Biography
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Yeju is a China Scholarship Council (CSC) funded PhD student within the Re:Spect Research group (2020-2024), being supervised by Prof Francesca Happé, Prof Colette Hirsch and Dr Silia Vitoratou.
Yeju’s research aims to conceptualise the individual differences of Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU), develop/adapt IU performance task(s) and explore the relationship between the construct of IU with autistic traits, other individual differences (e.g., Alexithymia), co-occurring mental health conditions (e.g., anxiety) and quality of life in autistic adults.
Yeju studied BSc (Hons) in Special Education at South China Normal University (2013-2017), participated in the Student Exchange Programme at the Education University of Hong Kong, studied MSc in Genes, Environment and Development in Psychology and Psychiatry at the SGDP Centre, King’s College London (2019-2020). Prior to beginning her PhD studentship, Yeju had three-year experience of teaching students with special education needs and disabilities and worked for two years as a full-time teacher in a primary school in China. |
Research
ReSpect Lab: Researching Autism across the Spectrum and Lifespan
The ReSpect Lab, led by Professor Francesca Happé, comprises researchers and postgraduate students actively engaged in researching autism across the spectrum and lifespan.
Research
ReSpect Lab: Researching Autism across the Spectrum and Lifespan
The ReSpect Lab, led by Professor Francesca Happé, comprises researchers and postgraduate students actively engaged in researching autism across the spectrum and lifespan.