Publications
Lu, S., & Lyu, R., & Chorpita, B. F. (2025). Validating the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-short version (RCADS-25) in Chinese preadolescents. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-025-01892-6 [full text]
Lu, S., Ni, S., & Bai, T. (2025). Promoting migrant adolescent resilience through a virtual reality videogame: A randomized trial. Research on Social Work Practice. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315251342210
Wang, Y., & Lu, S. (2025). Adaptation and validation of the Grandparental Involvement Inventory–Chinese version (GII-C) in migrant families. Journal of Family Psychology, 39(2), 197-207.
https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001294 [full text]
Hu, H., Lyu, R., Dai, X., & Lu, S. (2024). Validating a short-form Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire among Chinese early adolescents. Mindfulness, 15, 2632-2646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02446-y
Wang, Y., Chen, X., Wang, A., Jordan, L. P., & Lu, S. (2024). Grandparental care and child mental health - A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65(4), 568-586. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13943 [full text]
Wang, Y., Lu, S., Fu, L., Du, N., & Xu, D. (2024). Voices behind images: Exploring left-behind children’s lives with grandparents through Photovoice. British Journal of Social Work, 54(5), 1867-1888.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad264 [full text]
Tan, Y., Lyu, R., & Lu, S. (2024). Reducing parenting stress in Chinese parents of children with learning disabilities with a mindful parenting program: A randomized controlled trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 151, 104794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104794
Wong, D. F. K., Chan, H. W., & Lu, S. (2024). Development and validation of the Social Ecological Resilience Scale (SERS) from a systems perspective for Hong Kong families. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 46(2), 101-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317107.2023.2268067 [full text]
Dai, X., Lu, S., Sullivan, A. A., & Hu, H. (2024). "All you need is compassion?" a latent profile analysis of neglect and self-compassion on child mental health. Journal of Affective Disorders, 362, 799-807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.096
Xie, W., Wang, M., Ng, S., Lu, S., Yeung, A., Chan, K. P., & Lo, H. H. M. (2024). Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention delivered by mobile phone on perinatal-specific stress and neonatal outcomes: A randomized controlled trial. Mindfulness, 15, 2595-2608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02457-9 [full text]
Lu, S., Huang, C. C., Hall, B., Demarzo, M., & Kirk, U. (2023). Mindfulness and health. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1137730. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-83251-607-2 [full text]
Lyu, R., Lu, S., & Ma, X. (2023). Group interventions for mental health and parenting in parents with adverse childhood experiences: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Family Relations, 72(4), 1397-2269.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12768 [full text]
Lyu, R., & Lu, S. (2023). The efficacy of a mindfulness-based therapeutic parenting group for parents with adverse childhood experiences: A randomized controlled trial. Mindfulness, 14(2), 360-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-02054-8
Dai, X., Du, N., Shi, S., & Lu, S. (2022). Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on peer relationships of children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mindfulness, 13, 2653-2675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-01966-9 [full text]
Lu, S. (2023). ‘Villagers in the City’: Resilience in migrant youth amidst urbanisation. British Journal of Social Work, 53(1), 236-257. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac122 [full text]
Lu, S., Lyu, R., Hu, H., Ho, K. K., Barry, T. J., Black, D., & Wong, D. F. (2022). Parallel parent–child mindfulness intervention among Chinese migrant families: A mixed-methods feasibility study. Research on Social Work Practice, 32(8), 925-939. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315221089684
Wang, Y., Zhao, F., Emery, C. R., Abdullah, A., & Lu, S. (2022). “Invisible” children: A multiple case study on the experiences and protection of hospital-stranded children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 126, 105519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105519
Xie, Q. W., Dai, X., Lyu, R., & Lu, S. (2021). Effects of mindfulness-based parallel-group interventions on family functioning and child and parent mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Mindfulness, 12(12), 2843-2864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01728-z [full text]
Lyu, R., & Lu, S. (2022). The experiences of reconciliation with destructive parents through imagery communication group psychotherapy. Journal of Social Work Practice, 36(3), 275-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2021.1952963 [full text]
Lu, S., Huang, C-C., Cheung, S., Rios, J. A., & Chen, Y. (2021). Mindfulness and social-emotional skills in Latino pre-adolescents in the U.S.: The mediating role of executive function. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29, 1010-1018. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13135
Ni, S., Lu, S., Lu, K., & Tan, H. (2021). The effects of parental involvement in parent-child reading for migrant and urban families: A comparative mixed-methods study. Children and Youth Services Review, 123, 105941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.105941
Huang, C-C., Lu, S., Rios, J., Chen, Y., Stringham, M., & Cheung, S. (2020). Associations between mindfulness, executive function, social-emotional skills, and quality of life among Hispanic children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 7796. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217796
Lu, S. (2020). Family migration and youth psychosocial development: An ecological perspective. Children and Youth Services Review, 113, 104953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104953 [full text]
Li, S. J., Lu, S., Ni, S., Li, Q., & Peng, K. (2019). Identifying psychological resilience in Chinese migrant youth through multidisciplinary language pattern decoding. Children and Youth Services Review, 107, 104506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104506
Huang, C-C., Chen, Y., Cheung, S., Greene, L., & Lu, S. (2019). Resilience, emotional problems, and behavioral problems of adolescents in China: Roles of mindfulness and life skills. Journal of Health & Social Care in the Community, 27, 1158-1166. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12753
Lu, S., Rios, J., & Huang, C-C. (2018). Mindfulness, emotion, and behaviour: An intervention study with Chinese migrant children. Children & Society, 32, 290-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12256 [full text]
Lu, S. (2018, June). School-based mindfulness intervention with rural migrant children in China. Newsletter of Consortium of Institutes on Family in the Asian Region (CIFA-Net), 21st Issue (research brief). https://www.cifa-net.org/cifa-net-issue-21/ [full text]
Lu, S., Huang, C-C., & Rios, J. (2017). Mindfulness and academic performance: An example of migrant children in China. Children and Youth Services Review, 82, 53-59.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.008
Lu, S., Lin, Y-T., Vikse, J. H., & Huang, C-C. (2016). Well-being of migrant and left-behind children in China: Education, health, parenting, and personal values. International Journal of Social Welfare, 25, 58-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12162
Hu, H., Lu, S., & Huang, C-C. (2014). The psychological and behavioral outcomes of migrant and left-behind children in China. Children and Youth Services Review, 46, 1-10.