Joyce Lok Yin Kwan
Biographic Data
| ID | 144762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joyce Lok Yin Kwan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joyce Lok Yin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwan |
| SIGNATURE | KWAN J L Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5857-6828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Eudaimonic but not Hedonic or Extrinsic Motives Predict Less Academic Distress Among Adolescents—Indirect Effect via Flourishing
The well-being literature has identified three primary ways to pursue happiness, conceptualized as hedonic (e.g., seeking fun), eudaimonic (e.g., seeking growth), and extrinsic (e.g., seeking prestige) motives for daily activities. Prior studies have primarily examined how these distinct happiness motives contribute to individual well-being, but little is known about how they relate to adolescents’ academic distress during a crucial period of hap…
From parent–teacher collaboration to young children's numeracy skills
BACKGROUND: Growing evidence shows that parent-teacher collaboration benefits parents and their children. Yet, there is limited understanding of whether and how parent-teacher collaboration contributes to children's early numeracy skills. AIMS: This study examined whether parent-teacher collaboration is linked to children's early numeracy skills via parents' stress from parent-child dysfunctional interaction, perceived importance of their role in…
Relationships between perceived parenting styles and the self-regulated music practice of Chinese music majors
Parents influence their children’s music learning and practice. This study examines relationships between perceived parenting styles and the self-regulated music practice of Chinese university students majoring in music. A survey was administered to Chinese music majors ( N = 880) studying in mainland China. It examined relationships between the parenting styles participants perceived themselves to have experienced, authoritative and authoritaria…
Parents' use of sustained shared thinking during joint mathematics activities with young children
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There is currently a dearth of tools to assess parents' use of effective interactive strategies for supporting early mathematics learning. One potential such strategy is sustained shared thinking. This study therefore constructed and validated a scale for measuring parents' use of sustained shared thinking during joint mathematics activities with young children, and examined its antecedents and outcomes. METHODS: Four hundred…
A Note on Evaluating the Moderated Mediation Effect
In the past decade, moderated mediation analysis has been extensively and increasingly employed in social and behavioral sciences. With its widespread use, it is particularly important to ensure the moderated mediation analysis will not bring spurious results. Spurious effects have been studied in both mediation and moderation analysis, but this issue remains unexplored in moderated mediation analysis. To fill this gap, we examined the conditions…
An investigation into the concreteness of manipulatives in mathematical instruction
Parents’ epistemological beliefs to children's early numeracy abilities
Adaptation of a Self-Regulated Practice Behavior Scale for Chinese Music Majors
In this study, we evaluated the validity and reliability of a Chinese adaptation of the Self-Regulated Practice Behavior (SRPB) scale developed by Miksza. Tasks included supplementing, altering, and translating items to create a viable adaptation for Chinese music majors and evaluating the construct validity and reliability of the Chinese-adapted Self-Regulated Practice Behavior (C-SRPB) scale. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structu…
How Chinese–English Bilingual Fourth Graders Draw on Syntactic Awareness in Reading Comprehension
Syntax, or sentence structure, plays a role in reading comprehension, but how students draw on their awareness of syntax in their reading remains unclear; the mechanism is even more ambiguous in bilingual students. In this study, we evaluated the direct and indirect contributions of syntactic awareness on first‐language Chinese and second‐language English reading comprehension among 227 Hong Kong Chinese–English bilingual fourth graders. We desig…
Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions about sexuality education and behavioural intentions towards children’s curiosity about sexuality
Research Findings This study surveyed 216 pre-service early childhood teachers in Hong Kong to examine their levels of confidence in teaching different topics of sexuality. It also sought to explore the relationships of their different perceptions about sexuality education to their behavioural intentions towards children’s curiosity. Results showed that the participants reported the highest level of confidence in teaching about self-protection an…
Parents’ perceived goals for early mathematics learning and their relations with children's motivation to learn mathematics
Family functioning and psychological outcomes in emerging adulthood
The present study tested the mediating role of perceived capability of savoring positive experiences in the associations between family functioning and emerging adults' psychological outcomes, namely, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. A sample of 167 Chinese emerging adults (112 female) were recruited from two major universities in Hong Kong. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on str…
Unpacking Structure-Oriented Cultural Differences Through a Mediated Moderation Model
Explaining cultural differences in the magnitude of psychological constructs and associations between psychological constructs is pivotal in cross-cultural psychology. Although unpacking level-oriented cultural differences has been well documented in the literature, discussion on methods to unpack structure-oriented cultural differences is limited. To tackle this problem, we propose an application of mediated moderation analysis. By estimating an…
The presence of heavy Internet using peers is protective of the risk of problematic Internet use (PIU) in adolescents when the amount of use increases
Family functioning and psychological outcomes in emerging adulthood
The present study tested the mediating role of perceived capability of savoring positive experiences in the associations between family functioning and emerging adults' psychological outcomes, namely, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. A sample of 167 Chinese emerging adults (112 female) were recruited from two major universities in Hong Kong. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on str…
How Chinese–English Bilingual Fourth Graders Draw on Syntactic Awareness in Reading Comprehension
Syntax, or sentence structure, plays a role in reading comprehension, but how students draw on their awareness of syntax in their reading remains unclear; the mechanism is even more ambiguous in bilingual students. In this study, we evaluated the direct and indirect contributions of syntactic awareness on first‐language Chinese and second‐language English reading comprehension among 227 Hong Kong Chinese–English bilingual fourth graders. We desig…
