Xuan Zhou
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xuan Zhou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xuan |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhou |
| SIGNATURE | ZHOU X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8368-2964 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Latent profile analysis of Chinese parents’ attitudes toward death and its association with their beliefs about child death and dying
Chinese parents’ death attitudes influence how they guide children in understanding death, coping with loss and managing grief. This study identified Chinese parents’ death attitude latent profiles, explored influencing factors, and examined the links to beliefs about child death and dying. This cross-sectional online survey, conducted in Beijing from October to December 2024, recruited 507 parents via convenience sampling to explore these attitu…
The Congruent and Incongruent Effects of Emotions on Willingness to Communicate
Although some prior studies examined how language learners’ enjoyment and anxiety affect L2 willingness to communicate (WTC), they predominantly employed linear statistical methods and largely ignored the possible curvilinear relationships. Adopting a polynomial regression with response surface analysis, the study intends to unveil the congruent and incongruent effects of two emotional factors (enjoyment and anxiety) on WTC among a total of 1,023…
Grit, future selves, and intended learning effort as predictors of L2 achievement
Foreign language (FL) learning is a lengthy and complex process that is permeated with diverse challenges, which require learners to possess grit, a clear vision of their future selves, and intended learning effort (ILE) to overcome any setbacks encountered during the learning process. However, there is a lack of studies examining how grit, future selves, and ILE jointly influence English language performance. Drawing on unidirectional path analy…
Local brands can’t be so gay
Brands have been promoting gay-themed ads on Chinese social media to voice their support for gay people over the past few years. However, Chinese consumers’ acceptance of these ads remains unclear. Drawing upon the congruency theory, the present study examined how gay imagery explicitness (implicit vs. explicit) and a brand’s consumer culture positioning (local vs. global) interactively influence Chinese consumer responses. We found that implicit…
Online brand activism in global controversies
Brand activism describes that brands actively join in sociopolitical conversations by taking stances on pressing issues, such as civil rights and geopolitical conflicts. While brands have been responding emotionally to various causes, little is known about how the gender stereotyping of emotions (e.g. ‘men don’t cry’, ‘women don’t fume’) affects the effectiveness of brand activism. This research examines the interplay between brand gender traits …
Beyond ‘ I fancy you ’
Recent research on influencer advertising suggests that the traditional parasocial relationship (PSR) framework cannot fully capture the complex and intertwined relationships between influencers and highly engaged followers. To address this limitation, the concept of trans-parasocial relationship (trans-PSR) was introduced to describe an evolving relationship characterized by reciprocity, (a)synchronous interaction, and co-creation between influe…
Cultural Lag, Consumer Literacy, and Coping in AI-Enabled Advertising
Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the advertising industry, yet important research gaps remain in understanding: (a) the cultural dimensions lagging behind AI-enabled advertising, particularly in ad creation and ad placement; (b) consumer literacy and sensemaking of AI-enabled advertising; and (c) how consumers cope with AI-enabled ads and what solutions they recommend. Our research aims to fill these gaps, guided by the culture lag th…
Quality of care index for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia at global, regional, and national levels
Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a highly heterogeneous hematologic malignancy. Despite continuous optimisation of treatment strategies, significant disparities in care quality persist globally. This study systematically analysed trends in global ALL care quality from 1990 to 2021, focusing on variations in distinct countries, regions, age groups, and genders. Methods: Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia burden data (1990-2021) were f…
The Effect of Home‐ and Community‐Based Eldercare Services on Depression in the Elderly
Objective Aimed to examine the impact of home‐ and community‐based eldercare services on depression in the elderly. Methods Data were obtained from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS) 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020, the final sample comprised 33,437 observations. Leveraging a quasi‐natural experimental design based on China’s pilot programs for home‐ and community‐based eldercare services, a quasi‐experimental staggered difference‐in‐d…
The chain mediation model of psychological resilience and social participation among stroke survivors with disability
This study aimed to examine the chain mediating roles of exercise adherence and physical disability in the relationship between psychological resilience and social participation among stroke survivors with disability. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 271 stroke survivors recruited from five rehabilitation departments in Shanghai between March and June 2025. Participants were assessed with the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitati…
Exploring Seasonal Journalism
