Janet T Y Leung
Biographic Data
| ID | 325803 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet T Y Leung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet T Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Leung |
| SIGNATURE | LEUNG J T Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2648-5707 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Actor–Partner Interdependence Between Parenting Perfectionism and Parental Stress Among Chinese Parents Over Time
In contemporary society, parents have become obsessive on achieving "perfection" in preparing their children to succeed in the competitive environment. However, the personal and inter-spousal relationships between parenting perfectionism and parental stress among Chinese couples over time have been largely overlooked in the academic literature. Additionally, the moderating effect of marital satisfaction on these relationships remains unclear. Bas…
Actor-partner interdependence between socially prescribed parenting perfectionism and overparenting among Chinese parents over time: Does family income matter
Overparenting is an emerging parenting style characterized by parents’ excessive involvement in ensuring their children’s future success and happiness. This often entails intruding into their children’s daily routines and future plans, removing obstacles that may impede achievement, and providing disproportionate support. Although overparenting has garnered attention from family scholars over the past two decades, its antecedents have rarely been…
Adventure-based Family Intervention in Strengthening Family Resilience during Pandemic and Postpandemic Periods
Purpose: This study examined the effectiveness of adventure-based family intervention (ABFI) groups in strengthening family resilience, improving family relationships, and enhancing individual well-being among Chinese families during the COVID-19 pandemic and postpandemic periods. Method: A three-arm quasi-experimental design was employed, comprising (1) the ABFI group with an overnight camp (ABFI-CAMP), (2) the ABFI group with parent and child p…
Concerted cultivation, parent-child closeness, and young children’s school readiness in China: An actor-partner interdependence moderation model
Uprising of the young generation: Exploring the association between social mobility belief and political engagement intention among Hong Kong youth
Civic engagement, particularly political engagement, is an important aspect of youth development. In response to rising youth activism, this study examined what was related to youth’s emerging intention to engage in both normative (legal) and non-normative (illegal) political actions through the lens of social mobility beliefs. Based on the reports of college students in Hong Kong ( N = 1,033), the findings revealed that social mobility belief re…
Overparenting and psychological wellbeing among Chinese adolescents: Findings based on latent growth modeling
Although overparenting is a growing phenomenon across the globe, there is a severe lack of longitudinal studies examining the trajectory of overparenting and its effects on early adolescent development, particularly in non-Western contexts. The study collected three waves of longitudinal data from 1328 early Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong with an interval of 1 year to examine the stability and change of perceived paternal and maternal overparen…
Actor–partner interdependence of socially prescribed parenting perfectionism and parental control in Chinese families
The rise of intense competition for younger generation has intensified social expectations of being a good parent. Based on the data of 386 Chinese intact families with fathers (M age = 48.7), mothers (M age = 44.7), and adolescents (46.9% girls, M age = 14.6) as target respondents, this study examined the patterns of dyadic interdependence in the relationships between socially prescribed parenting perfectionism and parental control (indexed by c…
Healthy Aging at Family Mealtimes: Associations of Clean Cooking, Protein Intake, and Dining Together with Mental Health of Chinese Older Adults amid Covid-19 Pandemic
The present study aims to examine whether multiple dietary factors affect the mental health of older adults amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It proposes an integrative dietary framework that highlights environmental, nutritional, and social aspects of diet for healthy aging. Based on a sample of 7858 Chinese older adults, the associations between diet and depressive symptoms, along with the rural–urban divide, were examined using zero-inflated negativ…
Development and Validation of the Chinese Family Resilience Scale in Families in Hong Kong
