• Prof. Ng is currently the Professor and Head of Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, and has been teaching and supervising social workers and mental health professionals for over 20 years. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Dr Mann is currently the Assistant Director of Student Affairs of Hong Kong Baptist University. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Hong Kong's only premium pet relocation company. (geoexpat.com)
  • Methods: Participants included young adults (n = 1874, mean age = 22.19 years) who had been enrolled in Hong Kong local tertiary intuitions during Hong Kong's 2019 social movement. (edu.hk)
  • HONG KONG , Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - MonoC, Hong Kong's first a surrealist metahuman artist , injects her daring data-led and dream-like vision into Digital Art Fair 2022. (aap.com.au)
  • Hong Kong's first metahuman artist, MonoC is the personification of artistic prowess and technological intelligence. (aap.com.au)
  • During the three years of COVID-19, I conducted several cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in Mainland China and Hong Kong to better understand the mental health of students, predictors of student mental health, and the effectiveness of online teaching and learning. (edu.hk)
  • As COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, there is mandatory 7 to 21-day quarantine for travellers who arrive in Hong Kong and Mainland China from overseas. (edu.hk)
  • Third, positive psychological attributes such as resilience, emotional competence and life meaning can buffer the negative impact of pandemic stress on student mental health. (edu.hk)
  • What does the movie "Cast Away" tell us about resilience in the face of the third wave of the pandemic in Hong Kong? (drcindychan.com)
  • COVID-19: Has this world-wide pandemic affect your psychological well-being? (edu.hk)
  • Work came home, quite literally, for thousands of psychological scientists at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Researchers will spend years exploring the psychological implications of the pandemic, but new findings are already revealing insights on matters ranging from how an absence of face-to-face contact affects the brain to the impact of our immediate surroundings. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • MonoC's sixth creation presents a change of medium and motif: a video art piece using dance movements invites further dialogue on the physical and psychological toll the pandemic wrought. (aap.com.au)
  • Articles that focused on resting-state fMRI in relation to resilience, and published before 2022, were targeted. (frontiersin.org)
  • The involvement of regions like amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex indicated the relationships between emotional processing and resilience. (frontiersin.org)
  • The emotional network appears to be studied the most in association with resilience. (frontiersin.org)
  • 3. four factors leading to pre-service teachers' difficulties, which were teachers' self-efficacy, social-emotional ability, resilience, and positive reinforcement. (eduhk.hk)
  • This study provides benefits for Hong Kong schools, school teachers (i.e., both pre-and in-service teachers), universities, and researchers by using the results to build effective teaching strategies, offer emotional support for school teachers, enhance the effectiveness of teaching and teacher education, as well as provide an insight into future market trends in the education sector. (eduhk.hk)
  • She wrote about this in Perspectives on Psychological Science in 2015, in fact, noting how our built environments can be manipulated to affect our cognitive and emotional states, influence our activities, or even "fend off feelings of isolation and loneliness. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • The recent social situation in Hong Kong may have caused various levels of emotional disturbances in many people of Hong Kong. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • The youth is among one of the vulnerable groups to emotional and psychological stress related to the recent social unrest. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Before the 10 weeks, the retirees had their brains scanned using fMRI and were tested for emotional resilience. (artnet.com)
  • School-based counselling is an effective intervention for psychological distress in adolescents, but little is known about the processes leading to a therapeutic change in a Chinese sociocultural context. (eduhk.hk)
  • Counselling in schools has the potential to deliver significant benefits to adolescents in Hong Kong. (eduhk.hk)
  • Prof. Ng has served as the Fellow and President of Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association since 2018. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Project leader Prof Siu Oi-ling, Chair Professor of Applied Psychology and Director of the Wofoo Joseph Lee Consulting and Counselling Psychology Research Centre of LU , explained that the self-assessment test designed by LU aims to develop respondents' growth mindset and increase their resilience so they can face adversities and challenges with a positive attitude. (edu.hk)
