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丘海雄. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學, 1987. / Reprint of manuscript. / Qiu Haixiong. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 1987. / 導論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章 --- 研究的問題 --- p.8 / Chapter 第二章 --- 理論與假設 / Chapter 第一節 --- 理論回顧 --- p.14 / Chapter 第二節 --- 變項與假設 --- p.21 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究的方法 / Chapter 第一節 --- 自陳法 --- p.55 / Chapter 第二節 --- 樣本與資料收集過程 --- p.59 / Chapter 第三節 --- 概念的操作化和量度 --- p.63 / Chapter 第四章 --- 研究結果與分析 / Chapter 第一節 --- 兩變項分析 --- p.75 / Chapter 第二節 --- 多變項分析 --- p.79 / Chapter 第三節 --- 男女兩個群體的比較 --- p.98 / Chapter 第五章 --- 結論 / Chapter 第一節 --- 研究結果 --- p.107 / Chapter 第二節 --- 局限性 --- p.112 / Chapter 第三節 --- 討論與建設 --- p.114 / 注釋 --- p.117 / 中文參考資料 --- p.1 / 英文參考資料 --- p.1

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

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

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Linguistics / Master / Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy