• Preface-- Introduction - Positive youth development constructs: Conceptual review & application-- Spirituality as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review-- Beliefs in the Future as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review-- Cognitive Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review-- Emotional Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review-- Self-Efficacy as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review-- Self-determination as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review-- Positive Identity as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review-- Prosocial Involvement as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review.
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In the prevention science approach, focus is put on identifying risk and protective factors in adolescent risk behaviour. Based on this approach, many research and prevention programs have been generated in the past few decades. Nevertheless, over-emphasis of adolescent developmental problems has been criticised as focusing too much on adolescent developmental problems and pathologies. In response to this criticism, an alternative approach highlighting the importance of positive youth development has been proposed.
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• Foreword-- Promoting positive development in Chinese adolescents-- First year evaluation findings-- Qualitative evaluation based on the perceptions of the program implementers-- Evaluation using student weekly diaries-- Interim evaluation of the secondary 2 program: Insights based on the full implementation phase-- Interim evaluation of the secondary 3 program: Insights based on the experimental implementation phase
• Process evaluation of the secondary 2 curriculum with findings based on the full implementation phase
• Process evaluation of the implementation of the secondary 3 program in the experimental implementation phase-- Process evaluation of program implementation based on the co-walker scheme-- Evaluation of positive youth development programs for students with greater psychosocial needs-- Positive youth development and prevention programs in adolescence in the Chinese culture: Where should we go?-- Observation, response and suggestion-- Professional and comprehensive training for the positive youth development program implementers-- Response from a youth worker-- Adolescent medicine point of view-- Response from educational psychology-- Response of a family counseling educator-- A reflection on teaching the P.A.T.H.S. curriculum: A humanistic approach-- Confu, Chinese belief and positive development-- Positive development in the context of Confu, Tao and nursing-- Adolescence from a development perspective-- Human ecology aspects-- Key stakeholders of their own development-- New morbidities in adolescence-- Index.
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With the growing adolescent developmental problems such as substance abuse, mental health problems and school violence, many primary prevention programs targeting specific adolescent developmental problems and positive youth development programs have been designed in the West. In contrast, there are very few systematic and multi-year positive youth development programs in Hong Kong. To promote holistic development among adolescents the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust approved a grant to launch a project entitled "P.A.T.H.S. to Adulthood: A Jockey Club Youth Enhancement Scheme" and invited academics of five universities to form a Research Team with the Chinese University of Hong Kong as the lead institution to develop a multi-year universal positive youth development program to promote holistic adolescent development in Hong Kong. Besides from developing the program, the Research Team also provides training for teachers and social workers who implement the program and carry out longitudinal evaluation of the project. This book highlights some of the latest research in the area of positive youth development.
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• Introduction-- School-Based Drug Prevention in the United States: Insights for Hong Kong-- Perceived Parental Behavioral Control & Psychological Control in Chinese Adolescents in Shanghai-- Socio-Demographic & Family Correlates of Hopelessness Amongst Adolescents in Shanghai, China-- Internet Addiction in Hong Kong Adolescents: Profiles & Psychosocial Correlates-- Consumption of Pornographic Materials Among Early Adolescents in Hong Kong-- Delinquency & Problem Behavior Intention Among Early Adolescents in Hong Kong-- Perceptions of Cough Medicine Among Young Substance Abusers in Hong Kong-- Self-harm & Suicidal Behaviors in Hong Kong Adolescents-- Assessment of Problem Gambling in a Chinese Context-- Internet Addiction in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Assessment, Profiles & Psychosocial Correlates-- Family Processes & Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong-- Cognitive, Emotive & Cognitive-Behavioral Correlates of Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong-- Index.
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There is co-morbid occurrence of adolescent problem behaviours, and these behaviours manifest differently and vary in severity. For instance, some adolescents who suffer from stress and distress become addicted to substance and internet use, whereas some act out in the form of misbehaviour and delinquency. In particular, research findings have shown that there are gender differences; with boys tending to employ externalising and risk-taking behaviour as ventilation, while girls tend to internalise stress and become depressed. Nevertheless, different problem behaviours may share similar aetiologies. Adopting the ecological approach, adolescents' behaviours result from the complex interplay between themselves and the surrounding environment. These issues will be addressed in this book with experience from research from Hong Kong in a Chinese context.
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• Preface-- Introduction: Development of Chinese adolescents: Assessment, issues & intervention-- Reflective Journals of Students Taking a Positive Youth Development Course in a University Context in Hong Kong-- Psychometric Properties of the Existence Subscale of the Purpose in Life Questionnaire for Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong-- Subjective Outcome Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. (Extension Phase) Based on the Perspective of Program Implementer-- Subjective outcome evaluation of the project P.A.T.H.S. in different cohorts of students-- Student Classroom Misbehavior: An Exploratory Study Based on Teachers' Perceptions.
