Mi Jin Choi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5854053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mi Jin Choi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mi Jin |
| FAMILY NAME | Choi |
| SIGNATURE | CHOI M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3496-4567 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role of parenting and school connectedness in depression among black and white adolescents
Over the past decades, adolescent depression has shown an increasing trend. However, there is a lack of research identifying the intertwined relationships between quality parenting practices and school connectedness impacting adolescent depression among diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds. This study aims to examine whether the intertwined roles of parenting behaviors and school connectedness impacting depression differ between White and Black adol…
The Actor-Partner Interdependence Effects of Harsh Parenting and Co-Parenting on Parental Engagement
This study examines the effects of parents’ harsh parenting and co-parenting on parental engagement. 4,049 low-income married couples participating in the Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation study were analyzed using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, which identifies how one parent’s harsh parenting and co-parenting behaviors influence their own parental engagement (actor-effect) and how their partner’s behaviors influence the par…
Challenges and Coping Strategies of Families With Young Children Amid Hurricanes: A Qualitative Inquiry
Climate-induced disasters have immediate and lasting effects disrupting the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Children are among the most vulnerable during disasters due to their physical, psychological, and developmental capacities that render them reliant on their parents and/or caregivers to maintain safety and ensure their basic needs are met. This study explored barriers experienced by parents and caregivers du…
Examining the Protective Impact of Peer Relationships on Negative Self-Esteem among High-Risk Adolescents: The Interplay of Gender and Ethnicity
Changes in Aggressive Behaviors over Time in Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences: Focusing on the Role of School Connectedness
Previous research has found the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and externalizing behaviors later in adolescence and adulthood. However, limited studies have explored longitudinal trajectories of aggressive behaviors affected by ACEs. This study aimed to investigate how aggressive behaviors change over time and compare the trajectories of aggressive behaviors between children with three or fewer (low-risk ACEs) and those with fo…
How receiving welfare assistance could be linked to children's bullying victimization: Exploring the potential pathways
The study proposes and tests the pathways from receiving welfare assistance to children's bullying victimization. Specifically, the study examines whether children's difficulty making friends and school disconnection mediate the association between welfare assistance receipt to children's bullying victimization. The 2019 National Survey of Children's Health dataset was used, and the sample consisted of 12,230 caregivers of adolescents, aged 12–17…
The interaction of race/ethnicity and school-connectedness in presenting internalizing and externalizing behaviors among adolescents
Organizational justice and secondary traumatic stress among child welfare workers: The moderated mediation model
Findings suggest that the different types of organizational justice have different functions in reducing child welfare workers' STS. This study can contribute to developing justice-oriented and trauma-informed organizations that prevent child welfare workers' STS and reduce its negative effects on themselves, organizations, and children in the child welfare system. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Sinking or swimming: Perspectives of the children without placement crisis
Recently, there have been reports of children without placement (CWOP) in foster care, often resulting in youth sleeping in hotels or child protective service offices. This study explored perspectives of the current crisis among child welfare practitioners who managed CWOP cases. We conducted interviews with 11 child welfare practitioners who had graduated from two universities in a Southern state. Themes aligned with the trauma-informed framewor…
Family support services and reunification across diverse racial/ethnic groups: A survival analysis utilizing administrative child welfare data
Effects of school environment on depression among Black and White adolescents
While the school environment is critical for adolescents' psychological development, how the school environment influences depression among different racial groups has not been fully explored. This study aims to identify the effects of the school environment (school connectedness, school climates, trouble with peers and teachers) on depressive symptoms among Black and White adolescents. It also compares how the effects of school environments diff…
Risk Factors for Obesity in Five-Year-Old Children: Based on Korean National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Data
This study aimed to identify the risk factors for obesity in five-year-old children using data from the database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service. We identified 26,047 children who underwent the sixth screening (at age 5) from the 2017 National Health Screening Program for Infant and Children and for whom data from the fourth screening (at age 3) database and the mothers' health screening and eligibility database were available. To…
Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Increase the Risk of Childhood Obesity
Previous studies have shown inconsistent results regarding the effects of maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pre-pregnancy obesity (PPO) on childhood obesity. This study aimed to determine the risk for early childhood obesity based on maternal GDM and PPO. This nationwide study used data obtained from the National Health Information Database in South Korea. The participants were divided into four groups based on maternal GDM and PPO…
Childhood Bullying Victimization, Substance Use and Criminal Activity among Adolescents: A Multilevel Growth Model Study
Findings suggest the need for early intervention for children at high risk of being bullied to reduce later substance abuse and involvement in criminal activities. Considering the moderating effects of gender and ethnicity on the associations, target-specified intervention and prevention programs are also required. Further studies focusing on the lifelong effects of CBV beyond adolescence are recommended
Racial/ethnic differences in parenting behaviors as protective factors in adolescent internalizing problems
