Fangfang Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3914858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fangfang Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fangfang |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0712-0489 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 146 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Routine and event-driven HIV testing among MSM in Chongqing, China: A cross-sectional study on the moderating effect of anxiety
HIV testing is critical for prevention and treatment among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study applied an extended Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) framework to examine HIV testing strategies among Chinese MSM, with anxiety acting as both a direct predictor and a moderator. A cross-sectional survey was conduted among 431 MSM recruited from venues and community-based organizations in Chongqing, China, from June to September 2…
The influence mechanism of mindfulness training on college students’ psychological stress regulation: A mediation model with moderating effect
Background This study investigates the impact of mindfulness training on college students’ stress regulation ability, building upon the psychological stress issues among undergraduates in the context of universal higher education and intensified employment competition. Methods A moderated mediation model was constructed, featuring “mindfulness training → cognitive reappraisal → stress regulation ability,” to systematically explore the mechanism o…
Impact of Omicron infection on childhood health: The Beijing long-Covid study
Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to assess the dynamic changes of persisting symptoms among children aged 6-18 years during 1-2 months after the Omicron infection based on the modified SBQ-LC in the Tongzhou cohort, Beijing. Methods: This study includes 4 serial surveys performed within January 7-9, January 14-16, January 21-23, and February 12-14 in 2023, respectively. The prediction of age and survey for eight domains in the Rasch…
Fertility desires in young men aged 18–24 living with HIV: A study across five Chinese provinces
Limited data exists concerning the fertility desires of young people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in China, making it difficult to develop appropriate reproductive health service policies and interventions for them. Extensive fieldwork was carried out from April to May 2021 in 10 selected survey sites across five provinces, targeting all young men aged between 18 and 24 years living with HIV. The association between independent variables and fert…
The impact of childhood emotional abuse on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with mood disorders: A moderated mediation model
Childhood emotional abuse in adolescents with mood disorders can have both direct and indirect effects on NSSI through difficulties in emotional expression, and experiences of bullying moderate the relationship between NSSI and emotional expression difficulties
Status of sleeping habits and its influence on growth and metabolism of children in Beijing: A population-based cross-sectional study
Evaluating the multiple aspects of childhood sleep habits is crucial for improving sleep-related children's growth and metabolism. Age differences in sleep-related growth and cardiometabolic abnormalities should be considered in preventive interventions. Our study provides new insights into age differences in the influence of sleep habits on the growth and metabolism of children
The resilience of coastal urban destinations to typhoons: Insights From a System–agent–institution Framework
Social learning for disaster-resilient urban destinations: Dual-Path Knowledge Co-Production and Bridging Organizations
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
Association of height, foot length, and pubertal development in children aged 3–18: A cross-sectional survey in China
Objective This study aimed to analyze the growth patterns of height and foot length (FL) among Chinese children aged 3–18 and examine their associations with puberty development. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in September 2022 in Beijing. Data were collected through questionnaires and on-site physical examinations. The growth patterns and velocity of height and FL in different age groups were described, and their associations wit…
Body fat variation and redistribution across different stages of life measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
Background: The global obesity epidemic of all ages has increased the demand for accurate management of body fat in each stage of life. The primary aim of this study was to provide reference centiles of body fat indices for Chinese children and adults and compare those with ethnicities from USA using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Methods: The samples were drawn from two nationwide cross-sectional surveys of China Body Composition Life-c…
A comparison of bioelectrical impedance analysis and air displacement plethysmography to assess body composition in children
Background: Accurate assessment of body composition (BC) is important to investigate the development of childhood obesity. A bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) device is portable and inexpensive compared with air displacement plethysmography (ADP) for the assessment of BC and is widely used in children. However, studies of the effectiveness of BIA are few and present different results, especially in pediatric populations. The aim of this stud…
Navigating adaptive cycles to understand destination complex evolutionary process
There is a recent surge to unfold the tourism destination's intrinsic nature as a complex adaptive system, such as the dynamic and scale interactions among tourism system components and its environment. As the world gets more uncertain, it becomes more critical to understand how dynamic and complex interactions shape the destination's resilience and its evolution process. Yet, such is under-explored. Taking the East Suburb Coconut Trees scenic ar…
Relationship between parental negative family expressiveness and internalizing problems among adolescents: Mediating roles of emotional clarity and emotion dysregulation
Sexual Behavior and Perceived Loneliness in Elderly People Living with HIV in China during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Compared with non-lonely participants, the lonely participants were more likely to have a rural registered residence, a lower education level, no friends, be divorced or widowed, live alone, and lack knowledge of smartphones and reproductive health. The influence of COVID-19 had caused social activities to be more confined to the community, which impacts elderly HIV patients suffering from severe discrimination within families and communities
Modified Dingchuan Decoction treats cough-variant asthma by suppressing lung inflammation and regulating the lung microbiota
Erxian decoction alleviates cisplatin-induced premature ovarian failure in rats by reducing oxidation levels in ovarian granulosa cells
Characteristics of Body Composition Estimated by Air-Displacement Plethysmography in Chinese Preschool Children
