Anita S Mak
Biographic Data
| ID | 77364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anita S Mak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anita S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mak |
| SIGNATURE | MAK A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canberra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0175-2971 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 302 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Psychological and academic adaptation of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong universities
Existing research on the psychological and academic experiences of China-born students studying outside of China has mainly been conducted in Western English-speaking countries. Using a coping resources framework, we investigated the predictors of psychological and academic adaptation of 2,201 mainland Chinese students (74% female) studying in universities in Hong Kong, China’s Special Administrative Region and a former British colony. We found t…
Does cross-cultural training in tertiary education enhance cross-cultural adjustment? A systematic review
Non‐Work Time Activities Predicting Teachers’ Work‐Related Fatigue and Engagement: An Effort‐Recovery Approach
ObjectiveDrawing on the effort‐recovery model of work stress, this study examined the effects of school teachers’ sleep quality and time spent in various non‐work time activities on work‐related stress and motivational outcomes. We proposed that sleep quality and different types of non‐work time activities would have differential effects on levels of work‐related fatigue and engagement.MethodNine hundred and sixty Australian school teachers (mean…
Acculturation theory and research in New Zealandand Australia
The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Research and practice in the field of acculturation psychology is continually on the rise. Featuring contributions from over fifty leading experts in the field, this handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. The collection introduces readers to the concepts and issues; examines various acculturating groups (immigrants, ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, expatriat…
Why Do Young People Engage in Delinquency and Problem Drinking? Views From Adolescents and Stakeholders
ObjectiveSocially deviant and health‐compromising behaviours are prevalent among adolescents living in Australia. The aim of this study was to explore from the perspectives of adolescents, and those involved in the provision of their care, potential reasons for youth delinquency and problematic drinking styles.MethodsParticipants were recruited purposively and comprised adolescents (n = 16) and stakeholders (n = 20), including youth mental health…
Cultural Inclusiveness Contributing to International Students' Intercultural Attitudes: Mediating Role of Intergroup Contact Variables
This study sought to examine the relationships among Asian‐born international students' perceived cultural inclusiveness and intercultural contact, along with the contributions these variables made to the students' attitudes towards culturally different domestic students. Based on Pettigrew's (1998) intergroup contact theory and previous research on educational cultural climate, we hypothesised that more positive intercultural attitudes would be …
Contact and Attitudes Toward International Students in Australia: Intergroup Anxiety and Intercultural Communication Emotions as Mediators
The current study investigated the impact of intercultural contact between domestic and international students on attitudes toward international students, and potential mediators of this relationship. A total of 247 Australian-born domestic undergraduates completed a survey of the quantity and quality of their contact with international students, levels of intergroup anxiety (IA) and intercultural communication emotions (ICE), and their attitudes…
Intergroup Relations and Muslims’ Mental Health in Western Societies: Australia as a Case Study
This review article proposes that theories and research of intergroup contact, prejudice, and acculturation enhance understanding of the current intercultural relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in Western societies such as in Australia. The actual and perceived prejudice that many Muslims who study, work, and live in the West have experienced following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks adds an additional layer of stress to the psyc…
Beyond communication courses: Are there benefits in adding skills-based ExcelLTM sociocultural training
Ethnic identification, self-esteem and immigrant psychological health
Big five personality and cultural relocation factors in Vietnamese Australian students’ intercultural social self-efficacy
Migrant Distress: The Role of Perceived Racial Discrimination and Coping Resources 1
This paper examines the relationships among perceived racial discrimination, coping resources, and psychological distress experienced by 372 ethnic Chinese migrants in 3 Australian cities, within the social context of ongoing debates on Asian immigration. Based on the stress‐coping‐strain framework, it was expected that migrants’ recent increases in psychological distress would be associated with greater perceived racial discrimination, and lower…
Group procedures and applications for developing sociocultural competencies among immigrants
Immigrant acculturation attitudes and host country identification
This study assessed the efficacy of a model predicting the host country identification of members of immigrant groups. The model proposed that host country identification is primarily determined by the positivity of the immigrants' acculturation attitude towards living according to the standards and values of the host country, followed by the degree of acceptance by members of the dominant cultural group, the success immigrants experience in the …
