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Yau, Hon Keung; Cheng, Alison Lai Fong – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
There are three dimensions through which to measure university support for students' transition to university life: academic adjustment, social adjustment and psychological adjustment. Previous research studies show that there are relationships among those adjustments. However, less is known about gender differences in these relationships. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Gender Differences, College Freshmen
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Yau, Hon Keung; Sun, Hongyi; Cheng, Alison Lai Fong – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
Students' adjustment to the university environment is an important factor in predicting university outcomes and is crucial to their future achievements. University support to students' transition to university life can be divided into three dimensions: academic adjustment, social adjustment and psychological adjustment. However, these…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Adjustment, Social Adjustment, Foreign Countries
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Leung, Angel Nga-man; Wong, Stephanie Siu-fong; Wong, Iris Wai-yin; McBride-Chang, Catherine – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2010
Is the Confucian concept of filial piety relevant for understanding contemporary Chinese children's psychological well-being? This study of 231 Hong Kong Chinese fifth and sixth graders demonstrated that parental warmth and two facets of children's filial piety belief were uniquely associated with life satisfaction, self-esteem, and social…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Grade 5