Pub Date : 2020-12-23DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1858736
Tong Huang, E. Saito
ABSTRACT Suicide is a serious public health issue worldwide. In China, suicide is the fifth leading cause of death and the second leading cause of death among 15- to 34-year-olds. Research has shown that the suicide rate among college students is higher than their non-college peers. This study aims to review the literature on the risk factors of Chinese college students’ suicide and suicidal behaviours (i.e. suicidal ideation, attempt and plan). Existing literature identifies four kinds of factors that are related to suicide among Chinese college students, namely, psychological factors (e.g. hopelessness and depression), family factors (e.g. low-income family environment and unsuccessful family education), negative life events (e.g. frustrated interpersonal communication, and pressure from academics and employment) and social factors (e.g. neglect of the psychological curriculum and status of psychological counselling in China). Moreover, there are complicated relationships among these factors. Finally, the implications for future studies are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-16DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1848345
S. Ngai, Hoyee Au-Yeung, Waiyan Christy Tsui, Shimin Zhu
ABSTRACT Love, Limits and Latitude (LLL) is a standardised ten-session parenting education programme based on the attachment theory developed in the United States. We translated and applied for the LLL programme in Hong Kong to examine its effect on parental stress levels, children’s problematic behaviours and family functioning. We recruited N = 69 parents with children aged six to 12 and conducted eight groups under the LLL programme. A paired t-test was used to analyse the pre-test and post-test data regarding the targeted outcomes. Results found that the LLL programme significantly reduced parental stress, children’s problematic behaviours and improved relationships between family members. The application of an attachment-based parenting programme in Chinese culture, and the theoretical and practical implications, along with the limitations, are discussed.
{"title":"The effectiveness of an attachment-based parenting programme for parents in Hong Kong","authors":"S. Ngai, Hoyee Au-Yeung, Waiyan Christy Tsui, Shimin Zhu","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2020.1848345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2020.1848345","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Love, Limits and Latitude (LLL) is a standardised ten-session parenting education programme based on the attachment theory developed in the United States. We translated and applied for the LLL programme in Hong Kong to examine its effect on parental stress levels, children’s problematic behaviours and family functioning. We recruited N = 69 parents with children aged six to 12 and conducted eight groups under the LLL programme. A paired t-test was used to analyse the pre-test and post-test data regarding the targeted outcomes. Results found that the LLL programme significantly reduced parental stress, children’s problematic behaviours and improved relationships between family members. The application of an attachment-based parenting programme in Chinese culture, and the theoretical and practical implications, along with the limitations, are discussed.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91309886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-11DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1844930
Ying-Ying Xu, Jun Li, Jufen Wang
ABSTRACT The police departments play an irreplaceable role in the prevention and suppression of domestic violence (DV). The new anti-domestic violence law was passed in 2015 and implemented in 2016 in China, and further clarified the legal responsibilities of police in DV cases. However, in practice, due to the lack of relevant rules, difficulties still exist in the implementation. In this study, information about the current situation of police intervention in DV cases was collected during group interviews with police officers from police stations, and residents’ committee staffs. In discussing the difficulties and problems of implementation, we will advise on further improvement of the Anti-domestic Violence Law.
{"title":"Empirical study on handling of domestic violence cases by police","authors":"Ying-Ying Xu, Jun Li, Jufen Wang","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2020.1844930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2020.1844930","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The police departments play an irreplaceable role in the prevention and suppression of domestic violence (DV). The new anti-domestic violence law was passed in 2015 and implemented in 2016 in China, and further clarified the legal responsibilities of police in DV cases. However, in practice, due to the lack of relevant rules, difficulties still exist in the implementation. In this study, information about the current situation of police intervention in DV cases was collected during group interviews with police officers from police stations, and residents’ committee staffs. In discussing the difficulties and problems of implementation, we will advise on further improvement of the Anti-domestic Violence Law.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81613845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-28DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1834968
Xi Du
ABSTRACT Although parent–child separation and environmental pressure cast numerous challenges to left-behind children, some of them still achieved positive development. This study employed a life-course perspective to reveal the dynamic developmental trajectories and concealed protective factors among college students with left-behind experience. A qualitative approach with in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect six participants’ life histories. Each participant’s life trajectories were delineated. Their life stories were coded thematically. The analyses of life trajectories present the uniqueness of each person’s life trajectory as well as common demands at each development stage. Two internal assets (empathy and initiative) and three external resources (positive educational expectations from family, active attention and acknowledgement from school and low social pressure from the community) were identified as significant protective factors during the left-behind period. This information provides important insights that can be used to create early interventions in building resilience against development problems among left-behind children.
