ADDRESS:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
102 D Wende Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
PHONE: 716-829-2015
EMAIL: yc73@buffalo.edu
Chang's research focuses on geropsychiatric nursing and her areas of interest include substance abuse and depression in older adults, as well as dementia care. Currently, she is working on a funded study to understand prescription psychotherapeutic drug use in older adults. In addition, Chang is conducting research in family caregivers of people with cognitive impairments. She is working on a funded study to understand medication management and psychosocial and physical well-being in family caregivers of people with dementia.
Sullivan, S. S., Mann, C. M., Mullen, S. J., & Chang, Y. P. (2021). Homecare nurses guide goals for care and care transitions in serious illness: A grounded theory of relationship-based care. Journal of Advanced Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14739
Chao, Y.-Y., Seo, J. Y., Katigbak, C., & Chang, Y.-P. (2020). Utilization of mental health services among older Chinese immigrants in New York City. Community Mental Health Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00570-2
Ko, N.-Y., Lu, W.-H., Chen, Y.-L., Li, D. J., Wang, P.-W., Hsu, S.-T., Chen, C.-C., Lin, Y.-H., Chang, Y.-P., & Yen, C.-F. (2020). COVID-19-related information sources and psychological well-being: An online survey study in Taiwan. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.019
Kwon, M., Seo, Y. S., Park, E., & Chang, Y.-P. (2020). Association between substance use and insufficient sleep in U.S. high school students. Journal of School Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519901161
Li, D.-J., Chang, Y.-P., Chen, Y.-L., & Yen, C.-F. (2020). Mediating effects of emotional symptoms on the association between homophobic bullying victimization and problematic internet/smartphone use among gay and bisexual men in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103386
Li, D.-J., Chang, Y.-P., Chen, Y.-L., & Yen, C.-F. (2020). The impact of emotional symptoms and family support on the association between homophobic bullying and sedative/hypnotic use among gay and bisexual men in Taiwan: A moderated mediation model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113870
Li, D.-J., Chen, S.-L., Chang, Y.-P., & Yen, C. F. (2020). Factors affecting painkillers, sedatives/ hypnotics, nicotine, and unhealthy alcohol use among gay and bisexual men in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(3), 851. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030851
Park, E., Livingston, J. A., Wang, W., Kwon, M., Eiden, R. D., & Chang, Y.-P. (2020). Adolescent e-cigarette use trajectories and subsequent alcohol and marijuana use. Addictive Behaviors, 103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106213
Park, E., & Chang, Y.-P. (2020). Using digital media to empower adolescents in smoking prevention: Mixed methods study. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 3(1).
https://doi.org/10.2196/13031
Porock, D., Li, J., & Chang, Y.-P. (2020). Measuring the 'dose' of person-centered care in aged care: Development of staff and family questionnaires. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14392
Rajamohan, S., Porock, D., & Chang, Y.-P. (2020). Understanding the relationship between staff and job satisfaction, stress, turnover, and staff outcomes in the person-centered care nursing home arena. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 51(5), 560-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12488
Sullivan, S. S., Mann, C. M., Mullen, S. J., & Chang, Y. P. (2020). Recognizing decline and supporting care transitions in older adults: Homecare nurse perspectives. Innovations in Aging, 4(S1), 521. 10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1682
Chang, Y.-P., Cassalia, J., Warunek, M., & Scherer, Y. (2019). Motivational interviewing training with standardized patient simulation for prescription opioid abuse among older adults. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 55(4), 681-689. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12402
Doerzbacher, M., & Chang, Y.-P. (2019). Supporting breastfeeding for women on opioid maintenance therapy: A systematic review. Journal of Perinatology, 39(9), 1159-1164.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0411-0
Hu, H.-F., Chang, Y.-P., Lin, C.-H., & Yen, C.-F. (2019). Quality of life of gay and bisexual men during emerging adulthood in Taiwan: Roles of traditional and cyber harassment victimization. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0213015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213015
Lu, W.-H., Chang, Y.-P., Lin, C.-H., & Yen, C.-F. (2019). Negative Facebook experiences among Taiwanese gay and bisexual men in emerging adulthood: Associations with traditional harassment victimization and quality of life. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 15, 1163–1170. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S190878
Park, E., Kwon, M., Gaughan, M. R., Livingston, J. A., & Chang, Y.-P. (2019). Listening to adolescents: Their perceptions and information sources about e-cigarettes. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 48, 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2019.07.010
Wang, L.-H., Chang, Y.-P., Chou. H.-F., Doerzbacher, M., & Lin S. (2019). Psychometrics of the short form of the Health Practices Questionnaire-II Chinese version among pregnant women. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 48(2), 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2018.12.006
Wang, C.-C., Chang, Y.-P., Yang, Y.-H., Hu, H.-F., & Yen, C.-F. (2019). Relationships between traditional and cyber harassment and self-identity confusion among Taiwanese gay and bisexual men in emerging adulthood. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 90, 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.12.015
Chang, Y.-P. (2018). Factors associated with prescription opioid misuse in adults aged 50 or older. Nursing Outlook, 66(2), 112-120. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2017.10.007
Chang, Y.-P., & Compton, P. (2018). Substance abuse and addiction. In N. J. Bush & L. M. Gorman (Eds.), Psychosocial nursing care along the cancer continuum (3rd ed., pp. 427-450). Pittsburg, PA: Oncology Nursing Society.
