Chih-Ping Chou
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 176759 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Chih-Ping Chou |
| PRENOMES | Chih-Ping |
| SOBRENOME | Chou |
| ASSINATURA | CHOU C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Southern California |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 280 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1987 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Identifying Cigarette Smoking Trajectories from Homelessness to Housing
This study examines cigarette smoking trajectories from homelessness to housing and assesses demographic and clinical characteristics associated with multiple longitudinal smoking behavior patterns. Data were drawn from a longitudinal prospective cohort study of 421 adults experiencing homelessness who entered permanent supportive housing (PSH). Four quantitative surveys (baseline [while homeless], 3-, 6-, and 12 months post-housing) gathered par…
Power of Freedom
Introduction II
Incarceration Trajectories of Women Who Are Mothers
Despite growing research on women’s offending trajectories, knowledge on the imprisonment experiences of women who are mothers is limited. This study used a nationally representative dataset of state and federal prisoners to identify and characterize subgroups of mothers based on incarceration histories. Group-based trajectory modeling identified four groups with distinct incarceration trajectories: stable escalating group, moderate declining gro…
The Acute Relationship between Affective States and Stress Biomarkers in Ethnic Minority Youths
Background : Whether affective states acutely predict the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activities and whether energy balance-related behaviors moderate the affect-HPA axis relationship in obese youths are not well-understood. Methods : 87 mostly obese (94.3% obese) minority adolescents (mean: 16.3 ± 1.2 years old; 56.8% Latino and 43.2% African American) participated in a randomized crossover trial in an observation laboratory, where…
Incarceration Trajectories and Mental Health Problems Among Mothers Imprisoned in State and Federal Correctional Facilities
Maternal incarceration trajectories and the intergenerational transmission of imprisonment
Racial Pride and Condom Use in Post-Incarcerated African-American Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women
Direct and indirect effects of parent stress on child obesity risk and added sugar intake in a sample of Southern California adolescents
Objective Research indicates that children are at higher risk for obesity if their parents have been exposed to a larger number of stressors, yet little is known about effects of parents’ subjective, perceived experience of stress on children’s eating behaviours and adiposity and whether weight-related parenting practices (i.e. parent rules and positive family meal practices) mediate this relationship. The present study evaluated the direct and m…
Use of research evidence and implementation of evidence-based practices in youth-serving systems
An implementation and outcome evaluation of a multicomponent sexuality education programme for high school students
Numerous classroom-based interventions have aimed to improve sexual health outcomes for young people, yet few have shown strong, lasting effects. Ecological approaches that address multiple levels of a young person’s environment offer largely untapped potential to positively change sexual behaviour. This paper presents results of a cluster-randomised trial of a multicomponent sexuality education intervention that integrated a classroom curriculum…
Integrating spatial technology into studying the generational differences of migrants’ health protection status in urban China
The migrant population is heterogeneous, and the post-80 generation migrants get more health protection. Spatial analytical techniques illustrated clusters of low vaccination rate are highly linked with pre-1980 generation migrants and other socioeconomic factors, especially the employment condition. Such information might shed light on the differences and needs across migrant subgroups and may be useful for developing more targeted health polici…
Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02009046
Quantile Mediation Models
Recent introduction of quantile regression methods to analysis of epidemiologic data suggests that traditional mean regression approaches may not suffice for some health outcomes such as Body Mass Index (BMI). In the same vein, the traditional mean-based approach to mediation modeling may not be sufficient to capture the potentially different mediating effects of behavioral interventions across the outcome distribution. By combining methods for e…
State-wide dissemination of a school-based nutrition education programme
Objective The current study evaluated the overall public health impact of the ‘Shaping Up My Choices’ (SMC) programme, a 10-week school-based nutrition education curriculum developed for third-grade students, using the RE-AIM (Reach, Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) framework. Design Randomized controlled trial to evaluate the programme and secondary analysis of archival data to describe dissemination. Data were collected from pro…
English Writings of Hu Shih
English Writings of Hu Shih
English Writings of Hu Shih
Bullying victimization as a mediator of associations between cultural/familial variables, substance use, and depressive symptoms among Hispanic youth
These findings provide valuable information to the growing, but still limited, literature about the cultural barriers and strengths that are intrinsic to the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood among Hispanic youth. Our findings are consistent with a mediational model in which cultural/familial factors influence the risk of peer victimization, which in turn influences depressive symptoms and smoking, suggesting the potential positiv…
