Centre for Chinese Family Studies
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Centre for Chinese Family Studies
Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
For all enquiries, one may communicate with:
Tel.: (852) 3943 6626
Fax: (852) 2603 5213
Email: kfting@cuhk.edu.hk
Objectives
The Centre is a cross-disciplinary research organization for family studies in Chinese societies. Our goal is to establish a platform for promoting empirical research and intellectual exchanges among family scholars. One of our missions is to disseminate research data to facilitate family research through resource sharing. Recently, the Centre has completed a comparative family survey with Peking University and Fudan University in three Chinese cities: Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. These surveys document major aspects of family life and the course of family changes in the context of rapid social transformations in Chinese societies. A data archive will be established to disseminate the survey data to all interested family scholars and to inform the public and policy makers on pressing family issues.
Research Activities
Surveys
A survey of 1,184 families in Shanghai has been completed in 2011. This is the last part of the three-city study conducted in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai.
Conferences
The Centre organized a workshop on “Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai Family Research” in December 2011. Besides The Chinese University of Hong Kong, other participating institutions included the University of Hong Kong, Peking University, Fudan University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Prof. Susanne Y. P. Choi and Prof. Kwok-fai Ting co-organized a conference panel ‚Family Dynamics and Well Being‛ for the Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, December 2010.
Publications and Research Reports
Choi, S. Y. P., Cheung Y. W., Cheung A. K. L. (2012). Social isolation and spousal violence: Comparing marriage migrants with local women. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74, 444-461.
Piotrowski, Martin & Tong, Yuying. (2012). Straddling two geographic regions: The impact of place of origin and destination on return migration intentions in China. Population, Space and Place. (Online first in Apr. 2012).
Pomerantz, E. M., Qin, L., Wang, Q., & Chen, H. (2011). Changes in early adolescents’ sense of responsibility to their parents in the United States and China: Implications for their academic functioning. Child Development. 86, 1136-1151.
Ting, K. F. (2012). Premarital behavior and the changing meanings of marriage in Hong Kong. Edited by C.K. Wong, P.S. Wan and W.K. Law in Hong Kong in Transition: Economic and Social Indicators of Development, pp. 21-40. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Tong, Yuying & Piotrowski, Martin. (2012). Migration and health selectivity in the context of internal migration in China, 1997-2009. Population Research and Policy Review, 31, 497–543.
Tong, Yuying. (2012). Acculturation, gender disparity and the sexual behavior of Asian American youth." Journal of Sex Research. (Appeared online in June 2012).
Wang, Q., Chan, H. W., & Lin, L. (2012). Antecedents of Chinese parents’ autonomy support and psychological control: The interplay between parents’ self-development socialization goals and adolescents’ school performance. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Advance online publication doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9760-0.
Wang, Q., & Ng, F. F. (2012). Chinese students’ implicit theories of intelligence and school performance: Implications for their approach to schoolwork. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 930-935.
Pomerantz, E. M., Qin, L., Wang, Q., and Chen, H. (2011). Changes in early adolescents’ sense of responsibility to their parents in the United States and China: Implications for their academic functioning. Child Development, 86, 1136-1151.
Tong, Y. Y. & Piotrowski, M. (2010). The effect of remittances on return migration and its relation to household wealth: The case of rural Thailand. Asian-Pacific Population Journal, 25, 2, 53-96.
Presentations
Choi, Y.P., & Cheung, A. K. L. (May, 2012) “One Marriage, Two Stories: Gender and Martial Satisfaction in Hong Kong.” Presented at the Sixth Forum of Asian Women, Wuhan, China, May 10-12, 2012.
Choi, Y.P., Cheung, Y.W., & Cheung, A. K. L. (2012). Social isolation and spousal violence: Comparing marriage migrants with local women.” Presented at the 2012 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, March 15-18, 2012.
Huang, C., & Wang, Q. (July, 2012). Value of children and expectation of future support from children: An investigation among parents of preschoolers in urban China. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Canada: Edmonton.
Huang, C., & Wang, Q. (July, 2012). Intergenerational transmission of parenting and the moderating role of value of children: An exploratory study among urban Chinese parents. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Canada: Edmonton.
