A5084214533- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Community Health and Development
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Youth Development and Social Support
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Media Influence and Health
Claremont Graduate University
2014-2023
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
2020
Health and Human Development (2HD) Research Network
2020
California State University Los Angeles
2017
University of Southern California
2001-2010
Claremont Colleges
2010
California State University, Fullerton
2006
Southern California University for Professional Studies
2003
Weatherford College
2001
Boston University
1999
Acculturation has been associated with adolescent health-risk behaviors. Most acculturation scales are inappropriate for surveys because they too long, not applicable to differing ethnic groups, or language-based only. A brief, multidimensional, multicultural measure adolescents was developed. Sixthgrade students (N = 317) in Los Angeles completed that scale and other measures of acculturation. The Acculturation, Habits, Interests Multicultural Scale Adolescents (AHIMSA) generates four...
As the U.S. becomes increasingly multicultural, traditional values from various cultures will influence health-related attitudes and behaviors for a greater number of adolescents in Unfortunately, few scales exist to measure cultural influences on adolescent health behaviors. This study developed Multiethnic Cultural Values Scale assess some beliefs relevant In multiethnic sample 211 California adolescents, associations between substance use were examined. Filial piety familism associated...
The goal of this study was to investigate the neural correlates affective decision making, as measured by Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), which are associated with adolescent binge drinking. Fourteen drinkers (16-18 years age) and 14 age-matched adolescents who had never consumed alcohol--never drinkers--were recruited from local high schools in Chengdu, China. Questionnaires were used assess academic performance, drinking experience, urgency. Brain regions activated IGT performance identified...
In many developing countries, adolescents have become increasingly prone to engage in habitual risky sexual behavior such as early initiation and unprotected sex. The objective of this study was identify the operation risk protective factors individual, family, peer, school, community domains predicting among male female Cambodia.From October 2007 January 2008, we collected data from 1,049 students aged 14 20 years. Risky measured using a scale consisting four items: intercourse during past...
The World Wide Web (WWW) poses a distinct capability to offer interventions tailored the individual's characteristics. To fine tune tailoring process, studies are needed explore how Internet accessibility and usage related demographic, psychosocial, behavioral, other health This study was based on cross-sectional survey conducted 2373 7th grade students of various ethnic groups in Southern California. Measures use included at school or home, Email use, chat-room favoring. Logistic...
Abstract The goal of the current investigation was to address whether affective decision making would serve as a unique neuropsychological marker predict drinking behaviors among adolescents. We conducted longitudinal study 181 Chinese adolescents in Chengdu city, China. In their 10th grade (ages 15–16), these were tested for decision-making ability using Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and working memory capacity Self-Ordered Pointing Test. Self-report questionnaires used assess academic...
Purpose: Compulsive Internet Use (CIU) has increasingly become an area of research among process addictions. Largely based on data from cross-sectional studies, a positive association between CIU and substance use previously been reported. This study presents gender country-specific longitudinal findings the relationships use. Methods: Data were drawn youth attending non-conventional high schools, recruited into two similarly implemented trials conducted in China USA. The Chinese sample...
Previous research has indicated that the influence of peers on adolescent smoking may differ across ethnic groups. Although many studies have focused African Americans, Hispanics, and Whites, few included Asian Pacific Islanders, multi-ethnic adolescents as distinct Using data from a statewide sample 5870 eighth-grade in California, this study examined differences association between peer variables behavior susceptibility. Informational (best friends' behavior) normative (prevalence...
To investigate weight perception and related psychological factors in Chinese adolescents.A questionnaire on perception, academic performance, stress, hostility, depression was completed by 6863 middle high school students. Weight height were measured.Overweight to school-related stress both girls boys (P<0.01) hostility (P<0.01). Perceived over-weight lower GPA only (P<0.05).Distorted has a detrimental impact adolescents. These findings may contribute the obesity research development of...
Using data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 5,164 adolescents and their parents seven cities in mainland China, this investigated how social capital embedded the family community, together with human financial capital, influenced depressive symptoms urban Chinese within integrative framework. The structural equation modeling results suggested that higher community was associated lower level adolescent strongest predictor among all these contextual factors. Family played a significant...
Schools offer a convenient setting for research on adolescents.However, obtainingactive written parental consent is difficult. In 6th-grade smoking study, students were recruited with two procedures: active (parents must provide their children to participate) and implied (children may participate unless parents refusal). Of 4,427 invited students, 3,358 (76%) provided consent, 420 (9%) refusal, 649 (15%) (parental nonresponse). The procedure more boys, African Americans, poor grades,...
This study examined multiple influences on the use of tobacco by adolescents in China. Using theory triadic as a guide, we selected interpersonal, attitudinal/cultural, and intrapersonal constructs from baseline data to predict adolescent smoking 1 year later. We used prospective middle high school students (N=11,583) their parents China Seven Cities Study, longitudinal that is evaluating effects changing economic social factors health behaviors including use. A multilevel regression...