Min Gao's research while affiliated with Xiamen University and other places

Publications (6)

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Adolescence is a critical period during which youth develop and shape their behaviors. Because differences between youths are strongly connected to environmental factors, we aimed to elucidate possible pathways from home-school regulation and atmosphere to youths’ prosocial and antisocial behaviors. Data were derived from the China Education Panel...
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Background: Social factors play an important role in adolescents' behaviors. This study aims to understand percentages of health risk behaviors across country in Europe, North America, and China; explore the associations between friendly school and family contexts and involvement for several health risk behaviors among adolescents. Methods: Data...
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Background Wellbeing may have a protective role in health maintenance. However, no specific study clarified the particular protective effect of the subjective wellbeing of rural elderly people on survival probability. Few studies have examined the effect of the lifestyle of rural elderly people on their subjective wellbeing from different perspecti...
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Adolescence is a time of dramatic physical and mental change when adolescents are extremely vulnerable to various mental health problems. Depression and poor sleep duration are increasingly common among adolescents. This study is mainly aimed to verify the important mediating role of collective integration on sleep duration and depression and exami...
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Background The migrant elderly following family (MEFF), who migrates to new community to reunite with families, may face challenges of city integration and belonging. This study aims to explore from an elderly service perspective how to improve the sense of city belonging for MEFFs with and without hypertension/diabetes conditions. Methods Data we...
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Background Adolescent anxiety should receive more attention than it currently does since it might have long-term impacts that develop across the entire lifespan. We aim to clarify how school-, class- and individual-level factors affect adolescent anxiety and to try to identify the key mediators and moderators that help alleviate adolescent anxiety....

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... For instance, the survival of older people is more selective in LMICs, and societies may have different pressures and expectations on their aging population [18,19]. A few studies have assessed the relationship between SWB and mortality in Chinese people, but they are limited either by small sample sizes or by focusing on one region of China (e.g., rural areas or Taiwan) [20,21]. For example, a recent study of rural elderly people reported that individuals with SWB equal to the average level experienced a 10% reduction in the risk of death [21]. ...
... Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have consistently demonstrated a close association and mutual maintaining influence between sleep disruption with the development and persistence of depression among adolescents [38][39][40]. Our study findings align with the existing literature [41], highlighting a U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and depression scores. ...
... For example, migrating to a location with better public transportation systems can provide older adults with greater independence and mobility. Additionally, older adults who migrate to a location with a higher quality of community services, such as meal delivery or home repair programs, may experience improved quality of life [87,88]. In general, SES indicators provide information regarding access to social and economic resources. ...