Peiyi Lu
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3801547 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Peiyi Lu |
| NOMBRES | Peiyi |
| APELLIDO | Lu |
| FIRMA | LU P |
| AFILIACIONES | Iowa State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4848-799X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Effect of Old Age Subsidy on the Mental Health of Older Chinese
China’s rapidly growing oldest-old population (aged ≥80) faces significant challenges in financial security. This study sought to quantitatively evaluate the effect of old age subsidy on the mental health of older Chinese. Data were from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2020, including 27,940 respondents residing in the provinces with a universal old age subsidy policy. Eligibility was restricted to individuals aged ≥80. Fuzzy …
Association of Online Parent‐Child Interactions With Depressive Symptoms Among Middle‐Aged and Older Empty Nesters in China
OBJECTIVE: Depression is prevalent among empty nest older adults who do not live with their children. With rapid technological development, online interaction presents a new opportunity to improve older adults' mental health. However, the relationship of online parent-child interaction with depressive symptoms among empty nesters remains under-examined. Guided by the social support theory, this cross-sectional study examined the association betwe…
Delivered to distress
Multigenerational social mobility and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese
This study underscores the disadvantaged status of individuals with rural hukou and slow multigenerational upward mobility, calling for more targeted mental health support for them
Rural-Urban Comparison of Health Risk Behaviors and Health Outcomes Among Chinese Older Adults
This study investigated health risk behavior patterns among older adults in rural and urban China and their association with health outcomes, addressing the limited evidence on rural–urban differences in health behaviors among Chinese older adults. We used cross-sectional data from the 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. Latent class analysis identified latent classes of health behaviors (e.g., smoking, drinking, unhealthy diet), …
Housing Conditions Change and its Association with Lung Function, Mobility Limitations, and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese
As a modifiable social determinant of health, housing conditions present an opportunity to promote healthy aging. This study investigated the relationship between housing condition changes and health among Chinese. Participants from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (aged 45+, N = 8,423) reported their housing conditions in 2011-2013 and their lung function, mobility limitations, and depressive symptoms were measured in 2013-2018. Re…
Sex differences in employment history and old age cognition
Prior research on employment history and old age health has focused on the US and Europe, leaving studies of developing countries underexplored. This study characterizes the employment history of Chinese men and women and examines their associations with cognition. Individuals (aged 60+) enrolled in the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were included (Nmen=2,733, Nwomen=2,363) and followed up in 2013 and 2015. Cognition was meas…
Racial/ethnic/gender-Based Differences in Health Trajectories Among American Older Adults
Health disparity by race/ethnicity or gender has been well-documented. However, few researchers have examined health outcomes based on the intersection of individuals’ race, ethnicity, and gender or investigated various health dimensions. Guided by an intersectionality framework, this study explores racial/ethnic/gender-based differences in trajectories of multiple health outcomes over a ten-year period among American older adults. Longitudinal d…
Community-Based Residential Relocation in Middle and Older Age
Objectives This study compared the United States and China in examining the predictors of community-based residential relocation and its associated mortality risk. Methods Data from the 2010 to 2018 US Health and Retirement Study and from 2011 to 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were used (N US = 20,292 and N China = 11,694). Community-dwelling respondents (aged 50+) reported whether they had relocated and were followed up unti…
Health Behavior Patterns and Associated Risk of Memory-Related Disorders Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples
Objectives: Studies on the interdependence of couples’ health behaviors and subsequent cognitive outcomes remain limited. Methods: Longitudinal data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011–2018) were used ( N = 1869 heterosexual couples). Latent class analysis identified the dyadic pattern of health behaviors in 2011 (i.e., alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical inactivity). Stratified Cox models examined the association…
Material Hardship and Mental Health Among Older Americans During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objective: Mental health issues among older adults have been widely reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the relationship between material hardship and three mental health measures among older Americans. Method: Data are from the Health and Retirement Study collected between 2020 and 2021. Respondents ages ≥ 50 years ( = 1,504) reported whether they had experienced seven types of material hardship (e.g., missed rent or mortg…
Memory Trajectories and Disability Among Older Couples
