Nan Lu
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 213169 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nan Lu |
| APELLIDO | Lu |
| FIRMA | LU N |
| AFILIACIONES | Renmin University of China |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5452-3366 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 55 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 47 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 8 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The structural transition of an urban resilience network
Leaf morphology-δ13C synergy in drought response and G×E interactions in Toona sinensis
Toona sinensis is prized for its superior wood quality, ranking among the most important timber species. However, its growth and development has been severely constrained by persistent drought stress, which has become more frequent due to global climate change. Therefore, elucidating its drought response mechanisms and breeding high-yield, drought-resistant varieties are crucial for mitigating plantation productivity losses caused by global clima…
Multiple hands, better care? Examining the moderating role of shared care-giving in the associations among stressors, appraisals and quality of care for older adults with disabilities in China
Despite its significant role in relation to wellbeing among older adults with disabilities, the quality of care from family care-givers is largely understudied. This study aims to (a) investigate the mediating roles of care-giving appraisals in the association between care-giving stressors and quality of care; and (b) examine the moderating role of shared care-giving in the above associations. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey design. D…
Lived Experience of Secondary Vicarious Trauma Among the Tegaru Australian Diaspora in the Postwar Context of Tigray
Background The war in Tigray has caused humanitarian and public health crises in North Ethiopia in addition to a high prevalence of mental health symptoms among the Tegaru (people from Tigray) diaspora in Australia. To date, there have been no studies that have explored mechanisms of vicarious mental health and resilience among Tegaru diasporas in Australia. Methods We conducted 14 in‐depth interviews with Tegaru people living in South Australia …
Care-giving activities, positive and negative care-giving appraisals, and care-giver psychological wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Public health crises like Covid-19 profoundly influence informal care-givers of older adults with functional health limitations. This study deepens existing understanding of care-giving processes during the pandemic to uncover insights useful for developing effective care-giving interventions for the post-pandemic era and future public health crises. Specifically, it examined (1) how care-giving activities during the pandemic impacted care-giver …
Community social capital and self-rated health among older adults in urban China
Scholars have not yet explored the relationship between community social capital and self-rated health (SRH) among older adults in China in depth, including potential moderators in this relationship. In response to this gap, this study aimed to investigate the association between community social capital and SRH among urban Chinese older adults and the moderating roles of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and smoking. We used a quot…
Digital Literacy, Intergenerational Relationships, and Future Care Preparation in Aging Chinese Adults in Hong Kong
As populations continue to age, the demand for future care is expected to increase. Future care preparation is a form of proactive coping that can prevent or offset potential stressors related to the changing needs of older adults. Acquisition and preservation of resources are essential for effective proactive coping. Integrating social convoy theory, intergenerational solidarity theory, and proactive coping theory, this study assessed the level …
Respite Experiences and Needs of Caregivers of Older Adults in Singapore
In many countries, the caregiving of older adults often falls on their family members. Family caregivers advocate respite care to mitigate the negative impacts of caregiving. Most related studies have been conducted in Western countries and lack an Asian perspective. Hence, this study explored the perceptions and needs for respite care among family caregivers of older adults in Singapore. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 caregiver…
Adverse childhood experiences and self‐esteem among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Adverse childhood experiences have long-lasting effects on the self-esteem of adolescents. However, the extrinsic mechanism linking them to self-esteem, which is more modifiable, has rarely been examined. Therefore, this study examined the mediating roles of family, school, and peer social capital and the moderating role of gender in the association between adverse childhood experiences and adolescent self-esteem. METHODS: This stud…
Social media’s impact on environmental awareness
Environmental awareness serves as an intrinsic motivator for individuals' engagement in environmental protection behaviors, and social media platforms can foster such awareness. Drawing on the 2018 China General Social Survey data (CGSS 2018), this study employs non-parametric and semi-parametric approaches within the framework of marginal treatment effect (MTE) to examine the influence of WeChat usage on the environmental awareness of Chinese re…
