Jing Liao
Biographic Data
| ID | 3729499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jing Liao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jing |
| FAMILY NAME | Liao |
| SIGNATURE | LIAO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sun Yat-sen University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4870-2979 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Longitudinal Interplay Between Cognitive Impairment and Frailty: A Dual Trajectory Analysis Among Chinese Older Adults
Personality traits positively associate with science achievement, with stronger effects in individualist societies
The relationship between personality traits and science academic achievement remains a subject of ongoing debate, and the extent to which these associations vary across cultures is underexplored. This study aims to address these gaps using data from the PISA 2022 survey. Multilevel linear modeling of 213,259 adolescents from 30 nations revealed positive associations between science achievement and six personality traits: curiosity ( r = 0.191, p …
Fiams-Dmoea: A Dynamic Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Highly Uncertain Environmental Changes
Dynamic multiobjective optimization problems (DMOPs) frequently arise in real-world applications, where environments evolve over time. A central challenge in solving DMOPs is the ability to accurately and efficiently track optimal solutions as the environment changes. Existing dynamic multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (DMOEAs) based on single-strategy mechanisms often perform well only under specific environmental conditions, while multistra…
Primary care providers’ perspectives on the implementation of couple-based collaborative management for Chinese older adults with type 2 diabetes: A mixed-methods study
Background: Couple-based collaborative management (CCMM) has shown promise in supporting chronic disease self-management among older adults and addressing the growing public health burden, but its integration into primary care remains uncertain. This study explored primary care providers' (PCPs) perceptions of CCMM using normalization process theory (NPT) to identify key factors influencing its routine implementation. Methods: Thirty five PCPs in…
Sibship Size and Academic Achievement in the Pisa 2022 Survey
INTRODUCTION: The influence of siblinghood on psychosocial development has long been a topic of focus in developmental psychology. Prior research, however, has yielded conflicting conclusions: some studies argue that siblinghood dilutes family resources, thereby impeding individuals' academic success, while others hold that competition and cooperation among siblings can effectively boost the development of socio-cognitive abilities. Drawing on th…
Global, regional, and national burden of acute glomerulonephritis in children and adolescents: 1990–2021 Analysis and Future Projections
Background: Acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) remains a significant issue in global health, yet its burden among children and adolescents has not been sufficiently characterized. This study aims to systematically estimate the global, regional, and national burden of AGN, as well as its temporal trends from 1990 to 2021. Methods: This study utilized data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 study, focusing on incidence rates, disability-adjus…
Loving body loving life: Body image and life satisfaction in different cultures
Parental Mediation, Digital Media Usage, and Health Literacy: An Exploration Among Chinese Elementary School Students
This study examines the relationship between parental interactions, digital media usage, and health literacy among 19,386 elementary students (ages 6–11) in Guangdong Province, China, using the framework of parental mediation theory. Path analysis revealed that increased digital media usage is associated with decreased health literacy, particularly for short video platforms, which exhibit a significant negative correlation (β = −.335). Parental i…
Mental Health Literacy, Anxiety, and Insomnia in Chinese Chronically Ill Older Adult‐Caregiver Dyads: Actor‐Partner Interdependence Moderation Model
Anxiety and insomnia are correlated in older adults and their caregivers, yet the moderating role of mental health literacy (MHL) is unclear. This study aimed to explore dyadic effects of anxiety on insomnia among Chinese chronically ill older adults and family caregivers across age groups and whether MHL moderates these effects. Data came from 1033 dyads of older adults and their family caregivers in China through the Guangdong Mental Health Sur…
Enhancing resilience in public food supply chains against major emergencies: A focus on China’s strategic frozen meat stockholding
Purpose Public food stockholdings (PFSs) have been established in many countries to address emergencies, provide aid and stabilise market price fluctuations. However, these supply chains are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of major emergencies. Evaluating and enhancing the resilience of PFS supply chains has therefore become critical. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual framework for the resilience enhancement of the PFS supp…
Impaired response inhibition to negative emotional stimuli in depressed adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: A neurophysiological perspective