The wife's low and rapid decline trajectory was associated with her own and her husband's more depressive symptoms, which in turn increased the disability risk for both partners. Timely identification and treatment of memory decline among wives have the potential to mitigate couples' depressive symptoms and, ultimately, disability risks
How party polarization shapes the structuring of policy preferences in Europe
A significant body of literature has addressed the impact of party polarization on voting behavior. Yet little is known of the relationship between party polarization and belief systems. The present study argues that party polarization enhances the ideological consistency of belief systems and does so for the citizenry as a whole. We first demonstrate that the more party systems are polarized on economic and sociocultural issues, the more consist…
Child-Parent Relationships and Older Adults' Health
This study compared the associations of child-parent relationships with older adults' multidimensional health in the United States and China. Two waves of data from the US Health and Retirement Study and its sister study in China (2012-2015) were used (2174 non-Hispanic [NH] White Americans and 4467 Chinese). Linear regression models were conducted for cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons. Results showed most child-parent relationships ha…
Intersectional Discrimination Attributions and Health Outcomes Among American Older Adults
Guided by an intersectionality framework, this study examined intersectional discrimination attributions and their associations with health outcomes. Older respondents (aged ≥50) from the Health and Retirement Study in 2014-2015 were included ( N = 6286). Their reasons for discrimination (age, gender, sexual orientation, race, national origin, religion, financial status, weight, physical appearance, disability, and others) were examined. Latent c…
Kinship bereavement and psychological well-being of U.S. Chinese older women and men
This study examined the relationship of kinship bereavement with the psychological well-being of Chinese American older women and men. Data from the Population Study of ChINese Elderly were used. Respondents were asked if their spouse, children/grandchildren, siblings, close relatives, and friends had died. Widowhood was associated with more loneliness for both genders. For women, close relative/friend loss was associated with more stress, and ch…
Depressive Symptom Trajectories and Cognition Among Older American Couples
Older adults with increasing and persistently high depressive symptoms may experience worse memory. Psychosocial interventions targeting depressive symptoms among older men may be beneficial to their spouses' memory
Testing the missingness mechanism in longitudinal surveys
Imputation or likelihood-based approaches to handle missing data assume the data are missing completely at random (MCAR) or missing at random (MAR). However, little research has examined the missingness pattern before using these imputation/likelihood methods. Three missingness mechanisms – MCAR, MAR, and not missing at random (NMAR) – can be tested using information on research design, disciplinary knowledge, and appropriate methods. This study …
Caregiving for Foreign-Born Older Adults With Dementia
Age of migration of older FB adults with probable dementia may have unique effects on the caregiver's psychological well-being. Our results underscore the importance of considering sociocultural factors of FB adults beyond nativity and the need for research to develop culturally appropriate interventions to enhance psychological well-being and reduce the care burden among dementia caregivers
Associations of Religious Service Attendance With Cognitive Function in Midlife
Our findings suggest that frequent involvement in religious services at midlife is associated with better global cognition and verbal memory but worse executive function. There was no association with processing speed
Unmet Community Service Needs and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Older Adults
This study examined the gap between need and provision of community services in China and its association with older adults’ life satisfaction over time. Longitudinal data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey from 2008 to 2014 were used (3 waves, N = 16,199). Respondents reported if they needed nine types of community service and if their community provided such service. Growth curve models analyzed whether individual- and/or pr…
A state-of-the-art review of the socio-ecological correlates of volunteerism among older adults
The health and social benefits of volunteering behaviours by older adults are well acknowledged. However, few review articles have been concerned with the correlates/dimensions of older adults’ volunteerism. Some focused only on the North American context or reviewed studies only up to 2008. This study reviewed the recent global literature in the past decade about the correlates of older adults’ volunteerism. We carried out a literature search in…
Risk Perception, Preventive Behavior, and Medical Care Avoidance among American Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objectives: This study investigated the predictors of risk perception and its effect on older adults' preventive behavior and/or medical care avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Older respondents (age >50 years) from the MIT COVID-19 Preventive Health Survey reported their social distancing, hand washing, mask wearing, and medical care avoidance between July and October 2020 ( n = 4395). Structural equation models were used. Results:…
