Scholars@Duke
Wei Pan

Wei Pan

Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Dr, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Results of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of IDEAS for Hope: A Brief Telehealth Intervention for Suicide Prevention and HIV Care Engagement in Tanzania.

Journal Article J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr · December 15, 2025 OBJECTIVE: People living with HIV (PLWH) face greatly elevated risk of mental health challenges, including suicide. In Tanzania, there is a critical shortage of providers and interventions to address suicide risk. The 3-session IDEAS for Hope intervention ... Full text Link to item Cite

The interplay of perceived stress, anxiety, and depression in susceptibility to hookah tobacco smoking among young adults.

Journal Article Addictive behaviors · November 2025 IntroductionTobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., with hookah smoking particularly popular among young adults. While stress, anxiety, and depression may influence susceptibility to HTS, their role in predicting th ... Full text Cite

Nurses' Role in Transitional Care During Intensive Care Unit Family Meetings for Patients With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation.

Journal Article J Adv Nurs · September 1, 2025 AIM: To describe nurses' roles in transitional care planning during intensive care unit (ICU) family meetings for patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV). DESIGN: A qualitative descriptive study. METHODS: Using secondary data from a trial of a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trajectory Moderators of Functional Outcomes and ADHD Symptoms in Children With ADHD.

Journal Article Journal of attention disorders · September 2025 ObjectiveADHD can impair children's functioning. Socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors present barriers to treatment access and lead to disparate outcomes in children with ADHD. The purpose of this study was to describe trajectories of functi ... Full text Cite

Secondary Distribution of Dual HIV/Syphilis Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial in China.

Journal Article JMIR public health and surveillance · September 2025 BackgroundThe World Health Organization recommends dual HIV/syphilis testing, but this approach has not been examined in many low- and middle-income countries. Dual HIV/syphilis self-testing may accelerate secondary distribution of self-test kits. ... Full text Cite

The impact of health emergencies on nurses' burnout: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article BMC public health · August 2025 BackgroundBurnout is a prevalent occupational phenomenon among healthcare workers. To evaluate the current evidence on nurses' burnout and the impact of turnover intention during the pandemic is imperative.ObjectiveWe aimed to comprehensi ... Full text Cite

Development and Initial Validation of a Measure of Parental Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Pediatric Healthcare.

Journal Article Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · August 2025 AimThe aim of this study was to create a tool capable of measuring parents' experiences of discrimination when obtaining healthcare for their children, capturing their parental identities and perceptions of discrimination in the healthcare setting ... Full text Cite

Clinical, psychosocial, and demographic factors associated with health-related quality of life profiles of women with breast cancer in early phases of survivorship

Journal Article Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice · July 1, 2025 Background: We aimed to identify health-related quality of life (HRQOL) profiles among breast cancer survivors and factors associated with each profile. Methods: Breast cancer survivors diagnosed 6–13 months earlier completed surveys assessing sociodemogra ... Full text Cite

Redefining High Emergency Department Utilization for Sickle Cell Disease.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · June 2, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a complex hemoglobinopathy. Vaso-occlusive episodes are the primary cause of emergency department (ED) utilization among individuals with SCD. Literature lacks a standardized definition for high ED utilization. OBJE ... Full text Link to item Cite

Phenotypes of successful living among adolescents with HIV in Rwanda: a latent profile analysis.

Journal Article BMC public health · May 2025 BackgroundHIV remains a major public health concern globally, and 85% of adolescents with HIV (AWH) live in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite advances in treatment and prevention efforts, adolescents continue to be disproportionately affected by H ... Full text Cite

Exploring Moderation Dynamics: Callous-Unemotional Traits, Parental Practices and Conduct Problems in Juvenile Delinquency.

Journal Article Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · April 2025 IntroductionCallous-unemotional (CU) traits, parental practices and conduct problems (CP) have been consistently identified across numerous studies as significant predictors of the severity and persistence of juvenile delinquency.AimsThis ... Full text Cite

Efficacy Testing of a Culturally Relevant Stigma Reduction Intervention for Women Living With HIV in Tanzania: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · March 2025 AbstractHIV-related stigma impedes HIV prevention and treatment and affects the health and quality of life of people living with HIV. Evidence-based internalized stigma reduction interventions are an identified gap in the response to HIV stigma. O ... Full text Cite

Reels to Remembrance: Attention Partially Mediates the Relationship Between Short-Form Video Addiction and Memory Function Among Youth.

Journal Article Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · January 2025 Background and Purpose: The proliferation of short-form video content on social media platforms has led to increased user engagement but also raised concerns about potential addictive behaviors and cognitive consequences, particularly among youth. T ... Full text Cite

Trajectories of physiological stress markers over time among Latinx immigrants in the United States: Influences of acculturative stressors and psychosocial resilience.

Journal Article Social science & medicine (1982) · December 2024 AimsLatinx immigrants are exposed to acculturative stressors as they adapt to the U.S. However, little is known about the impact of acculturative stressors and psychosocial resilience on physiological responses and health over time. The purpose of ... Full text Cite

Exploring phenotype-based ventilator parameter optimization to mitigate postoperative pulmonary complications: a retrospective observational cohort study.

Journal Article Surg Today · July 2024 PURPOSE: To identify tidal volume (VT) and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) associated with the lowest incidence and severity of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) for each phenotype based on preoperative characteristics. METHODS: The subj ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Hybrid Pragmatic and Factorial Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial for an Anti-racist, Multilevel Intervention to Improve Mental Health Equity in High Schools.

Journal Article Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · July 2024 Systemic racism is pervasive in US society and disproportionately limits opportunities for education, work, and health for historically marginalized and minoritized racial and ethnic groups, making it an urgent issue of social justice. Because systemic rac ... Full text Cite

Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality-of-Life Profiles Among Prostate Cancer Survivors.

