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Direct linkKwok, Sylvia Y. C. L.; Gu, Minmin; Kit, Katrina Tong Kai – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: The study aims to examine the effectiveness of a positive psychology group-based intervention program, incorporating elements of hope and gratitude, in decreasing depression and increasing life satisfaction among primary school students in Hong Kong. Method: A total of 68 children, with the Depression score of Chinese Hospital Anxiety and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Depression (Psychology), Life Satisfaction, Positive Reinforcement
Chan, David W. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2013
This study investigated whether gratitude and forgiveness contribute to subjective well-being (life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect) above the contribution of the three orientations to happiness in a sample of 143 Hong Kong Chinese teachers. Gratitude and forgiveness correlated substantially and significantly with each other,…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Affective Behavior, Foreign Countries
Chan, David W. – Educational Psychology, 2012
This study investigated whether gratitude and the "good-enough mindset" added to the contribution of perfectionism in predicting life satisfaction in 245 Chinese highly achieving students in Hong Kong. Participants completed self-report questionnaires that included scales on life satisfaction, positive and negative perfectionism…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Prediction, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
Sun, Rachel C. F.; Shek, Daniel T. L. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
The purpose of this replication study was to examine the relationships among life satisfaction, positive youth development and problem behaviour. The respondents were 7,151 Chinese Secondary 2 (Grade 8) students (3,707 boys and 3,014 girls) recruited from 44 schools in Hong Kong. Validated assessment tools measuring positive youth development,…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Chan, David W. – Educational Psychology, 2010
This study assessed the dispositional gratitude and its relationships with orientations to happiness and burnout in a sample of 96 Chinese school teachers in Hong Kong and investigated the effectiveness of an eight-week gratitude intervention programme using a pre-test/post-test design with outcome measures of subjective well-being in the same…
Descriptors: Intervention, Life Satisfaction, Teacher Burnout, Foreign Countries
Chan, David W. – Roeper Review, 2012
This study used clustering to classify Chinese gifted students based on their scores on the High Standards and Discrepancy subscales of the Almost Perfect Scale--Revised (APS-R). The interpretation of the three clusters as nonperfectionists, unhealthy perfectionists, and healthy perfectionists was supported by results comparing these groups on…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction
Chan, David W. – Educational Psychology, 2011
This study investigated the effectiveness of a gratitude intervention programme in promoting life satisfaction and reducing burnout symptoms. Sixty-three Hong Kong Chinese school teachers aged 22-54 participated in an eight-week count-your-blessings study that used a pre-test/post-test design. Increases in life satisfaction and the sense of…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Life Satisfaction, Teacher Burnout, Foreign Countries