Advance Directive Completion Among Older American Couples
The spousal interdependence of AD warrants practitioner efforts to facilitate family-oriented end-of-life planning. Wives and husbands may have different thoughts regarding their spouse's cognitive capacity to surrogate. Facilitating couple-based discussions may be a feasible approach to promote engagement with AD among older adults
Comparing older adult and child protection policy in the United States of America
Compared with policy related to child abuse, older adult protection policy developed later and made slower progress in the United States of America. Few studies have addressed older adult protection policy. This paper compares the two policies and provides implications about how to improve older adult protection policy by emulating child protection policy. The Dimensions of Choice Framework was utilised to illuminate the differences between child…
How party polarization shapes the structuring of policy preferences in Europe
A significant body of literature has addressed the impact of party polarization on voting behavior. Yet little is known of the relationship between party polarization and belief systems. The present study argues that party polarization enhances the ideological consistency of belief systems and does so for the citizenry as a whole. We first demonstrate that the more party systems are polarized on economic and sociocultural issues, the more consist…
The aging population in China
In this article, we explore the subjective well-being of empty nesters who lived in rural eastern China ( N = 967). The Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness is used to measure subjective well-being. The results indicate that Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness is appropriate for empty nesters in rural China due to its reliability and validity. Generally, male empty nesters report greater subjective well-being …
Risk Perception, Preventive Behavior, and Medical Care Avoidance among American Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objectives: This study investigated the predictors of risk perception and its effect on older adults' preventive behavior and/or medical care avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Older respondents (age >50 years) from the MIT COVID-19 Preventive Health Survey reported their social distancing, hand washing, mask wearing, and medical care avoidance between July and October 2020 ( n = 4395). Structural equation models were used. Results:…
Government Transfers and Poverty Alleviation among Older Adults in the United States from 2002 to 2014
Studies have indicated government transfers greatly alleviate poverty among older Americans. Yet recent social policy changes were suggested to increase older Americans’ fiscal insecurity. New evidence is needed to expand the evaluation of government transfers. Longitudinal Health and Retirement Study data from 2002 to 2014 were used. We computed individuals’ poverty status both when household income included and did not include government transf…
Material Hardship and Mental Health Among Older Americans During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objective: Mental health issues among older adults have been widely reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the relationship between material hardship and three mental health measures among older Americans. Method: Data are from the Health and Retirement Study collected between 2020 and 2021. Respondents ages ≥ 50 years ( = 1,504) reported whether they had experienced seven types of material hardship (e.g., missed rent or mortg…
Associations of Religious Service Attendance With Cognitive Function in Midlife
Our findings suggest that frequent involvement in religious services at midlife is associated with better global cognition and verbal memory but worse executive function. There was no association with processing speed
Advance Directive Completion Among Older American Couples
The spousal interdependence of AD warrants practitioner efforts to facilitate family-oriented end-of-life planning. Wives and husbands may have different thoughts regarding their spouse's cognitive capacity to surrogate. Facilitating couple-based discussions may be a feasible approach to promote engagement with AD among older adults
Medical insurance policy organized by Chinese government and the health inequity of the elderly
(1) In the 2005 data and 2008 data, result shows that NCMS participation can promote the self-rated quality and health change of the elderly. (2) After three years, the alleviation effect on anxiety and loneliness changed from insignificant to significant. Participants in NCMS have a stronger sense of uselessness, which weakens with time. (3 )NCMS participation passes the significance test in "outdoor activities" and "pick a book up from the floo…
Effect of occupational mobility and health status on life satisfaction of Chinese residents of different occupations
From the perspective of the analysis of controlled variables, health conditions, direction, and distance of occupational mobility significantly affected life satisfaction of Chinese residents of different occupations. (1) From the perspective of health status, respondents who have not been sick or injured had better life satisfaction than those who had been sick or injured. (2) From the perspective of occupational mobility direction, the coeffici…
Associations of alcohol consumption status with activities of daily living among older adults in China
Alcohol consumption may be associated with Chinese older adults' better ADLs. However, further clinical or experimental trials are needed to examine the impact of alcohol consumption on older adults' ADLs
