Karen Mui-Teng Quek
Biographic Data
| ID | 3793089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Mui-Teng Quek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen Mui-Teng |
| FAMILY NAME | Quek |
| SIGNATURE | QUEK K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seattle Pacific University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4486-5415 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Collectivist Discourses in Relational Intersectionality
Intersectionality espouses progressive societal dominant discourse norms that describe persons as individuals connected to a variety of social locations (e.g., gender, socioeconomic status [SES], ethnicity, sexual orientation, spirituality, vocation). This may not resonate with the cultural ideals of collectivist and bicultural communities, who are better understood when considered in context of both dominant and local intersectionality discourse…
Family Therapy in Chinese Culture and Context
Self-Disclosure Between Marital Couples
This study explored the effects of spousal and self-disclosure on perceived marital satisfaction among Greek and Singaporean couples. The sample included 77 Singaporean couples and 116 Greek couples. APIM and multi-group modeling techniques were applied simultaneously. Results indicated that wife's and husband's self-disclosure were similarly able to predict their own marital satisfaction for both countries. Partner effects were different within …
Qualitative Study on Cis-Male Students’ Gender Perspectives in the Couple and Family Therapy Classroom
The purpose of this qualitative study was to hear cis-male participants' voices after completing a gender-training course in a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education couple and family therapy program. Participants' narratives included reactions and responses to being shaped by the dominant society, their thoughts about self-transformation, and behaviors associated with this change. Moreover, the authors addressed th…
Transforming Fatherhood
Despite the fast growing literature on religion and fatherhood, the majority of research on the topic was conducted in western societies, and the linkage between culture, religion, and fatherhood was understudied. Using in-depth interviews with 20 Korean fathers who completed an evangelical Duranno Father School (DFS) program, this study examines the processes through which they reconstruct fatherhood and become involved fathers in contemporary S…
Chinese Values in Supervisory Discourse
Gender equality during the transition to parenthood
Few studies of marital equality have addressed the issue in a collectivist context. This grounded theory analysis examined movement toward gender equality among 12 dual-career Singaporean couples interviewed as newlyweds and interviewed again five years later when all had children. The analysis focused on the relational processes that reproduced gender patterns and those that undid them. Whether or not parenting was shared depended on four factor…
Relational Harmony
Social harmony is a valued relational rule in collectivism. Using data from in-depth interviews with 20 Chinese American couples, the authors study how husbands and wives interpret and negotiate marital harmony within a multicultural context and how gender relates to this process. Although all participants appear to seek harmony, the result indicates two quite different forms. Structural harmony is based on traditional social norms that emphasize…
Reshaping marital power
Movement toward gender equality occurs in incremental steps, but how such change occurs has not been well studied. A qualitative analysis of 20 heterosexual Singaporean couples identified the processes that equalize power within couple relationships. Results reveal that (i) prioritizing women's careers encourages men to change role expectations, take on household tasks, value wives' contributions and emotionally attend to them, and encourages wom…
A Push Toward Equality
This study examines gender construction among dual-career newlywed couples in a collectivist culture. A qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 20 heterosexual Singaporean couples reveals aspects of the collectivist norms (e.g., doing family, we-consciousness, marrying one's equal) that are favorable toward the development of gender equality. Additionally, as couples respond to the political and social pulls of economic development, they…
Gender equality during the transition to parenthood
Few studies of marital equality have addressed the issue in a collectivist context. This grounded theory analysis examined movement toward gender equality among 12 dual-career Singaporean couples interviewed as newlyweds and interviewed again five years later when all had children. The analysis focused on the relational processes that reproduced gender patterns and those that undid them. Whether or not parenting was shared depended on four factor…
Relational Harmony
Social harmony is a valued relational rule in collectivism. Using data from in-depth interviews with 20 Chinese American couples, the authors study how husbands and wives interpret and negotiate marital harmony within a multicultural context and how gender relates to this process. Although all participants appear to seek harmony, the result indicates two quite different forms. Structural harmony is based on traditional social norms that emphasize…
Reshaping marital power