Depressed adolescents with NSSI showed increased P3d amplitudes, enhanced Delta/Theta ERS, and heightened Theta/Alpha ERD when receiving negative emotional stimuli, suggesting that depressed adolescents with NSSI have impaired response inhibition, which may contribute to the development of NSSI
Bridging the digital gap: Empirical insights into agri-food supply chain transformation
How dyadic appraisal moderate the association between dyadic coping and diabetes management efficacy
To explore the moderating role of dyadic appraisal in the association between dyadic coping and diabetes management efficacy. Two hundred seventy six middle-aged and older couple pairs with one spouse who had diabetes were recruited from 14 community healthcare centers across Guangzhou. The moderating role of dyadic appraisal was investigated using the actor-partner interdependence moderation model. When both couples considered diabetes to be a s…
Prevalence of depressive tendencies among college students and the influence of attributional styles on depressive tendencies in the post-pandemic era
Introduction Depression symptoms are prevalent globally, including China, with a notable impact on college students. This study aims to not only estimate the prevalence of depressive tendencies and attributional styles among college students in the post-pandemic era but also explore the relationship between the two factors. The findings of this study can provide new insights into early intervention and support services for individuals exhibiting …
Heavy metal contamination in duck eggs from a mercury mining area, southwestern China
This study provides important insight into heavy metal contamination in duck eggs from Hg mining areas
Semi‐natural habitats benefit maintaining the spider diversity in subtropical agroecosystems
Land use change has caused the loss of agricultural biodiversity. As major natural enemies of pests in agroecosystems, spiders have important ecological functions in improving agricultural productivity and thus deserve attention. However, few studies have considered their responses to land use changes. Here, we investigated the structure and diversity of the spider community in four land use types, that is, fallow land, woodland, orchard, and cro…
Identifying a research agenda for postgraduate taught education in the UK: Lessons from a machine learning facilitated systematic scoping review
This research aimed to describe and evaluate research on the Postgraduate Taught (PGT) sector in the UK from January 2008 to October 2019. The focus on PGT allowed a detailed analysis of an often overlooked part of the HE sector. Methodologically, the research is original in its use of an innovative machine learning approach to a systematic scoping review. The review scrutinised subject areas, topics studied and methodological approaches taken. I…
Toward a Medication Information Literacy Indicator System for Older Adults: A Delphi Study
BACKGROUND: The safety of medication use among older adults is a growing concern, given the aging population. Despite widespread attention, the exploration of medication literacy in older adults, particularly from the perspective of information literacy, is in its nascent stages. METHODS: This study utilized the existing literature to define medication information literacy (MIL) as a theoretical framework. A two-round Delphi survey was conducted …
Validity of the Chinese multimorbidity-weighted index in measuring disease burden using health check-ups data in primary care
CMWI, calculated based on primary care's routine health check-ups data, provides valid estimates of disability and mortality risks in older adults. This validated tool can be used to quantity and monitor older patients' health risks in primary care
Discovery and validation of anti-arthritic ingredients and mechanisms of Qingfu Juanbi Tang, a Chinese herbal formulation, on rheumatoid arthritis
Longitudinal patterns and sociodemographic profiles of health-related behaviour clustering among middle-aged and older adults in China and Japan
Given inevitable age-related decreases in physical or mental capacity, studies on health-related behaviour (HRB) clustering in older people provide an opportunity to reduce health-care costs and promote healthy ageing. This study explores the clustering of HRBs and transition probabilities of cluster memberships over time, and compares sociodemographic characteristics of these clusters among Chinese and Japanese middle-aged and older adults. Usin…
Depression, anxiety and insomnia in Chinese older adults and their family caregivers during the Covid-19 pandemic: An actor-partner interdependence model approach
Aims This study aimed to explore the dyadic effects of depression and anxiety on insomnia symptoms in Chinese older adults and their caregivers living in a community setting. Methods Data were collected from 1,507 pairs of older adults and their caregivers who were in the Guangdong Mental Health Survey in China. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder module 7 (GAD-7), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were u…
Changes in microstates of first-episode untreated nonsuicidal self-injury adolescents exposed to negative emotional stimuli and after receiving rTMS intervention
