Eva Yi Hung Lau
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4227064 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Eva Yi Hung Lau |
| NOMBRES | Eva Yi Hung |
| APELLIDO | Lau |
| FIRMA | LAU E Y H |
| AFILIACIONES | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1176-0457 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Maternal Psychological Control Mediates Maternal Emotional Distress and Preschoolers’ Relational Aggression
Research Findings: Relational aggression (RA) warrants further investigation due to its significant detrimental effects on child adjustment. This two-wave longitudinal study examined the contribution of maternal emotional distress to children’s RA with maternal psychological control (PC) as a mediator and mothers’ perceived normativeness of psychological control (PNPC) as a moderator. Participants were 175 Hong Kong Chinese families of preschool …
Child-Driven Effects of Externalizing Problems on Parenting Stress and Self-Efficacy
Previous studies have established significant associations between parental self-efficacy, parenting stress, and child externalizing problems. However, the child-driven effects of externalizing problems on parental outcomes have been less explored, particularly in non-Western contexts. This study investigated how child externalizing problems influence parenting stress and parental self-efficacy among Hong Kong Chinese mothers, with parental emoti…
Family Socioeconomic Status and Child Executive Functions
Research Findings: This study examined the association between family socioeconomic status (SES) and children’s executive functions (EFs), focusing on the mediating role of child routines within a Hong Kong Chinese sample. The participants included 183 preschool-aged children (50.3% girls; Mage = 68.86 months, SD = 5.63) and their mothers. Mothers reported monthly household income, their education level, and children’s routines. Six weeks later, …
Social provision and postnatal well-being across the transition to motherhood
The transition to motherhood often leads to a decline in maternal well-being. However, mothers with higher social provision, may perceive greater connection and accessibility to necessary resources within social network that safeguard well-being by strengthening family cohesion. In a cohesive family environment, where family members tend to communicate and resolve conflicts constructively, mothers’ overall satisfaction will likely be promoted. Th…
Examining the effectiveness of a video-based parent–child program on executive functions for children 5 to 6 years old
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Parent–child Brain Camp, a 4-week video-based executive functions (EFs) training program for children ages 5–6, through a randomized controlled trial with a pre- and post-test design with 173 Hong Kong children (intervention ni = 79, 48.7% girls, Mage = 69.16 months; control n = 94, 56.4% girls, Mage = 68.58 months) in 2022. Results from the two-way mixed ANOVA revealed that while the main effect of t…
Effectiveness of mixed-mode parenting training program during the Covid-19 pandemic
Short-Term Transactional Relation Between Parenting Behavior and Preschoolers’ Aggression
Children infected vs. uninfected with Covid-19
Children were suggested to be at lower risk of developing the severe form of the COVID-19. However, children infected with COVID-19 may be more likely to experience biopsychosocial stressors associated with the pandemic and display poorer developmental outcomes. The current study is among the first to compare children infected and uninfected with COVID-19 on outcomes related to parents’ use of mobile phones to calm children, routines, parent–chil…
Examining effortful control as a moderator in the association of negative parenting and aggression among Hong Kong Chinese preschoolers
Research Findings: This study examined whether physical coercion and psychological control by mothers and fathers can influence preschoolers’ use of physical and relational aggression, and whether the relations are moderated by children’s effortful control in a Hong Kong Chinese sample. Data were collected from a sample of 168 children (88 girls; M = 60.97 months, SD = 5.51 months) and their parents twice, six months apart. At Time 1, mothers and…
Children’s Daily Living Routine Mediates the Relations Between Parent-Child Relationships and Child Adjustment Problems During School Suspension in Hong Kong
Mothers’ and fathers’ stress and severity of depressive symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic
Path analysis indicated that mothers' parental stress interacted with their negative emotions, such that their stress was related to their severity of depressive symptoms only when negative emotions were high. By comparison, fathers' stress and negative emotions were additively associated with their severity of depressive symptoms. Supporting the cumulative risk model, parental stress during COVID-19 and negative emotions were linked to parents' …
Online Learning and Parent Satisfaction during Covid-19
Research Findings: This study explored the moderating effect of child competence in independent learning in relations between the amount of learning assignment, length of online learning, and parent satisfaction with children's online learning during COVID-19 imposed class suspension. The data came from an online survey conducted in Hong Kong in February 2020. The respondents were parents (N = 3381, 92.4% mothers) of primary school grades 1–6 stu…