Dunwoody, D., Jungquist, C. R., Chang, Y.-P., & Dickerson, S. S. (2018). The common meanings and shared practices of sedation assessment in the context of managing patients with an opioid: A phenomenological study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(2), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14672
Heavey, S. C., Chang, Y.-P., Vest, B. M., Collins, R. L., Wieczorek, W., & Homish, G. G. (2018). 'I have it just in case' - Naloxone access and changes in opioid use behaviours. The International Journal on Drug Policy, 51, 27-35. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.09.015
Heavey, S. C., Delmerico, A. M., Burstein, G., Moore, C., Wieczorek, W., Collins, R. L., Chang, Y.-P., & Homish, G. G. (2018). Descriptive epidemiology for community-wide naloxone administration by police officers and firefighters responding to opioid overdose. Journal of Community Health, 43(2), 304-311. doi:10.1007/s10900-017-0422-8
Li, J., Chang, Y.-P., Riegel, B., Kennan, B. T., Varrasse, M., Pack, A. I., & Gooneratne, N. S. (2018). Intermediate, but not extended, afternoon naps may preserve cognition in Chinese older adults. The Journals of Gerontology (Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences), 73(3), 360-366. doi:10.1093/gerona/glx069
Peng, H., Lorenz, R. A., & Chang, Y.-P. (2018). Factors associated with sleep in family caregivers of individuals with dementia. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 55(1), 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12307
Wang, C.-C., Lin, H.-C., Chen, M.-H., Ko, N.- Y., Chang, Y.-P., Lin, I.-M., & Yen, C.-F. (2018). Effects of traditional and cyber homophobic bullying in childhood on depression, anxiety, and physical pain in emerging adulthood and the moderating effects of social support among gay and bisexual men in Taiwan. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 14, 1309-1317. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S164579
Zhang, M., Chang, Y.-P., Liu, Y. J., Gao, L., & Porock, D. (2018). Burden and strain among familial caregivers of patients with dementia in China. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 39(5), 427-432.
Juarez-Cuellar, A., & Chang, Y.-P. (2017). HIV testing in urban transgender individuals: A descriptive study. Transgender Health, 2(1), 151-155. doi:10.1089/trgh.2016.0047
Chang, Y.-P., Sessanna, L., & Schneider, K. J. (2017). The applicability of the decisional conflict scale in nursing home placement decision among Chinese family caregivers: A mixed methods approach. Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 2(3), 110-120. doi:10.9741/23736658.1064
Compton, P., & Chang, Y.-P. (2017). Substance abuse and addiction: Implications for pain management in patients with cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 21(2), 203-209. doi:10.1188/17.CJON.203-209
Li, J., Grandner, M., Chang, Y.-P., Jungquist, C., & Porock, D. (2017). Person centered dementia care and sleep in assisted living residents with dementia: A pilot study. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 15(2), 97-113. doi:10.1080/15402002.2015.1104686
Chang, Y.-P. (2017). Substance abuse and addiction: Implications for pain management in patients with cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 21(2), 203-209. doi:10.1188/17.CJON.203-209
Chou, W.-J., Huang, M.-F., Chang, Y.-P., Hu, H.-F., & Yen, C.-F. (2017). Social skills deficits and their association with Internet addiction and activities in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6(1), 42-50. doi:10.1556/2006.6.2017.005
Barrett, K., & Chang, Y.-P. (2016). Behavioral interventions targeting chronic pain, depression, and substance use disorder in primary care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(4), 345-353. doi:10.1111/jnu.12213
Chang, Y.-P., & Compton, P. (2016). Opioid misuse/abuse and quality persistent pain management in older adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 42(12), 21-30. doi:10.3928/00989134-20161110-06
Peng, H. L., Lorenz, R. A., & Chang, Y.-P. (2016). Sleep quality in family caregivers of individuals with dementia: A concept analysis. Clinical Nursing Research, 25(4), 448-464. doi:10.1177/1054773815610747