Family resilience is an important protective factor mitigating the negative impact of adversities on individuals and families. As there are very few validated measures of family resilience in the Chinese context, we have developed the Chinese Family Resilience Scale (C-FRS) based on the family resilience framework of Froma Walsh. In this paper, we outline the development and the validation of the C-FRS with reference to the socio-cultural context…
Maternal Distress and Adolescent Mental Health in Poor Chinese Single-Mother Families: Filial Responsibilities—Risks or Buffers
Single motherhood and poverty have a significant, negative impact on mothers and their children. When their mothers experience maternal distress, adolescent children have to take up more instrumental and emotional filial responsibilities to comfort their mother and adapt to related changes. Based on 325 mother-child dyads of Chinese single-mother families experiencing economic disadvantage, this study examined the relationship between maternal di…
Inclusive Practice for Children with Special Education Needs: Training for Social Workers
Purpose: The study evaluated the effectiveness of a training program for social workers to reduce their negative perceptions on children with special education needs (SEN), enhance their self-efficacy for inclusive practice, and promote their competencies in helping these children in Hong Kong. Method: A prospective quasi-experimental design was adopted in the evaluation, with 58 social workers (74% females) joining the program (the intervention …
Marital dissatisfaction, psychological control and parent-child conflict in Chinese families - An actor-partner interdependence model analysis
Although family systems theories highlight the associations of marital quality with parenting practice and parent-child relationship, studies examining individual and inter-spousal linkages of marital dissatisfaction with psychological control and parent-child conflict among Chinese families are almost non-existent. Adopting the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM), dyadic interdependence in the associations of marital dissatisfaction with …
Overparenting, Parent-Child Conflict and Anxiety among Chinese Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Panel Study
This present study identified that the bidirectional relationship between maternal overparenting and adolescent anxiety via mother-child conflict over time, which sheds new light on the study of overparenting on adolescent well-being in the Chinese communities
Family conflict and support in Chinese contexts: Implications for social work
Family is the basic unit where socialisation, protection, support and security among family members take place (Leung and Shek 2013). Based on Confucian thought, each family member is obligated to
The significance of emotional intelligence to students’ learning motivation and academic achievement: A study in Hong Kong with a Confucian heritage
Perceived overparenting and developmental outcomes among Chinese adolescents: Do family structure and conflicts matter
Overparenting" refers to an inappropriate parenting style in which parents intervene intrusively in their children's development and overprotect them from difficulties and challenges. However, there is scant research on the relationship between overparenting and developmental outcomes in early adolescence. Moreover, the moderating roles of parent-child conflict, family intactness, and the adolescent's gender on the relationship are undetermined. …
Perceived parental sacrifice, filial piety and hopelessness among Chinese adolescents: A cross‐lagged panel study
INTRODUCTION: There is a dearth of research on examining the longitudinal effects of cultural family processes on adolescent hopelessness, and the mechanisms through which the effects happen. Hence, the present study examined the relationship among parental (paternal and maternal) sacrifices, filial piety and adolescent hopelessness in the Chinese context. METHODS: The study was based on a three-wave longitudinal data from a sample of 1569 Chines…
Concerted Cultivation and Adolescent Psychopathology over Time-Mediation of Parent-Child Conflict
Rather than regarding concerted cultivation as an effective parenting strategy that promotes adolescent development, the findings indicated that concerted cultivation increased adolescent psychopathology via increased parent-child conflict. The study sheds new light for family practitioners and educators in their awareness of the adverse effects of concerted cultivation and designing appropriate parent education programs for parents
Too Much of a Good Thing: Perceived Overparenting and Wellbeing of Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
Parental Control and Adolescent Wellbeing in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
Risks and opportunities across life span: Implications for social work
Handbook for practice learning in social work and social care: Knowledge and theory (3 rd ed.)
