Jialing is a PhD student in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, supervised by Dr Rosa Hoekstra and Dr Francesca Cotier. Her main research interests are autism spectrum disorder, family systems and intervention development.

Before starting PhD at King’s, Jialing completed a Master of Education in the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning at Beijing Normal University. Her previous research focused on early childhood psychological development and its influential factors in the family context, such as family socioeconomic status, parental belief, physical resources and stimulating activities.

Project Title: Parenting stress and help-seeking behaviour among mothers of children with ASD: a cross-cultural study between China and the UK