Soyoung Kwon
Biographic Data
| ID | 255267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Soyoung Kwon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Soyoung |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwon |
| SIGNATURE | KWON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University – Kingsville |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0066-2947 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Family as a Buffer or Burden
Background: The impact of trauma on immigrants’ mental health is well-documented, but less is known about how pre- and post-migration trauma affects mental health within the context of family relationships. Aims: The objective of the study is to examine the role of family dynamics in shaping the association between trauma exposure and psychological distress among Latino immigrants in the U.S. Methods: This study is based on a sample of Latino imm…
The Mental Health Toll of Covid-19
Mask Wearing and Perceived Discrimination Associated With Covid-19 in the United States From March 2020 to May 2021
Although mask wearing has been demonstrated to be an effective strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become a contentious issue. This is evident in the policy shift regarding mask wearing during the pandemic and the varying mask mandates across different states in the United States. This study investigates the relationship between mask wearing and COVID-19-associated discrimination (CAD) over the course of the pandemic (March 2020 thro…
Millennial attitudes toward disability in three social contexts
Thirty years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), millennial generation young adults have been raised in an era of legally mandated inclusion for people with disabilities. Millennials have enrolled in inclusive public-school classrooms, have traveled through ADA-compliant infrastructure, and have had employment in ADA-protected spaces, yet the extent to which their attitudes have been shaped by this socioecological cont…
Impact of 9/11-Induced Adverse Experiences on the Mental Health of Latino Americans and the Role of Religious Service Attendance
Much research has documented the mental health consequences of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; however, little is known about how the 9/11 attacks affect the mental health of Latino Americans. This study uses a nationally representative sample of Latino Americans (N = 2,346) from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS) to examine the relationships between 9/11-induced negative life experiences and mental disorders. The f…
Perceived neighborhood disorder and psychological distress among Latino adults in the United States
It has been well‐established that neighborhood disorder and disadvantage are detrimental to mental health and psychological well‐being. There has been growing research interest in minority stress issues, however, less is known about how perceived neighborhood disorder matters for psychological well‐being among Latino adults in the United States. Analyzing data from National Latino Asian American Study, 2002–2003, the present study investigates th…
Perceived discrimination, family and spousal relationships, and psychological distress among Asian Americans
This study tested the main, mediating, and moderating effects of family cohesion and conflict and of spousal/partner social support and strain on the relationship of perceived discrimination to psychological distress. The data were derived from 1,462 married/cohabiting Asian American respondents to the National Latino Asian American Study. Perceived discrimination, family conflict, and spousal/partner strain was positively associated with increas…
Discrimination, Mental Disorders, and Suicidal Ideation in Latino Adults
Social Networks in the Workplace in Postreform Urban China
Drawing upon organizational foci theory and market transition theory, this study examined social networks in the workplace in postreform urban China. Specifically, this study assessed the association between employment sector and employees’ social ties with coworkers and its differentials association by regions with varying levels of market economy development. Data from the Chinese General Social Survey 2003 were analyzed using negative binomial…
Religious Heterogamy and Partnership Quality in Later Life
Taken together, results attest to the ongoing importance of religious similarity-service attendance, in particular-for partnership quality in late life. Future research is needed to more fully examine which mechanisms account for these patterns
Market Transition, Social Stratification, and Health Disparities in China
Although a large body of literature has documented that China’s market transition from state socialism led to substantial changes in the social stratification order, little is known about the transition’s implications for health disparities. Integrating the fundamental cause perspective with market transition theory, this article examines the changing association of education and cadre status with self-rated health during the market transition, 1…
Improving but unequal
