University of Southern California
Institute of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Disentangling Discrimination: Victim Characteristics as Determinants of the Perception of Behavior as Racist or Sexist JASP, 1994
Personal Incentives as Determinants of Adolescent Health Behavior HER, 1995
Variation in diagnoses: Influence of specialist’s training on selecting and ranking relevant information in Geriatric Case Vignettes SSM, 1996
Worries and Health in Adolescence: A Latent Variable Approach JYA 1997
Relation between mothers’ child-feeding practices and children’s adiposity AJCN, 2002
Weight Perception and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents JAH, 2003
Sensations from initial exposure to nicotine predicting adolescent smoking in China NTR, 2003
The meanings of smoking among Chinese American and Taiwanese American college students NTR, 2003
The Most Critical Unresolved Issues Associated with Transdisciplinary Substance SUM, 2004
A Controlled Evaluation of a School-based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Sedentary Adolescent Females: Project FAB: JAH, 2004
Acculturation, Physical Activity, and Fast-Food Consumption among Asian-American and Hispanic Adolescents JCH, 2004
Meanings of Smoking and Adolescent Smoking Across Ethnicities JAH, 2004
How Can Statistical Approaches Enhance Transdisciplinary Study of Drug Misuse Prevention SUM, 2004.
Unique Contributions of Meanings of Smoking and Outcome Expectancies to Smoking Initiation in Middle School ABM, 2005
Effects of perceived peer isolation and social support on the relationship between BMI and depressive symptoms IJB, 2005
Pediatric Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Chronic Disease Risk and Implications for ARJ, 2005
Influences affecting adolescent smoking behavior in China NTR, 2006
Translational Research in Childhood Obesity Prevention EHP, 2006
Weight perception and weight-related sociocultural and behavioral factors in Chinese adolescents Preventative Medicine, 2006
Weight Perception, Academic Performance, and Psychological Factors in Chinese Adolescents AJHB, 2006
Associations between Physical Activity and Perceived Stress/Hassles in College Students Stress and Health, 2006
Associations of Adiposity with Measured and Self-Reported Academic Performance in Early Adolescence: Obesity, 2006
Go Figure? Body-Shape Motives are Associated with Decreased Physical Activity Participation Among Midlife Women: Sex Roles, 2006
Comparative analysis of faith-based programs serving homeless and street-living youth in Los Angeles, Mumbai and Nairobi CYSR, 2006
Longitudinal Influence of Mother’s Child-Feeding Practices on Adiposity in Children: Journal of Pediatrics, 2006
Misuse of study drugs prevalence, consequences, and implications for policy SATPP, 2006
Smoking Among Adolescents in China: An analysis Based Upon the Meanings of Smoking Theory AJHP, 2006
Socio-demographic and Cultural Comparison of Obesity in Adolescents from Southern California and Wuhan, China JAH, 2006
Perceptions of Faith and Outcomes in Faith-Based Programs for Homeless Youth, A Grounded Theory Approach JSSR, 2007
Outcomes Evaluation in Faith-Based Social Services: Are We Evaluating Faith Accurately? RSW 2007
Acculturation and meanings of smoking among Asian–American college students: Addictive Behaviors, 2007
Dietary correlates of emotional eating in adolescence: Appetite, 2007
Feasibility of a home-based versus classroom-based nutrition intervention to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes in Latino youth IJPO, 2007
Associations of dietary sugar and glycemic index with adiposity and insulin dynamics in overweight Latino youth AJCN, 2007
Influence of gender, BMI and Hispanic ethnicity on physical activity IJPO, 2007
Reduction in Sugar Intake and Improvement in Insulin Secretion in Overweight Latina Adolescents MSRD, 2007
Socio-demographic and Economic Correlates of Overweight Status in Chinese Adolescents AJHB, 2007
BMI as a moderator of perceived stress and emotional eating in adolescents: Eating Behaviors, 2008
Gender Differences in Smoking and Meanings of Smoking in Asian-American College Students JHP, 2008
Faith-based Programs and Outcomes for Street-living Youth in Los Angeles, Mumbai and Nairobi ISW, 2008
