Dr. Hui Hu
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Hui Hu
Dr. Hui Hu
Postdoctoral Fellow
CURRENT JOB TITLE
Postdoctoral Fellow
AFFILIATION
Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Social Work, The University of Hong Kong
Biography
My research focuses on enhancing the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents, particularly those in vulnerable and underserved populations.
I am interested in exploring the intersection of education and youth mental health, with a particular emphasis on the development, implementation, and evaluation of school-based social and emotional learning programs. My current research involves investigating effective prevention strategies for digital addiction among adolescents in rural schools and studying teachers' social-emotional competencies to support the well-being of both students and teachers. My research also includes mindfulness-based interventions and the development and validation of reliable scales for measuring mental health and well-being. Additionally, I am a registered social worker in Hong Kong, with practice experience working with children and youth in school, hospital, and community settings.
Research Projects List
Development and Evaluation of a Novel Educator SEL Program
This study aims to develop a culturally-tailored SEL program for East Asian educators and to evaluate its feasibility and effectiveness for both educators and students.
Recruitment for the pilot test and main evaluation are now open!
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
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Teachers’ Social-Emotional Competence: A Key to Successful Social and Emotional Learning for Students
This study aims to investigate whether and how teachers’ own SEC relates to students’ SEC development in the context of practicing school-based SEL.
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
Juyeon Lee (PI), Hui Hu, Ingrid D. Lui
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Building Resilient Futures: Fostering Rural Adolescents’ Positive Development Through Two Innovative School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs
This study aims to implement and evaluate two innovative universal school-based SEL programs aimed to promote positive youth development and prevent digital addiction.
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
Juyeon Lee (PI), Linyun Fu, Hui Hu
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Youth Social-Emotional Competence Assessment, Development, Predictors, and Outcomes
This study aims to investigate how social-emotional competence is assessed across different informants and contexts, how it develops over time, what factors predict its development, and how it relates to later outcomes.
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
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An International Study on Teachers’ Social-Emotional Competence, Well-being, and Practices
This study aims to examine the relationships among teachers’ SEC, well-being, and SEL-related practices across diverse sociocultural contexts.
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
Juyeon Lee (PI), Linyun Fu, Chenxiao Wang, Hui Hu, Ingrid D. Lui, Eunkyung Chung, Se-na Choi, Changyong Choi, Min Sang Yoo, Seungmin Lee
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The Development and Validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC)
This study aims to develop and validate a new measure of teachers’ social-emotional competence (SEC) that is comprehensive, practical, and culturally relevant in the East Asian school contexts and potentially other parts of the world.
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
Juyeon Lee (PI), Linyun Fu, Chenxiao Wang, Hui Hu, Ingrid D. Lui, Eunkyung Chung, Se-na Choi, Changyong Choi, Min Sang Yoo, Seungmin Lee
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From Risk to Resilience: Leveraging School-based Social-Emotional Learning to Address Digital Addiction among Adolescents in Underserved Contexts
Dr. Hu's dissertation research at HKU, supervised by Dr. Juyeon Lee, Dr. Shuang Lu, and Prof. Siuman Ng.
RESEARCHERS INVOLVED
Hui Hu (PI), Juyeon Lee (Supervisor)
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2026
Journal Article
Network reorganization of gaming disorder, depression, and anxiety across the transition to emerging adulthood: a longitudinal symptom-level analysis
Yinan Ji, Hui Hu, & Xinfeng Tang
BMC Psychiatry
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Publication List
Publication List
2026
Journal Article
Network reorganization of gaming disorder, depression, and anxiety across the transition to emerging adulthood: a longitudinal symptom-level analysis
Yinan Ji, Hui Hu, & Xinfeng Tang
BMC Psychiatry
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2026
Conference Oral Presentation
Exploring profiles and predictors of multi-informant social–emotional competence assessment
The 28th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (Incheon, South Korea)
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2026
Conference Oral Presentation
Fostering rural adolescents’ healthy development through school-based social and emotional learning: A cluster RCT
Linyun Fu, Hui Hu, Zhen Zhang, Jesus Alfonso D. Datu, Juyeon Lee
The 28th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (Incheon, South Korea)
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2026
Conference Oral Presentation
Teachers’ social-emotional competence matters: Predicting students’ social-emotional learning outcomes in routine school settings
The 28th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (Incheon, South Korea)
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2026
Conference Oral Presentation
Addressing Digital Addiction Among Chinese Rural Adolescents: Development and Evaluation of an Innovative School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Program
Society for Social Work and Research 30th Annual Conference (Washington, DC, USA)
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2025
Journal Article
The development and validation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Teacher Social-Emotional Competence (MATSEC) in East Asian school contexts
Juyeon Lee, Linyun Fu, Hui Hu, Chenxiao Wang, Eunkyung Chung, Se-na Choi, Changyong Choi, Seungmin Lee, Ingrid D. Lui, Min Sang Yoo
Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 5, 100093
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2025
Journal Article
Social-emotional competence as the promotive and protective factor for Chinese school teachers’ mental well-being
Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 5, 100091
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2025
Conference Oral Presentation
Longitudinal Risk and Protective Factors for Problematic Internet Use Among Adolescents: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis
Hui Hu, Yinan Ji, Shuang Lu, Yinkai Zhang, Juyeon Lee
Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting (Minnesota, USA)
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2025
Conference Oral Presentation
The development and test of a multidimensional, equity-oriented scale of teacher social-emotional competence (T-SEC) in East Asian school contexts
Juyeon Lee, Linyun Fu, Hui Hu, Chenxiao Wang, Eunkyung Chung, Se-na Choi, Changyong Choi, Seungmin Lee, Min Sang Yoo, Juyeon Lee
Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference (Seattle, WA, USA)
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2025
Conference Oral Presentation
Social-emotional competence as the promotive and protective factor for Chinese school teachers’ mental well-being
Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference (Seattle, WA, USA)
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2025
Conference Oral Presentation
The roles of teachers’ social-emotional competence in integrated and equity-enhancing social-emotional learning: Evidence from preschool to high school teachers in California
Juyeon Lee, Hui Hu, Chenxiao Wang, Kamryn Morris, Addison Duane, Valerie Shapiro
Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference (Seattle, WA, USA)
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2024
Journal Article
Validating a short-form Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire among Chinese early adolescents
Hui Hu, Renhui Lyu, Xiaolu Dai, & Shuang Lu
Mindfulness 15, 2632–2646
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2024
Conference Oral Presentation
Enhancing well-being and preventing problematic Internet use through school-based social-emotional learning program for underserved rural adolescents: Evidence from China
2024 EASP FISS Joint Conference (Kyoto, Japan)
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