Jianbin Xu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3800592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jianbin Xu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jianbin |
| FAMILY NAME | Xu |
| SIGNATURE | XU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1758-8977 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring the growth and influencing factors of carbon emissions in rural households of underdeveloped regions in China
Carbon emissions from rural households in underdeveloped regions remain poorly understood compared to those in urban and developed areas. This study analyzes household carbon emissions in Xunyang County, China, demonstrating that food-related emissions dominate across both farming and non-agricultural households, followed by energy consumption and transportation, with housing and clothing contributing minimally. Livestock farming is the primary s…
A tri-dimensional conceptual framework of Chinese Buddhism-based death acceptance
Building on Wong et al.’s (1994) tripartite model of death acceptance, this article aims to construct a tri-dimensional conceptual framework of Chinese Buddhism-based death acceptance. The conceptual framework argues that Chinese Buddhism has the potential to facilitate escape acceptance, neutral acceptance, and approach acceptance of death. First, the notion of duḥkha (suffering) can contribute to escape acceptance. Second, the doctrines of anit…
Smartphone addiction affects life satisfaction among Chinese university students
This study contributes to a better understanding of the associations among smartphone addiction, social anxiety, mental well-being, and life satisfaction among university students. While causal interpretations cannot be drawn due to the cross-sectional design, the findings highlight potential psychological pathways that may underlie the link between intensive smartphone use and reduced life satisfaction. These insights may inform the development …
Relationship between neighborhood land use structure and the spatiotemporal pattern of PM 2.5 at the microscale
Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is harmful to human health. Although the relationship between urban land use and PM 2.5 has been studied in recent years, there has been little consideration of the relationship between land use structure and PM 2.5 spatiotemporal patterns at the microscale. Based on mobile monitoring PM 2.5 data and point of interest data, this paper explored their relationship with a classification and regression tree model. Th…
A Conversation between Confucian Ethics and the Nasw Code of Ethics in the Chinese context
Recent years have witnessed a growing scholarly interest in the development of professional ethics of social work in China. Confucian ethics is believed to be able to contribute to such development. This article explores Confucian ethics and its interaction with western ethics that underpins the United States’ National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. Particularly, it compares the two cultural contexts, western versus eastern, in ter…
Combining night time lights in prediction of poverty incidence at the county level
Lived experiences of the adjustment of older employees to re-employment in Singapore
The Singapore government promulgated the Retirement and Re-employment Act in 2012 to promote extending working life. This article offers insight into the utility of Bourdieu’s conceptual framework of habitus, field and capital in exploring how older employees in Singapore adjust to re-employment. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 re-employed older persons consisting of four women and six men. The thematic analysis of the …
The lived experience of Buddhist-oriented religious coping in late life
This article explores how older Buddhists in Singapore use Buddhist beliefs and practices to cope with stress. Semi-structured interviews with six older Buddhists were conducted. Interview transcripts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Data analysis identified three ways of Buddhist-oriented religious coping: meaning-making coping, meditative coping, and ego-transcendence coping. In meaning-making coping, participants e…
Do settlements isolation and land use changes affect poverty? Evidence from a mountainous province of China
The impact of settlements isolation and land-use changes on poverty is often overlooked. This study explored the spatial pattern and impact of settlements isolation and land use changes on poverty in Guizhou, a mountainous province of China, based on a Pearson correlation analysis and geographically weighted regression (GWR). The results showed that the incidence of high poverty levels in the counties of Guizhou tended to move from the southwest …
Pargament's Theory of Religious Coping
of spiritually sensitive social work, which is examined as being able to cast a holistic and positive glow on social work. Then it provides an overview and a critique of Pargament's theory, emphasising that the theory offers a fuller and more impartial picture of religious coping. In addition, it explores the implications of Pargament's theory for spiritually sensitive social work practice with religious clients in terms of engagement, assessment…
Space-time analysis of the changing patterns of population pressure on the ecological environment in China
Logotherapy
This article advocates for incorporation of logotherapy into gerontological theory and practice. Its purpose is to argue that logotherapy can inspire and inform a meaning-based model of successful aging and can offer a new realm of possibilities for gerontological practice. The article begins with an overview of logotherapy with an emphasis on its theoretical framework. Then, by critiquing Rowe and Kahn's model of successful aging and by highligh…
The Impact of Postmodernism on Counseling
The effects of religion on subjective aging in Singapore
Pargament's Theory of Religious Coping
of spiritually sensitive social work, which is examined as being able to cast a holistic and positive glow on social work. Then it provides an overview and a critique of Pargament's theory, emphasising that the theory offers a fuller and more impartial picture of religious coping. In addition, it explores the implications of Pargament's theory for spiritually sensitive social work practice with religious clients in terms of engagement, assessment…
The effects of religion on subjective aging in Singapore
Do settlements isolation and land use changes affect poverty? Evidence from a mountainous province of China
The impact of settlements isolation and land-use changes on poverty is often overlooked. This study explored the spatial pattern and impact of settlements isolation and land use changes on poverty in Guizhou, a mountainous province of China, based on a Pearson correlation analysis and geographically weighted regression (GWR). The results showed that the incidence of high poverty levels in the counties of Guizhou tended to move from the southwest …
