G Lai
Biographic Data
| ID | 950 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Lai |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Lai |
| SIGNATURE | LAI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3954-3785 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
From online strangers to offline friends: A qualitative study of video game players in Hong Kong
This exploratory study adopts a dynamic approach to the understanding of video-gaming and social relationships. It examines the development of friendship ties initiated by video-gaming over a 10-year period of time. Based on qualitative data from 22 Nintendo DS players in Hong Kong, we find that the game play platform functions as a social media platform enabling individuals to make new friends. Four stages of friendship tie development are ident…
Staying connected with ICT tools: Tracking youth respondents in a Chinese context
Young people have been perceived as a group that benefits most directly from China’s education aspirations and modernization campaign. Given their high social and spatial mobility related to education and career pursuits, it is intriguing but also difficult to follow them in panel studies. This methodology paper summarizes how the Panel Study of Nanjing High School Graduates explores different ways to track youth respondents with the aid of infor…
A Holistic Model of Student Development: The Validation of Whole Person Development Inventory for College Students in Hong Kong
This study validated a Whole Person Development Inventory with 1,443 undergraduates. Factor analysis yielded 15 factors, namely, Intellectual-Capacity, Physical-Fitness, Health-Maintenance, Career-Preparation, Leadership, Emotional-Health, Self-Appreciation, Civic-Responsibility, Cultural-Engagement, Family-Relationship, Peer-Relationship, Community-Care, Art-Appreciation, Moral-Commitment, and Spiritual-Quest. The Inventory has demonstrated sati…
Transition to higher education in contemporary China: A study of high school graduates in urban Nanjing
China has undergone an expansion of higher education in the 1990s. The university enrollment rate among high school graduates increased from 27.3% in 1990 to 87.6% in 2013. At the same time, Chinese universities are stratified into key universities and non-key universities, which differ significantly in resource input and prestige. Chinese parents are found to play an increasingly active role in preparing their children for the competition to get…
Family, School, and Access to Social Capital Among High School Students in Urban Nanjing
Unequal access to bridging social capital is found to be an important factor of social inequality. School is a social organization where individuals can make social connections and through whom, can accumulate social capital. Existing research on the relationship between school and social capital has mainly focused on the bonding function of social capital and its impact on academic outcomes. Access to bridging social capital through school peers…
Social capital and economic integration of migrants in urban China
Residential Mobility and Social Capital in Urban Shanghai
Market Reforms and Psychological Distress in Urban Beijing
This article examines the change in psychological well-being among urban residents in Beijing, China, over a 10-year period of rapid social change. The findings suggest that urban reforms generate economic gains at the expense of urban residents' psychological well-being. Results from two community surveys conducted in 1991 and 2000 reveal that urban Beijing residents have experienced greater life stress and a rise in depressive symptoms during t…
Social structure and support networks in Beijing and Hong Kong
The tie effect on information dissemination: The spread of a commercial rumor in Hong Kong
Social support networks in urban Shanghai
Stress and Coping of Singapore Teachers: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
10.1163/156852200512049
Work stress among six professional groups: The Singapore experience
Network resources, contact resources, and status attainment
Stress in the Life Course: A Life History Approach
This article examines the relationship between stress and distress in the life course, emphasizing the time elapsed between the event and measurement of psychological distress. Stressors are conceptualized as either distal or proximal based on how recently they occurred. Distal stressors are further classified as status changes or undesirable life changes. Using a life history calendar approach, we examine stressors occurring over a 15-year-perio…
Urban stress in China
Work and Family Roles and Psychological Well-Being in Urban China
A theoretical framework that delineates the relationships between work and family roles and psychological well-being is derived from U.S. research and utilized to examine the relationships of work and family stress with psychological well-being in urban China. Data from a sample of 733 married and employed individuals in urban Shanghai confirm the general model of the link between work and family stress and psychological distress. Due to the cent…
Work and Family Roles and Psychological Well-Being in Urban China
A theoretical framework that delineates the relationships between work and family roles and psychological well-being is derived from U.S. research and utilized to examine the relationships of work and family stress with psychological well-being in urban China. Data from a sample of 733 married and employed individuals in urban Shanghai confirm the general model of the link between work and family stress and psychological distress. Due to the cent…
Urban stress in China
Work stress among six professional groups: The Singapore experience
Market Reforms and Psychological Distress in Urban Beijing
This article examines the change in psychological well-being among urban residents in Beijing, China, over a 10-year period of rapid social change. The findings suggest that urban reforms generate economic gains at the expense of urban residents' psychological well-being. Results from two community surveys conducted in 1991 and 2000 reveal that urban Beijing residents have experienced greater life stress and a rise in depressive symptoms during t…
Stress in the Life Course: A Life History Approach
This article examines the relationship between stress and distress in the life course, emphasizing the time elapsed between the event and measurement of psychological distress. Stressors are conceptualized as either distal or proximal based on how recently they occurred. Distal stressors are further classified as status changes or undesirable life changes. Using a life history calendar approach, we examine stressors occurring over a 15-year-perio…
Transition to higher education in contemporary China: A study of high school graduates in urban Nanjing
