Title: Adjustment to the father-child relationship of newly arrived adolescents in Hong Kong
The Chinese mainland is the major source of the immigrant population in Hong Kong. Between 1983 and 2004, over 860,000 mainland residents came to settle and join their families in Hong Kong under the One-way Permit Scheme (Security Bureau, 2004). In recent years, many studies of the newly arrived adolescents focus on their adjustment and acculturation problems in families, schools and society. Little research has examined their experiences of adjusting to the fatherchild relationship after long period of paternal separation. This study examines perceptions of father-child relationship among newly arrived adolescents who came from the mainland for family reunion in Hong Kong. It also explores their change in attitudes and behaviour, as well as the risk and resilience factors that influenced their adjustment to the relationship after reunion. A snowball sample of twenty-eight newly arrived adolescents…
Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Objectives of the Study
1.3 Definitions of Terms
1.3.1 Newly Arrived Adolescents
1.3.2 Adolescents’ Adjustment
1.4 Significance of the Study
1.4.1 Theoretical Understanding
1.4.2 Practical Implication
1.5 Structure of Thesis
CHAPTER 2 CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUX OF NEWLY ARRIVED ADOLESCENTS
2.1 Immigration Policy and the Influx of Newly Arrived Persons from the Chinese Mainland
2.2 Influx of Newly Arrived Adolescents from the Mainland
2.3 Studies on Newly Arrived Adolescents’ Adjustment to the Father-child Relationship after Family Reunion
2.4 Summary
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH OF FATHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND ADOLESCENTS’ ADJUSTMENT
3.1 Adolescents’ Adjustment and Family Adjustment
3.2 Risk and Resilience Theory
3.2.1 Resilience Framework
3.2.2 Risk and Resilience in Father-child Relationship after Family Reunion
3.3 Dimensions of Father-child Relationship
3.3.1 Interaction between Father and Child
3.3.2 Perceptions of Paternal Style
3.3.3 Emotional Bond with Father
3.4 Factors Influencing Newly Arrived Adolescents’ Adjustment to the Father-child Relationship after Family Reunion
3.4.1 Social Factors
3.4.2 Family Factors
3.4.3 Individual Characteristics
3.5 Conceptual Framework
CHAPTER 4 METHODOLOGY
4.1 Research Design
4.2 Sampling
4.3 Demographic Information of Interviewees in the Sample
4.4 Data Collection Method
4.5 Data Analysis
4.6 Limitations
4.7 Summary
CHAPTER 5 PERCEPTIONS OF FATHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP BEFORE AND AFTER FAMILY REUNION
5.1 Interaction between Father and Child
5.1.1 Father-child Contact
5.1.2 Father-child Communication
5.1.3 Father-child Conflict
5.1.4 Father’s Financial Support
5.2 Perceptions of Paternal Style
5.2.1 Paternal Support
5.2.2 Paternal Control
5.3 Emotional Bond with Father
5.3.1 Varied Patterns of Emotional Bond before Family Reunion
5.3.2 Limited Changes in Emotional Bond after Family Reunion
5.4 Summary
CHAPTER 6 FACTORS INFLUENCING ADJUSTMENT TO THE FATHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
6.1 Risk and Resilience Factors
6.1.1 Social Factors
6.1.2 Family Factors
6.1.3 Individual Characteristics
6.2 Overall Adjustment to the Father-child Relationship after Family Reunion
6.2.1 Adjustment of Attitudes and Behaviour towards Father-child Relationship
6.2.2 Overall Satisfaction of Father-child Relationship and Father’s Role Performance
6.2.3 Adjustment Problems in Father-child Relationship
6.3 Summary
CHAPTER 7 OVERALL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
7.1 Perceptions of Father-child Relationship among Newly Arrived Adolescents
7.2 Identification of Risk and Resilience Factors
7.2.1 Enhancing Social Support
7.2.2 Improving the Living Conditions of Newly Arrived Families
7.2.3 Concerning the Marital Relationship in Newly Arrived Families
7.2.4 Linkage between Father-child Relationship and Mother-Child Relationship in Newly Arrived Families
7.2.5 Relationship between the Socioeconomic Status and Father-child Relationship in Newly Arrived Families
7.3 Father-child Relationship in Chinese Culture and the Newly Arrived Adolescents’ Adjustment
7.4 Implications for Programmes for Newly Arrived Adolescents
7.4.1 Initiating Open Communication in the Early Period of Family Reunion
7.4.2 Facilitation of Common Topics and Common Interests
7.4.3 Coping with Family Conflict
7.5 Conclusion and Recommendations for Future Research
REFERENCES
APPENDIX I BACKGROUND OF THE INTERVIEWEES
APPENDIX II INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
Author: Leung, Wing Yan
Source: City University of Hong Kong
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