Yiang Li
Biographic Data
| ID | 4259990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yiang Li |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yiang |
| FAMILY NAME | Li |
| SIGNATURE | LI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7811-4321 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gender differences in associations between spousal cognitive decline and marital strain
Brothers, sisters, and the legacy of sibship
BACKGROUNDSiblings are the most common household companions in childhood, yet demographers know little about how sibship configurations reverberate across the life course to shape population-level cognitive health at older ages. OBJECTIVEThe author assesses whether coresiding siblings in childhood are linked to late-life cognitive trajectories and asks how associations differ by sibship size, age spacing, and sex composition. METHODSThis study us…
Yours, mine, and ours
It is not what you weigh, it is how you present it
Physical attractiveness has been linked to better economic, dyadic, and health outcomes but is understudied. We focus here on the gendered implications of attractiveness for one component of social well-being, access to intimate partnership and sexuality, among older adults. In addition, we examine the role of body size, as measured and rated by an observer, in evaluating attractiveness and the diverging consequences for women and men. We use dat…
Individuals with long-term illness, disability or infirmity are more likely to smoke than healthy controls
Despite the prevalence of smoking cessation programs and public health campaigns, individuals with long-term illness, disability, or infirmity have been found to smoke more often than those without such conditions, leading to worsening health. However, the available literature has mainly focused on the association between long-term illness and smoking, which might suffer from the possible bidirectional influence, while few studies have examined t…
The Effect of Grandparenting on the Depression and Life Satisfaction among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults
Given the prevalence of depressive mental health symptoms among Chinese adults of grandparenting age in recent decades, a better understanding of how depression and life satisfaction among middle-aged and older adults in China are affected by their role as grandparents is called for. This study examines the relationship between grandparenting and depression and life satisfaction among Chinese adults using multilevel regression models based on a m…
It is not what you weigh, it is how you present it
Physical attractiveness has been linked to better economic, dyadic, and health outcomes but is understudied. We focus here on the gendered implications of attractiveness for one component of social well-being, access to intimate partnership and sexuality, among older adults. In addition, we examine the role of body size, as measured and rated by an observer, in evaluating attractiveness and the diverging consequences for women and men. We use dat…
The Effect of Grandparenting on the Depression and Life Satisfaction among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults
Given the prevalence of depressive mental health symptoms among Chinese adults of grandparenting age in recent decades, a better understanding of how depression and life satisfaction among middle-aged and older adults in China are affected by their role as grandparents is called for. This study examines the relationship between grandparenting and depression and life satisfaction among Chinese adults using multilevel regression models based on a m…
Individuals with long-term illness, disability or infirmity are more likely to smoke than healthy controls
Despite the prevalence of smoking cessation programs and public health campaigns, individuals with long-term illness, disability, or infirmity have been found to smoke more often than those without such conditions, leading to worsening health. However, the available literature has mainly focused on the association between long-term illness and smoking, which might suffer from the possible bidirectional influence, while few studies have examined t…
Yours, mine, and ours
It is not what you weigh, it is how you present it
Physical attractiveness has been linked to better economic, dyadic, and health outcomes but is understudied. We focus here on the gendered implications of attractiveness for one component of social well-being, access to intimate partnership and sexuality, among older adults. In addition, we examine the role of body size, as measured and rated by an observer, in evaluating attractiveness and the diverging consequences for women and men. We use dat…
Gender differences in associations between spousal cognitive decline and marital strain
Brothers, sisters, and the legacy of sibship
BACKGROUNDSiblings are the most common household companions in childhood, yet demographers know little about how sibship configurations reverberate across the life course to shape population-level cognitive health at older ages. OBJECTIVEThe author assesses whether coresiding siblings in childhood are linked to late-life cognitive trajectories and asks how associations differ by sibship size, age spacing, and sex composition. METHODSThis study us…
Cognition (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Cognitive decline (2 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Life course approach (2 works) · Marital status (2 works)