Parents’ Views on Young Children’s Distance Learning and Screen Time During Covid-19 Class Suspension in Hong Kong
This study explored parents' views on kindergarten and primary school students' distance learning experience and support needed as well as the amount of time children spend on screen media at home during COVID-19 class suspension. Between February 19 and 22, 2020, three weeks after classes were suspended in Hong Kong, responses from 6,702 parents (93% mothers) of kindergarten students and primary school students were collected via an online surve…
Emotional Regulation in Mothers and Fathers and Relations to Aggression in Hong Kong Preschool Children
This study explored the associations among emotional regulation in mothers and fathers and preschool children's physical and relational aggression using a Hong Kong Chinese sample. This study also explored whether child gender would moderate the association between parental emotional regulation strategies and children's physical and relational aggression. Participants were 168 children aged 4-6 years. Parents reported on their own emotional regul…
Linking Chinese mothers’ and fathers’ scaffolding with children's initiative and mathematics performance
Influences of Psychological Well-being, Job Support, and Paternal Involvement on Working Mothers' Involvement and Authoritative Parenting in Hong Kong
This study explored the influences of maternal psychological well-being, maternal job support, and paternal involvement on the involvement and authoritative parenting of Hong Kong working mothers. A total of 193 mothers and their spouses completed a questionnaire to assess their involvement. Mothers also completed questionnaires to assess their psychological well-being, perceived job support, and authoritative parenting. Findings from regression …
Child Physical Aggression
Coparenting, Parenting Stress, and Authoritative Parenting among Hong Kong Chinese Mothers and Fathers
SYNOPSISObjective.This paper examines whether the effects of spousal coparenting on authoritative parenting are mediated through parenting stress. Design. A total of 166 married, heterosexual couples in Hong Kong with a preschool child provided information about their spouse’s level of cooperation and triangulation in their coparenting relationship at Time 1; their own parenting stress at Times 1 & 2; and their authoritative parenting at Times 1,…
Are they ready for home-school partnership? Perspectives of kindergarten principals, teachers and parents
Extracurricular participation and young children's outcomes in Hong Kong
Parental involvement during the transition to primary school
A Mixed‐methods Study of Paternal Involvement in Hong Kong
The research reported here examined Chinese fathers’ direct interaction or engagement in children's education both at home and in preschool during the early childhood years using a Hong Kong sample in two studies. In Study 1, comparisons between father and mother involvement practices and examination of the associations between family background variables and father involvement as well as between father involvement and school readiness were condu…
An exploration of the participation of kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children in extra curricular activities
In this study, we used a mixed-methods research design to investigate the extra curricular participation of kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children, based on reports provided by 1260 parents, and parents’ perceptions of their children’s extra curricular participation, through nine individual interviews. The results of the survey indicated that kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children are regularly and extensively involved in extra curricular activities,…
Parental involvement and children's readiness for school in China
Background: The remarkable academic advancement of Asian students in cross-national studies has been attributed to numerous factors, including the value placed on education by Chinese parents. However, there is a dearth of research on how exactly Chinese parents are involved in children's early learning. Purpose: This study has two major research questions: (1) How are Chinese parents involved in young children's learning?; and (2) What is the re…
An exploration of the participation of kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children in extra curricular activities
In this study, we used a mixed-methods research design to investigate the extra curricular participation of kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children, based on reports provided by 1260 parents, and parents’ perceptions of their children’s extra curricular participation, through nine individual interviews. The results of the survey indicated that kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children are regularly and extensively involved in extra curricular activities,…
Extracurricular participation and young children's outcomes in Hong Kong
A Mixed‐methods Study of Paternal Involvement in Hong Kong
