Publications

2024

  1. Xiang, A., Lecompte, M., & Yang, L. (2024). The Effects of Video Presence on Associative and Source Memory Among Younger and Older Adults in a Virtual Social Simulation. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241282593
  2. Yang L, Lee ADY, & Dong L. (2024). Psychological Wellbeing and Life Satisfaction among Chinese Older Immigrants in Canada across the Early and Late Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare, 12(18):1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12181899
  3. Yang, L., Scaringi, J & Li, L. (10 Sep 2024). Age differences in memory for names and occupations associated with faces: the effects of assigned and self perceived social importance, Memory. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2024.2399110
  4. Katsiris, A., Kandasamy, K., & Yang, L. (2024). Peritraumatic Distress among Chinese Canadians during the Early Lockdown Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sociodemographic and Pandemic-Related Predictors. COVID, 4(3), 391- 408. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid4030026

2023

  1. Kong, Y., Shaver, L. G., Shi, F., Yang, L., Zhang, W., Wei, X., Zhan, E., Effiong, A., Wang, P. P. (2023). Knowledge, psychological impacts, and protective behaviors during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic among Chinese immigrants with school-age children in Canada. BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-362857/v1
  2. Dong, L., Katsiris, A.,Lecompte, M., Skrotzki, C., & Yang, L. (2023). A qualitative analysis of older adults’ cognitive appraisal in coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of social capital. COVID, 3, 1622–1638. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3100111
  3. Yu, L. & Yang, L. (2023). Mental health risks persist over time? Psychological Distress of Chinese Residents in Canada across three years of the pandemic. Epidemiology (research abstract). University of Toronto Journal of Public Health. DOI: 10.33137/utjph.v4i1.40616
  4. Yu, L., Cao, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, T., MacDonald, A., Bian, F., Li, X., W, X., Zhang, Z., Wang, P., Yang, L. (in press). Mental Health Conditions of Chinese International Students and Associated Predictors Amidst the Pandemic. Journal of Migration and Health. 
  5. Dong, L. & Yang, L. (2023). COVID-19 anxiety: The impact of older adults’ transmission of negative information and online social networks. Aging and Health Research.  3 (1), 100119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2023.100119

2022

  1. Yang, L., *Kandasamy, K., Hasher, L. (2022). Inhibition and creativity in aging: Does distractibility enhance creativity? The Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 4: 353-375.  https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-121020030705
  2. Yang, L., *Yu, L., *Kandasamy, K., *Wang, Y., Shi, F., Zhang, W., & Wang, P. P. (2022). Non-pathological psychological distress among Mainland Chinese in Canada and its sociodemographic risk factors amidst the pandemic. HealthCare, 10(11): 2326. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112326
  3. Yang, L., *Kandasamy, K., Na, L., Zhang, W., & Wang, P. P. (2022). Perceived and experienced anti-Chinese discrimination and its associated psychological impacts among Chinese Canadians during the Wave 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology, Health & Medicine. DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2142947
  4. *Lecompte, M., Counsell, A., & Yang, L. (2022). Demographic and COVID experience predictors of  COVID-19 risk perception among Chinese residents in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 14448. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114448.
  5. Bolourchian, M., Alizadeh, A., Yang, L., Wang, P., & Snow, D. F. (2022). The effects of perceived discrimination against Chinese immigrants during COVID-19. Annals of Epidemiology (ACE Abstracts), 73, p 55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.06.031
  6. Bolourchian, M., Yang, L., Wang, P., Alizadeh, A., & Snow, D. F. (2022). Attitudes towards Chinese residents in Canada during COVID-19. Annals of Epidemiology (ACE Abstracts), 73, p 55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.06.032
  7. Yu, L., Cao, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, T., MacDonald, A., Bian, F. Li, X., Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Wang, P. P., & Yang, L. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health among International Students. Annals of Epidemiology (ACE Abstracts), 75,p 55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.06.023
  8. Su, C., Yang, L., Dong, L., & Zhang, W. (2022). The Psychological Well-Being of Older Chinese Immigrants in Canada amidst COVID-19: The Role of Loneliness, Social Support, and Acculturation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8612. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148612 
  9. Lee, A. D. Y., Wang, P. P., Zhang, W., & Yang, L. (2022). COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress and Loneliness in Chinese Residents in North America: The Role of Contraction Worry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 7639. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137639
  10. Truong, L.; Kandasamy, K.; Yang, L. (2022). Cognitive Control in Young and Older Adults: Does Mood Matter? Brain Sciences, 12, 50. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/1/50
  11. Yu, L.; Lecompte, M.; Zhang, W.; Wang, P.; & Yang, L. (2022). Sociodemographic and COVID-Related Predictors for Mental Health Condition of Mainland Chinese in Canada Amidst the Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010171. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1/171/pdf