Journal Article JCO Oncol Pract · July 2024 PURPOSE: Our purpose was to describe the prevalence and predictors of symptom and function clusters related to physical, emotional, and social components of general health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a population-based sample of prostate cancer (PCa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring Differences in Intraoperative Medication Use Between African American and Non-Hispanic White Patients During General Anesthesia: Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.

Journal Article Clinical nursing research · July 2024 This study aimed to explore whether differences exist in anesthesia care providers' use of intraoperative medication between African American and non-Hispanic White patients in adult surgical patients who underwent noncardiothoracic nonobstetric surgeries ... Full text Cite

Understanding the Social Dimensions and Context in HIV Research: Instrument Adaptation is More than <i>Just Translation</i>.

Journal Article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · July 2024 There is a shortage of health-related questionnaires developed specifically for African countries' cultural contexts and local languages. Researchers have translated some tools to the target local languages. However, poor quality translation, or even high- ... Full text Cite

Beyond the heart: Cognitive and verbal outcomes in Arab children with congenital heart diseases.

Journal Article Birth defects research · June 2024 BackgroundThis study investigates how congenital heart diseases (CHD) characteristics and interventions affect cognitive and verbal skills in Arab children, while also uncovering previously unexplored connections between these skills and the quali ... Full text Cite

Intimate Partner Violence Among Rwandan Women With HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal Article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · May 2024 AbstractIn Rwanda, women have higher incidence of HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of IPV among women living with HIV (WWH) in Rwanda and measure the difference in psychological outcomes, demogra ... Full text Cite

Birth Prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease and County-Level Social Vulnerability - Sickle Cell Data Collection Program, 11 States, 2016-2020.

Journal Article MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep · March 28, 2024 Sickle cell disease (SCD) remains a public health priority in the United States because of its association with complex health needs, reduced life expectancy, lifelong disabilities, and high cost of care. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted to calcula ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Relationship between area-level socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life among cancer survivors.

Journal Article JNCI Cancer Spectr · January 4, 2024 Area-level socioeconomic status (SES) impacts cancer outcomes, such as stage at diagnosis, treatments received, and mortality. However, less is known about the relationship between area-level SES and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for cancer surviv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comorbidity Patterns in Older Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery: A Comorbidity Network Analysis Study.

Journal Article Clinical nursing research · January 2024 Comorbidity network analysis (CNA) is a technique in which mathematical graphs encode correlations (edges) among diseases (nodes) inferred from the disease co-occurrence data of a patient group. The present study applied this network-based approach to iden ... Full text Cite

Quality of life in Arab children with congenital heart disease.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2024 Background and purposeManagement strategies for children with congenital health diseases (CHDs) should encompass more than just the medical aspect of the disease and consider how heart diseases affect their everyday activities and, subsequently, t ... Full text Cite

Efficacy of BETTER transitional care intervention for diverse patients with traumatic brain injury and their families: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2024 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of BETTER (Brain Injury, Education, Training, and Therapy to Enhance Recovery) vs. usual transitional care management among diverse adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) discharged home fro ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Impact of Dementia on Incidence and Severity of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications Following Hip Fracture Surgery Among Older Patients.

Journal Article Clinical nursing research · November 2023 Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are the leading cause of death following hip fracture surgery. Dementia has been identified as a PPC risk factor that complicates the clinical course. By leveraging electronic health records, this retrospective ... Full text Open Access Cite

Stigma and quality of life in adults with sickle cell disease in Jamaica and the United States.

Journal Article Psychology, health & medicine · June 2023 Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in both Jamaica and the United States and is characterized by poor quality of life and debilitating complications, with the hallmark symptom being pain caused by acute and chronic condit ... Full text Cite

Cognitive behavioural therapy and medication for treatment of adolescent depression: a network meta-analysis.

Journal Article Behav Cogn Psychother · May 2023 BACKGROUND: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and medication are widely accepted and useful interventions for individuals with depression. However, a gap remains in our current understanding of how CBT directly benefits adolescents with depression. AIMS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Learning in a Virtual Environment to Improve Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article JMIR formative research · April 2023 BackgroundGiven the importance of self-management in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a major aspect of health is providing diabetes self-management education and support. Known barriers include access, availability, and the lack of follow through ... Full text Cite

Impact of Dementia on Long-Term Hip Fracture Surgery Outcomes: An Electronic Health Record Analysis.

Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · February 2023 ObjectiveOlder adults with dementia are at higher risk for sustaining hip fracture and their long-term health outcomes after surgery are usually worse than those without dementia. Widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) may allow h ... Full text Cite

Family outcome disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual families: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article BMJ global health · February 2023 BackgroundThe number of children in sexual minority parent families has increased. This systematic review aims to synthesise the evidence of disparities in family outcomes between sexual minority and heterosexual families and to identify specific ... Full text Cite

Validation of a culturally sensitive, Swahili-translated instrument to assess suicide risk among adults living with HIV in Tanzania.

Journal Article Glob Ment Health (Camb) · 2023 In Tanzania, there are high rates of suicidal thoughts and behavior among people living with HIV (PLWH), yet few instruments exist for effective screening and referral. To address this gap, we developed and validated Swahili translations of the Columbia Su ... Full text Link to item Cite

The prevalence and risk of symptom and function clusters in colorectal cancer survivors.

Journal Article J Cancer Surviv · December 2022 PURPOSE: Our purpose was to describe the prevalence and predictors of symptom and function clusters in a diverse cohort of colorectal cancer survivors. METHODS: We used data from a cohort of 909 adult colorectal cancer survivors. Participants were surveyed ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating the Feasibility and Usability of the Disposable Intubation Drape (I-Drape).