{"title":"Resilience of college students with rural left-behind experience in China: a qualitative study","authors":"Xi Du","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2020.1834968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2020.1834968","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although parent–child separation and environmental pressure cast numerous challenges to left-behind children, some of them still achieved positive development. This study employed a life-course perspective to reveal the dynamic developmental trajectories and concealed protective factors among college students with left-behind experience. A qualitative approach with in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect six participants’ life histories. Each participant’s life trajectories were delineated. Their life stories were coded thematically. The analyses of life trajectories present the uniqueness of each person’s life trajectory as well as common demands at each development stage. Two internal assets (empathy and initiative) and three external resources (positive educational expectations from family, active attention and acknowledgement from school and low social pressure from the community) were identified as significant protective factors during the left-behind period. This information provides important insights that can be used to create early interventions in building resilience against development problems among left-behind children.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77353120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-15DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2021.1835149
Y. Mo, T. Chan
ABSTRACT Currently, a systematic empirical study on the efforts of social work education in promoting the development of the professional identity of Mainland China graduates is lacking. This study explores the current state and the development of the professional identity of social work students. Twenty-three social work educators from 11 provinces, two municipalities and two autonomous regions were interviewed. The findings revealed the perception of educators on the current state of development of professional identity among students, the efforts in developing students as future professionals and the ways of partnership with social work organisations. Overall, the study led to an increased understanding of the collaboration between educators and frontline social workers, synergy effects between social work education and service sector, future development of social work practice research and ways of developing professional identity among social work students. Implications are addressed, including collaboration with regional social work organisations and international university networks.
{"title":"Professional identity of social work students in Mainland China: social work educator accounts","authors":"Y. Mo, T. Chan","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2021.1835149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2021.1835149","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Currently, a systematic empirical study on the efforts of social work education in promoting the development of the professional identity of Mainland China graduates is lacking. This study explores the current state and the development of the professional identity of social work students. Twenty-three social work educators from 11 provinces, two municipalities and two autonomous regions were interviewed. The findings revealed the perception of educators on the current state of development of professional identity among students, the efforts in developing students as future professionals and the ways of partnership with social work organisations. Overall, the study led to an increased understanding of the collaboration between educators and frontline social workers, synergy effects between social work education and service sector, future development of social work practice research and ways of developing professional identity among social work students. Implications are addressed, including collaboration with regional social work organisations and international university networks.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84810686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-15DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1829792
Yuet-kiu Priscilla Chung
ABSTRACT To promote student’s reflective competence benefits all learning, practice and research. The researcher who is also the supervisor has initiated action research on her own practice in a social work supervisor training programme in Guangzhou, China studying how to improve supervision in promoting supervisor trainee’s reflective ability for reflective practice. Reflection is an empowering process liberating from dogmatic thinking and generating solution from within an individual rather than from external experts or authorities. Yet supervisor trainee feared of being trapped in reflection deadlock and running “alien” in a collective culture was identified as a hindrance to reflection promotion. This article reveals how supervisor trainees perceive and perform reflection in Mainland Chinese context. Supervisor trainees’ reflective performance and evaluation of different supervision strategies (also regarded as reflection channels) will be discussed. Implications and suggestions on how to better promote reflection will be drawn.
{"title":"An action research exploring how to promote supervisor-trainees’ reflective competence in Guangdong, China","authors":"Yuet-kiu Priscilla Chung","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2020.1829792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2020.1829792","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT To promote student’s reflective competence benefits all learning, practice and research. The researcher who is also the supervisor has initiated action research on her own practice in a social work supervisor training programme in Guangzhou, China studying how to improve supervision in promoting supervisor trainee’s reflective ability for reflective practice. Reflection is an empowering process liberating from dogmatic thinking and generating solution from within an individual rather than from external experts or authorities. Yet supervisor trainee feared of being trapped in reflection deadlock and running “alien” in a collective culture was identified as a hindrance to reflection promotion. This article reveals how supervisor trainees perceive and perform reflection in Mainland Chinese context. Supervisor trainees’ reflective performance and evaluation of different supervision strategies (also regarded as reflection channels) will be discussed. Implications and suggestions on how to better promote reflection will be drawn.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81936889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-23DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1826081
A. Choi, Lucia L Liu, P. Chan
ABSTRACT Many women who use force (WuF) against their husbands are driven by their emotions towards husbands’ physical abuse, coercive control or neglect. Despite the ongoing development and expansion of support for domestic violence in Hong Kong, the number of WuFs against their husbands has been increasing, indicating a gap between service availability and women’s participation in these services. This study aims to further our understanding of WuF’s motivating factors in seeking help from an anti-violence programme service by interviewing 20 participants of the programme. Our observation would enhance our understanding of this target group and provide us more insight in pinpointing the service contents and the corresponding promotion elements that will tally with WuF’s needs for emotional support and education about women using force and mutual violence in an intimate relationship.