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Young people are regarded as future assets of the society. Hence, adolescent prevention programs are commonly developed to tackle adolescent risk behaviour and positive youth development programs are designed to promote holistic development in adolescents. However, a survey of the literature shows that research on adolescents is mainly confined to the Western societies. For Chinese psychologists, paediatricians, psychiatrists, and allied human service workers, knowledge about adolescent development is largely developed in the Western culture. To what extent is Western knowledge on adolescent development applicable to Chinese young people? Are Chinese adolescent risk behaviours similar to those in Western societies? To what extent are intervention programs, such as adolescent prevention programs, applicable to Chinese people? These are important questions to be addressed by human service professionals working with Chinese adolescents and their families.
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• Preface-- Introduction: A new curriculum in response to adolescent developmental issues-- A brief overview of adolescent developmental problems in Hong Kong-- Development of a new curriculum in a positive youth development program-- Construction of an integrated positive youth development conceptual framework for the prevention of the use of psychotropic drugs among adolescents-- Importance of emotional competence in designing an anti-drug education curriculum for junior secondary school students in Hong Kong-- Parent engagement in youth drug prevention in Chinese families: Advancement in program development & evaluation.
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A team of researchers from five universities in Hong Kong have constructed a comprehensive positive youth development package for junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. This project is called P.A.T.H.S. (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programs) and the package focuses on various aspects of positive youth development used by more than 250 secondary schools in Hong Kong. Research has been performed on the effectiveness and educational implications of the teaching package, which opened a new page of study in the field of whole-person education and youth education in Chinese societies. In view of the data collected so far, the teaching package is well received by students, teachers and educators in Hong Kong. The new curriculum covered in this book is closely related to the emerging adolescent developmental issues in Hong Kong and the global contexts.
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• Preface
• 1 Adolescent developmental issues in Hong Kong: Phenomena and implications for youth service
• 2 Conceptual framework underlying the development of a positive youth development program in Hong Kong
• 3 Development of a positive youth development program in Hong Kong
• 4 Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. using multiple evaluation strategies
• 5 Objective outcome evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S.: Longitudinal study based on indicators of positive youth development
• 6. Impact of the Project P.A.T.H.S. on adolescent risk behavior: A five-year longitudinal study
• 7 Subjective outcome evaluation based on the program participants: Does dosage matter?
• 8 Subjective outcome evaluation based on the perceptions of the program implementers
• 9 Subjective Outcome Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S.:Secondary analyses of the qualitative data collected from program implementers
• 10 Interim evaluation of Project P.A.T.H.S.:An integration of findings based on program implementers
• 11 Qualitative evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S.:Narrative findings based on focus groups with participating students
• 12 Qualitative findings derived from focus groupsbased on the program implementers
• 13 Evaluation based on weekly diaries written by the students
• 14 Evaluation based on personal construct psychology:Findings based on the repertory grid test
• 15 Process evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
• 16 Using different programs to help adolescents withgreater psychosocial needs
• 17 Lessons learned, emergent issues, and future directions
• 18 Development of a positive youth development subject in a university context
• 19 Impact of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in China
• 20 Evidence-based positive youth development programs: Insights from the Project P.A.T.H.S.

This book outlines the development, implementation and evaluation of a project entitled "P.A.T.H.S. to Adulthood: A Jockey Club Youth Enhancement Scheme, " with P.A.T.H.S. denoting Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social programmes. This pioneer project was conducted in Hong Kong between 2005 and 2012 with more than 210,000 participants. Its goal was to help students meet various challenges in their path to adulthood, with a focus on their psychosocial competencies, developmental assets and the promotion of healthy peer relationships. The project was initiated by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust in collaboration with the Government's Social Welfare Department, Education Bureau and five universities in Hong Kong. Edited by the researchers of the project, Development and Evaluation of Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programs explores the nature of positive youth development (PYD), the application of PYD constructs to youth programs and implementation issues. Using multiple strategies, the book evaluates the overall effectiveness of the P.A.T.H.S. school-based program and reveals that stakeholders had positive perceptions of the project, its implementers and benefits. Students in the program showed better positive development and displayed lower levels of substance abuse and delinquent behavior than students in the control schools. The book also details lessons learned, emergent issues, future directions as well as insights into the development of positive youth development programs particularly in Chinese communities. Development and Evaluation of Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programs will appeal to all educators, administrators, psychologists, social workers and allied profeesionals looking to promote whole-person development in their students, especially those with in interest in education in China.