This study examines temporal trends in the self-rated health of Chinese adults from 1990 to 2012. Concentration on this particular period in Chinese history provides insights into the health implications of China's massive societal transformation induced by economic reform. A series of cross-classified random effects models were estimated predicting favorable health status across time periods and adjusted for age, cohort effect and individual-lev…
Obesity and Sexuality Among Older Couples
The growing number of older adults with high levels of body mass index, particularly women, may face certain difficulties in maintaining active sexual lives
Auxiliary Variables in Multiple Imputation When Data Are Missing Not at Random
Most current implementations of multiple imputation (MI) assume that data are missing at random (MAR), but this assumption is generally untestable. We performed analyses to test the effects of auxiliary variables on MI when the data are missing not at random (MNAR) using simulated data and real data. In the analyses we varied (a) the correlation, (b) the level of missing data, (c) the pattern of missing data, and (d) sample size. Results showed t…
Female Leaders, Organizational Power, and Sex Segregation
A large body of research has examined the organizational factors that promote women's access to positions of workplace authority. Fewer studies explore how women's access to these positions influences gender inequality among subordinates. Utilizing a 2005 national sample of South Korean organizations, this article examines whether having women in managerial and supervisory roles is associated with lower levels of workplace sex segregation. In oth…
How Did Work Attitudes Change in Reform-Era China? Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Work Centrality
Using a four-wave cross-sectional repeated dataset spanning 17 years (World Value Survey, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2007), this research examines changes in work centrality in China during the period of economic reform. The article utilizes a recently developed methodology, hierarchical age-period-cohort (HAPC) models, to disentangle the effects of age, period, and cohort. Results show that age has a curvilinear effect: work centrality increases up to mi…
Cohorts and Emerging Health Disparities
Despite the recent and rapid worldwide rise in body mass index (BMI), little empirical research outside the developed world has systematically considered the role of cohorts in inaugurating emergent biomorphic disparities. This study integrates aspects of the life course perspective (attention to age- and cohort-level influences) with fundamental cause theory to investigate how BMI differences have unfurled in the Chinese population. We analyze g…
North Korea on the Brink
North Korea on the Brink
Abbreviations Map Preamble 1 North Korea in Context 2 Drawing the Iron Curtain 3 Kim's Korea 4 A Life in Wonderland 5 Struggle for Survival 6 WMD Paranoia Rules 7 Negotiating Its Place 8 Changing Regime or Regime Change? Recommended Reading and Viewing Index
Can Europe Help Break the North Korea Impasse
PALO ALTO, Calif. – The European Union is showing a new independent stance on foreign-policy issues as the logic of its industrial and economic integration plays out in the international arena. Already the EU has taken a distinct and independent approach to both the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the nuclear crisis in Iran. Now it has broken ranks over the Korean Peninsula, fed up and concerned with the failure to resolve the ongoing crisis over…
State building in North Korea
Dr Soyoung Kwon has just obtained her doctorate at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. She is now Research Associate Fellow at the East Asia Institute, Cambridge
Female Leaders, Organizational Power, and Sex Segregation
A large body of research has examined the organizational factors that promote women's access to positions of workplace authority. Fewer studies explore how women's access to these positions influences gender inequality among subordinates. Utilizing a 2005 national sample of South Korean organizations, this article examines whether having women in managerial and supervisory roles is associated with lower levels of workplace sex segregation. In oth…
How Did Work Attitudes Change in Reform-Era China? Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Work Centrality
Using a four-wave cross-sectional repeated dataset spanning 17 years (World Value Survey, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2007), this research examines changes in work centrality in China during the period of economic reform. The article utilizes a recently developed methodology, hierarchical age-period-cohort (HAPC) models, to disentangle the effects of age, period, and cohort. Results show that age has a curvilinear effect: work centrality increases up to mi…
Perceived discrimination, family and spousal relationships, and psychological distress among Asian Americans
This study tested the main, mediating, and moderating effects of family cohesion and conflict and of spousal/partner social support and strain on the relationship of perceived discrimination to psychological distress. The data were derived from 1,462 married/cohabiting Asian American respondents to the National Latino Asian American Study. Perceived discrimination, family conflict, and spousal/partner strain was positively associated with increas…
