Carmen Kho

Assistant Professor

Faculty

Human Development and Family Science

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Areas of Study & Research

I apply a cultural-ecological framework to examine how cultural, family, and other contextual influences intersect with socio-emotional development of children, adolescents, and emerging adults. My research takes a normative development approach and examines developmental processes with careful consideration of contexts in which they take place (e.g., family, neighborhoods, immigrant receiving context) and the timescale in which these processes occur (e.g., moment-to-moment, day-to-day, across years).

Current Projects

  • Context and Wellbeing of First Generation College Students
  • Culture in Daily Life (focus on Latinx individuals)

Courses Taught

HDFS 341 Parent-Child Relations
HDFS 250 Research Methods
HDFS 230 Lifespan Development
HDFS 435 Contexts of Socioemotional Development
HDFS 805 Research Methods and Scholar Development in Human Sciences

Education

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Psychological Sciences (with a focus in Developmental Psychology), University of California, Merced Merced, CA
  • Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (First Class Honors), UCSI University, Malaysia

Publications

Kho, C., White, R., Zhao, C., Knight, G., & Roche, K. (2023). Familism and psychological adjustment of Latinx adolescents in an emerging immigrant community: A five wave longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology. doi.org/10.1037/dev0001554

Kho, C., Zawadzki, M., & Main, A. (2023). Relations between social environment and moment-to-moment variation in self-construal among Latinx emerging adults: An ecological momentary assessment approach. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. doi.org/10.1177/02654075231167887

Kho, C., White, R. M. B., Knight, G. P., Zhao, C., & Roche, K.M. (2022). Parental Warmth and Developmental Change in Familism Values: Latinx Adolescents in an Emerging Immigrant Community. Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi.org/10.1111/jora.12798

Kho, C., Main, A., & Rote, W. (2021). Maternal psychological control and mother-adolescent conflict discussion quality: Different perceptions are key. Journal of Family Psychology. doi.org/hbmq

White, R., Kho, C., & Nair, R. (2021). U.S. Mexican adolescent well-being in the context of neighborhood white concentration. Journal of Research on Adolescence. doi.org/10.1111/jora.12711

Main, A., Kho, C., Miramontes, M., Wiebe, D., Cakan, N., & Raymond, J. (2021). Parents’ empathic accuracy: Associations with type 1 diabetes management and familism. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsab073

Hussain, M., Kho, C, Main, A., & Zawadzki, M. (2021). Horizontal collectivism moderates the relationship between in-the-moment social connections and well-being among Latino/a college students. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01143-5