Joan P Yoo
Biographic Data
| ID | 314137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan P Yoo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan P |
| FAMILY NAME | Yoo |
| SIGNATURE | YOO J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seoul National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7029-0328 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Patterns of Children’s Perception of Safety across Diverse Contexts and their Subjective Well-Being
This study explores patterns in children’s safety perceptions across various contexts, including home, school, neighborhood, and country, and examines how these patterns relate to their subjective well-being (SWB). Using data of 10- and 12-year-old children from the third wave of the International Survey of Children’s Well-Being (ISCWeB), we first conducted a latent profile analysis to classify children based on their safety perceptions across th…
Children’s Time Use Patterns and Subjective Well-being in Asian Countries
Patterns of Time Use among 12-Year-Old Children and Their Life Satisfaction
Relationships between objective and subjective socioeconomic status and physical health among adolescents in South Korea
This study seeks to broaden the understanding of socioeconomic health disparities among Korean adolescents. Specifically, we examine the pathways from objective SES and subjective SES to physical health through a psychosocial perspective. To this end, stress and self‐efficacy, which have been identified as critical psychosocial factors associated with SES, and physical activity, one of the most representative health behaviors during this period, …
How Do Time Use and Social Relationships Affect the Life Satisfaction Trajectory of Korean Adolescents
This study investigated the life satisfaction trajectory of Korean adolescents, and factors associated with changes in life satisfaction. Specifically, we focused on how changes in time use and social relationships were associated with changes in life satisfaction. Using three waves of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey, we conducted a series of multilevel growth curve modeling analyses. The results indicate that Korean adolescents' life …
Risk factors for child maltreatment in South Korea
This study investigated the risk factors associated with the occurrence of child physical and psychological abuse in South Korea based on the ecological theory of child maltreatment. A subsample of 3‐ to 18‐year‐old children from “ A Study on the Current State of Child Abuse and Neglect,” a nationally representative study on child abuse and neglect, was utilized for secondary data analysis. The sample was divided into two age groups (third grader…
Factors influencing resubstantiation of child neglect in South Korea
While a high prevalence of child neglect cases has been reported by Child Protective Services (CPS) in Western countries, child neglect cases reported to South Korea's Child Protection Agency (CPA) present different trends than those in Western countries. Nevertheless, child neglect is an understudied area within child welfare. Thus, a need exists to investigate the unique characteristics of child neglect cases substantiated by the CPA in Korea. …
Community-based social service utilization of marriage migrants in Korea
While social services for marriage migrant women have proliferated in the past few years, research on the use of those services remains limited. This study examines factors associated with women’s use of multiple types of services, focusing on the effects of women’s country of origin. We use Gelberg–Andersen’s behavioral model for the theoretical framework and exploit the 2015 National Survey on Multicultural Families for analyses. The results fr…
Young Adult Unemployment and Later Depression and Anxiety
Recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation
The recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation among families served by South Korea’s Child Protection Agency has yet to be thoroughly investigated. This study explores the recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation and related risk factors using the administrative data from the National Child Protection Agency (NCPA) . Multilevel discrete time-hazard analysis is employed. We found that the risk of recurrence is greatest during the firs…
Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling for Social Work Researchers
Objective: To achieve the grand challenge goal of unleashing the power of prevention, we must determine how and under what conditions an intervention leads to desired outcomes. These questions remain largely unknown partly due to analytical challenges involving testing mediation and moderation hypotheses with multiple dependent variables in nested data. This paper introduces multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) and demonstrates multilev…
Children's subjective well-being in rural communities of South Korea and the United States
Understanding the typologies of child subjective well-being
Estimating the Prevalence Rate of Child Physical and Psychological Maltreatment in South Korea
How do Family Economic Contexts Affect Children’s Subjective Well-Being? A Study of South Korea
Impact of Childhood Socioeconomic Position on Self‐Rated Health Trajectories of South Korean Adults
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of childhood socioeconomic position ( SEP ) on adult health trajectory in South Korea. Seven waves of data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study ( KOWEPS , 2007–2012; Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, ) were analyzed using latent growth curve analysis. Health condition was measured by self‐assessment. The major independent variables were indicators of childhood and adult SEP . The findings…
The Effect of Infancy Childcare Center Use and Maternal Employment on Toddlers’ Language Development in South Korea
