Faculty Profile

 

Eugene Wong
Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Child Development

Contact Information:

Office:SB-523
Phone:909.537.5573
Fax:909.537.7003
Email:ewong@csusb.edu

Research and Teaching Interests:

Socio-emotional development with an emphasis on childrens' experience in the school setting. Specific research interests include achievement motivation, perceived competence, academic coping, and parent and teacher autonomy support.

Courses Taught:

Psyc 400 (Child Assessment), Psyc 320 (Psychology of Middle Childhood), Psyc 350 (Development of Exceptional Children), Psyc 654 (Life-span Developmental Psychology)

Research Highlights:

Passaro, P. D., Moon, M., Wiest, D. J., & Wong, (2004). A model for school psychology practice: Addressing the needs of students with emotional and behavioral challenges through the use of an in-school support room and reality therapy. Adolescence , 39, 503-517.

Wiest, D. J., Wong, E. H., Brotherton, S., & Cervantes, J. M. (2001). Postmodern counseling: Using narrative approaches in the school setting. Family Therapy, 28, 1-17.

Wong, E. H., Wiest, D. J., & Cusick, L. B. (2002). Perceptions of autonomy support, parent attachment, competence, and self worth as predictors of motivational orientation and academic achievement: An examination of sixth- and ninth-grade regular education students. Adolescence, 37, 255-266.

Student Research Projects

Wong, E. H., Wiest, D. J., Garcia, A. V., & Trifonopoulos, S. C. (2005). Academic coping as a predictor of motivational orientation. Western Psychological Association meeting.

Wong, E. H. Wiest, D. J., Cervantes, J. M., Garcia, A. V. (2004). Academic self regulation as a predictor of academic competence and self worth. Western Psychological Association meeting.