  • This means fostering and developing an individual's feeling of meaning/ purpose, hope, optimism, resilience and confidence. (elliottscotthr.com)
  • The present study is among the first that has investigated how teachers' perceptions on quality of school leadership, work-related meaning in life, and optimism explained the psychological well-being of 509 kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong, China. (eduhk.hk)
  • Structural equation modelling showed that teachers who perceived better perceptions on quality of school leadership found more work-related meaning in life, and were higher in optimism, while work-related meaning in life positively explained optimism, only optimism mediated perceptions on quality of school leadership and psychological well-being. (eduhk.hk)
  • Affiliates of the Institute of Mental Health with expertise in Psychological Interventions. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • I have also published research related to the acceptability and impact of psychological interventions as well as qualitative research on a variety of topics. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Other research interests include examining the assessment of frailty in older people with mental health conditions, and evaluating psychological interventions for this population. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • The webinar was organised as part of the STRENGTHS project which focuses on scaling up psychological interventions with Syrian refugees. (pscentre.org)
  • The two groups asked to do intervention exercises showed better psychological competencies with a growth and a gratitude mindset, and the group given four exercise interventions was able to achieve greater sustainable mental wellbeing than the group who only did one exercise. (edu.hk)
  • The study also involved collaboration with the Charité University Medicine in Berlin and its microbiology experts Dr. Markus M. Heimesaat and Professor Stefan Bereswill, as well as with the University of Hong Kong, which is studying the effects of air pollution, Professors Victor Li and Jacqueline Lam. (tautrust.org)
  • Psychological resilience (from hereafter will be referred to resilience), a critical counteracting factor of psychopathology, is defined as the ability to rebound from a difficult situation. (frontiersin.org)
  • This six-volume collection - comprised of two three-volume collections, Psychological Stress and Psychological Resilience and Wellbeing - brings together the key papers which have furthered understanding of the closely-related and important topics of stress, resilience and wellbeing. (sagepub.com)
  • The six volumes taken together give an overview and insight into areas such as definitions of stress, resilience and wellbeing, relevant scales and instruments, stress-management/treatment/health promotion, outcome studies and professional issues. (sagepub.com)
  • I have particular clinical and research interests in PTSD, trauma, resilience and the mental health and wellbeing of high-risk occupational groups. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • It helps to improve the growth mindset of those in quarantine, as well as their health and psychological wellbeing, and strengthens their gratitude mindset and ability to tackle loneliness. (edu.hk)
  • This systematic review summarized resting-state fMRI findings in different modalities from various operationally defined resilience in a mentally healthy population. (frontiersin.org)
  • Matching fMRI modalities and operational definitions of resilience across studies are essential for meta-analysis. (frontiersin.org)
  • Methods: A total of 536 Hong Kong university students completed questionnaires measuring their experiences of compassion from others, self-compassion, resilience, psychological distress, flourishing, and meaning in life. (eduhk.hk)
  • The researcher also collected saliva samples from them and comparing the results of the subjects' microbial distribution to the psychological results and their responses to the welfare questionnaires, the researchers from the universities of Tel Aviv and Haifa found that people with PTSD and high psychopathological indications exhibit the same picture of bacteria in the saliva (a unique oral microbiotic signature). (tautrust.org)
  • 3. In terms of location, respondents working in western China reported the highest levels of stress (3.02), while those working in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and overseas reported the lowest levels of stress (2.84). (ckgsb.edu.cn)
  • In ‟Liquefied Sunshine", Luke Ching Chin Wai visualises natural and artificial weather phenomena in Hong Kong and Taiwan, emphasising the correlating realities between the two regions, where major forces, be they meteorological or political, happen in different temporal successions. (blindspotgallery.com)
  • The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) was developed by Kathryn M. Connor and Jonathan R.T. Davidson as a means of assessing resilience. (wikipedia.org)
