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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Hong Kong Chinese"”.
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Exploring and Conceptualising the Interrelationships between Self and Possessions, through Hong Kong Chinese Consumers' Narratives.
… Using a method of narrative inquiry, 20 Hong Kong Chinese informants were interviewed. The interviews generated 115 stories about their important possessions and these were used to explore how informants revealed their sense of self and how they constructed the meanings of possessions and …
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The Lived Experiences of the Aging of Hong Kong Chinese Baby Boomers Residing in the United States
… that offers information about the aging of Chinese baby boomers. This qualitative study used a hermeneutic-phenomenological method to investigate the aging experiences of Hong Kong Chinese baby boomers who are residing in the United States. The findings of this study will possibly enhance …
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The experience of pain in the context of childbirth for Hong Kong Chinese women: a longitudinal cohort interview study
… to it. In order to understand the experience of Hong Kong Chinese women in terms of childbirth in general and childbirth pain in particular, and to learn the meanings attributed, a longitudinal qualitative descriptive study was conducted with the aim of exploring the experience and meaning of …
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A Cross-Cultural Study of the Collectivism-Individualism Paradigm: the Influence of Confucian Values on the Conflict-Handling Behavior of Male Graduate Business Students in Hong Kong and the United States
… a difference in the way that Americans and the Chinese handle conflict based on differences in culture. It is also speculated that these differences have been influenced by Confucian values. However, these positions have not been conclusively supported by empirical findings.</p> <p>Method. Both …
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Queen Fatty
… is inspired by my mother’s childhood in 1960’s Hong Kong. It explores a young girl’s attempts to establish an autonomous identity in the face of enormous challenges, including physical violence, sexual abuse, and hunger. The novel also explores the emergence of a unique Hong Kong Chinese …
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Expression of emotion in children from four ethnic groups and mothers' concerns
… of emotion of Anglo-Australian, Indian, Hong Kong Chinese and Turkish children who were aged 5- to 8-years. These ethnic groups were chosen because Hofstede (1980) had shown that they held different culture level values and behaved in ways that reflected these differences. It was expected …
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Evaluating the stages of behavior change model for use in diverse cultures: Hong Kong versus the United States
… of Behavior Change (SBC) Model for use with Hong Kong Chinese. The SBC Model has demonstrated empirical support in a variety of health behaviors and across diverse populations. Further, the SBC has implications for the development of behavior change interventions. The SBC is composed of three …
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The Relationship between creativity and job-related motivators in the Hong Kong hotel industry.
… "creativity" and "job-related motivators" in Hong Kong Chinese hotel employees. The Psychometric approach to measure creativity was adopted, and specifically Byrd's model (1971) was used as the instrument to measure creativity. Risk taking and Creativity are the two factors in Byrd's model. …
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Covert resistance : an Embodiment of the "One Country. Two Systems" Principle in Hong Kong
… unstable environment. In the context of Hong Kong, fierce conflicts arose between the local and the visitors after fifteen years of reunification with China. The distinction of the Hong Kong Chinese and the mainland Chinese was a result of the systemic differences across the border. The …
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Overparenting and Emerging Adults' Romantic Relationship Efficacy: The Moderating Role of Individual Cultural Beliefs
… and relationship efficacy in the U.S. and Hong Kong. Additionally, the potential moderation by individual-level cultural beliefs was explored to investigate whether these associations vary by horizontal individualism, vertical individualism, horizontal collectivism, or vertical …
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A cross-cultural comparison of evaluation in classical concert reviews in British and Hong Kong newspapers
… concert reviews (CR) in British English and Hong Kong Chinese newspapers. It focuses on the uses of praise and criticism of different strength levels, targeting various aspects of the concert. It also explores the views of British and Hong Kong music critics on writing CRs, and factors which …
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The Stigma of Depression Across Cultures: The Role of Theory of Mind
… cultural groups: European Canadians (n = 169), Chinese Canadians (n = 167), and Hong-Kong Chinese (n = 56). The three groups were compared on measures of attitudes toward those with depression and toward seeking help for mental health problems, mental illness stigma, beliefs about where …
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再现/见南洋 : 香港电影与新加坡(1950-65) = Filming Nanyang : Hong Kong - Singapore Connection (1950-65)
Filming Nanyang: Hong Kong ¿ Singapore Connection (1950-65) Although films made in Hong Kong in the 1950s occupy a central place in film industry of the Colony, it received less attention than it deserves. Cold War diplomacy changed not only the geo-political relationship between large countries …
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Professional and continuing education in Hong Kong: An analysis of the characteristics and job satisfaction of part-time teachers of English language courses
… or the Professional and Continuing Education in Hong Kong, the purpose of this research is to assess the job satisfaction or part-time English language teachers with respect to their work, pay, opportunities for promotion, supervision, and colleagues. The PCE departments in a total of six …
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Associations between socioeconomic status and prevalence, incidence and complications of type 2 diabetes in China
… of type 2 diabetes in several contemporary Chinese populations. METHODS: First, I conducted a systematic review of studies reporting the association between SES (measured by education, income or occupation) and prevalent type 2 diabetes in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Second, I used …
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Validation of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale With a Hong Kong Sample
… and factor structure of the AIMS within a Hong Kong Chinese sample by performing confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) and Cronbach’s alphas. The author constructed a Chinese version of the AIMS and administered it to 186 Hong Kong athletes. The CFAs showed that multi-dimensional models were …