A Conversation between Confucian Ethics and the Nasw Code of Ethics in the Chinese context
Recent years have witnessed a growing scholarly interest in the development of professional ethics of social work in China. Confucian ethics is believed to be able to contribute to such development. This article explores Confucian ethics and its interaction with western ethics that underpins the United States’ National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. Particularly, it compares the two cultural contexts, western versus eastern, in ter…
The lived experience of Buddhist-oriented religious coping in late life
This article explores how older Buddhists in Singapore use Buddhist beliefs and practices to cope with stress. Semi-structured interviews with six older Buddhists were conducted. Interview transcripts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Data analysis identified three ways of Buddhist-oriented religious coping: meaning-making coping, meditative coping, and ego-transcendence coping. In meaning-making coping, participants e…
The effects of religion on subjective aging in Singapore
Logotherapy
This article advocates for incorporation of logotherapy into gerontological theory and practice. Its purpose is to argue that logotherapy can inspire and inform a meaning-based model of successful aging and can offer a new realm of possibilities for gerontological practice. The article begins with an overview of logotherapy with an emphasis on its theoretical framework. Then, by critiquing Rowe and Kahn's model of successful aging and by highligh…
The Impact of Postmodernism on Counseling
Space-time analysis of the changing patterns of population pressure on the ecological environment in China
Pargament's Theory of Religious Coping
of spiritually sensitive social work, which is examined as being able to cast a holistic and positive glow on social work. Then it provides an overview and a critique of Pargament's theory, emphasising that the theory offers a fuller and more impartial picture of religious coping. In addition, it explores the implications of Pargament's theory for spiritually sensitive social work practice with religious clients in terms of engagement, assessment…
Do settlements isolation and land use changes affect poverty? Evidence from a mountainous province of China
The impact of settlements isolation and land-use changes on poverty is often overlooked. This study explored the spatial pattern and impact of settlements isolation and land use changes on poverty in Guizhou, a mountainous province of China, based on a Pearson correlation analysis and geographically weighted regression (GWR). The results showed that the incidence of high poverty levels in the counties of Guizhou tended to move from the southwest …
Combining night time lights in prediction of poverty incidence at the county level
Lived experiences of the adjustment of older employees to re-employment in Singapore
The Singapore government promulgated the Retirement and Re-employment Act in 2012 to promote extending working life. This article offers insight into the utility of Bourdieu’s conceptual framework of habitus, field and capital in exploring how older employees in Singapore adjust to re-employment. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 re-employed older persons consisting of four women and six men. The thematic analysis of the …
The lived experience of Buddhist-oriented religious coping in late life
This article explores how older Buddhists in Singapore use Buddhist beliefs and practices to cope with stress. Semi-structured interviews with six older Buddhists were conducted. Interview transcripts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Data analysis identified three ways of Buddhist-oriented religious coping: meaning-making coping, meditative coping, and ego-transcendence coping. In meaning-making coping, participants e…
Relationship between neighborhood land use structure and the spatiotemporal pattern of PM 2.5 at the microscale
Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is harmful to human health. Although the relationship between urban land use and PM 2.5 has been studied in recent years, there has been little consideration of the relationship between land use structure and PM 2.5 spatiotemporal patterns at the microscale. Based on mobile monitoring PM 2.5 data and point of interest data, this paper explored their relationship with a classification and regression tree model. Th…
A Conversation between Confucian Ethics and the Nasw Code of Ethics in the Chinese context
Recent years have witnessed a growing scholarly interest in the development of professional ethics of social work in China. Confucian ethics is believed to be able to contribute to such development. This article explores Confucian ethics and its interaction with western ethics that underpins the United States’ National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. Particularly, it compares the two cultural contexts, western versus eastern, in ter…
Exploring the growth and influencing factors of carbon emissions in rural households of underdeveloped regions in China
Carbon emissions from rural households in underdeveloped regions remain poorly understood compared to those in urban and developed areas. This study analyzes household carbon emissions in Xunyang County, China, demonstrating that food-related emissions dominate across both farming and non-agricultural households, followed by energy consumption and transportation, with housing and clothing contributing minimally. Livestock farming is the primary s…
A tri-dimensional conceptual framework of Chinese Buddhism-based death acceptance
Building on Wong et al.’s (1994) tripartite model of death acceptance, this article aims to construct a tri-dimensional conceptual framework of Chinese Buddhism-based death acceptance. The conceptual framework argues that Chinese Buddhism has the potential to facilitate escape acceptance, neutral acceptance, and approach acceptance of death. First, the notion of duḥkha (suffering) can contribute to escape acceptance. Second, the doctrines of anit…
Smartphone addiction affects life satisfaction among Chinese university students
This study contributes to a better understanding of the associations among smartphone addiction, social anxiety, mental well-being, and life satisfaction among university students. While causal interpretations cannot be drawn due to the cross-sectional design, the findings highlight potential psychological pathways that may underlie the link between intensive smartphone use and reduced life satisfaction. These insights may inform the development …
Psychology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · China (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)