Ruth X Liu
Biographic Data
| ID | 249945 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth X Liu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth X |
| FAMILY NAME | Liu |
| SIGNATURE | LIU R X |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-8186-0533 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Relational Strains and Delinquency
This study assesses the gendering of emotions' claims in an understudied population, that is, adolescents in mainland China. Specifically, it examines gender variations in the emotional reactions to relational strains and gendered responses to emotions with types of delinquency. Data drawn from over 500 middle-school students from an urban city in China yield results in support of general strain theory in most respects, but culture-specific patte…
The relative effects of physical and verbal discipline and gender variations on adolescents’ bonds to parents
This study examines the relative effects of physical and verbal discipline on Chinese adolescents’ bonds to parents and whether the relationship between parental discipline and adolescent–parent bonds may be gender- and domain-specific. Data drawn from over 500 middle school students from an urban city in China yielded results generally consistent with the hypotheses. Harsh discipline is significantly associated with a reduction in adolescent–par…
Harsh Parental Discipline and Delinquency in Mainland China
This study integrates two lines of research to assess whether and how bonds to paternal grandparents may offset the negative effects of harsh parental discipline and their joint influence on delinquency among Chinese adolescents. Further, the study assesses whether the hypothesized interactive effects may sustain among both boys and girls. Data drawn from over 2,100 middle school students from an urban city in China yielded results quite consiste…
Physical Discipline and Verbal Punishment
This study assesses the effects of physical and verbal discipline on delinquency among Chinese adolescents and whether parent-adolescent influences are domain and gender-specific. Data drawn from more than 2,700 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China yield results as follows: Parental use of physical and verbal discipline each increases the risk of delinquency in three domains after controlling for common correlates. Physical discipline e…
School Bonding, Peer Associations, and Self-Views
This study assesses the effects of attachment to paternal grandparents on Chinese adolescent adjustment in the domains of school bonding, peer associations, and self-views, and whether such effects may differ for adolescent boys and girls. Drawing on survey responses of 2,117 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, regression analyses yield results quite consistent with the hypotheses. Chinese adolescents who indicate that they are close …
Life Events and Delinquency
Studies that test general strain theory in China have primarily focused on poor treatments by others, and few have assessed the influences of stressor events other than negative treatments as antecedents of delinquency. This study assesses both cumulative and relative effects of multiple stressor events including parent marital instability, family financial disruption, health crisis, and romantic dissolution as antecedents of delinquency in mainl…
The Effects of Gender and Bonds with Parents and Grandparents on Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents
This study examines the influences of bonds with parents and grandparents on delinquent participation among Chinese adolescents, and whether these effects may differ for adolescent boys and girls. Using data provided by over 2,300 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, regression analyses yield results consistent with the hypotheses. Chinese teens who indicate that they are close to their parents and paternal grandparents report lower le…
The Effects of Strain and Centrality of Strain on Delinquency among Chinese Adolescents
This study assesses the moderating effects of importance placed on strained domains (i.e., centrality of strain) on the relationship between strain and delinquent participation among Chinese adolescents. Regression analyses of data on 1,735 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, yield results quite comparable with expectations. Adolescents who report high levels of strain and simultaneously consider these strained domains (i.e., status a…
Mediating Mechanisms for the Intergenerational Transmission of Constructive Parenting
Based on a prospective longitudinal panel data set that was collected at three developmental stages-early adolescence, young adulthood, and middle adulthood- this study investigates marital satisfaction and educational attainment as mediating mechanisms as well as gender's moderating effect for the intergenerational transmission of constructive parenting ( N = 1,560). The results show that perceived satisfying experiences with parents during earl…
Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents
This study explores the relationship between strain and delinquency participation among Chinese adolescents. Using survey reports of over 1,700 middle-school students in Fuzhou, China, the study yielded results consistent with expectations. First, a significant relationship is observed between reports of overall strain and delinquency after controlling for common correlates. Further, adolescents in Fuzhou, China are more likely to engage in delin…
Vulnerability to Friends’ Suicide Influence
The Effects of Marital Conflict and Marital Disruption on Depressive Affect
