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    Exploring subtypes and correlates of internet gaming disorder severity among adolescents during COVID-19 in China: A latent class analysis

    The WHO recently included Gaming Disorder as a psychiatric diagnosis. Whether there are distinct groups of adolescents who differ based on severity of gaming disorder and their relationships with other mental ...

    Chi Ian Chang, Hao Fong Sit, Tong Chao, Chun Chen, Jie Shen in Current Psychology (2023)

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    Relationships of work stress and interpersonal needs with industrial workers’ mental health: a moderated mediation model

    This study explores whether feelings of defeat (i.e., a sense of failed struggle and losing rank; referred to as defeat for simplicity) mediated the effect of work stress on depression/anxiety, the effect of i...

    Rongxi Wang, Yujie Liu, Shangbin Liu, Hui Chen, **aoyue Yu, Chen Xu in BMC Public Health (2023)

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    The association between entrapment and depression among migrant workers in China: a social rank theory based study

    Migrant workers are a group susceptible for depression evolution due to occupational maladaptive triggers. The social rank theory illustrates the pathology process from defensive adaptation to depression, poin...

    Rusi Long, Hui Chen, Tian Hu, Yaqi Chen, Bolin Cao, Rongxi Wang, Fan Hu in BMC Psychiatry (2022)

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    Altered gray matter structural covariance networks at both acute and chronic stages of mild traumatic brain injury

    Cognitive and emotional impairments observed in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients may reflect variances of brain connectivity within specific networks. Although previous studies found altered functio...

    Jie Song, Jie Li, Lixiang Chen, **ngqi Lu, Senning Zheng in Brain Imaging and Behavior (2021)

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    Moderating effect of people-oriented public health services on depression among people under mandatory social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in China

    Public health measures, such as social isolation, are vital to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but such measures may increase the risk of depression. Thus, this study examines th...

    Bolin Cao, Dongya Wang, Yifan Wang, Brian J. Hall, Nan Wu, Meimei Wu in BMC Public Health (2021)

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    Altered properties of brain white matter structural networks in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy

    Previous neuroimaging studies revealed radiation-induced brain injury in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in the years after radiotherapy (RT). These injuries may be associated with structural and ...

    Qinyuan Chen, **aofei Lv, Shufei Zhang, Jiabao Lin, Jie Song in Brain Imaging and Behavior (2020)

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    Efficacy of HIV interventions among factory workers in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

    Factory workers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are vulnerable to HIV transmission. Interventions are needed to prevent HIV in this population. We systematically reviewed published literature on th...

    Dahui Chen, Ganfeng Luo, **aojun Meng, Zixin Wang, Bolin Cao in BMC Public Health (2020)

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    Anticipated HIV stigma among HIV negative men who have sex with men in China: a cross-sectional study

    Anticipated HIV stigma, i.e., the expectation of adverse experiences from one’s seroconversion, is associated with both negative psychological and behavioral outcomes. We know little about anticipated HIV stig...

    Chuncheng Liu, Ye Zhang, Stephen W. Pan, Bolin Cao, Jason J. Ong in BMC Infectious Diseases (2020)

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    What happens after HIV self-testing? Results from a longitudinal cohort of Chinese men who have sex with men

    HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a promising approach to expand HIV testing. HIVST is a process in which a person performs an HIV test and interprets the result. Negative HIVST results may encourage men who have se...

    Weiming Tang, Wenting Huang, Haidong Lu, Bolin Cao, Dan Wu in BMC Infectious Diseases (2019)

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    MSM Behavior Disclosure Networks and HIV Testing: An Egocentric Network Analysis Among MSM in China

    Men who have sex with men (MSM) disclose same-sex behaviors with others, creating disclosure networks. This study examined the characteristics of disclosure networks that are associated with HIV testing among ...

    Bolin Cao, Adam J. Saffer, Cui Yang, Hexin Chen, Kun Peng in AIDS and Behavior (2019)

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    Recalling, Sharing and Participating in a Social Media Intervention Promoting HIV Testing: A Longitudinal Analysis of HIV Testing Among MSM in China

    Social media interventions may enhance HIV services among key populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM). This longitudinal analysis examined the effect of recalling, sharing, and participating in ...

    Bolin Cao, Pooja T. Saha, Sequoia I. Leuba, Haidong Lu, Weiming Tang in AIDS and Behavior (2019)

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    Identifying MSM-competent physicians in China: a national online cross-sectional survey among physicians who see male HIV/STI patients

    Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and sexually transmitted infection (STI) in China. Inadequate clinical services and poor clinical competency amo...

    Peipei Zhao, Bolin Cao, Cedric H. Bien-Gund, Weiming Tang in BMC Health Services Research (2018)

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    Receiving HIV Serostatus Disclosure from Partners Before Sex: Results from an Online Survey of Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men

    HIV serostatus disclosure before sex can facilitate serosorting, condom use and potentially decrease the risk of HIV acquisition. However, few studies have evaluated HIV serostatus disclosure from partners bef...

    Weiming Tang, Chuncheng Liu, Bolin Cao, Stephen W. Pan, Ye Zhang in AIDS and Behavior (2018)

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    The interaction between HIV testing social norms and self-efficacy on HIV testing among Chinese men who have sex with men: results from an online cross-sectional study

    Increasing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing is critical for HIV control. This study aimed to evaluate the interaction between social norms and self-efficacy on HIV testing among Chinese men who have ...

    Peizhen Zhao, Li Liu, Ye Zhang, Huanhuan Cheng, Bolin Cao in BMC Infectious Diseases (2018)

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    Linking young men who have sex with men (YMSM) to STI physicians: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in China

    Many young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are reluctant to seek health services and trust local physicians. Online information seeking may encourage YMSM to identify and see trustworthy physicians, obtain se...

    Bolin Cao, Peipei Zhao, Cedric Bien, Stephen Pan, Weiming Tang in BMC Infectious Diseases (2018)