Journal Article AANA J · December 2022 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several protective barrier enclosures were developed to protect healthcare providers during airway manipulation. A certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) created a barrier, the disposable intubation drape (I-Dra ... Link to item Cite

Heart Failure and Hospital Utilization Trajectories Before and After Hip Fracture Surgery.

Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · November 2022 Full text Cite

Care rejection and aggression among veterans with dementia with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: A multi-group analysis.

Journal Article International journal of nursing studies · November 2022 BackgroundIn residential long-term care, military service veterans with co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dementia encounter a range of physical and social stimuli that may serve as triggers of trauma-related distress that mani ... Full text Cite

Psychosocial determinants of adolescent suicide: A national survey.

Journal Article Archives of psychiatric nursing · October 2022 BackgroundSuicide is a global health problem with considerable variability across countries in its prevalence and correlates. The aims of this study were to: (a) explore the prevalence and psychosocial determinants of adolescent suicidal ideation, ... Full text Cite

Symptom Clusters, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life: A Latent Class Analysis of Children During Maintenance Therapy for Leukemia.

Journal Article Cancer nursing · March 2022 BackgroundChildren undergoing treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) report co-occurring symptoms of fatigue, sleep disturbances, and depression as a symptom cluster. Physical activity (PA) may influence symptom severity and quality of lif ... Full text Cite

Effect of Race/ethnicity, Insurance Status, and Area Deprivation on Hip Fracture Outcomes Among Older Adults in the United States.

Journal Article Clinical nursing research · March 2022 This retrospective cohort study used electronic health records to explore the effect of race/ethnicity, insurance status, and area deprivation on post-discharge outcomes in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery between 2015 and 2018 (N = 1, ... Full text Cite

Effects of mental simulation of future waterpipe tobacco smoking on attitudes, perceived harms and intended use among young adults.

Journal Article Journal of behavioral medicine · February 2022 The desire to engage in waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) may occur when smokers and nonsmokers conjure positive mental simulations of WTS. However, effects of these simulations on desire to smoke waterpipe tobacco and potential mediators are unexplored. Thi ... Full text Cite

Effect of family cohesion on symptom distress during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Journal Article Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · February 2022 PurposeFamily may play an important role in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recovery; however, little is known about the effect of family functioning on an individual's health. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of ... Full text Cite

Family Environment and Coping Strategies as Mediators of School Bullying Involvement

Journal Article Journal of School Violence · January 1, 2022 This study examined whether family environment and coping strategies mediate the relationship between adolescents’ bullying involvement (being a bully or victim) and severity of depression. The study utilized a nationally representative school survey and g ... Full text Cite

Sensory impairment and cognitive decline among older adults: An analysis of mediation and moderation effects of loneliness.

Journal Article Front Neurosci · 2022 BACKGROUND: Multiple studies have reported that hearing and vision impairment are linked to cognitive decline. Yet little is known about factors that may influence the association between sensory impairment and cognitive decline. This study examined if lon ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relational processes in heart failure care transitions: A data-driven case report.

Journal Article Heart & lung : the journal of critical care · September 2021 BackgroundEffective patient care transitions require consideration of social and clinical context, yet how these factors and relational processes in care coordination relate remains poorly described. This case report aims to describe provider netw ... Full text Cite

Rejection of Care and Aggression among Older Veterans with Dementia: The Influence of Background Factors and Interpersonal Triggers.

Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · July 2021 ObjectivesTo test relationships among background factors, interpersonal triggers, rejection of care, and aggression among veterans living with dementia in residential long-term care settings, based on the need-driven dementia-compromised behavior ... Full text Cite

Race/Ethnicity, Parental Support, and Youth Depressive Symptoms: A Moderated Longitudinal Mediation Analysis.

Journal Article Journal of youth and adolescence · July 2021 Racial/ethnic disparities in depression exist among youth in the United States. The purpose of this study was to determine if parental support trajectories in adolescence explain the relationship between race/ethnicity and depressive symptom trajectories i ... Full text Cite

Caregiver Characteristics Associated With Cognitive Complaints in Women With Breast Cancer.

Journal Article Oncology nursing forum · July 2021 ObjectivesTo explore whether caregiver characteristics were associated with cognitive complaints reported by women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.Sample & setting61 dyads of women with breast cancer and their caregivers we ... Full text Cite

Stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial for intervention research: Design and analysis

Journal Article Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research · June 1, 2021 Objective: This article introduces the stepped-wedge design for social and health intervention research, focusing on statistical analysis with mixed-effects modeling to account for inherent clustering. We use data from Implementing Networks' Self-managemen ... Full text Cite

Review of the Mechanisms of Ventilator Induced Lung Injury and the Principles of Intraoperative Lung Protective Ventilation.

Journal Article AANA journal · June 2021 Intraoperative ventilator induced lung injury is associated with development of postoperative pulmonary complications. Despite advances in modes and methods of mechanical ventilation, postoperative pulmonary complications remain as one of the leading cause ... Cite

Prospective patient-reported symptom profiles associated with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapse.

Journal Article Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · May 2021 PurposeDespite improvements in frontline pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment, relapse remains a concern. Research in adult cancer patients suggests that patient-reported symptoms may predict survival, but the relationship betwee ... Full text Cite

Protocol for implementation of an evidence based parentally administered intervention for preterm infants.

Journal Article BMC Pediatr · March 24, 2021 BACKGROUND: Multi-sensory behavioral interventions for preterm infants have the potential to accelerate feeding, growth, and optimize developmental trajectories and increase parents' interactive engagement with their infants. However, few neonatal intensiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Longitudinal Association Between Hearing Loss, Vision Loss, Dual Sensory Loss, and Cognitive Decline.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · March 2021 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: To better understand the role of sensory loss as a potentially modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline, this study examined cognitive decline in relation to single modality hearing or vision loss and dual sensory loss. DESIGN: L ... Full text Link to item Cite

Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Mortality and Allocate Palliative Care for Older Patients With Hip Fracture.

