by Chun-fat Lin. / Thesis submitted in: December 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-108). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgments --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.iv / List of Tables --- p.vii / List of Figures --- p.viii / List of Appendices --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1 --- Background of the Problem / Chapter 1.1 --- Stress and Secondary School Students --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Coping Behaviour of Secondary School Students --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3. --- Gender and Age Difference in Coping Behaviour --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4. --- The Influence of Family Environment on Coping Behaviour --- p.4 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Chapter 2.1. --- Adolescent Coping / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Conceptualization of Adolescent Coping --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Situational and Dispositional Factors in Adolescent Coping --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Development of Adolescent Coping Instrument (COPE) --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Gender and Ethnic Differences in Coping / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Coping Behaviour of Males --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Coping Behaviour of Females --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Age Differences in Coping --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Ethnic Differences in Coping --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3 --- Family Environments and Adolescent Coping / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Family Environments as Sources of Stress and Support --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Influence of Parenting Styles on Adolescent Coping --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- The Influence of Family Environments on Adolescent Coping --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3.3.1 --- Family Environment Scales ( FES ) --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3.3.2 --- Relationships Between Family Environment Subscales and Coping Strategies --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3.3.3 --- Relationships Between Family Environments and Coping Strategies --- p.34 / Chapter 2.4 --- "Chinese Confucian Culture, Family Relations and Adolescent Socialization" / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Essences of Chinese Confucian Culture --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Family Structure and Adolescent --- p.39 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Adolescent Socialization in Family Context --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / Chapter 3.1. --- Overview of the Study --- p.44 / Chapter 3.2 --- Significance of the Study --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3. --- Subjects / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Pilot Study --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Main Study --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4 --- Instruments / Chapter 3.4.1 --- COPE --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Family Environment Scale (FES) --- p.52 / Chapter 3.5 --- Procedure --- p.54 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- RESULTS / Chapter 4.1 --- Descriptive Statistics of the Whole Sample --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2 --- Coping Strategies of Adolescents / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Rank Order of Question Items of COPE --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Descriptive Statistics of COPE --- p.60 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Gender and Age Difference in Coping --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.3.1 --- Gender Difference in Coping --- p.62 / Chapter 4.2.3.2 --- Age Difference in Coping --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3. --- Family Environments Perceived by Adolescents --- p.66 / Chapter 4.4 --- Family Environment Types (FETs) / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Demographic Information of FETs --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Description of FETs Based on FES Subscales --- p.70 / Chapter 4.5 --- Family Environment Types and Coping Strategies --- p.74 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION / Chapter 5.1 --- Coping Strategies of Adolescents --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2 --- Family Environments Perceived by Adolescents --- p.79 / Chapter 5.3 --- Relationship between Coping Strategies and Family Environments --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4 --- Family Environment Types --- p.81 / Chapter 5.5 --- Family Environment Types and Coping Strategies --- p.82 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Expressive FET --- p.83 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Conflictual-Controlling FET --- p.84 / Chapter 5.5.3 --- Permissive FET --- p.84 / Chapter 5.5.4 --- Cohesive-Organized FET --- p.85 / Chapter 5.5.5 --- Crucial Role of Control in FETs --- p.86 / Chapter 5.6 --- Implications of Findings --- p.87 / Chapter 5.7 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.91 / Chapter 5.8 --- Directions of Future Research --- p.92 / REFERENCES --- p.95 / APPENDICES / Appendix 1 Number of Items and Descriptions of Items of COPE Subscales --- p.109 / Appendix 2 Number of Items and Descriptions of Items of FES Subscales --- p.110 / Appendix 3 Reliability Coefficients of COPE in Other Studies --- p.111 / Appendix 4 Inter-correlations between subscales of COPE --- p.112 / Appendix 5 Reliability Coefficients of FES in Other Studies --- p.113 / Appendix 6 Inter-correlations between subscales of FES --- p.114 / Appendix 7 Inter-correlations between subscales of FES and COPE --- p.115

陸根書. / 論文(博士)--香港中文大學, 1999. / 參考文獻 (p. 194-205) / 中英文摘要. / Available also through the Internet via Dissertations & theses @ Chinese University of Hong Kong. / 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 dissertations and theses, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Lu Genshu. / Lun wen (Bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 1999. / Can kao wen xian (p. 194-205) / Zhong Ying wen zhai yao.