This book comprises 27 chapters in 5 sections: (1) understanding the context, including the law, social policy and social theories that guide social work practice; (2) assessment, which includes ge
Family Processes and Adolescent Achievement Motivation in Poor Chinese Single-Mother Families
This study examined the moderation effect of family functioning on the relationship between maternal expectations of the children's future and adolescent achievement motivation in a sample of 432 Chinese single-mother families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong. Results indicated that family functioning moderated the influence of maternal expectations of the children's future on adolescent achievement motivation. The relationship bet…
Cultural family beliefs, maternal sacrifice, and adolescent psychological competence in Chinese poor single‐mother families
Research on cultural family beliefs and family processes as protective factors of adolescent development is severely lacking in the Chinese culture. Based on 432 Chinese single‐mother families living in poverty in Hong Kong, the relationships among Chinese cultural beliefs of familism, adolescent perceived maternal sacrifice, and psychological competence (indexed by a clear and healthy identity, cognitive competence, and a positive future outlook…
Parent–Adolescent Discrepancies in Perceived Parental Sacrifice and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Poor Chinese Families
Parents and adolescents perceive family processes differently. This study examined how convergence and divergence of parent-perceived and adolescent-perceived parental sacrifice influenced adolescent developmental outcomes in a sample of 275 poor intact Chinese families in Hong Kong. The results of polynomial regression analyses indicated that the interaction of fathers' and adolescents' perceptions of paternal sacrifice negatively predicted adol…
Perceived overparenting and developmental outcomes among Chinese adolescents: Do family structure and conflicts matter
Overparenting" refers to an inappropriate parenting style in which parents intervene intrusively in their children's development and overprotect them from difficulties and challenges. However, there is scant research on the relationship between overparenting and developmental outcomes in early adolescence. Moreover, the moderating roles of parent-child conflict, family intactness, and the adolescent's gender on the relationship are undetermined. …
Parental Control and Adolescent Wellbeing in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
Too Much of a Good Thing: Perceived Overparenting and Wellbeing of Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
Mother–Child Discrepancy in Perceived Family Functioning and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage in Hong Kong
Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Cultural Beliefs About Adversity Scale
Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese Cultural Beliefs about Adversity scale (CBA). Methods: The CBA was administered in a sample of 275 Chinese parents experiencing economic disadvantage. Results: The CBA was found to be internally consistent. Consistent with the conceptual framework, factor analyses showed that two stables factors were abstracted from the scale. The scale and subscale scor…
Cultural family beliefs, maternal sacrifice, and adolescent psychological competence in Chinese poor single‐mother families
Research on cultural family beliefs and family processes as protective factors of adolescent development is severely lacking in the Chinese culture. Based on 432 Chinese single‐mother families living in poverty in Hong Kong, the relationships among Chinese cultural beliefs of familism, adolescent perceived maternal sacrifice, and psychological competence (indexed by a clear and healthy identity, cognitive competence, and a positive future outlook…
Family Functioning, Filial Piety and Adolescent Psycho-Social Competence in Chinese Single-Mother Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage: Implications for Social Work
Based on the data collected from 432 single-mother families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong, the relationships among family functioning (mutuality, communication and harmony), filial piety and psycho-social competence (spirituality, resilience and positive future outlook) of adolescents were examined. Results showed that filial piety mediated the influence of family functioning to adolescent psycho-social competence in Chinese sin…
The Influence of Parental Beliefs on the Development of Chinese Adolescents Experiencing Economic Disadvantage: Maternal Control as a Mediator
Based on the data collected from 275 Chinese families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong, the influence of parental beliefs (Chinese cultural beliefs about adversity, attribution of children's success and failure to effort, and expectations of children's future) and parental control on adolescent development was examined. It was found that paternal expectations of children's future predicted adolescents' perceived maternal control an…
Marital dissatisfaction, psychological control and parent-child conflict in Chinese families - An actor-partner interdependence model analysis
Although family systems theories highlight the associations of marital quality with parenting practice and parent-child relationship, studies examining individual and inter-spousal linkages of marital dissatisfaction with psychological control and parent-child conflict among Chinese families are almost non-existent. Adopting the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM), dyadic interdependence in the associations of marital dissatisfaction with …
Measuring Perceived Parental Sacrifice Among Adolescents in Hong Kong: Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Chinese Parental Sacrifice Scale
Parental Beliefs and Parental Sacrifice of Chinese Parents Experiencing Economic Disadvantage in Hong Kong: Implications for Social Work
Based on the responses of 275 Chinese parents experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong, the relationships between parental beliefs (including Chinese cultural beliefs about adversity, attribution of children's success and failure to effort, and expectations of children's future) and parental sacrifice for children's education were examined in this study. It was found that more positive parental child-specific beliefs, particularly parental…
Overparenting and psychological wellbeing among Chinese adolescents: Findings based on latent growth modeling
Although overparenting is a growing phenomenon across the globe, there is a severe lack of longitudinal studies examining the trajectory of overparenting and its effects on early adolescent development, particularly in non-Western contexts. The study collected three waves of longitudinal data from 1328 early Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong with an interval of 1 year to examine the stability and change of perceived paternal and maternal overparen…
The significance of emotional intelligence to students’ learning motivation and academic achievement: A study in Hong Kong with a Confucian heritage
Parent–Adolescent Discrepancies in Perceived Parental Sacrifice and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Poor Chinese Families
