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Changes in University Students after Joining a Service Leadership Program in China
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Shek, Daniel T. L.; Lin, Li – Journal of Leadership Education, 2016
This study examined the effectiveness of a 4.5-day service leadership program for students from Chinese universities using objective outcome evaluation. The participants were assessed before and after the program, with two post-test measurements (immediate assessment and assessment 12 days after the completion of class learning). At pretest and…
Descriptors: College Students, Pretests Posttests, Leadership Training, Service Learning
Dimensionality of the Chinese Dyadic Adjustment Scale Based on Confirmatory Factor Analyses
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Shek, Daniel T. L.; Cheung, C. K. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Based on the responses of 1,501 Chinese married adults to the Chinese version of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (C-DAS), confirmatory factor analyses showed that four factors were abstracted from the C-DAS (Dyadic Consensus, Dyadic Cohesion, Dyadic Satisfaction and Affectional Expression) and these four primary factors were subsumed under a…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Asian Culture, Measures (Individuals), Factor Structure
Economic Disadvantage, Perceived Family Life Quality, and Emotional Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study
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Shek, Daniel T. L. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Over three consecutive years, Chinese secondary school students experiencing and not experiencing economic disadvantage (n = 280 and 2,187, respectively) responded to measures of perceived family life quality (parenting attributes and parent-child relational quality) and emotional well-being (hopelessness, mastery, life satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Asian Culture, Family Life, Quality of Life
Family Life Quality and Emotional Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescents with and without Economic Disadvantage
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Shek, Daniel T. L.; Lee, T. Y. – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Chinese secondary school students (N = 2758) responded to measures of perceived family life quality (parenting quality and parent-child relational quality) and emotional quality of life (hopelessness, mastery, life satisfaction and self-esteem). Parenting quality included different aspects of parental behavioral control (parental knowledge,…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Life Satisfaction, Family Life, Economically Disadvantaged
Economic Stress, Emotional Quality of Life, and Problem Behavior in Chinese Adolescents with and without Economic Disadvantage
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Shek, Daniel T. L. – Social Indicators Research, 2005
The relationships between perceived economic stress (current economic hardship and future economic worry) and emotional quality of life (existential well-being, life satisfaction, self-esteem, sense of mastery, psychological morbidity) as well as problem behavior (substance abuse and delinquency) were examined in 1519 Chinese adolescents with and…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, Adolescents, Behavior Problems
Perceived Parental Control Processes, Parent-Child Relational Qualities, and Psychological Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents with and without Economic Disadvantage
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Shek, Daniel T. L. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The author assessed the relationships between poverty and perceived parenting style, parent-child relationships, and adolescent psychological well-being in Chinese secondary school students (N = 3,017). Participants completed questionnaires designed to assess (a) the degree to which their parents used monitoring, discipline, and other techniques…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Parenting Styles, Questionnaires, Secondary School Students