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{"title":"HOW DO HONG KONG CHILDREN REACT TO MATERNAL I-MESSAGES AND INDUCTIVE REASONING?","authors":"Siu-kau Cheung, S. Kwok","doi":"10.1142/S0219246203000020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246203000020","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated the affective reactions (unhappiness, animosity and compassion) and behavioural tendencies (antagonistic and conciliatory) of Chinese children to four kinds of maternal communicative behaviours, namely, I-message revealing primary feelings, I-message revealing anger, You-message implying moralising, and You-message implying criticising. The sample was composed of 527 Chinese students studying at primary four to form three in Hong Kong. Participants rated their affective reactions and behavioural tendencies to videotaped parent disciplinary messages. Results showed that children are most receptive to mothers' I-messages revealing parental distress, next comes You-messages in the form of inductive reasoning, then I-messages revealing anger whereas they are most antagonistic towards You-messages implying criticising. Implications for parent education practice are discussed. 本 研 究 探 讨 本 港 儿 童 对 母 亲 在 管 教 时 所 采 用 的 不 同 说 话 方 式 的 情 绪 反 应 和 行 为 倾 向。 研 究 所 指 的 说 话 方 式 包 括 母 亲 向 子 女 表 达 内 心 困 扰 的 话 语、 母 亲 表 达 内 心 愤 怒 的 话 语、 母 亲 理 谕 教 诲 子 女 的 话 语 和 母 亲 批 评 子 女 的 话 语。 受 测 者 包 括 527 名 就 读 小 四 至 中 三 的 儿 童 青 少 年。 他 们 在 聆 听 一 名 母 亲 的 录 音 话 语 后， 评 估 自 己 的 情 绪 反 应 和 行 为 倾 向。 结 果 显 示， 受 测 者 对 母 亲 表 达 内 心 困 扰 的 话 语 最 为 正 面， 其 余 依 次 为 母 亲 教 诲 子 女 的 话 语、 母 亲 表 达 内 心 愤 怒 的 话 语 和 母 亲 批 评 子 女 的 话 语。 文 章 最 后 讨 论 结 果 对 亲 职 教 育 工 作 的 启 示 。","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133738733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A DESCRIPTION OF THE CAREER PATH OF A \"STREET KID\" IN HONG KONG AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LABOR LAWS, THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVISION","authors":"P. Newbery","doi":"10.1142/S0219246299000066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246299000066","url":null,"abstract":"A study of existing research focusing on marginal and delinquent youths in Hong Kong makes it possible to describe a typical career path for marginal youths. They typically pass through five stages beginning with casually running away at the age of ten until eventually serving a second prison term at the age of 18. The age of 14 is an important turning point at which young people make crucial decisions, which either take them out of this path or fix them more firmly in it. The fact that 14 is a critical age has implications for labor laws, for the educational system and for the provision of social services. It is suggested that (rather than search for causes) this data makes it possible to identify the target group and prescribe interventions. 现时对香港边缘少年及年青罪犯的研究，可以清楚描述一个典型的边缘少年误入歧途所经过的阶段，就如十岁便离家出走 ... ... 十八岁便已经在监狱第二次服刑。 「十四岁」为这些少年，是他们生命中的一个转捩点，他们一是决定回归正途，或是更加泥足深陷，难以自拔。故此劳工法例、教育制度，以及社会服务等，应作出适当的修订及改革。 文中的资料并非为研究青年人误入歧途的原因，而是为确认出这类型的青少年及如何为他们提供协助。","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130320751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION IN WELFARE POLICY AND EXPERIENCE FROM FINLAND","authors":"G. Bäckman","doi":"10.1142/S0219246207000034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246207000034","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to give some perspectives on social welfare in a globalizing world. The focus is on the West and East in a narrow sense; West from a European Nordic and East from an East Asian cultural perspective. Undoubtedly, modernization and globalization have brought about economic, technological and social progress and therefore, favorable effects on the development of postmodern society. However, progress is also followed by new risks and uncertainties which are not only found in the daily lives of individuals and families, but also the need to redesign social protection systems. Of course, risks always exist and are as old as industrial society, but in modern times, life is more complex than ever and the increase in complexity has probably been the most rapid in parts of the world where the economic, technological and social changes have escalated. In economically and technologically advanced societies, individuals and families are exposed to multiple risks and this can be disturbing to their social reality. In Finland, where the principles of the Nordic welfare model have been adopted, many people are still without work and financial resources of their own in maintaining an adequate standard of living. Young families with children have been affected the most. A welfare policy question is: ''How can the social protection system succeed in handling all new and changing problems in modern living?'' In order to minimize risks in the future and provide a fair standard of living for individuals and families, social investment in children seems to be an important challenge for social policies and social work. Both in the West and in the East, there is a growing call for a joint responsibility that addresses an appropriate social protection against risks and uncertainties. People in modern times have more diverse and specific welfare needs than previously. The fulfillment of new and changed needs by welfare providers is becoming more difficult due to