The research reported here examined Chinese fathers’ direct interaction or engagement in children's education both at home and in preschool during the early childhood years using a Hong Kong sample in two studies. In Study 1, comparisons between father and mother involvement practices and examination of the associations between family background variables and father involvement as well as between father involvement and school readiness were condu…
Are they ready for home-school partnership? Perspectives of kindergarten principals, teachers and parents
Coparenting, Parenting Stress, and Authoritative Parenting among Hong Kong Chinese Mothers and Fathers
SYNOPSISObjective.This paper examines whether the effects of spousal coparenting on authoritative parenting are mediated through parenting stress. Design. A total of 166 married, heterosexual couples in Hong Kong with a preschool child provided information about their spouse’s level of cooperation and triangulation in their coparenting relationship at Time 1; their own parenting stress at Times 1 & 2; and their authoritative parenting at Times 1,…
Parental involvement during the transition to primary school
Parental involvement and children's readiness for school in China
Background: The remarkable academic advancement of Asian students in cross-national studies has been attributed to numerous factors, including the value placed on education by Chinese parents. However, there is a dearth of research on how exactly Chinese parents are involved in children's early learning. Purpose: This study has two major research questions: (1) How are Chinese parents involved in young children's learning?; and (2) What is the re…
An exploration of the participation of kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children in extra curricular activities
In this study, we used a mixed-methods research design to investigate the extra curricular participation of kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children, based on reports provided by 1260 parents, and parents’ perceptions of their children’s extra curricular participation, through nine individual interviews. The results of the survey indicated that kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children are regularly and extensively involved in extra curricular activities,…
A Mixed‐methods Study of Paternal Involvement in Hong Kong
The research reported here examined Chinese fathers’ direct interaction or engagement in children's education both at home and in preschool during the early childhood years using a Hong Kong sample in two studies. In Study 1, comparisons between father and mother involvement practices and examination of the associations between family background variables and father involvement as well as between father involvement and school readiness were condu…
Extracurricular participation and young children's outcomes in Hong Kong
Parental involvement during the transition to primary school
Child Physical Aggression
Coparenting, Parenting Stress, and Authoritative Parenting among Hong Kong Chinese Mothers and Fathers
SYNOPSISObjective.This paper examines whether the effects of spousal coparenting on authoritative parenting are mediated through parenting stress. Design. A total of 166 married, heterosexual couples in Hong Kong with a preschool child provided information about their spouse’s level of cooperation and triangulation in their coparenting relationship at Time 1; their own parenting stress at Times 1 & 2; and their authoritative parenting at Times 1,…
Are they ready for home-school partnership? Perspectives of kindergarten principals, teachers and parents
Influences of Psychological Well-being, Job Support, and Paternal Involvement on Working Mothers' Involvement and Authoritative Parenting in Hong Kong
This study explored the influences of maternal psychological well-being, maternal job support, and paternal involvement on the involvement and authoritative parenting of Hong Kong working mothers. A total of 193 mothers and their spouses completed a questionnaire to assess their involvement. Mothers also completed questionnaires to assess their psychological well-being, perceived job support, and authoritative parenting. Findings from regression …
Online Learning and Parent Satisfaction during Covid-19
Research Findings: This study explored the moderating effect of child competence in independent learning in relations between the amount of learning assignment, length of online learning, and parent satisfaction with children's online learning during COVID-19 imposed class suspension. The data came from an online survey conducted in Hong Kong in February 2020. The respondents were parents (N = 3381, 92.4% mothers) of primary school grades 1–6 stu…
Parents’ Views on Young Children’s Distance Learning and Screen Time During Covid-19 Class Suspension in Hong Kong
This study explored parents' views on kindergarten and primary school students' distance learning experience and support needed as well as the amount of time children spend on screen media at home during COVID-19 class suspension. Between February 19 and 22, 2020, three weeks after classes were suspended in Hong Kong, responses from 6,702 parents (93% mothers) of kindergarten students and primary school students were collected via an online surve…
Emotional Regulation in Mothers and Fathers and Relations to Aggression in Hong Kong Preschool Children
