Rainbow T H Ho
Biographic Data
| ID | 175749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rainbow T H Ho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rainbow T H |
| FAMILY NAME | Ho |
| SIGNATURE | HO R T H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6173-621X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Initial validation of the short form of two imagination measures in Hong Kong
Imagination is a complex construct that holds clinical relevance for personality research. The Self-Descriptive Imagination Questionnaire (SIQ) is a measurement tool of general imagination traits in the field of self-concept and imagery, and the Fantastic Reality Ability Measurement (FRAME) measures the use of imagination in the context of stress, trauma, and uncertainty, a concept termed “fantastic reality ability”. The present study evaluated t…
Associations Between Arts Engagement and Well-Being, Happiness and Life Satisfaction in Hong Kong Adults
Though arts engagement (AE) has been a contributor to well-being in the Western samples, large-scale population-based studies are rare in the Eastern context. The present study aimed to examine the prevalence of AE and the associations between AE and well-being in Chinese-speaking general population. A cross-sectional survey recruited a household-based sample of 2200 residents (Mean age = 44.6 years, 55.6% female) between December 2021 and April …
Beyond Cumulative Risk
Research on polyvictimization (PV) generally builds on a cumulative risk model to explain posttrauma functioning. However, evidence becomes unclear when child sexual abuse (CSA) in particular is assessed alongside other types of victimization, necessitating a closer examination of how CSA fits within the PV framework. This scoping review aimed to (a) identify conceptual and operational definitions of PV in CSA research, (b) map evidence on organi…
Assessing psychological responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Israeli adults
The Mental Impact and Distress Scale: COVID-19 (MIDc) is a pandemic-specific screening tool of psychological responses and has been adapted in multiple languages across different countries. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Hebrew version of the MIDc. An online survey was conducted between December 2021 and January 2022 to recruit a convenience sample of 421 adults in Israel, who completed self-report measures …
Family‐centered creative arts therapies for children with autism
Effects of a closed-loop mindfulness-based program for reducing stress in family caregivers of people with dementia
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT06880822. Registered on March 2025
Applying a Participatory Design Model-Making Engagement Activity to Understand How Different Stakeholders Envision Senior-Friendly Outdoor Gyms in Parks
Psychometric validation of the Cardiac Distress Inventory - Short Form among people with cardiac diseases in Hong Kong
Our study provides the first results on the psychometric properties of the CDI-SF among cardiac patients in Hong Kong. The psychometric results support the CDI-SF as a precise, valid, and reliable measure of cardiac distress in the Chinese context
The Integrated Model
Purpose This study aimed to examine the explicit and implicit aspects of mother–child relationship to explain changes in the relationship led by changes in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) over time. The explicit mother–child relationship involves verbal and conscious communications, while the implicit relationship consists of nonverbal and nonconscious interactions. Method Grounded Theory was employed to assert the participant pers…
Association between quarantine and sleep disturbance in Hong Kong adults
The results provide empirical support to the mediating role of the MIDc as psychological responses in the relationship between quarantine and sleep disturbance
Psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 among Hong Kong young adults in 2021
The present results support adequate psychometric properties in terms of factorial validity, reliability, convergent validity, and measurement invariance for the PHQ-4 in young adults in Hong Kong. The PHQ-4 demonstrated a substantial mediating role in the relationship between meaning in life and SI in the distress group. These findings support clinical relevance for using the PHQ-4 as a brief and valid measure of psychological distress in the Ch…
Comparison of passive drool and cotton‐based collection methods for salivary C‐reactive protein measurement
Saliva collection and handling procedures for salivary C‐reactive protein (CRP) can be challenging due to a lack of standardized protocols. This study compared two collection methods used to quantify salivary CRP. Twenty‐two Chinese adults provided two unstimulated whole saliva samples using passive drool and cotton‐based collection devices in two consecutive mornings at baseline and 1 month later. The effects of various factors on CRP levels wer…
Indirect effects of social support and hope on quality of life via emotional distress among stroke survivors
The findings support a mediating role for hope in the relationship between social support and QoL in stroke survivors. The protective effect of hope on perceived stress was stronger among patients with greater functional impairment
Applying Joint Painting Procedure to Understand Implicit Mother-Child Relationship in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a severe and prevalent global problem. It can damage women who survive it and children who witness it. Nurturing the mother-child relationship is critical to support mothers' and children's recovery. Research to date has mainly reflected information captured from conscious, verbal accounts by women and their children of explicit relationships. There is a lack of research on implicit relationships involving nonve…
