Presentation
Church Presentations (NAD Only)
Ji, C. (2022, December).Faith and Church. NAD Curriculum Advisory Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
Ji, C. (2022, May).School Climate, Faith Maturity, and Depression. NAD Leadership Council Meeting, Denver, CO.
Ji, C. (2021, December). Interim Report on V4 Data Collection. NAD Curriculum Advisory Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Ji, C., & Anguiano-Vega, J. (2019, December).Valuegenesis IV (2020) Update. NAD Curriculum Advisory Meeting, Houston, TX.
Ji, C., & Anguiano-Vega, J. (2019, May). Valuegenesis I-IV: Continuing Our Study of Faith, Values, and Commitment. NAD Leadership Council Meeting, Portland, ME.
Scholarly Presentations
Ji, C. (2023, October). Religious social identity, doctrinal faith, and denominational self-esteem: The case of Adventist adolescents. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Scientific Studies of Religion, Salt Lake City, UT.
Cao, V., & Ji, C. (2023, October). Diversity in spiritual expression: How Protestant youth express spirituality. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Scientific Studies of Religion, Salt Lake City, UT.
Ji, C. (2023, April). Religion, life goals, and Protestant work ethic. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Riverside, CA.
Ji, C., & Cao, V. (2022, November). Gratitude, Religious Beliefs, and Spiritual Practices: The Case of Indigenous Asian Religion. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Scientific Studies of Religion, Baltimore, MD.
Ji, C., Thomas, S., & Zhang, E. (2022, November). Faith Maturity and Personal Devotion: A Longitudinal Study of Protestant Evangelical Youth. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Scientific Studies of Religion, Baltimore, MD.
Ji, C. & Cao, V. (2022, April). The link between religion, spirituality, and psychological optimism: the mediating role of ethnic social identity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Anguiano-Vega, J. M., & Ji, C. (2019, October). The role of secure student-teacher attachment in promoting denominational loyalty in parochial schools. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Scientific Studies of Religion, St. Louis, MO.
Ji, C., Carrizosa, I. Stephens, B., & Mattu, P. (2019, April). Types of bullying and substance abuse among high school students: The role of depression and gender differences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Pasadena, CA.
Anguiano-Vega, J. M., Ji, C., & Zhao, Z. (2018, October). Modest clothes, lifestyle, and theological beliefs: The case of Seventh-Day Adventists Adolescents. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Scientific Studies of Religion, Las Vegas, NV.
Ji, C. (2018, April). Does personal religion deter substance abuse? Comparison of licit and illicit drugs and the gateway drug theory. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.
Ji, C. (2017, November). Humane and reflective education in student learning: Evidence on effectiveness and educational aspiration. Plenary research session speech at the International Conference on Humane Reflective Teacher, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Ji, C. (2017, August). Does religion moderate the effect of sexual abuse on sexual orientation? The evidence from a USA nationwide adolescent survey. Paper presented at the Bi-annual Meeting of International Association for the Psychology of Islam, Hamar, Norway.
Ji, C., & Tambunan, G. (2017, April). Being religious and learning effectiveness: Does personal religiosity matter for academic achievement? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA.
Ji, C. (2017, February). Locus of control and life skills education: Research on learning, personal well-being, and gender differences. Plenary research session speech delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Life Skills Education Association, Pune, India.
Ji, C. (2016, November). Being religious and involvement in bullying: Evidence from a nation-wide survey of adolescents. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Scientific Studies of Religion, Atlanta, GA.
Ji, C. (2016, August). Sexual abuse and sexual attitudes: New light on the moderating role of personal religion. Paper presented at the 23rd international congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Nagoya, Japan.
Ji, C. (2016, July). Does religion help us become altruistic? Revisit to religiousness, altruism, and pro-social hypocrisy with data from Protestant adolescents. Paper presented at the 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan.
Ji, C. (2016, April). Involvement in bullying and being religious in middle adolescence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA.
Ji, C. (2015, November). School leadership, student development, and religious values. Key note speech at the annual meeting of the Indian School Psychology Association, Mumbai, India (key note speech).
Ji, C., Lu, C., & Tambunan, G. (2015, November). Substance abuse and personal religion: Comparison of licit, prescription, and illicit drugs and substances. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association, Newport Beach, CA.
Ji, C. (2015, August). Depression, criminal behavior, and personal religion. Paper presented at the Bi-annual meeting of the Asian Society of Social Psychology, Cebu, Philippines.
Ji, C. (2015, July). Personal religion, daily exercise, and competitive sports. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Congress of Sport Psychology, Bern, Switzerland.
Ji, C. (2011, October). Does religion moderate the harmful effects of sexual abuse? The case of adolescent sexual attitude and behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association, Milwaukee, MN.