Research

  • My areas of specialization: sociocultural and family influences on children’s and adolescents’ development, especially on academic performance.
  • Theoretical framework: Social Capital (based on James Coleman's)
  • Quantitative methods
  • Asian American issues: academic achievement, acculturation, family involvement
  • Cambodian related projects:
    • Domestic violence: an examination of trust, marital control and couple violence. This study uses Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (2005) dataset.
    • Parental PTSD, parent-child relationship, academic achievement
    • College enrollment: an examination of resilience
    • Sociocultural factors on academic performance: fate, involvement, aspiration, gender role attitudes, parent-teacher relationship, parent-relative relationship, trust within community and between people, and family demands.
    • Breastfeeding and alcohol consumption: an examination of dose and effects on children’s cognitive performance (working under Dr. Miriam Mulsow’s project)
  • Peer reviewed publications:
    • Eng, S., Li, Y., Mulsow, M., & Fisher, J. (In Press). Domestic violence against women in Cambodia: Husband control, frequency of spousal discussion, and domestic violence reported by Cambodian women. Journal of Family Violence.
    • Eng, S., Mulsow, M., Cleveland, H. H., & Hart, S. (2009). Academic achievement among adolescents in Cambodia: Does maternal trauma matter? Journal of Community Psychology, 37(6), 754-768. Abstract
    • Eng, S., Kanitka, K., Cleveland, H. H., Herbert, R., Fischer, J., & Wiersma, J. (2008). School Achievement Differences among Chinese and Filipino American Students: Acculturation and Family Factors. Educational Psychology, 28, 535-550. Abstract