Optimising conditions for learning sociocultural competencies for success
Culturally different recent immigrants and sojourners lack familiarity with the social values, roles, and rules governing interpersonal relationships and this may hinder the attainment of their goals for career and educational success in the new country despite their qualifications and dedication. This paper identifies a number of psychosocial barriers to developing social competence in a different culture, including lack of coaching and practice…
Measuring Social Self-Efficacy in a Culturally Diverse Student Population
This paper reports the construction and validation of a measure of social self-efficacy in a range of social interaction situations commonly experienced by tertiary students, including situations posing special concern to recent arrivals to the Australian educational setting. Participants in the first study were 228 undergraduate students. Among these, 91 were Australia-born with English-speaking-background parents (Anglo-Australians), 90 were al…
Workplace adjustments of hong kong migrant supervisors
This is a study of the social adjustments required of Hong Kong Chinese migrants in the Australian workplace, based on interviews with 52 (29 male and 23 female) subjects who had supervisory responsibilities as managers or professionals in both countries. Their responses to open-ended questions on cultural differences in workplace management, being a supervisor, and being a subordinate (where appropriate) were content analysed. The results sugges…
Skilled Hong Kong Immigrants' Intention to Repatriate
An emphasis on skills in Australian immigration policy in the past decade has led to the increase of highly skilled Hong Kong immigrants. However, Australia has not been able to retain all of them. An estimated 30 percent attrition rate among recently arrived Hong Kong-born settlers in Australia is noted by Kee and Skeldon (1994). This paper reports the results of an in-depth study on intention to repatriate and work in Hong Kong, conducted in Au…
Adolescent Delinquency and Perceptions of Parental Care and Protection: A Case Control Study
This study examined differences in perceptions of parental attitudes and behaviours throughout childhood among 103 pairs (63 male and 40 female) of delinquents and their matched controls. Male delinquents perceived both parents to be less caring and more protective than did nondelinquents. Female delinquents also perceived their parents as overprotective. Discriminant analyses, including main and interaction effects of perceived parental characte…
Impulsiveness, Attitude to Authority, and Gender
This article examined the relationship between impulsiveness and attitudes toward institutional authority among Australian secondary school students. Reliable questionnaire measures of these constructs were completed by 48 boys and 57 girls, about 14 years of age. Correlations between impulsiveness and attitude to authority differed between the sexes, with a significant negative correlation of -.43 being obtained for boys only
The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Research and practice in the field of acculturation psychology is continually on the rise. Featuring contributions from over fifty leading experts in the field, this handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. The collection introduces readers to the concepts and issues; examines various acculturating groups (immigrants, ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, expatriat…
Ethnic identification, self-esteem and immigrant psychological health
Migrant Distress: The Role of Perceived Racial Discrimination and Coping Resources 1
This paper examines the relationships among perceived racial discrimination, coping resources, and psychological distress experienced by 372 ethnic Chinese migrants in 3 Australian cities, within the social context of ongoing debates on Asian immigration. Based on the stress‐coping‐strain framework, it was expected that migrants’ recent increases in psychological distress would be associated with greater perceived racial discrimination, and lower…
Big five personality and cultural relocation factors in Vietnamese Australian students’ intercultural social self-efficacy
Contact and Attitudes Toward International Students in Australia: Intergroup Anxiety and Intercultural Communication Emotions as Mediators
The current study investigated the impact of intercultural contact between domestic and international students on attitudes toward international students, and potential mediators of this relationship. A total of 247 Australian-born domestic undergraduates completed a survey of the quantity and quality of their contact with international students, levels of intergroup anxiety (IA) and intercultural communication emotions (ICE), and their attitudes…
Optimising conditions for learning sociocultural competencies for success
Culturally different recent immigrants and sojourners lack familiarity with the social values, roles, and rules governing interpersonal relationships and this may hinder the attainment of their goals for career and educational success in the new country despite their qualifications and dedication. This paper identifies a number of psychosocial barriers to developing social competence in a different culture, including lack of coaching and practice…
Skilled Hong Kong Immigrants' Intention to Repatriate
An emphasis on skills in Australian immigration policy in the past decade has led to the increase of highly skilled Hong Kong immigrants. However, Australia has not been able to retain all of them. An estimated 30 percent attrition rate among recently arrived Hong Kong-born settlers in Australia is noted by Kee and Skeldon (1994). This paper reports the results of an in-depth study on intention to repatriate and work in Hong Kong, conducted in Au…
Psychological and academic adaptation of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong universities
Existing research on the psychological and academic experiences of China-born students studying outside of China has mainly been conducted in Western English-speaking countries. Using a coping resources framework, we investigated the predictors of psychological and academic adaptation of 2,201 mainland Chinese students (74% female) studying in universities in Hong Kong, China’s Special Administrative Region and a former British colony. We found t…
Beyond communication courses: Are there benefits in adding skills-based ExcelLTM sociocultural training
Workplace adjustments of hong kong migrant supervisors
This is a study of the social adjustments required of Hong Kong Chinese migrants in the Australian workplace, based on interviews with 52 (29 male and 23 female) subjects who had supervisory responsibilities as managers or professionals in both countries. Their responses to open-ended questions on cultural differences in workplace management, being a supervisor, and being a subordinate (where appropriate) were content analysed. The results sugges…
Cultural Inclusiveness Contributing to International Students' Intercultural Attitudes: Mediating Role of Intergroup Contact Variables
This study sought to examine the relationships among Asian‐born international students' perceived cultural inclusiveness and intercultural contact, along with the contributions these variables made to the students' attitudes towards culturally different domestic students. Based on Pettigrew's (1998) intergroup contact theory and previous research on educational cultural climate, we hypothesised that more positive intercultural attitudes would be …
Non‐Work Time Activities Predicting Teachers’ Work‐Related Fatigue and Engagement: An Effort‐Recovery Approach
ObjectiveDrawing on the effort‐recovery model of work stress, this study examined the effects of school teachers’ sleep quality and time spent in various non‐work time activities on work‐related stress and motivational outcomes. We proposed that sleep quality and different types of non‐work time activities would have differential effects on levels of work‐related fatigue and engagement.MethodNine hundred and sixty Australian school teachers (mean…
Impulsiveness, Attitude to Authority, and Gender
This article examined the relationship between impulsiveness and attitudes toward institutional authority among Australian secondary school students. Reliable questionnaire measures of these constructs were completed by 48 boys and 57 girls, about 14 years of age. Correlations between impulsiveness and attitude to authority differed between the sexes, with a significant negative correlation of -.43 being obtained for boys only
Adolescent Delinquency and Perceptions of Parental Care and Protection: A Case Control Study
This study examined differences in perceptions of parental attitudes and behaviours throughout childhood among 103 pairs (63 male and 40 female) of delinquents and their matched controls. Male delinquents perceived both parents to be less caring and more protective than did nondelinquents. Female delinquents also perceived their parents as overprotective. Discriminant analyses, including main and interaction effects of perceived parental characte…
Skilled Hong Kong Immigrants' Intention to Repatriate
An emphasis on skills in Australian immigration policy in the past decade has led to the increase of highly skilled Hong Kong immigrants. However, Australia has not been able to retain all of them. An estimated 30 percent attrition rate among recently arrived Hong Kong-born settlers in Australia is noted by Kee and Skeldon (1994). This paper reports the results of an in-depth study on intention to repatriate and work in Hong Kong, conducted in Au…
Measuring Social Self-Efficacy in a Culturally Diverse Student Population
This paper reports the construction and validation of a measure of social self-efficacy in a range of social interaction situations commonly experienced by tertiary students, including situations posing special concern to recent arrivals to the Australian educational setting. Participants in the first study were 228 undergraduate students. Among these, 91 were Australia-born with English-speaking-background parents (Anglo-Australians), 90 were al…
Workplace adjustments of hong kong migrant supervisors
This is a study of the social adjustments required of Hong Kong Chinese migrants in the Australian workplace, based on interviews with 52 (29 male and 23 female) subjects who had supervisory responsibilities as managers or professionals in both countries. Their responses to open-ended questions on cultural differences in workplace management, being a supervisor, and being a subordinate (where appropriate) were content analysed. The results sugges…
Optimising conditions for learning sociocultural competencies for success
Culturally different recent immigrants and sojourners lack familiarity with the social values, roles, and rules governing interpersonal relationships and this may hinder the attainment of their goals for career and educational success in the new country despite their qualifications and dedication. This paper identifies a number of psychosocial barriers to developing social competence in a different culture, including lack of coaching and practice…
