scholarly journals Psychological Health of Older Women in Hong Kong: Do Demographic Characteristics Make a Difference?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kam Weng Boey ◽  
Anna Hoi Nga N G
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Demographic Characteristics

scholarly journals On the Hunt for Noble Savages: Romance Tourism and Ageing Femininities

Societies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Ieva Stončikaitė
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Romance Tourism

Casual sexual encounters are closely wedded to leisure travel, and have received a lot of attention in both theoretical and empirical work. However, the relationship between romance tourism and female ageing remains largely under-researched. This article offers critical insights into the interplay of the successful ageing and sexual relationships abroad of older women travellers. It shows that romance tourism has both positive and negative implications for women’s physical and psychological health and wellbeing. Although exotic escapes help reconnect women with their youthful selves, enhancing a sense of self-confidence and challenging the narrative of decline, casual sex may also generate conflicting feelings once the travel romance is over. This article also encourages the rethinking of the complexities of ageing femininities, sexual activity and health risk in ‘silver’ romance tourism today. Additionally, it argues that the sexual health guidelines and information campaigns should adopt a more multifaceted approach to sexual expressions, and encourage alternative views towards sex and sexuality in later life, in order to not create a rather oppressive ideology among older women.

Correlates of life satisfaction among Southeast Asian foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong: An exploratory study

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dick Man Leung ◽  
Etonia Ying Tung Tang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Special Group ◽  
Foreign Domestic Workers

Live-in foreign domestic workers (FDWs) are a special group in Hong Kong, where they account for approximately 4 percent of Hong Kong’s population. FDWs’ level of life satisfaction (LS) and its correlates have been under-researched thus far. This study examined data from 130 participants and sought to determine the effect of perceived social support, self-esteem and demographic characteristics on LS. The results showed that being married was negatively associated with LS while self-esteem was not a significant factor. The findings suggest the importance of providing support to FDWs to enhance their LS.

scholarly journals Voices From a Minority

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. C. Y. Chan ◽  
C. W. Lui ◽  
K. L. Cheung ◽  
K. K. Hung ◽  
K. H. Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Face To Face

In Hong Kong, males constituted only about 10.2% of the nursing workforce in 2010. The learning experiences of male nursing students in Hong Kong during their clinical practicum have rarely been explored. If these students cannot maintain their psychological well-being and psychological health in formal education and clinical placements, then their physical health will also suffer. This ethnographic qualitative study gave male nursing students in Hong Kong a chance to voice their experiences during their clinical practicum. Selected through snowball sampling, 18 male nursing students from a local university participated in individual face-to-face semistructured interviews. The data were processed with content analysis. The findings indicated that male students not only received more support and understanding from male rather than female members of staff but endured a certain amount of oppression while working in female wards. According to the students’ comments on nursing culture, the work climate of male nursing students could be improved by reorganizing the clinical placements and providing extra support to male nursing students.

scholarly journals Job Value and Organizational Socialization of the Youth of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: The Mediation of Career Exploration?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zhihua Lian ◽  
Nana Feng
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Socialization ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Career Exploration ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Bay Area

This paper took the social exchange and social cognitive perspectives to examine the effects between job values and organizational socialization and how to play a mediation in career exploration and moderating effect in demographic characteristics. The research collected 700 valid samples of the youth of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for statistical analysis and then subjected them to job value scale, career exploration, and organizational socialization scale. With structural equation model and correlation analysis, it verified that the proposed scale had demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity, a theoretical model of a good overall fit. In the final part, this paper used hierarchical regression analysis and path analysis. The results indicated that career exploration plays a mediation role between job value and organizational socialization, demographic characteristics are moderating effect between job value and career exploration, and demographic characteristics make a moderating effect between career exploration and organizational socialization, but demographic characteristics are not moderated on work value and organizational socialization.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic, household food security and nutritional status of older (> 50 Y) women from rural Zambian communities: A descriptive study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (105) ◽  
pp. 18912-18931
Author(s):  
U Mukherjee ◽  
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JM Chalwe ◽  
S Mbambara ◽  
WH Oldewage-Theron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food Insecurity ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Socio-demographic factors and household food insecurity are considered to influence the nutritional status of older women. The rapidly growing elderly population in Africa is a concern particularly in sustaining their health and nutritional status. In spite of this, there is a scarcity of information in older Zambian women and this study aimed to assess the socio-demographic factors, nutritional status and household food insecurity status of older women in rural Zambian communities. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Twatasha compound of Kitwe and Ndeke community of Ndola. The socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements, dietary intakes and household food security were evaluated in a convenience sample of 153 older women (≥ 50 years) through the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). IBM SPSS version 26 was used for descriptive (frequencies, means and standard deviations, and medians with interquartile frequencies) and inferential (bivariate and Spearman correlations) statistical analyses. The socio-demographic characteristics showed that almost all (98.7%) of the participants had other members of the family residing with them. Most participants (57%) had attained primary school education, 19% had secondary education and 5% had college education. Almost half (49%) of the participants did not report their employment status and 36% reported to be unemployed. Over-nutrition was most prevalent (37.3% overweight and 39.8% obese) while 20.9 % and 2.0% of the respondents were normal weight and underweight respectively. The median (25th percentile; 75th percentile) dietary intakes showed inadequate intakes for most nutrients, except for carbohydrates (170 g [133;225]). The total fat intake represented 14% of total energy intake. The majority (86.0%) of the participants were identified as severely food insecure while only 6.0% were food secure. The majority of the participants (80-90%) used at least seven out of the nine behavioural responses to food insecurity. The findings show resource-poor and severely food insecure communities. We recommended urgent interventions to improve access to healthy foods (such as home gardening projects) and promote healthy dietary habits (including nutrition education).

scholarly journals Examining Linkages between Psychological Health Problems, Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Workplace Stressors in Pakistan’s Academia

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Anwar Khan ◽  
Rosman Bin Md Yusoff ◽  
Khairunesa Binti Isa
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Work Stressors ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Workplace Stressors ◽  
Potential Risk Factors

<p class="apa">Scholarly work and research are globally known as stressful and challenging. Teachers may develop different psychological health problems once they are exposed to workplace stressors. Considering it as a serious issue of education sector, this study has examined the linkages between prevalent workplace stressors and psychological health problems in Pakistan’s academia. A cross-section quantitative research design was adopted, whereas data was collected by self-administered questionnaire from a sample of 1189 teachers working within 12 universities of Pakistan. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis of demographic data; Chi-square tests were performed to compare psychological health problems with socio-demographic characteristics, whereas Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis was run to know the relationship between prevalent work stressors and psychological health problems. Results show that the majority of respondents were male (63.8%), unmarried (58.5%), 25 to 40 years old (78.5%) and working as Lecturers or Assistant Professors (77%), thus their average job experience was 05 to 10 years. Psychological health problems were prevailing more among male, unmarried, less experienced and junior teachers. Such socio-demographic characteristics were potential risk factors for psychological health problems. Furthermore, respondents exposed to work stressors like workload, interpersonal and emotional demands were more likely to develop psychological health problems. Findings of the current study will develop awareness among teachers concerning work stress and psychological health. Such findings can be utilized by policy makers of Pakistan for devising policies about occupational health &amp; safety of teachers.<strong> </strong>The prevalence of psychological health problems in academia of Pakistan is a recognized workplace issue. Therefore, it needs immediate corrective measures at individual and institutional levels.</p>

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