Religious Heterogamy and Partnership Quality in Later Life
Taken together, results attest to the ongoing importance of religious similarity-service attendance, in particular-for partnership quality in late life. Future research is needed to more fully examine which mechanisms account for these patterns
Cohorts and Emerging Health Disparities
Despite the recent and rapid worldwide rise in body mass index (BMI), little empirical research outside the developed world has systematically considered the role of cohorts in inaugurating emergent biomorphic disparities. This study integrates aspects of the life course perspective (attention to age- and cohort-level influences) with fundamental cause theory to investigate how BMI differences have unfurled in the Chinese population. We analyze g…
Auxiliary Variables in Multiple Imputation When Data Are Missing Not at Random
Most current implementations of multiple imputation (MI) assume that data are missing at random (MAR), but this assumption is generally untestable. We performed analyses to test the effects of auxiliary variables on MI when the data are missing not at random (MNAR) using simulated data and real data. In the analyses we varied (a) the correlation, (b) the level of missing data, (c) the pattern of missing data, and (d) sample size. Results showed t…
Obesity and Sexuality Among Older Couples
The growing number of older adults with high levels of body mass index, particularly women, may face certain difficulties in maintaining active sexual lives
State building in North Korea
Dr Soyoung Kwon has just obtained her doctorate at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. She is now Research Associate Fellow at the East Asia Institute, Cambridge
State building in North Korea
Dr Soyoung Kwon has just obtained her doctorate at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. She is now Research Associate Fellow at the East Asia Institute, Cambridge
Can Europe Help Break the North Korea Impasse
PALO ALTO, Calif. – The European Union is showing a new independent stance on foreign-policy issues as the logic of its industrial and economic integration plays out in the international arena. Already the EU has taken a distinct and independent approach to both the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the nuclear crisis in Iran. Now it has broken ranks over the Korean Peninsula, fed up and concerned with the failure to resolve the ongoing crisis over…
North Korea on the Brink
North Korea on the Brink
Abbreviations Map Preamble 1 North Korea in Context 2 Drawing the Iron Curtain 3 Kim's Korea 4 A Life in Wonderland 5 Struggle for Survival 6 WMD Paranoia Rules 7 Negotiating Its Place 8 Changing Regime or Regime Change? Recommended Reading and Viewing Index
Female Leaders, Organizational Power, and Sex Segregation
A large body of research has examined the organizational factors that promote women's access to positions of workplace authority. Fewer studies explore how women's access to these positions influences gender inequality among subordinates. Utilizing a 2005 national sample of South Korean organizations, this article examines whether having women in managerial and supervisory roles is associated with lower levels of workplace sex segregation. In oth…
How Did Work Attitudes Change in Reform-Era China? Age, Period, and Cohort Effects on Work Centrality
Using a four-wave cross-sectional repeated dataset spanning 17 years (World Value Survey, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2007), this research examines changes in work centrality in China during the period of economic reform. The article utilizes a recently developed methodology, hierarchical age-period-cohort (HAPC) models, to disentangle the effects of age, period, and cohort. Results show that age has a curvilinear effect: work centrality increases up to mi…
Cohorts and Emerging Health Disparities
Despite the recent and rapid worldwide rise in body mass index (BMI), little empirical research outside the developed world has systematically considered the role of cohorts in inaugurating emergent biomorphic disparities. This study integrates aspects of the life course perspective (attention to age- and cohort-level influences) with fundamental cause theory to investigate how BMI differences have unfurled in the Chinese population. We analyze g…
Auxiliary Variables in Multiple Imputation When Data Are Missing Not at Random
Most current implementations of multiple imputation (MI) assume that data are missing at random (MAR), but this assumption is generally untestable. We performed analyses to test the effects of auxiliary variables on MI when the data are missing not at random (MNAR) using simulated data and real data. In the analyses we varied (a) the correlation, (b) the level of missing data, (c) the pattern of missing data, and (d) sample size. Results showed t…
Improving but unequal
This study examines temporal trends in the self-rated health of Chinese adults from 1990 to 2012. Concentration on this particular period in Chinese history provides insights into the health implications of China's massive societal transformation induced by economic reform. A series of cross-classified random effects models were estimated predicting favorable health status across time periods and adjusted for age, cohort effect and individual-lev…