Journal Article J Am Med Dir Assoc · February 2021 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a machine learning model designed to predict mortality for Medicare beneficiaries aged >65 years treated for hip fracture in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs). DESIGN: Retrospective design/cohort analysis of Centers for Med ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of Distinct Trajectories of Medical Responsibility in Youth with Spina Bifida.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · November 2020 ObjectiveTo determine if there are distinct developmental trajectories of medical responsibility in youth with spina bifida (SB) across ages 8-17 years and to identify condition-related, parental, and family systems predictors of membership in the ... Full text Cite

Identification of county-level health factors associated with COVID-19 mortality in the United States.

Journal Article Journal of biomedical research · September 2020 Many studies have investigated causes of COVID-19 and explored safety measures for preventing COVID-19 infections. Unfortunately, these studies fell short to address disparities in health status and resources among decentralized communities in the United S ... Full text Cite

The Longitudinal Parallel Process Analysis of Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress, Symptom Clusters, and Cognitive Function in Children With Leukemia.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric oncology nursing : official journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses · July 2020 Background: During treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), children report co-occurring symptoms of fatigue, sleep disturbance, pain, nausea, and depression as a symptom cluster. Central nervous system-directed ALL therapies also put child ... Full text Cite

Four Conversations: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online, Personalized Coping and Decision Aid for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients.

Journal Article Journal of palliative medicine · March 2020 Background: Anticipating and making health care decisions about appropriate or preferred treatment around end-of-life care are intellectually challenging and emotionally distressing for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients, new interventio ... Full text Cite

Development of parenting self-efficacy in mothers of high-risk infants.

Journal Article Early Hum Dev · February 2020 PURPOSE: The aim of this prospective, longitudinal study was to (1) examine the development of parenting self-efficacy (PSE), (2) explore the influence of contextual factors (e.g., family functioning, family centered care, and infant medical caregiving com ... Full text Link to item Cite

Caregiver Burden as a Mediator Between Emotional Distress and Concentration Problems in Patients With Cancer.

Journal Article Oncology nursing forum · November 2019 ObjectivesTo examine the longitudinal mediation effect of caregiver burden on the relationship between emotional distress and concentration among individuals with cancer.Sample & setting96 patients with cancer and their caregivers (96 ... Full text Cite

Influence of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Pathways on Longitudinal Symptom Experiences in Children With Leukemia.

Journal Article Biological research for nursing · October 2019 PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore the influence of oxidative stress (F2-isoprostanes) and inflammatory (interleukin [IL]-8) biomarkers on symptom trajectories during the first 18 months of childhood leukemia treatment.Method ... Full text Cite

Discrimination, Medical Distrust, Stigma, Depressive Symptoms, Antiretroviral Medication Adherence, Engagement in Care, and Quality of Life Among Women Living With HIV in North Carolina: A Mediated Structural Equation Model.

Journal Article Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · July 2019 BackgroundWomen represent 23% of all Americans living with HIV. By 2020, more than 70% of Americans living with HIV are expected to be 50 years and older.SettingThis study was conducted in the Southern United States-a geographic region wi ... Full text Cite

Reimagine: a randomized controlled trial of an online, symptom self-management curriculum among breast cancer survivors.

Journal Article Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · May 2019 PurposeChronic pain, depression, and fatigue are common effects resulting from the cancer experience; new interventions are needed. This study examined the effect of Reimagine, an online symptom self-management curriculum that teaches coping skill ... Full text Cite

Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in a National Sample of Arab Adolescents.

Journal Article Issues Ment Health Nurs · May 2019 Having valid, reliable, and culturally adapted tools to screen for adolescent depression is a crucial concern for mental health care professionals who promote preventive care. To this aim, this study tested the psychometric properties and factor structure ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cross-Validating a Structural Model of Factors Influencing Diabetes Self-Management in Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes.

Journal Article Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · March 2019 IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to cross-validate a structural model depicting the effects of individual and environmental factors on diabetes self-management in Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes.MethodologyA cross-sectiona ... Full text Cite

Childhood Cancer Symptom Cluster: Leukemia and Health-Related Quality of Life.

Journal Article Oncology nursing forum · March 2019 ObjectivesTo examine the relationship of the Childhood Cancer Symptom Cluster-Leukemia (CCSC-L) with health-related quality of life (HRQOL).Sample & setting327 children receiving treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia from four pe ... Full text Cite

Family Involvement in Adult Chronic Disease Care: Reviewing the Systematic Reviews.

Journal Article Journal of family nursing · February 2019 Health care providers, policy makers, and investigators are dependent upon the quality and accuracy of published research findings to inform and guide future practice and research in their field. Systematic reviews, the synthesis of outcomes across studies ... Full text Cite

Transition to adult care in sickle cell disease: A longitudinal study of clinical characteristics and disease severity.

Journal Article Pediatr Blood Cancer · January 2019 BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic blood disorder in which mortality has increased for adolescents and young adults (AYA). PROCEDURE: A longitudinal analysis of medical records was conducted to describe the clinical course among AYAs (ages ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predicting Colorectal Cancer Screening among Adults Who Have Never Been Screened: Testing the Interaction between Message Framing and Tailored Risk Feedback.

Journal Article Journal of health communication · January 2019 Providing adults tailored risk estimates of getting colorectal cancer (CRC) can increase screening. A concern is that receipt of lower risk estimates will demotivate screening; this effect may be curbed by matching level of risk with message framing. Theor ... Full text Cite

Computing and graphing probability values of pearson distributions: a SAS/IML macro.

