Matthew Boswell
Biographic Data
| ID | 606381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Boswell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Boswell |
| SIGNATURE | BOSWELL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0041-5583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Grass Is Grey on Both Sides”: Rural and Urban Teacher Job Satisfaction in Henan Province, China
This paper utilizes a comparative case study approach to explore the teacher job satisfaction (TJS) status of rural and urban teachers and the underlying factors that influence their TJS in central China by utilizing semi-structured interviews. Our participants include 30 rural and 14 urban public primary school teachers. We found that both rural and urban teachers had low levels of TJS. The main factors related to teachers’ job satisfaction were…
Depression, anxiety, stress symptoms and their determinants among secondary students with vision impairment in rural Northwestern China during the Covid-19 pandemic
Objective: The measures implemented to control the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could affect children's mental and vision health. Youth particularly from minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds were more likely to be impacted by these measures. This study aimed to examine the mental health of children with vision impairment and associated factors in North-western China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cro…
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Children and Adolescents in Rural China: A Large-Scale Epidemiological Study
Although children living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for 90% of the global population of children, depression, and anxiety among children in LMICs have been understudied. This study examines the prevalence of depression and anxiety and their associations with biological and psychosocial factors among children across China, with a focus on rural areas. We conducted a large-scale epidemiological study of depression and anxie…
Exploring Teacher Job Satisfaction in Rural China: Prevalence and Correlates
Extant research continues to establish the importance of teacher job satisfaction to student performance, yet teacher job satisfaction remains under-investigated in rural China. In this paper, we examine the prevalence and correlates of teacher job satisfaction. Using data from 634 teachers across 120 schools in rural China, we find an alarmingly high prevalence of teacher job dissatisfaction: roughly 21% of rural teachers were less than satisfie…
Bullying Victims in Rural Primary Schools: Prevalence, Correlates, and Consequences
School bullying is a widely recognized problem in developed countries, but remains under-investigated in developing countries, especially in remote rural areas. In this paper, we examine the prevalence, correlates, and consequences of bullying victimization and its relation to educational performance and creative attitudes. Using data from 10,528 students across 120 primary schools in rural China, we find an alarmingly high prevalence of bullying…
Gender equity in vision care seeking behavior among caregivers: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in rural China
The protocol for this study was approved in full by Institutional Review Boards at Stanford University (Palo Alto, California, USA) and the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University (ZOC, Guangzhou, China). Permission was received from local Boards of Education in each region and from the principals of all schools. The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki were followed throughout. The original trial (Registration site: http://isr…
Tracking the effects of Covid-19 in rural China over time
By examining the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 restrictions in rural communities, this study will help to guide other middle- and low-income countries in their containment and restorative processes. Without consideration for economically vulnerable populations, economic hardships and poverty will likely continue to have a negative impact on the most susceptible communities
Complicating China’s Rise: Rural Underemployment
China’s economy has doubled in size every eight years since 1979, making it over 32 times bigger now then it was then and the second largest in the world today.1 Four decades of growth have ushered
Independent reading in rural China’s elementary schools: A mixed-methods analysis
Health Seeking Behavior among Rural Left-Behind Children: Evidence from Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces in China
More than 60 million children in rural China are “left-behind”—both parents live and work far from their rural homes and leave their children behind. This paper explores differences in how left-behind and non-left-behind children seek health remediation in China’s vast but understudied rural areas. This study examines this question in the context of a program to provide vision health care to myopic rural students. The data come from a randomized …
The Effect of Providing Free Eyeglasses on Children’s Mental Health Outcomes in China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
If children with common vision problems receive and use eyeglasses, their educational performance rises. Without proper treatment, visually impaired children may not achieve educational gains and could suffer from poor mental health. We use a randomized controlled trial to study the impact of an eyeglasses promotion program in rural China on the mental health of myopic primary school students. Three measures of mental health are used: learning an…
Teaching the Language of Wider Communication, Minority Students, and Overall Educational Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Qinghai Province, China
The education of poor and disadvantaged populations, particularly those from minority subgroups, has been a long-standing challenge to education systems in both developed and developing countries. One reason for the underperformance of ethnic minority students might be low competency in the language of wider communication (LWC). This article uses a randomized field experiment in 57 schools (26 treatment schools and 31 control schools) to examine …
Auschwitz and Afterimages: Abjection, witnessing and representation
The publication of Pouvoirs de l'horreur in 1980, translated into English as Powers of Horror in 1982, positioned Julia Kristeva at the vanguard of European critical theory with its wide-ranging an
Can One-to-One Computing Narrow the Digital Divide and the Educational Gap in China? The Case of Beijing Migrant Schools
Downfall: The Nazi Genocide as a Natural Disaster
This essay describes how the cinematic style, form and narrative of Oliver Hirschbiegel’s film Downfall (2004) convey a particular interpretation of history: one that is at odds with the schema of descent signified by its title. For as well as charting the disintegration of Hitler’s Germany, the film is equally concerned with the country’s moral regeneration, exploring and celebrating its capacity for reintegration with social norms. This affirma…
Can One-to-One Computing Narrow the Digital Divide and the Educational Gap in China? The Case of Beijing Migrant Schools
Complicating China’s Rise: Rural Underemployment
