Professor Jiesi Guo

projects

Research Methods and Measurement

This theme develops and applies advanced quantitative methods, measurement models, validation frameworks, and computational approaches for educational and psychological research.

My methodological work develops, evaluates, and applies advanced quantitative approaches for educational and psychological science. This includes structural equation modeling, measurement invariance, Bayesian models, machine learning, longitudinal models, and validation studies.

A central aim is substantive-methodological synergy: using stronger methods to answer real educational questions while making complex models more transparent and useful.

Publications in this theme

  • 2026 - Mapping the intellectual landscape of educational psychology: Citation rankings and network structures of 60 journals, scholars, and institutions. Learning and Individual Differences. DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102816.
  • 2026 - Robust Support for New Student (SEEQ-S) and Teacher (TEEQ-S) Teaching Effectiveness Instruments: Multitrait-Multimethod Study of Student-Teacher Agreement on 15 Teaching Effectiveness Factors and Student Growth in Secondary Schools. Journal of Educational Psychology.
  • 2026 - Predictive modelling of Australian school principals’ turnover intentions using machine learning with random effects. Discover Computing. DOI: 10.1007/s10791-025-09838-1.
  • 2025 - How does university students’ academic major (STEM vs. non-STEM) affect their acceptance of e-learning: a multi-group analysis. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1186/s41239-025-00543-z.
  • 2025 - Implicit measure of growth mindset: reducing social desirability bias and linking to academic performance. Social Psychology of Education. DOI: 10.1007/s11218-025-10125-6.
  • 2025 - The Reciprocal Effects Model is Robust to Alternative Modeling Specifications: A Response to Sorjonen et al., 2025. Educational Psychology Review. DOI: 10.1007/s10648-025-10059-7.
  • 2024 - Applying machine learning to understand the role of social–emotional skills on subjective well-being and physical health. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12624.
  • 2024 - Gritty Parenting: The Development and Validation of the Parental Grit Scale. Assessment. DOI: 10.1177/10731911241289242.
  • 2023 - The bifactor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale: Bayesian approaches to overcome exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) limitations. Psychological Assessment. DOI: 10.1037/pas0001247.
  • 2022 - A moderated mediation analysis of conscientiousness, time management strategies, effort regulation strategies, and university students’ performance. Learning and Individual Differences. DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2022.102228.
  • 2022 - Mastery-approach goals: A large-scale cross-cultural analysis of antecedents and consequences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000436.
  • 2022 - The Dimensionality of Reading Self-Concept: Examining Its Stability Using Local Structural Equation Models. Assessment. DOI: 10.1177/10731911211069675.
  • 2020 - Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM), and Set-ESEM: Optimal Balance Between Goodness of Fit and Parsimony. Multivariate Behavioral Research. DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2019.1602503.
  • 2019 - A Systematic Evaluation and Comparison Between Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2018.1554999.
  • 2019 - Capturing the multiplicative effect of perseverance and passion: Measurement issues of combining two grit facets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820125116.
  • 2019 - In-the-Moment Profiles of Expectancies, Task Values, and Costs. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01662.
  • 2018 - Validating the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ-II) using set-ESEM: Identifying psychosocial risk factors in a sample of school principals. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00584.
  • 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. DOI: 10.1037/met0000113.
  • 2016 - Temporal ordering effects of adolescent depression, relational aggression, and victimization over six waves: Fully latent reciprocal effects models. Developmental Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/dev0000241.