Movement toward gender equality occurs in incremental steps, but how such change occurs has not been well studied. A qualitative analysis of 20 heterosexual Singaporean couples identified the processes that equalize power within couple relationships. Results reveal that (i) prioritizing women's careers encourages men to change role expectations, take on household tasks, value wives' contributions and emotionally attend to them, and encourages wom…
A Push Toward Equality
This study examines gender construction among dual-career newlywed couples in a collectivist culture. A qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 20 heterosexual Singaporean couples reveals aspects of the collectivist norms (e.g., doing family, we-consciousness, marrying one's equal) that are favorable toward the development of gender equality. Additionally, as couples respond to the political and social pulls of economic development, they…
Chinese Values in Supervisory Discourse
Family Therapy in Chinese Culture and Context
Self-Disclosure Between Marital Couples
This study explored the effects of spousal and self-disclosure on perceived marital satisfaction among Greek and Singaporean couples. The sample included 77 Singaporean couples and 116 Greek couples. APIM and multi-group modeling techniques were applied simultaneously. Results indicated that wife's and husband's self-disclosure were similarly able to predict their own marital satisfaction for both countries. Partner effects were different within …
A Push Toward Equality
This study examines gender construction among dual-career newlywed couples in a collectivist culture. A qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 20 heterosexual Singaporean couples reveals aspects of the collectivist norms (e.g., doing family, we-consciousness, marrying one's equal) that are favorable toward the development of gender equality. Additionally, as couples respond to the political and social pulls of economic development, they…
Reshaping marital power
Movement toward gender equality occurs in incremental steps, but how such change occurs has not been well studied. A qualitative analysis of 20 heterosexual Singaporean couples identified the processes that equalize power within couple relationships. Results reveal that (i) prioritizing women's careers encourages men to change role expectations, take on household tasks, value wives' contributions and emotionally attend to them, and encourages wom…
Relational Harmony
Social harmony is a valued relational rule in collectivism. Using data from in-depth interviews with 20 Chinese American couples, the authors study how husbands and wives interpret and negotiate marital harmony within a multicultural context and how gender relates to this process. Although all participants appear to seek harmony, the result indicates two quite different forms. Structural harmony is based on traditional social norms that emphasize…
Gender equality during the transition to parenthood
Few studies of marital equality have addressed the issue in a collectivist context. This grounded theory analysis examined movement toward gender equality among 12 dual-career Singaporean couples interviewed as newlyweds and interviewed again five years later when all had children. The analysis focused on the relational processes that reproduced gender patterns and those that undid them. Whether or not parenting was shared depended on four factor…
Chinese Values in Supervisory Discourse
Transforming Fatherhood
Despite the fast growing literature on religion and fatherhood, the majority of research on the topic was conducted in western societies, and the linkage between culture, religion, and fatherhood was understudied. Using in-depth interviews with 20 Korean fathers who completed an evangelical Duranno Father School (DFS) program, this study examines the processes through which they reconstruct fatherhood and become involved fathers in contemporary S…
Qualitative Study on Cis-Male Students’ Gender Perspectives in the Couple and Family Therapy Classroom
The purpose of this qualitative study was to hear cis-male participants' voices after completing a gender-training course in a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education couple and family therapy program. Participants' narratives included reactions and responses to being shaped by the dominant society, their thoughts about self-transformation, and behaviors associated with this change. Moreover, the authors addressed th…
Self-Disclosure Between Marital Couples
This study explored the effects of spousal and self-disclosure on perceived marital satisfaction among Greek and Singaporean couples. The sample included 77 Singaporean couples and 116 Greek couples. APIM and multi-group modeling techniques were applied simultaneously. Results indicated that wife's and husband's self-disclosure were similarly able to predict their own marital satisfaction for both countries. Partner effects were different within …
Family Therapy in Chinese Culture and Context
Collectivist Discourses in Relational Intersectionality
Intersectionality espouses progressive societal dominant discourse norms that describe persons as individuals connected to a variety of social locations (e.g., gender, socioeconomic status [SES], ethnicity, sexual orientation, spirituality, vocation). This may not resonate with the cultural ideals of collectivist and bicultural communities, who are better understood when considered in context of both dominant and local intersectionality discourse…
Psychology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 works) · Collectivism (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (4 works)