Sabbah, E. A., Chang, Y.-P., & Campbell‐Heider, N. (2016). Understanding intimate partner violence in Jordan: Application of the ecological model. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. doi:10.1111/ppc.12157
Tsai, J.-K., Yen, C.-N., Chen, C.-S., Hwang, T.-J., Chen, S.-T., Chen, T.-T., … Chang, Y.-P., … Yen, C.-F. (2016). Prevalence and clinical correlates of flunitrazepam-related complex sleep behaviors. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 71(3), 198-203. doi:10.1111/pcn.12472
Chang, Y.-P., Compton P., Almeter, P., & Fox, C. (2015). The effect of motivational interviewing on prescription opioid adherence in older adults with chronic pain. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 51(3), 211-219. doi:10.1111/ppc.12082
Matteliano, D., & Chang, Y.-P. (2015). Describing prescription opioid adherence in individuals with chronic pain using urine drug testing. Pain Management Nursing, 16(1), 51-59. doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2014.04.001
McKenzie, K., & Chang, Y.-P. (2015). The effect of nurse-led motivational interviewing on medication adherence in patients with bipolar disorder. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 51(1), 36-44. doi:10.1111/ppc.12060
Li, J., Grandner, M. A., Chang, Y.-P., Jungquist, C., & Porock, D. (2015). Person-centered dementia care and sleep in assisted living residents with dementia: A pilot study. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 1-17. doi:10.1080/15402002.2015.1104686
Yen, C.-F., Ko, C.-H., Chang, Y.-P., Yu, C.-Y., Huang, M.-F., Yeh, Y.-C., Lin, J.-J., & Chen, C.-S. (2015). Dependence, misuse and beliefs regarding use of hypnotics by elderly psychiatric patients taking zolpidem, estazolam or flunitrazepam. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 7(3), 298-305. doi:10.1111/appy.12147
Chang, Y.P., Edwards, D.F., & Lach, W.H. (2011). The Collateral Source Version of Geriatric Depression Scale: Evaluation of Psychometric Properties and Discrepancy between collateral Sources and Patients with Dementia in Reporting Depression. International Psychogeriatrics*
Sessanna, L., Finnell, D., Underhill, M., Chang, Y.P., & Peng, H.L. (2011). Measures of Spirituality: A Systematic Review of Nursing and Health Related Literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing
Chang, Y.P., Wray, O.L., Sessanna, L., & Peng, H.L. (2011). Use of Prescription Opioid Medication among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Noncancer Chronic Pain. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 22, 1-6.*
Lach, W.H., Chang, Y.P., Edwards, D.F. (2010). Can Older Adults with Dementia Accurately Report Depression Using Brief Forms? Reliability and Validity of the Geriatric Depression Scale. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36(5), 30-37.*
Chang, Y.P. & Schneider, K.J. (2010). Decision Making Process of Nursing Home Placement Among Chinese Family Caregivers. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 46(2), 108-118.*
Yen, C.F., Huang, Y.S., Chang, Y.P., & Cheng, C.P. (2010). Factor Structure of the Chinese Version of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment in Taiwanese Adolescents Who Abuse MDMA or Methamphetamine. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 36(2), 114-117.*
Yen, C.F., King, B.H., & Chang, Y.P., (2010). Factor structure of the Athens Insomnia Scale and its associations with demographic characteristics and depression in adolescents. Journal of Sleep Research, 19, 12-18.*
Yen, C.F., Ko, C.H., Yen, J.Y., Chang, Y.P., & Cheng, C.P. (2009). Multi-Dimensional Discriminative Factors for Internet Addiction among Adolescents Regarding Gender and Age. Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 63, 357-364.*
Lach, W.H. & Chang, Y.P. (2007). Caregiver Perspectives on Safety in Home Dementia Care. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 29(8), 993-1041.
Yen, C.F. & Chang, Y.P. (2005). Relapse antecedents for methamphetamine use and related factors in Taiwanese adolescents. Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 59(1), 77-82.