The current study explores variations among racially/ethnically diverse adolescents regarding parents' role in mitigating internalizing problems. Adolescents with a higher level of parental awareness, ease of talking to parents, and parental support were less likely to show internalizing problems. Parental awareness was negatively associated with internalizing problems among Whites and Hispanics. The ease of talking to parents was significant for…
Child and state factors in positive permanency: A multi-level survival analysis
Positive permanency, or leaving foster care to a permanent family setting, is a priority for children in care. Yet, there are barriers to achieving permanency, particularly among children of color. This study examined child and state factors that impacted permanency outcomes, with a particular focus on racial disparities. The researchers utilized a sample of n = 208,742 children who entered care in 2016 from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis …
Racial disparities in assignment to alternative response
Predictors of Job Satisfaction among New MSWs: The Role of Organizational Factors
This study examines job satisfaction at early career stages among new U.S. Master of Social Work (MSW) graduates. It explores (a) what factors were associated with job satisfaction, including organizational factors (interpersonal working environment and agency characteristics), educational preparation in the MSW program, and personal characteristics, and (b) whether organizational factors have more significant effects than other predictors. Eight…
Exploring Sex Differences in the Association between Bullying Involvement and Alcohol and Marijuana Use among U.S. Adolescents in 6 th to 10 th Grade
Objectives: The aim of the current study was to examine whether different types of involvement in bullying, together with a set of social-ecological correlates, were associated with alcohol and marijuana use for female and male adolescents. Methods: This study utilized data derived from the U.S. division of the 2005–2006 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study, which include 7,084 U.S. 6th–10th graders (3,353 males and 3,731 females)…
Does parent engagement enhance children’s emotional well-being in family team conference? Not a panacea for families with intimate partner violence
Exploratory study on the role of trauma-informed self-care on child welfare workers' mental health
Development of a trauma-informed self-care measure with child welfare workers
The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence
The effects of economic factors on the out-of-home placement for maltreated children
Examining needs of informal kinship families: Validating the family needs scale
The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence
Development of a trauma-informed self-care measure with child welfare workers
Effects of school environment on depression among Black and White adolescents
While the school environment is critical for adolescents' psychological development, how the school environment influences depression among different racial groups has not been fully explored. This study aims to identify the effects of the school environment (school connectedness, school climates, trouble with peers and teachers) on depressive symptoms among Black and White adolescents. It also compares how the effects of school environments diff…
Exploratory study on the role of trauma-informed self-care on child welfare workers' mental health
The effects of economic factors on the out-of-home placement for maltreated children
Racial disparities in assignment to alternative response
Predictors of Job Satisfaction among New MSWs: The Role of Organizational Factors
This study examines job satisfaction at early career stages among new U.S. Master of Social Work (MSW) graduates. It explores (a) what factors were associated with job satisfaction, including organizational factors (interpersonal working environment and agency characteristics), educational preparation in the MSW program, and personal characteristics, and (b) whether organizational factors have more significant effects than other predictors. Eight…
Does parent engagement enhance children’s emotional well-being in family team conference? Not a panacea for families with intimate partner violence
Examining needs of informal kinship families: Validating the family needs scale
The effects of economic factors on the out-of-home placement for maltreated children
Development of a trauma-informed self-care measure with child welfare workers
The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence
Exploratory study on the role of trauma-informed self-care on child welfare workers' mental health
Exploring Sex Differences in the Association between Bullying Involvement and Alcohol and Marijuana Use among U.S. Adolescents in 6 th to 10 th Grade
Objectives: The aim of the current study was to examine whether different types of involvement in bullying, together with a set of social-ecological correlates, were associated with alcohol and marijuana use for female and male adolescents. Methods: This study utilized data derived from the U.S. division of the 2005–2006 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study, which include 7,084 U.S. 6th–10th graders (3,353 males and 3,731 females)…
Does parent engagement enhance children’s emotional well-being in family team conference? Not a panacea for families with intimate partner violence
Child and state factors in positive permanency: A multi-level survival analysis
Positive permanency, or leaving foster care to a permanent family setting, is a priority for children in care. Yet, there are barriers to achieving permanency, particularly among children of color. This study examined child and state factors that impacted permanency outcomes, with a particular focus on racial disparities. The researchers utilized a sample of n = 208,742 children who entered care in 2016 from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis …
Racial disparities in assignment to alternative response
Predictors of Job Satisfaction among New MSWs: The Role of Organizational Factors
This study examines job satisfaction at early career stages among new U.S. Master of Social Work (MSW) graduates. It explores (a) what factors were associated with job satisfaction, including organizational factors (interpersonal working environment and agency characteristics), educational preparation in the MSW program, and personal characteristics, and (b) whether organizational factors have more significant effects than other predictors. Eight…
Risk Factors for Obesity in Five-Year-Old Children: Based on Korean National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Data
