Ngan-Pun Ngai
Biographic Data
| ID | 220931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ngan-Pun Ngai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ngan-Pun |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngai |
| SIGNATURE | NGAI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Youth leadership training in Hong Kong: Current developments and the way ahead
This study explicates the intervention goals, domains and strategies of youth leadership training programmes in Hong Kong using data collected on the Internet. The results show that youth leadership training programmes in Hong Kong are designed and organised to achieve five goals: (1) helping young people to achieve positive development and cultivate their leadership potential, (2) enhancing the ability of young people to form interpersonal relat…
Work commitment among unemployed youth in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tianjin
Work commitment is a way for unemployed youth to engage in employment. In turn, factors leading to work commitment are unclear, particularly in view of the possible variability of the factors across cities. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tianjin are three Chinese cities for the present study to address the variability. Surveys of 676 unemployed youths in the three cities supplied data for the study. Results unfolded that although the experience of power…
Youth policies and services in Chinese societies
The seven papers included in this special issue succinctly chart the current conditions of youth services and policies in Chinese societies represented by those in Beijing, Jinan, Shanghai, Tianjin
Effects of service use, family social capital and school social capital on psychosocial development among economically disadvantaged secondary school students in Hong Kong
This study investigates factors conducive to the success of young people growing up with economic disadvantage. Previous studies often focused on the risks and difficulties experienced by this cohort of young people; however, little attempt has been made to examine factors that help them thrive or escape from adversity. It is with this consideration in mind that this study examines the ways in which service use, family social capital and school s…
Social Work Inputs, Change-Inducing Group Mechanisms, and Mutual Aid among Young People with Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Current research shows that emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) are amenable to social work support, notably through group work that promotes mutual aid. This kind of intervention has become increasingly crucial in maximizing the contribution of social work and minimizing its cost. Nevertheless, research on youth involvement in such groups remains scarce and the extant findings are mostly drawn from instances of mutual help among adults and o…
Training to raise unemployed youth's work commitment in Tianjin
Mutual Aid among Young People with Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Proposed Theoretical Framework
Among young people with emotional and behavioral problems, mutual aid is likely to be of valuable assistance in their rehabilitation, and be deserving of social work support. The benefits of mutual aid stem from the possibility that it prolongs the effect of the contribution of social work services. Given the potential benefits of mutual aid, it is imperative to clarify ways for social work services to maximize these benefits. This paper reviews …
Public Assistance Reception, Social Service Use, and Developmental Outcomes among Economically Disadvantaged Young People
Much research has been conducted into the poor life course outcomes among economically disadvantaged young people; however, little attempt has been made to examine the factors that help them gain autonomy and achieve a prosperous future. Given this consideration, the present study surveys low- income youth in Hong Kong to investigate their paths of development. Of particular concern is the exploration of the ways in which two key factors, public …
Service Participation, Hardiness and Developmental Outcomes among Low-Income Young People in Hong Kong
This study examines the ways in which service participation and hardiness interact to affect youth development in such areas as academic success, work achievement, mental health, behavioral adjustment and overall accomplishment. The basic premise is that these two factors may have main effects and an interaction effect on the outcomes. To test this, the present study employed survey data collected from 405 low-income young people recruited from 1…
Young people's existential concerns and club drug abuse
Taken into consideration the limitations of conventional approaches in understanding the problem of young drug abuse, this paper shows how stresses emerging in adolescents' confrontation with the fundamental concerns of existence lead to drug taking behavior. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Hong Kong, this paper suggests that young people take illicit drugs in order to relieve anxiety arising from some existential issues at this life st…
Predictors of the Likelihood of Delinquency: A Study of Marginal Youth in Hong Kong, China
Different theories offer different factors, each of which partially explain delinquency in young people. An integrated framework incorporating these theories would provide a more complete explanation. Theories that need to be built into such a framework include social control, social learning, strain, and cognitive development theories. Data were collected from 229 marginal youth recruited through outreaching social work teams in Hong Kong. The r…