Longitudinal measurement invariance in urbanization index of Chinese communities across 2000 and 2015
Interpretation of the temporal change in urbanicity was supported only for a shorter (2006 to 2009) but not a longer timeframe (2000 to 2015). Adjustments addressing the partial non-invariance of the measurement parameters are needed for the analysis of temporal changes in urbanicity between 2004 and 2011
Engaging community‐dwelling older adults as co‐developers in a public outdoor exercise facilities‐based physical activity education intervention
In Hong Kong, an increasing number of outdoor exercise facilities have been established in public open spaces to promote physical activity (PA) in older adults. However, no intervention is dedicated in educating the public on how to make use of these resources to fulfil the PA guidelines based on behavioural change theory. This study has two phases, phase one aims to describe the participatory development of the intervention, and phase two is the…
Boarding school attendance and mental health among Chinese adolescents
Prisoner and Creator of Space and Place
Age-friendly community design is a crucial agenda globally. This study used a qualitative geographic information system (QGIS) approach and an interpretive descriptive orientation to analyze the spatially oriented exercise experiences of community-dwelling older adults living in a low-income neighborhood in Hong Kong. Fifteen community-dwelling older adults aged 62–88 years were involved in the study. Participants were found to make use of differ…
Hot Weather and Suicide Deaths among Older Adults in Hong Kong, 1976–2014
Findings of the association between hot weather and suicide in a subtropical city such as Hong Kong are inconsistent. This study aimed to revisit the association by identifying meteorological risk factors for older-adult suicides in Hong Kong using a time-series approach. A retrospective study was conducted on older-adult (aged ≥65) suicide deaths in Hong Kong from 1976 to 2014. Suicides were classified into those involving violent methods and th…
Effects of urbanization on metabolic syndrome via dietary intake and physical activity in Chinese adults
Deconstructing Patterns of Stigma toward People Living with Mental Illness
Longitudinal Associations of Sensory and Cognitive Functioning
Visual and hearing difficulties were identified as predictors of subsequent cognitive decline in the old age. Interventions to prevent visual and hearing difficulties may have a substantial impact to slow down subsequent age-related cognitive decline
Psychophysiological Effects of Dance Movement Therapy and Physical Exercise on Older Adults With Mild Dementia
The study findings support the potential utility of DMT as a multifaceted intervention for improving various aspects of functioning in older adults with declining cognitive abilities. The lack of beneficial effects for our exercise intervention and long-term DMT effects highlights the need to maintain persistent levels of exercise with adequate intensity and duration
Applying Mindfulness to Benefit Economically Disadvantaged Families
Objective: To evaluate the effects of family-based mindfulness intervention (FBMI) to promote the stress management and early development of economically disadvantaged families. Method: Families receiving social security allowance and full textbook allowance and with children aged 5–7 were recruited. Participants were randomized to an FBMI with parallel programs for parents and children ( n = 51) and to a wait-list control condition ( n = 51). Re…
Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts
Furthering social inclusion for marginalised members of society demands advocacy efforts focussed on holistic citizenship. Harnessing compassion, the arts can activate four component elements: narratives, actual stories and voices of members of a society; encounters, opportunities for dialogue among members of a society; reflection, values clarification and self-awareness and community, spaces that allow for creative engagement. This theoretical …
Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
Throughout history, the generation, exercise, and dissemination of knowledge are fraught with dangers, the root causes of which are traceable to the definition of authority relations. The authors compare Greek myths and Chinese legends, setting the stage for a metarelational analysis of authority relations between teacher and students and between scholar‐teachers and political rulers in Confucian‐heritage cultures. These two relations are rooted …
Interpreting Blood Pressure and "Modernization" in Brazil
Psychophysiological Effects of Dance Movement Therapy and Physical Exercise on Older Adults With Mild Dementia
The study findings support the potential utility of DMT as a multifaceted intervention for improving various aspects of functioning in older adults with declining cognitive abilities. The lack of beneficial effects for our exercise intervention and long-term DMT effects highlights the need to maintain persistent levels of exercise with adequate intensity and duration
A Strength-Based Arts and Play Support Program for Young Survivors in Post-Quake China
A year after the earthquake in Sichuan, China, a strength-based arts and play support program was launched to promote the well-being of young survivors, and this study was designed to examine its effectiveness. It was hypothesized that participation in the program would have direct positive effects on general self-efficacy and peer support, and that these would mediate the effect of the program on anxiety. One hundred twelve Grade 4 students join…
Applying Mindfulness to Benefit Economically Disadvantaged Families