Journal Article Source code for biology and medicine · January 2019 BackgroundAny empirical data can be approximated to one of Pearson distributions using the first four moments of the data (Elderton WP, Johnson NL. Systems of Frequency Curves. 1969; Pearson K. Philos Trans R Soc Lond Ser A. 186:343-414 1895; Solo ... Full text Cite

Trajectories of Sickle Cell Disease Severity during Transition to Adult Care

Conference Blood · November 29, 2018 AbstractBackgroundAdolescents and young adults (AYAs) with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at increased risk for disease complications and mortality, particularly during transi ... Full text Cite

Physical Activity, the Childhood Cancer Symptom Cluster-Leukemia, and Cognitive Function: A Longitudinal Mediation Analysis.

Journal Article Cancer nursing · November 2018 BackgroundChildren undergoing leukemia treatment report co-occurring symptoms of fatigue, sleep disturbances, pain, nausea, and depression as a symptom cluster. Physical activity (PA) is essential for development and may influence symptom severity ... Full text Cite

A randomized phase II trial of MOVING ON: An intervention to increase exercise outcome expectations among breast cancer survivors.

Journal Article Psychooncology · October 2018 OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study is to test theoretical intervention fidelity and feasibility of MOVING ON, a self-directed, home-based, randomized controlled trial to increase exercise outcome expectations (OEs) (what one expects to obtain or avoid a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Propensity score methods for causal inference: an overview

Journal Article Behaviormetrika · October 1, 2018 Propensity score methods are popular and effective statistical techniques for reducing selection bias in observational data to increase the validity of causal inference based on observational studies in behavioral and social science research. Some methodol ... Full text Cite

Influence of Nitrosative Stress on Fatigue During Childhood Leukemia Treatment.

Journal Article Biological research for nursing · July 2018 The focus on a cure for childhood leukemia over the last three decades has resulted in survival rates of more than 80%. However, efforts to manage leukemia-treatment symptoms have not kept pace with new therapies. Symptom toxicity during treatment can resu ... Full text Cite

Reactions to online colorectal cancer risk estimates among a nationally representative sample of adults who have never been screened.

Conference Journal of behavioral medicine · June 2018 Data on the public's reactions to online tailored colorectal cancer (CRC) risk estimates are sparse. We assessed among 560 men and women aged 50-75 with no CRC screening history reactions to online tailored CRC estimated comparative risk (i.e., self vs. ot ... Full text Cite

Resident Vignettes for Assessing Care Quality in Nursing Homes.

Journal Article J Am Med Dir Assoc · May 2018 OBJECTIVES: Validated process measures that correlate with patient outcomes are needed for research and quality improvement. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis within a cluster-randomized fall prevention study. SETTING: Nursing homes in North Carolina (n = 1 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Unraveling interrelationships among psychopathology symptoms, cognitive domains and insight dimensions in chronic schizophrenia.

Journal Article Schizophr Res · March 2018 INTRODUCTION: Insight in schizophrenia is long known to have a complex relationship with psychopathology symptoms and cognition. However, very few studies have examined models that explain these interrelationships. METHODS: In a large sample derived from t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Type 2 Diabetes Education and Support in a Virtual Environment: A Secondary Analysis of Synchronously Exchanged Social Interaction and Support.

Journal Article Journal of medical Internet research · February 2018 BackgroundVirtual environments (VEs) facilitate interaction and support among individuals with chronic illness, yet the characteristics of these VE interactions remain unknown.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to describe social in ... Full text Cite

Measuring Organizational Capacity to Accelerate Health Care Innovation in Academic Health Centers.

Journal Article Quality management in health care · January 2018 In an era of rising clinical costs and shrinking federal research dollars, the survival of the academic health center may depend on its capacity to cultivate high-impact innovations in care delivery on an accelerated basis. Yet, the health sciences literat ... Full text Cite

The role of sociodemographic factors in maternal psychological distress and mother-preterm infant interactions.

Journal Article Research in nursing & health · December 2017 Preterm birth has been associated with greater psychological distress and less positive mother infant interactions than were experienced by mothers of full-term infants. Maternal and infant sociodemographic factors have also shown a strong association with ... Full text Cite

Review of Practical Propensity Score Methods Using R (Leite, 2007).

Journal Article Psychometrika · November 17, 2017 Full text Cite

Preschool children's exposure to story grammar elements during parent–child book reading

Journal Article Journal of Research in Reading · November 1, 2017 Twenty-three preschool-age children, 3;6 (years; months) to 4;1, were videotaped separately with their mothers and fathers while each mother and father read a different unfamiliar storybook to them. The text from the unfamiliar storybooks was parsed and co ... Full text Cite

Effect of Promoting High-Quality Staff Interactions on Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.

Journal Article JAMA Intern Med · November 1, 2017 IMPORTANCE: New approaches are needed to enhance implementation of complex interventions for geriatric syndromes such as falls. OBJECTIVE: To test whether a complexity science-based staff training intervention (CONNECT) promoting high-quality staff interac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Four Conversations: A randomized control trial of an online, shared decision making curriculum among the metastatic breast cancer community.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · November 1, 2017 47 Background: Evidence shows that shared decision making is effective in improving the quality of end of life care, and that it rarely happens; new interventions are needed. Four Conversations is an evidence-based, online curric ... Full text Cite

Validating a Scale of Health Beliefs in Preventive Health Screenings Among Chinese Older Adults.

Journal Article Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · September 2017 We aimed to examine the psychometric properties of a modified 16-item Attitudinal Index (AI), a measure of Chinese older adults' beliefs about preventive health screenings. We used the 2013 Shanghai Elderly Life and Opinion data including 3,418 respondents ... Full text Cite

Does preterm period sleep development predict early childhood growth trajectories?

Journal Article Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · September 2017 ObjectiveThe current study examined the relationship between sleep state development across the preterm and early post-term periods and subsequent growth trajectories from 1 to 27 months corrected age.Study designRetrospective analysis of ... Full text Cite

Symptom Trajectories in Children Receiving Treatment for Leukemia: A Latent Class Growth Analysis With Multitrajectory Modeling.