Objective To describe the characteristics of body composition by air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) among Chinese preschool children. Methods Preschool children were recruited from three kindergartens. Adiposity indices were evaluated using the ADP method. BMI, fat mass index (FMI), fat-free mass index (FFMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. Overweight and obesity were diagnosed using the WHO reference. Analyses were executed…
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: A pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…
Senior's travel constraint, negotiation strategy and travel intention: Examining the role of social support
This paper explores how travel constraints influence seniors' travel decision. By including social support for travel as a moderator in the hierarchical constraint model, we examined the effects of travel constraints, social support, and negotiation strategies on seniors' travel intentions. Face‐to‐face questionnaire interviews were conducted with Chinese seniors. The results were in accordance with the hierarchical constraint model in general, b…
Festival or Sport? Chinese Motivations to a Modern Urban Hiking Event
Festive sport events provide an opportunity for people to engage in leisure in an atmosphere of celebration. It has become increasingly popular in China. Although motivations have been explored thoroughly in the context of participant and recreational sport, events, and festivals, no research has yet focused on the overlap among these domains. To address the gap, this study is an investigation of what motivates people to participate in festive sp…
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
A Hierarchical Measurement Model of Perceived Resilience of Urban Tourism Destination
Tourism and Grand Song: The Role and Influence on the Life of Young Women in Xiaohuang
Folk music forms an integral part of life in ethnic villages, and its importance can be observed in many aspects of the traditional culture prevalent within these settings. Due to the economic benefits associated with tourism, ethnic minority groups have been endeavoring to repackage their cultural heritage into tourism products to maximize their commodity value. While considerable research has been undertaken on folk music in the context of comm…
What happens if we compare chopsticks with forks? The impact of making inappropriate comparisons in cross-cultural research
It is a common practice to export instruments developed in one culture to another. Little is known about the consequences of making inappropriate comparisons in cross-cultural research. Several studies were conducted to fill in this gap. Study 1 examined the impact of lacking factor loading invariance on regression slope comparisons. When factor loadings of a predictor are higher in the reference group (e.g., United States), for which the scale w…
The looks of a leader: Competent and trustworthy, but not dominant
Repulsion or attraction? Group membership and assumed attitude similarity
Three studies investigated group membership effects on similarity-attraction and dissimilarity-repulsion. Membership in an in-group versus out-group was expected to create initially different levels of assumed attitude similarity. In 3 studies, ratings made after participants learned about the target's attitudes were compared with initial attraction based only on knowing target's group membership. Group membership was based on political affiliati…
Measuring individualism and collectivism: The importance of considering differential components, reference groups, and measurement invariance
Measurement Invariance and the Role of Body Consciousness in Depressive Symptoms
The purposes of this article are threefold: (a) to test measurement invariance of the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (OBCS), a central tool for testing objectification theory, across men and women, given that measurement invariance is a prerequisite for gender comparisons; (b) to examine the mediating role of body shame in the link between body surveillance and depressive symptoms for both men and women; and (c) to investigate whether body …
I” value competence but “we” value social competence: The moderating role of voters' individualistic and collectivistic orientation in political elections
A Hierarchical Measurement Model of Perceived Resilience of Urban Tourism Destination
The impact of individualistic and collectivistic orientation on the judgment of self‐presentation
The aims of this paper are two‐fold: (i) to examine the impact of audience individualism and collectivism orientation on the judgment of strategic self‐presentations and (ii) to test whether audience individualism and collectivism orientation would affect the importance of likeability and competence in determining social outcomes. In two studies, participants evaluated modest and boastful presentations in an achievement context. It was found that…
The resilience of coastal urban destinations to typhoons: Insights From a System–agent–institution Framework
Repulsion or attraction? Group membership and assumed attitude similarity
Three studies investigated group membership effects on similarity-attraction and dissimilarity-repulsion. Membership in an in-group versus out-group was expected to create initially different levels of assumed attitude similarity. In 3 studies, ratings made after participants learned about the target's attitudes were compared with initial attraction based only on knowing target's group membership. Group membership was based on political affiliati…
Teacher's Corner: Testing Measurement Invariance of Second-Order Factor Models
We illustrate testing measurement invariance in a second-order factor model using a quality of life dataset (n = 924). Measurement invariance was tested across 2 groups at a set of hierarchically structured levels: (a) configural invariance, (b) first-order factor loadings, (c) second-order factor loadings, (d) intercepts of measured variables, (e) intercepts of first-order factors, (f) disturbances of first-order factors, and (g) residual varian…
A Comparison of Bifactor and Second-Order Models of Quality of Life
Bifactor and second-order factor models are two alternative approaches for representing general constructs comprised of several highly related domains. Bifactor and second-order models were compared using a quality of life data set (N = 403). The bifactor model identified three, rather than the hypothesized four, domain specific factors beyond the general factor. The bifactor model fit the data significantly better than the second-order model. Th…
Sensitivity of Goodness of Fit Indexes to Lack of Measurement Invariance
Two Monte Carlo studies were conducted to examine the sensitivity of goodness of fit indexes to lack of measurement invariance at 3 commonly tested levels: factor loadings, intercepts, and residual variances. Standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) appears to be more sensitive to lack of invariance in factor loadings than in intercepts or residual variances. Comparative fit index (CFI) and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) app…
Measuring individualism and collectivism: The importance of considering differential components, reference groups, and measurement invariance