Group procedures and applications for developing sociocultural competencies among immigrants
Immigrant acculturation attitudes and host country identification
This study assessed the efficacy of a model predicting the host country identification of members of immigrant groups. The model proposed that host country identification is primarily determined by the positivity of the immigrants' acculturation attitude towards living according to the standards and values of the host country, followed by the degree of acceptance by members of the dominant cultural group, the success immigrants experience in the …
Big five personality and cultural relocation factors in Vietnamese Australian students’ intercultural social self-efficacy
Migrant Distress: The Role of Perceived Racial Discrimination and Coping Resources 1
This paper examines the relationships among perceived racial discrimination, coping resources, and psychological distress experienced by 372 ethnic Chinese migrants in 3 Australian cities, within the social context of ongoing debates on Asian immigration. Based on the stress‐coping‐strain framework, it was expected that migrants’ recent increases in psychological distress would be associated with greater perceived racial discrimination, and lower…
Ethnic identification, self-esteem and immigrant psychological health
Beyond communication courses: Are there benefits in adding skills-based ExcelLTM sociocultural training
Intergroup Relations and Muslims’ Mental Health in Western Societies: Australia as a Case Study
This review article proposes that theories and research of intergroup contact, prejudice, and acculturation enhance understanding of the current intercultural relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in Western societies such as in Australia. The actual and perceived prejudice that many Muslims who study, work, and live in the West have experienced following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks adds an additional layer of stress to the psyc…
Cultural Inclusiveness Contributing to International Students' Intercultural Attitudes: Mediating Role of Intergroup Contact Variables
This study sought to examine the relationships among Asian‐born international students' perceived cultural inclusiveness and intercultural contact, along with the contributions these variables made to the students' attitudes towards culturally different domestic students. Based on Pettigrew's (1998) intergroup contact theory and previous research on educational cultural climate, we hypothesised that more positive intercultural attitudes would be …
Contact and Attitudes Toward International Students in Australia: Intergroup Anxiety and Intercultural Communication Emotions as Mediators
The current study investigated the impact of intercultural contact between domestic and international students on attitudes toward international students, and potential mediators of this relationship. A total of 247 Australian-born domestic undergraduates completed a survey of the quantity and quality of their contact with international students, levels of intergroup anxiety (IA) and intercultural communication emotions (ICE), and their attitudes…
Why Do Young People Engage in Delinquency and Problem Drinking? Views From Adolescents and Stakeholders
ObjectiveSocially deviant and health‐compromising behaviours are prevalent among adolescents living in Australia. The aim of this study was to explore from the perspectives of adolescents, and those involved in the provision of their care, potential reasons for youth delinquency and problematic drinking styles.MethodsParticipants were recruited purposively and comprised adolescents (n = 16) and stakeholders (n = 20), including youth mental health…
Acculturation theory and research in New Zealandand Australia
The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology
Research and practice in the field of acculturation psychology is continually on the rise. Featuring contributions from over fifty leading experts in the field, this handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. The collection introduces readers to the concepts and issues; examines various acculturating groups (immigrants, ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, expatriat…
Does cross-cultural training in tertiary education enhance cross-cultural adjustment? A systematic review
Non‐Work Time Activities Predicting Teachers’ Work‐Related Fatigue and Engagement: An Effort‐Recovery Approach
ObjectiveDrawing on the effort‐recovery model of work stress, this study examined the effects of school teachers’ sleep quality and time spent in various non‐work time activities on work‐related stress and motivational outcomes. We proposed that sleep quality and different types of non‐work time activities would have differential effects on levels of work‐related fatigue and engagement.MethodNine hundred and sixty Australian school teachers (mean…
Psychological and academic adaptation of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong universities
Existing research on the psychological and academic experiences of China-born students studying outside of China has mainly been conducted in Western English-speaking countries. Using a coping resources framework, we investigated the predictors of psychological and academic adaptation of 2,201 mainland Chinese students (74% female) studying in universities in Hong Kong, China’s Special Administrative Region and a former British colony. We found t…
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Political science (10 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (8 works) · Ethnic group (7 works) · Immigration (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 works)