Stressors, Positive and Negative Caregiving Appraisals, and Caregiver Psychological Well‐Being
Caregiving is a process affected by both caregiver and care recipients and contains both positive and negative experiences. However, there is a lack of theories that capture the impact of the progression of dementia on family caregiving. This study proposed and examined a dementia caregiver process two‐factor (DCPT) model. Specifically, we explored (a) the relationship between the severity of caregiving stressors and caregiver psychological well‐…
Assessing Social Capital Among Chinese Older Adults
Introduction: Recent research has identified social capital as an essential element of social context that influences the healthy aging experience. Since social capital is a resource that is context and culture relative, this study builds on and extends the existing literature on social capital among older adults by investigating different dimensions of social capital in later life and related individual and environmental characteristics in the C…
Community Social Capital and Self‐Reported Oral Health among Chinese Older Adults
This study examined the associations between community social capital and self‐reported oral health among older adults in urban China, as well as the moderating effect of household income and the mediating role of depressive symptoms in these associations. Data were obtained from a community survey conducted in 2020 in Tianjin and Shijiazhuang City, China; the final analytical sample comprised 776 adults aged 60 years and above. To test the propo…
Echoes of Home
Family doctors serve as the initial contact for individuals seeking regular medical service like routine physical exam, diagnosis, and treatment of illness. Nonetheless, immigrant population who do not speak the official language usually prefers receiving healthcare in their own mother tongues. Past studies have focused on exploring accessibility to family doctors speaking Mandarin Chinese, which is not mutually intelligible with another major Ch…
Care Convoys and Solitary Vessels
Drawing on the metaphor of “care convoys,” this study explores the experiences and strategies of family caregivers of older adults with dementia in rural areas of Northern Norway. The study is part of a broader project that investigates how these older adults and their caregivers use or do not use municipal health and care services. We conducted qualitative in‐depth interviews with 11 family caregivers in rural municipalities. The thematic analys…
Care-giving burden and life satisfaction among family care-givers of disabled older adults in China
Care-giving to older adults with disabilities could lead to relatively high levels of care-giving burden and low levels of life satisfaction among their family care-givers. However, there is a lack of research examining the role of care-giver wisdom in the above stress process model. This study examined the moderator role of wisdom in the relationship between care-giver burden and life satisfaction among family care-givers of disabled older adult…
Disentangling the independent and interacting impacts of biophysical factors on the transpiration of a black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia ) plantation in the semiarid Loess Plateau, China
Transpiration (Tr) is the largest continental water flux. Tr is jointly affected by biophysical factors, including atmospheric demand, soil water supply, and plant physiological features, represented by potential evapotranspiration (PET), soil water content (SWC), and leaf area index (LAI) respectively. Disentangling the independent and interacting impacts of the biophysical factors on Tr provides a better understanding on the mechanism of ecohyd…
The Impact of Social Media News Consumption on Online Political Expression in China
Political ideology and political trust are key factors that affect people’s political expression. With the development of the internet, social media is at the forefront of China’s mainstream ideological dissemination, and social media users are becoming the dominant force in various online public opinion and political expression venues. This study examines whether Chinese netizens’ trust in the government and their political ideology impact the r…
Biologically engineered bacteria can improve laboratory teaching biosafety
Medical EducationVolume 57, Issue 11 p. 1124-1125 REALLY GOOD STUFF Biologically engineered bacteria can improve laboratory teaching biosafety Guangyuan Zhang, Guangyuan Zhang Contribution: Investigation, Writing - review & editing, Validation, Funding acquisitionSearch for more papers by this authorJia Liu, Jia Liu Contribution: Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorYonglin He, Yonglin He Contribution: Validation, Data c…
Do the protection and harnessing of river systems promote the society, economy, and ecological environment of cities? A case study of Xi'an, China
Escaping social–ecological traps through ecological restoration and socioeconomic development in China's Loess Plateau
The social–ecological trap is an emerging concept that describes situations in which self‐reinforcing social and ecological feedbacks maintain or push a social–ecological system towards an undesirable state and threaten the sustainability of human societies. Understanding a system's feedback loops and identifying the leading factors of such traps is essential to develop effective management strategies to warn, avoid and escape traps. To better un…
