Education and Publications

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Selected Publications

Book

Ping Chen. 2010. Assimilation of Immigrants and Their Adult Children: College Education, Cohabitation, and Work. LFB Scholarly Publishing. (Book with 190 pages & 5 Chapters)

**Selected Articles: *Corresponding author**

*Ping Chen, Yi Li, and Fang Wu. 2023. “Gender Differences in the Association of Polygenic Risk and Divergent Depression Trajectories from Mid to Late Life: A National Longitudinal Study.” Biodemography and Social Biology, April, 10. https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2023.2196710

Kathleen Mullan Harris and *Ping Chen. 2022. “The acculturation gap of parent–child relationships in immigrant families: A national study.” Family Relations. https://DOI: 10.1111/fare.12760.

*Ping Chen. 2022. “Adolescents’ perceived cohesion toward their parents in intact families of a national study: A conceptual and empirical exploration.” SocArXiv. httpt://doi:10.31235/osf.io/e758y

*Ping Chen. 2021. “Inner child of the past: long-term protective role of childhood relationships with mothers and fathers and maternal support for mental health in middle and late adulthood.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2021 Nov 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02200-y (Full-text view: https://rdcu.be/cCiQL)

*Ping Chen and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2019. “Association of Positive Family Relationships With Mental Health Trajectories From Adolescence to Midlife.” JAMA Pediatrics. 2019 Oct 07. DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3336. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2752557 (Attention score in the top 5% of all research outputs; High Attention Score in the 99th percentile compared to outputs of the same age)

In The News

LaFaro, Alyssa. “Boosting Teen Spirit.” Endeavors: Stories Powered by UNC Research. March 24th, 2020. https://endeavors.unc.edu/boosting-teen-spirit/
Chen, Ping, Harris KM. “Strong family ties during teen years can help ward off depression in later life.” The Conversation. October 7, 2019. https://theconversation.com/strong-family-ties-during-teen-years-can-help-ward-off-depression-in-later-life-124239.
Roy-Bornstein, Carolyn. “The Benefits of Positive Early Family Relationships Later in Life: How Relationships in Adolescence Affect Mental Health through Mid-Life.” Psychology Today. Jan 18, 2020. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/last-stop-the-struggle-bus/202001/the-benefits-positive-early-family-relationships-later-in
Hess E. “Positive family relationships during teen years may lower your risk of depression.” The Daily Tar Heel (UNC-Chapel Hill Newspaper). October 8, 2019. https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/10/depression-research-1009
NICHD Press Office. “Science Update: Positive family relationships in adolescence may reduce depression risk during midlife, NIH-funded study suggests.” NIH News. November 13, 2019. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/111319-adolescent-family-relationships
Daily Mail Reporter. “Close family ties in childhood can stave off depression says study of 18,000 teenagers.” Daily Mail Online. October 13, 2019. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7569417/Close-family-ties-childhood-stave-depression-says-study-18-000-teenagers.html
Petter O. “Coming from a close family can guard against depression, study suggests.” Independent. October 8, 2019. https://www.msn.com/en-sg/lifestyle/family/coming-from-a-close-family-can-guard-against-depression-study-suggests/ar-AAIurMk?srcref=rss
Rapaport L. “Teen depression risk lower in close-knit families.” Reuters. October 7, 2019. https://news.yahoo.com/teen-depression-risk-lower-close-194643241.html
Other news coverage: https://jamanetwork.altmetric.com/details/67851698/news

*Ping Chen and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2020. “Guidelines for Analyzing Add Health Data.” Statistical Methodology User Guide. Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

*Ping Chen, Jon Hussey, Timothy O. Monbureau. 2018. “Depression and Antidepressant Use among Asian and Hispanic Adults: Association with Immigrant Generation and Language Use.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 20(3): 619-631. DOI: 10.1007/s10903-017-0597-1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6534115/