Using first to fourth wave data of the Panel Study of Korean Children ( PSKC ), this study explores the effects of childcare center use, maternal employment, and other child and familial characteristics on the language development of toddlers in Korea. Among the 2078 families with children in the PSKC , those who completed the Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test at the fourth wave were selected, and a small number of disabled or prematurely …
The Associations Between Socioeconomic Status, Caregivers' Depressive Symptoms, Children's Health‐Promoting Behavior, and Children's Physical Health
The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effects of children's health‐promoting behaviors on the association between socioeconomic status, caregivers' depressive symptoms, and children's physical health outcomes. We used the first wave of “Seoul Education and Health Welfare Panel.” Data were collected from 820 fourth‐grade elementary and first‐year middle school students and their caregivers using self‐administered surveys. Structural e…
Impact of Having a First Child on Maternal Depressive Symptoms
Previous studies on the impact of having a first child on a mother's psychological well‐being has not been extensively examined in Korea. The present study aims to understand how having a first child is associated with a first‐time mother's depressive symptoms when compared with their childless counterparts. A sample of 140 women aged 20–40 years, married, and childless in wave 1 of the Korean National Welfare Panel Study ( KOWEPS ) was selected.…
Effects of Welfare and Maternal Work on Recommended Preventive Care Utilization Among Low-Income Children
Objectives. We examined how maternal work and welfare receipt are associated with children receiving recommended pediatric preventive care services. Methods. We identified American Academy of Pediatrics–recommended preventive care visits from medical records of children in the 1999–2004 Illinois Families Study: Child Well-Being. We used Illinois administrative data to identify whether mothers received welfare or worked during the period the visit…
Homeownership, Neighbourhood Characteristics and Children’s Positive Behaviours among Low- and Moderate-income Households
Using data on low-to-moderate-income households in the US Community Advantage Program survey, this paper examines homeownership, neighbourhood characteristics and the interaction between the two on the positive behaviour of children from low- and moderate-income households. To control for potential selection bias and endogeneity problems, propensity score weighting and hierarchical regression are employed to tease apart the effects of homeownersh…
State-level income inequality and family burden of US families raising children with special health care needs
The Effects of Depressive Symptoms on Work Activities and Welfare Exit of Welfare Recipients in Korea1
The purpose of this research is to examine the link between depressive symptoms of welfare recipients and their work activity and welfare exit using a secondary dataset, entitled the Korean Welfare Panel Study. In 2000, the National Basic Livelihood Security System (NBLSS) was introduced to (i) ensure a basic standard of living for households in poverty, and (ii) promote work activity and welfare exit of the recipients. A considerable body of lit…
Observation, correlation and policy analysis
Suppression of racial disparities for children with special health care needs among families receiving Medicaid
Food Hardship and Child Behavior Problems among Low‐Income Children
Using data from two waves of a panel study of families that currently receive or recently received cash welfare benefits, this article examines the relationship between food hardship and behavior problems for two different age groups (3–5 years and 6–12 years). Results show that food hardship is positively associated with externalizing behavior problems for the older children even after controlling for parental stress, warmth, and depression. Foo…
Material Hardship and the Physical Health of School-Aged Children in Low-Income Households
Objectives. We examined the relationship between material hardship reported by low-income caregivers and caregivers’ assessments of their children's overall health. Methods. We used logistic regression techniques to analyze data from 1073 children aged 5 through 11 years whose caregivers participated in multiple waves of the Illinois Families Study. Results. Caregivers’ reports of food hardship were strongly associated with their assessments of t…
Measuring Material Hardship among the US Population of Women with Disabilities Using Latent Class Analysis
State-level income inequality and family burden of US families raising children with special health care needs
Family economic well-being following the 1996 welfare reform
How do Family Economic Contexts Affect Children’s Subjective Well-Being? A Study of South Korea
Homeownership, Neighbourhood Characteristics and Children’s Positive Behaviours among Low- and Moderate-income Households
Using data on low-to-moderate-income households in the US Community Advantage Program survey, this paper examines homeownership, neighbourhood characteristics and the interaction between the two on the positive behaviour of children from low- and moderate-income households. To control for potential selection bias and endogeneity problems, propensity score weighting and hierarchical regression are employed to tease apart the effects of homeownersh…
Patterns of Time Use among 12-Year-Old Children and Their Life Satisfaction
Risk factors for child maltreatment in South Korea
This study investigated the risk factors associated with the occurrence of child physical and psychological abuse in South Korea based on the ecological theory of child maltreatment. A subsample of 3‐ to 18‐year‐old children from “ A Study on the Current State of Child Abuse and Neglect,” a nationally representative study on child abuse and neglect, was utilized for secondary data analysis. The sample was divided into two age groups (third grader…
Young Adult Unemployment and Later Depression and Anxiety
Understanding the typologies of child subjective well-being
