Yin Liu
Human Devt. and Family Studies
Associate Professor | Gerontology Certificate Faculty Mentor
Contact Information
Office Location: FL 220Phone: 435-797-4149
Email: yin.liu@usu.edu
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Educational Background
Biography
Yin Liu was born and grew up in Chengdu, China. Yin received her PhD degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University. She is currently an assistant professor in the Human Development and Family Studies at Utah State University. Yin teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in gerontology and research methods, and is the coordinator of the gerontology certificate program at USU. Yin is a developmental psychologist by training with an interdisciplinary research background focused on individuals’ health and well-being across adulthood and old age. To achieve this goal, her expertise includes research methodology and statistics, daily and chronic stress, salivary biomarkers of stress and health, and interventions to reduce stressor exposures and promote healthy aging. Yin’s dissertation received the research award in the Psychology of Aging by Div. 20 of the American Psychological Association (APA). In her spare time Yin enjoys experiencing the outdoors with her family.
Teaching Interests
Adult Development and Aging
Research Methods
Secondary Data Analysis
Research Interests
Stress and Health across the lifespan
Health behaviors as moderators of stress-health association
Stress biomarkers
Intensive longitudinal design and multilevel analysis
Healthcare and service access
Awards
Weill-Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry Research Career Institute in Mental Health of Aging (CIMA) fellowship , 2020
National Institue of Mental Health
NIA Stress Measurement Network (R24AG048024; R01AG030153) Pilot Project on cross-national comparisons of psychological stress , 2020
National Institute on Aging
Utah State University Faculty Fellowship award, 2019
Utah State University
Proposal Writing Institute , 2018
Utah State University
Young Investigator Colloquium Scholar, 2018
American Psychosomatic Society (APS)
Dissertation Research Award , 2016
Dissertation Research Award
IMPACT-AD Fellowship, 2023
National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association
NIA Mentored Career Development Award, 2023
National Institute on Aging
HDFS Department Faculty Research of the Year in 2021, 2021
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Publications | Abstracts
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Publications | Book Chapters
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Liu, Y., (2025). Daily health and well-being among caregivers with multiple adverse childhood experiences: The role of family support and strain.
- Liu, Y., (2025). Daily stressors, positive events, and daily fatigue among dementia family caregivers..
- Liu, Y., (2025). Does caregiver stress get under the skin? Associations with care recipient inflammation..
- Liu, Y., (2025). Lucid episodes among people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their impact on family caregiver stress and grief (LEAD): protocol for a longitudinal observational study..
- Liu, Y., (2025). Lucid episodes in people with advanced dementia: Characterizing caregiver reports to advance definition and measurement of episodes.
- Liu, Y., (2025). Restrictions in community-based care services and the effect on family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study..
- Liu, Y., (2025). She asked if she had dementia: Caregivers’ insights on lucidity in late stages of dementia and its impact..
- Liu, Y., (2025). Spouse and child caregivers’ experiences of lucid episodes in dementia: A mixed methods approach.
- Liu, Y., (2024). Friend Social Network Size Moderates the Association Between Age and Physical Activity Across Adulthood..
- Liu, Y., (2024). Work–family care obstacles and life satisfaction among Japanese working family caregivers living with an older care recipient.
- Liu, Y., Fauth, E.B, (2024). Work-Family Care Obstacles and Life Satisfaction among Japanese Working Family Caregivers Living with an Older Care Recipient.. SAGE open nursing, 10, 23779608241293686. doi: 10.1177/23779608241293686
- Liu, Y., Fauth, E.B, Fleming, D., Lorenz, R., (2022). Daily sleep and mood among dementia caregivers – The mediation of cortisol total output on high- and low-stress days. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77:8, 1406-1415. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac074
- Yang, R., Liu, Y., Jiang, Y., Fleming, D., Fauth, E.B, (2022). Functional limitations before and after cancer diagnosis and contributing factors: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.. BMC Geriatrics, 22:1, 415. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03060-0
- Honda, A., Fauth, E.B, Liu, Y., Honda, S., (2022). Predictors of effort-reward imbalance among employees providing three types of long-term care services in Japan: Implications for employee well-being. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41:2, 341-351. doi: 10.1177/0733464821997210
- Liu, Y., Dokos, M., Fauth, E.B, Lee, Y.G, Zarit, S., (2019). Financial strain, employment, and role captivity and overload over time among dementia family caregivers. Gerontologist, 59:5, 512-520. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnzz099
- Liu, Y., Trajectories of Sexual Self-efficacy in Middle and Later Life: Do Gender and Time-varying Contexts of Marital and Menopausal Transitions Matter?.
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Publications | Other
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