Sing Lau
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sing Lau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sing |
| FAMILY NAME | Lau |
| SIGNATURE | LAU S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4446-0223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 192 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Exploring relationship among child maltreatment experience in childhood and behavior problems as young adults: Role of social support among college students in Hong Kong
Studies show the tremendous negative impact of child abuse, including physical and emotional abuse in childhood on externalizing mental health problems in later life (e.g. young adulthood). However, limited information about this relationship is available in Asian countries like Hong Kong. The current study sought to address this gap by utilizing an exploratory retrospective design. Findings with 118 college students in Hong Kong suggest that the…
A Cross-Societal Comparative Study of Beijing and Hong Kong Children's Self-Concept
This was a cross-sectional comparative study of the self-concept of Beijing and Hong Kong grade three and five children. Beijing students scored much higher than Hong Kong students on the academic, social, physical and general domains and all the perspectives of parental appraisal, school appraisal, upward comparison and downward comparison. Boys were higher than girls on all domains, and on upward and downward comparison. Grade 3 students were h…
The Structure of Goal Contents Across 15 Cultures
The authors investigated the structure of goal contents in a group of 1,854 undergraduates from 15 cultures around the world. Results suggested that the 11 types of goals the authors assessed were consistently organized in a circumplex fashion across the 15 cultures. The circumplex was well described by positioning 2 primary dimensions underlying the goals: intrinsic (e.g., self-acceptance, affiliation) versus extrinsic (e.g., financial success, …
Social Support for Two Generations of New Mothers in Selected Populations in Korea, Hong Kong, and the United States
When a first child is born into a family, major changes occur in the lives of first time parents, and this is especially the case for new mothers. Previous research has illustrated that social support can help new mothers better understand and meet the demands of child care and parenting. In this study, the sources and types of social support reported by new mothers were compared to that of the grandmother in two generations of 301 mother-daughte…
A New Look at the Old “Little Emperor”: Developmental Changes in the Personality of Only Children in China
In order to study the perception of Chinese parents of their children, audio-taped free descriptions of children's personality characteristics were obtained from 401 Chinese parents living in Beijing and Fuzhou. The free descriptions by parents showed that, as children's age increased, different categories of descriptors were typically used. Only for children at ages 3– 5 did negative descriptors associated with the so-called “little emperor” ste…
Relationship of Family Environment to Adolescents' Depression and Self – Concept
The study aimed at examining the relationships among family environment, depression and self-concept of adolescents in Hong Kong. A multi-domain perspective was adopted. The study involved a total of 2706 adolescents. Subjects were group administered a questionnaire containing the multi-domain Family Environment Scale (Moos & Moos, 1981), the multi dimensional depression scale – Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (Reynolds, 1987) and the Multi-…
Chinese and American Adolescents' Perceptions of the Purposes of Education and Beliefs About the World of Work
We studied and compared the views of Chinese and American high school students as to what attendance at school should achieve, and what brings success in work. The worlds of school and work were perceived by American students to be related, but not so by Chinese students. American students are more firm in the view that school should teach them to understand science, think critically, be useful to society and consider the family first. In contras…
Gender Schema and Social Judgments: A Developmental Study of Children from Hong Kong
Parental Evaluations and Their Agreement: Relationship With Children's Self-Concepts
The relationships between parents'evaluations of their children, and agreement between parental evaluations and children's self-evaluations in four self-concept domains (academic, physical, social and general) were examined in the present study. A sample of 974 families, each consisting of a father, a mother and a child of primary grade (aged 8 to 13), were included. Significant correlations were found between parental (especially maternal) evalu…
Money: What It Means to Children and Adults
The findings of three studies on money perceptions by Chinese subjects were reported. In Study 1, 378 kindergarten children (age five and six) were asked to give free associations to 86 Chinese words. The word money elicited a large number of associations (ranked ninth in five-year-olds and 21st in six year-olds), indicating that money was not an unfamiliar or uninteresting concept to children of very young age. Analysis also showed that the asso…
The Self-Perception of Ability by Chinese Children in China and Hong Kong: Gender and Grade Differences
The purpose of the study was to examine the self-perception of ability by Chinese children with respect to gender and grade differences. A total of 1,679 boys and girls in three primary grade levels from Mainland China and Hong Kong were included, and an indigenously developed multidimensional self-concept scale (MMSI) was used. Results showed that in both the China and Hong Kong samples, boys were found to score a little lower than girls in thre…
