published_or_final_version / Sociology / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Social Work and Social Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / Social Work and Social Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

by Yau-ling Chung. / Bibliography: leaves 136-140 / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1982

Ng, Philomena. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-221). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii-iv / Table of Content --- p.v-vii / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Background / The Issue / Research Problem / Summary of the Framework / Chapter Chapter Two --- Literature Review --- p.21 / The Socio-cultural context in Hong Kong / Self or Subjects/Subjectivity? / The Construction of Subjectivity through the Lens of Cultural Citizenship ´ؤ The Us and Other Distinction / Understanding the Agentic Subject through the Lens of Cultural Citizenship / Ideology/Discourses VS the Exercise of Agency / Construction of Subjectivity and the Exercise of Agency Through Narrations / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Three --- Methodology --- p.50 / My Epistemology Position / Topic / Definition of Core Terms / Research Questions / Purpose of My Research / Data Sources and Methods / Validity and Reliability / Generalizability / Chapter Chapter Four --- Background of my informants --- p.72 / Introduction / Background of my informants / Summary of the main characteristics of my informants / Chapter Chapter Five --- Empirical Chapter: The Making of Cultural Citizenship of Group1 --- p.102 / Introduction / In-group and Out-group within the female migrants community / Their In-group / The Construction of Out-group ´ؤ Hongkongeses / How do they perceive their own identity? Hongkongese? Mainlanders? Or something else? / Their Connections with Hong Kong / Active Resistance: Agency exercised at home / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Six --- Empirical Chapter: The Making of Cultural Citizenship of Group2 --- p.141 / Introduction / In-group / Hong Kong people: out-group or in-between in-group and out-group / How do they perceive their own identity? Hongkongese? Mainlanders? Or something else? / Their connections with Hong Kong / Exercising their agency to ward off the enforced identities / Subsuming to the dominated discourse about CSSA recipients / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Seven --- Data Comparison and Discussion --- p.170 / Introduction / Sense of Community of Group 1 and 2 / Why Did They Draw the Boundaries in Such a Way? / Assessing the Agency of the Female Migrants / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter Eight --- Concluding Chapter --- p.191 / My Interviewing Experiences and Self-reflexivity / Limitations / Implications/Contributions / Unanswered Questions or Some Interesting Points for Further / Studies / Conclusion / List of References --- p.213 / Appendix1 --- p.222 / Interview guidelines/questions

Li Ping. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-63). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Subjective Well-Being (SWB) --- p.1 / Life Satisfaction --- p.2 / Self-Esteem --- p.2 / Psychological Distress --- p.3 / Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) Stress and Coping Model --- p.3 / Migration as a Source of Stress --- p.4 / Primary Appraisals in Adjustment to Migration --- p.6 / Acceptance of New Living Environment --- p.6 / Perceived Discrimination --- p.6 / Language Competence --- p.7 / Secondary Appraisals in Adjustment to Migration --- p.8 / Family Support --- p.8 / Mutual Trust and Understanding with Peers --- p.10 / Sense of Mastery --- p.10 / Role of Secondary Appraisal on the Relationship between Primary Appraisal and SWB --- p.11 / Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong --- p.13 / Adaptation Difficulties of Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong --- p.14 / Acceptance of New Living Environment --- p.14 / Language Barrier --- p.15 / Differences in Cultural Values --- p.16 / Discrimination --- p.16 / Interacting with Unfamiliar Family Members --- p.17 / Purpose of the Present Study --- p.17 / Hypotheses --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.21 / Participants --- p.21 / Instruments --- p.23 / Demographic Information --- p.23 / Life Satisfaction --- p.23 / Self-Esteem --- p.23 / Psychological Distress --- p.24 / Acceptance of New Living Environment --- p.24 / Perceived Discrimination --- p.25 / Language Competence --- p.25 / Family Support --- p.25 / Mutual Trust and Understanding with Peers --- p.26 / Sense of Mastery --- p.26 / Procedure --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.28 / Effect of Gender on the Psychosocial Variables --- p.28 / Relationship between Demographic Variables and Psychosocial Variables --- p.30 / Correlation between Psychosocial Variables --- p.33 / Model Testing --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Discussion --- p.41 / Influence of Primary Appraisal on Mainland Immigrant Students' SWB --- p.43 / Influence of Secondary Appraisal on Mainland Immigrant Students' SWB --- p.45 / Relationships among Factors in the Same Appraisal Process --- p.48 / The Uniqueness of the Present Model in Understanding the SWB of Immigrants --- p.49 / Limitations and Future Studies --- p.50 / Implications of the Study --- p.51 / Conclusion --- p.54

Chan Raymond Mow-chiu. / "2001." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-234). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

published_or_final_version / Nursing Studies / Master / Master of Nursing in Advanced Practice

published_or_final_version / Psychology / Master / Master of Philosophy