Areas of Focus
- Positive Psychology
- Behavioral Psychological Intervention
- Mobile Health (mHealth) and Health
- Long-term Care Services
- Health Economics and Health Services Research
Work Experience
- 2004-2009: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University
- 2009-2015: Lecturer, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University
- 2015-present: Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, China Medical University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999-2004: Bachelor's in Preventive Medicine, China Medical University
- 2007-2010: Master's in Epidemiology and Health Statistics, China Medical University
- 2013-2016: Doctorate in Health Management, China Medical University
- 2018-2019: Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
Publications
- Positive Psychological Responses and Information Seeking Behaviors Influence Anxiety among the WeChat Users During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mainland China: A Cross-sectional Survey Study, Weiyu Zhang, Kristin Sznajder, Fengzhi Yang, Yajing Jia, Can Cui, Xiaoshi Yang, 2021
- Resilience as the Mediating Factor in the Relationship between Sleep Disturbance and Post-Stroke Depression of Stroke Patients in China: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis, Lina Zhao, Fengzhi Yang, Kristin K Sznajder, Changqing Zou, Yajing Jia, Xiaoshi Yang, 2021
- A multi-site cross-sectional study of anxiety symptoms and the associated factors among Chinese drug users undergoing compulsory detoxification treatment, Xiaoshi Yang, Carrie Kovarik, Yuke Wang, Shenshui Yu, 2021
- Positive Effects of Resilience and Self-efficacy on WHO Quality of Life among Caregivers of Stroke Inpatients in China, Yajing Jia, Jing Shi, Kristin K. Sznajder, Fengzhi Yang, Can Cui, Weiyu Zhang, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Sleep Quality Mediates the Effect of Perceived Stress on Job Burnout among Chinese nurses: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis, Yang Song, Fengzhi Yang, Kristin Sznajder, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Depression and psychological-behavioral responses among the general public during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: survey study, Weiyu Zhang, Xiaoting Yang, Jinfeng Zhao, Fengzhi Yang, Yajing Jia, Can Cui, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Recovery Experience: a New Concept for Maintaining Quality of Life and its Mediating Effect among Female Nurses in China, Fengzhi Yang, Jialin Ding, Ruqing Ma, Wenjie Song, Yajing Jia, Jinfeng Zhao, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Recovery Experiences Mediate the Effect of Burnout on Life Satisfaction among Chinese physicians: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis, Yang Song, Yajing Jia, Kristin Sznajder, Jialin Ding, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Prevalence of Prenatal Depression Among Pregnant Women and the Importance of Resilience: a Multi-site Questionnaire-Based Survey in Mainland China, Lijuan Zhang, Jinfeng Zhao, Weiyu Zhang, Can Cui, Fengzhi Yang, Ruqing Ma, Yajing Jia, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Recovery Experience as the Mediating factor in the relationship between Sleep Disturbance and Depressive Symptoms among Female Nurses in Chinese public hospitals: A structural equation modeling analysis, Jialin Ding, Philip R. Gehrman, Shuchang Liu, Fengzhi Yang, Ruqing Ma, Yajing Jia, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Optimizing quality of life among Chinese physicians: the positive effects of resilience and recovery experience, Jialin Ding, Yajing Jia, Jinfeng Zhao, Ruqing Ma, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- Perceived stress and social support influence anxiety symptoms of Chinese family caregivers of community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study, Jing Shi, Aoran Huang, Yajing Jia, Xiaoshi Yang, 2020
- A Systematic Review of Mobile Health Interventions in China: Identifying Gaps in Care, Xiaoshi Yang, Carrie Kovarik, 2019
- Cost Analysis of a Store and Forward Teledermatology Consult System in Philadelphia, Xiaoshi Yang, John S. Barbieri, Carrie Kovarik, 2018
- A cross-sectional study of associations between casual partner, friend discrimination, social support and anxiety symptoms among Chinese transgender women, Xiaoshi Yang, Lie Wang, Yuan Gu, et al., 2016
- Quality of Life of Transgender Women from China and Associated Factors: A Cross-sectional Study, Xiaoshi Yang, Lina Zhao, Lie Wang, et al., 2016
- Quality of Life and Its Related Factors in Chinese Unemployed People: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study, Xiaoshi Yang, Lutian Yao, Hui Wu, et al., 2016
- Sex Partnership and Self-Efficacy Influence Depression in Chinese Transgender Women: A Cross-Sectional Study, Xiaoshi Yang, Wang L, Hao C, Gu Y, Song W, Wang J, et al., 2015
- Factors related to depressive symptoms among Chinese caregivers of cancer patients, Xiaoshi Yang, Wang L, He J, Ge c, Chang Y, Fu J, Wei J, Pattaramongkolar E, Zhou Y, 2012
- Factors associated with health-related quality of life among Chinese caregivers of the older adults living in the community: a cross-sectional study, Xiaoshi Yang, Hao Y, George SM, Wang L, 2012
- Factors associated with occupational strain among Chinese teachers: a cross-sectional study, Xiaoshi Yang, Wang L, Ge c, Hu B, Chi T, 2011
- Relationship between quality of life and occupational stress among teachers, Xiaoshi Yang, Ge C, Hu B, Chi T, Wang L, 2009
Awards
- 2012: Third Prize in Science and Technology Progress of Liaoning Province for research on occupational stress and psychological hazards among medical staff and teachers