The Self-concept Development of Chinese Primary Schoolchildren: A Longitudinal Study
The present research was a 2-year longitudinal study of the self-concept development of primary schoolchildren in Hong Kong. Samples of primary grades 1, 3 and 5 students were followed through to primary grades 2, 4 and 6, respectively. Data on students' self-concept in four domains (academic, appearance, social, general) were collected at half-year intervals. The depression level of students and evaluations by teachers and parents on students' s…
Effects of self-monitoring and perceived approval on delinquent behavior among Hong Kong adolescents
Perceptions of parenting in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Sex differences and societal differences
Variations in parenting in Chinese families were examined with data from adults in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Ss completed questionnaires that assessed their perceptions of their mothers'and fathers'warmth and control during their childhood
Relations With Parents and School and Chinese Adolescents' Self-concept, Delinquency, and Academic Performance
Current research and theory have suggested that the relational domains of family and school experiences are important to children's development. The present study thus examined how relations with parents and school were related to Chinese students' psychosocial and cognitive development in self-concept, delinquency, and academic performance. A total of 1668 secondary school students were studied, and results showed that better relation with paren…
Ain't Misbehavin: Adolescent Values and Family Environments as Correlates of Misconduct in Australia, Hong Kong, and the United States
Tenth and 11th grade boys and girls in Hong Kong ( N = 141), Australia (N = 155), and the United States (N = 155) completed questionnaires about their misconduct, family environments, and values. Relative to Australian and American youth, Hong Kong adolescents reported less misconduct; described their families as less accepting/engaged and less demanding; and placed less value on general individualism, outward success, and individual competence, …
Crisis and vulnerability in adolescent development
Relations among perceived parental control, warmth, indulgence, and family harmony of Chinese in mainland China
Etude, en Chine, du controle dominant et de la chaleur du pere et de la mere, de leur indulgence et de l'harmonie familiale, tels qu'ils sont percus par leurs fils et filles a l'âge adulte
Sex role orientation and domains of self-esteem
Effects of self-concept and perceived disapproval of delinquent behavior in school children
Relations between Chinese adolescents' perception of parental control and organization and their perception of parental warmth
Self- Esteem: Its Relationship to the Family and School Social Environments among Chinese Adolescents
The cold glow of success: Responses to social rejection as affected by attitude similarity between the rejected and chosen individuals
Studied the effects of attitudinal similarity between two males on reactions to social rejection by a female. Sixty‐five male undergraduate students had met an attitudinally similar or dissimilar male confederate. Later a female confederate either chose or did not choose the male confederate as a work partner. Following that, measures designed to tap subjects affective state and self evaluations were administered. Two way interactions for affect …
The Structure of Goal Contents Across 15 Cultures
The authors investigated the structure of goal contents in a group of 1,854 undergraduates from 15 cultures around the world. Results suggested that the 11 types of goals the authors assessed were consistently organized in a circumplex fashion across the 15 cultures. The circumplex was well described by positioning 2 primary dimensions underlying the goals: intrinsic (e.g., self-acceptance, affiliation) versus extrinsic (e.g., financial success, …
Relations between Chinese adolescents' perception of parental control and organization and their perception of parental warmth
Perceptions of parenting in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Sex differences and societal differences
Variations in parenting in Chinese families were examined with data from adults in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Ss completed questionnaires that assessed their perceptions of their mothers'and fathers'warmth and control during their childhood
Ain't Misbehavin: Adolescent Values and Family Environments as Correlates of Misconduct in Australia, Hong Kong, and the United States
Tenth and 11th grade boys and girls in Hong Kong ( N = 141), Australia (N = 155), and the United States (N = 155) completed questionnaires about their misconduct, family environments, and values. Relative to Australian and American youth, Hong Kong adolescents reported less misconduct; described their families as less accepting/engaged and less demanding; and placed less value on general individualism, outward success, and individual competence, …
Relations among perceived parental control, warmth, indulgence, and family harmony of Chinese in mainland China
Etude, en Chine, du controle dominant et de la chaleur du pere et de la mere, de leur indulgence et de l'harmonie familiale, tels qu'ils sont percus par leurs fils et filles a l'âge adulte
Sex role orientation and domains of self-esteem
Self- Esteem: Its Relationship to the Family and School Social Environments among Chinese Adolescents
Relations With Parents and School and Chinese Adolescents' Self-concept, Delinquency, and Academic Performance
