Yuk-Chung Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4261362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yuk-Chung Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yuk-Chung |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining the Psychometrics of the Professional Suitability Scale for Social Work
The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Professional Suitability Scale (PSS) for social work. A test–re-test design was used to collect data from social work undergraduate students in Hong Kong (n = 269). The instrument administered was a self-report questionnaire survey. Results of this study showed that the PSS established modest-strong stability reliability (r = 0.62) and moderate concurrent validity. For const…
Parents' Religiosity, Family Socialization and the Mental Health of Children in Hong Kong
Family socialization is important for the development and well-being of children. However, few studies have investigated how parents' religiosity influences childrens mental health through parental psychological health and family socialization. Whats more important, prior family studies generally drew their conclusions by heavily relying on the perspective of either the parents or the offspring and considering family socialization as tantamount t…
Parents' Religious Involvement, Family Socialization and Development of Their Children in a Chinese Sample of Hong Kong
Family Functioning of Chinese Families in an Impoverished Neighborhood in Hong Kong
Consonant with the family stress model, in this study family economic disadvantage, concomitant with cumulative family stressors, concurrently contributed to poor family functioning of 504 Chinese families in an impoverished neighborhood in Hong Kong, in which the latter factor appeared to be more pronounced. Implications were briefly discussed
Community Capacity Building as a Strategy of Family Violence Prevention in a Problem-Stricken Community
Public Perception and Reporting of Different Kinds of Family Abuse in Hong Kong
Validation of the parenting stress index among Chinese mothers in Hong Kong
This paper presents the validation results of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) as applied to a sample of Chinese mothers in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional research survey was launched employing a purposive sample of 248 Hong Kong Chinese mothers. The PSI was found to have a reliability coefficient of .93. The concurrent validity of the instrument was established by correlations of the PSI with various measurements for stress. Moreover, results from…
Public Perception and Reporting of Different Kinds of Family Abuse in Hong Kong
Parents' Religious Involvement, Family Socialization and Development of Their Children in a Chinese Sample of Hong Kong
Community Capacity Building as a Strategy of Family Violence Prevention in a Problem-Stricken Community
Examining the Psychometrics of the Professional Suitability Scale for Social Work
The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Professional Suitability Scale (PSS) for social work. A test–re-test design was used to collect data from social work undergraduate students in Hong Kong (n = 269). The instrument administered was a self-report questionnaire survey. Results of this study showed that the PSS established modest-strong stability reliability (r = 0.62) and moderate concurrent validity. For const…
Parents' Religiosity, Family Socialization and the Mental Health of Children in Hong Kong
Family socialization is important for the development and well-being of children. However, few studies have investigated how parents' religiosity influences childrens mental health through parental psychological health and family socialization. Whats more important, prior family studies generally drew their conclusions by heavily relying on the perspective of either the parents or the offspring and considering family socialization as tantamount t…
Validation of the parenting stress index among Chinese mothers in Hong Kong
This paper presents the validation results of the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) as applied to a sample of Chinese mothers in Hong Kong. A cross-sectional research survey was launched employing a purposive sample of 248 Hong Kong Chinese mothers. The PSI was found to have a reliability coefficient of .93. The concurrent validity of the instrument was established by correlations of the PSI with various measurements for stress. Moreover, results from…
Public Perception and Reporting of Different Kinds of Family Abuse in Hong Kong
Community Capacity Building as a Strategy of Family Violence Prevention in a Problem-Stricken Community
Family Functioning of Chinese Families in an Impoverished Neighborhood in Hong Kong
Consonant with the family stress model, in this study family economic disadvantage, concomitant with cumulative family stressors, concurrently contributed to poor family functioning of 504 Chinese families in an impoverished neighborhood in Hong Kong, in which the latter factor appeared to be more pronounced. Implications were briefly discussed
Parents' Religious Involvement, Family Socialization and Development of Their Children in a Chinese Sample of Hong Kong
Parents' Religiosity, Family Socialization and the Mental Health of Children in Hong Kong
Family socialization is important for the development and well-being of children. However, few studies have investigated how parents' religiosity influences childrens mental health through parental psychological health and family socialization. Whats more important, prior family studies generally drew their conclusions by heavily relying on the perspective of either the parents or the offspring and considering family socialization as tantamount t…
Examining the Psychometrics of the Professional Suitability Scale for Social Work
The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Professional Suitability Scale (PSS) for social work. A test–re-test design was used to collect data from social work undergraduate students in Hong Kong (n = 269). The instrument administered was a self-report questionnaire survey. Results of this study showed that the PSS established modest-strong stability reliability (r = 0.62) and moderate concurrent validity. For const…
Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)