China has undergone an expansion of higher education in the 1990s. The university enrollment rate among high school graduates increased from 27.3% in 1990 to 87.6% in 2013. At the same time, Chinese universities are stratified into key universities and non-key universities, which differ significantly in resource input and prestige. Chinese parents are found to play an increasingly active role in preparing their children for the competition to get…
Family, School, and Access to Social Capital Among High School Students in Urban Nanjing
Unequal access to bridging social capital is found to be an important factor of social inequality. School is a social organization where individuals can make social connections and through whom, can accumulate social capital. Existing research on the relationship between school and social capital has mainly focused on the bonding function of social capital and its impact on academic outcomes. Access to bridging social capital through school peers…
Residential Mobility and Social Capital in Urban Shanghai
From online strangers to offline friends: A qualitative study of video game players in Hong Kong
This exploratory study adopts a dynamic approach to the understanding of video-gaming and social relationships. It examines the development of friendship ties initiated by video-gaming over a 10-year period of time. Based on qualitative data from 22 Nintendo DS players in Hong Kong, we find that the game play platform functions as a social media platform enabling individuals to make new friends. Four stages of friendship tie development are ident…
A Holistic Model of Student Development: The Validation of Whole Person Development Inventory for College Students in Hong Kong
This study validated a Whole Person Development Inventory with 1,443 undergraduates. Factor analysis yielded 15 factors, namely, Intellectual-Capacity, Physical-Fitness, Health-Maintenance, Career-Preparation, Leadership, Emotional-Health, Self-Appreciation, Civic-Responsibility, Cultural-Engagement, Family-Relationship, Peer-Relationship, Community-Care, Art-Appreciation, Moral-Commitment, and Spiritual-Quest. The Inventory has demonstrated sati…
Urban stress in China
Work and Family Roles and Psychological Well-Being in Urban China
A theoretical framework that delineates the relationships between work and family roles and psychological well-being is derived from U.S. research and utilized to examine the relationships of work and family stress with psychological well-being in urban China. Data from a sample of 733 married and employed individuals in urban Shanghai confirm the general model of the link between work and family stress and psychological distress. Due to the cent…
Stress in the Life Course: A Life History Approach
This article examines the relationship between stress and distress in the life course, emphasizing the time elapsed between the event and measurement of psychological distress. Stressors are conceptualized as either distal or proximal based on how recently they occurred. Distal stressors are further classified as status changes or undesirable life changes. Using a life history calendar approach, we examine stressors occurring over a 15-year-perio…
Network resources, contact resources, and status attainment
Stress and Coping of Singapore Teachers: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
10.1163/156852200512049
Work stress among six professional groups: The Singapore experience
Social support networks in urban Shanghai
The tie effect on information dissemination: The spread of a commercial rumor in Hong Kong
Social structure and support networks in Beijing and Hong Kong
Residential Mobility and Social Capital in Urban Shanghai
Market Reforms and Psychological Distress in Urban Beijing
This article examines the change in psychological well-being among urban residents in Beijing, China, over a 10-year period of rapid social change. The findings suggest that urban reforms generate economic gains at the expense of urban residents' psychological well-being. Results from two community surveys conducted in 1991 and 2000 reveal that urban Beijing residents have experienced greater life stress and a rise in depressive symptoms during t…
Social capital and economic integration of migrants in urban China
Family, School, and Access to Social Capital Among High School Students in Urban Nanjing
Unequal access to bridging social capital is found to be an important factor of social inequality. School is a social organization where individuals can make social connections and through whom, can accumulate social capital. Existing research on the relationship between school and social capital has mainly focused on the bonding function of social capital and its impact on academic outcomes. Access to bridging social capital through school peers…
A Holistic Model of Student Development: The Validation of Whole Person Development Inventory for College Students in Hong Kong
This study validated a Whole Person Development Inventory with 1,443 undergraduates. Factor analysis yielded 15 factors, namely, Intellectual-Capacity, Physical-Fitness, Health-Maintenance, Career-Preparation, Leadership, Emotional-Health, Self-Appreciation, Civic-Responsibility, Cultural-Engagement, Family-Relationship, Peer-Relationship, Community-Care, Art-Appreciation, Moral-Commitment, and Spiritual-Quest. The Inventory has demonstrated sati…
Transition to higher education in contemporary China: A study of high school graduates in urban Nanjing
China has undergone an expansion of higher education in the 1990s. The university enrollment rate among high school graduates increased from 27.3% in 1990 to 87.6% in 2013. At the same time, Chinese universities are stratified into key universities and non-key universities, which differ significantly in resource input and prestige. Chinese parents are found to play an increasingly active role in preparing their children for the competition to get…
Staying connected with ICT tools: Tracking youth respondents in a Chinese context
Young people have been perceived as a group that benefits most directly from China’s education aspirations and modernization campaign. Given their high social and spatial mobility related to education and career pursuits, it is intriguing but also difficult to follow them in panel studies. This methodology paper summarizes how the Panel Study of Nanjing High School Graduates explores different ways to track youth respondents with the aid of infor…
From online strangers to offline friends: A qualitative study of video game players in Hong Kong
This exploratory study adopts a dynamic approach to the understanding of video-gaming and social relationships. It examines the development of friendship ties initiated by video-gaming over a 10-year period of time. Based on qualitative data from 22 Nintendo DS players in Hong Kong, we find that the game play platform functions as a social media platform enabling individuals to make new friends. Four stages of friendship tie development are ident…
Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · China (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works)