Changes in Developmental Contexts as Predictors of Transitions in HIV‐Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (YMSM)
Emerging adulthood is a transitional time often marked by instability in many areas of life, including residential status, work, school, and romantic relationships. The purpose of this study is to examine transitions in HIV‐risk related behaviors among a cohort of ethnically‐diverse young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and to reveal how changes in developmental contexts during emerging adulthood might be associated with these behavioral changes…
Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people
BACKGROUND: Older people are at risk for health decline and loss of independence. Lifestyle interventions offer potential for reducing such negative outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a preventive lifestyle-based occupational therapy intervention, administered in a variety of community-based sites, in improving mental and physical well-being and cognitive functioning in ethnically diverse …
The network autocorrelation model using two-mode data
Understanding the Effect of Social Capital on the Depression of Urban Chinese Adolescents
Using data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 5,164 adolescents and their parents from seven cities in mainland China, this study investigated how social capital embedded in the family and the community, together with family human capital and financial capital, influenced the depressive symptoms of urban Chinese adolescents within an integrative framework. The structural equation modeling results suggested that higher community social capital …
Proximity and Perceived Safety as Determinants of Urban Trail Use
In this study we focus on individual and environmental determinants of urban trail use in three diverse urban settings: Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. Explanatory factors include individual psychosocial and health characteristics, distance between home and trail, and land-use and social characteristics of trailside neighborhoods. Model results suggest that intrinsic motivation, general health status, perceived trail safety, perceived miles bet…
Longitudinal Invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale for Individuals With Schizophrenia
Objectives: This study examined the longitudinal structural stability of a subjective quality of life measure in an ethnically diverse sample of 331 adults with schizophrenia. Methods: Participants completed the Satisfaction With Life (SWL) scale at entry to community-based mental health services and again at 6 and 12 months. Five types of measurement invariance were tested using a series of multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses. Results: A…
Trajectories of Peer Social Influences as Long-term Predictors of Drug Use from Early Through Late Adolescence
Practical Issues in Structural Modeling
Practical problems that are frequently encountered in applications of covariance structure analysis are discussed and solutions are suggested. Conceptual, statistical, and practical requirements for structural modeling are reviewed to indicate how basic assumptions might be violated. Problems associated with estimation, results, and model fit are also mentioned. Various issues in each area are raised, and possible solutions are provided to encour…
Acculturation and Substance Use
Research suggests that acculturation increases the risk of substance use among Hispanic youth. However, this process is not well understood. This study examined associations between acculturation and several substance use indicators among a sample of 714 Hispanic youth attending alternative high schools in southern California. Peer social influence was assessed as a potential mediator. Acculturation, measured by language use, was associated with …
Trajectories of Peer Social Influences as Long-term Predictors of Drug Use from Early Through Late Adolescence
Bullying victimization as a mediator of associations between cultural/familial variables, substance use, and depressive symptoms among Hispanic youth
These findings provide valuable information to the growing, but still limited, literature about the cultural barriers and strengths that are intrinsic to the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood among Hispanic youth. Our findings are consistent with a mediational model in which cultural/familial factors influence the risk of peer victimization, which in turn influences depressive symptoms and smoking, suggesting the potential positiv…
Understanding the Effect of Social Capital on the Depression of Urban Chinese Adolescents
Using data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 5,164 adolescents and their parents from seven cities in mainland China, this study investigated how social capital embedded in the family and the community, together with family human capital and financial capital, influenced the depressive symptoms of urban Chinese adolescents within an integrative framework. The structural equation modeling results suggested that higher community social capital …
Longitudinal Relations Among Depression, Stress, and Coping in High Risk Youth
Changes in Developmental Contexts as Predictors of Transitions in HIV‐Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (YMSM)
Emerging adulthood is a transitional time often marked by instability in many areas of life, including residential status, work, school, and romantic relationships. The purpose of this study is to examine transitions in HIV‐risk related behaviors among a cohort of ethnically‐diverse young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and to reveal how changes in developmental contexts during emerging adulthood might be associated with these behavioral changes…
Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people
BACKGROUND: Older people are at risk for health decline and loss of independence. Lifestyle interventions offer potential for reducing such negative outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a preventive lifestyle-based occupational therapy intervention, administered in a variety of community-based sites, in improving mental and physical well-being and cognitive functioning in ethnically diverse …
Use of research evidence and implementation of evidence-based practices in youth-serving systems
Some New Covariance Structure Model Improvement Statistics
Model modification in covariance structure analysis through reducing constraints can have an impact on the estimates of the maintained free parameters if the model is reevaluated. Three new statistics that focus on the estimated changes of parameter estimates and estimated sampling variability of the maintained free parameters are developed in this study. Another new statistic focuses on the significance of the estimated change in restricted, esp…
Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Substance Use Among Continuation High School Students
Maternal incarceration trajectories and the intergenerational transmission of imprisonment
Racial Pride and Condom Use in Post-Incarcerated African-American Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women
Proximity and Perceived Safety as Determinants of Urban Trail Use
In this study we focus on individual and environmental determinants of urban trail use in three diverse urban settings: Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. Explanatory factors include individual psychosocial and health characteristics, distance between home and trail, and land-use and social characteristics of trailside neighborhoods. Model results suggest that intrinsic motivation, general health status, perceived trail safety, perceived miles bet…
Longitudinal Invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale for Individuals With Schizophrenia
Objectives: This study examined the longitudinal structural stability of a subjective quality of life measure in an ethnically diverse sample of 331 adults with schizophrenia. Methods: Participants completed the Satisfaction With Life (SWL) scale at entry to community-based mental health services and again at 6 and 12 months. Five types of measurement invariance were tested using a series of multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses. Results: A…
Practical Issues in Structural Modeling
Practical problems that are frequently encountered in applications of covariance structure analysis are discussed and solutions are suggested. Conceptual, statistical, and practical requirements for structural modeling are reviewed to indicate how basic assumptions might be violated. Problems associated with estimation, results, and model fit are also mentioned. Various issues in each area are raised, and possible solutions are provided to encour…
Social Support Among Young Adults
Although a variety of social support measures have been developed, their conceptual distinctiveness and similarity have not been addressed in an empirical manner. This study presents a latent-variable approach to separate several sources and types of support and to determine the validity of a social support battery administered to a group of 739 young adults. Three theoretically distinct components of social support were considered: Type of suppo…
Model Modification in Covariance Structure Modeling
Model comparisons in covariance structure modeling have traditionally been carried out by the likelihood ratio difference (D) test. Two more convenient approaches are reviewed and evaluated. The Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test evaluates the impact of model modification from a more limited model whereas the Wald (W) test makes the evaluation from a more general model. The empirical performance of the D, LM, and W tests under null and alternative hyp…
Model Search With Tetrad II and EQS
The blind, forward-search procedure used by Spirtes, Scheines, and Glymour in their simulation study of computer-aided model specification with EQS does not represent a procedure that is recommended for use in practice, nor does it represent a procedure that is actually implemented by researchers in practice. Thus the implication of their results is unclear. Although TETRAD II represents an important development in procedures for searching for st…
Some New Covariance Structure Model Improvement Statistics
Model modification in covariance structure analysis through reducing constraints can have an impact on the estimates of the maintained free parameters if the model is reevaluated. Three new statistics that focus on the estimated changes of parameter estimates and estimated sampling variability of the maintained free parameters are developed in this study. Another new statistic focuses on the significance of the estimated change in restricted, esp…
Invariant Standardized Estimated Parameter Change for Model Modification in Covariance Structure Analysis
An estimated parameter change (EPC) has recently been introduced as another criterion to be considered in the process of model modification in covariance structure analysis. Kaplan (1989) provided a standardized version of this statistic (SEPC-K). It has been found that SEPC-K is only partially standardized; specifically, it is not invariant under different scalings of latent and measured variables. In this article, a new SEPC that is invariant t…
Application of AIC to Wald and Lagrange Multiplier Tests in Covariance Structure Analysis
The Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) has been proposed as an alternative to the conventional χ(2) goodness-of-fit test. In this article some efficient procedures for the use of AIC in covariance structure analysis are proposed, based on the backward search via the Wald test to impose constraints and the forward search via the Lagrange Multiplier rest to release constraints. An Approximated AIC, AAIC, is developed that is considerably more effic…
Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Substance Use Among Continuation High School Students
Longitudinal Relations Among Depression, Stress, and Coping in High Risk Youth
Effect of brief safer-sex counseling by medical providers to HIV-1 seropositive patients
OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of brief, safer-sex counseling by medical providers of HIV-positive patients during medical visits. SETTING: Six HIV clinics in California. DESIGN: Clinics were randomized to intervention arms evaluated with cohorts of randomly selected patients measured before and after the intervention. PARTICIPANTS: Five-hundred and eighty-five HIV-positive persons, sexually active prior to enrollment. INTERVENTIONS: Prevention …
Project FLAVOR
To evaluate a multicultural smoking prevention curriculum, 16 schools were randomized to receive the multicultural curriculum or a standard curriculum and program effects on 1-year smoking initiation among 1430 never smokers were assessed. Hispanic boys who received the multicultural curriculum were less likely to initiate smoking than were those who received the standard curriculum; effects were insignificant among other groups. The prevention e…
Weight Perception, Academic Performance, and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents
Socio-demographic and Economic Correlates of Overweight Status in Chinese Adolescents
Longitudinal Invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale for Individuals With Schizophrenia
Objectives: This study examined the longitudinal structural stability of a subjective quality of life measure in an ethnically diverse sample of 331 adults with schizophrenia. Methods: Participants completed the Satisfaction With Life (SWL) scale at entry to community-based mental health services and again at 6 and 12 months. Five types of measurement invariance were tested using a series of multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses. Results: A…
Trajectories of Peer Social Influences as Long-term Predictors of Drug Use from Early Through Late Adolescence
Acculturation and Substance Use
Research suggests that acculturation increases the risk of substance use among Hispanic youth. However, this process is not well understood. This study examined associations between acculturation and several substance use indicators among a sample of 714 Hispanic youth attending alternative high schools in southern California. Peer social influence was assessed as a potential mediator. Acculturation, measured by language use, was associated with …
Understanding the Effect of Social Capital on the Depression of Urban Chinese Adolescents
Using data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 5,164 adolescents and their parents from seven cities in mainland China, this study investigated how social capital embedded in the family and the community, together with family human capital and financial capital, influenced the depressive symptoms of urban Chinese adolescents within an integrative framework. The structural equation modeling results suggested that higher community social capital …
Proximity and Perceived Safety as Determinants of Urban Trail Use
In this study we focus on individual and environmental determinants of urban trail use in three diverse urban settings: Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. Explanatory factors include individual psychosocial and health characteristics, distance between home and trail, and land-use and social characteristics of trailside neighborhoods. Model results suggest that intrinsic motivation, general health status, perceived trail safety, perceived miles bet…
The network autocorrelation model using two-mode data
Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people
BACKGROUND: Older people are at risk for health decline and loss of independence. Lifestyle interventions offer potential for reducing such negative outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a preventive lifestyle-based occupational therapy intervention, administered in a variety of community-based sites, in improving mental and physical well-being and cognitive functioning in ethnically diverse …
English Writings of Hu Shih
English Writings of Hu Shih
English Writings of Hu Shih
Bullying victimization as a mediator of associations between cultural/familial variables, substance use, and depressive symptoms among Hispanic youth
These findings provide valuable information to the growing, but still limited, literature about the cultural barriers and strengths that are intrinsic to the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood among Hispanic youth. Our findings are consistent with a mediational model in which cultural/familial factors influence the risk of peer victimization, which in turn influences depressive symptoms and smoking, suggesting the potential positiv…
Changes in Developmental Contexts as Predictors of Transitions in HIV‐Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (YMSM)
Emerging adulthood is a transitional time often marked by instability in many areas of life, including residential status, work, school, and romantic relationships. The purpose of this study is to examine transitions in HIV‐risk related behaviors among a cohort of ethnically‐diverse young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and to reveal how changes in developmental contexts during emerging adulthood might be associated with these behavioral changes…
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