Objectives. We examine the independent and interactive effects of marital conflict and marital disruption on women's depressive affect and how these effects vary by family's poverty status. Methods. We use the OLS regression and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test the hypothesized relationships. Results. The results showed that marital conflict and marital disruption each predicts subsequent depression after controlling fo…
Families, Delinquency, and Crime
School related stress in early adolescence and academic performance three years later
Parent-Youth Closeness and Youth's Suicidal Ideation
Data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents studied at two points in time are used to examine gender-specific influence of parent-youth closeness on youth's suicidal ideation and its variations by stages of adolescence and race or ethnicity. Logistic regression analyses yielded interesting findings: (a) Closeness with fathers exerts an important influence on girls, and this effect is observed regardless of stages of adolescence an…
The Conditional Effects of Gender and Delinquency on the Relationship Between Emotional Distress and Suicidal Ideation or Attempt Among Youth
Using data provided by a national sample of youth studied at two points in time (N = 4,221), this study assesses the independent and interactive effects of emotional distress and delinquency involvement on suicidal gestures (i.e., ideation and attempt), and gender differences in these interrelationships. Logistic regression analyses produced results generally consistent with the hypothesized relationships: (a) Experience of emotional distress pre…
Role Stress and Aggression Among Young Adults
Using data provided by a panel of non-Hispanic white respondents, this study explored whether aggressive response to severe role stress during early adulthood depends on gender and on an adolescent history of aggression. Logistic regression analysis yielded these findings: Men who reported aggression during early adolescence were significantly more likely to respond to severe role stress with aggression during young adulthood, while men who were …
Parent-Youth Conflict and School Delinquency/Cigarette Use
Hypothesized gender-specific relationships between parent-youth conflict and youth's school delinquency and cigarette use, and the moderating effect of associations with achievement-oriented peers are estimated using information provided by a national sample of high school students (National Education Longitudinal Study [NELS] 1988-1990, N=13,348). Multiple regression analyses yielded results as follows: Conflict with fathers is more related to a…
Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents
This study explores the relationship between strain and delinquency participation among Chinese adolescents. Using survey reports of over 1,700 middle-school students in Fuzhou, China, the study yielded results consistent with expectations. First, a significant relationship is observed between reports of overall strain and delinquency after controlling for common correlates. Further, adolescents in Fuzhou, China are more likely to engage in delin…
The Effects of Marital Conflict and Marital Disruption on Depressive Affect
Objectives. We examine the independent and interactive effects of marital conflict and marital disruption on women's depressive affect and how these effects vary by family's poverty status. Methods. We use the OLS regression and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test the hypothesized relationships. Results. The results showed that marital conflict and marital disruption each predicts subsequent depression after controlling fo…
Mediating Mechanisms for the Intergenerational Transmission of Constructive Parenting
Based on a prospective longitudinal panel data set that was collected at three developmental stages-early adolescence, young adulthood, and middle adulthood- this study investigates marital satisfaction and educational attainment as mediating mechanisms as well as gender's moderating effect for the intergenerational transmission of constructive parenting ( N = 1,560). The results show that perceived satisfying experiences with parents during earl…
Vulnerability to Friends’ Suicide Influence
School related stress in early adolescence and academic performance three years later
Role Stress and Aggression Among Young Adults
Using data provided by a panel of non-Hispanic white respondents, this study explored whether aggressive response to severe role stress during early adulthood depends on gender and on an adolescent history of aggression. Logistic regression analysis yielded these findings: Men who reported aggression during early adolescence were significantly more likely to respond to severe role stress with aggression during young adulthood, while men who were …
Parent-Youth Conflict and School Delinquency/Cigarette Use
Hypothesized gender-specific relationships between parent-youth conflict and youth's school delinquency and cigarette use, and the moderating effect of associations with achievement-oriented peers are estimated using information provided by a national sample of high school students (National Education Longitudinal Study [NELS] 1988-1990, N=13,348). Multiple regression analyses yielded results as follows: Conflict with fathers is more related to a…
The Effects of Gender and Bonds with Parents and Grandparents on Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents
This study examines the influences of bonds with parents and grandparents on delinquent participation among Chinese adolescents, and whether these effects may differ for adolescent boys and girls. Using data provided by over 2,300 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, regression analyses yield results consistent with the hypotheses. Chinese teens who indicate that they are close to their parents and paternal grandparents report lower le…
Parent-Youth Closeness and Youth's Suicidal Ideation