Parents’ epistemological beliefs to children's early numeracy abilities
Parents’ perceived goals for early mathematics learning and their relations with children's motivation to learn mathematics
An investigation into the concreteness of manipulatives in mathematical instruction
Adaptation of a Self-Regulated Practice Behavior Scale for Chinese Music Majors
In this study, we evaluated the validity and reliability of a Chinese adaptation of the Self-Regulated Practice Behavior (SRPB) scale developed by Miksza. Tasks included supplementing, altering, and translating items to create a viable adaptation for Chinese music majors and evaluating the construct validity and reliability of the Chinese-adapted Self-Regulated Practice Behavior (C-SRPB) scale. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structu…
The presence of heavy Internet using peers is protective of the risk of problematic Internet use (PIU) in adolescents when the amount of use increases
The presence of heavy Internet using peers is protective of the risk of problematic Internet use (PIU) in adolescents when the amount of use increases
Family functioning and psychological outcomes in emerging adulthood
The present study tested the mediating role of perceived capability of savoring positive experiences in the associations between family functioning and emerging adults' psychological outcomes, namely, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. A sample of 167 Chinese emerging adults (112 female) were recruited from two major universities in Hong Kong. Participants were asked to complete a set of self-reported questionnaires. Findings based on str…
Unpacking Structure-Oriented Cultural Differences Through a Mediated Moderation Model
Explaining cultural differences in the magnitude of psychological constructs and associations between psychological constructs is pivotal in cross-cultural psychology. Although unpacking level-oriented cultural differences has been well documented in the literature, discussion on methods to unpack structure-oriented cultural differences is limited. To tackle this problem, we propose an application of mediated moderation analysis. By estimating an…
Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions about sexuality education and behavioural intentions towards children’s curiosity about sexuality
Research Findings This study surveyed 216 pre-service early childhood teachers in Hong Kong to examine their levels of confidence in teaching different topics of sexuality. It also sought to explore the relationships of their different perceptions about sexuality education to their behavioural intentions towards children’s curiosity. Results showed that the participants reported the highest level of confidence in teaching about self-protection an…
Parents’ perceived goals for early mathematics learning and their relations with children's motivation to learn mathematics
How Chinese–English Bilingual Fourth Graders Draw on Syntactic Awareness in Reading Comprehension
Syntax, or sentence structure, plays a role in reading comprehension, but how students draw on their awareness of syntax in their reading remains unclear; the mechanism is even more ambiguous in bilingual students. In this study, we evaluated the direct and indirect contributions of syntactic awareness on first‐language Chinese and second‐language English reading comprehension among 227 Hong Kong Chinese–English bilingual fourth graders. We desig…
An investigation into the concreteness of manipulatives in mathematical instruction
Parents’ epistemological beliefs to children's early numeracy abilities
Adaptation of a Self-Regulated Practice Behavior Scale for Chinese Music Majors
In this study, we evaluated the validity and reliability of a Chinese adaptation of the Self-Regulated Practice Behavior (SRPB) scale developed by Miksza. Tasks included supplementing, altering, and translating items to create a viable adaptation for Chinese music majors and evaluating the construct validity and reliability of the Chinese-adapted Self-Regulated Practice Behavior (C-SRPB) scale. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structu…
A Note on Evaluating the Moderated Mediation Effect
In the past decade, moderated mediation analysis has been extensively and increasingly employed in social and behavioral sciences. With its widespread use, it is particularly important to ensure the moderated mediation analysis will not bring spurious results. Spurious effects have been studied in both mediation and moderation analysis, but this issue remains unexplored in moderated mediation analysis. To fill this gap, we examined the conditions…
Relationships between perceived parenting styles and the self-regulated music practice of Chinese music majors
Parents influence their children’s music learning and practice. This study examines relationships between perceived parenting styles and the self-regulated music practice of Chinese university students majoring in music. A survey was administered to Chinese music majors ( N = 880) studying in mainland China. It examined relationships between the parenting styles participants perceived themselves to have experienced, authoritative and authoritaria…
Parents' use of sustained shared thinking during joint mathematics activities with young children
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There is currently a dearth of tools to assess parents' use of effective interactive strategies for supporting early mathematics learning. One potential such strategy is sustained shared thinking. This study therefore constructed and validated a scale for measuring parents' use of sustained shared thinking during joint mathematics activities with young children, and examined its antecedents and outcomes. METHODS: Four hundred…
Eudaimonic but not Hedonic or Extrinsic Motives Predict Less Academic Distress Among Adolescents—Indirect Effect via Flourishing
The well-being literature has identified three primary ways to pursue happiness, conceptualized as hedonic (e.g., seeking fun), eudaimonic (e.g., seeking growth), and extrinsic (e.g., seeking prestige) motives for daily activities. Prior studies have primarily examined how these distinct happiness motives contribute to individual well-being, but little is known about how they relate to adolescents’ academic distress during a crucial period of hap…
From parent–teacher collaboration to young children's numeracy skills
BACKGROUND: Growing evidence shows that parent-teacher collaboration benefits parents and their children. Yet, there is limited understanding of whether and how parent-teacher collaboration contributes to children's early numeracy skills. AIMS: This study examined whether parent-teacher collaboration is linked to children's early numeracy skills via parents' stress from parent-child dysfunctional interaction, perceived importance of their role in…
Psychology (12 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Structural equation modeling (3 works)