Emanuela Yeung

Program affiliation: Lifespan Development

Supervisor: Dr. Ulrich Mueller

Research interests

I am interested in understanding the mechanisms by which a reflexive neonate develops into a reflective child. How does a child become aware of his/her own mind and develop the ability to regulate his/her own actions and emotions? How does this ability affect and interact with the development of other abilities such as learning and social reasoning? I aim to address these questions by studying the development of executive function and the relation this has to the development of other abilities such as language and metacognition.

Prior to beginning graduate studies at UVic, my research focus was on predictors of medication initiation/adherence in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Representative publications

Charach, A., Dashti, B., Lim., C.G., Booker, L., Carson, P., Lillie, E., Yeung, E., Ma, J., Raina, P., & Schachar, R. (2011). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of treatment in at-risk preschoolers; long-term effectiveness in all ages; and variability in prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 44. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC003-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Gajaria, A., Yeung, E., Goodale, T., & Charach, A. (2011). Beliefs about ADHD and response to stereotypes: Youth postings in Facebook groups. Journal of Adolescent Health, 49, 15-20.

Charach, A., Yeung, E., Climans, T., Lillie, E. (2011). Childhood ADHD and future Substance Use Disorders: Comparative meta-analyses. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 50, 9-21.

Representative conference presentations

Mirdamadi, K., Yeung, E., Charach, A. (2011). How do children see themselves? Quality of life for children with ADHD and learning disabilities. Poster presented at the Joint American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry/Canadian American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.

Charach, A., Carson, P., Ma, J., Yeung, E., Lim, C.G., Dashti, B. (2011). Comparing interventions for preschoolers with ADHD or Disruptive Behaviour. Talk presented at the Joint American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry/Canadian American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.

Yeung, E., Charach, A., Goodale, T., Gajaria, A., Volpe, T., & Boydell, K. (2009). Exploring stimulant treatment in ADHD: Narratives of youth and their parents. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2009 Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO.

Yeung, E., Cheung, P., Frank, M. C., & Barner, D. (2009). Mental abacus as a tool to track exact quantities in the absence of language. Talk presented at the Western Interdisciplinary Student Symposium on Language Research, London, ON.