Chairperson, Professor
Department of Social Work, CUHK
Research Interest:
- social exclusion and youth citizenship
- mutual aid and youth empowerment
- service-learning and leadership development
- qualitative research methodology
Selected Publications
Ngai, S.S.Y., Cheung, C.K., & Yuan, R. (2016). Effects of vocational training on unemployed youths’ work motivation and work engagement: Mediating roles of training adequacy and self-actualization. Children and Youth Services Review, 63, 93-110.
Yuan, R., & Ngai, S.S.Y. (2016). Agentic personality as mediator of social capital on developmental outcomes in the transition to adulthood: Evidence from Shanghai, China. Journal of Adolescence, 46, 1-13.
Ngai, S.S.Y. (2015). Parental bonding and character strengths among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 20(3), 317-333.
Cheung, C.K., & Ngai, S.S.Y. (2015). Four- and ten-month lagged effects of individual counseling on the prosocial behavior of young people. Children and Youth Services Review, 52, 89-96.
To, S.M., Iu Kan, S.M., & Ngai, S.S.Y. (2015). Interaction effects between exposure to sexually explicit online materials and individual, family, and extra-familial factors on Hong Kong high school students’ beliefs about gender role equality and body-centered sexuality. Youth & Society, 47(6), 747-768.
Ngai, S.S.Y., Cheung, C.K., To, S.M., Luan, H., & Zhao, R. (2014). Economic disadvantage and transitional outcomes: A study of young people living in low-income families in Hong Kong. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 19, 318-335.
Ngai, S.S.Y., Cheung, C.K., To, S.M., Liu, Y., & Song, H.Y. (2013). Parent-child relationships, friendship networks, and developmental outcomes of economically disadvantaged youth in Hong Kong. Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 91-101.