Humanist Approaches to Youth Development in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong
Promoting social integration and meaning derived from activities can be effective approaches to facilitating basic and advanced development among young participants in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong. Its rationale rests on the humanist perspective, which emphasizes the individual's deriving meaning and maintaining affiliation with people. To examine the effects of these experiences in the program, the study employed a prepost design to sur…
China's youth policy formulation and youth participation
Family Stress on Adolescents in Hong Kong and the Mainland of China
Assessing the significance of the family, a notion of the family emerges as a system that provides important resources for its members, but also creates stress upon them. Despite the importance of family effects, no study has examined large samples of Chinese adolescents in both the mainland of China and Hong Kong. To fill the empirical void and extend the research focus on individual family stressors, the present study surveyed 2,142 Chinese sec…
Service Role Commitment Among Participants in Centers For Children and Youth
Promoting youths' commitment to a service role to serve the community is a developmental goal of both psychological and political significance. Children and youth (C and Y) centers in Hong Kong shoulder this developmental goal. To amass more thorough evidence, this study analyzed data from 1068 participants in these centers, drawn from a representative sample of high school students in Hong Kong. Results of regression analysis showed that, among …
China's youth work in rural areas: Some reflections on a town and two villages
Participation in Youth Center Activities: A Sequential Specificity Approach
Youth centers both develop youths' sense of citizenship and their social integration and discourage their delinquency. These centers, numerous in Hong Kong, provide essential social services for youths. Promoting youths' continuous participation in youth centers is, therefore, a recurrent issue in Hong Kong. A model-the sequential specificity model-appears to be useful in addressing this goal. This model differentiates the sequence of participati…
Revival of social work education in China
Revival of social work education in China
Predictors of the Likelihood of Delinquency: A Study of Marginal Youth in Hong Kong, China
Different theories offer different factors, each of which partially explain delinquency in young people. An integrated framework incorporating these theories would provide a more complete explanation. Theories that need to be built into such a framework include social control, social learning, strain, and cognitive development theories. Data were collected from 229 marginal youth recruited through outreaching social work teams in Hong Kong. The r…
Training to raise unemployed youth's work commitment in Tianjin
China's youth policy formulation and youth participation
China's youth work in rural areas: Some reflections on a town and two villages
Revival of social work education in China
China's youth work in rural areas: Some reflections on a town and two villages
Participation in Youth Center Activities: A Sequential Specificity Approach
Youth centers both develop youths' sense of citizenship and their social integration and discourage their delinquency. These centers, numerous in Hong Kong, provide essential social services for youths. Promoting youths' continuous participation in youth centers is, therefore, a recurrent issue in Hong Kong. A model-the sequential specificity model-appears to be useful in addressing this goal. This model differentiates the sequence of participati…
Family Stress on Adolescents in Hong Kong and the Mainland of China
Assessing the significance of the family, a notion of the family emerges as a system that provides important resources for its members, but also creates stress upon them. Despite the importance of family effects, no study has examined large samples of Chinese adolescents in both the mainland of China and Hong Kong. To fill the empirical void and extend the research focus on individual family stressors, the present study surveyed 2,142 Chinese sec…
Service Role Commitment Among Participants in Centers For Children and Youth
Promoting youths' commitment to a service role to serve the community is a developmental goal of both psychological and political significance. Children and youth (C and Y) centers in Hong Kong shoulder this developmental goal. To amass more thorough evidence, this study analyzed data from 1068 participants in these centers, drawn from a representative sample of high school students in Hong Kong. Results of regression analysis showed that, among …
China's youth policy formulation and youth participation
Humanist Approaches to Youth Development in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong
Promoting social integration and meaning derived from activities can be effective approaches to facilitating basic and advanced development among young participants in the Summer Youth Program of Hong Kong. Its rationale rests on the humanist perspective, which emphasizes the individual's deriving meaning and maintaining affiliation with people. To examine the effects of these experiences in the program, the study employed a prepost design to sur…
Predictors of the Likelihood of Delinquency: A Study of Marginal Youth in Hong Kong, China
Different theories offer different factors, each of which partially explain delinquency in young people. An integrated framework incorporating these theories would provide a more complete explanation. Theories that need to be built into such a framework include social control, social learning, strain, and cognitive development theories. Data were collected from 229 marginal youth recruited through outreaching social work teams in Hong Kong. The r…
Young people's existential concerns and club drug abuse
Taken into consideration the limitations of conventional approaches in understanding the problem of young drug abuse, this paper shows how stresses emerging in adolescents' confrontation with the fundamental concerns of existence lead to drug taking behavior. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Hong Kong, this paper suggests that young people take illicit drugs in order to relieve anxiety arising from some existential issues at this life st…
Service Participation, Hardiness and Developmental Outcomes among Low-Income Young People in Hong Kong
This study examines the ways in which service participation and hardiness interact to affect youth development in such areas as academic success, work achievement, mental health, behavioral adjustment and overall accomplishment. The basic premise is that these two factors may have main effects and an interaction effect on the outcomes. To test this, the present study employed survey data collected from 405 low-income young people recruited from 1…
Mutual Aid among Young People with Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Proposed Theoretical Framework
Among young people with emotional and behavioral problems, mutual aid is likely to be of valuable assistance in their rehabilitation, and be deserving of social work support. The benefits of mutual aid stem from the possibility that it prolongs the effect of the contribution of social work services. Given the potential benefits of mutual aid, it is imperative to clarify ways for social work services to maximize these benefits. This paper reviews …
Public Assistance Reception, Social Service Use, and Developmental Outcomes among Economically Disadvantaged Young People
Much research has been conducted into the poor life course outcomes among economically disadvantaged young people; however, little attempt has been made to examine the factors that help them gain autonomy and achieve a prosperous future. Given this consideration, the present study surveys low- income youth in Hong Kong to investigate their paths of development. Of particular concern is the exploration of the ways in which two key factors, public …
Training to raise unemployed youth's work commitment in Tianjin
Social Work Inputs, Change-Inducing Group Mechanisms, and Mutual Aid among Young People with Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Current research shows that emotional and behavioral problems (EBP) are amenable to social work support, notably through group work that promotes mutual aid. This kind of intervention has become increasingly crucial in maximizing the contribution of social work and minimizing its cost. Nevertheless, research on youth involvement in such groups remains scarce and the extant findings are mostly drawn from instances of mutual help among adults and o…
Youth leadership training in Hong Kong: Current developments and the way ahead
This study explicates the intervention goals, domains and strategies of youth leadership training programmes in Hong Kong using data collected on the Internet. The results show that youth leadership training programmes in Hong Kong are designed and organised to achieve five goals: (1) helping young people to achieve positive development and cultivate their leadership potential, (2) enhancing the ability of young people to form interpersonal relat…
Work commitment among unemployed youth in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tianjin
Work commitment is a way for unemployed youth to engage in employment. In turn, factors leading to work commitment are unclear, particularly in view of the possible variability of the factors across cities. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tianjin are three Chinese cities for the present study to address the variability. Surveys of 676 unemployed youths in the three cities supplied data for the study. Results unfolded that although the experience of power…
Youth policies and services in Chinese societies
The seven papers included in this special issue succinctly chart the current conditions of youth services and policies in Chinese societies represented by those in Beijing, Jinan, Shanghai, Tianjin
Effects of service use, family social capital and school social capital on psychosocial development among economically disadvantaged secondary school students in Hong Kong
This study investigates factors conducive to the success of young people growing up with economic disadvantage. Previous studies often focused on the risks and difficulties experienced by this cohort of young people; however, little attempt has been made to examine factors that help them thrive or escape from adversity. It is with this consideration in mind that this study examines the ways in which service use, family social capital and school s…
Political science (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Work (physics (7 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (7 works)