, KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Oct 2019 – Dec 2023

· Master’s degree in early childhood education, East China Normal University, Sept 2016 – Jun 2019

· Bachelor’s degree in Chinese language and literature, Xiamen University, Sept 2012 – Jun 2016

Achievements

Books/

Journal Articles

Journal Articles:

· Liang, R., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2024). Pre-Separation Mother–Child Relationship and Adjustment Behaviors of Young Children Left Behind in Rural China: Pathways Through Distant Mothering and Current Mother–Child Relationship Quality. Behavioral Sciences, 14(12), 1193.

· Liang, R., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2024). Psychometric properties of the mobile phone parenting practices questionnaire (MPPPQ) for Chinese separated families with young children. Acta Psychologica, 224, 104197.

· Liang, R., Yang, Y., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2023). Mobile phone parenting in work‐separated Chinese families with young children left behind: A qualitative inquiry into parenting dimensions and determinants. Child & Family Social Work, 28(1), 1-13.

· Xu, C., Huizinga, M., De Luca, G., Pollé, S., Liang, R., Sankalaite, S., Roorda DL., & Baeyens, D. (2023). Cultural universality and specificity of teacher-student relationship: A qualitative study in Belgian, Chinese, and Italian primary school teachers. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1287511.

· Liang, R., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2022). Maternal and adolescent depression in rural China: Family and individual characteristics as moderators. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sdwux

· Liu, H., & Liang, R. (2020). Entitling all children to high-quality care and education: Background, framework, and enlightenment of the Measurement of Early Learning and Environment [让每位幼儿都享有优质教育——《早期学习环境评量表》的背景、结构和启示]. Studies in Foreign Education, 47(11), 14. (in Chinese)

· Li, Z., Zhou, J., Tian, Y., & Liang, R. (2019). Promoting resilience of preschool migrant children by picture-book reading intervention [阅读干预：促进学前流动儿童心理弹性发展的有效途径]. Studies in Early Childhood Education, (12), 20-29. (in Chinese)

· Liang, R. (2018). Sexuality education policies for young children in the Netherlands: An introductory review [荷兰学前儿童性教育政策述评]. Journal of Educational Development, (01), 93-96. (in Chinese)

· Liang, R., & Zhou, J. (2017). Supportive verbal feedback in preschooler peer interaction: A corpus-based analysis [3～6岁儿童同伴互动中“支持性言语反馈”的使用研究]. Early Childhood Education, (27), 20-26. (in Chinese)

Books：

· Rapee R., Wignall A., Spence S., Cobham V., & Lynehan H. (2022) 自信快乐的小孩：别让焦虑和孩子一起长大 [Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents] (Liang R., Trans.). Beijing: China Renmin University Press. (in Chinese)

· Liang R., & Xiaode Studio. What An Alien Mess [乱七八糟星球]. Shenzhen: Shenzhen Press Group. (in Chinese)

Conferences：

· Liang, R., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2023). Migration arrangement and mobile phone parenting in Chinese work-separated families: Parental stress as a mediator. [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development SRCD 2023 Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City: USA.

· Liang, R., Yang, Y., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2021). Mobile phone parenting in Chinese families with young left-behind children [Oral symposium presentation]. OMEP Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Online/Hangzhou, China. (in Chinese)

· Liang, R., & Van Leeuwen, K. (2021). Mother-adolescent similarity in depression in rural China: The roles of family and individual characteristics. [Poster presentation]. SRCD 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting, online.

Grants

Receiver & primary investigator:

· Mobile phone parenting in families of young left-behind children in rural China: A mixed-methods study, funded by China Scholarship Council（202007650039）

Awards

· Scholarship by the China Scholarship Council

· East China Normal University Master’s Graduate Academic Scholarship

· Xiamen University Outstanding Graduate Award

· CCB Scholarship for Xiamen University Excellent Graduates

· Yangrongrong Scholarship for Xiamen University Excellent Student, Academic Year 2015

· Xiamen University Merit Student, Academic Year 2014

· First Scholarship for Xiamen University Excellent Student, Academic Year 2013-2014

· Xiamen University Merit Student, Academic Year 2013

· First Scholarship for Xiamen University Excellent Student, Academic Year 2012-2013