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Overview

Chih-Ping Chou is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and specializes primarily in Psychology, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Sociology and Political Science; General Health Professions; and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their main research topics cover a diverse array of social and health-related issues. These topics include:

  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Chou has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including recent papers such as:

  • "Longitudinal Assessment of the Relationships Between Geriatric Conditions and Loneliness," 2020, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • "Incarceration Trajectories of Women Who Are Mothers: A Nationally Representative Study of State and Federal Prisoners," 2020, Crime & Delinquency
  • "Maternal Incarceration Trajectories and the Intergenerational Transmission of Imprisonment: A Nationwide Study," 2020, Children and Youth Services Review
  • "Incarceration Trajectories and Mental Health Problems Among Mothers Imprisoned in State and Federal Correctional Facilities: A Nationwide Study," 2021, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • "Determinants of Purchase Intentions for Social Enterprise Products: Online Consumers' Perceptions of Two Agricultural Social Enterprises in Taiwan," 2022, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Their frequent coauthors include Qianwei Zhao, Alice Cepeda, Avelardo Valdez, David S. Black, and Julia E. Rager. The recurring collaboration with these researchers reflects a multidisciplinary approach within their domain.

Chou's publications are often featured in journals such as:

  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Crime & Delinquency
  • Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Chou has also contributed to the academic book literature, with a publication titled "China's Peril and Promise" released by Princeton University Press in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Estimates and tests in structural equation modeling.

    Chih-Ping Chou;Peter M. Bentler

  • Scaled test statistics and robust standard errors for non-normal data in covariance structure analysis: a Monte Carlo study.

    Chih-Ping Chou;P. M. Bentler;Albert Satorra

  • Model Modification in Covariance Structure Modeling: A Comparison among Likelihood Ratio, Lagrange Multiplier, and Wald Tests.

    Chih-Ping Chou;P.M. Bentler

  • Effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention in promoting the well-being of independently living older people: results of the Well Elderly 2 Randomised Controlled Trial

    Florence Clark;Jeanne Jackson;Mike Carlson;Chih Ping Chou

  • Physical Activity in US Youth: Effect of Race/Ethnicity, Age, Gender, and Weight Status

    Britni R. Belcher;David Berrigan;Kevin W. Dodd;B. Adar Emken

  • Adolescent affiliations and adiposity: a social network analysis of friendships and obesity.

    Thomas W. Valente;Kayo Fujimoto;Chih Ping Chou;Donna Spruijt-Metz

  • Parallel developmental trajectories of sensation seeking and regular substance use in adolescents.

    Anne M. Crawford;Mary Ann Pentz;Chih-Ping Chou;Chaoyang Li

  • Perceived stress, depression and food consumption frequency in the college students of China Seven Cities.

    Chunhong Liu;Chunhong Liu;Bin Xie;Chih-Ping Chou;Carol Koprowski

  • Psychosocial Factors Associated With Adolescent Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Use

    Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis;Kiros Berhane;Jennifer B. Unger;Tess Boley Cruz

  • Effect of brief safer-sex counseling by medical providers to HIV-1 seropositive patients: a multi-clinic assessment.

    Jean L Richardson;Joel Milam;Allen McCutchan;Susan Stoyanoff

  • Cognitive motivations for drug use among adolescents: Longitudinal tests of gender differences and predictors of change in drug use.

    Michael D. Newcomb;Chih-ping Chou;P. M. Bentler;G. J. Huba

  • Parental substance use as a modifier of adolescent substance use risk

    Chaoyang Li;Mary Ann Pentz;Chih-Ping Chou

  • Collaborative Care Management of Major Depression Among Low-Income, Predominantly Hispanic Subjects With Diabetes: A randomized controlled trial

    Kathleen Ell;Wayne Katon;Bin Xie;Pey Jiuan Lee

  • BMI as a moderator of perceived stress and emotional eating in adolescents.

    Selena T. Nguyen-Rodriguez;Chih-Ping Chou;Jennifer B. Unger;Donna Spruijt-Metz

  • Perceived peer influence and peer selection on adolescent smoking.

    Beth R. Hoffman;Peter R. Monge;Chih-Ping Chou;Thomas W. Valente

  • Utility of the theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behavior for predicting Chinese adolescent smoking.

    Qian Guo;C. Anderson Johnson;Jennifer B. Unger;Liming Lee

  • SAS and SPSS macros to calculate standardized Cronbach's alpha using the upper bound of the phi coefficient for dichotomous items.

    Wei Sun;Chih-Ping Chou;Alan W. Stacy;Huiyan Ma

  • Longitudinal Relations Among Depression, Stress, and Coping in High Risk Youth

    Elisha R. Galaif;Steve Sussman;Chih-Ping Chou;Thomas A. Wills

  • Effects of a community-based prevention program on decreasing drug use in high-risk adolescents

    C P Chou;S Montgomery;M A Pentz;L A Rohrbach

  • Executive cognitive function and food intake in children.

    Nathaniel R. Riggs;Donna Spruijt-Metz;Kari-Lyn Sakuma;Chih-Ping Chou

  • Weight perception and weight-related sociocultural and behavioral factors in Chinese adolescents.

    Bin Xie;Chih-Ping Chou;Donna Spruijt-Metz;Kim Reynolds

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
C. Anderson Johnson
C. Anderson Johnson Claremont Graduate University
Nathaniel R. Riggs
Nathaniel R. Riggs Colorado State University
Yih-Ing Hser
Yih-Ing Hser University of California, Los Angeles
Adam M. Leventhal
Adam M. Leventhal University of Southern California
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati University of Southern California
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
Genevieve F. Dunton
Genevieve F. Dunton University of Southern California
Thomas W. Valente
Thomas W. Valente University of Southern California
Bob G. Knight
Bob G. Knight University of Southern Queensland

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