Data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents studied at two points in time are used to examine gender-specific influence of parent-youth closeness on youth's suicidal ideation and its variations by stages of adolescence and race or ethnicity. Logistic regression analyses yielded interesting findings: (a) Closeness with fathers exerts an important influence on girls, and this effect is observed regardless of stages of adolescence an…
Physical Discipline and Verbal Punishment
This study assesses the effects of physical and verbal discipline on delinquency among Chinese adolescents and whether parent-adolescent influences are domain and gender-specific. Data drawn from more than 2,700 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China yield results as follows: Parental use of physical and verbal discipline each increases the risk of delinquency in three domains after controlling for common correlates. Physical discipline e…
Life Events and Delinquency
Studies that test general strain theory in China have primarily focused on poor treatments by others, and few have assessed the influences of stressor events other than negative treatments as antecedents of delinquency. This study assesses both cumulative and relative effects of multiple stressor events including parent marital instability, family financial disruption, health crisis, and romantic dissolution as antecedents of delinquency in mainl…
The Conditional Effects of Gender and Delinquency on the Relationship Between Emotional Distress and Suicidal Ideation or Attempt Among Youth
Using data provided by a national sample of youth studied at two points in time (N = 4,221), this study assesses the independent and interactive effects of emotional distress and delinquency involvement on suicidal gestures (i.e., ideation and attempt), and gender differences in these interrelationships. Logistic regression analyses produced results generally consistent with the hypothesized relationships: (a) Experience of emotional distress pre…
Relational Strains and Delinquency
This study assesses the gendering of emotions' claims in an understudied population, that is, adolescents in mainland China. Specifically, it examines gender variations in the emotional reactions to relational strains and gendered responses to emotions with types of delinquency. Data drawn from over 500 middle-school students from an urban city in China yield results in support of general strain theory in most respects, but culture-specific patte…
School Bonding, Peer Associations, and Self-Views
This study assesses the effects of attachment to paternal grandparents on Chinese adolescent adjustment in the domains of school bonding, peer associations, and self-views, and whether such effects may differ for adolescent boys and girls. Drawing on survey responses of 2,117 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, regression analyses yield results quite consistent with the hypotheses. Chinese adolescents who indicate that they are close …
The Effects of Strain and Centrality of Strain on Delinquency among Chinese Adolescents
This study assesses the moderating effects of importance placed on strained domains (i.e., centrality of strain) on the relationship between strain and delinquent participation among Chinese adolescents. Regression analyses of data on 1,735 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, yield results quite comparable with expectations. Adolescents who report high levels of strain and simultaneously consider these strained domains (i.e., status a…
The Conditional Effects of Gender and Delinquency on the Relationship Between Emotional Distress and Suicidal Ideation or Attempt Among Youth
Using data provided by a national sample of youth studied at two points in time (N = 4,221), this study assesses the independent and interactive effects of emotional distress and delinquency involvement on suicidal gestures (i.e., ideation and attempt), and gender differences in these interrelationships. Logistic regression analyses produced results generally consistent with the hypothesized relationships: (a) Experience of emotional distress pre…
Role Stress and Aggression Among Young Adults
Using data provided by a panel of non-Hispanic white respondents, this study explored whether aggressive response to severe role stress during early adulthood depends on gender and on an adolescent history of aggression. Logistic regression analysis yielded these findings: Men who reported aggression during early adolescence were significantly more likely to respond to severe role stress with aggression during young adulthood, while men who were …
Parent-Youth Conflict and School Delinquency/Cigarette Use
Hypothesized gender-specific relationships between parent-youth conflict and youth's school delinquency and cigarette use, and the moderating effect of associations with achievement-oriented peers are estimated using information provided by a national sample of high school students (National Education Longitudinal Study [NELS] 1988-1990, N=13,348). Multiple regression analyses yielded results as follows: Conflict with fathers is more related to a…
School related stress in early adolescence and academic performance three years later
Parent-Youth Closeness and Youth's Suicidal Ideation
Data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents studied at two points in time are used to examine gender-specific influence of parent-youth closeness on youth's suicidal ideation and its variations by stages of adolescence and race or ethnicity. Logistic regression analyses yielded interesting findings: (a) Closeness with fathers exerts an important influence on girls, and this effect is observed regardless of stages of adolescence an…
Vulnerability to Friends’ Suicide Influence
The Effects of Marital Conflict and Marital Disruption on Depressive Affect