  • The CD-RISC consists of 25 items, which are evaluated on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 0-4: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all of the time (4) - these ratings result in a number between 0-100, and higher scores indicate higher resilience. (wikipedia.org)
  • Though Connor and Davidson (2003) did not find gender differences in their sample when developing the CD-RISC, subsequent findings regarding gender differences within the CD-RISC have supported two other conclusions: Higher Resilience in Men Campbell-Sills, Forde, and Stein (2009) found that in a large-scale community sample, men report higher levels of resilience than women when assessed with the CD-RISC. (wikipedia.org)
  • Known for her fascinating data-led generative art, she is a well-travelled art gallery co-owner in her early 30s, and a Eurasian who calls Hong Kong and Shanghai home. (aap.com.au)
  • Twenty-five Chinese senior secondary school students and eight school counsellors in Hong Kong were interviewed, and the data were analysed thematically within a critical realist paradigm. (eduhk.hk)
  • 2017-2019: Co-I. Whole person development of secondary school students in Hong Kong. (edu.hk)
  • Criteria for adulthood, resilience, and self-esteem among emerging adults in Hong Kong: A path analysis approach. (edu.hk)
  • Consultant Clinical Psychologist, & Strategic Clinical lead for Adults at the Manchester Resilience Hub for which he was a key driving force in establishing. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • This study aims to explore the difficulties faced by Hong Kong pre-service teachers in the resumption of the face-to-face teaching process during COVID-19 and lessons gained from difficulties, as well as the factors that lead to their difficulties. (eduhk.hk)
  • In the early years, resilience studies focused on at-risk teens on childhood maltreatment or trauma, which were popular in child psychiatry and developmental psychology ( Vernon, 2004 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • He has obtained association and national registration in psychology in Hong Kong, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Conceptualizations and operational definitions of psychological resilience vary across resilience neuroimaging studies. (frontiersin.org)
  • The PFA for all Pledge Group is hosting an open webinar on Psychological First Aid in complex situations. (pscentre.org)
  • The Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) is organising a Webinar titled "Community Support to Manage Psychological Distress in Youths at Times of Crisis" on 4 October 2019 at 6pm to 7:15pm. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Thus, companies should employ stress management and psychological counseling for greater organizational effectiveness. (ckgsb.edu.cn)
  • Jo is a regular speaker and trainer, nationally and internationally, on the subject of individual and organizational resilience and has authored a number of chapters and papers on the subject. (petros.org.uk)
  • Atotal of 131 (28%) respondents responded at (SARS) in Hong Kong in 2003, a total of 1,755 people both l month and 3 months after discharge. (cdc.gov)
  • He has been providing "live" training and coaching to 7000+ executives in last 20 years coming from US, UK, Middle East, Asia Pacific regions and GBA on psychological resilience, stress management, coaching, happiness, soft skills, methodologies and company strategies. (pmi.org.hk)
  • 2013-2014: Co-I (with Pan, J. & Ng P). A cognitive behavioral stress management program for Mainland college students in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial. (edu.hk)
  • Besides the COVID-related studies, I have collaborated with Dr Janet Leung in the Department of Applied Social Sciences on a project on family resilience in Hong Kong, and with Dr Grace Ngai in the Department of Computing to promote Service-Learning in Hong Kong high schools. (edu.hk)
  • In this instalment, we chat with RUN Hong Kong co-founder and managing director Virginie Goethals about the NGO and how it helps refugees in Hong Kong. (expatliving.hk)
  • Together with Brenda Sawyer, we founded the Hong Kong NGO in 2015 with the mission of supporting vulnerable refugees in Hong Kong, particularly women, to build resilience and nurture self-reliance for a more hopeful future. (expatliving.hk)
  • Working with the most vulnerable refugees in Hong Kong who have been victim of sexual violence is a very humbling experience. (expatliving.hk)
  • We adapt our work all the time to the changing environment for refugees in Hong Kong and asylum seekers here and worldwide. (expatliving.hk)
  • Key risk factors for the cause or maintenance of psychological distress among survivors include severity of trauma exposure, female gender, pre-existing psychological conditions and the presence of ongoing chronic stressors in the post-disaster environment (11, 18). (who.int)
  • In fact, it is typical for PTSD and other forms of psychological distress to develop some time after the acute crisis. (who.int)
  • The rates of psychological disorders fol owing disasters vary widely (16), but consistent evidence indicates that up to one third of survivors develop PTSD, and one quarter report depression (11). (who.int)