What happens if we compare chopsticks with forks? The impact of making inappropriate comparisons in cross-cultural research
It is a common practice to export instruments developed in one culture to another. Little is known about the consequences of making inappropriate comparisons in cross-cultural research. Several studies were conducted to fill in this gap. Study 1 examined the impact of lacking factor loading invariance on regression slope comparisons. When factor loadings of a predictor are higher in the reference group (e.g., United States), for which the scale w…
Measurement Invariance and the Role of Body Consciousness in Depressive Symptoms
The purposes of this article are threefold: (a) to test measurement invariance of the Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (OBCS), a central tool for testing objectification theory, across men and women, given that measurement invariance is a prerequisite for gender comparisons; (b) to examine the mediating role of body shame in the link between body surveillance and depressive symptoms for both men and women; and (c) to investigate whether body …
How cultural values affect the impact of abusive supervision on worker attitudes
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of cultural values on the relationship between abusive supervision, or workplace bullying, and worker job attitudes such as job satisfaction, job involvement, negative well‐being and perceived organizational support. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a survey to collect cross‐cultural data from workers in the USA and South Korea to test hypotheses regarding how cultural values …
The impact of individualistic and collectivistic orientation on the judgment of self‐presentation
The aims of this paper are two‐fold: (i) to examine the impact of audience individualism and collectivism orientation on the judgment of strategic self‐presentations and (ii) to test whether audience individualism and collectivism orientation would affect the importance of likeability and competence in determining social outcomes. In two studies, participants evaluated modest and boastful presentations in an achievement context. It was found that…
I” value competence but “we” value social competence: The moderating role of voters' individualistic and collectivistic orientation in political elections
Two Concepts or Two Approaches? A Bifactor Analysis of Psychological and Subjective Well-Being
The looks of a leader: Competent and trustworthy, but not dominant
Culture Matters: The Looks of a Leader Are Not All the Same
This article examined cultural variations on the relations of social competence to competence and trustworthiness and the importance of these dimensions in deciding social outcomes. Participants made judgments of personality traits based on inferences from faces of political candidates in the United States and Taiwan. Social competence was distinct from competence but related to trustworthiness among U.S. participants, whereas social competence w…
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: A pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants
BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher. METHODS: For this analysis, we pooled national, subnational, or comm…
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: A pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and …
BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…
Tourism and Grand Song: The Role and Influence on the Life of Young Women in Xiaohuang
Folk music forms an integral part of life in ethnic villages, and its importance can be observed in many aspects of the traditional culture prevalent within these settings. Due to the economic benefits associated with tourism, ethnic minority groups have been endeavoring to repackage their cultural heritage into tourism products to maximize their commodity value. While considerable research has been undertaken on folk music in the context of comm…
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
A Hierarchical Measurement Model of Perceived Resilience of Urban Tourism Destination
Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: A pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million p…
BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: A pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…
Senior's travel constraint, negotiation strategy and travel intention: Examining the role of social support
This paper explores how travel constraints influence seniors' travel decision. By including social support for travel as a moderator in the hierarchical constraint model, we examined the effects of travel constraints, social support, and negotiation strategies on seniors' travel intentions. Face‐to‐face questionnaire interviews were conducted with Chinese seniors. The results were in accordance with the hierarchical constraint model in general, b…
Festival or Sport? Chinese Motivations to a Modern Urban Hiking Event
Festive sport events provide an opportunity for people to engage in leisure in an atmosphere of celebration. It has become increasingly popular in China. Although motivations have been explored thoroughly in the context of participant and recreational sport, events, and festivals, no research has yet focused on the overlap among these domains. To address the gap, this study is an investigation of what motivates people to participate in festive sp…
Characteristics of Body Composition Estimated by Air-Displacement Plethysmography in Chinese Preschool Children
Objective To describe the characteristics of body composition by air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) among Chinese preschool children. Methods Preschool children were recruited from three kindergartens. Adiposity indices were evaluated using the ADP method. BMI, fat mass index (FMI), fat-free mass index (FFMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. Overweight and obesity were diagnosed using the WHO reference. Analyses were executed…
A comparison of bioelectrical impedance analysis and air displacement plethysmography to assess body composition in children
Background: Accurate assessment of body composition (BC) is important to investigate the development of childhood obesity. A bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) device is portable and inexpensive compared with air displacement plethysmography (ADP) for the assessment of BC and is widely used in children. However, studies of the effectiveness of BIA are few and present different results, especially in pediatric populations. The aim of this stud…
Navigating adaptive cycles to understand destination complex evolutionary process
There is a recent surge to unfold the tourism destination's intrinsic nature as a complex adaptive system, such as the dynamic and scale interactions among tourism system components and its environment. As the world gets more uncertain, it becomes more critical to understand how dynamic and complex interactions shape the destination's resilience and its evolution process. Yet, such is under-explored. Taking the East Suburb Coconut Trees scenic ar…
Medicine (18 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Geography (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Population (10 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works)