Estimating the Prevalence Rate of Child Physical and Psychological Maltreatment in South Korea
Suppression of racial disparities for children with special health care needs among families receiving Medicaid
Welfare, work, and health care access predictors of low-income children's physical health outcomes
Patterns of Children’s Perception of Safety across Diverse Contexts and their Subjective Well-Being
This study explores patterns in children’s safety perceptions across various contexts, including home, school, neighborhood, and country, and examines how these patterns relate to their subjective well-being (SWB). Using data of 10- and 12-year-old children from the third wave of the International Survey of Children’s Well-Being (ISCWeB), we first conducted a latent profile analysis to classify children based on their safety perceptions across th…
Children’s Time Use Patterns and Subjective Well-being in Asian Countries
Factors influencing resubstantiation of child neglect in South Korea
While a high prevalence of child neglect cases has been reported by Child Protective Services (CPS) in Western countries, child neglect cases reported to South Korea's Child Protection Agency (CPA) present different trends than those in Western countries. Nevertheless, child neglect is an understudied area within child welfare. Thus, a need exists to investigate the unique characteristics of child neglect cases substantiated by the CPA in Korea. …
Community-based social service utilization of marriage migrants in Korea
While social services for marriage migrant women have proliferated in the past few years, research on the use of those services remains limited. This study examines factors associated with women’s use of multiple types of services, focusing on the effects of women’s country of origin. We use Gelberg–Andersen’s behavioral model for the theoretical framework and exploit the 2015 National Survey on Multicultural Families for analyses. The results fr…
Recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation
The recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation among families served by South Korea’s Child Protection Agency has yet to be thoroughly investigated. This study explores the recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation and related risk factors using the administrative data from the National Child Protection Agency (NCPA) . Multilevel discrete time-hazard analysis is employed. We found that the risk of recurrence is greatest during the firs…
Effects of Welfare and Maternal Work on Recommended Preventive Care Utilization Among Low-Income Children
Objectives. We examined how maternal work and welfare receipt are associated with children receiving recommended pediatric preventive care services. Methods. We identified American Academy of Pediatrics–recommended preventive care visits from medical records of children in the 1999–2004 Illinois Families Study: Child Well-Being. We used Illinois administrative data to identify whether mothers received welfare or worked during the period the visit…
Understanding the Risks of Child Neglect
A strong association between poverty and child neglect has been established, but the mechanisms that explain this relationship have not been clearly articulated. This research takes advantage of survey and child maltreatment administrative data about families with young children and assesses the influence of poverty and parenting characteristics on subsequent child neglect. The authors find that indicators of poverty, such as perceived material h…
Food Hardship and Child Behavior Problems among Low‐Income Children
Using data from two waves of a panel study of families that currently receive or recently received cash welfare benefits, this article examines the relationship between food hardship and behavior problems for two different age groups (3–5 years and 6–12 years). Results show that food hardship is positively associated with externalizing behavior problems for the older children even after controlling for parental stress, warmth, and depression. Foo…
Family economic well-being following the 1996 welfare reform
Welfare, work, and health care access predictors of low-income children's physical health outcomes
Material Hardship and the Physical Health of School-Aged Children in Low-Income Households
Objectives. We examined the relationship between material hardship reported by low-income caregivers and caregivers’ assessments of their children's overall health. Methods. We used logistic regression techniques to analyze data from 1073 children aged 5 through 11 years whose caregivers participated in multiple waves of the Illinois Families Study. Results. Caregivers’ reports of food hardship were strongly associated with their assessments of t…
Children with co-occurring anxiety and externalizing disorders
This study used data from 340 mother-child dyads to examine characteristics of children with co-occurring diagnoses of anxiety and externalizing disorders and compared them with children with a sole diagnosis or no diagnosis. Comparisons were made using 4 child-diagnostic groups: anxiety-only, externalizing-only, co-occurrence, and no-problem groups. Most mothers were characterized by low income and histories of psychiatric diagnoses during the c…
Measuring Material Hardship among the US Population of Women with Disabilities Using Latent Class Analysis
Observation, correlation and policy analysis
Suppression of racial disparities for children with special health care needs among families receiving Medicaid
The Effects of Depressive Symptoms on Work Activities and Welfare Exit of Welfare Recipients in Korea1
The purpose of this research is to examine the link between depressive symptoms of welfare recipients and their work activity and welfare exit using a secondary dataset, entitled the Korean Welfare Panel Study. In 2000, the National Basic Livelihood Security System (NBLSS) was introduced to (i) ensure a basic standard of living for households in poverty, and (ii) promote work activity and welfare exit of the recipients. A considerable body of lit…
