Neighborhood as a place to foster generalized trust among young adults in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel H.‐Y. Lai ◽  
Carman K.‐M. Leung ◽  
Channey K.‐Y. Chan ◽  
William T.‐L. Lam ◽  
Christy T.‐Y So ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Generalized Trust

Challenges Encountered by 17 Autistic Young Adults in Hong Kong

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shui-wai Wong
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Peer-Led Web-Based Intervention to Improve General Self-Efficacy in Using Dating Apps Among Young Adults: Randomized Clustered Trial (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
William CW Wong ◽  
Wai Han Sun ◽  
Shu Ming Cheryl Chia ◽  
Joseph D Tucker ◽  
William PH Mak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Hong Kong Students ◽  
General Self Efficacy

BACKGROUND Online dating apps are popular platforms for seeking romance and sexual relationships among young adults. As mobile apps can easily gain access to a pool of strangers (“new friends”) at any time and place, it leads to heightened sexual health risks and privacy concerns. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a peer-led web-based intervention for online dating apps to prepare Chinese college students so that they have better self-efficacy when using dating apps. METHODS An open clustered randomized controlled trial was conducted among students from three colleges (The University of Hong Kong, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, and Yijin Programme of Vocational Training College) in Hong Kong. Students aged 17 to 27 years who attended common core curriculum or general education were randomized into intervention and control groups. The intervention material, developed with high peer engagement, included four short videos, an interactive scenario game, and a risk assessment tool. An existing website promoting physical activities and healthy living was used as a control. Using the information, motivation, and behavioral skills (IMB) approach to design the evaluation, questionnaires covering participants’ sociodemographics and dating app characteristics, as well as the general self-efficacy scale (GSE) as the primary outcome and the risk propensity scale (RPS) as the secondary outcome were administered before, immediately after, and at 1 month after the intervention. Intention-to-treat analysis was adopted, and between-group differences were assessed using the Mann-Whitney <i>U</i> test. A post-hoc multiple linear regression model was used to examine the correlates of the GSE and RPS. RESULTS A total of 578 eligible participants (290 in the intervention group and 288 in the control group) participated in the study with 36 lost to follow-up. There were more female participants (318/542, 58.7%) than male participants in the sample, reflecting the distribution of college students. Over half of the participants (286/542, 52.8%) reported the following reasons for using dating apps: being curious (170/498, 34.1%), trying to make new friends (158/498, 31.7%), and finding friends with similar interests (121/498, 24.3%). Overall, the participants in the intervention group reported favorable experiences when compared with the finding in the control group. There was significant improvement in the GSE score and reduction in the RPS score (<i>P</i>&lt;.001) in the intervention group. University of Hong Kong students were more susceptible to risk reduction after the intervention when compared with students from the other two institutions. CONCLUSIONS The online intervention was effective in improving general self-efficacy and reducing risk tendency among young students. Future work is needed to determine if this approach is cost-effective and such behavioral change is sustainable. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03685643; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03685643. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.1186/s13063-018-3167-5

scholarly journals The validity of ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD in East Asian cultures: findings with young adults from China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1717826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace W. K. Ho ◽  
Philip Hyland ◽  
Mark Shevlin ◽  
W. T. Chien ◽  
Sachiko Inoue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Complex Ptsd

scholarly journals Cross-boundary Substance Uses Among Hong Kong Chinese Young Adults

2007 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 704-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph T. F. Lau ◽  
Hi Yi Tsui ◽  
Lawrence T. Lam ◽  
Mason Lau
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Chinese Young Adults

scholarly journals Perceptions and use of e-cigarettes among young adults in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Jiang ◽  
Charles M. Cleland ◽  
Man Ping Wang ◽  
Antonio Kwong ◽  
Vienna Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong

“Hey, Look at My Body!”

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lik Sam Chan ◽  
Hing Weng Eric Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Privacy Risks ◽  
The Relationship

This article considers the phenomenon of online body display by users of social networking sites in Hong Kong. A survey of 392 young adults was conducted to investigate the relationships between narcissism, grandiose exhibitionism, body image satisfaction, perceived privacy risks, and online body display. A Body Display Index was developed to measure the perceived level of sexual explicitness of photographs shared by Facebook users. Grandiose exhibitionism, a sub-trait of narcissism, was found to be a stronger predictor of online body display than narcissism. The relationship between body image satisfaction and online body display was not significant, and no relationship was found between such displays and perceived privacy risks, thus implying a lack of social media-related privacy concerns among the respondents.

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