2021

  1. Wang, L.., Yu, J., Chen, D., & Yang, L. (2021). Relationships among COVID-19 Prevention Practices, Risk Perception and Individual Characteristics: A Temporal Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 10901. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph182010901. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/20/10901
  2.  Na, L. Yang, L., Yu, L., Bolton, K., Zhang, W., & Wang, P. (2021). The Appraisal and Endorsement of Individual and Public Preventive Measures to Combat COVID-19 and the Associated Psychological predictors among Chinese Living in Canada. Open Journal of Public Health. https://openpublichealthjournal.com/VOLUME/14/PAGE/592/FULLTEXT/  
  3. Na, L.& Yang, L. (2021). Psychological and behavioral responses during the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals with mobility and/or self-care disabilities. Disability and Health Journal. ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101216. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1duaC6uM4neMIg
  4.  Kong, Y., Shaver, L. Shi, F., Yang, L., Zhang W., Wei, X., Zhu, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, P. (2021). Attitudes of Chinese immigrants in Canada towards the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine for prevention and management of COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey during the early stages of the pandemic. BMJ open. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e051499.long
  5. Wong, B. I., Lecompte, M., & Yang, L. (2021) The age-related associative deficit simulated by relational divided attention: encoding strategy and recollection, Memory, 29:3, 406-415, DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2021.1898645 
  6. Yang, L., *Truong, L., & *Li, L. (2021). Survival processing effect in memory under semantic divided attention. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 10.1037/cep0000210. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000210 

2020

  1. Yang, L., Yu, L., Zhang, W., Wei, X., Shi, F., & Wang, P. (2020). The perceived psychological distress towards COVID-19 and its demographic predictors. Annuals of Epidemiology, 52, p 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.08.034  
  2. Zhang, W., Chai, L., Fan, J., Wang, P., Wei, X. & Yang, L. (2020). COVID-19, racial discrimination, and psychological distress. Annuals of Epidemiology, 52, p106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.08.032
  3. Kong, Y., Shaver, L., Shi, F., Yang, L., Zhang, W., Wei, X., Wang, Y., & Wang, P. (2020). Belief and Usage of Traditional Chinese Medicine as Preventative Measure against COVID-19 Infection During the Pandemic among Chinese Immigrants in Canada. Annuals of Epidemiology, 52, p105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.08.027 
  4. Yang, L., Gallant, S. N., Wilkins, L. K., & Dyson, B. (2020). Cognitive and Psychosocial Outcomes of Self-Guided Executive Function Training and Low-Intensity Aerobic Exercise in Healthy Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 12: 576744. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.576744 
  5. Wilkinson, A., & Yang, L. (2020). Long-term maintenance of multiple task inhibition practice and transfer effects in older adults: A 3.5-year follow-up. Psychology and Aging, 35(5), 765–772. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000430 

2019

  1. *Gallant, S. N., *Carvalho, M., *Hansi, J., & Yang, L. (2019). The effect of emotional distraction on hyper-binding in young and older adults. Cognition & emotion, 34(4), 839–847. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1668750
  2. *Gallant, S. N., Spaniol, J., & Yang, L. (2019). Age differences in cue utilization during prospective and retrospective memory monitoring. Psychology and Aging.
  3. Mallya, S., Reed, M., & Yang, L.(2019). A theoretical framework for using humor to reduce the effects of chronic stress on cognitive function in older adults: An integration of findings and methods from diverse areas of psychology. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, p 1-23, https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2017-0068.

2018

  1. Yang, L., Li, J., *Wilkinson, A., Spaniol, J., & Hasher, L. (2018). East-West cultural differences in encoding objects in imagined social contexts. Plos One. 13(11): e0207515. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207515
  2. *Gallant, S. N., Pun, C., & Yang, L. (2018). Age differences in the neural correlates underlying control of emotional memory: An event-related potential study. Brain Research, 1697, 83-92. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.06.019
  3. Girard, T., Wilkins, L., Lyons, K., Yang, L., & Christensen, B. (2018). Traditional Test Administration and Proactive Interference Undermine Visual-Spatial Working Memory Performance in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 23(4): 242-253.doi: 10.1080/13546805.2018.1479248.

2017

  1. *Wong, B., Yin, S., Yang, L.Li, J., Spaniol, J. (2017). Cultural differences in memory for objects and backgrounds in pictures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1-14. doi: 10.1177/0022022117748763. journals.sagepub.com/home/jcc.
  2. Judges, R. A., *Gallnt, S. N., Yang, L., & Lee, K. (April 13, 2017). The role of cognition, personality, and trust in fraud victimization in older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 588. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00588. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00588
  3. *Gallant, S., Dyson, B. J., Yang, L. (2017). Local context effects during emotional item directed forgetting in younger and older adults. Memory, 25 (8),1129-1138. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2016.1274036.

2016

  1. Tallon, K., Koerner, N., & Yang, L.(2016). Working memory in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Effects of verbal and image-based worry and relation to cognitive and emotional processes.Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 7(1), 72-94. doi: 10.5127/jep.045714
  2. *Wilkinson, A.J., & Yang, L.(2016). Long-term maintenance of inhibition training effects in older adults: 1- and 3-year follow-up. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 71 (4), 622-629. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu179.
  3. *Wilkinson, A. J., & Yang, L.(2016). Inhibition plasticity in older adults: Practice and transfer effects using a multiple task approach. Neural Plasticity, Volume 2016, Article ID 9696402, 12 pages. doi: 10.1155/2016/9696402

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