This study examines how seasonal journalism functions as a strategic tool of “cultural governance” in shaping the Guangxi Sanyuesan Festival . Analyzing 69 years (1956–2024) of coverage from the party-state newspaper Guangxi Daily , this research moves beyond traditional longitudinal analysis by applying seasonal journalism to the specific “cultural rhythms” of China's political-cultural context. Using LDA topic modeling and textual analysis, the…
Effects of multicultural professional development and English learner percentage on STEM teachers’ instructional quality
Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and information needs of women vaccinated with the HPV vaccine regarding cervical cancer prevention
Background Cervical cancer poses a serious threat to women’s health globally, especially in China. HPV vaccination and screening are crucial prevention and control measures. However, the screening coverage among Chinese women remains low, and there is a need to better understand the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and information needs of Chinese HPV-vaccinated women regarding cervical cancer prevention to optimize prevention and control strateg…
Association between urinary arsenic and the prevalence of endometriosis in women in the United States
Background: Endometriosis affects up to 15% of women of reproductive age and can lead to various symptoms. More than 200 million people worldwide are at risk of higher than safe levels of arsenic exposure through drinking water. Studies investigating the relationship between arsenic and endometriosis are very limited and have yielded inconsistent results. This study aimed to explore the relationship between total urinary arsenic, arsenic species …
When Social Media Gets Political
Social media has sparked a surge in online activism and sociopolitical movements. Numerous companies have also launched brand activism advertising campaigns to voice their stances on sociopolitical causes. However, it remains unclear how and why consumer reactions to brand activism ads vary across different social media platforms. To bridge this gap, we introduced a novel characteristic of social media—level of politicization—and examined how mes…
Associations of genetic factors with vascular diabetes complications
Background: To comprehensively assess evidence from published systematic review and meta-analyses (SRMAs) on the genetics of vascular diabetes complications. Methods: A systematic literature search conducted in Medline and Embase identified 63 non-overlapping SRMAs. We re-conducted meta-analyses to compare diabetes with and without complications using multiple genetic models; evaluated associations using Venice criteria and Bayesian false-discove…
Cloud Native Database
Social media influencers helping the world? uncovering their advantages and tipping factors in cause-related marketing
While social media influencers have manifested their convertible marketing value in sponsorship deals, brands and non-profits have also been experimenting with them to promote social causes. Whether and how influencers’ traits that contribute to their commercial success also translate to cause-related marketing is yet understudied. This research investigates the specific traits and factors that help to explain influencers’ strengths in cause-rela…
Transcendent Brand Activism Advertising
Brands have been increasingly speaking up on sociopolitical issues (so-called brand activism advertising) to showcase their nonneutrality and drive meaningful societal changes. Yet little is known about how brands can strategize brand activism advertising to effectively engage consumers and benefit companies. Drawing upon the frameworks of transcendent media experiences, color, and message framing theory, this research examines the interplay betw…
Are Rural People With Land in Their Homes More Reluctant to Become Urbanites? A Study From Chinese Data
China’s urbanization demonstrates an imbalance whereby population urbanization lags behind land urbanization. This indicates that urban areas are increasing, while many rural people are hesitant to seek urban hukou and settle in the city permanently. Instead, they temporarily work there and returning to their rural homes during important holidays. According to some analysts, this is the result of migrant workers’ reluctance to cede control of the…
Rapid urbanization through cropland encroachment in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region of China leads to substantial soil organic carbon loss
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a major terrestrial carbon reservoir, crucial for the global carbon cycle and climate change. However, the impact of urbanization-induced cropland encroachment on SOC remains underexplored. This study quantified SOC loss in the top 20 cm (SOC 20 ) and 100 cm (SOC 100 ) soil layers in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai (JZH) region from 1985 to 2019 using high-resolution land cover dataset and multi-temporal SOC maps. Our r…
Kuijieling decoction regulates the Treg/Th17 cell balance in ulcerative colitis through the RA/RARα signaling pathway
Qi-Zhi-Wei-Tong granules alleviates chronic non-atrophic gastritis in mice by altering the gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism
Work-family conflict and its related factors among emergency department physicians in China
Background Work-family conflict is common among emergency department physicians. Identifying the factors associated with work-family conflict is key to reducing its negative impact on mental health and work attitudes. However, the work-family conflict of Chinese emergency department physicians and the related factors have been scarcely studied. Objective This study aimed to investigate the current status and related factors of work-family conflic…
Time trends in cardiovascular disease mortality attributable to non-optimal temperatures in China
