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Children and adolescents : future challenges / editors, Daniel T.L. Shek, Tak Yan Lee, and Joav Merrick (Department of Applied Social Sciences, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PRC, and others).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Pediatrics, child and adolescent healthPublisher: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781634846271
  • 1634846273
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Children and adolescents.DDC classification:
  • 305.235/5 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ796
Online resources:
Contents:
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FUTURE CHALLENGES ; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FUTURE CHALLENGES ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 FUTURE RESEARCH CHALLENGES ; INTRODUCTION ; HONG KONG ; ADOLESCENTS AND DEVELOPMENT ; ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; SECTION ONE: FUTURE CHALLENGES ; Chapter 2 YOUTH NEITHER IN EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, OR TRAINING ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; Features and risk factors for NEETs in Hong Kong ; Hidden youth ; Ways for tackling long-term NEET ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
DISCUSSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 PHONE ADDICTION AMONGST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS ; Computer-based and smartphone communication ; Motives for smartphone usage ; Smartphone addiction (SA); Risky behaviors associated with the (over)use of smartphones ; Definition and diagnosis of smartphone addiction (SA) ; Scales assessing smartphone addiction (SA); Risk factors ; FUTURE RESEARCH QUESTIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 LIVING IN A HIGH-DENSITY CITY ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; Predictors for high-density living.
Consequences of household density under conditions of poverty Consequences for physical and mental health ; Consequences for one's social network ; Cultural norms and predictors for living together ; High-density living and crowding ; Space design ; Physical space, perceived place ; Privacy ; Consequences of distress ; DISCUSSION ; FUTURE LINES OF RESEARCH ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 MATERIALISM AMONGST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; Area 1: Children and adolescents' attitude to material possessions ; Area 2: Outcomes of materialism.
Area 3: Antecedents of materialism Area 4: Materialism and post-materialism; Area 5: Chinese materialism scale ; Area 6: Curriculum framework on money literacy ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 8 ADOLESCENT EGOCENTRISM ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS ; General observations ; Specific observations; IMPLICATIONS OF THE REVIEW FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ; INTERVENTION IN ADOLESCENT EGOCENTRISM ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 STRESS AND YOUTH ; INTRODUCTION ; STRESS IN ADOLESCENCE ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; From stressors to protective factors.
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CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FUTURE CHALLENGES ; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FUTURE CHALLENGES ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 FUTURE RESEARCH CHALLENGES ; INTRODUCTION ; HONG KONG ; ADOLESCENTS AND DEVELOPMENT ; ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; SECTION ONE: FUTURE CHALLENGES ; Chapter 2 YOUTH NEITHER IN EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, OR TRAINING ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; Features and risk factors for NEETs in Hong Kong ; Hidden youth ; Ways for tackling long-term NEET ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

DISCUSSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 PHONE ADDICTION AMONGST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS ; Computer-based and smartphone communication ; Motives for smartphone usage ; Smartphone addiction (SA); Risky behaviors associated with the (over)use of smartphones ; Definition and diagnosis of smartphone addiction (SA) ; Scales assessing smartphone addiction (SA); Risk factors ; FUTURE RESEARCH QUESTIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 LIVING IN A HIGH-DENSITY CITY ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; Predictors for high-density living.

Consequences of household density under conditions of poverty Consequences for physical and mental health ; Consequences for one's social network ; Cultural norms and predictors for living together ; High-density living and crowding ; Space design ; Physical space, perceived place ; Privacy ; Consequences of distress ; DISCUSSION ; FUTURE LINES OF RESEARCH ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 MATERIALISM AMONGST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; Area 1: Children and adolescents' attitude to material possessions ; Area 2: Outcomes of materialism.

Area 3: Antecedents of materialism Area 4: Materialism and post-materialism; Area 5: Chinese materialism scale ; Area 6: Curriculum framework on money literacy ; DISCUSSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 8 ADOLESCENT EGOCENTRISM ; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY ; FINDINGS ; General observations ; Specific observations; IMPLICATIONS OF THE REVIEW FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ; INTERVENTION IN ADOLESCENT EGOCENTRISM ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 STRESS AND YOUTH ; INTRODUCTION ; STRESS IN ADOLESCENCE ; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS ; From stressors to protective factors.

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