Lee, K. M., & Ting, K. F. (December, 2011). The spillover effects from the marital dyad to the parent-child dyad. Presented at the workshop on “Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai Family Research” in December 2011, Hong Kong.
Ting, K. F. (December, 2011). Domestic division of labor and marital relationship in Hong Kong. Presented at the workshop on “Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai Family Research” in December 2011, Hong Kong.
Tong, Yuying. (December, 2011). Life satisfaction of married persons: A comparison between migrants and locals in Hong Kong. Presented at the workshop on “Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai Family Research” in December 2011, Hong Kong.
Wu, N. N., Lam, M. H., & Wang, Q. (July, 2012). Hong Kong early adolescents’ computer game playing and their academic functioning: The moderating role of parental monitoring. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Canada: Edmonton.
Chan, H. W., & Wang, Q. (2010). The trade-off of parental achievement-oriented psychological control in relation to Hong Kong Chinese college students’ emotional and academic functioning. Paper presented at the 13th National Academic Congress of Psychology. China: Shanghai.
Chan, H. W., Wang, Q., Guan, Y., & Liu, H. (2011). My parents control to keep me close or make me achieve: Is it emotionally hurtful to Chinese youth in Beijing and Hong Kong? Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Canada: Montreal.
Chan, H. W., Wang, Q., Liu, H., & Guan, Y. (2011). Do Chinese youth's self-construals moderate the role of parental psychological control in satisfying their psychological needs? Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Canada: Montreal.
Choi, S. Y. P. & Lui, L. C. W. (2010). The role of parent-in-laws: Contextualizing gender inequalities in domestic division of labor in non-Western societies. Presented at the 12th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference, Hong Kong.
Choi, S. Y. P. (2011). Narrating motherhood, enacting agency, and doing identity – Voices from female sex workers in three Chinese societies. Presented at the Conference on Gender/Sexual Politics in Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Hou, Y., Wang, Q., Lin, L., & Chan, H. W. (2011). Does parental autonomy support always benefit children emotionally? The moderating role of children's self-construals. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Canada: Montreal.
Lin, L., & Wang, Q. (2010). Chinese middle adolescents’ related self in relation to their parents moderates the link between parental psychological control and their emotional ill-being. Paper presented at the 13th National Academic Congress of Psychology. China: Shanghai.
Lin, L., Wang, Q., & Chan, H. W. (2011). Hong Kong Chinese youth's self-construals moderate perceived congruence between their and their parents' child-rearing beliefs. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Canada: Montreal.
Ting, K. F. (2010). Domestic division of labor and its consequences on spousal intimacy and family life satisfaction. Presented at the 12th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference, Hong Kong.
Ting, K. F. (2011). The role of gender ideology on marital intimacy. Presented at the Taiwan-Hong Kong Sociology and Social Image Conference, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Ting, K. F. (2011). The Changing Profile of Marriage and Marital Quality in Hong Kong. Presented at the Workshop on Marriage in Cosmopolitan China, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ting, K. F. (2011). Premartial behavior and the changing meanings of marriage in Hong Kong. Presented at the 20th Anniversary Forum: Social Indicators and Social Changes, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Tong, Y. Y. (2010). Immigration, wealth attainment and life satisfaction of Hong Kong Married Adults. Presented at the 12th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference, Hong Kong.
Tong, Y. Y. (2011). Skill, health and selectivity disparity across migration types and life course: The case of internal migration in China. Presented at the Annual Meeting of Population Association of America 2011. Washington D.C.
Wang, Q. & Chan, W. (2010). How does parental education contribute to the quality of the relationship with offspring? The role of liberal child-rearing attitudes. Presented at the 12th Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference, Hong Kong.
Wang, Q., Li, Y. Chan, H. W., Lin, L., & Shuster, M. (2011). Chinese and American youth's thoughts and feelings about parental psychological control in the academic and social domain. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Canada: Montreal.
Wang, Q. (2010). The role of parents’ autonomy support in Chinese children’s emotional functioning: A domain-specific longitudinal investigation. Paper presented at the 13th National Academic Congress of Psychology. China: Shanghai.
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