Background: Associations between non-optimal temperatures and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk have been previously reported, yet the trends of CVD mortality attributable to non-optimal temperatures remain unclear in China. We analyzed trends in CVD mortality attributable to non-optimal temperatures and associations with age, period, and birth cohort. Methods: Data were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2019. Joinp…
Small-area population forecasting in an urban setting
Daily Rhythms of Hunger and Satiety in Healthy Men during One Week of Sleep Restriction and Circadian Misalignment
The impact of sleep restriction on the endogenous circadian rhythms of hunger and satiety were examined in 28 healthy young men. Participants were scheduled to 2 × 24-h days of baseline followed by 8 × 28-h days of forced desynchrony during which sleep was either moderately restricted (equivalent to 6 h in bed/24 h; n = 14) or severely restricted (equivalent to 4 h in bed/24 h; n = 14). Self-reported hunger and satisfaction were assessed every 2.…
Population Distributions of Thymic Function in Adults
The thymus is critical for mounting an effective immune response and maintaining health. However, epidemiologic studies characterizing thymic function in the population setting are lacking. Using data from 263 adults in the Detroit Neighborhood Health Study, we examined thymic function as measured by the number of signal joint T-cell receptor excision circles (sjTREC) and assessed associations with established indicators of physiological health. …
The greater the economic inequality, the later people have children
Economic inequality is associated with a series of social outcomes, including health, social trust, and crime rates. However, little is known about the role of economic inequality as a characteristic of the socioecological environment in individuals’ reproductive behavior. According to embodied capital theory, this research explored how individuals calibrate their reproductive timing to maximize payoffs to investment in embodied capital in an env…
A State-Level Analysis of Mortality and Google Searches for Pornography
Work-Family Conflict of Emergency Nurses and Its Related Factors
The prevalence of work-family conflict (WFC) among nurses was high, especially in the emergency department. WFC has a series of negative influences on emergency nurses, but factors associated with WFC require elucidation. Thus, we conducted a national cross-sectional survey among emergency nurses in China. In this study, we described the current situation of WFC and explored its related factors among emergency nurses in China. We found that the W…
Autonomy, incentive and trade
We study how trade liberalisation affects the extent of corporate decentralisation using the World Bank enterprise survey in China. In particular, we examine the autonomy of production, investment and employment decision and the incentive compensation of CEOs of subsidiary firms after China's entry in the World Trade Organization (WTO). We show that subsidiary firm CEOs receive more decision autonomy and higher powered incentives when facing incr…
Sars-CoV-2 presented in the air of an intensive care unit (ICU)
Anxiety Symptoms and Associated Factors Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients in China
Background: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety symptoms among patients with chronic low back pain and explore its related factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with chronic low back pain from two general hospitals in China. Anxiety symptoms were assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the association between demographic characteristics, pai…
Effort-Reward Imbalance in Emergency Department Physicians
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of effort-reward imbalance and explore its associated factors among emergency department physicians in China. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Chinese emergency department in 2018. A total of 10,457 emergency department physicians completed a structured questionnaire containing demographic characteristics, work-related data, and effort-reward imbalance scale. All the data were analyzed u…
Ethnic Disparity in the Incidence of Scoliosis Among Adolescents in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, China
Objectives To determine the influence of ethnic disparities, socioeconomic status (SES) and hukou on the incidence of scoliosis. Methods We enrolled 2,445 junior high school students (Han: 1,153; ethnic minorities: 1,292) aged 12–16 years from two schools in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province from November 2020 to February 2021. We measured the angle of trunk rotation (ATR) using a scoliometer. Two-factor analysis of variance was u…
The Relationship Between Occupational Stress and Turnover Intention Among Emergency Physicians
Background There is evidence that occupational stress is a risk factor for turnover intentions. However, the structural relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention among emergency physicians has rarely been studied. This study aimed to examine the pathways of occupational stress on turnover intention through job satisfaction and depressive symptoms among emergency physicians in China. Methods A cross-sectional study was conduc…
Regional disparity in epidemiological characteristics of adolescent scoliosis in China
Objective: We investigated regional disparities in rates of scoliosis among adolescents in western and eastern China and the dominant factors underlying these disparities. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from a school scoliosis screening program conducted in two typical areas: Yangpu District of Shanghai (eastern China) and Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County of Gansu Province (western China), during October 2020 to February 2021. Par…
Reliability and validity of a Chinese version of the State Feelings of Fat Scale