*Ping Chen, Chirayath M. Suchindran, Joyce Tabor, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. March 2017. “Construction of Wave IV GWAS Sample Weights.” Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Ashley Sorgi, Ping Chen, Sarah Catherine Dean, Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Kathleen Mullan Harris. March 2016. “Characteristics of Young Adult Relationships: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.” Research Brief No. 3, Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

*Ping Chen, Sung-Heui Bae, and William Kalsbeek. 2015. “The Weight Process of the Add Health Genetic Sample.” Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

*Ping Chen and Kim Chantala. 2015. “Guidelines for Analyzing Add Health Data.” Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

*Ping Chen. 2011. “Add Health Wave IV: Multilevel Weight Components Construction.” Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

*Ping Chen and Chirayath M. Suchindran. 2010. “National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: Wave I, III, & IV Longitudinal Weight.” Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

*Ping Chen. 2002. “Social Ties, Family Structure and Care, and the Well-Being of the Oldest Old in China.” International Scope Review. 2002;20(1):20-35. https://doi.org/10.17615/ssbh-

Selected Academic Presentations & Conferences

Ping Chen and Yi Li. 2022. “Genetic Risk, Childhood Maltreatment, G x E Interaction, and Their Association with Depressive Symptoms in Middle Adulthood.” The 5^th Global Public Health Conference 2022. Session 07: Mental Health II. Virtual. February 24-25, 2022.

Ping Chen. 2018. “Appropriate Analysis in Add Health Correcting for Design Effects & Selecting Weights.” Methodology Workshop. Add Health User’s Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.

Ping Chen and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2018. “Long-Term Protective Effects of Adolescent Family Relations: Gendered Trajectories of Depression into Adulthood.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Denver, CO, April 25-28, 2018.

Anthony Daniel Perez, Kathleen Harris, Carolyn T. Halpern, Robert A. Hummer, and Ping Chen, Sarah Catherine Dean. 2018. “Measurement Matters? the New Census Race Question and Its Consequences for Disparities Research.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Denver, CO, April 25-28, 2018.

Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Ken Bollen, Ping Chen, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2018. “Birth Weight and BMI Change from Adolescence into Adulthood.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Denver, CO, April 25-28, 2018.

*Poster Winner of the Health Mortality Session

Kathleen Mullan Harris, Karen Gerken, Ping Chen, and Y. Claire Yang. 2016. “Social Integration and Health from Adolescence into Adulthood.” DeJong Lecture in Social Demography, Pennsylvania State University, November 12, 2016.

Dohoon Lee, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Ping Chen. September 2016. Birth Intendedness, Union Status at Conception, and Maternal Behaviors.” in Session 213: Fertility and Well-Being Saturday, April 2 at 12:30-2 p.m. Population Association of America Annual Meeting.

Ping Chen. 2014. “Appropriate Analysis in Add Health Correcting for Design Effects & Selecting Weights.” Methodology Workshop. Add Health User’s Conference, Lee.

Ping Chen and Jon Hussey. 2012. “Antidepressant Under-treatment for Depression among Asian and Latino Adult Children of Immigrants in the United States: Association with Immigrant Generation and Language.” Add Health User’s Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.

Ping Chen. 2012. “Appropriate Analysis in Add Health Correcting for Design Effects & Selecting Weights.” Methodology Workshop. Add Health User’s Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.

Ping Chen. 2008. “Assimilated to College Education? Intergenerational and Inter-Class Mobility of Second Immigrant Generation.” Add Health User’s Conference, Bethesda, Maryland.

Ping Chen, Kathleen Mullan Harris and Guang Guo. “Cohabit or Marry: Union Formation Patterns among Young Adults of Different Immigrant Generations,” the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005.

Ping Chen. 2004. “Family Structure, Social Support and the Well-Being of the Oldest Old in China,” the 36th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, China, July 2004.

Kathleen Mullan Harris and Ping Chen. 2004. “The Acculturation of Parent-Child Relations in Immigrant Families,” the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 2004

Avtar Singh and Ping Chen. 2001. “Religiosity and Attitude toward Euthanasia: A Study of Social Attitudes in the United States,” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 2001