Effects of Welfare and Maternal Work on Recommended Preventive Care Utilization Among Low-Income Children
Objectives. We examined how maternal work and welfare receipt are associated with children receiving recommended pediatric preventive care services. Methods. We identified American Academy of Pediatrics–recommended preventive care visits from medical records of children in the 1999–2004 Illinois Families Study: Child Well-Being. We used Illinois administrative data to identify whether mothers received welfare or worked during the period the visit…
Homeownership, Neighbourhood Characteristics and Children’s Positive Behaviours among Low- and Moderate-income Households
Using data on low-to-moderate-income households in the US Community Advantage Program survey, this paper examines homeownership, neighbourhood characteristics and the interaction between the two on the positive behaviour of children from low- and moderate-income households. To control for potential selection bias and endogeneity problems, propensity score weighting and hierarchical regression are employed to tease apart the effects of homeownersh…
State-level income inequality and family burden of US families raising children with special health care needs
Impact of Having a First Child on Maternal Depressive Symptoms
Previous studies on the impact of having a first child on a mother's psychological well‐being has not been extensively examined in Korea. The present study aims to understand how having a first child is associated with a first‐time mother's depressive symptoms when compared with their childless counterparts. A sample of 140 women aged 20–40 years, married, and childless in wave 1 of the Korean National Welfare Panel Study ( KOWEPS ) was selected.…
The Associations Between Socioeconomic Status, Caregivers' Depressive Symptoms, Children's Health‐Promoting Behavior, and Children's Physical Health
The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effects of children's health‐promoting behaviors on the association between socioeconomic status, caregivers' depressive symptoms, and children's physical health outcomes. We used the first wave of “Seoul Education and Health Welfare Panel.” Data were collected from 820 fourth‐grade elementary and first‐year middle school students and their caregivers using self‐administered surveys. Structural e…
Estimating the Prevalence Rate of Child Physical and Psychological Maltreatment in South Korea
How do Family Economic Contexts Affect Children’s Subjective Well-Being? A Study of South Korea
Impact of Childhood Socioeconomic Position on Self‐Rated Health Trajectories of South Korean Adults
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of childhood socioeconomic position ( SEP ) on adult health trajectory in South Korea. Seven waves of data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study ( KOWEPS , 2007–2012; Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, ) were analyzed using latent growth curve analysis. Health condition was measured by self‐assessment. The major independent variables were indicators of childhood and adult SEP . The findings…
The Effect of Infancy Childcare Center Use and Maternal Employment on Toddlers’ Language Development in South Korea
Using first to fourth wave data of the Panel Study of Korean Children ( PSKC ), this study explores the effects of childcare center use, maternal employment, and other child and familial characteristics on the language development of toddlers in Korea. Among the 2078 families with children in the PSKC , those who completed the Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test at the fourth wave were selected, and a small number of disabled or prematurely …
Understanding the typologies of child subjective well-being
Recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation
The recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation among families served by South Korea’s Child Protection Agency has yet to be thoroughly investigated. This study explores the recurrence of child maltreatment substantiation and related risk factors using the administrative data from the National Child Protection Agency (NCPA) . Multilevel discrete time-hazard analysis is employed. We found that the risk of recurrence is greatest during the firs…
Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling for Social Work Researchers
Objective: To achieve the grand challenge goal of unleashing the power of prevention, we must determine how and under what conditions an intervention leads to desired outcomes. These questions remain largely unknown partly due to analytical challenges involving testing mediation and moderation hypotheses with multiple dependent variables in nested data. This paper introduces multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) and demonstrates multilev…
Children's subjective well-being in rural communities of South Korea and the United States
Risk factors for child maltreatment in South Korea
This study investigated the risk factors associated with the occurrence of child physical and psychological abuse in South Korea based on the ecological theory of child maltreatment. A subsample of 3‐ to 18‐year‐old children from “ A Study on the Current State of Child Abuse and Neglect,” a nationally representative study on child abuse and neglect, was utilized for secondary data analysis. The sample was divided into two age groups (third grader…
Factors influencing resubstantiation of child neglect in South Korea
While a high prevalence of child neglect cases has been reported by Child Protective Services (CPS) in Western countries, child neglect cases reported to South Korea's Child Protection Agency (CPA) present different trends than those in Western countries. Nevertheless, child neglect is an understudied area within child welfare. Thus, a need exists to investigate the unique characteristics of child neglect cases substantiated by the CPA in Korea. …
Psychology (27 works) · Medicine (23 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Economics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works)