Current research and theory have suggested that the relational domains of family and school experiences are important to children's development. The present study thus examined how relations with parents and school were related to Chinese students' psychosocial and cognitive development in self-concept, delinquency, and academic performance. A total of 1668 secondary school students were studied, and results showed that better relation with paren…
Effects of self-concept and perceived disapproval of delinquent behavior in school children
Gender Schema and Social Judgments: A Developmental Study of Children from Hong Kong
Crisis and vulnerability in adolescent development
The Self-concept Development of Chinese Primary Schoolchildren: A Longitudinal Study
The present research was a 2-year longitudinal study of the self-concept development of primary schoolchildren in Hong Kong. Samples of primary grades 1, 3 and 5 students were followed through to primary grades 2, 4 and 6, respectively. Data on students' self-concept in four domains (academic, appearance, social, general) were collected at half-year intervals. The depression level of students and evaluations by teachers and parents on students' s…
The cold glow of success: Responses to social rejection as affected by attitude similarity between the rejected and chosen individuals
Studied the effects of attitudinal similarity between two males on reactions to social rejection by a female. Sixty‐five male undergraduate students had met an attitudinally similar or dissimilar male confederate. Later a female confederate either chose or did not choose the male confederate as a work partner. Following that, measures designed to tap subjects affective state and self evaluations were administered. Two way interactions for affect …
Exploring relationship among child maltreatment experience in childhood and behavior problems as young adults: Role of social support among college students in Hong Kong
Studies show the tremendous negative impact of child abuse, including physical and emotional abuse in childhood on externalizing mental health problems in later life (e.g. young adulthood). However, limited information about this relationship is available in Asian countries like Hong Kong. The current study sought to address this gap by utilizing an exploratory retrospective design. Findings with 118 college students in Hong Kong suggest that the…
Effects of self-monitoring and perceived approval on delinquent behavior among Hong Kong adolescents
The cold glow of success: Responses to social rejection as affected by attitude similarity between the rejected and chosen individuals
Studied the effects of attitudinal similarity between two males on reactions to social rejection by a female. Sixty‐five male undergraduate students had met an attitudinally similar or dissimilar male confederate. Later a female confederate either chose or did not choose the male confederate as a work partner. Following that, measures designed to tap subjects affective state and self evaluations were administered. Two way interactions for affect …
Self- Esteem: Its Relationship to the Family and School Social Environments among Chinese Adolescents
Relations between Chinese adolescents' perception of parental control and organization and their perception of parental warmth
Effects of self-concept and perceived disapproval of delinquent behavior in school children
Sex role orientation and domains of self-esteem
Crisis and vulnerability in adolescent development
Relations among perceived parental control, warmth, indulgence, and family harmony of Chinese in mainland China
Etude, en Chine, du controle dominant et de la chaleur du pere et de la mere, de leur indulgence et de l'harmonie familiale, tels qu'ils sont percus par leurs fils et filles a l'âge adulte
Ain't Misbehavin: Adolescent Values and Family Environments as Correlates of Misconduct in Australia, Hong Kong, and the United States
Tenth and 11th grade boys and girls in Hong Kong ( N = 141), Australia (N = 155), and the United States (N = 155) completed questionnaires about their misconduct, family environments, and values. Relative to Australian and American youth, Hong Kong adolescents reported less misconduct; described their families as less accepting/engaged and less demanding; and placed less value on general individualism, outward success, and individual competence, …
Relations With Parents and School and Chinese Adolescents' Self-concept, Delinquency, and Academic Performance
Current research and theory have suggested that the relational domains of family and school experiences are important to children's development. The present study thus examined how relations with parents and school were related to Chinese students' psychosocial and cognitive development in self-concept, delinquency, and academic performance. A total of 1668 secondary school students were studied, and results showed that better relation with paren…
Effects of self-monitoring and perceived approval on delinquent behavior among Hong Kong adolescents
Perceptions of parenting in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Sex differences and societal differences
Variations in parenting in Chinese families were examined with data from adults in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Ss completed questionnaires that assessed their perceptions of their mothers'and fathers'warmth and control during their childhood
Money: What It Means to Children and Adults
The findings of three studies on money perceptions by Chinese subjects were reported. In Study 1, 378 kindergarten children (age five and six) were asked to give free associations to 86 Chinese words. The word money elicited a large number of associations (ranked ninth in five-year-olds and 21st in six year-olds), indicating that money was not an unfamiliar or uninteresting concept to children of very young age. Analysis also showed that the asso…