  • The series follows his movement in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Mangkhut (2018), the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in Hong Kong since 1980s. (blindspotgallery.com)
  • The artist thus channels the psychological definition of force majeure, as irresistible compulsion, in creating Whiteness of Trees (2018). (blindspotgallery.com)
  • We are also the first university in Hong Kong making SL a graduation requirement for all undergraduate students and PolyU has become a centre of SL excellence in Asia. (edu.hk)
  • Sport, education, essential support like food, housing, medical and psychological support are at the centre of our work. (expatliving.hk)
  • sequelae related to SARS and enrich the understanding of Regarding the number of persons with whom they could the long-term psychological functioning of survivors of talk and share their worries, 6 participants (5%) indicated life-threatening infectious disease. (cdc.gov)
  • METHODS: This was a pragmatic RCT in Hong Kong, China, to compare the effectiveness of communicating smoking-related COVID-19 risk with generic cessation support on abstinence. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Kadooris and the Sassoons, both of jewish origin from Iraq, built fortunes in China, survived the Japanese invasion and the Chinese revolution before fleeing to Hong Kong where they reinvented the city's fortunes. (inclusivepeace.org)
  • Interestingly, researchers also found that a lack of psychological resilience was the most prominent risk factor for childhood depression. (nextshark.com)
  • Stress has been found to be negatively correlated with loyalty and psychological resilience, which means that stress reduction measures can improve loyalty and resilience at the same time. (ckgsb.edu.cn)
  • Exposure to trauma during disasters and conflict, together with the cascading effects of bereavement, forced displacement, injury and resource loss has the potential to cause long-term psychological distress (1-3). (who.int)
  • Bezdjian and colleagues (2017) used the CD-RISC to examine the relationship between resilience and 6-month unsuitability attrition (i.e., separation from the military due to difficulties with mental health or behavioral adjustments) and between resilience and mental health diagnosis at 6 months after the start of basic training. (wikipedia.org)
  • Existing scales of resilience were considered inadequate because they lacked generalizability. (wikipedia.org)
  • Prof Dollard holds a PhD on the topic of work stress and works closely with industry to prevent risks to worker psychological health, safety and productivity. (edu.au)
  • Limitations: Mediation analysis using retrospective survey data Conclusions: Family conditions would interact with personal resilience to influence mental health status during social turmoil. (edu.hk)
  • About one in 10 children attending primary schools in Hong Kong has symptoms of major depression, a new survey revealed. (nextshark.com)
  • Exposure to trauma has potential to induce a range of psychological and neuropsychiatric disorders. (who.int)
  • It must be stressed that until now, post-trauma diagnosis has been based solely on psychological and psychiatric measures. (tautrust.org)
  • It's a much better psychological situation," she said, "but it also feels really weird to have just dropped everything and uprooted. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • School management should pay attention to such relationships when designing school plans and teacher training programs to enhance teachers' psychological well-being. (eduhk.hk)
  • With the increasing concern in school teachers' well-being and growing focus on the early childhood education sector in recent years, the present study explored the factors that contribute to the psychological well-being of kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong. (eduhk.hk)
  • An online survey assessing various conditions, including family satisfaction, social support, personal resilience, negative moods, sense of school belonging, and mental health conditions before and during the movement, was administered to these students. (edu.hk)
  • Mediation analyses were performed to examine the role of negative affect, support from family, and school belongingness as mediators of the association between family satisfaction and mental health condition during the movement overall and by resilience subgroups. (edu.hk)
  • The CD-RISC is based on Connor and Davidson's operational definition of resilience, which is the ability to "thrive in the face of adversity. (wikipedia.org)
  • The artist reveals the fragility and resilience of the individual in face of unspeakable violence. (blindspotgallery.com)
  • Given his professional experiences, he has been a renowned commentator, speaker and writer in the local Hong Kong community. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • People including the youth with psychological and mental health distress need treatment by professionals such as clinical psychologists, social workers or medical doctors. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Alan is additionally the Clinical Lead for the largest Military Veterans Psychological Therapies Service in England since its launch in 2011. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Her interest in resilience has developed over years of practicing as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. (petros.org.uk)
