Yafen Chen

Yafen Chen

MSW, PhD - Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Postdoctoral Associate
Rutgers University, School of Social Work
New Brunswick, NJ
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Expertise

Children & Youth – Infancy & Early Childhood, Children & Youth – School-aged Children, Children & Youth – Adolescents, Children & Youth – Child development, Adverse Life Experience – Child Abuse / Neglect, Adverse Life Experience – Family Violence, Adverse Life Experience – ACEs

Bio

Yafan Chen, Ph.D., MSW, earned her Ph.D. and MSW from Rutgers University School of Social Work. Her research focuses on violence against women and children, with expertise in child maltreatment, children’s exposure to domestic violence, and intimate partner violence in Asian American and Latino communities.

Featured publication

Chen, Y. (2024). The effects of child maltreatment and exposure to intimate partner violence on the co-occurrence of anxious/depressive symptoms and aggressive behavior. Child Abuse & Neglect, 149, 106655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106655

Current Projects

Yafan is currently working on a nationally study about interpersonal violence against Latina women in the US. She is also conducting a series of secondary studies about the long-term patterns of children’s exposure to domestic violence and the outcomes in adolescence.