Parents and adolescents perceive family processes differently. This study examined how convergence and divergence of parent-perceived and adolescent-perceived parental sacrifice influenced adolescent developmental outcomes in a sample of 275 poor intact Chinese families in Hong Kong. The results of polynomial regression analyses indicated that the interaction of fathers' and adolescents' perceptions of paternal sacrifice negatively predicted adol…
Unbroken Homes: Parenting Style and Adolescent Positive Development in Chinese Single-Mother Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage
Parent–Child Discrepancies in Perceived Parental Sacrifice and Achievement Motivation of Chinese Adolescents Experiencing Economic Disadvantage
Inclusive Practice for Children with Special Education Needs: Training for Social Workers
Purpose: The study evaluated the effectiveness of a training program for social workers to reduce their negative perceptions on children with special education needs (SEN), enhance their self-efficacy for inclusive practice, and promote their competencies in helping these children in Hong Kong. Method: A prospective quasi-experimental design was adopted in the evaluation, with 58 social workers (74% females) joining the program (the intervention …
Parental Differences in Family Processes in Chinese Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage
Parental differences in family processes (indexed by parental responsiveness, demandingness, control, and sacrifice for children’s education) were examined in 275 Chinese intact families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong. Consistent with the previous literature, results indicated that there were parent gender differences in family processes, including parental responsiveness, demandingness, control and sacrifice for children’s educa…
Parental Differences in Family Processes in Chinese Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage
Parental differences in family processes (indexed by parental responsiveness, demandingness, control, and sacrifice for children’s education) were examined in 275 Chinese intact families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong. Consistent with the previous literature, results indicated that there were parent gender differences in family processes, including parental responsiveness, demandingness, control and sacrifice for children’s educa…
Outcome evaluation of peer support programme for helping Chinese parents under stress
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a support group programme using peer parent counsellors in reducing participant stress and enhancing social support. Participants included 173 Chinese parents with 134 providing complete data. They were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups at service-centre level. The results indicated that there was a significant decrease in psychological distress and increase in social su…
Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Cultural Beliefs About Adversity Scale
Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese Cultural Beliefs about Adversity scale (CBA). Methods: The CBA was administered in a sample of 275 Chinese parents experiencing economic disadvantage. Results: The CBA was found to be internally consistent. Consistent with the conceptual framework, factor analyses showed that two stables factors were abstracted from the scale. The scale and subscale scor…
Measuring Perceived Parental Sacrifice Among Adolescents in Hong Kong: Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Chinese Parental Sacrifice Scale
Parent–Child Discrepancies in Perceived Parental Sacrifice and Achievement Motivation of Chinese Adolescents Experiencing Economic Disadvantage
The strengths model: A recovery-oriented approach to mental health services
The medical model has been dominated in mental health literature. Mental illness has been perceived as a ‘deficit’ or a ‘failure’ of an individual, and the effects are long-lasting and detrimental
Parental Beliefs and Parental Sacrifice of Chinese Parents Experiencing Economic Disadvantage in Hong Kong: Implications for Social Work
Based on the responses of 275 Chinese parents experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong, the relationships between parental beliefs (including Chinese cultural beliefs about adversity, attribution of children's success and failure to effort, and expectations of children's future) and parental sacrifice for children's education were examined in this study. It was found that more positive parental child-specific beliefs, particularly parental…
Unbroken Homes: Parenting Style and Adolescent Positive Development in Chinese Single-Mother Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage
Mother–Child Discrepancy in Perceived Family Functioning and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage in Hong Kong
Family Functioning, Filial Piety and Adolescent Psycho-Social Competence in Chinese Single-Mother Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage: Implications for Social Work
Based on the data collected from 432 single-mother families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong, the relationships among family functioning (mutuality, communication and harmony), filial piety and psycho-social competence (spirituality, resilience and positive future outlook) of adolescents were examined. Results showed that filial piety mediated the influence of family functioning to adolescent psycho-social competence in Chinese sin…
The Influence of Parental Beliefs on the Development of Chinese Adolescents Experiencing Economic Disadvantage: Maternal Control as a Mediator
Based on the data collected from 275 Chinese families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong, the influence of parental beliefs (Chinese cultural beliefs about adversity, attribution of children's success and failure to effort, and expectations of children's future) and parental control on adolescent development was examined. It was found that paternal expectations of children's future predicted adolescents' perceived maternal control an…
Cultural family beliefs, maternal sacrifice, and adolescent psychological competence in Chinese poor single‐mother families
Research on cultural family beliefs and family processes as protective factors of adolescent development is severely lacking in the Chinese culture. Based on 432 Chinese single‐mother families living in poverty in Hong Kong, the relationships among Chinese cultural beliefs of familism, adolescent perceived maternal sacrifice, and psychological competence (indexed by a clear and healthy identity, cognitive competence, and a positive future outlook…
Parent–Adolescent Discrepancies in Perceived Parental Sacrifice and Adolescent Developmental Outcomes in Poor Chinese Families
Parents and adolescents perceive family processes differently. This study examined how convergence and divergence of parent-perceived and adolescent-perceived parental sacrifice influenced adolescent developmental outcomes in a sample of 275 poor intact Chinese families in Hong Kong. The results of polynomial regression analyses indicated that the interaction of fathers' and adolescents' perceptions of paternal sacrifice negatively predicted adol…
Handbook for practice learning in social work and social care: Knowledge and theory (3 rd ed.)