slowness in paradigm and policy renewals. It is a challenge for researchers to generate new knowledge from the study of different welfare systems. Scenario modeling and fuzzy logic may be good planning tools for future visions. While countries in the West are slow to adjust to new circumstances, their counterparts in the East have a new welfare climate for change, but there also exists unique resistance against policy changes.","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130989761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CONCEPTION OF LEARNING AMONG SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS","authors":"N. Tsang","doi":"10.1142/S0219246297000065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246297000065","url":null,"abstract":"The responses of 723 students and graduates from the social work course in the Department of Applied Social Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, to 30 statements on the conception of learning were examined. A factor analysis reveals five underlying dimensions: learning as perception, learning as a dynamic process that transcends time and space; the significant others in learning, the instrumental functions of learning; and learning as a rational and emotive process. Non-parametric tests reveal significant differences between i) those with and without social work experience and ii) the diploma and non-diploma holders. Second-order tests of significance were carried out and their findings are discussed. 七百二十三位香港理工大学的社会工作课程学生和毕业生，在一份有三十条命题上的问卷上作答，表示他们的〔学习理念〕。〔因子分析〕显示出五个维度：学习被看为理解；学习不受时间空间所限；影响学习的重要人物；学习的工具性；学习的理性和感性。〔非参数分析〕及〔次度分析〕进一步显出不同类别的回答者之间的〔显著差异〕。","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"224 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132563337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FINANCIAL TSUNAMI, ECONOMIC INSECURITY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION: THE CASE OF HONG KONG","authors":"K. Lee, C. Cheng","doi":"10.1142/S0219246209000126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246209000126","url":null,"abstract":"Rising economic inequality becomes an important concern for both advanced and developing countries. Nonetheless, political and business elites around the world never question the neoliberal agenda, despite economic crises happening every now and then. The year 2007 may mark the turning point of neoliberal globalisation. As the global financial tsunami kicked off from the burst of the subprime mortgage bubble in the United States in 2007, the global economy is facing an economic hardship never heard of since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Hong Kong as a highly open economy is also severely hurt by the financial tsunami. In every economic recession, all Hong Kong people suffer, but lower classes suffer most. This raises a serious question about whether the current social protection system adequately protects people against an increasingly risky global economic environment. By examining the social policy package adopted by the HK government in fighting against the financial tsunami, we show the lack of long-term strategies and commitments of the government in protecting HK people against globalisation risks and economic insecurity. By drawing experiences from other countries, we suggest that active labour market policies (ALMPs) may be the social policy tools the government can use to reform the social protection system.","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128309876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ASSESSMENT OF MARITAL COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION: PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF TWO SCALES","authors":"Siu-kau Cheung","doi":"10.1142/S0219246200000036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246200000036","url":null,"abstract":"Preliminary psychometric data are presented for two Chinese self-report scales that assess marital communication and conflict resolution. These scales were based on English versions of the scales but adapted to fit the local cultural context. Results showed that the 11-item Marital Communication Scale and the 8-item Chinese Ineffective Arguing Scale produced scores that were internally consistent. Their correlations with the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale were high and significant. There was moderate evidence to support that the scales distinguished between respondents with and without marital problems. 本文报导关於两个婚姻关系量表的发展过程和检订结果。量表之一名为「婚姻沟通量表」，它的内容主要取材于西方有关的量表。在检订前，研究员已按本地文化修订其项目，亦就其原内容不足之处增添了两条题目。第二个量表名为「无效的争辩方式」量表，它有八条题目，亦是按有关的西方量表经修订后采用的。检订结果显示，婚姻沟通量表在删除一条题目后，有颇高的内在一致性信度，而无效的争辩方式量表中八题的分数亦有很高的内在一致性。两个量表的分数和肯萨斯州婚姻满意程度量表有很高的相关，量表的分数亦有助区分带有婚姻问题者和没带婚姻问题者。