Why spouses depress each other
The shared resource hypothesis suggests that married couples share the same environmental resources, which shape their health concordance. This study tests its cross-national applicability. Cross-sectional 2012-2013 Health and Retirement Study data from China, England, Mexico, and the United States were analyzed. Heterosexual couples (age ≥60) who were married or partnered were studied ( N = 20,565 pairs). Dyadic data were analyzed by multilevel …
Outpatient and Inpatient Service Use by Chinese Adults Living in Rural Low-Income Households
This study applied the Andersen Model of Health Care Utilization to explore the variables associated with health service use among Chinese adults living in rural low-income households. A survey of 2,429 adults living in 787 low-income households in Jiangsu, China was conducted in 2017. Respondents were asked the presence of outpatient service in the past one month and the amount of hospitalization in the past one year. Mixed effect logistic and n…
Government Transfers and Poverty Alleviation among Older Adults in the United States from 2002 to 2014
Studies have indicated government transfers greatly alleviate poverty among older Americans. Yet recent social policy changes were suggested to increase older Americans’ fiscal insecurity. New evidence is needed to expand the evaluation of government transfers. Longitudinal Health and Retirement Study data from 2002 to 2014 were used. We computed individuals’ poverty status both when household income included and did not include government transf…
Reexamining the poverty cycle in middle and late adulthood
This study re‐examined the poverty cycle among American middle‐aged (45~64) and older (≥65) adults using contemporary data and has expanded the understanding of sociodemographic differences in the poverty cycle. Longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (2002–2014) were used. Life tables examined age‐specific and cumulative percentages of poverty. Mixed‐effect logistic regression models examined the moderation role of sociodemographi…
The aging population in China
In this article, we explore the subjective well-being of empty nesters who lived in rural eastern China ( N = 967). The Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness is used to measure subjective well-being. The results indicate that Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness is appropriate for empty nesters in rural China due to its reliability and validity. Generally, male empty nesters report greater subjective well-being …
Unmet Community Service Needs and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Older Adults
This study examined the gap between need and provision of community services in China and its association with older adults’ life satisfaction over time. Longitudinal data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey from 2008 to 2014 were used (3 waves, N = 16,199). Respondents reported if they needed nine types of community service and if their community provided such service. Growth curve models analyzed whether individual- and/or pr…
A state-of-the-art review of the socio-ecological correlates of volunteerism among older adults
The health and social benefits of volunteering behaviours by older adults are well acknowledged. However, few review articles have been concerned with the correlates/dimensions of older adults’ volunteerism. Some focused only on the North American context or reviewed studies only up to 2008. This study reviewed the recent global literature in the past decade about the correlates of older adults’ volunteerism. We carried out a literature search in…
Risk Perception, Preventive Behavior, and Medical Care Avoidance among American Older Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objectives: This study investigated the predictors of risk perception and its effect on older adults' preventive behavior and/or medical care avoidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Older respondents (age >50 years) from the MIT COVID-19 Preventive Health Survey reported their social distancing, hand washing, mask wearing, and medical care avoidance between July and October 2020 ( n = 4395). Structural equation models were used. Results:…
Advance Directive Completion Among Older American Couples
The spousal interdependence of AD warrants practitioner efforts to facilitate family-oriented end-of-life planning. Wives and husbands may have different thoughts regarding their spouse's cognitive capacity to surrogate. Facilitating couple-based discussions may be a feasible approach to promote engagement with AD among older adults
Comparing older adult and child protection policy in the United States of America
Compared with policy related to child abuse, older adult protection policy developed later and made slower progress in the United States of America. Few studies have addressed older adult protection policy. This paper compares the two policies and provides implications about how to improve older adult protection policy by emulating child protection policy. The Dimensions of Choice Framework was utilised to illuminate the differences between child…
Intersectional Discrimination Attributions and Health Outcomes Among American Older Adults
Guided by an intersectionality framework, this study examined intersectional discrimination attributions and their associations with health outcomes. Older respondents (aged ≥50) from the Health and Retirement Study in 2014-2015 were included ( N = 6286). Their reasons for discrimination (age, gender, sexual orientation, race, national origin, religion, financial status, weight, physical appearance, disability, and others) were examined. Latent c…
