INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH

Special issue on Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong

Edited by Daniel TL Shek and Joav Merrick

Volume 18, No. 3, July - September 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

Construction of a positive youth development project in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek ............... 299

REVIEW ARTICLES

Conceptual framework underlying the development of a Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek .................. 303

Design of a Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek and Hing Keung Ma .................... 315

Evaluation of a Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong:

Issues, principles and design

Daniel TL Shek and Andrew MH Siu .............. 329

Adolescent developmental issues in Hong Kong:

Relevance to Positive Youth Development Programs in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek .................... 341

Emotional competence as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Patrick SY Lau .................. 355

Spirituality as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Patrick SY Lau ...................... 363

Moral competence as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Hing Keung Ma .................... 371

Social competence as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Hing Keung Ma .................. 379

Behavioral competence as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Hing Keung Ma ..................... 387

Prosocial involvement as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Howard CH Cheng, Andrew MH Siu and Mana CM Leung ................ 393

Cognitive competence as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Rachel CF Sun and Patrick SY Lau ...................... 401

Beliefs in the future as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Rachel CF Sun and Patrick SY Lau .................... 409

Development of a Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong:

Overview of the proposed curriculum for the junior secondary school years

Hing Keung Ma and Rachel Chui Fun Sun ..................... 417

Self-determination as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Eadaoin KP Hui and Sandra KM Tsang ..................... 433

Self-efficacy as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Sandra KM Tsang and Eadaoin KP Hui ................. 441

Prosocial norms as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Andres MH Siu, Howard CH Cheng and Mana CM Leung .................451

Positive identity as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Sandra KM Tsang and Fred YY Yip .................... 459

Recognition for positive behavior as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Howard CH Cheng, Andrew MH Siu and Mana CM Leung ...................... 467

Resilience as a positive youth development construct: Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Tak Yan Lee .................... 475

Bonding as a positive youth development construct:

Conceptual bases and implications for curriculum development

Tak Yan Lee ...................... 483

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Adolescent cough medicine abuse in Hong Kong: Implications for the design of positive youth development programs in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek and Ching-Man Lam ................. 493

Perceived parental control processes in Chinese adolescents: Implications for Positive Youth Development Programs in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek and Tak Yan Lee ............... 505

Human capital, social capital and social exclusion: Impacts on the opportunity of households with youth to leave poverty

Hung Wong ..................... 521

Perceived parental control and psychological well-being in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek, Tak Yan Lee, Britta M Lee and Joyce Chow .................. 535

Development and validation of a positive youth development scale in Hong Kong

Daniel TL Shek, Andrew MH Siu, Tak Yan Lee, Howard Cheng, Sandra Tsang, Yat Hung Chui,

Joyce Lui and Daniel Lung ............... 547

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