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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (*data-based, ^mentee author)

  1. *Yu, Z., Shen, F., & Mi, R. Z. (2026). The Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Patient-Centered Communication, and Care-Seeking Intention. Journal of Health Communication, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2026.2657838

  2. Hoppe, E., Kassa, G., Yu, Z., Gross, D. (in-press) Parents’ positive childhood experiences: A scoping review of the evidence. Adversity and Resilience Science

  3. Yu, Z., ^Xiong, S., & Lor, M. (2026). “Empowering your kids”: Parenting among 1.5- and second-generation HMong American mothers. Asian American Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000419

  4. *Yuan, X., Yu, Z., Yin, H., Yang, Z., Chen, M., & Yang, Y. (2026). Psychosocial experience of couples coping with prostate cancer: a qualitative study. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 7363. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-38068-8

  5. *Yu, Z., ^Woodward, K., ^Hamill, T., Qureshi, F., Wang, L. (2025). Positive Childhood Experiences and Flourishing Among Young Adults in China: Does Emotion Regulation Explain Associations? Research in Nursing & Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.70025

  6. *Su, Y., Yu, Z. (equal contribution), Chen, S., Chen, J., & Wang, L. (2025). Exploring Digital Resilience and Its Related Factors Among Nursing Students in the Era of AI. Nurse Education in Practice, 104636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104636

  7. *^Xiong, S., Yu, Z., & Lor, M. (2025). Experiences of Hmong Women in the Perinatal Period. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2025.03.001

  8. *Yu, Z., Gross, D., Wyatt, K., Cunningham, E., Hoppe, E., Chen, W., Plesko, C., Bower, K., Bettencourt, A. (2025). Implementing a Trauma-Informed Parenting Program in Urban Schools Serving High Poverty Communities. Psychology in the Schools. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23466

  9. *Yu, Z., ^Alalamath, T., Johnson, S., Xiong, Y., & Wang, L. (2025). Network analysis of adverse and positive childhood experiences in a national sample of university students. Social Science & Medicine, 117792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117792

  10. ^Yu, T., ^Yuen, C. and Yu, Z. (2025), Asian American Parenting and Youth Mental Health Outcomes: A Literature Review. Mental Health Science, 3: e101. https://doi.org/10.1002/mhs2.101

  11. Kassa, G. M., Yu, Z., Minwuyelet, F., & Gross, D. (2025). Behavioural interventions targeting the prevention and treatment of young children's mental health problems in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Journal of Global Health, 15, 04018. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.04018

  12. *Yu Z, Cole S, Ross K, Hart M, Anis L, Letourneau N. (2024) Childhood Adversities and the ATTACHTM Program’s Influence on Immune Cell Gene Expression. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(6):776. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060776

  13.  *^Plesko, C., Yu, Z., Tobin, K., Gross, D. (2023). Understanding the role of parents’ social connectedness in children’s behavioral wellbeing in low-income communities: A mixed-methods study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000695

  14.  *^Woodward, K.P., Yu, Z., ^Chen, W., Chen, T., Jackson, D.B., Powell, T.W., Wang, L. (2023) Childhood Bereavement, Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences, and Flourishing among Chinese Young Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20, 4631. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054631

  15.  *Yu, Z., Wang, L., ^Chen, W., ^Zhang, J., Bettencourt, A. (2022). Positive childhood experiences associate with adult flourishing amidst adversity: A cross-sectional survey study with a national sample of young adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,19, 14956. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214956

  16.  *Wang, L., Yu, Z. (corresponding author), ^Chen, W., ^Zhang, J., Bettencourt, A. (2022). Higher exposure to childhood adversity associates with lower adult flourishing. BMC Public Health 22, 612 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13063-6

  17.  *Lor, M., Yu, Z., ^Chen, W., Xiong, Y., Yonker, J. A., Brown, R., & Krahn, D. D. (2022). Refugee-related trauma patterns and mental health symptoms across three generations of Hmong Americans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22813

  18.  *^Chen W., Yu Z., Wang L., Gross D. (2022). Examining Childhood Adversities in Chinese Young Adults Using the Simplified Chinese Version of the Adverse Childhood Experiences-International Questionnaire (SC-ACE-IQ). Adversity and Resilience Science.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00076-8

  19.  *Yu, Z., Wang, L., ^Chen, W., Perrin, N., & Gross, D. (2021). Childhood adversity and mental health among Chinese young adults: The protective role of resilience. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(12), 4793–4804. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15070

  20.  ^Plesko, C., Yu, Z., Tobin, K., & Gross, D. (2021). Social connectedness among parents raising children in low-income communities: An integrative review. Research in Nursing & Health, 44(6), 957–969. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22189

  21. Yu, Z., Kowalkowski, J., Roll, A. E., & Lor, M. (2021). Engaging underrepresented communities in health research: Lessons learned. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 43(10), 915–923. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945920987999

  22.  *Tluczek A, Rachel G, Gorp SV, Greene LC, Yu Z, Raymond K, Collins L, George C. (2021) Partnerships in care: Qualitative analysis of different perspectives. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. 2021 November. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2021.1993692

  23. *Yu Z, & Bowers, B. (2020). "Everything Is greyscaled": Immigrant women's experiences of postpartum distress. Qualitative Health Research, 30(9), 1445–1461. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320914868

  24. *Yu Z, Jin, Y., & Lor, M. (2020). Evaluating culturally tailored strategies for implementing cognitive interviewing on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among Chinese immigrant women. Journal of Transcultural Nursing: Official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, 32(5), 591–599. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659620950437

  25. Yu Z, Bowers, B., & Yeoh, B. (2020). A scoping review of the health of East and Southeast Asian female marriage migrants. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 22(1), 182–211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-019-00901-w

  26. *Yu Z, Lauver, D. R., Wang, L., & Li, H. (2019). Developing and pretesting a survey about immigrant women's experiences with postpartum depression screening. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing: JOGNN, 48(2), 216–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2019.01.008

  27.  *Yu Z, Yoon, J. Y., & Grau, B. (2016). How do levels of nursing home adjustment differ by length of stay? International Journal of Nursing Practice, 22(5), 470–477. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12456

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Hoppe, E., Gross, D., Yu, Z., & Kassa, G. M. (2024, March 14). Parents’ Positive Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review. Retrieved from osf.io/hpxq6

  2. Gross, D., Yu, Z., Wyatt, K., Cunningham, E., Hoppe, E. R., Chen, W., … Bettencourt, A. F. (2024, January 31). Supporting Parents Affected by Childhood Adversity: Embedding a Trauma-Informed Parenting Program in an Urban School District Serving High Poverty Communities. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gydwp

  3. Bowers B., Henriques J.,Yu Z. (2020). 2019 Wisconsin LPN Reports. Available at: https://wicenterfornursing.org/data/2019-wisconsin-lpn-reports/

  4. Yu Z. (2018). Postpartum depression among Chinese immigrant mothers: A grounded theory study. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 40(8), 1265-1270. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0193945918784686

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