Journal Article Journal of pain and symptom management · July 2017 ContextCancer treatment symptoms play a major role in determining the health of children with cancer. Symptom toxicity often results in complications, treatment delays, and therapy dose reductions that can compromise leukemia therapy and jeopardiz ... Full text Cite

Feasibility intervention to increase exercise outcome expectations among breast cancer survivors.

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2017 e21584 Background: Exercise is associated with decreased mortality and recurrence risk and improved quality of life for breast cancer survivors (BCS). Roughly 1/3 of BCS exercise enough to experience these benefits. A promising s ... Full text Cite

Study of Individualization and Bias in Nursing Home Fall Prevention Practices.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · April 2017 OBJECTIVES: Little is known about how nursing home staff use resident characteristics to individualize care delivery or whether care is affected by implicit bias. DESIGN: Randomized factorial clinical vignette survey. SETTING: Sixteen nursing homes in Nort ... Full text Link to item Cite

Analyzing Unstructured Communication in a Computer-Mediated Environment for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Research Protocol.

Journal Article JMIR research protocols · April 2017 BackgroundIndividuals with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk for comorbidities such as heart disease, lower limb amputations, stroke, and renal failure. Multiple factors influence development of complications in a person living with type 2 di ... Full text Cite

Exploration of Exercise Outcome Expectations Among Breast Cancer Survivors.

Journal Article Cancer nursing · March 2017 BackgroundExercise is associated with decreased recurrence risk and improved survival and quality of life for breast cancer survivors. However, only an estimated 17% to 37% of survivors adhere to the American Cancer Society exercise guidelines. A ... Full text Cite

Association between tooth loss and cognitive decline: A 13-year longitudinal study of Chinese older adults.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2017 ObjectivesTo examine the association between the number of teeth remaining and cognitive decline among Chinese older adults over a 13-year period.DesignA large national longitudinal survey of Chinese older adults.SettingThe Chine ... Full text Cite

Implementation of a Schedule II patient agreement for opioids and stimulants in an adult primary care practice.

Journal Article Journal of family medicine and primary care · January 2017 BackgroundThe consumption of controlled substances in North Carolina and the nation has created a health crisis with epidemic levels of medication diversion, abuse, overdose and death. Primary care providers are the principal prescribers of contro ... Full text Cite

Mediation Effect of Oral Hygiene on the Relationship Between Cognitive Function and Oral Health in Older Adults.

Journal Article J Gerontol Nurs · May 1, 2016 Poor oral health is a common problem among older adults in general and particularly among those with cognitive impairment. The current study was conducted to (a) explore direct and indirect relationships between cognitive function and oral health outcomes ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-Care and Mobility Following Postacute Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Hip Fracture: A Multilevel Analysis.

Journal Article Arch Phys Med Rehabil · May 2016 OBJECTIVE: To examine contextual (facility and community) and individual factors associated with self-care and mobility outcomes among Medicare hip fracture patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of 3 linked data fi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Application of a new resampling method to SEM: a comparison of S-SMART with the bootstrap

Journal Article International Journal of Research and Method in Education · April 2, 2016 Among the commonly used resampling methods of dealing with small-sample problems, the bootstrap enjoys the widest applications because it often outperforms its counterparts. However, the bootstrap still has limitations when its operations are contemplated. ... Full text Cite

EXPLORATION OF EXERCISE OUTCOME EXPECTATIONS AMONG BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS

Conference ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · March 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Forty-Year Trends in Tooth Loss Among American Adults With and Without Diabetes Mellitus: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis.

Journal Article Preventing chronic disease · December 2015 IntroductionThis study aimed to assess the trends in tooth loss among adults with and without diabetes mellitus in the United States and racial/ethnic disparities in tooth loss patterns, and to evaluate trends in tooth loss by age, birth cohorts, ... Full text Cite

Diabetes Learning in Virtual Environments: Testing the Efficacy of Self-Management Training and Support in Virtual Environments (Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol).

Journal Article Nursing research · November 2015 BackgroundOngoing self-management improves outcomes for those with Type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, there are many barriers to patients receiving assistance in this from the healthcare system and peers. Findings from our pilot study showed that a v ... Full text Cite

Renal Disease Risk Factors Among Risk Groups Comprised of African American Women With Type 2 Diabetes: A Secondary Analysis.

Journal Article The Diabetes educator · October 2015 PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore and describe the prevalence of renal disease risk factors and the categorization of renal disease risk groups among African American women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who participated in a s ... Full text Cite

Propensity score interval matching: using bootstrap confidence intervals for accommodating estimation errors of propensity scores.

Journal Article BMC medical research methodology · July 2015 BackgroundPropensity score methods have become a popular tool for reducing selection bias in making causal inference from observational studies in medical research. Propensity score matching, a key component of propensity score methods, normally m ... Full text Cite

A preliminary exploration of college smokers' reactions to nicotine dependence genetic susceptibility feedback.

Journal Article Nicotine Tob Res · March 2015 INTRODUCTION: Many young smokers underestimate their risk for becoming addicted to cigarettes. We explored whether informing light college smokers (i.e., fewer than 5 cigarettes/day) of their genetic predisposition to nicotine dependence influenced their p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fatigue and recovery in 12-hour dayshift hospital nurses.

Journal Article Journal of nursing management · July 2014 AimThe study investigated the status of acute fatigue, chronic fatigue and inter-shift recovery among 12-hour shift nurses and how they differed by organisational and individual factors.BackgroundWhile the 12-hour shift has been a widely ... Full text Cite

Sources of work-related acute fatigue in United States hospital nurses.