This study explored the associations among emotional regulation in mothers and fathers and preschool children's physical and relational aggression using a Hong Kong Chinese sample. This study also explored whether child gender would moderate the association between parental emotional regulation strategies and children's physical and relational aggression. Participants were 168 children aged 4-6 years. Parents reported on their own emotional regul…
Linking Chinese mothers’ and fathers’ scaffolding with children's initiative and mathematics performance
Mothers’ and fathers’ stress and severity of depressive symptoms during the Covid-19 pandemic
Path analysis indicated that mothers' parental stress interacted with their negative emotions, such that their stress was related to their severity of depressive symptoms only when negative emotions were high. By comparison, fathers' stress and negative emotions were additively associated with their severity of depressive symptoms. Supporting the cumulative risk model, parental stress during COVID-19 and negative emotions were linked to parents' …
Children infected vs. uninfected with Covid-19
Children were suggested to be at lower risk of developing the severe form of the COVID-19. However, children infected with COVID-19 may be more likely to experience biopsychosocial stressors associated with the pandemic and display poorer developmental outcomes. The current study is among the first to compare children infected and uninfected with COVID-19 on outcomes related to parents’ use of mobile phones to calm children, routines, parent–chil…
Examining effortful control as a moderator in the association of negative parenting and aggression among Hong Kong Chinese preschoolers
Research Findings: This study examined whether physical coercion and psychological control by mothers and fathers can influence preschoolers’ use of physical and relational aggression, and whether the relations are moderated by children’s effortful control in a Hong Kong Chinese sample. Data were collected from a sample of 168 children (88 girls; M = 60.97 months, SD = 5.51 months) and their parents twice, six months apart. At Time 1, mothers and…
Children’s Daily Living Routine Mediates the Relations Between Parent-Child Relationships and Child Adjustment Problems During School Suspension in Hong Kong
Effectiveness of mixed-mode parenting training program during the Covid-19 pandemic
Short-Term Transactional Relation Between Parenting Behavior and Preschoolers’ Aggression
Examining the effectiveness of a video-based parent–child program on executive functions for children 5 to 6 years old
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Parent–child Brain Camp, a 4-week video-based executive functions (EFs) training program for children ages 5–6, through a randomized controlled trial with a pre- and post-test design with 173 Hong Kong children (intervention ni = 79, 48.7% girls, Mage = 69.16 months; control n = 94, 56.4% girls, Mage = 68.58 months) in 2022. Results from the two-way mixed ANOVA revealed that while the main effect of t…
Maternal Psychological Control Mediates Maternal Emotional Distress and Preschoolers’ Relational Aggression
Research Findings: Relational aggression (RA) warrants further investigation due to its significant detrimental effects on child adjustment. This two-wave longitudinal study examined the contribution of maternal emotional distress to children’s RA with maternal psychological control (PC) as a mediator and mothers’ perceived normativeness of psychological control (PNPC) as a moderator. Participants were 175 Hong Kong Chinese families of preschool …
Child-Driven Effects of Externalizing Problems on Parenting Stress and Self-Efficacy
Previous studies have established significant associations between parental self-efficacy, parenting stress, and child externalizing problems. However, the child-driven effects of externalizing problems on parental outcomes have been less explored, particularly in non-Western contexts. This study investigated how child externalizing problems influence parenting stress and parental self-efficacy among Hong Kong Chinese mothers, with parental emoti…
Family Socioeconomic Status and Child Executive Functions
Research Findings: This study examined the association between family socioeconomic status (SES) and children’s executive functions (EFs), focusing on the mediating role of child routines within a Hong Kong Chinese sample. The participants included 183 preschool-aged children (50.3% girls; Mage = 68.86 months, SD = 5.63) and their mothers. Mothers reported monthly household income, their education level, and children’s routines. Six weeks later, …
Social provision and postnatal well-being across the transition to motherhood
The transition to motherhood often leads to a decline in maternal well-being. However, mothers with higher social provision, may perceive greater connection and accessibility to necessary resources within social network that safeguard well-being by strengthening family cohesion. In a cohesive family environment, where family members tend to communicate and resolve conflicts constructively, mothers’ overall satisfaction will likely be promoted. Th…
Psychology (21 obras) · Developmental psychology (18 obras) · Medicine (13 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 obras) · Parental Involvement in Education (9 obras) · Early Childhood Education and Development (8 obras) · Moderation (8 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 obras) · Family and Disability Support Research (7 obras)