  • 4-Masten, A. S., & Monn, A. R. Child and family resilience: A call for integrated science, practice, and professional training: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies. (ac.ir)
  • Since its completion in 2004, she has worked with a wide variety of organizations and individuals applying research evidence to practice, to enhance psychological well-being. (petros.org.uk)
  • Group Counseling and crisis psychological intervention. (edu.hk)
  • Dr. Mann is also an experienced educator, researcher, and psychological crisis first aider. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Additionally the topic of mental wellness is not something that is openly talked about in Hong Kong, making it difficult for companies to address. (elliottscotthr.com)
  • Additionally, companies should concentrate on building psychological capital in the workplace. (elliottscotthr.com)
  • One reason given for this difference (as compared to findings from previous civilian studies) is that the women in this study volunteered to join the military, and those who do this may be more likely to have higher initial levels of resilience. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study examined the psychological sequelae related reported "not at all," 37 (28%) reported "a little," 43 (33%) to SARS at 1 month and 3 months after discharge from hos- reported "moderate," 28 (21%) reported "quite serious," pital. (cdc.gov)
  • In this module, learn to deal with the research and developments in the study of the basic psychological factors in social interaction and social processes. (aventis.edu.sg)
  • This study aimed to examine whether psychological and social factors could protect university students from detrimental mental health conditions in a time of social chaos. (edu.hk)
  • In short: the findings show "a significant improvement in psychological resilience" as well as an improvement in "effective interaction between brain regions" in those that actively produced art. (artnet.com)
  • In addition to developing Petros Programmes, Jo is the European Master trainer for Dr Derek Roger's unique Challenge of Change Resilience training, allowing her to deliver and accredit the programme across Europe. (petros.org.uk)
  • Results indicated that service members who were separated from the Air Force due to unsuitability had reported lower levels of resilience at basic training as compared to those who were not separated. (wikipedia.org)
  • Results: Serial mediation analyses showed that compassion from others was associated positively with self-compassion, which was, in turn, linked to greater resilience and consequently lower levels of psychological distress and higher levels of flourishing and meaning in life. (eduhk.hk)
  • There are multiple conceptualizations of resilience in the field of resilience research. (frontiersin.org)
  • Common misconceptions around psychological wellness Nick highlighted that often organisations implement programs that are trending, without looking at the research. (elliottscotthr.com)
  • Service members diagnosed with a mental disorder at 6 months of service had also reported lower levels of resilience at basic training as compared to those who were not diagnosed with a mental disorder. (wikipedia.org)
  • The participants discussed how mental wellness conversations differ in different countries and questioned if we are behind in Hong Kong. (elliottscotthr.com)
  • Responsible for coordinating the NHS psychological and mental health care for those directly affected by the Manchester Arena Attack of May 2017. (hkjcdpri.org.hk)
  • Higher Resilience in Women In a sample of over 50,000 Air Force Service Members, female participants scored higher on average than their male counterparts on the CD-RISC. (wikipedia.org)
  • The participants discussed the nature of work in Hong Kong - long hours with evening calls and late nights. (elliottscotthr.com)
  • Participants will be recruited from community sites and online platforms in Hong Kong. (bvsalud.org)
  • Chinese samples were drawn in Hong Kong comprising 153 Buddhists and 240 participants without religious belief. (engii.org)
  • The course aims to give participants an overview of the development of the funeral industry not just in Hong Kong but also in various parts of the world, emphasizing the global trend, challenges and issues faced by the industry, along with related opportunities in Hong Kong. (hku.hk)
  • This indicates that the resilience scores obtained from the CD-RISC correspond to lower levels of perceived stress and perceived stress vulnerability, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Women self-reported higher average levels of resilience on all but three items. (wikipedia.org)
  • A Holistic Model of Student Development: The validation of Whole Person Development Inventory for College Students in Hong Kong. (edu.hk)