Objective: To evaluate the effects of family-based mindfulness intervention (FBMI) to promote the stress management and early development of economically disadvantaged families. Method: Families receiving social security allowance and full textbook allowance and with children aged 5–7 were recruited. Participants were randomized to an FBMI with parallel programs for parents and children ( n = 51) and to a wait-list control condition ( n = 51). Re…
Applying Joint Painting Procedure to Understand Implicit Mother-Child Relationship in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a severe and prevalent global problem. It can damage women who survive it and children who witness it. Nurturing the mother-child relationship is critical to support mothers' and children's recovery. Research to date has mainly reflected information captured from conscious, verbal accounts by women and their children of explicit relationships. There is a lack of research on implicit relationships involving nonve…
Boarding school attendance and mental health among Chinese adolescents
Effects of urbanization on metabolic syndrome via dietary intake and physical activity in Chinese adults
Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts
Furthering social inclusion for marginalised members of society demands advocacy efforts focussed on holistic citizenship. Harnessing compassion, the arts can activate four component elements: narratives, actual stories and voices of members of a society; encounters, opportunities for dialogue among members of a society; reflection, values clarification and self-awareness and community, spaces that allow for creative engagement. This theoretical …
Holistic interventions to trauma management for teachers following disaster
Schools are often an entry point for offering psychosocial interventions to communities following disasters. However, teachers often lack skills to facilitate classroom activities that can address post-traumatic symptoms. Further, they are not trained in mental health and they themselves have been traumatised. A solution is to provide teachers with an intervention protocol to be used in the typical classroom. As an alternative to traditional coun…
Investigative Research as a Knowledge‐Generation Method
The authors explicate investigative research as a formal research method for knowledge generation. The impetus conies from two recent developments that have reexamined the nature of knowledge generation: paradigmatic shut from methodological individualism to methodological relationalem, and the rise of indigenous psychology We identify three germane intellectual attitudes: examining the evidence, vigilance against deceptive appearance, and recogn…
Interpreting Blood Pressure and "Modernization" in Brazil
Posttraumatic growth in chinese cancer survivors
To investigate the dimensions and determinants of posttraumatic growth among Chinese cancer survivors, 188 participants were asked to complete a Chinese posttraumatic growth inventory, translated from the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI; J Trauma Stress 1996; 9 : 455–471), together with the Chinese versions of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, the Mini‐Mental Adjustment to Cancer scale, and the General Health Questionnaire. Confirma…
Investigative Research as a Knowledge‐Generation Method
The authors explicate investigative research as a formal research method for knowledge generation. The impetus conies from two recent developments that have reexamined the nature of knowledge generation: paradigmatic shut from methodological individualism to methodological relationalem, and the rise of indigenous psychology We identify three germane intellectual attitudes: examining the evidence, vigilance against deceptive appearance, and recogn…
Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing
Throughout history, the generation, exercise, and dissemination of knowledge are fraught with dangers, the root causes of which are traceable to the definition of authority relations. The authors compare Greek myths and Chinese legends, setting the stage for a metarelational analysis of authority relations between teacher and students and between scholar‐teachers and political rulers in Confucian‐heritage cultures. These two relations are rooted …
Management of Challenges of Conjugal Loss among Chinese Widowers
This study presents an exploration of significant coping strategies for Chinese widowers' healthy adjustment to conjugal loss. The informants, 17 Chinese widowers, were asked to share strategies they have adopted to achieve healthy adjustment to spousal loss. The results reveal that loss-orientation coping, consisting of: 1) emotion-focused coping; 2) social coping; and 3) meaning-focused coping, was the key strategy in dealing with challenges po…
Factor analyses of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Testing gender invariance of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale using the classical approach and Bayesian approach
Cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer patients
Holistic interventions to trauma management for teachers following disaster
Schools are often an entry point for offering psychosocial interventions to communities following disasters. However, teachers often lack skills to facilitate classroom activities that can address post-traumatic symptoms. Further, they are not trained in mental health and they themselves have been traumatised. A solution is to provide teachers with an intervention protocol to be used in the typical classroom. As an alternative to traditional coun…
Exploring personality characteristics of Chinese adolescents with internet-related addictive behaviors
HIV/Aids-related deaths in China, 2000–2012
This study examined the time trend and pattern of HIV/AIDS-related deaths in China. Data on HIV deaths and AIDS deaths were provided by the Chinese Ministry of Health. Time trend of the overall death rates over the period 2000-2012 was examined using Poisson regression models. Pattern of AIDS deaths was examined for the period 2006-2012, using the age-, gender-, and region-specific death rates. The results indicated that HIV/AIDS-related death ra…
