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Biing Jiun Shen
Researcher at Nanyang Technological University
Publications - 45
Citations - 2573
Biing Jiun Shen is an academic researcher from Nanyang Technological University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social support & Anxiety. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 44 publications receiving 2310 citations. Previous affiliations of Biing Jiun Shen include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center & University of Southern California.
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A structural model of acculturation and mental health status among Chinese Americans.
TL;DR: The results demonstrated that acculturation, correlated with SES, contributed to depressive symptom severity only through indirect pathways, and better support, lower personality negativity, better health perception, and lower stress were found mediating the relationship between higher SES and lower depressive symptoms.
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A randomized clinical trial of group-based cognitive-behavioral stress management in localized prostate cancer: development of stress management skills improves quality of life and benefit finding.
Frank J. Penedo,Frank J. Penedo,Ivan Molton,Jason R. Dahn,Biing Jiun Shen,Dave Kinsinger,Lara Traeger,Scott D. Siegel,Neil Schneiderman,Neil Schneiderman,Michael H. Antoni +10 more
TL;DR: Results support the use of group-based cognitive-behavioral interventions in promoting QoL and BF in this population of men recovering from treatment for localized prostate cancer.
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Are Metabolic Risk Factors One Unified Syndrome? Modeling the Structure of the Metabolic Syndrome X
Biing Jiun Shen,John F. Todaro,Raymond Niaura,Jeanne M. McCaffery,Jianping Zhang,Avron Spiro,Avron Spiro,Kenneth D. Ward +7 more
TL;DR: This study provides an empirical foundation for conceptualizing and measuring the metabolic syndrome that unites four related components (insulin resistance, obesity, lipids, and blood pressure) and demonstrated that the proposed structure was well supported and stable across subgroups.
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Anxiety characteristics independently and prospectively predict myocardial infarction in men the unique contribution of anxiety among psychologic factors.
Biing Jiun Shen,Yael E. Avivi,John F. Todaro,Avron Spiro,Jean-Philippe Laurenceau,Kenneth D. Ward,Raymond Niaura +6 more
TL;DR: Anxiety-prone dispositions appear to be a robust and independent risk factor of MI among older men after further adjusting for health behaviors, medications for hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes during follow-up and additional psychologic variables.
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Self-Efficacy Mediates the Associations of Social Support and Depression with Treatment Adherence in Heart Failure Patients
TL;DR: Self-efficacy explains the influence of social support and depression on treatment adherence and may be a key target for interventions to improve disease management and self-care behaviors in chronic heart failure patients.