'Tip of the ice-berg' : exploratory study on the increasing trend of abusing 'ICE' by young people in Hong Kong

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kin-chung, Adrian Woo
1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCIS LEE

In Hong Kong, the phenomenon of young people hanging around individually or in groups in public places through the night has become prevalent. This has drawn much attention from the public and the media because the behaviour of these "night drifting teens" (e.g., chasing around, vandalising, harassing people passing by, behaving promiscuously) is becoming a public nuisance. Moreover, they also risk running up against the law. Based on a recent exploratory study of these "night drifting" youths, this paper introduces their social background and situation. The causes of their engagement in these nocturnal activities are also explored. Services for this group of youths are also proposed. Further recommendations on the direction and development of relevant service programmes to meet their needs are suggested. 青少年个别地或联群地在夜间于公众场所溜连聚集有普遍化的现象。他们在这些场所的不检行为 (如追追逐逐、破坏公物、骚扰途人、不羁行为) 引起了大众及传媒的关注。再者,他们亦面临犯罪的危机。基于一项以这些夜间活动的青少年为对象的探讨性研究,本文介绍他们的一些社会背景及夜游情况。在探索了他们夜游的原因及服务需要后,本文介绍了一些现时及在计划中为他们提供的服务,亦建议了几点应为他们发展的服务方向。


Author(s):  
Diogo Henrique Constantino Coledam ◽  
Gustavo Aires de Arruda ◽  
Francys Paula Cantieri ◽  
Edinéia Aparecida Gomes Ribeiro

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 5055-5073
Author(s):  
Dong Yile

In recent years, more and more young people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have come to universities in Chinese Mainland for higher education. However, due to the differences in political, economic and cultural environment between Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and Chinese Mainland, these young people have encountered psychological problems such as examination anxiety, interpersonal loneliness and lack of sense of meaning in life due to the related learning and life difficulties in Chinese mainland universities, which affect their growth and success. Many of the students originally thought that smoking was used in a more secluded environment to relieve stress, psychological counseling and energy recovery, but in fact smoking brings more harm. In the creation of a smoke-free campus, a variety of measures are adopted to give full play to the positive emotions of students to promote their mental health, which will help to achieve the creation of a smoke-free campus and share a healthy life on the campus. Based on the survey of a total of 658 undergraduates from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in H University on their positive affect and mental health, the following conclusions are drawn through data analysis: undergraduates from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in Chinese Mainland have positive affect at the upper-middle level, negative affect and overall affect at the lower-middle level; some undergraduates from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in Chinese mainland universities have middle-level mental health status and significant differences in grade and family relationship satisfaction; family relationship satisfaction has an important impact on students' emotional and mental health; the negative emotional performance and mental health of senior students, science students and students with low family relationship satisfaction need more attention from educators. Correlation analysis shows that positive affect is positively correlated with health concerns, energy status, satisfaction and interest in life, mood status, control of emotions and behaviors, relaxation and tension, and total score of mental health (P < 0.01). Regression analysis shows that positive affect has significant positive predictive effects on six factors in mental health, such as "health concerns", "satisfaction and interest in life", "energy", "mental state", "control of emotions and behaviors", "relaxation and tension" and mental health. The enlightenment of this study lies in the suggestions that actions should be taken from the two levels of school education and home-school combination to strengthen the cultivation of positive affect of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan undergraduates in Chinese mainland universities, so as to improve their mental health level.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ka-Huen Yip

Abstract Objective To explore insights of young people’s experiences and motivations in Pokémon GO in Hong Kong. The perspectives of young people through qualitative focus group interviews. Results Eight focus group discussions with young people (n=45; age from 18-25 years old) recruited in Hong Kong. We analysed the discussions using a thematic approach. Five theme categories emerged from data analysis: missing out or self-regulation, childhood memories of Pokémon, extending virtual-reality exploration, spending more time outdoors for walking and exercise, gathering together and socially interacting with others. This study sets the way for a deeper analysis of motivation factors to young people that indicate the increasing playing location-based game (LBG) via smartphones worldwide among all cohorts of society. This relatively new phenomenon of LBG may impact players’ movement, social activity, and behaviour to gain a common goal into the preferences and effects of playing LBG for young people.


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