Dimensionality of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
The present study demonstrated empirical support for the bi-factor model as a realistic representation of the underlying structure of the CES-D. Researchers and clinicians are better served by simply using a single measure of depression
Psychometric properties of the Chalder Fatigue Scale revisited
The results demonstrate the satisfactory reliability and convergent validity for the three-factor structure of the CFS as a valid measure of fatigue symptoms in the general population. Future psychometric studies could adopt the ESEM approach as a practical alternative to traditional confirmatory factor analysis
Art therapy and mindfulness with survivors of political violence
Participants found the Inhabited Studio culturally compatible and some of the skills they learned helpful in times of stress. This points to how this combination can contribute to building resilience. (PsycINFO Database Record
A Strength-Based Arts and Play Support Program for Young Survivors in Post-Quake China
A year after the earthquake in Sichuan, China, a strength-based arts and play support program was launched to promote the well-being of young survivors, and this study was designed to examine its effectiveness. It was hypothesized that participation in the program would have direct positive effects on general self-efficacy and peer support, and that these would mediate the effect of the program on anxiety. One hundred twelve Grade 4 students join…
Discrepancy in Spirituality among Patients with Schizophrenia and Family Care-Givers and Its Impacts on Illness Recovery
Family is one of the primary sources of spiritual care for people with schizophrenia. Gaps in perspectives between family care-givers and patients not only result in improper spiritual care, but also lead to family conflicts and hamper recovery. Yet, the mutual understanding of spirituality among both parties is often neglected. We here reported part of a larger study that explored the meaning and the role of spirituality in schizophrenia rehabil…
Deconstructing Patterns of Stigma toward People Living with Mental Illness
Longitudinal Associations of Sensory and Cognitive Functioning
Visual and hearing difficulties were identified as predictors of subsequent cognitive decline in the old age. Interventions to prevent visual and hearing difficulties may have a substantial impact to slow down subsequent age-related cognitive decline
Psychophysiological Effects of Dance Movement Therapy and Physical Exercise on Older Adults With Mild Dementia
The study findings support the potential utility of DMT as a multifaceted intervention for improving various aspects of functioning in older adults with declining cognitive abilities. The lack of beneficial effects for our exercise intervention and long-term DMT effects highlights the need to maintain persistent levels of exercise with adequate intensity and duration
Applying Mindfulness to Benefit Economically Disadvantaged Families
Objective: To evaluate the effects of family-based mindfulness intervention (FBMI) to promote the stress management and early development of economically disadvantaged families. Method: Families receiving social security allowance and full textbook allowance and with children aged 5–7 were recruited. Participants were randomized to an FBMI with parallel programs for parents and children ( n = 51) and to a wait-list control condition ( n = 51). Re…
Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts
Furthering social inclusion for marginalised members of society demands advocacy efforts focussed on holistic citizenship. Harnessing compassion, the arts can activate four component elements: narratives, actual stories and voices of members of a society; encounters, opportunities for dialogue among members of a society; reflection, values clarification and self-awareness and community, spaces that allow for creative engagement. This theoretical …
Effects of urbanization on metabolic syndrome via dietary intake and physical activity in Chinese adults
Hot Weather and Suicide Deaths among Older Adults in Hong Kong, 1976–2014
Findings of the association between hot weather and suicide in a subtropical city such as Hong Kong are inconsistent. This study aimed to revisit the association by identifying meteorological risk factors for older-adult suicides in Hong Kong using a time-series approach. A retrospective study was conducted on older-adult (aged ≥65) suicide deaths in Hong Kong from 1976 to 2014. Suicides were classified into those involving violent methods and th…
Longitudinal measurement invariance in urbanization index of Chinese communities across 2000 and 2015
Interpretation of the temporal change in urbanicity was supported only for a shorter (2006 to 2009) but not a longer timeframe (2000 to 2015). Adjustments addressing the partial non-invariance of the measurement parameters are needed for the analysis of temporal changes in urbanicity between 2004 and 2011
Engaging community‐dwelling older adults as co‐developers in a public outdoor exercise facilities‐based physical activity education intervention
In Hong Kong, an increasing number of outdoor exercise facilities have been established in public open spaces to promote physical activity (PA) in older adults. However, no intervention is dedicated in educating the public on how to make use of these resources to fulfil the PA guidelines based on behavioural change theory. This study has two phases, phase one aims to describe the participatory development of the intervention, and phase two is the…
Psychology (30 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Psychiatry (18 works) · Clinical Psychology (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Psychotherapist (8 works) · Structural equation modeling (8 works) · Anxiety (7 works)