The Self-Perception of Ability by Chinese Children in China and Hong Kong: Gender and Grade Differences
The purpose of the study was to examine the self-perception of ability by Chinese children with respect to gender and grade differences. A total of 1,679 boys and girls in three primary grade levels from Mainland China and Hong Kong were included, and an indigenously developed multidimensional self-concept scale (MMSI) was used. Results showed that in both the China and Hong Kong samples, boys were found to score a little lower than girls in thre…
The Self-concept Development of Chinese Primary Schoolchildren: A Longitudinal Study
The present research was a 2-year longitudinal study of the self-concept development of primary schoolchildren in Hong Kong. Samples of primary grades 1, 3 and 5 students were followed through to primary grades 2, 4 and 6, respectively. Data on students' self-concept in four domains (academic, appearance, social, general) were collected at half-year intervals. The depression level of students and evaluations by teachers and parents on students' s…
Parental Evaluations and Their Agreement: Relationship With Children's Self-Concepts
The relationships between parents'evaluations of their children, and agreement between parental evaluations and children's self-evaluations in four self-concept domains (academic, physical, social and general) were examined in the present study. A sample of 974 families, each consisting of a father, a mother and a child of primary grade (aged 8 to 13), were included. Significant correlations were found between parental (especially maternal) evalu…
Relationship of Family Environment to Adolescents' Depression and Self – Concept
The study aimed at examining the relationships among family environment, depression and self-concept of adolescents in Hong Kong. A multi-domain perspective was adopted. The study involved a total of 2706 adolescents. Subjects were group administered a questionnaire containing the multi-domain Family Environment Scale (Moos & Moos, 1981), the multi dimensional depression scale – Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (Reynolds, 1987) and the Multi-…
Chinese and American Adolescents' Perceptions of the Purposes of Education and Beliefs About the World of Work
We studied and compared the views of Chinese and American high school students as to what attendance at school should achieve, and what brings success in work. The worlds of school and work were perceived by American students to be related, but not so by Chinese students. American students are more firm in the view that school should teach them to understand science, think critically, be useful to society and consider the family first. In contras…
Gender Schema and Social Judgments: A Developmental Study of Children from Hong Kong
A New Look at the Old “Little Emperor”: Developmental Changes in the Personality of Only Children in China
In order to study the perception of Chinese parents of their children, audio-taped free descriptions of children's personality characteristics were obtained from 401 Chinese parents living in Beijing and Fuzhou. The free descriptions by parents showed that, as children's age increased, different categories of descriptors were typically used. Only for children at ages 3– 5 did negative descriptors associated with the so-called “little emperor” ste…
Social Support for Two Generations of New Mothers in Selected Populations in Korea, Hong Kong, and the United States
When a first child is born into a family, major changes occur in the lives of first time parents, and this is especially the case for new mothers. Previous research has illustrated that social support can help new mothers better understand and meet the demands of child care and parenting. In this study, the sources and types of social support reported by new mothers were compared to that of the grandmother in two generations of 301 mother-daughte…
The Structure of Goal Contents Across 15 Cultures
The authors investigated the structure of goal contents in a group of 1,854 undergraduates from 15 cultures around the world. Results suggested that the 11 types of goals the authors assessed were consistently organized in a circumplex fashion across the 15 cultures. The circumplex was well described by positioning 2 primary dimensions underlying the goals: intrinsic (e.g., self-acceptance, affiliation) versus extrinsic (e.g., financial success, …
A Cross-Societal Comparative Study of Beijing and Hong Kong Children's Self-Concept
This was a cross-sectional comparative study of the self-concept of Beijing and Hong Kong grade three and five children. Beijing students scored much higher than Hong Kong students on the academic, social, physical and general domains and all the perspectives of parental appraisal, school appraisal, upward comparison and downward comparison. Boys were higher than girls on all domains, and on upward and downward comparison. Grade 3 students were h…
Exploring relationship among child maltreatment experience in childhood and behavior problems as young adults: Role of social support among college students in Hong Kong
Studies show the tremendous negative impact of child abuse, including physical and emotional abuse in childhood on externalizing mental health problems in later life (e.g. young adulthood). However, limited information about this relationship is available in Asian countries like Hong Kong. The current study sought to address this gap by utilizing an exploratory retrospective design. Findings with 118 college students in Hong Kong suggest that the…
Psychology (23 works) · Developmental psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (6 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (5 works) · China (5 works)