Kinship bereavement and psychological well-being of U.S. Chinese older women and men
This study examined the relationship of kinship bereavement with the psychological well-being of Chinese American older women and men. Data from the Population Study of ChINese Elderly were used. Respondents were asked if their spouse, children/grandchildren, siblings, close relatives, and friends had died. Widowhood was associated with more loneliness for both genders. For women, close relative/friend loss was associated with more stress, and ch…
Depressive Symptom Trajectories and Cognition Among Older American Couples
Older adults with increasing and persistently high depressive symptoms may experience worse memory. Psychosocial interventions targeting depressive symptoms among older men may be beneficial to their spouses' memory
Testing the missingness mechanism in longitudinal surveys
Imputation or likelihood-based approaches to handle missing data assume the data are missing completely at random (MCAR) or missing at random (MAR). However, little research has examined the missingness pattern before using these imputation/likelihood methods. Three missingness mechanisms – MCAR, MAR, and not missing at random (NMAR) – can be tested using information on research design, disciplinary knowledge, and appropriate methods. This study …
Caregiving for Foreign-Born Older Adults With Dementia
Age of migration of older FB adults with probable dementia may have unique effects on the caregiver's psychological well-being. Our results underscore the importance of considering sociocultural factors of FB adults beyond nativity and the need for research to develop culturally appropriate interventions to enhance psychological well-being and reduce the care burden among dementia caregivers
Associations of Religious Service Attendance With Cognitive Function in Midlife
Our findings suggest that frequent involvement in religious services at midlife is associated with better global cognition and verbal memory but worse executive function. There was no association with processing speed
Health Behavior Patterns and Associated Risk of Memory-Related Disorders Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples
Objectives: Studies on the interdependence of couples’ health behaviors and subsequent cognitive outcomes remain limited. Methods: Longitudinal data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2011–2018) were used ( N = 1869 heterosexual couples). Latent class analysis identified the dyadic pattern of health behaviors in 2011 (i.e., alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical inactivity). Stratified Cox models examined the association…
Material Hardship and Mental Health Among Older Americans During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Objective: Mental health issues among older adults have been widely reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the relationship between material hardship and three mental health measures among older Americans. Method: Data are from the Health and Retirement Study collected between 2020 and 2021. Respondents ages ≥ 50 years ( = 1,504) reported whether they had experienced seven types of material hardship (e.g., missed rent or mortg…
Memory Trajectories and Disability Among Older Couples
The wife's low and rapid decline trajectory was associated with her own and her husband's more depressive symptoms, which in turn increased the disability risk for both partners. Timely identification and treatment of memory decline among wives have the potential to mitigate couples' depressive symptoms and, ultimately, disability risks
How party polarization shapes the structuring of policy preferences in Europe
A significant body of literature has addressed the impact of party polarization on voting behavior. Yet little is known of the relationship between party polarization and belief systems. The present study argues that party polarization enhances the ideological consistency of belief systems and does so for the citizenry as a whole. We first demonstrate that the more party systems are polarized on economic and sociocultural issues, the more consist…
Child-Parent Relationships and Older Adults' Health
This study compared the associations of child-parent relationships with older adults' multidimensional health in the United States and China. Two waves of data from the US Health and Retirement Study and its sister study in China (2012-2015) were used (2174 non-Hispanic [NH] White Americans and 4467 Chinese). Linear regression models were conducted for cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons. Results showed most child-parent relationships ha…
Racial/ethnic/gender-Based Differences in Health Trajectories Among American Older Adults
Health disparity by race/ethnicity or gender has been well-documented. However, few researchers have examined health outcomes based on the intersection of individuals’ race, ethnicity, and gender or investigated various health dimensions. Guided by an intersectionality framework, this study explores racial/ethnic/gender-based differences in trajectories of multiple health outcomes over a ten-year period among American older adults. Longitudinal d…
Medicine (23 obras) · Gerontology (21 obras) · Psychology (20 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (16 obras) · China (13 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (12 obras) · Demography (11 obras) · Psychiatry (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Health and Retirement Study (9 obras)