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Trevor Tsz-lok Lee – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2025
This article reports findings from a mixed-method study investigating parents' perspectives and experiences in navigating their children's online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved surveys of parents (n = 775) and interviews (n = 32) conducted in eight primary schools in Hong Kong. Statistical analyses revealed that parents'…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Experience, Online Courses, Educational Technology
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Chan, Rachel Fung-Ying; Qiu, Chen; Shum, Kathy Kar-man – Developmental Psychology, 2021
"Tuning in to Kids" (TIK) is a parenting program that focuses on emotion coaching and is evidenced to be effective in Western populations. This study used a randomized controlled trial to examine the intervention effects of TIK on Chinese parents of low to middle socioeconomic status in Hong Kong. One hundred four parents (99 mothers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Emotional Response
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Yin, Hongbiao; Huang, Shenghua – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Based on an integrative model of emotional labor, the present study examined the relationships among teachers' emotional labor strategies, the emotional job demands of teaching, trust in colleagues and teacher efficacy. The results from a sample of 1115 Hong Kong primary school teachers showed that surface acting plays a dysfunctional role, but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Emotional Response, Stress Variables
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Chen, Junjun – Educational Practice and Theory, 2017
This study aims to understand teacher emotions through interviewing 53 primary teachers in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Content analysis was employed to analyze the data. Teachers reported 68 different types of emotions which decreases as distance from the teachers increases at the five nested ecological system--microsystem, mesosystem,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Emotional Response, Elementary School Teachers
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Penninckx, Maarten; Vanhoof, Jan – School Leadership & Management, 2015
This study systematically reviews research evidence regarding two questions: (1) to what extent do schools gain insight into the quality of their own functioning as a result of an inspection? and (2) what are the emotional consequences of inspections experienced by school staff? It provides a review of empirical research studies published as…
Descriptors: Inspection, Emotional Response, Teacher Attitudes, Employee Attitudes
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Lee, Sau-Lai; Peng, Maria Sau-Chi – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
In this study we explored the effects of group art therapy on the emotional well-being and parental empathy of mothers of children with special educational needs. Eleven mothers of children who were diagnosed with at least 1 kind of special educational need participated in a 16-week program. We hypothesized that the art therapy group would help…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Mothers, Special Education
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Wong, Mun – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This study explores (1) how parental and teacher scaffolding and children's coping strategies contribute to children's adjustment during the transition from preschool to school; and (2) how children's perception of stress and coping are constructed over time. The sample included 216 six-year-old children, their parents and teachers. The parents,…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Stress Management, Stress Variables, Coping
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Brown, Gavin T. L.; Wang, Zhenlin – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The beliefs, attitudes, experiences and responses that Hong Kong higher education students have about assessment are an important facet to developing our understanding of the "Chinese learner". Using six focus groups, 26 Hong Kong university students drew pictures of assessment. The visual elements of the pictures were content analysed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
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Wong, Bernard P. H.; Lam, Shui-fong; Leung, Doris; Ho, Daphne; Au-Yeung, Peter – School Psychology International, 2014
This study presents a collaborative research project by school psychologists and educators in Hong Kong. It investigated the coping strategies used by Chinese parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders ("N"?=?380) to enhance their children's community integration and how these strategies were related to their perceptions of…
Descriptors: Coping, Parents, Foreign Countries, Children
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Leung, Grace S. M.; Yeung, K. C.; Wong, Daniel F. K. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
We examined the role of paternal support in the relation between academic stress and the mental health of primary school children in Hong Kong. The participants of this cross-sectional study were 1,171 fifth and sixth graders. The results indicated that academic stress was a risk factor that heightened student anxiety levels and that parental…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Mental Health, At Risk Students, Foreign Countries
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Mak, Winnie W. S.; Ho, Gladys S. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: In this study, we tested the effects of three different coping strategies (i.e. problem-focused, emotion-focused and relationship-focused coping) on both positive and negative caregiving perceptions. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and twelve Chinese mothers of children with intellectual disability from a major non-governmental…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Family Environment, Mothers, Coping
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Yiu-kee, Chan; Tang, Catharine So-kum – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1995
Mental health professionals (n=132) living in Hong Kong were surveyed about existential aspects of burnout. Purpose in life and motivation to seek purpose were found to be significant existential correlates of burnout whereas the former correlated with personal accomplishment and the latter with emotional exhaustion. Results varied by professional…
Descriptors: Burnout, Coping, Counselors, Emotional Response
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Chan, David W. – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2006
The relationships among four components of emotional intelligence (emotional appraisal, positive regulation, empathic sensitivity, and positive utilization) and three components of teacher burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment) were investigated in a sample of 167 Chinese secondary school teachers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Burnout, Emotional Intelligence