Journal Article Nursing & health sciences · March 2014 This study identified the nursing work activities that could be the primary sources of work-related acute fatigue in US hospital nurses. Continuous recording of working heart rate and random observations of nursing activities were applied to collect data f ... Full text Cite

A methodological review of statistical methods for handling multilevel non-nested longitudinal data in educational research

Journal Article International Journal of Research and Method in Education · January 1, 2014 As applications of multilevel modelling in educational research increase, researchers realize that multilevel data collected in many educational settings are often not purely nested. The most common multilevel non-nested data structure is one that involves ... Full text Cite

Aptitude-treatment interaction effects on explicit rule learning: A latent growth curve analysis

Journal Article Language Teaching Research · January 1, 2014 Finding the match between individuals and educational treatments is the aim of both educators and the aptitude-treatment interaction research paradigm. Using the latent growth curve analysis, the present study investigates the interaction between the type ... Full text Cite

Investigating the accuracy of three estimation methods for regression discontinuity design

Journal Article Journal of Experimental Education · December 1, 2012 Regression discontinuity design is an alternative to randomized experiments to make causal inference when random assignment is not possible. This article first presents the formal identification and estimation of regression discontinuity treatment effects ... Full text Cite

Recasts in the L2 classroom: A meta-analytic review

Journal Article International Journal of Educational Research · August 13, 2012 In order to examine what we know and understand about the effectiveness of recasts in the second language classroom, this paper presents the results of a meta-analytic review of the current research on recasts. Initial analysis showed an average weighted e ... Full text Cite

Recalculation of the critical values for Lawshe’s content validity ratio.

Journal Article Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development · July 2012 The content validity ratio (Lawshe) is one of the earliest and most widely used methods for quantifying content validity. To correct and expand the table, critical values in unit steps and at multiple alpha levels were computed. Implications for content va ... Full text Cite

Assessing the effectiveness of a 3-D instructional game on improving mathematics achievement and motivation of middle school students.

Journal Article British Journal of Educational Technology · January 2012 This research study assessed the effectiveness of a three-dimensional mathematics game, DimensionM, through a pretest–posttest control group quasi-experimental design. Participants consisted of 437 eighth graders. The classrooms were randomly assigned eith ... Full text Cite

The role of acculturation in diabetes self-management among Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes.

Journal Article Diabetes research and clinical practice · September 2011 OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the acculturation level and its relationship with diabetes self-management among Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey research study in a convenience sample of 211 Chinese Am ... Full text Cite

The philosophical foundations of prescriptive statements and statistical inference.

Journal Article Educational Psychology Review · June 2011 From the perspectives of the philosophy of science and statistical inference, we discuss the challenges of making prescriptive statements in quantitative research articles. We first consider the prescriptive nature of educational research and argue that pr ... Cite

Physiological and behavioural response patterns at work among hospital nurses.

Journal Article Journal of nursing management · January 2011 OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine whether hospital nurses are experiencing physiological strain at work by examining their physiological and behavioural response patterns over 12-hour shifts. BACKGROUND: Excessive workload for nurses may lead to poor qua ... Full text Cite

Rethinking observed power: Concept, practice and implications.

Journal Article Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences · January 2011 Observed power analysis is recommended by many scholarly journal editors and reviewers, especially for studies with statistically nonsignificant test results. However, researchers may not fully realize that blind observance of this recommendation could lea ... Full text Cite

A comprehensive review of effect size reporting and interpreting practices in academic journals in education and psychology.

Journal Article Journal of Educational Psychology · November 2010 Null hypothesis significance testing has dominated quantitative research in education and psychology. However, the statistical significance of a test as indicated by a p-value does not speak to the practical significance of the study. Thus, reporting effec ... Cite

School-based health centers: cost-benefit analysis and impact on health care disparities.

Journal Article American journal of public health · September 2010 OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the impact of school-based health centers-which provide essential health care for students by aiming to eliminate many access barriers-on health care access disparities and conducted a cost-benefit analysis. METHODS: We employed a l ... Full text Cite

Self-management practices of Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes.

Journal Article Nursing & health sciences · June 2010 The purpose of this study was to examine the level of diabetes self-management and its association with demographic and diabetes-related characteristics in Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. A questionnaire that measured diabetes self-management and d ... Full text Cite

Another look at resampling: Replenishing small samples with virtual data through S-SMART.

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Instructional change in preschool classrooms: A study of empirically-based teacher support.

Journal Article NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field, · October 2009 This study examined the effects of staff development and support on Head Start teachers' use of instructional and managerial strategies. Specific research questions were (a) What variables were selected by teachers? and (b) What changes were indicated by t ... Cite

Improving instruction in Head Start preschool classrooms through feedback and support to teachers.

Journal Article NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field, · October 2009 This article discusses the use of data-based feedback and support to teachers in Head Start classrooms to facilitate increased use of effective instructional and managerial practices. The authors conducted a study to examine the impact of providing Head St ... Cite

Measuring mathematics anxiety: Psychometric analysis of a bidimensional affective scale.

Journal Article Journal of Instructional Psychology · September 2009 The purpose of this study is to develop a theoretically and methodologically sound bidimensional affective scale measuring mathematics anxiety with high psychometric quality. The psychometric properties of a 14-item Mathematics Anxiety Scale-Revised (MAS-R ... Cite

A SAS/IML Macro for computing percentage points of Pearson distributions.

Journal Article Journal of Statistical Software · September 2009 The Pearson distribution family provides approximations to a wide variety of observed distributions using the first four moments or the first three moments with a left or right boundary. Curve fitting utilizing Pearson distributions has been extensively ... Cite

The effect of tailored e-mails in the workplace. Part II. Increasing overall physical activity.

Journal Article AAOHN journal : official journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses · August 2009 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact tailored e-mail messages, based on participants' identified needs, have on intentional physical activity. A quasi-experimental design (two groups, repeated measures) in a population of manufacturing work ... Full text Cite

The effect of tailored E-mails in the workplace. Part I. Stage movement toward increased physical activity levels.

