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Direct linkDatu, Jesus Alfonso D.; Yuen, Mantak; Fung, Eric; Zhang, Jiahong; Chan, Serene; Wu, Florence – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
Passion and perseverance for long-term goals (often referred to as grit) has been found to be associated with well-being in typically developing students and adults. However, previous studies primarily relied on a two-factor model of grit, underpinned by "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of interests." This model has…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Resilience (Psychology), Personality Traits, Self Efficacy
Yuen, Mantak; Chan, Ryder T. H.; Zhang, Jiahong; Fung, Eric; Chan, Serene – Gifted and Talented International, 2023
Meaning in Life Children Questionnaire (MIL-CQ) was developed with reference to Frankl's meaning triangle that has dimensions of Attitude, Creativity, and Experience. The current study translated MIL-CQ into Chinese (MIL-CQ-C), and evaluated its psychometric properties in a sample of 264 upper primary and secondary school gifted students in Hong…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Test Validity, Chinese, Foreign Countries
Jiang, Qinxu; Yuen, Mantak; Horta, Hugo – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2020
China is advancing in its bid to internationalize higher education, but little is known to date about the life satisfaction of overseas students in that country. Life satisfaction can be understood as the extent to which individuals' experiences in a host country help them achieve their personal goals and satisfy their expectations regarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Life Satisfaction, College Students, Acculturation
Yuen, Mantak; Datu, Jesus Alfonso D. – School Psychology International, 2021
Limited research has been conducted so far to explore how meaning in life can promote key academic and psychological benefits in a school context. The research reported here aimed to address this issue by assessing how meaning in life is associated with dimensions of connectedness, academic self-efficacy (Study 1) and personal self-efficacy (Study…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Well Being, Parent Student Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
Yuen, Mantak; Lee, Queenie A. Y.; Chung, Y. B. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2021
A student's 'meaning in life' and his/her connectedness to school, friends and family are believed to be factors that influence the development of life skills. Teachers could be aware of these factors in their endeavours to foster 'whole-person development' in their students. In this small-scale study, twelve secondary school teachers participated…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Life Satisfaction, Peer Relationship, Parent Student Relationship
Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.; Yuen, Mantak; Chen, Gaowei – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Previous investigations mostly relied on the two-factor model of grit (with "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of interests" as major dimensions) which received a number criticisms in the extant literature. Recent studies have provided promising lines of evidence regarding the "triarchic model of grit" (TMG)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Females, Resilience (Psychology)
Lam, Cici Sze-ching; Yeung, Patcy P. S.; Yuen, Mantak – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2018
This report is part of a larger project investigating school satisfaction of early adolescents in Hong Kong. The research questions in this part of the study focused on the school experience of 21 high-ability Chinese students aged 9-14 in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each of the…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Preadolescents