这些结果都为量表的信度和效度，提供初步的支持。","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131957158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Domestic Violence: A Global Perspective","authors":"Barbara Fawcett","doi":"10.1142/S0219246207000046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246207000046","url":null,"abstract":"Domestic Violence defined as intimate partner violence is differentially understood and responded to within and between countries and it frequently falls short of being seen as a human rights issue which requires government, community and professional responses. This article explores definitions and explanations of domestic violence that have been put forward and considers the associations that have been made between violence and abuse. It also reviews multi-country links between women's health and domestic violence and examines controversial issues surrounding fathers who have been domestically violent. As part of the discussion, professional responsibility and responses are also appraised. It is argued that domestic violence is intrinsically related to gendered power imbalances which have different manifestations in different social and cultural contexts. However the view that violence is inevitable in certain situations is challenged. The ethical imperative of zero tolerance is emphasized, but further research in relation to how gendered power imbalances foster intimate partner violence in some contexts but not in others and how this can be explored in ways which move the discussion away from pathologising explanations, is highlighted as an area for further investigation.","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134308776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES AND POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY IN HONG KONG","authors":"J. Chang","doi":"10.1142/S0219246214000060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246214000060","url":null,"abstract":"The author reviews the development of welfare services and policies on the elderly in the past forty years. She identifies three eras, the budding period before 1980, the blossoming golden period, from 1981 to 1996 and the consolidation period, from 1997 to 2012. The author discusses salient features and provides critique on each of the three periods. She traces and analyses the characteristics of each period, and critiques on their trials, outcome achievements and challenges. She focuses on community care and restrains from other major educational, health and housing policies. With regard to future development, the author shares the thoughts of Dr. Butler and ideas from the IFA 2012 Prague Conference so as to stimulate collective thinking for future possible formulation of policy direction. The author also wishes to acknowledge support and advice from many geriatricians and psychiatric geriatricians of the Hospital Authority and Health Development who also played important part in the development of policy and services in the three periods.","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"63 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133487231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE SARS CRISIS IN HONG KONG: A FEMINIST CHALLENGE TO SOCIAL POLICY","authors":"L. Leung","doi":"10.1142/S0219246209000035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246209000035","url":null,"abstract":"This paper concerns the risk that women faced during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003. The concept of a \"risk society\", which is developed by Ulrich Beck, has made a major contribution to our understanding of the SARS crisis. He points out that risk is not equally distributed among all people in society, but adheres to patterns that are based on class and gender. He also suggests that the increasing trend of individualization has created a set of obligations and responsibilities to people, any individuals who failed to avoid risk are seen as personal failure and to be blamed. During the SARS crisis, women were more likely to be infected by the virus, as the primary care takers of the family, in the community, and being health care workers in hospitals. However, women were at risk not only due to their role as carers, but the dominant and authoritative discourses that undermined their claims for protection. This paper attempts to deconstruct the discourses of the roles of women in health crises, and to discuss how the discourses interplay with other social structures to construct a \"reality\", to marginalise and silent women in a crisis situation.","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133435359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"JOB SATISFACTION OF YOUTH OUTREACH WORKERS IN HONG KONG","authors":"F. Lee, C. Wong","doi":"10.1142/S0219246209000138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219246209000138","url":null,"abstract":"The promotion of job satisfaction that may lead to staff retention has always been a popular concern for human resources research. The job satisfaction and staff retention of workers in District Youth Outreaching Social Work Teams (YOTs) in Hong Kong are the themes of the present study. Through a literature review, eight facets of job satisfaction, namely Coworker Relationships, Job Complexity and Nature, Promotional Opportunity, Pay and Benefits, Work Environment, Supervision and Leadership, Role and Responsibility, and Recognition, are identified and measured among the frontline staff of the YOTs through pre-set self-administered mailed questionnaires. In relation to these facets, their intention to leave the service is also explored. The findings reveal that these workers are generally satisfied with their job (the service). At the end, some recommendations are made to promote job satisfaction and facilitate staff retention in YOTs in Hong Kong.","PeriodicalId":328832,"journal":{"name":"The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129323951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}