Journal Article AAOHN journal : official journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses · July 2009 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact tailored e-mail messages, based on participants' identified needs, have on intentional physical activity. A quasi-experimental design (two groups, repeated measures) in a population of manufacturing work ... Full text Cite

A multilevel approach to assessing the interaction effects on college student retention.

Journal Article Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice · 2009 The present study utilizes a multilevel approach to assess the effects of four different types of intervention on college student retention, focusing on the interaction effects between the student characteristics and the types of intervention. The program ... Cite

A multivariate approach to a meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of the D.A.R.E. program.

Journal Article International journal of environmental research and public health · January 2009 The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program is a widespread but controversial school-based drug prevention program in the United States as well as in many other countries. The present multivariate meta-analysis reviewed 20 studies that assessed ... Full text Cite

Negative affect and anger rumination as mediators between forgiveness and sleep quality.

Journal Article Journal of behavioral medicine · December 2008 Research indicates that forgiveness of interpersonal transgressions relates to better sleep quality, whereas maintaining feelings of anger and hostility relates to poorer sleep quality. However, the mechanisms explaining these relationships have yet to be ... Full text Cite

Factors influencing diabetes self-management in Chinese people with type 2 diabetes.

Journal Article Research in nursing & health · December 2008 Patients with diabetes must incorporate a complicated regimen of self-management into their daily lives (e.g., taking medication, diet, exercise). Diabetes self-management (DSM) is the cornerstone for controlling diabetes and preventing diabetic complicati ... Full text Cite

Adaptation and testing of instruments to measure diabetes self-management in people with type 2 diabetes in mainland China.

Journal Article Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society / Transcultural Nursing Society · July 2008 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of instruments used to measure diabetes self-management (DSM) that were modified and translated into Chinese. METHODS: A convenience sample of 30 people with type 2 diabetes in Be ... Full text Cite

Factors influencing high school students’ career aspirations.

Journal Article Professional School Counseling · June 2008 This article explores the factors influencing high school students' career aspirations with a study analyzing 141 high school students. The Social Cognitive Career Development Model was utilized to examine the interactive relationships among learning exper ... Cite

Resampling methods revisited: Advancing the understanding and applications in educational research.

Journal Article International Journal of Research & Method in Education · April 2008 Resampling methods including randomization test, cross-validation, the jackknife and the bootstrap are widely employed in the research areas of natural science, engineering and medicine, but they lack appreciation in educational research. The purpose of th ... Cite

Do intervention programs assist students to succeed in college? A multilevel longitudinal study.

Journal Article College Student Journal · March 2008 This study, using hierarchical linear models, examined effects of the intervention programs on first-time-full-time students' retention and college cumulative GPA, interacting with students' characteristics, e.g., demographics and college preparedness. Pro ... Cite

Proactive telephone counseling as an adjunct to minimal intervention for smoking cessation: a meta-analysis.

Journal Article Health education research · June 2006 Proactive telephone counseling is an effective adjunct to minimal intervention for smoking cessation, but its effect has not been quantitatively synthesized thoroughly. The present meta-analysis reviewed 22 studies published between January 1990 and Decemb ... Full text Cite

Family protection and prevention of alcohol use among Hispanic youth at high risk.

Journal Article American journal of community psychology · December 2005 Research regarding prevention strategies for Hispanic youth stress the importance of family interventions because of the particular importance of family as a protective factor within the Hispanic community. Starting in 1995, the Center for Substance Abuse ... Full text Cite

Impact of school-based health centers on children with asthma.

Journal Article The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · October 2005 OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively assess the impact of school-based health centers (SBHCs) on hospitalization and emergency department (ED) visits for children with asthma. METHODS: The study was conducted at four SBHC intervention school districts and two comp ... Full text Cite

Can group interventions facilitate forgiveness of an ex-spouse? A randomized clinical trial.

Journal Article Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · October 2005 This study evaluated the effectiveness of 2 versions of an 8-session forgiveness group intervention for divorced individuals. Participants (randomized, n=192; analyzed, n=149) were randomly assigned to a secular forgiveness condition, a religious forgivene ... Full text Cite

Students’ perceptions on factors of statistics anxiety and instructional strategies.

Journal Article Journal of Instructional Psychology · September 2005 We explored students' experiences in a statistics class to investigate what factors contributed to students' anxiety and how instructional strategies helped students learn statistics effectively. The participants were graduate students in the social scienc ... Cite

An approximation to the distribution of the product of two dependent correlation coefficients.

Journal Article Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation · June 2004 Many methodological studies depend on the product of two dependent correlation coefficients. However, the behavior of the distribution of the product of two dependent correlation coefficients is not well known. The distribution of sets of correlation coeff ... Cite

Examining the effectiveness of innovative instructional methods on reducing statistics anxiety for graduate students in the social sciences.

Journal Article Journal of Instructional Psychology, · June 2004 Statistics anxiety is prevalent among students whose academic background has little statistical training. The development and psychometric properties of statistics anxiety scales and the factors affecting statistics anxiety have been extensively studied fo ... Cite

A probability index of the robustness of a causal inference.

Journal Article Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics · December 2003 Causal inference is an important, controversial topic in the social sciences, where it is difficult to conduct experiments or measure and control for all confounding variables. To address this concern, the present study presents a probability index to asse ... Cite

An examination of the process of relapse prevention therapy designed to aid smoking cessation.

Journal Article Addictive behaviors · September 2003 The process of relapse prevention (RP) therapy is examined. Patients' responses were recorded primarily during telephonic, RP counseling designed to facilitate smoking cessation. A computer program that prompted counselor initiatives and provided a framewo ... Cite

On the optimal selection of discriminant analysis methods [Chinese].

Journal Article Application of Statistics and Management · 1991 Cite