This study aimed to identify the risk factors for obesity in five-year-old children using data from the database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service. We identified 26,047 children who underwent the sixth screening (at age 5) from the 2017 National Health Screening Program for Infant and Children and for whom data from the fourth screening (at age 3) database and the mothers' health screening and eligibility database were available. To…
Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Increase the Risk of Childhood Obesity
Previous studies have shown inconsistent results regarding the effects of maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pre-pregnancy obesity (PPO) on childhood obesity. This study aimed to determine the risk for early childhood obesity based on maternal GDM and PPO. This nationwide study used data obtained from the National Health Information Database in South Korea. The participants were divided into four groups based on maternal GDM and PPO…
Childhood Bullying Victimization, Substance Use and Criminal Activity among Adolescents: A Multilevel Growth Model Study
Findings suggest the need for early intervention for children at high risk of being bullied to reduce later substance abuse and involvement in criminal activities. Considering the moderating effects of gender and ethnicity on the associations, target-specified intervention and prevention programs are also required. Further studies focusing on the lifelong effects of CBV beyond adolescence are recommended
Racial/ethnic differences in parenting behaviors as protective factors in adolescent internalizing problems
The current study explores variations among racially/ethnically diverse adolescents regarding parents' role in mitigating internalizing problems. Adolescents with a higher level of parental awareness, ease of talking to parents, and parental support were less likely to show internalizing problems. Parental awareness was negatively associated with internalizing problems among Whites and Hispanics. The ease of talking to parents was significant for…
Organizational justice and secondary traumatic stress among child welfare workers: The moderated mediation model
Findings suggest that the different types of organizational justice have different functions in reducing child welfare workers' STS. This study can contribute to developing justice-oriented and trauma-informed organizations that prevent child welfare workers' STS and reduce its negative effects on themselves, organizations, and children in the child welfare system. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Sinking or swimming: Perspectives of the children without placement crisis
Recently, there have been reports of children without placement (CWOP) in foster care, often resulting in youth sleeping in hotels or child protective service offices. This study explored perspectives of the current crisis among child welfare practitioners who managed CWOP cases. We conducted interviews with 11 child welfare practitioners who had graduated from two universities in a Southern state. Themes aligned with the trauma-informed framewor…
Family support services and reunification across diverse racial/ethnic groups: A survival analysis utilizing administrative child welfare data
Effects of school environment on depression among Black and White adolescents
While the school environment is critical for adolescents' psychological development, how the school environment influences depression among different racial groups has not been fully explored. This study aims to identify the effects of the school environment (school connectedness, school climates, trouble with peers and teachers) on depressive symptoms among Black and White adolescents. It also compares how the effects of school environments diff…
How receiving welfare assistance could be linked to children's bullying victimization: Exploring the potential pathways
The study proposes and tests the pathways from receiving welfare assistance to children's bullying victimization. Specifically, the study examines whether children's difficulty making friends and school disconnection mediate the association between welfare assistance receipt to children's bullying victimization. The 2019 National Survey of Children's Health dataset was used, and the sample consisted of 12,230 caregivers of adolescents, aged 12–17…
The interaction of race/ethnicity and school-connectedness in presenting internalizing and externalizing behaviors among adolescents
Challenges and Coping Strategies of Families With Young Children Amid Hurricanes: A Qualitative Inquiry
Climate-induced disasters have immediate and lasting effects disrupting the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Children are among the most vulnerable during disasters due to their physical, psychological, and developmental capacities that render them reliant on their parents and/or caregivers to maintain safety and ensure their basic needs are met. This study explored barriers experienced by parents and caregivers du…
Examining the Protective Impact of Peer Relationships on Negative Self-Esteem among High-Risk Adolescents: The Interplay of Gender and Ethnicity
Changes in Aggressive Behaviors over Time in Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences: Focusing on the Role of School Connectedness
Previous research has found the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and externalizing behaviors later in adolescence and adulthood. However, limited studies have explored longitudinal trajectories of aggressive behaviors affected by ACEs. This study aimed to investigate how aggressive behaviors change over time and compare the trajectories of aggressive behaviors between children with three or fewer (low-risk ACEs) and those with fo…
The role of parenting and school connectedness in depression among black and white adolescents
Over the past decades, adolescent depression has shown an increasing trend. However, there is a lack of research identifying the intertwined relationships between quality parenting practices and school connectedness impacting adolescent depression among diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds. This study aims to examine whether the intertwined roles of parenting behaviors and school connectedness impacting depression differ between White and Black adol…
The Actor-Partner Interdependence Effects of Harsh Parenting and Co-Parenting on Parental Engagement
This study examines the effects of parents’ harsh parenting and co-parenting on parental engagement. 4,049 low-income married couples participating in the Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation study were analyzed using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, which identifies how one parent’s harsh parenting and co-parenting behaviors influence their own parental engagement (actor-effect) and how their partner’s behaviors influence the par…
Psychology (22 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Welfare (9 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works)