https://novapublishers.com Publisher of Books and Journals in Medicine and Health, Science and Technology and Social Sciences Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:31:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-nova-favicon-32x32.jpg https://novapublishers.com 32 32 https://novapublishers.com/shop/adolescence-positive-youth-development-programs-in-chinese-communities/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:55:47 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=25994 Florence KY Wu (Editor) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Hong Kong Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: MED069000 Using the experience from the United States on positive youth development, researchers in Hong Kong developed the Project P.A.T.H.S., trained the potential program implementers and evaluated the developed programs. Because of the overwhelming success of the project in Hong Kong, the project was piloted in mainland China for several years. This project (supported by the Tin Ka Ping Foundation) was piloted in four cities in East China (Shanghai, Suzhou, Changzhou and Yangzhou) from 2011 to 2014. In this book, we present the training program in mainland China and also a leadership project for university students at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The chapters underscore the importance of evaluation, and we hope that the findings will motivate university teachers and others to utilize positive youth development principles within and outside of Hong Kong. (Imprint: Nova)]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/psychosocial-needs-success-in-life-and-career-planning/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:40:37 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=16208 Tak Yan Lee (Editor) Department of Applied Social Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China Series: Health and Human Development BISAC: MED078000 With the conclusion of adolescence, a child develops into a teenager that may experiment with dating, smoking and drinking, and they may make important decisions without parental knowledge or guidance. These teenagers may also engage in risky behavior, which may pose as a threat to their well-being and successful transition into adulthood. With this in mind, how can we can prevent adolescent risk behavior? Traditionally, prevention scientists propose three forms of prevention. Primarily, attempts to reduce the harmful consequences of risk behavior, such as treatment of risk behavior (i.e., mental disorders or substance abuse) are ideal. For some problematic behavior which has already occurred, a better approach is to identify those who are “at-risk” as early as possible (i.e., secondary prevention). For example, youth workers may identify those who have suicidal ideation and intervene as early as possible so that they will not harm themselves. In this book, the authors assess whether a community-based program in Hong Kong was effective in promoting adolescent development and explore what factors were associated with the program effects. The authors hope that the studies included in this book can help to reveal the successful experience of the project and provide some pointers for the development of programs for adolescents with greater psychosocial needs. (Imprint: Nova)]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/soft-skills-and-aspirations-in-chinese-children-and-youth/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:05:48 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=2666 Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: MED069000 Young people are expected to learn “academic” or “technical” knowledge in a manufacturing economy, which can be referred to as “hard skills” (for example, to produce a car through assembly lines). In many countries today, countries have been shifting from a manufacturing economy to a service economy, which has resulted in young people expecting to gain skills that are non-technical and widely transferable to different settings. This skills are referred to as “soft skills”, which are basically related to the qualities of an individual. In this book, the authors include several chapters on soft skills development in adolescents with particular reference to Chinese culture. This book includes conclusions based on the data collected from the third year of the community-based P.A.T.H.S. Project in Hong Kong. It also discusses dreams, aspirations, hopes and related constructs in Chinese adolescents. Additionally, the authors also present chapters on the relationships between pornography consumption and positive youth development qualities; and the last few chapters document attempts to promote soft skills in university students. With the emergence and consolidation of a service or knowledge-based economy, the desired qualities in adolescents have changed. Obviously, soft skills development plays an important role in the employability of young people. It is also vital to the complete development of young people as individuals in the present and future.]]>