MDD adolescents with NSSI showed abnormal changes in several microstate parameters when receiving negative emotional stimuli, and compared to those not receiving rTMS treatment, MDD adolescents with NSSI treated with rTMS showed more significant improvements in depressive symptoms and NSSI performance, as well as improvements in EEG microstate abnormalities
Comparing relationships between health-related behaviour clustering and episodic memory trajectories in the United States of America and England: A longitudinal study
HRB clustering was associated with trajectories of episodic memory in both the USA and England. The effect of HRB clustering on episodic memory seemed larger in England than in the USA. Our study highlighted the importance of being aware of the interconnections between health behaviours for a better understanding of how these behaviours affect cognitive health. Governments, particularly in England, could pay more attention to the adverse effects …
Improving Data Surveillance Resilience Beyond Covid-19: Experiences of Primary heAlth Care quAlity Cohort In ChinA (Acacia) Using Unannounced Standardized Patients
We analyzed COVID-19 influences on the design, implementation, and validity of assessing the quality of primary health care using unannounced standardized patients (USPs) in China. Because of the pandemic, we crowdsourced our funding, removed tuberculosis from the USP case roster, adjusted common cold and asthma cases, used hybrid online–offline training for USPs, shared USPs across provinces, and strengthened ethical considerations. With those c…
Gendered trajectories of support from close relationships from middle to late life
This study investigates gender differences in trajectories of support from close relationships among adults in the transition from middle to old age, taking into account stability and change in the identity of the closest persons. Multi-level modelling was used to estimate gendered age-trajectories in three dimensions of support: emotional support, practical support and negative encounters, which were repeatedly measured over ten years amongst 6,…
Dynamic Longitudinal Associations Between Social Support and Cognitive Function: A Prospective Investigation of the Directionality of Associations
This empirical study provides some evidence for the health selection mechanism, such that cognition modified changes in social support. The hypothesized neuroprotective effect of social support was not detectable
Politically connected CEOs and earnings management: Evidence from China
This paper examines the impact of politically connected CEOs on earnings management in Chinese listed firms. The results show that firms with politically connected CEOs engage in significantly lower levels of accrual-based earnings management than firms without politically connected CEOs. We then find evidence that firms with politically connected CEOs conduct significantly higher levels of real earnings management, which is more difficult to det…
Longitudinal patterns and sociodemographic profiles of health-related behaviour clustering among middle-aged and older adults in China and Japan
Given inevitable age-related decreases in physical or mental capacity, studies on health-related behaviour (HRB) clustering in older people provide an opportunity to reduce health-care costs and promote healthy ageing. This study explores the clustering of HRBs and transition probabilities of cluster memberships over time, and compares sociodemographic characteristics of these clusters among Chinese and Japanese middle-aged and older adults. Usin…
Chinese Pediatrician Attitudes and Practices Regarding Child Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (SHS) and Clinical Efforts against SHS Exposure
Many Chinese pediatricians did not have adequate knowledge about smoking and SHS, and many lacked confidence about giving cessation or SHS exposure reduction counseling to smoking parents. Lack of professional training and time were the most important barriers to help parents quit smoking among the Chinese pediatricians. Intensified efforts are called for to provide the necessary professional training and increase pediatricians' participation in …
Structural and functional measures of social relationships and quality of life among older adults: Does chronic disease status matter
The Effect of a Pilot Pediatric In-Patient Department-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention on Parental Smoking and Children’s Secondhand Smoke (SHS) Exposure in Guangxi, China
Children's exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home has numerous adverse health effects. This study evaluated the effects of a pediatric in-patient department-based pilot smoking cessation intervention for household members to reduce children's SHS exposure and encourage smoking cessation. A pre-post test design study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a telephone counseling intervention on household members of hospitalized children in…
Factors Associated with Complete Home Smoking Ban among Chinese Parents of Young Children
(1) BACKGROUND: The home environment is a major source of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) exposure among children especially in early childhood. ETS exposure is an important health risk among children and can cause severe and chronic diseases, such as asthma, bronchitis, and premature death. However, ETS exposure at home has often been neglected in the Chinese families. Identification of factors that facilitate or otherwise hamper the adoption …