The Causal Effects of Urban-to-Urban Migration on Left-behind Children’s Well-Being in China
As China's urbanization process deepens, more and more residents of small and medium-sized cities are moving to large cities, and the number of left-behind children is increasing. In this paper, using data from the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS), a nationally representative survey sample, we examine the well-being of left-behind children with urban household registration at the junior high school level and the causal effects of parental migr…
Stressor Trajectories among Older Adults with Disabilities and Positive Caregiving Experiences among Family Caregivers in Urban China
This study investigated the trajectory patterns of activities of daily living (ADLs) and cognitive function among older urban Chinese adults with disabilities and their influence on their family caregivers’ (i.e., spouse and adult children) positive caregiving experiences. Data were derived from the three-wave longitudinal panel study titled “Longitudinal Study on Family Caregivers for Frail Older Adults Aged 75 or Above in Shanghai.” A total of …
Provision of Outdoor Nature-Based Activity for Older People with Cognitive Impairment
The health and well-being benefits of outdoor nature-based activity are increasingly recognised, but older people with cognitive impairment face significant barriers to access. The ENLIVEN project aims to promote access by gathering evidence and coproducing guidance for activity providers. As part of this project, we conducted a scoping review to characterise the types of outdoor nature-based activity for older people with dementia and other form…
Fall Prevention Education Co-Designed and Evaluated with Community-Dwelling Older People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers
Community-dwelling older people living with dementia are at increased risk of falls and injury that may impact their ability to remain at home. Fall prevention education programs have been effective in reducing falling risks in other older populations, but few studies have reported on programs specifically co-designed with this vulnerable cohort. This study partnered with community-dwelling older people living with dementia and their caregivers t…
Differences within the mainland Chinese press
This paper reports the results of a content analysis of five newspapers selected from the Chinese daily press. The research was conducted as part of an international project designed to explore the relationship between journalistic self-conceptions and journalistic practice. This paper reports only upon journalistic practice, in particular the extent to which different models of journalism are present. The results of the analysis demonstrate, fir…
Connecting the invisible dots
Grandparent-Grandchild Family Capital and Self-Rated Health of Older Rural Chinese Adults
Grandparent-grandchild family capital had a unique direct effect on the self-rated health of older rural Chinese adults, enriching our theoretical understanding of sources of family capital and their impacts in a collectivist cultural context that emphasizes intergenerational interaction and exchange. The findings also highlighted the mediation effects of grandparent-parent relationships on the relationship between grandparent-grandchild family c…
Navigating trade-offs in the social-ecological systems
Research advances in ecosystem services in drylands under global environmental changes
Perceived neighborhood environment and depressive symptoms among older adults living in Urban China
An increasing number of studies have focused on the relationship between neighbourhood environment and depressive symptoms among older people. However, the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. This study examined the association between neighbourhood environment and depressive symptoms among older urban Chinese adults and the mediator role of social capital in this association. Using a quota sampling approach, 472 respondents aged 60 years or…
Early Child–Parent Relationship Quality and Cognitive Function in Older Rural Chinese Adults
Objectives: Framed within a life course perspective and cognitive reserve theory, this study examined the mediating role of educational attainment for the association between child-parent relationships during childhood and cognitive function among older adults in rural China. Methods: Data were obtained from three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ( N = 9809). We employed latent growth curve modeling to test the associat…
Community social capital and cognitive function among older adults in rural north‐east China
This study investigated the moderating role of income in the relationship between community social capital and cognitive function among community-dwelling older adults in rural China. Data were derived from a community survey conducted in Dongliao county, Jilin province, China, in 2019. Trained interviewers completed face-to-face interviews with 458 respondents. Multiple group analysis was applied to examine the proposed model. The latent constru…
Association between childhood conditions and arthritis among middle-aged and older adults in China
This study examined the association between childhood conditions and arthritis among middle-aged and older adults in China. The data were derived from the 2015 wave and the life-history module of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with respondents age 45 and over across China. Multiple imputation was used to handle the missing data, generating a final analytic sample of 19,800. Doctor-diagno…
