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Associations of Warmth and Control of Filipina Domestic Helpers and Mothers to Hong Kong Kindergarten Children's Social Competence
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Ip, Hoi Man; Cheung, Sum Kwing; McBride-Chang, Catherine; Chang, Lei – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Across 63 Hong Kong families, both Filipina domestic helpers and mothers separately rated their own caregiving style (warmth and control) and kindergarten children's social competence. Results indicated that Filipina helpers rated themselves as higher in warmth than mothers did. In addition, self-rated warmth of both caregivers,…
Descriptors: Mothers, Caregivers, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
Prediction of Performance Facets using Specific Personality Traits in the Chinese Context.
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Kwong, Jessica Y. Y.; Cheung, Fanny M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2003
Data from the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory for 187 Hong Kong supervisors showed that personality traits related to interpersonal orientation better predicted interpersonal versus personal contextual behaviors. Traits associated with moral obligation and group loyalty predicted personal but not interpersonal contextual behaviors.…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Job Performance
The Relation of Prosocial Orientation to Peer Interactions, Family Social Environment and Personality of Chinese Adolescents
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Ma, Hing Keung; Cheung, Ping Chung; Shek, Daniel T. L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2007
This study investigated the relation of peer interactions, family social environment and personality to prosocial orientation in Chinese adolescents. The results indicated no sex differences in general prosocial orientation and inclination to help others, but sex differences in inclination to maintain an affective relationship and inclination to…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Delinquency, Social Desirability, Personality Traits
Indigenous Chinese Personality Constructs: Is the Five-Factor Model Complete?
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Cheung, Fanny M.; Leung, Kwok; Zhang, Jian-Xin; Sun, Hai-Fa; Gan, Yi-Qun; Song, Wei-Zhen; Xie, Dong – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2001
Three studies involving Chinese respondents from China and Hong Kong and diverse respondents from Hawaii compared the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory factor structure with the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO-Five Factor Inventory. Results supported the universality of the five-factor model, the validity of NEO-PI-R,…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Think Positively and Feel Positively: Optimism and Life Satisfaction in Late Life
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Leung, Beeto Wai-Chung; Moneta, Giovanni B.; Mcbride-Chang, Catherine – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2005
This study developed a dispositional path model of life satisfaction for community dwelling Chinese elderly living in Hong Kong. A sample of 117 elderly completed scales measuring life satisfaction, optimism, self-esteem, relationship harmony, self-construals, and perceived/expected health and financial status. Modeling revealed that life…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Well Being, Health Conditions