I'm an Associate professor in the Institute for Positive and Psychology , at Australian Catholic University, which was recently ranked in Top 10 most productive institutions in educational psychology in the world. My current research focuses on (1) how multiple ecological systems on the cultural, social, motivational, and behavioural development of youth shape their major and career choices, particularly in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics); (2) the impact of student social-emotional skills on academic and life outcomes, (3) improve the effectiveness of different prevention programs to enhance children’s and adolescents’ psychological well-being. I was recently also listed in the Top 10 most productive early career researchers in educational psychology and in the Top 2% most cited researchers in education in the world. See my publications here.

Research Methods

This project provides reviews and demonstrates applications of advanced methods in Structural Equation Modeling.

Publications

2019 A Systematic Evaluation and Comparison Between Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Preprint version.

2020 Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) & Set-ESEM: Optimal Balance between Goodness of Fit and Parsimony Multivariate Behavioral Research. Preprint version.

2018 What to do when scalar invariance fails: The extended alignment method for multi-group factor analysis comparison of latent means across many groups Psychological Methods. Preprint version.

2022 The Dimensionality of Reading Self-Concept: Examining Its Stability Using Local Structural Equation Models Assessment. Preprint version.

Dr. Jiesi Guo

Dr. Jiesi Guo

Research Methods

Publications