Essential dryland ecosystem variables
Climate change in Inner Mongolia from 1955 to 2005—trends at regional, biome and local scales
This study investigated the climate change in Inner Mongolia based on 51 meteorological stations from 1955 to 2005. The climate data was analyzed at the regional, biome (i.e. forest, grassland and desert) and station scales, with the biome scale as our primary focus. The climate records showed trends of warmer and drier conditions in the region. The annual daily mean, maximum and minimum temperature increased whereas the diurnal temperature range…
Land cover/land use change in semi-arid Inner Mongolia
The semi-arid grasslands in Inner Mongolia (IM) are under increasing stress owing to climate change and rapid socio-economic development in the recent past. We investigated changes in land cover/land use and landscape structure between 1992 and 2004 through the analysis of AVHRR and MODIS derived land cover data. The scale of analysis included the regional level (i.e. the whole of IM) as well as the level of the dominant biomes (i.e. the grasslan…
Connecting the invisible dots
Grandparent-Grandchild Family Capital and Self-Rated Health of Older Rural Chinese Adults
Grandparent-grandchild family capital had a unique direct effect on the self-rated health of older rural Chinese adults, enriching our theoretical understanding of sources of family capital and their impacts in a collectivist cultural context that emphasizes intergenerational interaction and exchange. The findings also highlighted the mediation effects of grandparent-parent relationships on the relationship between grandparent-grandchild family c…
Examining Benefits of Academic–Community Research Team Training
Partnership development measures that capture both academic and community perspectives demonstrate reliability and validity. Multidimensional latent constructs for inclusion in CER development models included partnership agency, personal knowledge and capacities, and benefits of collaborative research partnerships over time. We discuss the utility of findings to future CER training design and study
The impact of digital media on newspapers
Chinese newspapers are beginning to feel the effects of digital media both on their circulations and advertising revenues. In contrast to the west, where newspaper circulation has been problematic for some years, this represents a new situation since they have enjoyed 25 years during which both circulation and advertising grew very rapidly. The response of Chinese newspapers has some similarities with that experienced in the West, and notably the…
Differences within the mainland Chinese press
This paper reports the results of a content analysis of five newspapers selected from the Chinese daily press. The research was conducted as part of an international project designed to explore the relationship between journalistic self-conceptions and journalistic practice. This paper reports only upon journalistic practice, in particular the extent to which different models of journalism are present. The results of the analysis demonstrate, fir…
Causal effects of informal care and health on falls and other accidents among the elderly population in China
Research advances in ecosystem services in drylands under global environmental changes
What Matters Most for Community Social Capital among Older Adults Living in Urban China
The present study investigated individual-level determinants of community social capital among older adults in urban China, with a particular emphasis on health and family social capital. A quota sampling method was used to select 456 adults aged 60 or older from 16 local communities in the city of Suzhou in 2015. Multiple indicators and multiple courses in structural equation modeling were used to examine the proposed model. Latent constructs of…
Community-Based Cognitive Social Capital and Self-Rated Health among Older Chinese Adults
This study investigated the moderating role of education on the association between community-based cognitive social capital and self-rated health among older adults in urban Chinese communities. Data were derived from a community survey conducted in Suzhou, China, in November 2015. A sample of 456 respondents aged 60 or older completed interviews. Multiple-group analysis from a structural equation modeling perspective was adopted to examine the …
Social Capital and Mental Health among Older Adults Living in Urban China in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic
Although social capital has been found to be an important social determinant of mental health in later life, research on social capital in the context of COVID-19 and the interplay among subdimensions of social capital is lacking. The present study examined the mediating role of cognitive social capital on the relationship between structural social capital and mental health among older adults in urban China in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Social Capital and Preferences for Aging in Place Among Older Adults Living in Rural Northeast China
The present study examines the association between cognitive social capital and structural social capital and aging-in-place among older adults living in rural Northeastern Chinese communities. Data were derived from a survey conducted in Dongliao County, Jilin Province, China, in late 2019. A quota sampling approach was used to recruit 458 respondents aged 60 years and older. Structural equation modeling was applied to test the proposed model. T…
