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The effect of social capital on positive youth development among high school students: evidence from Hong Kong. / 社會資本對高中生正面發展的貢獻 / She hui zi ben dui gao zhong sheng zheng mian fa zhan de gong xian

Xiang, Xiaoling. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-117). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / List of Tables --- p.vii / List of Figures --- p.viii / Abstract --- p.ix / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review and Conceptual Framework --- p.4 / Positive Youth Development --- p.4 / Positive Youth Development: An Introduction --- p.4 / Conceptualizing PYD: A Multidimensional Construct --- p.6 / Inter-relationship between and among the Selected PYD Attributes --- p.11 / Conceptualizing Social Capital in Relation to Youth Wellbeing --- p.14 / "Contributions of Coleman, Putnam, and Bourdieu" --- p.15 / The Working Definition of Social Capital in this Study --- p.18 / The Social Capital Framework --- p.22 / The Effect of Social Capital on Youth Development Outcomes --- p.23 / Theoretical Links --- p.23 / Empirical Evidence --- p.25 / Effects of Socio-Demographic Variables --- p.35 / Limitations in the Literature --- p.36 / The Conceptual Model of Social Capital and PYD --- p.39 / Summary of Definitions of Terms in the Study --- p.39 / The Conceptual Model of Social Capital and PYD --- p.40 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Methods --- p.43 / Data Source: the GRF Project --- p.43 / Overview of the Methodology in the current study --- p.45 / Research Questions and Hypotheses of the Study --- p.46 / Sampling Procedures and Participants of the Current Study --- p.47 / Missing Data --- p.49 / Measures --- p.51 / Demographic Variables --- p.52 / Social Capital Variables --- p.53 / PYD Variables --- p.57 / Data Analysis Plan --- p.59 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Results --- p.62 / Preliminary Analysis --- p.62 / Sample Demographics --- p.62 / Descriptive Characteristics of the Key Variables --- p.64 / Main Analysis --- p.66 / Test of Measurement Model --- p.68 / Test of Structural Model --- p.71 / Summary of Findings --- p.80 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Discussion --- p.82 / Summary of the Study --- p.82 / Discussions of Findings --- p.85 / Socio-demographic Characteristics and Social Capital Functioning --- p.85 / Social Capital and PYD --- p.90 / Contributions --- p.94 / Implications for Practice and Policy --- p.96 / Limitations and Future Directions --- p.99 / Conclusion --- p.102 / References --- p.104 / Appendices --- p.118 / Appendix A English Translated Version of Items Measuring Social Capital --- p.118 / Appendix B English Translated Version of Items Measuring PYD --- p.119

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327084
Date January 2011
ContributorsXiang, Xiaoling., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Social Work.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xii, 119 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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