Politically connected CEOs and earnings management: Evidence from China
This paper examines the impact of politically connected CEOs on earnings management in Chinese listed firms. The results show that firms with politically connected CEOs engage in significantly lower levels of accrual-based earnings management than firms without politically connected CEOs. We then find evidence that firms with politically connected CEOs conduct significantly higher levels of real earnings management, which is more difficult to det…
Dynamic Longitudinal Associations Between Social Support and Cognitive Function: A Prospective Investigation of the Directionality of Associations
This empirical study provides some evidence for the health selection mechanism, such that cognition modified changes in social support. The hypothesized neuroprotective effect of social support was not detectable
Gendered trajectories of support from close relationships from middle to late life
This study investigates gender differences in trajectories of support from close relationships among adults in the transition from middle to old age, taking into account stability and change in the identity of the closest persons. Multi-level modelling was used to estimate gendered age-trajectories in three dimensions of support: emotional support, practical support and negative encounters, which were repeatedly measured over ten years amongst 6,…
Justice and foresight: The effect of belief in a just world and sense of control on delay discounting
Discounting rate refers to people’s tendency to reduce the rate of subjective value from delayed benefit over time. The current study investigates the relationship among belief in a just world (BJW), sense of control, and discounting rate, especially the mediating effect of sense of control between BJW and discounting rate. The study recruited 412 undergraduates to complete a BJW scale, Sense of Control scale, and the Monetary Choice Questionnair…
A research agenda for ageing in China in the 21st century (2nd edition): Focusing on basic and translational research, long-term care, policy and social networks
Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of Covid-19 infection in nine pregnant women: A retrospective review of medical records
What Motivates L3 Learners’ Investment and/or Divestment in Arabic? Understanding Learning Motivation in terms of “Identity”
The study extends our understanding of the relationship between identity and Arabic learning in the Chinese context from a sociolinguistic perspective. Drawing on Darvin and Norton’s (2015) model of investment, the study explores the interplay between identity and investment in the context of Chinese learners’ motivation to learn Arabic. The sample population comprises 25 adult Arabic learners with Chinese as their first language, English as thei…
Preference for Aggressive End-of-Life Care among Advanced Cancer Patients in Wuhan, China: A Cross-Sectional Study
Life-sustaining treatments (LSTs) and end-of-life (EOL) care's goal for prolonging one's life are defined as aggressive EOL care among critically ill patients. They have limited effects and add unnecessary financial burden to advanced cancer patients. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect information on demographics, disease conditions, preference for LSTs, and goal of EOL care among advanced cancer patients of comprehensive grade-A ter…
A framework of artificial intelligence augmented design support
Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence raise interest in its participation in design activity, which is commonly considered to be complex and human-dominated. In this work, we aim to examine AI roles in early design stages. The human ideation components and design tools related to AI are discussed in a framework of AI-augmented design support. The framework develops a hierarchy of design cognition (basis), approaches and principles. The cogni…
Development and Implementation of Couple-Based Collaborative Management Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Trial
Background: To mobilize family's positive involvement in improving and sustaining self-management activities of older adults with diabetes, we developed a couple-based collaborative management model (CCMM) for community-dwelling older Chinese. Methods: The model was developed stepwise through applying theoretical models, interviewing older couples and community healthcare workers, as well as incorporating expert reviews. A 3-month pilot study was…
Gender Specificity of Spousal Concordance in the Development of Chronic Disease among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Couples: A Prospective Dyadic Analysis
This study aimed to explore the gender specificity of spousal concordance in the development of chronic diseases among middle-aged and older Chinese couples. Data of 3420 couples were obtained from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the incidence of chronic disease development over 4 years, conditional on the spousal baseline chronic disease status; and stepwise adjust…
High-resolution mapping of reproductive tract infections among women of childbearing age in Bangladesh: A spatial-temporal analysis of the demographic and health survey
The high-resolution risk maps of RTIs we produced can guide the control strategies targeted to priority areas cost-effectively. More than one eighth of women of childbearing age reported symptoms suggesting RTIs and the risk of RTIs varies in different geographical area, urging the government to pay more attention to the worrying situation of female RTIs in the country
Authorized, clear and timely communication of risk to guide public perception and action: Lessons of Covid-19 from China
Our findings indicated that insufficient information freely-accessible at the early stages of the outbreak might lead to the lack of risk awareness and the public's inadequate protective actions. Given the current global situation of COVID-19, the study highlights authorized, transparent, and timely two-way risk communication is vital to guide public perception and actions. Furthermore, our study provides risk communication recommendations and ma…
Comparing relationships between health-related behaviour clustering and episodic memory trajectories in the United States of America and England: A longitudinal study
HRB clustering was associated with trajectories of episodic memory in both the USA and England. The effect of HRB clustering on episodic memory seemed larger in England than in the USA. Our study highlighted the importance of being aware of the interconnections between health behaviours for a better understanding of how these behaviours affect cognitive health. Governments, particularly in England, could pay more attention to the adverse effects …
Improving Data Surveillance Resilience Beyond Covid-19: Experiences of Primary heAlth Care quAlity Cohort In ChinA (Acacia) Using Unannounced Standardized Patients
We analyzed COVID-19 influences on the design, implementation, and validity of assessing the quality of primary health care using unannounced standardized patients (USPs) in China. Because of the pandemic, we crowdsourced our funding, removed tuberculosis from the USP case roster, adjusted common cold and asthma cases, used hybrid online–offline training for USPs, shared USPs across provinces, and strengthened ethical considerations. With those c…
Depression, anxiety and insomnia in Chinese older adults and their family caregivers during the Covid-19 pandemic: An actor-partner interdependence model approach
Aims This study aimed to explore the dyadic effects of depression and anxiety on insomnia symptoms in Chinese older adults and their caregivers living in a community setting. Methods Data were collected from 1,507 pairs of older adults and their caregivers who were in the Guangdong Mental Health Survey in China. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder module 7 (GAD-7), and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were u…
Changes in microstates of first-episode untreated nonsuicidal self-injury adolescents exposed to negative emotional stimuli and after receiving rTMS intervention
MDD adolescents with NSSI showed abnormal changes in several microstate parameters when receiving negative emotional stimuli, and compared to those not receiving rTMS treatment, MDD adolescents with NSSI treated with rTMS showed more significant improvements in depressive symptoms and NSSI performance, as well as improvements in EEG microstate abnormalities
Prevalence of depressive tendencies among college students and the influence of attributional styles on depressive tendencies in the post-pandemic era
Introduction Depression symptoms are prevalent globally, including China, with a notable impact on college students. This study aims to not only estimate the prevalence of depressive tendencies and attributional styles among college students in the post-pandemic era but also explore the relationship between the two factors. The findings of this study can provide new insights into early intervention and support services for individuals exhibiting …
Heavy metal contamination in duck eggs from a mercury mining area, southwestern China
This study provides important insight into heavy metal contamination in duck eggs from Hg mining areas
Semi‐natural habitats benefit maintaining the spider diversity in subtropical agroecosystems
Land use change has caused the loss of agricultural biodiversity. As major natural enemies of pests in agroecosystems, spiders have important ecological functions in improving agricultural productivity and thus deserve attention. However, few studies have considered their responses to land use changes. Here, we investigated the structure and diversity of the spider community in four land use types, that is, fallow land, woodland, orchard, and cro…
Identifying a research agenda for postgraduate taught education in the UK: Lessons from a machine learning facilitated systematic scoping review
This research aimed to describe and evaluate research on the Postgraduate Taught (PGT) sector in the UK from January 2008 to October 2019. The focus on PGT allowed a detailed analysis of an often overlooked part of the HE sector. Methodologically, the research is original in its use of an innovative machine learning approach to a systematic scoping review. The review scrutinised subject areas, topics studied and methodological approaches taken. I…
Medicine (22 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Public health (9 works) · China (8 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Demography (6 works)