Law, She Kay Lourdes. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 181-188). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) --- p.i / ABSTRACT (CHINESE) --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.v / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xvii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Language Use in Hong Kong --- p.1 / The Handover and Language Use in Hong Kong --- p.1 / The Significance of Cantonese in Hong Kong --- p.2 / The Significance of English in Hong Kong --- p.3 / The Significance of Putonghua in Hong Kong --- p.4 / Social Identities and Languages in Hong Kong --- p.7 / "Attitudes, Motivation and Orientation: Three Important Ideas to be Discussed in this study" --- p.9 / Purpose of this Study --- p.10 / Significance of this Study --- p.11 / Research Questions --- p.11 / Organization of this Study --- p.12 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.14 / Introduction --- p.14 / Various Motivational Orientations: Attitudes and Motivation Research --- p.14 / Socio-psychological Approach to Motivational Orientations --- p.15 / Socio-educational Model --- p.17 / Integrative and Instrumental Orientations of Motivation --- p.18 / Integrative Orientation of Motivation --- p.18 / Instrumental Orientation of Motivation --- p.18 / Different Views towards Integrative and Instrumental Notions in Explaining Learners' Motivation --- p.19 / Related Integrative and Instrumental Orientations of Motivation Studies --- p.23 / "Additional Motivational Orientations: Friendship, Travel related, Knowledge, and the Media Factor" --- p.27 / Cognitive-situated Approach to Motivational Orientations --- p.30 / Self-determination Theory´ؤIntrinsic and Extrinsic Orientations --- p.30 / Intrinsic Orientation of Motivation --- p.31 / Extrinsic Orientation of Motivation --- p.32 / Amotivation --- p.33 / Influence of Teachers on Intrinsic and Extrinsic Orientations of Motivation --- p.34 / Applying Intrinsic and Extrinsic Orientation of Motivation to HK Context --- p.34 / Attribution Theory --- p.35 / Influences on Learners' Reactions to Learning --- p.36 / Three Main Dimensions of Attributes --- p.39 / "Identity, Language Learners, and Investment of Language Learning" --- p.41 / Identity and Language Learners --- p.41 / Attitudes of Language Learners and Investment of Language Learning --- p.43 / The Notion of Investment and the Notion of Instrumental Motivation --- p.45 / Code-switching and Code-mixing --- p.46 / Definition: Code-switching and Code-mixing --- p.46 / Attitudes towards Languages for Code-switching and Code-mixing in Hong Kong --- p.47 / Summary --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.52 / Introduction --- p.52 / Research Design --- p.52 / Research Questions --- p.52 / Types of Collected Data --- p.53 / Quantitative Approach Adopted in the Present Research --- p.54 / Qualitative Approach Adopted in the Present Research --- p.54 / Two Stages of Data Collection --- p.54 / Participants of the Research --- p.55 / Selection Criteria --- p.55 / Questionnaire Respondents --- p.56 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.56 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.56 / Questionnaire Collected in the Two Stages of Data Collection --- p.56 / Interviewees --- p.57 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.57 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.58 / Instrumentation --- p.58 / Questionnaires --- p.58 / Reasons for Using Questionnaires --- p.58 / Design of the Questionnaires --- p.59 / Questionnaire Investigating Participants' Attitudes towards English --- p.60 / Questionnaire Investigating Participants' Attitudes towards Putonghua --- p.61 / Questionnaire Investigating Participants' Attitudes towards Cantonese --- p.62 / Interview --- p.62 / Reason for the Using Semi-structured Interview --- p.63 / Design of Interview Questions --- p.63 / Data Collection and Processing --- p.64 / Questionnaire --- p.64 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.65 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.65 / Interviews --- p.66 / Stage One: June to July 2006 --- p.66 / Stage Two: September to October 2006 --- p.66 / Data Analysis --- p.67 / Questionnaire --- p.67 / Interviews --- p.67 / Triangulation of Data --- p.68 / Validity and Reliability --- p.68 / Internal Validity --- p.68 / English Proficiency Level --- p.68 / Participant Attrition --- p.69 / Location of Data Collection --- p.70 / Instructions for the Participants --- p.70 / External Validity --- p.71 / Reliability --- p.72 / Ethics --- p.72 / Limitations --- p.73 / Summary --- p.74 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- RESULTS AND FINDINGS --- p.75 / Introduction --- p.75 / "Participants' Attitudes towards English, Putonghua, and Cantonese: Integrative, Instrumental, and Travel Orientation" --- p.75 / English --- p.76 / Putonghua --- p.76 / Cantonese --- p.77 / Participants' Attitudes towards English --- p.77 / Attitudes towards Integrative Orientation --- p.78 / Questionnaire --- p.78 / Interviews --- p.79 / Attitudes towards Instrumental Orientation --- p.81 / Questionnaire --- p.81 / Interviews --- p.83 / Attitudes towards Travel Orientation --- p.85 / Questionnaire --- p.85 / Interviews --- p.86 / Attitudes towards Friendship Orientation --- p.87 / Attitudes towards the Media in English --- p.89 / Attitudes towards Intrinsic Orientation --- p.91 / Attitudes towards Extrinsic Orientation --- p.92 / Influence of Teaching Activities and Style on English Learning --- p.93 / Previous Successes and/or Failures that Contribute to English Learning --- p.94 / Summary --- p.95 / Participants' Attitudes towards Putonghua --- p.95 / Attitudes towards Integrative Orientation --- p.95 / Questionnaire --- p.95 / Interviews --- p.97 / Attitudes towards Instrumental Orientation --- p.98 / Questionnaire --- p.98 / Interviews --- p.100 / Attitudes towards Travel Orientation --- p.101 / Questionnaire --- p.101 / Interviews --- p.102 / Attitudes towards Friendship Orientation --- p.103 / Attitudes towards the Media in Putonghua --- p.105 / Previous Successes and/or Failures that Contribute to Putonghua Learning --- p.107 / Relationship between Putonghua and One's Identity --- p.108 / Attitudes towards Putonghua and Code-switching/mixing --- p.109 / Summary --- p.110 / Participants' Attitudes towards Cantonese --- p.111 / Attitudes towards Integrative Orientation --- p.111 / Questionnaire --- p.111 / Interviews --- p.113 / Attitudes towards Instrumental Orientation --- p.115 / Questionnaire --- p.115 / Interviews --- p.117 / Attitudes towards Travel Orientation --- p.120 / Questionnaire --- p.120 / Interviews --- p.121 / Previous Successes and/or Failures that Contribute to Chinese Learning --- p.123 / Relationship Between Cantonese and One's Identity --- p.124 / Attitudes towards Cantonese and Code- mixing --- p.124 / Summary --- p.128 / Summary of the Chapter --- p.129 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS --- p.130 / Cultures and Languages --- p.130 / The Love of Culture towards English --- p.130 / The Lack of Passion in Cultures towards Putonghua --- p.136 / Living in the Cantonese Culture in Hong Kong --- p.140 / Language as an Instrument --- p.142 / English: A Traditional Requirement for Walking on the Path of Success --- p.142 / Putonghua and English: A New Combination of Device to the Path of Success --- p.146 / Languages and their Usage in Different Geographical Locations --- p.148 / English: A Language of Universality --- p.149 / Putonghua: A Language of Regional Use --- p.151 / Cantonese: An International Language in the Cantonese World --- p.153 / Challenges in Language Learning --- p.155 / Challenges as a Stimulator in Language Learning --- p.155 / Challenges as an Obstacle in Language Learning --- p.156 / Failures in Previous Language Learning --- p.156 / Teaching Activities and Styles --- p.158 / "Identity, Language Learning and Language Choice" --- p.159 / Identity and Language Learning --- p.160 / Chinese Identity and Language Learning --- p.160 / Hong Kong Chinese Identity and Language Learning --- p.161 / Identity as a University Student and Language Learning --- p.162 / Identity and Language Choice --- p.163 / Mainland Chinese Identity and Code-switching/mixing --- p.163 / Hong Kong Identity and Code-switching/mixing --- p.164 / Summary --- p.166 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS --- p.167 / Introduction --- p.167 / Answers to the Research Questions --- p.167 / Research Question One --- p.167 / English --- p.167 / Putonghua --- p.167 / Cantonese --- p.168 / Research Question Two --- p.168 / English --- p.169 / Putonghua --- p.169 / Cantonese --- p.169 / Research Question Three --- p.170 / Integrative Orientation --- p.170 / Instrumental Orientation --- p.171 / Travel Orientation --- p.171 / Friendship Orientation --- p.172 / Intrinsic and Extrinsic Orientation --- p.173 / Attribution Theory´ؤPrevious Successes and/or Failures in Language Learning --- p.173 / Identity and Language Learning --- p.173 / Identity and Language Choice --- p.174 / Implications for Business majors and their Instructors in University --- p.175 / To Business majors in Universities --- p.175 / To Instructors Teaching Business majors English and Putonghua in Universities --- p.175 / "Implications for Language Change, Social Identity, and Language Planning" --- p.176 / Language Change --- p.176 / Social Identities --- p.176 / Language Planning --- p.177 / Limitations --- p.178 / Further Studies --- p.179 / REFERENCES --- p.181 / APPENDICES --- p.189 / Appendix A Profiles of the Interviewees (Summer 2006) --- p.189 / Appendix B Profiles of the Interviewees (Fall 2006) --- p.190 / "Appendix C Clement, Dornyei, & Noels' (1994) Motivation Questionnaire" --- p.191 / "Appendix D Clement, Dornyei, & Noels' (1994) Motivation Questionnaire with Scale Labels" --- p.192 / Appendix E Questionnaire (English) --- p.193 / Appendix F Questionnaire (Putonghua) --- p.197 / Appendix G Questionnaire (Cantonese) --- p.201 / Appendix H Interview Questions --- p.205 / Appendix I Consent Form --- p.207

Schwartz and Bilsky (1987, 1990) constructed a universal psychological structure for cross-cultural studies of motivational dynamics. To test this structure, Simmons (1991) adapted data from a twenty year broad-based value survey of student cohorts at an American university. The availability of reliable, long-term data on American students permitted a comparison with responses of contemporary Chinese college students to a standardized personal value questionnaire. Ratings and priorities assigned by the Chinese and American students differed significantly. Chinese students emphasized Achievement, Maturity, and Prosocial motivational domains. American students emphasized Self-Direction, Security, and Enjoyment. Tradition, Power, and Stimulation were listed as least important for both groups. The effects of traditional Chinese religious and philosophical teachings on the stability of community norms were noted, as was some evidence of priority shifts in the values for Chinese youth, suggesting changes in response to altered political and economic expectations in China. / Graduation date: 1992

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