Disability and Healthy Time Use Among Asian Americans in Middle and Later Life
Journal of Social Issues
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Selected publications
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In Press
Finding the Upsides to Living Alone: Time Use and Unequal Adaptation among Older Americans
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
2026
Unequal Aging: Investigating Trends in Functional Limitations and Depression among Taiwanese and Mainlander Older Adults in Taiwan
Journal of Aging and Health
Marriage Mandates: Understanding Parental Pressures to Marry among Taiwanese Young Adults
Journal of Marriage and Family
From Discrimination to Unmet Healthcare Needs and Care (Dis)Satisfaction among Urban-Dwelling Indigenous Taiwanese Adults: A Path Analysis
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
2025
Cumulative (Dis)Advantages in Cognitive Health: Rural/Urban Residency, Household Registration Status, and Cognitive Aging in Older Chinese
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
School Closure, Relational Life, and Adolescent Psychosomatic Complaints: PISA 2022 Evidence
Journal of Adolescent Health
Experiences of Forgone Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults’ Mental Health: Variations by Race and Ethnicity
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Contribution of Social and Lifestyle Factors to Cognitive Status and 5-Year Change among Middle-Aged and Older Americans
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
2024
The Night Divide: Gender-Specific Trajectories of Sleep Disturbances among Multiple Cohorts of Aging Populations
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, gbae160
Urban Marginalization Experiences and Social Etiology of Indigenous Migrants’ Sleep Disturbance
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
A Scoping Review of Determinants of Indigenous Health and Health Disparities in Taiwan: Present Evidence and Paradigms
Journal of Population Research, 41(2), 1–24
Marital Status, State Policy Environment, and Foregone Healthcare of Same-Sex Families during the COVID-19 Period
Social Science Research, 118, 1–13
Pandemic and Older Adults’ Social Structure of Shared Time
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79(2), 1732–1739
Filial Piety and the Development of Independence and Interdependence during Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study of Taiwanese Adolescents
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 53(5), 1232–1243
2023
Racial and Ethnic Trajectories of Sleep Disturbances: Variations by Age and Cohort
Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 78(5), 947–955
2022
Race, Ethnicity, and COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns during the Early Phase of the Pandemic
SSM – Population Health, 18, 101068
Disparities in Mental Health and Well-Being between Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Aging and Health, 34(4–5), 485–504
2021
State Containment Measures, Living Arrangements, and Mental Health of U.S. Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Aging & Mental Health, 25(7), 1239–1248
Children’s Time Use in Immigrant and Native Families: National Evidence from Australia
Social Science Research, 95, 102531
Daily Social Life of Older Adults and Vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 654225
2020
Neighborhood Stressors and Social Integration, Living Arrangements, and Characteristics and Variabilities of Sleep in Old Age
EurAmerica, 50(1), 1–46
2019
Social Epidemiology of Sleep: Extant Evidence and Future Directions
Current Epidemiology Reports, 6(4), 449–465
Experience of Household Material Hardship and Problem Sleep in Later Life
Research on Aging, 41(7), 697–722
Sleep Deprivation and the Development of Leadership and Need for Cognition during the College Years
Journal of Adolescence, 73, 95–99
Cognitive Function, Consent for Participation, and Compliance with Wearable Device Protocols in Older Adults
Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 74(2), 269–273
2018
Couples’ Sleep and Psychological Distress: A Dyadic Perspective
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 73(1), 30–39
2017
Complex Childcare Experiences and Sleep Outcomes in Young Children
Sleep Health, 3(5), 373–378
Local-Level Immigration Enforcement and Food Insecurity Risk among Hispanic Immigrant Families with Children: National-Level Evidence
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 19(5), 1042–1049
Sexual Orientation and Sleep in the U.S.: A National Profile
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 52(4), 433–442
Book chapter
Sleep, Marriage, and Social Engagement among Older Adults
In S. M. McHale, V. King, & O. Buxton (Eds.), Family Contexts of Sleep and Health across the Life Course (pp. 105–124). Springer
2016
Sleep Duration and Health among Older Adults: Associations Vary by How Sleep Is Measured
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 70(4), 360–366
Social Participation and Older Adults’ Sleep
Social Science & Medicine, 169, 164–173
2015
Actigraphic Sleep Characteristics among Older Americans
Sleep Health, 1(4), 285–292
Marriage, Relationship Quality, and Sleep among U.S. Older Adults
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 56(3), 356–377
Insomnia Symptoms and Actigraph-Estimated Sleep Characteristics in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults
Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 70(2), 185–192
2014
Assessment of Sleep in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69(Suppl 2), S125–S133
Asthma and Child Behavioral Skills: Does Family Socioeconomic Status Matter?
Social Science & Medicine, 115, 38–48
2013
Sleep Duration and All-Cause Mortality: A Critical Review of Measurement and Associations
Annals of Epidemiology, 23(6), 361–370
Multiple Child Care Arrangements and Child Well-Being: Early Care Experiences in Australia
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28(1), 49–61
Multiple Childcare Arrangements and Health Outcomes in Early Childhood
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 17(3), 448–455
2012
Maternal Alcohol Use during Pregnancy, Birth Weight, and Early Behavioral Outcomes
Alcohol & Alcoholism, 47(6), 649–656
2008
Mothers’ Citizenship Status and Food Insecurity among Low-Income Children of Immigrants
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 121, 43–62