Does Education Moderate the Relationship between Social Capital and Cognitive Function among Older Adults? Evidence from Suzhou City, China
While social capital is recognized as an important protective determinant of cognitive function in later life, there is a lack of research examining the potential moderators and mediators in the mechanisms linking social capital to cognitive function. This study investigated the moderating role of education on the relationship between social capital and cognitive function among older adults in urban Chinese communities. Data were derived from a c…
Essential dryland ecosystem variables
Navigating trade-offs in the social-ecological systems
Legal reasoning
The issue of legal reasoning has been addressed widely in legal academia and practice, but rarely considered by linguists. This paper, employing the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) genre perspective and the discourse semantics system as its conceptual framework, attempts to reveal the different ways of legal reasoning of common law judicial opinions and Chinese judgments from a textual perspective. One judicial opinion of a British case and…
Community Social Capital, Family Social Capital, and Self-Rated Health among Older Rural Chinese Adults
This study investigated the relationships among community social capital, family social capital, and self-rated health of older adults in rural China. Data came from a community survey in Jilin Province, China, in 2019. Using a quota sampling method, 458 respondents aged 60 years or older were recruited. Two-step structural equation modeling was adopted to examine the proposed hypotheses. The relationships between community-based structural socia…
Early Child–Parent Relationship Quality and Cognitive Function in Older Rural Chinese Adults
Objectives: Framed within a life course perspective and cognitive reserve theory, this study examined the mediating role of educational attainment for the association between child-parent relationships during childhood and cognitive function among older adults in rural China. Methods: Data were obtained from three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study ( N = 9809). We employed latent growth curve modeling to test the associat…
Community social capital and cognitive function among older adults in rural north‐east China
This study investigated the moderating role of income in the relationship between community social capital and cognitive function among community-dwelling older adults in rural China. Data were derived from a community survey conducted in Dongliao county, Jilin province, China, in 2019. Trained interviewers completed face-to-face interviews with 458 respondents. Multiple group analysis was applied to examine the proposed model. The latent constru…
Perceived neighborhood environment and depressive symptoms among older adults living in Urban China
An increasing number of studies have focused on the relationship between neighbourhood environment and depressive symptoms among older people. However, the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. This study examined the association between neighbourhood environment and depressive symptoms among older urban Chinese adults and the mediator role of social capital in this association. Using a quota sampling approach, 472 respondents aged 60 years or…
Providing instrumental support to older parents of multi-child families in China
Older parents in China rely heavily on their adult children for instrumental assistance. In different multi-child families, multiple offspring may co-operate in providing instrumental support to older parents in distinct ways in terms of how much support they provide on average and how much differentiation exists between them when they provide such support within a family. We aimed to identify different within-family patterns in relation to multi…
Intention to use respite services among informal care-givers of frail older adults in China
Population ageing in China calls for evidence-based solutions, especially in terms of fulfilling long-term care needs among frail older adults. Respite services are identified as effective resources for alleviating care-giver burden and promoting the wellbeing of both older adults and their family care-givers. However, respite care is often under-used in China. This research aimed to examine factors associated with intention to use respite servic…
Association between childhood conditions and arthritis among middle-aged and older adults in China
This study examined the association between childhood conditions and arthritis among middle-aged and older adults in China. The data were derived from the 2015 wave and the life-history module of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with respondents age 45 and over across China. Multiple imputation was used to handle the missing data, generating a final analytic sample of 19,800. Doctor-diagno…
Research on Family Relationship and Cognitive Function among Older Hispanic Americans
The current study aimed to investigate the associations between family relationship and cognitive function among Hispanic older population. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted with a sample size of 1,580 individuals from the Health and Retirement Study in the United States (mean age = 65.65 ( SD = 9.33)). Family relationship was measured in three dimensions: structural, functional, and appraisal support. The results of linear regression anal…
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