{"title":"Chinese women who use force against husbands in Hong Kong: their help seeking experience and implication on service development","authors":"A. Choi, Lucia L Liu, P. Chan","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2020.1826081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2020.1826081","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Many women who use force (WuF) against their husbands are driven by their emotions towards husbands’ physical abuse, coercive control or neglect. Despite the ongoing development and expansion of support for domestic violence in Hong Kong, the number of WuFs against their husbands has been increasing, indicating a gap between service availability and women’s participation in these services. This study aims to further our understanding of WuF’s motivating factors in seeking help from an anti-violence programme service by interviewing 20 participants of the programme. Our observation would enhance our understanding of this target group and provide us more insight in pinpointing the service contents and the corresponding promotion elements that will tally with WuF’s needs for emotional support and education about women using force and mutual violence in an intimate relationship.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86575472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-21DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1824633
Xu Ning, M. Poon
ABSTRACT Gay men and lesbians in contemporary China face multiple forms of marginalisation and discrimination. However, little is known about how heteronormativity works to regulate the everyday lives of sexual minorities. Using narratives collected through in-depth interviews, we map out how heteronormativity is both simultaneously institutionalised by the state in China to maintain heterosexist dominance and is enforced through everyday social interactions that compel gay men and lesbians to conform to a heterosexual life. It is precisely this institutionally supported everyday enforcement that makes it impossible for gay men and lesbians in China to escape from heterosexist regulations. Understanding how heteronormativity works to produce heterosexist dominance is essential for social workers to effectively challenge it.
{"title":"Mapping heteronormativity as state violence: the experience of gay men and lesbians in contemporary China and its implication for social work practice","authors":"Xu Ning, M. Poon","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2020.1824633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2020.1824633","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Gay men and lesbians in contemporary China face multiple forms of marginalisation and discrimination. However, little is known about how heteronormativity works to regulate the everyday lives of sexual minorities. Using narratives collected through in-depth interviews, we map out how heteronormativity is both simultaneously institutionalised by the state in China to maintain heterosexist dominance and is enforced through everyday social interactions that compel gay men and lesbians to conform to a heterosexual life. It is precisely this institutionally supported everyday enforcement that makes it impossible for gay men and lesbians in China to escape from heterosexist regulations. Understanding how heteronormativity works to produce heterosexist dominance is essential for social workers to effectively challenge it.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84483669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1763549
M. Tong, Jiaxiang Xu
ABSTRACT China has established preventive systems for mental health. However, it is still facing the challenges from the scarcity of resources, the regional differences in service development, the underdevelopment of community rehabilitation and the shortage of the public mental health education. The paper reviews the establishment and development of the Chinese mental health programme since 1949, with highlights in its achievement, barriers and challenges.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-01DOI: 10.1080/17525098.2020.1812151
Huashan Wu, Yi-Ching Chen, Yu-Chih Chen, Chiao-yu Yang
ABSTRACT Most recently, the strength perspective and empowerment has been viewed as an important social work approach. The purpose of the study is to investigate the contexts of strengths perspective and its implication on the care of psychiatric disabilities. This study intended to develop a caregiving scale applied to the Taiwanese population by utilising the Taiwanese participants. The scale would provide practitioners with an instrument to evaluate the attitude of caregivers, the family positively, family relationship, resources and sense of empowerment. There were 209 caregivers participated in the study. This study utilised EFA (Exploratory Factor Analysis) to find the factor structure and CFA (Confirmatory Factor Analysis) to test the internal reliability and validity. The scale has a good model of fit and good internal reliability.96. Four domains of the scale were family positively, family relationship and support, formal resources availability and empowerment. The scale could be applied to evaluate the effectiveness of empowerment intervention.
{"title":"The development and validation of strength and empowerment scale for caregivers of persons with psychiatric disability","authors":"Huashan Wu, Yi-Ching Chen, Yu-Chih Chen, Chiao-yu Yang","doi":"10.1080/17525098.2020.1812151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2020.1812151","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Most recently, the strength perspective and empowerment has been viewed as an important social work approach. The purpose of the study is to investigate the contexts of strengths perspective and its implication on the care of psychiatric disabilities. This study intended to develop a caregiving scale applied to the Taiwanese population by utilising the Taiwanese participants. The scale would provide practitioners with an instrument to evaluate the attitude of caregivers, the family positively, family relationship, resources and sense of empowerment. There were 209 caregivers participated in the study. This study utilised EFA (Exploratory Factor Analysis) to find the factor structure and CFA (Confirmatory Factor Analysis) to test the internal reliability and validity. The scale has a good model of fit and good internal reliability.96. Four domains of the scale were family positively, family relationship and support, formal resources availability and empowerment. The scale could be applied to evaluate the effectiveness of empowerment intervention.","PeriodicalId":38938,"journal":{"name":"China Journal of Social Work","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87598741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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