This book comprises 27 chapters in 5 sections: (1) understanding the context, including the law, social policy and social theories that guide social work practice; (2) assessment, which includes ge
Family Processes and Adolescent Achievement Motivation in Poor Chinese Single-Mother Families
This study examined the moderation effect of family functioning on the relationship between maternal expectations of the children's future and adolescent achievement motivation in a sample of 432 Chinese single-mother families experiencing economic disadvantage in Hong Kong. Results indicated that family functioning moderated the influence of maternal expectations of the children's future on adolescent achievement motivation. The relationship bet…
Parental Control and Adolescent Wellbeing in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
Risks and opportunities across life span: Implications for social work
Perceived parental sacrifice, filial piety and hopelessness among Chinese adolescents: A cross‐lagged panel study
INTRODUCTION: There is a dearth of research on examining the longitudinal effects of cultural family processes on adolescent hopelessness, and the mechanisms through which the effects happen. Hence, the present study examined the relationship among parental (paternal and maternal) sacrifices, filial piety and adolescent hopelessness in the Chinese context. METHODS: The study was based on a three-wave longitudinal data from a sample of 1569 Chines…
Concerted Cultivation and Adolescent Psychopathology over Time-Mediation of Parent-Child Conflict
Rather than regarding concerted cultivation as an effective parenting strategy that promotes adolescent development, the findings indicated that concerted cultivation increased adolescent psychopathology via increased parent-child conflict. The study sheds new light for family practitioners and educators in their awareness of the adverse effects of concerted cultivation and designing appropriate parent education programs for parents
Too Much of a Good Thing: Perceived Overparenting and Wellbeing of Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
Overparenting, Parent-Child Conflict and Anxiety among Chinese Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Panel Study
This present study identified that the bidirectional relationship between maternal overparenting and adolescent anxiety via mother-child conflict over time, which sheds new light on the study of overparenting on adolescent well-being in the Chinese communities
Family conflict and support in Chinese contexts: Implications for social work
Family is the basic unit where socialisation, protection, support and security among family members take place (Leung and Shek 2013). Based on Confucian thought, each family member is obligated to
The significance of emotional intelligence to students’ learning motivation and academic achievement: A study in Hong Kong with a Confucian heritage
Perceived overparenting and developmental outcomes among Chinese adolescents: Do family structure and conflicts matter
Overparenting" refers to an inappropriate parenting style in which parents intervene intrusively in their children's development and overprotect them from difficulties and challenges. However, there is scant research on the relationship between overparenting and developmental outcomes in early adolescence. Moreover, the moderating roles of parent-child conflict, family intactness, and the adolescent's gender on the relationship are undetermined. …
Inclusive Practice for Children with Special Education Needs: Training for Social Workers
Purpose: The study evaluated the effectiveness of a training program for social workers to reduce their negative perceptions on children with special education needs (SEN), enhance their self-efficacy for inclusive practice, and promote their competencies in helping these children in Hong Kong. Method: A prospective quasi-experimental design was adopted in the evaluation, with 58 social workers (74% females) joining the program (the intervention …
Psychology (32 works) · Developmental psychology (26 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (16 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Disadvantage (9 works)