Julie Ma
Biographic Data
| ID | 4599501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julie Ma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ma |
| SIGNATURE | MA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan–Flint |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4644-6262 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
How does context shape differences and changes in caregivers’ engagement in psychosocial stimulation over time? Evidence from a cross-national study
As few as 34% of 3- and 4-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive adequate psychosocial stimulation from their caregivers (e.g., reading books, telling stories, playing). While previous research suggests that structural conditions within LMICs meaningfully influence caregivers’ capacities to engage in psychosocial stimulation of children, it remains unclear how such conditions may underlie both within-household and between-p…
Interactions of gender inequality and parental discipline predicting child aggression in low- and middle-income countries
Children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately at risk of not meeting their developmental potential. Parental discipline can promote and hinder child outcomes; however, little research examines how discipline interacts with contextual factors to predict child outcomes in LMICs. Using data from 208,156 households with children between 36 and 59 months (50.5% male) across 63 countries, this study examined whether intera…
Heterogeneous effects of spanking on child protective services involvement in early childhood: A propensity score stratification analysis
Empowered by the Holy Spirit to Serve the Least: Hawaii’s (Korean) Cedar Church
This study probes how an immigrant Pentecostal church in Hawaii has undertaken a robust ministry of serving the suffering in the community. The most discernible spiritual trait is the church’s primary focus on Pentecostal beliefs and practices, especially divine healing. Such religious encounters and experiences have, in turn, brought an empowering effect to the believers. This spiritual foundation has supported the church leader’s commitment to …
Gender Inequality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Associations with Parental Physical Abuse and Moderation by Child Gender
Gender inequality perpetuates women's economic insecurity and a culture of violence. Parental distress caused by economic pressure may increase violence against children. High levels of gender inequality and interpersonal violence may contribute to higher levels of physical abuse. Using an ecological perspective, this study examines the association of country-level gender inequality and household-level parental physical abuse, and the moderating …
Global perspectives on physical and nonphysical discipline: A Bayesian multilevel analysis
Background and Objective: Sixty countries worldwide have banned the use of physical punishment, yet little is known about the association of physical and nonphysical forms of child discipline with child development in a global context. The objective of this study is to examine whether physical punishment and nonphysical discipline are associated with child socioemotional functioning in a global sample of families from 62 countries and whether cou…
A Bayesian analysis of associations between neighborhoods, spanking and child externalizing behavior
Child externalizing behavior in context: Associations of mother nonstandard work, parenting, and neighborhoods
Does community violence exposure moderate the associations between maternal spanking and early child behavior problems
A robust research literature links parental spanking with negative behavioral outcomes for children, however, it remains unclear whether conditions in the community may moderate the associations between spanking and behavior problems in early childhood. In the current study, we examined whether community violence exposure moderated the associations of maternal spanking with externalizing and internalizing behavior problems of young children. The …
Dynamics of bullies and victims among Korean youth: A propensity score stratification analysis
Neighborhood predictors of bullying perpetration and victimization trajectories among South Korean adolescents
AIMS: This study examined latent trajectories of bullying perpetration and victimization, and identified neighborhood antecedents of these trajectories among South Korean adolescents. METHODS: Nationally representative individual-level data from waves 2 to 6 (middle school to high school) of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey were merged with neighborhood-level data drawn from the Korean Census and the Korean Ministry of Education. Latent…
Predictors of parental use of corporal punishment in Ukraine
Longitudinal associations of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal corporal punishment with behavior problems in early childhood
Neighborhood and parenting influences on early behavioral outcomes are strongly dependent upon a child's stage of development. However, little research has jointly considered the longitudinal associations of neighborhood and parenting processes with behavior problems in early childhood. To address this limitation, this study explores the associations of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal corporal punishment with the longitudinal patter…
Neighborhood and parenting both matter: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal spanking in early behavior problems
School Bonds and the Onset of Substance Use among Korean Youth: An Examination of Social Control Theory
This study examined the association between school bonds and the onset of substance use among adolescents in South Korea. Based on Hirschi's social control theory, this study tested the roles of teacher attachment, educational aspiration, extracurricular activities, and rule internalization--four elements of social bonds within the school setting--in delayed initiation of alcohol drinking and cigarette smoking. Discrete-time logistic regression w…
Relationship between discordance in parental monitoring and behavioral problems among Chilean adolescents
Longitudinal associations of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal corporal punishment with behavior problems in early childhood
Neighborhood and parenting influences on early behavioral outcomes are strongly dependent upon a child's stage of development. However, little research has jointly considered the longitudinal associations of neighborhood and parenting processes with behavior problems in early childhood. To address this limitation, this study explores the associations of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal corporal punishment with the longitudinal patter…
Relationship between discordance in parental monitoring and behavioral problems among Chilean adolescents
Predictors of parental use of corporal punishment in Ukraine
Neighborhood and parenting both matter: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal spanking in early behavior problems
A Bayesian analysis of associations between neighborhoods, spanking and child externalizing behavior
Child externalizing behavior in context: Associations of mother nonstandard work, parenting, and neighborhoods
Does community violence exposure moderate the associations between maternal spanking and early child behavior problems
A robust research literature links parental spanking with negative behavioral outcomes for children, however, it remains unclear whether conditions in the community may moderate the associations between spanking and behavior problems in early childhood. In the current study, we examined whether community violence exposure moderated the associations of maternal spanking with externalizing and internalizing behavior problems of young children. The …
Dynamics of bullies and victims among Korean youth: A propensity score stratification analysis
Relationship between discordance in parental monitoring and behavioral problems among Chilean adolescents
School Bonds and the Onset of Substance Use among Korean Youth: An Examination of Social Control Theory
This study examined the association between school bonds and the onset of substance use among adolescents in South Korea. Based on Hirschi's social control theory, this study tested the roles of teacher attachment, educational aspiration, extracurricular activities, and rule internalization--four elements of social bonds within the school setting--in delayed initiation of alcohol drinking and cigarette smoking. Discrete-time logistic regression w…
Neighborhood and parenting both matter: The role of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal spanking in early behavior problems
Longitudinal associations of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal corporal punishment with behavior problems in early childhood
Neighborhood and parenting influences on early behavioral outcomes are strongly dependent upon a child's stage of development. However, little research has jointly considered the longitudinal associations of neighborhood and parenting processes with behavior problems in early childhood. To address this limitation, this study explores the associations of neighborhood collective efficacy and maternal corporal punishment with the longitudinal patter…
Predictors of parental use of corporal punishment in Ukraine
Dynamics of bullies and victims among Korean youth: A propensity score stratification analysis
Neighborhood predictors of bullying perpetration and victimization trajectories among South Korean adolescents
AIMS: This study examined latent trajectories of bullying perpetration and victimization, and identified neighborhood antecedents of these trajectories among South Korean adolescents. METHODS: Nationally representative individual-level data from waves 2 to 6 (middle school to high school) of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey were merged with neighborhood-level data drawn from the Korean Census and the Korean Ministry of Education. Latent…
A Bayesian analysis of associations between neighborhoods, spanking and child externalizing behavior
Child externalizing behavior in context: Associations of mother nonstandard work, parenting, and neighborhoods
Does community violence exposure moderate the associations between maternal spanking and early child behavior problems
A robust research literature links parental spanking with negative behavioral outcomes for children, however, it remains unclear whether conditions in the community may moderate the associations between spanking and behavior problems in early childhood. In the current study, we examined whether community violence exposure moderated the associations of maternal spanking with externalizing and internalizing behavior problems of young children. The …
Global perspectives on physical and nonphysical discipline: A Bayesian multilevel analysis
Background and Objective: Sixty countries worldwide have banned the use of physical punishment, yet little is known about the association of physical and nonphysical forms of child discipline with child development in a global context. The objective of this study is to examine whether physical punishment and nonphysical discipline are associated with child socioemotional functioning in a global sample of families from 62 countries and whether cou…
Empowered by the Holy Spirit to Serve the Least: Hawaii’s (Korean) Cedar Church
This study probes how an immigrant Pentecostal church in Hawaii has undertaken a robust ministry of serving the suffering in the community. The most discernible spiritual trait is the church’s primary focus on Pentecostal beliefs and practices, especially divine healing. Such religious encounters and experiences have, in turn, brought an empowering effect to the believers. This spiritual foundation has supported the church leader’s commitment to …
Gender Inequality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Associations with Parental Physical Abuse and Moderation by Child Gender
Gender inequality perpetuates women's economic insecurity and a culture of violence. Parental distress caused by economic pressure may increase violence against children. High levels of gender inequality and interpersonal violence may contribute to higher levels of physical abuse. Using an ecological perspective, this study examines the association of country-level gender inequality and household-level parental physical abuse, and the moderating …
Heterogeneous effects of spanking on child protective services involvement in early childhood: A propensity score stratification analysis
Interactions of gender inequality and parental discipline predicting child aggression in low- and middle-income countries
Children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately at risk of not meeting their developmental potential. Parental discipline can promote and hinder child outcomes; however, little research examines how discipline interacts with contextual factors to predict child outcomes in LMICs. Using data from 208,156 households with children between 36 and 59 months (50.5% male) across 63 countries, this study examined whether intera…
How does context shape differences and changes in caregivers’ engagement in psychosocial stimulation over time? Evidence from a cross-national study
As few as 34% of 3- and 4-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive adequate psychosocial stimulation from their caregivers (e.g., reading books, telling stories, playing). While previous research suggests that structural conditions within LMICs meaningfully influence caregivers’ capacities to engage in psychosocial stimulation of children, it remains unclear how such conditions may underlie both within-household and between-p…
Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Poison control (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Corporal punishment (9 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works)