Identifying the Mechanisms Linking Child Abuse Victimization and Substance Use and Misuse Among an Adult Population in China
Identifying the Mechanisms Linking Child Abuse Victimization and Substance Use and Misuse Among an Adult Population in China
Spencer D. Li Mi Kang Kehui Wu Jiaqi Lu University of Macau, Macau, ChinaSpencer Li is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Macau. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include substance abuse, child development, corrections, and survey research. Dr. Li has served as principal investigator on many publicly and privately funded projects related to adolescent development, religion, substance abuse, and criminal justice, including grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Administration for Children and Families, and the Social Welfare Bureau of the Government of Macau. His publications have appeared in many leading academic journals.Mi Kang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Macau. She holds a master’s degree in social policy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a bachelor’s degree in applied psychology from Sun Yat-sen University. Her research interests encompass several areas within sociology and psychology, such as social capital, migrant children, and left-behind children in China, substance use and rehabilitation, mental health, and the interplay of social work. Her dedication lies in identifying solutions to enhance the well-being and recovery of individuals affected by substance abuse.Kehui Wu is a current Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Macau. Her major research interests are parenting styles, adolescent development, substance abuse, and gender inequality.Jiaqi Lu is a current Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Macau. Her research focuses primarily on child and adolescent development, criminal psychology, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, and victimization. She is concerned with how criminological theories can be used to explain the graspable patterns of deviancy and crime.