In this study the State Feelings of Fat Scale (SFF) was translated into Chinese, and its reliability and validity were tested with a sample of 539 Chinese female undergraduates. Participants completed the Chinese version of the SFF Scale, the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, the Social Physique Anxiety Scale, the General Physical Self-Worth Scale, and the attraction body subscale of the Physical Self-Perception Profile. These variables …
Work-family conflict and its related factors among emergency department physicians in China
Background Work-family conflict is common among emergency department physicians. Identifying the factors associated with work-family conflict is key to reducing its negative impact on mental health and work attitudes. However, the work-family conflict of Chinese emergency department physicians and the related factors have been scarcely studied. Objective This study aimed to investigate the current status and related factors of work-family conflic…
Time trends in cardiovascular disease mortality attributable to non-optimal temperatures in China
Background: Associations between non-optimal temperatures and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk have been previously reported, yet the trends of CVD mortality attributable to non-optimal temperatures remain unclear in China. We analyzed trends in CVD mortality attributable to non-optimal temperatures and associations with age, period, and birth cohort. Methods: Data were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2019. Joinp…
Flattering Me in the Right Way
Global brands have been experimenting with localized advertising strategies, such as using local languages, to build rapport with ethnic consumers. This study examines the assumptions of communication accommodation theory and offers new insights. Specifically, in a Singapore context that boasts two English language systems (i.e., standard English and Singlish), this study investigates how language variation in ad copy, the use of ethnic cues, and…
The correlation of childhood maltreatment and aggression among incarcerated adolescents
Fostering consumer engagement during an omnipresent victim crisis
Many brands have launched pandemic-themed advertising campaigns, aiming to build rapport with their customers in this unprecedented moment. Yet it is challenging for brands to know how to communicate efficiently. To fill this gap, the current research aims to provide a systematic framework that could guide advertisers in designing pandemic-themed advertisements to stimulate consumer engagement on social media by examining the role of values in co…
Disease burden and attributable risk factors of neonatal disorders and their specific causes in China from 1990 to 2019 and its prediction to 2024
The health burden due to NDs is declining and is likely to continue to decline in the future in China. Delaying the increasing burden of disability may be the next target of concern. Targeted prevention and control strategies for specific causes of NDs are urgently needed to reduce the disease burden
Social ripple
Traditional customer relationship management models are ineffective for creating long-term relationships, but social media offers a more interactive approach. Despite the growing use of social media for corporate social responsibility (CSR), understanding of its link with the advocacy behavior of customers in banking contexts is limited. Our study bridges this gap, examining this relationship with the customer emotions of gratitude and warm glow …
Social media influencers helping the world? uncovering their advantages and tipping factors in cause-related marketing
While social media influencers have manifested their convertible marketing value in sponsorship deals, brands and non-profits have also been experimenting with them to promote social causes. Whether and how influencers’ traits that contribute to their commercial success also translate to cause-related marketing is yet understudied. This research investigates the specific traits and factors that help to explain influencers’ strengths in cause-rela…
Transcendent Brand Activism Advertising
Brands have been increasingly speaking up on sociopolitical issues (so-called brand activism advertising) to showcase their nonneutrality and drive meaningful societal changes. Yet little is known about how brands can strategize brand activism advertising to effectively engage consumers and benefit companies. Drawing upon the frameworks of transcendent media experiences, color, and message framing theory, this research examines the interplay betw…
Are Rural People With Land in Their Homes More Reluctant to Become Urbanites? A Study From Chinese Data
China’s urbanization demonstrates an imbalance whereby population urbanization lags behind land urbanization. This indicates that urban areas are increasing, while many rural people are hesitant to seek urban hukou and settle in the city permanently. Instead, they temporarily work there and returning to their rural homes during important holidays. According to some analysts, this is the result of migrant workers’ reluctance to cede control of the…
Rapid urbanization through cropland encroachment in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region of China leads to substantial soil organic carbon loss
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a major terrestrial carbon reservoir, crucial for the global carbon cycle and climate change. However, the impact of urbanization-induced cropland encroachment on SOC remains underexplored. This study quantified SOC loss in the top 20 cm (SOC 20 ) and 100 cm (SOC 100 ) soil layers in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai (JZH) region from 1985 to 2019 using high-resolution land cover dataset and multi-temporal SOC maps. Our r…
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