Obesity and Sexuality Among Older Couples
The growing number of older adults with high levels of body mass index, particularly women, may face certain difficulties in maintaining active sexual lives
Social Networks in the Workplace in Postreform Urban China
Drawing upon organizational foci theory and market transition theory, this study examined social networks in the workplace in postreform urban China. Specifically, this study assessed the association between employment sector and employees’ social ties with coworkers and its differentials association by regions with varying levels of market economy development. Data from the Chinese General Social Survey 2003 were analyzed using negative binomial…
Religious Heterogamy and Partnership Quality in Later Life
Taken together, results attest to the ongoing importance of religious similarity-service attendance, in particular-for partnership quality in late life. Future research is needed to more fully examine which mechanisms account for these patterns
Market Transition, Social Stratification, and Health Disparities in China
Although a large body of literature has documented that China’s market transition from state socialism led to substantial changes in the social stratification order, little is known about the transition’s implications for health disparities. Integrating the fundamental cause perspective with market transition theory, this article examines the changing association of education and cadre status with self-rated health during the market transition, 1…
Discrimination, Mental Disorders, and Suicidal Ideation in Latino Adults
Perceived discrimination, family and spousal relationships, and psychological distress among Asian Americans
This study tested the main, mediating, and moderating effects of family cohesion and conflict and of spousal/partner social support and strain on the relationship of perceived discrimination to psychological distress. The data were derived from 1,462 married/cohabiting Asian American respondents to the National Latino Asian American Study. Perceived discrimination, family conflict, and spousal/partner strain was positively associated with increas…
Perceived neighborhood disorder and psychological distress among Latino adults in the United States
It has been well‐established that neighborhood disorder and disadvantage are detrimental to mental health and psychological well‐being. There has been growing research interest in minority stress issues, however, less is known about how perceived neighborhood disorder matters for psychological well‐being among Latino adults in the United States. Analyzing data from National Latino Asian American Study, 2002–2003, the present study investigates th…
Impact of 9/11-Induced Adverse Experiences on the Mental Health of Latino Americans and the Role of Religious Service Attendance
Much research has documented the mental health consequences of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; however, little is known about how the 9/11 attacks affect the mental health of Latino Americans. This study uses a nationally representative sample of Latino Americans (N = 2,346) from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS) to examine the relationships between 9/11-induced negative life experiences and mental disorders. The f…
Mask Wearing and Perceived Discrimination Associated With Covid-19 in the United States From March 2020 to May 2021
Although mask wearing has been demonstrated to be an effective strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become a contentious issue. This is evident in the policy shift regarding mask wearing during the pandemic and the varying mask mandates across different states in the United States. This study investigates the relationship between mask wearing and COVID-19-associated discrimination (CAD) over the course of the pandemic (March 2020 thro…
Millennial attitudes toward disability in three social contexts
Thirty years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), millennial generation young adults have been raised in an era of legally mandated inclusion for people with disabilities. Millennials have enrolled in inclusive public-school classrooms, have traveled through ADA-compliant infrastructure, and have had employment in ADA-protected spaces, yet the extent to which their attitudes have been shaped by this socioecological cont…
Family as a Buffer or Burden
Background: The impact of trauma on immigrants’ mental health is well-documented, but less is known about how pre- and post-migration trauma affects mental health within the context of family relationships. Aims: The objective of the study is to examine the role of family dynamics in shaping the association between trauma exposure and psychological distress among Latino immigrants in the U.S. Methods: This study is based on a sample of Latino imm…
The Mental Health Toll of Covid-19
Psychology (13 works) · Political science (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · China (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)