China’s economy has doubled in size every eight years since 1979, making it over 32 times bigger now then it was then and the second largest in the world today.1 Four decades of growth have ushered
Independent reading in rural China’s elementary schools: A mixed-methods analysis
Downfall: The Nazi Genocide as a Natural Disaster
This essay describes how the cinematic style, form and narrative of Oliver Hirschbiegel’s film Downfall (2004) convey a particular interpretation of history: one that is at odds with the schema of descent signified by its title. For as well as charting the disintegration of Hitler’s Germany, the film is equally concerned with the country’s moral regeneration, exploring and celebrating its capacity for reintegration with social norms. This affirma…
Auschwitz and Afterimages: Abjection, witnessing and representation
The publication of Pouvoirs de l'horreur in 1980, translated into English as Powers of Horror in 1982, positioned Julia Kristeva at the vanguard of European critical theory with its wide-ranging an
Can One-to-One Computing Narrow the Digital Divide and the Educational Gap in China? The Case of Beijing Migrant Schools
Teaching the Language of Wider Communication, Minority Students, and Overall Educational Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Qinghai Province, China
The education of poor and disadvantaged populations, particularly those from minority subgroups, has been a long-standing challenge to education systems in both developed and developing countries. One reason for the underperformance of ethnic minority students might be low competency in the language of wider communication (LWC). This article uses a randomized field experiment in 57 schools (26 treatment schools and 31 control schools) to examine …
Health Seeking Behavior among Rural Left-Behind Children: Evidence from Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces in China
More than 60 million children in rural China are “left-behind”—both parents live and work far from their rural homes and leave their children behind. This paper explores differences in how left-behind and non-left-behind children seek health remediation in China’s vast but understudied rural areas. This study examines this question in the context of a program to provide vision health care to myopic rural students. The data come from a randomized …
The Effect of Providing Free Eyeglasses on Children’s Mental Health Outcomes in China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
If children with common vision problems receive and use eyeglasses, their educational performance rises. Without proper treatment, visually impaired children may not achieve educational gains and could suffer from poor mental health. We use a randomized controlled trial to study the impact of an eyeglasses promotion program in rural China on the mental health of myopic primary school students. Three measures of mental health are used: learning an…
Independent reading in rural China’s elementary schools: A mixed-methods analysis
Tracking the effects of Covid-19 in rural China over time
By examining the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 restrictions in rural communities, this study will help to guide other middle- and low-income countries in their containment and restorative processes. Without consideration for economically vulnerable populations, economic hardships and poverty will likely continue to have a negative impact on the most susceptible communities
Complicating China’s Rise: Rural Underemployment
China’s economy has doubled in size every eight years since 1979, making it over 32 times bigger now then it was then and the second largest in the world today.1 Four decades of growth have ushered
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Children and Adolescents in Rural China: A Large-Scale Epidemiological Study
Although children living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for 90% of the global population of children, depression, and anxiety among children in LMICs have been understudied. This study examines the prevalence of depression and anxiety and their associations with biological and psychosocial factors among children across China, with a focus on rural areas. We conducted a large-scale epidemiological study of depression and anxie…
Exploring Teacher Job Satisfaction in Rural China: Prevalence and Correlates
Extant research continues to establish the importance of teacher job satisfaction to student performance, yet teacher job satisfaction remains under-investigated in rural China. In this paper, we examine the prevalence and correlates of teacher job satisfaction. Using data from 634 teachers across 120 schools in rural China, we find an alarmingly high prevalence of teacher job dissatisfaction: roughly 21% of rural teachers were less than satisfie…
Bullying Victims in Rural Primary Schools: Prevalence, Correlates, and Consequences
School bullying is a widely recognized problem in developed countries, but remains under-investigated in developing countries, especially in remote rural areas. In this paper, we examine the prevalence, correlates, and consequences of bullying victimization and its relation to educational performance and creative attitudes. Using data from 10,528 students across 120 primary schools in rural China, we find an alarmingly high prevalence of bullying…
Gender equity in vision care seeking behavior among caregivers: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in rural China
The protocol for this study was approved in full by Institutional Review Boards at Stanford University (Palo Alto, California, USA) and the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University (ZOC, Guangzhou, China). Permission was received from local Boards of Education in each region and from the principals of all schools. The principles of the Declaration of Helsinki were followed throughout. The original trial (Registration site: http://isr…
Depression, anxiety, stress symptoms and their determinants among secondary students with vision impairment in rural Northwestern China during the Covid-19 pandemic
Objective: The measures implemented to control the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could affect children's mental and vision health. Youth particularly from minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds were more likely to be impacted by these measures. This study aimed to examine the mental health of children with vision impairment and associated factors in North-western China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cro…
The Grass Is Grey on Both Sides”: Rural and Urban Teacher Job Satisfaction in Henan Province, China
This paper utilizes a comparative case study approach to explore the teacher job satisfaction (TJS) status of rural and urban teachers and the underlying factors that influence their TJS in central China by utilizing semi-structured interviews. Our participants include 30 rural and 14 urban public primary school teachers. We found that both rural and urban teachers had low levels of TJS. The main factors related to teachers’ job satisfaction were…
Political science (11 works) · China (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Geography (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Rural area (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works)