Working on Chinese male carers’ ‘Qing’ in a social work group with an innovative approach – ‘Emoto’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9973466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathy So-Chi So (Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong, corresponding author), Kai Chung Lo (0000-0002-7791-0323), Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung (0000-0002-7837-282X, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1142-1148 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00208728211045426 |
| OpenAlex | W3203270527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article presents a one-year ‘Emoto’ project for male carers. In this project, photography is used as an intervention tool to work with this underrepresented group. Photos taken by voluntary photographers according to various ‘Qing’ (primary emotion) themes were used as the prominent means of communication. These photos encouraged male carers using nonverbal media to assist the expression of untold thoughts and unrecognized feelings. Besides responding to the growing psychological hardship of male carers in the community, the project aimed at informing practitioners and the general public about male carers’ needs
Feeling · Intervention (counseling · Medical education · Political science · Psychiatry · Support group · Work (physics · Child Welfare and Adoption · Engineering · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |