In terms of resilience that may to some extent be context and culture specific, the present study extends the large body of Western evidence on resilience by investigating pathways to resilience in the Chinese context. In this book, the author summarized the results from the theoretical and empirical resilience research and also reviewed the factors contributing to the current mixed findings. With a focus on Chinese adolescents, the present study drew on protection theory (Rutter, 1990) and person-environmental transactional processes theory (Kumpfer, 1999) and attempted to explore the factors associated with competence in the face of risk and the factors that are predictive of this competence. Through employing a mixed-method approach, the current study showed that not all risk factors had negative effects to the same degree, and only some protective factors (e.g., opportunities and recognition for pro-social involvement in school) were significantly associated with outcomes, which suggest differential salience in their role relevant to resilience.
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-01 - Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
In terms of resilience that may to some extent be context and culture specific, the present study extends the large body of Western evidence on resilience by investigating pathways to resilience in the Chinese context. In this book, the author summarized the results from the theoretical and empirical resilience research
Authors: Daniel T.L. Shek, Rachel C. F. Sun, Cecilia M.S. Ma
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-19 - Publisher: Springer
This book documents the findings of a 3-year longitudinal study on the quality of family life, personal well-being and risk behavior in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. It presents the profiles of quality of family life (family functioning, parental behavioral control, parental psychological control and parent-child relational qualities); personal well-being
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-04 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Migrant psychiatry is an evolving subdiscipline within cultural psychiatry that deals with the impact of migration on the mental health of those who have migrated and those who work with these groups and provide services to them. Stress related to migration affects migrants and their extended families either directly or
Authors: Tak Yan Lee, Daniel T.L. Shek, Rachel C. F. Sun
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-02 - Publisher: Springer
This book reviews the theories regarding commonly occurring developmental issues among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong, the application of Positive Youth Development (PYD) to a large-scale primary prevention program and the impact of PYD on student well-being, indexed according to adolescent developmental issue. Using multiple strategies, it presents the overall