Objectives. We examine the independent and interactive effects of marital conflict and marital disruption on women's depressive affect and how these effects vary by family's poverty status. Methods. We use the OLS regression and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test the hypothesized relationships. Results. The results showed that marital conflict and marital disruption each predicts subsequent depression after controlling fo…
Families, Delinquency, and Crime
Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents
This study explores the relationship between strain and delinquency participation among Chinese adolescents. Using survey reports of over 1,700 middle-school students in Fuzhou, China, the study yielded results consistent with expectations. First, a significant relationship is observed between reports of overall strain and delinquency after controlling for common correlates. Further, adolescents in Fuzhou, China are more likely to engage in delin…
Mediating Mechanisms for the Intergenerational Transmission of Constructive Parenting
Based on a prospective longitudinal panel data set that was collected at three developmental stages-early adolescence, young adulthood, and middle adulthood- this study investigates marital satisfaction and educational attainment as mediating mechanisms as well as gender's moderating effect for the intergenerational transmission of constructive parenting ( N = 1,560). The results show that perceived satisfying experiences with parents during earl…
The Effects of Strain and Centrality of Strain on Delinquency among Chinese Adolescents
This study assesses the moderating effects of importance placed on strained domains (i.e., centrality of strain) on the relationship between strain and delinquent participation among Chinese adolescents. Regression analyses of data on 1,735 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, yield results quite comparable with expectations. Adolescents who report high levels of strain and simultaneously consider these strained domains (i.e., status a…
The Effects of Gender and Bonds with Parents and Grandparents on Delinquency Among Chinese Adolescents
This study examines the influences of bonds with parents and grandparents on delinquent participation among Chinese adolescents, and whether these effects may differ for adolescent boys and girls. Using data provided by over 2,300 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, regression analyses yield results consistent with the hypotheses. Chinese teens who indicate that they are close to their parents and paternal grandparents report lower le…
School Bonding, Peer Associations, and Self-Views
This study assesses the effects of attachment to paternal grandparents on Chinese adolescent adjustment in the domains of school bonding, peer associations, and self-views, and whether such effects may differ for adolescent boys and girls. Drawing on survey responses of 2,117 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China, regression analyses yield results quite consistent with the hypotheses. Chinese adolescents who indicate that they are close …
Life Events and Delinquency
Studies that test general strain theory in China have primarily focused on poor treatments by others, and few have assessed the influences of stressor events other than negative treatments as antecedents of delinquency. This study assesses both cumulative and relative effects of multiple stressor events including parent marital instability, family financial disruption, health crisis, and romantic dissolution as antecedents of delinquency in mainl…
Physical Discipline and Verbal Punishment
This study assesses the effects of physical and verbal discipline on delinquency among Chinese adolescents and whether parent-adolescent influences are domain and gender-specific. Data drawn from more than 2,700 middle school students from Fuzhou City, China yield results as follows: Parental use of physical and verbal discipline each increases the risk of delinquency in three domains after controlling for common correlates. Physical discipline e…
Harsh Parental Discipline and Delinquency in Mainland China
This study integrates two lines of research to assess whether and how bonds to paternal grandparents may offset the negative effects of harsh parental discipline and their joint influence on delinquency among Chinese adolescents. Further, the study assesses whether the hypothesized interactive effects may sustain among both boys and girls. Data drawn from over 2,100 middle school students from an urban city in China yielded results quite consiste…
The relative effects of physical and verbal discipline and gender variations on adolescents’ bonds to parents
This study examines the relative effects of physical and verbal discipline on Chinese adolescents’ bonds to parents and whether the relationship between parental discipline and adolescent–parent bonds may be gender- and domain-specific. Data drawn from over 500 middle school students from an urban city in China yielded results generally consistent with the hypotheses. Harsh discipline is significantly associated with a reduction in adolescent–par…
Relational Strains and Delinquency
This study assesses the gendering of emotions' claims in an understudied population, that is, adolescents in mainland China. Specifically, it examines gender variations in the emotional reactions to relational strains and gendered responses to emotions with types of delinquency. Data drawn from over 500 middle-school students from an urban city in China yield results in support of general strain theory in most respects, but culture-specific patte…
Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Juvenile delinquency (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · China (7 works) · Aggression (5 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (5 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (5 works)